The 47th Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) taking place Thursday, April 20 through Sunday, April 30, 2023, revealed the full lineup, headlined by the Opening Night presentation of Polite Society. Starring Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya, the film follows a martial artist-in-training who enlists her friends to help save her older sister from her impending marriage in the name of independence and sisterhood.
G.B. Shannon’s Show Business Is My Life (But I Can’t Prove It) won Best Documentary Feature and Mike Cheslik’s Hundreds of Beavers was named Best Narrative Feature at the 2023 Oxford Film Festival.
The 2023 Oxford Film Festival taking place March 1-5, 2023 announced the lineup of 143 films and media projects for the 20th Anniversary annual edition.
The Brazilian film Dry Ground Burning (Mato Seco em Chamas) by Joana Pimenta and Adirley Queirós wins the top award for Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 13th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards.
The 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival announced the 2022 award winners with the top jury prizes going to Ellie Foumbi’s Our Father, The Devil for Best Narrative Feature and Reed Harkness’ Sam Now for Best Documentary Feature.
The war epic film Devotion directed by JD Dillard, and starring Jonathan Majors opens this year’s 26th Urbanworld Film Festival, boasting a strong film slate. Majors will also serve as the festival’s official ambassador.
Indie Memphis Film Festival celebrates its 25th Anniversary from October 19th through 24th on the ground in Memphis, as well as virtually, with an intensely varied international lineup of new films, most of which with filmmakers in-person, as well as revival screenings that celebrate Memphis’ rich cultural history, and incredible restorations of film classics.