
The 20th-anniversary edition of the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) returns fully in person from July 15–31, 2022 presenting 60+ new and classic titles.

Here is the first look teaser clip / trailer for The Lost Weekend: A Love Story, the new documentary on the 18-month long relationship between May Pang and John Lennon.

Ahead of the screening at this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, GKIDS released the theatrical trailer for Inu-Oh, the musical animated feature film from director Masaaki Yuasa (Ride Your Wave, Keep Your Hands Off Of Eizokuen!).

Lionsgate released the official trailer for Hot Seat, the thriller film starring Kevin Dillon, Mel Gibson, Shannen Doherty, and Sam Asghari.

Netflix debuted the official trailer for Beauty, the musical drama film starring Niecy Nash, Giancarlo Esposito, Sharon Stone, Aleyse Shannon, Gracie Marie Bradley, Kyle Bary, Micheal Ward that premiered at Tribeca Festival.

Showtime debuted the official trailer for Supreme Team, a three-part documentary series directed by Grammy winner, rapper Nasir “Nas” Jones and Peter J Scalettar that will premiere at the Tribeca Festival, ahead of the on-air network premiere on Sunday, July 10 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Kino Lorber acquired Manuela Martelli’s 1976, which made its world premiere at this year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and will be released in North America as Chile 1976. Kino Lorber is planning a theatrical release next winter.

Greenwich Entertainment will release the documentary The Youth Governor the feature directorial debut of Matthew and Jaron Halmy. The documentary played at the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Milwaukee Film Festival, and the Phoenix Film Festival and will be released on August 26.

Directed by Christos Nikou in his feature directorial debut, Apples, Greece’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards opens in US theaters in June. The film, an exploration of memory and identity, was an Official Selection of the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival.

The 35th anniversary season of POV documentary series on PBS opens with the observational film Wuhan Wuhan, about the first wave of COVID-19, in the city where the mysterious virus was first discovered.

The Locarno Film Festival’s Premio Raimondo Rezzonico for Best Independent Producer on the international scene will be awarded to Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, a pivotal figure behind hits such as Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014) and BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018).

Presented by Alec Baldwin, the HamptonsFilm SummerDocs series returns for its fourteenth year, with the series kicking off with Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa, on Saturday, June 25. Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher, screens on July 23 and the series concludes with Nothing Lasts Forever, directed by Jason Kohn, on August 12.