Penélope Cruz will be honored with the Montecito Award at the 37th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for her performance in Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers. The Festival will take place in person from March 2 through March 12, 2022, and Cruz will receive the award during an in-person conversation about her career on Tuesday, March 8.
A new documentary about the life and legacy of basketball great Bill Russell is heading to Netflix from award-winning director Sam Pollard.
Directed by Academy Award-winner Morgan Neville, Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, about the life of the cultural explorer, writer, and chef Anthony Bourdain, will have its broadcast premiere Sunday, March 6 on CNN at 9:00pm and 11:30pm Eastern.
Vertical Entertainment released the official trailer for Outsiders, the indie thriller starring Skylan Brooks, Shane West, Hart Denton, Diamond White, Rutina Wesley, Bill Engvall and Taryn Manning. Originally titled “No Running,” the film directed by Delmar Washington had its World Premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
IFC Films acquired Julian Higgins’ feature debut God’s Country after its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival; and will release the film theatrically in Fall of 2022.
HBO released the official trailer for The Larry David Story, the two-part documentary on the comedian, writer, actor, director, and television producer premiering Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on HBO.
The Jury of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival headed by M. Night Shyamalan awarded the Golden Bear for Best Film to Alcarrâs directed by Carla Simon. The film tells the story of the Solé family and their peach orchard in Alcarràs, a small village in Spain’s Catalonia region as they they face eviction and an uncertain future.
Magnolia Pictures / Magnet Releasing released the official trailer for You Are Not My Mother, the Irish horror film starring Hazel Doupe, and Carolyn Bracken.
George Carlin’s American Dream, a two-part documentary directed by Judd Apatow (HBO’s “Girls,” “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling”) and Michael Bonfiglio (HBO’s “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”), will debut this May on HBO.
The 36th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival set to take place in person, with a selection of films available online, unveiled its full program.
MidWest WeirdFest announced the full lineup for the 6th annual film festival – a cinematic celebration of of all things fantastic, frightening, paranormal, and just plain weird – taking place March 4-6, 2022 at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Cameras have started rolling on With Love and A Major Organ, Vancouver-based Canadian-British-Filipina director, Kim Albright’s debut feature film. The off-beat comedy screenplay is written by Julia Lederer, whose award-winning stage play of the same name premiered at the Toronto Fringe Festival, to overwhelming success and toured across North America to cities including Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles.