The 39th IDA Documentary Awards announced this year’s nominees with Against the Tide, ANHELL69, Apolonia, Apolonia, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, In the Rearview, Milisuthando, Q, The Mother of All Lies and While We Watched nominated for Best Feature Documentary.
The European Film Academy revealed the nominees for the main categories of the 36th European Film Awards.
Indie films All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, and A Thousand and One are among feature films receiving nominations for the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards.
10 features, two shorts programs, and a very special tribute to the late filmmaker, Julia Reichert are among the program for SFFILM’s ninth annual documentary film showcase Doc Stories running November 2–5, 2023. Several films will also be available for a limited streaming window November 6–7.
AFI FEST 2023 taking place in Los Angeles from October 25 to October 29 unveiled the lineup of 141 features and shorts from 49 countries.
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).
The 32nd Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF), taking place October 5-15, 2023, will showcase more than 120 feature films under the theme “You Can’t Look Away.”
31st Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full lineup of films with Bradley Cooper’s Maestro as closing night film along with “A Conversation with…” Series with Paul Simon. Filmmaker Celine Song will also attend the festival for a Special Screening of her latest narrative feature Past Lives, and will receive the festival’s Breakthrough Artist Award.
The 67th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) taking place October 4 – 15, unveiled the full program line-up featuring films from filmmakers Martin Scorsese, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sally El Hosaini, Jonathan Glazer, Steve McQueen, Quentin Dupieux and more.
European Film Academy has selected 14 feature-length documentary films to comprise the Documentary Film Selection for the European Film Awards 2023. The European Film Awards, honorring the greatest achievements in European cinema, will be presented on December 9 in Berlin.
Toronto International Film Festival 2023 unveiled the first wave of 60 films in Galas and Special Presentations.
Anatomy Of A Fall (Anatomie D’une Chute) directed by Justine Triet won the Palme d’or award, the top prize of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the third woman to win the prestigious prize. Jane Campion won in 1993 for The Piano, and Julia Ducournau won in 2001 for Titane.