Variety will honor Molly Ringwald with the Variety Creative Vanguard Award at the Miami Film Festival on Saturday, April 6. Ringwald will also participate in a Q&A about her extensive work in film and TV with Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis.
Titled “In Process: Documenting Creativity,” award-winning filmmakers Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit has curated the 2024 Thematic Program of the 26th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 4–7, 2024
Oscilloscope Laboratories revealed the official trailer and announced a one night only theatrical release of Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, the documentary on the iconic folk rock duo Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls.
HBO revealed the official trailer for The Truth vs. Alex Jones, the documentary chronicling the landmark defamation trials brought by Sandy Hook parents against Alex Jones.
Jethro Waters’ Gunfighter Paradise captured the prestigious “Best Film” award at the 8th annual MidWest WeirdFest in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The film is a dark comedic examination of the contemporary South. It is as hilarious as it is horrific, and resonates with a genuine understanding of human nature, particularly our violent and religious drives and impulses.
Greenwich Entertainment revealed the official trailer for Uncropped, the documentary film chronicling the five-decade career of legendary New York photojournalist James Hamilton who created iconic images of almost everyone – from Patti Smith, Liza Minnelli, Lou Reed, Hitchcock, George Romero, to Noah Baumbach and Wes Anderson.
Oppenheimer was the big winner at the 96th Academy Awards, taking home the top award for Best Picture along with best director for Christopher Nolan, best actor for Cillian Murphy and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr.
I Have Electric Dreams directed by Valentina Maurel won the award for Best Feature Film at Gender Equity in Media Society (GEMS)’s 2024 GEMFest in Vancouver, Canada. The film also won Best Performance in a Feature for Daniela Marín Navarro, and Best Feature Screenplay for Valentina Maurel.
The 13th International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) Rio de Janeiro 2024, to be held May 25th to June 1st at Rio’s Modern Art Museum (MAM Rio) Cinematheque, has announced its Jury award winners.
IFC Films debuted the official trailer for Late Night with the Devil, the found footage horror film starring David Dastmalchian as the host of a 1970s late-night talk show interviewing a guest when all hell starts breaking loose during the live television broadcast.
Good Deed Entertainment revealed the official trailer for Pure O, the drama film starring Daniel Dorr (20th Century Woman) as an aspiring screenwriter and musician struggling with pure obsessive-compulsive disorder. Also starring in the film are Hope Lauren (The Republic of Sarah), Landry Bender (Fuller House), and Jeffery A. Baker.
Colombian writer-director Natalia Santa (The Dragon Defense, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2017) debuted the first look trailer for Malta, her second feature film set to world premiere in the Global section at the 2024 edition of the SXSW Film Festival, taking place March 8-16, in Austin, Texas.