Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight walked away with the Outstanding Motion Picture at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, along with Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Kerry Washington, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ebony Obsidian.
Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson leads in motion picture categories for the 56th NAACP Image Awards with 14 nods including Outstanding Motion Picture.
The 27th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival set to take place on November 1-5, 2023, unveiled its official 2023 slate
The 36th Virginia Film Festival set for October 25-29 announced its lineup with Maestro written, produced, and directed by Bradley Cooper as Opening Night Film. The film focuses on the relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his wife Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).
Indie Memphis Film Festival unveiled its 2023 slate set to open with Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. The festival runs October 24th through 29th in-person [and virtually] in historic Memphis, TN.
Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) unveiled its full lineup of more than 140 titles, including 51 feature-length films, for its 54th annual event, taking place September 28 – October 4, 2023.
Tallgrass Film Festival announced the first wave of film and events for its 21st annual Film Festival to be held October 5-8, in downtown Wichita, Kansas. The Festival will host more than 184 films for this 21st edition.
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) revealed the first four official films selected for its 54th annual event taking place from September 28 – October 4, 2023.
The 22nd San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) will be held June 1 – 11, 2023; and screen 39 features and 47 shorts. The festival opens with Christine Yoo’s 26.2 To Life and Fantastic Negrito: Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? directed by Yvan Iturriaga, Francisco Nuñez Capriles.
The Netflix satirical conspiracy caper film They Cloned Tyrone starring Golden Globe winner John Boyega (Small Axe, Attack the Block, Star Wars), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels, WandaVision) and Oscar winner Jamie Foxx (Ray, Just Mercy) will open the 2023 American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Emmy-winning writer, producer and actor Lena Waithe is ABFF’s 2023 Festival Ambassador.
South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals announced the second wave of the 2023 Film & TV Festival Lineup, including all Visions, Global, 24 Beats, and Festival Favorites plus numerous additions to Headliners, TV Premieres, Narrative and Documentary Spotlight, and other sections. The Festival also announced that Janine Nabers and Donald Glover’s Swarm and Lee Sung Jin’s Beef will be the Opening and Closing Night TV premieres.