The 66th BFI London Film Festival will host the world premiere of many new titles in this year’s festival including the dazzling stop-motion animation Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio as well as Creature, a new collaboration between acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan and Oscar-winner, Asif Kapadia, and My Father’s Dragon, family animation from Award-winning Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner) and Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon (Wolfwalkers, The Song of the Sea).
Saban Films dropped the official trailer for Summit Fever, the mountain climbing adventure thriller starring Freddie Thorp, Michel Biel, Mathilde Warnier, Hannah New, Théo Christine, and Ryan Phillippe.
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival returns for its 2022 edition, running October 13th to the 20th with screenings held at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg and Williamsburg Cinemas.
Qiu Jiongjiong’s A New Old Play from China – a fascinating tale of a family of Sichuan Opera artists living through a tumultuous era – has been named Best Film for the Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) at the 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF46). Besides winning the Firebird Award, A New Old Play was also the pick of the FIPRESCI Prize jury, who commended the film for “its masterful approach and inventive visual style.”
Five world premieres will make up the Culinary Zinema section at the 70th San Sebastian Festival, which opens with Mibu. The Moon on a Dish (Mibu. La luna en un plato), taking an in-depth look at the famous Japanese restaurant. Virgilio, a portrait of the chef at the restaurant in Lima, Central, will close the section also including a third documentary, La Huella, historia de un parador de playa, and two fictions, Xiao shan he (Nostalgia) and The Zen Diary (Tsuchi wo kurau junikagetsu).
The European Film Academy revealed this year’s feature-length documentary films that have been recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2022. The European Film Awards, honoring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on 10 December 2022 in Reykjavík.
Sony Pictures Classics dropped the official teaser trailer for The Son, the drama film starring Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, and Anthony Hopkins.
Amazon Prime Video debuted the official trailer for Nanny, the psychological horror movie which world premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize in the US Dramatic Competition.
Writer-director Jordan Peele’s Nope has been added to the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival lineup as a special screening. Nope will screen as a special IMAX® presentation at the Cinesphere Theatre at Ontario Place, which has the distinction of being the world’s first permanent IMAX® theatre. Following the screening, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey will lead an engaging Q&A session with Jordan Peele.
Thirteen feature films will be showcased in Made in Spain, the non-competitive section for a selection of the year’s Spanish films at the 70th edition of San Sebastian Festival.
IFC Films has snagged the comedy film Four Samosas written and directed by Ravi Kapoor (Miss India America). The film had its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. IFC Films will release the film in theaters and on demand December 2, 2022.
Hola México Film Festival (HMFF) returns October 2-10, 2022 during Hispanic Heritage Month for its 14th edition featuring 20+ films and 20 short films from its program Tomorrows Filmmakers Today.