Horror-thriller film The Retaliators from Better Noise Films, starring Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”) alongside Jacoby Shaddix, front man of Papa Roach, in his acting debut will be released on September 14, 2022.
The 2022 Asian Film Festival of Dallas (AFFD) announced the lineup of 16 feature films (12 Narrative, 4 Documentary), and 11 short films for the 21st edition of the film festival taking place July 21-24, 2022. Opening Night selection is Wenxiong Xing’s Too Cool to Kill, the Closing Night selection is Roshan Sethi’s 7 Days, Spotlight screenings include Park Hoon-Jung’s The Witch 2: The Other One, and Shô Miyake’s Small, Slow but Steady.
Prime Video debuted the official trailer for Thirteen Lives, the drama starring Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell on the true story of the effort to rescue a Thai soccer team who become trapped in the Tham Luang cave.
Out Film CT announced the winners of the 35th Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival with the Jury Awards – for Feature Film going to Finlandia, and for Documentary going to Prognosis – Notes on Living. The Audience Awards for Best Feature went to Mascarpone, and for Best Documentary went to Invisible.
Vertical released the official trailer for Wrong Place, the action thriller film starring Bruce Willis, Ashley Greene (Twilight), Michael Sirow (Fortress: Sniper’s Eye) and Texas Battle (The Bold and the Beautiful).
The 2022 American Black Film Festival announced the Best of the ABFF Awards winners, with Our Father, the Devil winning the jury prize for Best Narrative Feature along with the John Singleton Award – Best First Feature for director, Ellie Foumbi; and A Woman on the Outside won the jury prize for Best Documentary Feature.
Tallgrass Film Association announced the winners of Take 36 film showcase and awarded the Grand Prize to TEAM #9 Downtown Wolves directed by Judah Hansen, a team made up of high school students from Independent School.
The 28th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners and the Estonian film Sierra directed by Sander Joon won the Oscar® qualifying Best of the Festival Award. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.
“Zanzibar: Trouble in Paradise,” an immersive documentary about Climate Change in the developing world, is one of the first holographic films ever produced in the world, and the first holographic film and documentary on a Looking Glass display.
The 2022 Lower East Side Film Festival (LESFF) revealed the feature film and speciality short showcase lineup for in-person (at Village East Cinema, July 7th-11th) and virtually (July 7th-17th).
Bentonville Film Festival announced the jury prize winners for their 8th annual Festival with Alika Tengan’s Every Day in Kaimuki awarded Best Narrative Feature and Gretchen Stoeltje’s Shouting Down Midnight took home the jury award for Best Documentary Feature. Other awards went to Georgia, by Jayil Pak for Best Short Film and Chiqui, by Carlos Cardona, won for Best Episodic.
Roadside Attractions will release Gigi & Nate, the inspiring drama film, based on true events, starring Charlie Rowe, Oscar® winner Marcia Gay Harden, and Jim Belushi.