Greenwich Entertainment will release the documentary The Youth Governor the feature directorial debut of Matthew and Jaron Halmy. The documentary played at the Cleveland International Film Festival, the Milwaukee Film Festival, and the Phoenix Film Festival and will be released on August 26.
Directed by Christos Nikou in his feature directorial debut, Apples, Greece’s entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards opens in US theaters in June. The film, an exploration of memory and identity, was an Official Selection of the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival.
The 35th anniversary season of POV documentary series on PBS opens with the observational film Wuhan Wuhan, about the first wave of COVID-19, in the city where the mysterious virus was first discovered.
The Locarno Film Festival’s Premio Raimondo Rezzonico for Best Independent Producer on the international scene will be awarded to Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions, a pivotal figure behind hits such as Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014) and BlacKkKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018).
Presented by Alec Baldwin, the HamptonsFilm SummerDocs series returns for its fourteenth year, with the series kicking off with Fire of Love, directed by Sara Dosa, on Saturday, June 25. Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher, screens on July 23 and the series concludes with Nothing Lasts Forever, directed by Jason Kohn, on August 12.
Pour L’Amour picked up the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Feature awards, and From the Hood to the Holler took home the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 25th Brooklyn Film Festival “Unthinkable Edition” which ended on Sunday, June 12th.
Here is a clip from Our Father, the Devil, the intense French thriller from filmmaker Ellie Foumbi that premiered at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. The film stars Babetida Sadjo, Souleymane Sy Savané, Jennifer Tchiakpe, Franck Saurel, and Martine Amisse.
Ray Romano made his directorial debut at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival with Somewhere In Queens, the New York set dramedy also starring Romano along with Laurie Metcalf, Tony Lo Bianco, Sebastian Maniscalco, Jennifer Esposito, Jacob Ward, Sadie Stanley, Dierdre Friel, and Jon Manfrellotti.
Directed by multi-award-winning filmmakers Sam Pollard and Geeta Gandbhir, the civil rights documentary Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power has its World Premiere at Tribeca Festival.
Oscilloscope Laboratories debuted the official trailer for Clara Sola, the Costa Rican drama selected as the Costa Rican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.
The documentary Sophia from directors Jon Kasbe (When Lambs Become Lions, The Deep End) and Crystal Moselle (The Wolfpack, Skate Kitchen) follows inventor David Hanson’s relentless quest to bring compassion and consciousness to Sophia, the most recognized humanoid robot in the world.
Here is the first trailer for Woman on the Roof, the Polish drama directed by Anna Jadowska world premiering at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival on June 11, in the International Narrative Competition. The film stars Dorota Pomykala, Bogdan Koca, and Adam Bobik.