Chilean-born, Montreal-based composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer will receive Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Film Festival’s Art of Light (Composer) Award, presented by Alacran Group, at its 39th edition, set to continue with an in-person format running from March 4-13, 2022.
The 33rd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced the juried award winners with the Mexican film Prayers For the Stolen winning both the FIPRESCI and Ibero-American Award Prizes. Salvadoran-Mexican documentarian Tatiana Huezo makes her narrative debut with this powerful adaptation of Jennifer Clement’s bestselling 2014 novel, which explores the lives of three young girls impacted by Mexico’s ongoing cartel wars.
Eighteen films including one non-fiction and one animation will compete for the Golden and Silver Bears at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. Seven films were directed by women.
The psychedelic coming-of-age horror film Honeycomb, the feature debut from 21-year old writer/director Avalon Fast, released the teaser trailer ahead of the World Premiere at Slamdance Film Festival.
The Green Planet, a new five-part documentary series hosted by Sir David Attenborough, about Earth’s biodiversity told through the fascinating story of plants premieres Wednesdays, July 6-August 3, 2022 on PBS.
The Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) went heavily for The Power of the Dog, lauding the film with with five top honors including Best Movie of 2021, along with Director for Jane Campion and Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch.
Saban Films released the official trailer for Gasoline Alley, the action thriller film starring Devon Sawa, Bruce Willis and Luke Wilson. Directed by Edward John Drake, the film will open in Theaters, Digital, and On Demand on February 25, 2022.
Actress Kyla Pratt, “Black-ish” actor Marcus Scribner and singer-songwriter Tinashe announced the nominees for the “53rd NAACP Image Awards”. Netflix leads nominations across motion picture and television + streaming categories.
Abigail Cowen, Logan Marshall Green, Famke Janssen, Nina Dobrev, Eric Dane star in Redeeming Love, the Western romantic drama film set in the American Old West during the California Gold Rush. Directed by D.J.Caruso, the film opens in theaters on Friday January 21, 2022.
Viens je t’emmène (Nobody’s Hero) by Alain Guiraudie will open the Panorama 2022 program of the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. A total of 29 films from 33 countries are confirmed for this year’s program, including ew films by Isabelle Stever, Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson and Alejandra Márquez Abella. Elliot Page has joined the Italian film Nel mio nome (Into My Name) as executive producer and there is a documentary focus on Sub-Saharan Africa with three films.
The Kansas City Film Critics Circle announced the winners for its 56th Annual James Loutzenhiser Awards with The Power of the Dog receiving the awards for Best Film, the Robert Altman Award for Best Director (Jane Campion), and Best Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch).
CNN Films and HBO Max have partnered on Navalny, a revealing fly-on-the-wall documentary thriller by filmmaker Daniel Roher about anti-corruption Russian government opposition leader Alexey Navalny. Navalny survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery Navalny makes shocking discoveries about his assassination attempt and decides to return home. Despite the risks to his personal safety, he willingly returned to Russia on January 17, 2021, and was arrested moments after landing in Moscow. January 17, 2022, marks one year since Navalny was imprisoned for leaving Russia, related to a prior suspended sentence.
