Sean Baker’s Anora nabbed Best Picture at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, along with Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison in a tie with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths.
The People’s Joker (2022)
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The People’s Joker (2022)
Sean Baker’s Anora nabbed Best Picture at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards, along with Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison in a tie with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths.
Anora and I Saw the TV Glow lead the nominations for the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards with six each.
Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man was crowned Best Feature at the 34th The Gothams awards. Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing nabbed performance honors for Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin.
Anora leads the nominations for the 34th Gothams awards receiving nods for Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker.
Slamdance has unveiled The Indie Awards, a new annual award show dedicated to celebrating independent filmmaking. Nominees for awards include Atikamekw Suns, The People’s Joker, Israelism.
Vera Drew directed, edited, co-wrote, and stars in the queer coming-of-age fair use superhero world parody The People’s Joker.
Altered Innocence will release The People’s Joker, Vera Drew’s queer coming-of-age superhero world parody that reimagines the Joker’s origin.
Alison Ellwood’s documentary about Cyndi Lauper, Let The Canary Sing, will kick off the 24th Annual Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival taking place in Minneapolis November 8–12, 2023.
The 21st annual Tallgrass Film Festival set for October 5-8, in downtown Wichita showcases more than 184 films.
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story film leads a gonzo Midnight Madness lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival.