The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the three hundred twenty-one feature films eligible for the 2023 Academy Awards®. There are 265 feature films eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category, which has additional eligibility requirements beyond those for general entry.
Strand Releasing debuted the official trailer for Mutt, an indie drama film starring Lío Mehiel as Feña, a trans man in New York City, who in one day, rekindles old relationships after having lost touch since his gender transitioning, with his father, his straight ex-boyfriend and his estranged sister.
The 49th Seattle International Film Festival came to a close with the award ceremony and Dancing Queen directed by Aurora Gossé won the Golden Space Needle Audience Award – Best Film, and 26.2 to Life directed by Christine Yoo won for Best Documentary.
Frameline rolled out the full program lineup for the 47th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline47) emphasizing the interplay between past and present — both in terms of queer cinema history and the collective history of the LGBTQ+ community at large.
NewFest, home to the celebrated LGBTQ+ film festival, announced the full lineup for their third annual NewFest Pride Summer Film Series. The event kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month from June 1 – 5, 2023 in New York, and will feature a mix of exclusive in-person premieres/panels, virtual screenings, and social events.
The 25th Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) set to take place June 14-18, 2023, revealed its lineup of narrative, documentary, and short films and honorees.
The 33rd annual Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, set to take place both in-person and virtually from May 25th to June 4th, 2023, will showcase 107 films from 30 countries, including 33 feature films, and 7 world premieres.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2023, taking place from 6 to 9 July, will showcase a lineup of 11 feature films that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The festival will close with the UK premiere of You Hurt My Feelings, from filmmaker Nicole Holofcener (Lovely & Amazing, Enough Said). The Brooklyn-set comedy-drama stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep, Seinfeld) and Tobias Menzies (The Crown) as a couple whose marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears his honest reaction to her latest book
The 49th Seattle International Film Festival, taking place held May 11-21, 2023, will screen 264 films representing 74 countries, including 94 narrative features, 45 documentaries, four archival films, two secret screenings, and 125 short films.
The Museum of Modern Art and Film at Lincoln Center revealed the lineup of 27 features and 11 shorts, a total of 41 directors for the 52nd edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from March 29 through April 9, 2023.
Sundance Film Festival awarded the 2023 Grand Jury Prizes to A Thousand and One for U.S. Dramatic, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project for U.S. Documentary, Scrapper for World Cinema Dramatic, and The Eternal Memory for World Cinema Documentary. The NEXT Innovator Award was awarded to KOKOMO CITY.
Berlin International Film Festival 2023 confirms more titles for Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation, Berlinale Co-Production Market, and Berlinale Goes Kiez.