The 2022 Oxford Film Festival announced the lineup of official selections for the 19th annual edition of the film festival.
Americanish
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2022 Oxford Film Festival Announces Lineup. Opens with SOUL KIDS Documentary
Soul Kids directed by Hugo Sobelman
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Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival Goes Virtual
“A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks” – closing night film of the 3rd annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival In light of the global surge in Covid-19 cases, the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM) will move to a Virtual festival for its 3rd annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival, with dates remaining the same – January 13–17, 2022. Screenings will be shown via Eventive and exclusive Q+A’s will be hosted via Zoom. All Q+As will now take place at the times that in-person screenings would have been scheduled.
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Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival 2022 Announces Lineup for MLK Weekend
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America. Jeffery Robinson with civil rights activist and lawyer Faya Ora Rose Touré and Senator Henry “Hank” Sanders on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. | Credit: Emily Kunstler) The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan (MMJCCM) announced the lineup for its 3rd annual Cinematters: NY Social Justice Film Festival, which will screen in person and virtually January 13–17, 2022. Building on the festival’s success over the past two years and the ongoing global conversations around racial and social justice, the festival will present impactful films and conversations exploring inequality, injustice, advocacy, and social responsibility through the lens of issues such as racial and economic discrimination, environmental justice, immigrants’ rights, and religious intolerance.
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‘Americanish’ and ‘All These Sons’ Win Top Jury Awards at 30th Heartland Film Festival
Americanish directed by Iman Zawahry “Americanish” from director Iman Zawahry snagged the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize and “All These Sons” from Academy Award® nominee Bing Liu (“Minding the Gap” 2018) and Joshua Altman was awarded the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 30th Heartland International Film Festival.
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Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST to Kick Off SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2021 Lineup
(L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as “Pa”, Judi Dench as “Granny”, Jude Hill as “Buddy”, and Lewis McAskie as “Will” in director Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features The 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival returns in-person and virtually from October 23–30, 2021 with 157 films, including 45 narrative feature films, 15 documentary feature films and 97 shorts – with 63 of these films directed by women.
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ETERNALS to Open Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2021
Eternals starring Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harrington The 36th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) will be a hybrid experience offering both in-theater and virtual film screenings of more than 100 film from November 4-21, 2021.
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Woodstock Film Festival 2021 Announces Lineup, Closes with ‘The Electrical Life of Louis Wain’
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) announced the full lineup of 45 feature films and 85 shorts for its 22nd Anniversary, taking place September 29 – October 3, 2021 at indoor and outdoor venues in the Hudson Valley towns of Woodstock, Kingston and Saugerties, and online.
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Escape from Mogadishu to Open New York Asian Film Festival + Fest Adds More Films
Escape from Mogadishu Ryoo Seung-wan’s tense action thriller Escape from Mogadishu, starring Kim Yoon-seok (NYAFF Star Asia winner 2018) and Zo In-sung will kick off 20th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) at Film at Lincoln Center on August 6. The dramatic film is based on real events that took place in 1991 at the onset of the Somali Civil War, and depicts the perilous escape attempted by North and South Korean embassy workers who were stranded in the title city during the conflict. (Well Go USA is releasing the film in the United States and Canada.)
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Geena Davis’ Bentonville Film Festival 2021 Unveils Competition Lineup + 30th Anniversary Screening of Thelma & Louise
Thelma & Louise 2021 Bentonville Film Festival announced the narrative, documentary feature, short, and episodic film selections in the competition program set for August 2-8 in Bentonville, AR. For this year’s 7th edition, BFF will combine virtual and safe in-person activations, including premieres, conversations, awards, and events to produce a hybrid experience for Festival attendees.
