The Banshees of Inisherin is the top film at the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s fifth annual end-of-year Film Awards, receiving 5 wins including Best Picture of 2022, along with Best Director plus Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh, Lead Actor for Colin Farrell, and Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon.
Apple TV+ debuted the official trailer for Cha Cha Real Smooth, the comedy-drama film starring Dakota Johnson, Cooper Raiff, Vanessa Burghardt, Brad Garrett and Leslie Mann. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.
The Nantucket Film Festival (NFF) announced the programming lineup for the 27th annual edition, which will run from June 22-27, 2022. The festival will open with National Geographic Documentary Film’s Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa. The documentary follows Katia and Maurice Krafft, who loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple were seduced by the thrill and danger of this elemental love triangle.
The 2022 Tribeca Festival, set to run from June 8-19, announced its lineup of feature and short narrative, documentary, and animated films. The festival will showcase 111 feature films and 16 online premieres from 151 filmmakers across 40 countries.
The 65th annual San Francisco International Film Festival will make its return to theaters in person, featuring more than 130 films from 56 countries, including 16 World and 10 North American premieres. The Festival will also celebrate cinematic icon Michelle Yeoh with a special tribute to be presented by critically acclaimed actor Sandra Oh. The 2022 Festival will run April 21–May 1.
The 46th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) taking place Thursday, April 21 through Sunday, May 1, 2022 at multiple venues in Atlanta and virtually revealed the lineup highlighted by the Opening Night presentation of “892” and Closing Night film “Mija”.
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.
The 2022 Sundance Film Festival set to take place January 20–30, 2022, announced the films selected in the Feature Film, Indie Episodic, and New Frontier categories. The full slate of works announced includes 82 feature-length films representing 28 countries, and 39 of 92 (42%) feature film directors are first-time feature filmmakers.
