
DocLands Documentary Film Festival 2022 set to take place Thursday, May 5 through Wednesday, May 11, 2022, announced the full lineup of films.

Australian director Baz Luhrmann will attend the 2022 Cannes Film Festival to present the world premiere of his latest feature film Elvis, biopic of legendary rock and roll star, Elvis Presley.

A24 released the official trailer for Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, the live action, animated comedy film directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp starring Jenny Slate as Marcel, along with Rosa Salazar, Thomas Mann, and Isabella Rossellini.

Neon released the official trailer for Petite Maman, the French drama from filmmaker Céline Sciamma about a young girl coping with the death of her grandmother by bonding with her mother. The film starring Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Stéphane Varupenne, Nina Meurisse and Margo Abascal had its world premiere at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

The 2022 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), announced this year’s award winners with We Feed People, directed by Ron Howard winning the Audience Award; and top juried prizes going to Linoleum, directed by Colin West for Best Narrative Feature Film and Mama Bears, directed by Daresha Kyi for Best Documentary Feature Film.

Move Me, a feature film made by and about a quadraplegic, world premieres at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on April 7th, and also plays at the ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York on April 12th.

Directed by Amy Bench, More Than I Remember, the animated documentary on child refugee Mugeni, will have its international premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs film festival as part of the shorts program: Persister Shorts: Mother’s Day, a selection of short documentaries features stories of women speaking up and being heard.

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Netflix released the official trailer for The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes, a new documentary exploring the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle. Directed by Emma Cooper, the documentary premieres on Netflix on April 27th, 2022.

RLJE Films debuted the official trailer for Dual, the sci-fi comedy film starring Karen Gillan, Beulah Koale with Theo James and Aaron Paul. Directed by Riley Stearns, the film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and opens in theaters on April 15, 2022.

Warner Bros. Pictures will release NAVALNY, the documentary about Alexey Navalny, the Russian dissident and presidential candidate who was the target of a 2020 assassination attempt. The documentary premiered to critical and audience acclaim at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won both the Audience Award in the U.S. Documentary competition, and the Festival Favorite Award.

The 48th Seattle International Film Festival, will be held April 14-24, 2022, screening 262 films representing 80 countries, including 107 narrative features, 41 documentaries, three archival films, two works-in-progress, and 107 short films.