Jamie Lee Curtis will receive the prestigious Maltin Modern Master Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Curtis will receive the award on Saturday, February 11th following an in-person conversation about her career leading up to this year’s performances as Laurie Strode in Halloween Ends, a beloved character that she has portrayed for a record 44 years as well as Deidre Beaubeirdre in A24’s critically acclaimed smash hit Everything Everywhere All At Once.
IFC Films debuted the official trailer for of Four Samosas starring Venk Potula (Veep) as an unmotivated South Asian American rapper, who along with three other first time thieves, plans a heist on a grocery store owned by his ex-girlfriend’s father, in order to steal her wedding diamonds and disrupt her pending engagement.
Vertical Entertainment unveiled the official trailer for A Savannah Haunting, the horror film is said to be based on real supernatural experiences director William Mark McCullough and his family endured in their Savannah home for decades. The film was shot on location at the actual haunted house. Starring in the film are Gena Shaw, Tommi Rose, and Anna Harriette Pittman.
IFC Films will release God’s Time the NYC-set dark comedy and vibrant debut film from writer and director Daniel Antebi starring Ben Groh, Dion Costelloe (The Deuce), Liz Caribel (Ellen, Pussy Island) and Jared Abrahamson (American Animals).
Sony Pictures Classics released the official trailer for The Son, the drama film based on the stage play of the same name, starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath and Anthony Hopkins.
International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announced the first titles in the Bright Future and Limelight programs for its next full in-person edition taking place from January 25 to February 5, 2023.
Directed by first-time filmmaker Rosa Ruth Boesten, Master of Light, the documentary on formerly incarcerated classical painter, George Anthony Morton, debuts Wednesday, November 16 (8:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO.
Rodrigo Reyes’ Sansón and Me won the jury prize for Best U.S. Feature, and Violet Du Feng and Zhao Qing’s Hidden Letters won the jury prize and the Audience Choice Award for Best International Feature at the 31st edition of Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.
Netflix debuted the official trailer for In Her Hands, the documentary on Afghanistan’s youngest female mayor braving mortal danger to lead a fight for education for the next generation of Afghans.
The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) handed out its 2022 awards, with The Quiet Girl, the Irish film on a quiet, neglected girl sent away from her overcrowded, dysfunctional family to live with foster parents for the summer, winning the Jury award for Best Film. Lovely Jackson, the true life story of Rickey Jackson who spent 39 years on death row and in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, won for Best Feature Documentary.
The 14th edition of Hollywood Brazilian Film Festival takes place Tuesday, November 15 through Saturday, November 19, in Los Angeles. The festival will open with Gabriel Martins’ Mars One (Marte Um), which had its World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and is the official selection to represent Brazil for Best International Feature at the upcoming Oscars®.
The 2022 Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) Film, Food and Wine Showcase takes place at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia on November 10 – 13 featuring a curated group of films and honoree tributes.