Janus Films revealed the official US trailer No Bears (خرس نیست), the Iranian drama directed by imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi. The film which was secretly filmed in Iran, stars Panahi along with Naser Hashemi, Vahid Mobaseri, Bakhtiyar Panjei, Mina Kavani, and Reza Heydari, and tells two parallel love stories in which the lovers struggle with hidden and unavoidable obstacles.
British-Irish director Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin leads the nominations for the 43rd annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with nine nominations, followed closely with eight nominations, by Scottish debut filmmaker Charlotte Wells’ coming-of-age story Aftersun.
The Nevada Film Critics Society announced its 2022 award winners with top honors for Best Film going to She Said directed by Maria Schrader. The film also nabbed the award for best adapted screenplay.
Sight and Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine chose Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, which recently won 7 BIFAs as the Best Film of the Year. Paul Mescal and newcomer Frankie Corio give astonishing performances as a father and daughter on holiday in Turkey in the late 1990s, in this moving and reflective feature debut. Alice Diop’s Saint Omer came in at 2nd place and Park Chanwook’s DECISION TO LEAVE in 3rd place.
Megan Fox (Till Death, Transformers, New Girl) and Michele Morrone (365 Days) will star in the new sci-fi thriller Subservience from Millennium Media. Fox will rejoin her Till Death director, S.K. Dale, with a screenplay written by Will Honley (Escape Room: Tournament of Champions) and April Maguire (Lost Girls). Production will start filming at the Bulgarian Nu Boyana Studio on January 7th.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 95th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
VMI Releasing debuted the official trailer for Verdi Productions’ My Father Muhammad Ali, the documentary highlighting the life of Muhammad Ali Jr..
Vertical debuted the official trailer for Alone at Night, an erotic horror film featuring a star-studded cast including Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Luis Guzmán (Traffic), model Winnie Harlow, musician G-Eazy, rapper A$AP Nast, Paris Hilton, Lindsey Pelas (Extraction), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Cassius Corrigan (Huracán), and Sky Ferreira (Baby Driver).
Focus Features revealed the official trailer for Of An Age, the Australian drama starring Elias Anton as Kol, a Serbian immigrant in Australia who enters a brief but intense romance with Adam (Thom Green), the brother of his ballroom dance partner Ebony (Hattie Hook).
Berlin Film Festival unveiled titles selected for Berlinale Special, Berlinale Series, Forum and Forum Expanded; along wit the official poster of the upcoming 73rd edition of the festival. “The key visual for the 73rd Berlinale directs our attention to the indispensable core of a metropolitan film festival: the audience. We’re very pleased that with this year’s poster, we can honor those whose curiosity, enthusiasm and applause makes the Berlinale a vibrant, inspiring and joyful event,” comments Mariëtte Rissenbeek, Executive Director of the Berlinale.
Brendan Fraser will receive the Spotlight Award, Actor for his performance in The Whale at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place in-person on January 5, 2023, with the festival running through January 16, 2023.
Vertical Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Maybe I Do, a multi-generational romantic comedy starring Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, and William H. Macy.