Netflix unveiled the official trailer for The Wonder, the period drama film starring Florence Pugh and based on the book by Emma Donoghue, writer of Room. The Wonder is the tale of a young Irish girl, Anna O’Donnell, whose Catholic family claim she has eaten nothing since her eleventh birthday… four months ago.
Set to world premiere at the 30th Hamptons International Film Festival, here is the trailer for A Radical Life, providing a first look at the documentary that takes an in-depth look at the radicalization and evolution of Tania Joya known as “First Lady of ISIS”. The film will premiere Thursday, October 13th, on discovery+.
The 14th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival will close with the film Enfermo Amor (Love Sick) directed by Marco Polo Constandse and Rodrigo Nava; starring Camila Sodi, Mónica Huarte, Andrés Palacios, Fernanda Castillo, Adriana Louvier, Maya Zapata and Juan Pablo Medina. and an exciting musical performance by Mexican cumbia star Amandititita.
The Brazilian film Mars One, written and directed by Gabriel Martins, was named Best Narrative Feature, and Tracey Arcabasso Smith’s Relative earned the Best Documentary Feature award at the 53rd Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm).
AFI Fest Film Festival 2022 today unveiled the full lineup of 125 films including Bones and All directed by Luca Guadagnino, Le Pupille directed by Alice Rohrwacher, Nanny directed by Nikyatu Jusu, SR. directed by Chris Smith, and Women Talking by writer and director Sarah Polley, which will all screen in the Special Screenings section. Of the official selections, 53% are directed by women, 32% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers and 11% are directed by LGBTQIA+ filmmakers.
The Kenyan children’s film Safari, directed by Kenyan Bill Afwani will have its world-premiere at The Cinekid Festival in the Netherlands.
Actor and musician Gary Farmer will receive the 2022 August Schellenberg Award of Excellence, at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival.
The Savannah College of Art and Design hosts this year’s 25th anniversary edition of SCAD Savannah Film Festival in person, October 22–29, 2022. The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will screen 143 films, including 53 narrative feature films, 20 documentary feature films, and 79 shorts, with eight world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
Here is a first look exclusive clip for Finding Her Beat, the new documentary on women in Taiko drumming directed by Dawn Mikkelson (Risking Light, The Red Tail), and Keri Pickett (First Daughter and the Black Snake, The Fabulous Ice Age) world premiering at 2022 Mill Valley Film Festival .
Ahead of its world premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival, here is the first look trailer for Inland, the debut feature of Fridtjof Ryder starring Rory Alexander and Mark Rylance. The film also starring Alexander Lincoln and Nell Williams is described as a modern folktale that explores the fractured identity of a young man after the mysterious disappearance of his mother.
Samuel Goldwyn Films revealed the official trailer for Manifest West, a coming of age story told through the eyes of a young girl whose family spirals out of control after they move off the grid. The film stars Lexy Kolker, Annet Mahendru, Milo Gibson, Madison Friedman, Tim Heidecker, and Michael Cudlitz.
Pakistan has selected Saim Sadiq’s debut feature, Joyland as the country’s official submission for Best International Feature at the 2023 Oscars.