Director and screenwriter Paul Joseph Schrader will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 28th Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the art of film. The festival will also host a special screening of The Card Counter starring Oscar Isaac and Tiffany Haddish.
The Waco-based Deep in the Heart Film Festival announced the film lineup of 123 films (5 features, 109 shorts and 9 music videos) for its 6th edition, which will combine in-theater screenings July 21-24, followed by an online encore July 24-30.
Dread released the official trailer for Tin Can, the science fiction horror film starring Anna Hopkins (The Expanse, V/H/S/94), Simon Mutabazi (Across The Line, Thug), and Michael Ironside. In the film, set during a pandemic (not COVID), Anna Hopkins stars as a parasitologist who is working on the cure, when she is abducted and imprisoned by mysterious forces in a life-suspension chamber.
Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for Fall, the thriller starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
IFC Films released the official trailer for Spin Me Round, the comedy film featuring an all-star cast of indie comedic actors including Alison Brie, Alessandro Nivola (The Many Saints of Newark, American Hustle), Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West, Parks and Recreation), Molly Shannon (The Little Hours, The White Lotus, SNL), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office), Ayden Mayeri (The Afterparty, Homecoming), Ben Sinclair (High Maintenance), Tim Heidecker (Eastbound & Down, Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!), Debby Ryan (Insatiable, Jessie), Fred Armisen (Portlandia, SNL), and Lil Rey Howery (Free Guy, Get Out).
Here is the official trailer for Summering, the coming-of-age teen drama starring Lia Barnett, Lake Bell, Sarah Cooper, Ashley Madekwe, Madalen Mills, Megan Mullally, Eden Grace Redfield and Sanai Victoria, that premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
A24 debuted the second official trailer for Bodies Bodies Bodies, the horror comedy film starring Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Myha’la Herrold, Chase Sui Wonders, Rachel Sennott, with Lee Pace and Pete Davidson, that premiered at SXSW film festival.
Ahead Of World Premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, here is the first clip from Dark Nature, Berkley Brady’s blood-soaked survival thriller. The feature directorial debut from Métis filmmaker Berkley Brady, Dark Nature is an anxiety-inducing horror-thriller set and filmed in the vast Canadian Rockies almost entirely with practical FX and real stunts. With a predominantly female cast, the film intimately explores themes of trauma and friendship through its meaningful performances — while never shying away from bloody twists and scares.
We Met in Virtual Reality, the immersive documentary from director Joe Hunting, debuts Wednesday, July 27 (9:00-10:35 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. We Met in Virtual Reality had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and is Hunting’s feature directorial debut.
Award-winning director Jafar Panahi, winner of Berlin Golden Bear for “Taxi,” was arrested in Iran on Monday, becoming the the third Iranian film-maker to be arrested in less than a week. Mehr news agency reported that he was held after going to Evin prison to ask prosecutors about Mohammad Rasoulof, who was arrested last Friday along with Mostafa Aleahmad for supporting protests.
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the 2023 festival will take place in Santa Barbara, CA from February 8 through February 18, 2023.
Well Go USA released the official trailer for Emergency Declaration, the South Korean action drama starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Kim So-jin, and Park Hae-joon that premiered at Cannes Film Festival. In the film, an aircraft is forced to declare an emergency when a terrorist attack occurs mid-flight.