The 5th annual Academy Award®-Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival returns July 19-24, 2022, featuring a lineup of 150 short films from 25 countries at Living Room Theaters (indoor), Newfields (indoor & amphitheater), Indianapolis Art Center (outdoor) and virtually. This year’s theme is “The Greatest Shorts on Earth” with a carnival focus.
“Tell us what you know of Brandon Lee.”
IFC Films released the official trailer for Both Sides of the Blade, the French romantic drama starring Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lindon, Grégoire Colin, Mati Diop. In the film, Juliette Binoche stars as Sara, a woman whose life spirals out of control when she becomes involved in a passionate love triangle.
The 2022 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF) announced the filmmaker award winners with the top jury prizes going to Joaquín Peñagaricano and Pablo Abdala’s Mateína for Best Narrative Feature, and Anaïs Taracena’s El Silencio del Topo (The Silence of the Mole) for Best Documentary Feature. Films winning the Audience Awards were topped by Bretten Hannam’s Wildhood for Narrative Feature, and Jeff Adachi and Chihiro Wimbush’s Ricochet for Documentary Feature.
Gravitas Ventures released the official trailer for Mack & Rita, the comedy film starring Academy Award® Winner Diane Keaton, Elizabeth Lail. In the film, Elizabeth Lail stars as a 30-year-old writer spending a wild weekend in Palm Springs and wakes up to find she has magically transformed into her 70-year-old played by Diane Keaton.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for Gone in the Night, the thriller starring Winona Ryder, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague, Brianne Tju, and Dermot Mulroney. Original titled The Cow, the film premiered at SXSW film festival.
The Courtroom, directed by acclaimed theater director Lee Sunday Evans (Dance Nation, Oratorio for Living Things), with a screenplay by Arian Moayed (Tony Award®-nominated actor and beloved as Stewy on the Emmy Award®winning Succession, and Todd Spodek of Inventing Anna), is an official selection of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
Argentinian world-renowned chef Mauro Colagreco recently traveled from his 3-Michelin Star restaurant Mirazur in Menton, on the French Riviera to attend the Tribeca Film Festival for the North American Premiere of his new documentary feature film Reinventing Mirazur.
Watch a clip from Fashion Reimagined, filmmaker Becky Hutner’s documentary on British fashion designer Amy Powney of cult label Mother of Pearl that premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michael J. Fox. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Los Angeles.
HBO released the official trailer for Edge of the Earth, the four-part documentary series following four groups of elite action-adventure athletes on missions around the globe. Directed by Steve Jones and Todd Jones, the docu-series debuts Tuesday, July 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO with new episodes airing on subsequent Tuesdays at the same time
Directed by Ethan Hawke, who previously directed the highly-acclaimed documentary, “Seymour: An Introduction,” the six-part documentary The Last Movie Stars, celebrates the enigmatic personas, incredible talent, and love story of actors Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Academy Award-winning director, writer and producer Martin Scorsese serves as executive producer.