Bentonville Film Festival, produced by the BFFoundation and chaired by Academy Award-winning Actor Geena Davis, will take place in-person June 22-26 and virtually June 22-July 3. The Festival unveiled their Competition Jury composed of award-winning producers, directors, actors and authors, including actor Yolonda Ross, film and television producer Bird Runningwater, actor Shohreh Aghdashloo, writer and filmmaker Justine Bateman, among others.
Neon debuted the official trailer for A Chiara, the Italian coming-of-age drama starring Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Grecia Rotolo, and Carmela Fumo that world premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The film went on to screen at multiple prestigious film festivals including its North American premiere at the 2021 New York Film Festival and the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
The 8th edition of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) will take place in-person from May 25-29, 2022, at venues across Mammoth Lakes.
Ashley Benson, Shiloh Fernandez, Logan Miller, Frank Whaley, Jay Pharoah star in the tense and gripping neo-noir thriller Private Property, a remake of the 1960 noir film.
Director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza) Paul Schrader will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022).
The Cleveland International Film Festival announced that the 47th edition (CIFF47) will take place from Wednesday, March 22 through Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Playhouse Square.
Sundance Institute announced the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place as a hybrid festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, Utah, and beyond, from January 19 through January 29, 2023.
The 2022 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) announced the award winners for its 20th annual edition with Aditya Vikram Sengupta’s Once Upon a Time in Calcutta winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film, and Anmol Sidhu’s Jaggi receiving the inaugural Uma da Cunha Award for Best Feature Film Debut, as well as the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature.
The official trailer debuted for Emergency, the indie thriller film starring RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols, Madison Thompson, Diego Abraham that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
The Overlook Film Festival 2022 will open with the North American premiere of Ana Lily Amirpour’s Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, which features a stellar cast including Jeon Jong-soo, Kate Hudson and Craig Robinson. Shot in New Orleans, this fantastical boundary pushing tale marks the third feature from acclaimed director Amirpour.
The 46th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF46) will pay tribute to actor-director-producer Sandra Ng as this year’s Filmmaker-in-Focus.
Written and directed by Award winning Palestinian American filmmaker Mohammed Saffouri, Touchline will celebrate its North America Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.