Founded by industry veterans Jamie Shor and Sky Sitney, DC/DOX a new documentary film festival is coming to the nation’s capital, launching with a special one-night-only on June 15, 2022 at the Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema in Washington, DC. The inaugural festival will take place in June 2023.
Ahead of its world premiere at the American Black Film Festival on June 17th, here is the first look teaser clip from Zodiac Features’ new biographical true crime docu-thriller, Lovely Jackson, the feature film directorial debut from filmmaker Matt Waldeck, (“I See You”).
The 8th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners with the top awards from the jury going to “The Civil Dead,” directed by Clay Tatum, written by Clay Tatum and Whitmer Thomas, for Best North American Narrative Feature; and “Tel Aviv,” directed and written by Marat Parkhomovsky, for Best International Narrative Feature.
Brainstorm Media will release How to Please a Woman, the Australian comedy drama film written and directed by Renée Webster, and starring Sally Phillips (Bridget Jones’s Diary, VEEP).
MUBI debuted the official trailer for We (Nous), the Berlinale award-winning documentary from filmmaker Alice Diop. We (Nous) will open theatrically in NY on June 22 at the Museum of Modern Art, to be followed by a global streaming release on June 29.
The official trailer is here for Anything’s Possible, Billy Porter’s feature directorial debut starring Eva Reign and Abubakr Ali, and Reneé Elise Goldsberry. The coming-of-age romance drama launches globally on July 22, 2022, exclusively on Prime Video.
The 2022 Bentonville Film Festival revealed the narrative, documentary, short film, and episodic competition selections premiering in-person in Bentonville, AR from June 22-26. A virtual component to the festival will have an extended run, opening June 22 and closing July 3.
National Geographic Documentary Films and Neon released the official trailer for Fire of Love, the award-winning feature documentary from director Sara Dosa.
South Korea’s biggest film of the year, the action, comedy The Roundup by Lee Sang-yong is now playing in over 35+ US theaters.
The 14th Austin Asian American Film Festival taking place June 23-26, 2022 announced the complete film lineup, with Tom Huang’s comedy Dealing With Dad, opening the film festival, So Yun Um’s Liquor Store Dreams is the Spotlight selection, and Kurdwin Ayub’s Sonne will close the film festival. All screenings will take place at the AFS Cinema (6406 N I-35, Unit 3100).
Ahead of the world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, the official trailer is here for Nude Tuesday, the indie comedy film directed by Armağan Ballantyne and starring Jackie Van Beek, Damon Herriman along with Jemaine Clement.
Fox Searchlight debuted the official trailer for The Menu, the dark comedy film starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, and Janet McTeer.