
Saban Films debuted the official trailer for Hunted, an intensely thrilling, provocative film from director Tommy Boulding, starring Malachi Pullar-Lachtman, Samantha Bond, James Lance and Hannah Traylen.

Saban Films debuted the official trailer for Hunted, an intensely thrilling, provocative film from director Tommy Boulding, starring Malachi Pullar-Lachtman, Samantha Bond, James Lance and Hannah Traylen.

Hidden Letters from director Violet Du Feng and co-director Qing Zhao won the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 31st Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF), with the other top prizes going to Our Father, the Devil from director Ellie Foumbi for the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize, and Wildcat from directors Melissa Lesh and Trevor Frost took the $5,000 Jimmy Stewart Legacy Award.

Fire of Love leads the nominations for the 7th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) with seven nods, including for Best Documentary Feature, Sara Dosa for Best Director, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Narration, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary.

Corsage directed by Marie Kreutzer wins Best Film Award at the 66th BFI London Film Festival. Marie Kreutzer said: “I want to say thank you to the members of the jury for choosing our film and giving us this beautiful award. For me this award, which is an award for the film, is not only my award it belongs to all of us. The most beautiful thing about my job is to collaborate with so many great creatives and artists and create something together day by day without knowing how it will turn out. For all of us I’m so happy that it turned out so well and that people love the film so much. This award is for everyone on my team. It’s hard to find the right words right now, I’m happy!”

Close directed by Lukas Dhont won Best Narrative Feature and Pray For Us Sinners, directed by Sinéad O’Shea, won Best Documentary Feature at this year’s 30th anniversary edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival.

Directed by Nick Sweeney (“AKA Jane Roe”), the documentary film Santa Camp will have its world premiere at DOC NYC – America’s largest documentary festival, and then debut on HBO Max in November.

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2022 unveiled the selections for Luminous and Frontlight, two premiere-only cornerstones of the program, in addition to the lineups for live cinema section IDFA on Stage and experimental section Paradocs. The 35th edition of IDFA takes place in person from November 9 to 20, 2022.

Samuel Goldwyn Films revealed the first official clip from A Chance Encounter, the romance drama starring Andrea von Kampen and Paul Petersen. Set in the coastal town of Taormina, Sicily, an aspiring poet in search of inspiration meets a folk singer trying to write a follow up to her breakout hit.

Gravitas Ventures released the official trailer for Dylan & Zoey, the drama film starring Claudia Doumit, and Blake Scott Lewis as two estranged friends reuniting over the course of an evening.

Netflix released the official trailer for State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith, the documentary tells the harrowing story of a woman trying to use Alabama’s Stand Your Ground law after killing a man she says brutally attacked her.

Kino Lorber acquired indie filmmaker Rob Nilsson’s Faultline, in addition to his near complete filmography including his 1979 masterpiece Northern Lights, co-directed with John Hanson. Faultline made its World Premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival, and will receive a theatrical and digital release from Kino Lorber in 2023.

Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Love, Charlie, the first documentary to chronicle the life and legacy of Chicago superstar chef Charlie Trotter. Charlie Trotter was a rock star among the first celebrity chefs revolutionizing American cuisine, but his meteoric rise came at a price.