The 67th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) presented from May 2–4, 2024, unveiled the full lineup of films. This year’s program will screen exclusively in theaters in San Francisco’s Marina and Presidio neighborhoods, and in Berkeley from April 24–28.
Woody Allen’s latest film Coup de chance, the romantic thriller shot in France, stars, Lou de Laâge (International Emmy winner, The Mad Women’s Ball), Valérie Lemercier (The Visitors, Aline), Melvil Poupaud, (One Fine Morning), Niels Schneider (Heartbeats, How I Killed My Mother).
XYZ films revealed the official trailer for All You Need is Death, the indie horror film described as a “nightmarish Irish folktale” starring Olwen Fouéré (Mandy, Sally Hardesty from 2022’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Charlie Maher (Blue Lights), Simone Collins (The Last Duel), and Gary Whelan (The Contract).
The world premiere of the documentary I Am the Creation of Fiction, Arkadiusz Bartosiak’s portrait of artist, actor, director, manager, and social activist Andrzej Seweryn will open the 64th Krakow Film Festival in Poland.
Goodbye Julia directed by Mohamed Kordofani walked away with the Grand Jury Award, Best Narrative Feature at the 27th Sonoma International Film Festival. The film follows the story of Mona, a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage, who is wracked by guilt after covering up a murder.
The Overlook Film Festival has added seven films, as well as new immersive events, presentations and special guests to the full schedule for its 2024 edition, taking place April 4 – April 7 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres.
The East Coast Premiere of Lynn Dow’s Bull Street starring Loretta Devine and Amy Madigan opens the 26th Sarasota Film Festival taking place across Sarasota April 5 through April 14, 2024. The festival will close with a special presentation of Steve Buscemi’s The Listener starring Tessa Thompson.
Roadside Attraction debuted the official trailer for The Absence of Eden, the thriller film starring Zoe Saldaña as an undocumented woman fighting to escape the cartel who finds herself working with an ICE agent to try to save the life of an innocent young girl.
Emmy Award-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and director Michael Showalter will be honored at the 2024 Miami Film Festival taking place from April 5-14.
Bleecker Street revealed the official trailer for Ezra, the comedy drama film starring Bobby Cannavale as a stand-up comedian living with his father played by Robert De Niro, while struggling to co-parent his autistic son with his ex-wife.
IFC Films shared the official trailer for In a Violent Nature, the Canadian slasher horror film starring Ry Barrett as Johnny, a mute killer who targets a group of teenagers in the Ontario wilderness – with the story mostly seen from the killer’s point of view.
Check out the official trailer for Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story, an intimate documentary portrait of the late award-winning photographer who documented the celebrations, struggles and daily lives of Asian American and Pacific Islanders, assembling an astonishing archive of nearly one million images. Lee died in 2021 at the age of 73 due to COVID.