The New York Film Critics Circle voted Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist as Best Film of 2024, along with Best Actor honors for Adrien Brody for his performance in the film as visionary architect László Toth who emigrates to America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage.
Actress Sophie Okonedo will be honored with the Richard Harris Award at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
Janet Planet, the directorial debut of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 2014’s The Flick, Annie Baker, will make its streaming debut on Max and its broadcast debut on HBO.
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) shared an impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences running 8-25 August across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August.
The 50th Seattle International Film Festival will showcase a lineup of 261 films representing 84 countries/regions, including 92 features, 47 documentaries, five archival features, two special tributes, two secret screenings, and 115 short films. The festival takes place held May 9–19, 2024 at venues across Seattle and followed by a week of select virtual screenings on the SIFF Channel May 20–27.
A24 unveiled the official trailer for Janet Planet, the coming-of-age film starring Julianne Nicholson, Zoe Ziegler, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Sophie Okonedo.
The Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), running from February 28 – March 3, 2024 will screen 20 narrative and documentary features, 37 shorts, and three episodics. The festival will kick off with opening night film Ezra directed by Tony Goldwyn and starring Bobby Cannavale, Rose Byrne and Robert DeNiro; and closing night film is the documentary Sugarcane directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie.
Levan Akin’s film Crossing will open the 2024 Panorama program of 74th Berlin International Film Festival, set to showcase 31 titles from 36 countries. The Panorama program includes new works by André Téchiné, Thomas Arslan, Birgitte Stærmose, David-Pierre Fila, Annie Baker, Dag Johan Haugerud, Bruce LaBruce and Nathan Silver. Also in the program is the four-part anthology series Zeit Verbrechen.
Telluride Film Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary edition from Thursday, August 31 through Monday, September 4, 2023.
Films from Jonathan Glazer, Andrew Haigh, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Todd Haynes, Agnieszka Holland, Hong Sangsoo, Raven Jackson, Radu Jude, Yorgos Lanthimos, Michael Mann, Martín Rejtman, Alice Rohrwacher, Justine Triet, Wang Bing, Wim Wenders, and Zhang Lu are among 32 feature films that comprise the Main Slate of the 61st New York Film Festival (NYFF), taking place September 29–October 15 at Lincoln Center.
