Sean Baker’s Anora nabbed Best Picture at the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards, along with Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison in a tie with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths; and Best Supporting Performance Yura Borisov also in tie with Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.
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 held tonight in New York City. Best International Feature went to Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light and the Palestinian film No Other Land directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal won for Best Documentary Feature.
Slamdance has unveiled The Indie Awards, a new annual award show dedicated to celebrating independent filmmaking. The inaugural ceremony will take place on December 9, 2024, at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by comedians and actors Nic Novicki (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos) and Steve Way (Ramy).
Altered Innocence debuted the new theatrical trailer and North American theatrical dates for The People’s Joker, Vera Drew’s genre-defying breakout feature debut film. Drew directed, edited, co-wrote, and stars in the queer coming-of-age fair use superhero world parody.
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.
Toronto International Film Festival revealed the 2022 selection for Discovery, Midnight Madness, and Wavelengths programs. This robust lineup features 54 titles from filmmakers representing 26 countries.
