Cinema Eye Honors unveiled the 16 films on the Audience Choice Prize Longlist, the Unforgettables Honorees, nominees in five Broadcast categories, and the annual Shorts List — spotlighting 11 of the year’s top documentary short films for its 18th annual edition.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 96th Academy Awards®.
Clair Titley’s The Contestant will open the 14th DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival — running in-person November 8-16 and continuing online through November 26, presenting more than 105 feature-length documentaries .
Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) returns for its 19th edition, from September 14-17 in person at venues in Camden and Rockland, Maine, and online from September 18-25 for audiences across the US.
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2023 came to a close on Sunday, and the audience selected Immediate Family, Denny Tedesco’s follow-up to his acclaimed documentary The Wrecking Crew, as winner of the DocLands Audience Choice Award. Immediate Family chronicles the journey of a group of close friends who became the premiere studio band for the musical icons of the ‘70s and beyond, giving us a backstage tour of rock history.
Nantucket Film Festival unveiled the first selection of films for the 28th annual edition, which will run from June 21-26, 2023 at the Dreamland Theater, the ‘Sconset Casino, and the White Heron Theatre.
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2023 taking place Wednesday, May 10 through Sunday, May 14, announced the full lineup of in-theatre programming and in-person filmmaker conversations at the Smith Rafael Film Center in downtown San Rafael.
Raging Grace directed by Paris Zarcilla is the winner of the Grand Jury Award in the Narrative Feature Competition at the 30th SXSW Film & TV Festival. The jury commented, “The story of a Filipina house cleaner and her young daughter confronting Britain’s racial and class divides, Raging Grace is both frank and elusive, a film that subverts expectations on its way to a stirring conclusion.”
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, directed and co-written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley will open the 30th edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival taking place March 10-19, 2023. In the film a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. The movie brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, and Hugh Grant.
