The Spanish black comedy film La Pietà directed by Eduardo Casanova is the winner of the top prize in the Main Competition Feature section at the 2022 Fantastic Fest. The film stars Ángela Molina and Manel Llunell as Libertad and Mateo in a mother-son toxic relationship.
18 titles with Spanish production (15 features, two shorts and one TV series) will be seen in the Official Selection, New Directors, Zabaltegi-Tabakalera, Perlak and the Velodrome at San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition, running from September 16-24, 2022.
The 19th Calgary Underground Film Festival announced the first wave of films playing the upcoming hybrid festival, taking place from April 21 – May 1, 2022.
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.