IFC Films and Shudder acquired Resurrection, the psychological thriller written and directed by Andrew Semans (Nancy, Please), starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman and Michael Esper, that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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IFC Films to Release RESURRECTION, Sundance Psychological Thriller Starring Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall in Resurrection by Andrew Semans. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Wyatt Garfield.
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Sony Pictures Classics to Release Oliver Hermanus’ ‘LIVING’ Starring Bill Nighy
Bill Nighy appears in Living by Oliver Hermanus. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Number 9 Films/Ross Ferguson. Sony Pictures Classics acquired Oliver Hermanus’ film Living, starring BAFTA® and Golden Globe® winner Bill Nighy which world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was met with strong reviews. Written by Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, Living is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru.
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Obama’s Higher Ground and Netflix Acquires ‘Descendant’ Sundance Winning Documentary
Emmett Lewis appears in Descendant by Margaret Brown. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Participant. ©2022. All rights reserved. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground and Netflix acquired the documentary Descendant& which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Creative Vision at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
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IFC Midnight and Shudder to Release WATCHER, Chloe Okuno’s Sundance Hit
Maika Monroe appears in Watcher by Chloe Okuno. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Watcher, the indie thriller from director Chloe Okuno (Shudder’s V/H/S/94, Slut) which made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival has been acquired by IFC Midnight. Watcher stars Maika Monroe (It Follows, Greta), Karl Glusman (Love) and Burn Gorman (Torchwood). IFC Midnight will release the film in theaters and on VOD in 2022 with Shudder taking the first streaming window.
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2022 Sundance Film Festival Announces Winners – Nanny, Navalny, The Exiles, Cha Cha Real Smooth
Nanny by Nikyatu Jusu, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. The 2022 Sundance Film Festival announced the winners of the Awards, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Nanny for U.S. Dramatic, The Exiles won for U.S. Documentary, Utama won for World Cinema Dramatic, and All That Breathes won for World Cinema Documentary.
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Julie Cohen and Betsy West Direct GABBY GIFFORDS WON’T BACK DOWN, Documentary on Former Congresswoman
Gabby Giffords (Credit: Gage Skidmore) CNN Films and TIME Studios have teamed with Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmakers Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG, Julia, My Name is Pauli Murray) for Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, a tender yet raw documentary about former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords’ remarkable perseverance following a horrific 2011 assassination attempt that left her with partial paralysis and the language impairment, aphasia. Home movies taken at the hospital, and current-day cinema verité filming, show Gifford’s painstaking and miraculous recovery from a gunshot to her head, and her path to becoming one of America’s most effective advocates for gun violence prevention. The filmmakers also capture a remarkable love story. Nine years after Giffords’ husband Mark Kelly gave up his job as a NASA astronaut to support his wife’s recovery, cameras follow an exuberant Gabrielle Giffords on the 2020 campaign trail supporting Kelly’s successful run for the U.S. Senate for Arizona. Production of Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down is near completion.
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MAU Trailer. Documentary on World-Renowned Designer Bruce Mau in Theaters in March 2022
Bruce Mau documentary “Mau” directed by Benji and Jono Bergmann Greenwich Entertainment released the official trailer for Mau, the documentary on the life of world-renowned designer Bruce Mau that world premiered as the opening night film of Architecture & Design Film Festival NY 2021.
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THE LONG WALK Trailer – Mattie Do’s Sci-Fi Mystery Opens in Theaters in February
The Long Walk directed by Mattie Do Ahead of the theatrical premiere, Yellow Veil Pictures released the official trailer for The Long Walk, Mattie Do’s sci-fi mystery film starring Yannawoutthi Chanthalungsy, Vilouna Phetmany, Por Silatsa, Noutnapha Soydara, Chanthamone Inoudome, and Vithaya Sombath. The film opens in theaters on February 18, 2022.
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TERROR CONTAGION Trailer. Laura Poitras’ Short Doc Investigates Controversial Israeli NSO Group
Terror Contagion directed by Laura Poitras Neon released the official trailer for Terror Contagion, Laura Poitras’ Oscar shortlisted short documentary on the Israeli cyberweapons manufacturer NSO Group and its use of Pegasus malware.
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‘The Power of the Dog’, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench Win at 11th AACTA International Awards
Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball in “Being the Ricardos.” (Courtesy Glen Wilson/Amazon Content Services LLC) Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog walked away with three wins, including Best Film, Best Lead Actor in Film for Benedict Cumberbatch, and Best Supporting Actor in Film for Australian actor Kodi Smit-Mcphee at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts 11th AACTA International Awards.
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Berlin Film Festival 2022 Reveals Jury + ‘Oink’ and ‘Rookies’ to Open Generation Programs
Allons enfants | Rookies by Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai © Alban Teurlai Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the 2022 jury for the International Competition, Encounters, GWFF Best First Feature Award, Berlinale Documentary Award, and Generation – Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus.
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Kogonada ‘After Yang’ Awarded Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize at Sundance
Colin Farrell in After Yang by Kogonada. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Benjamin Loeb / A24. Sundance Film Festival announced the artist grant recipients for the Sundance Institute Science-in-Film initiative at the twentieth annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize Reception, where the 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize winner – Kogonada, After Yang, was honored.