Yellow Veil Pictures have acquired Gaspar Noe’s Lux Æterna and is planning a theatrical release in May, followed later in the year by a full digital and collector’s edition home video release. The film made its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival and was later selected for the Tribeca Film Festival prior to cancellation due to the pandemic.
CODA won the award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture at the 53rd Annual NAACP Image Awards. Other top film awards went to Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power for Outstanding Documentary (Film) and Encanto won for Outstanding Animated Motion Picture.
RLJE Films and Shudder released the official trailer for Offseason, a southern gothic horror story film, described as “a ghoulish, tense and utterly fantastical tale set in a Florida beach town” starring Jocelin Donahue, Joe Swanberg, Richard Brake, Melora Walters, and Jeremy Gardner. Directed by Mickey Keating, the film which premiered at Popcorn Frights film festival, opens in select theaters, on demand and digital on March 11, 2022.
IFC Midnight released the official trailer for Barbarians, the thriller starring Iwan Rheon of Game of Thrones that premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Also starring in the film are Catalina Sandino Moreno, Tom Cullen and Inès Spiridonov.
HBO Max Original released the official trailer for Gaming Wall Street, the two-part documentary narrated by Kieran Culkin (HBO’s “Succession”), exploring the historic 2021 short squeeze of GameStop, and how a group of armchair investors and online vigilantes ultimately helped expose the dark underbelly of Wall Street.
Will Smith, Jessica Chastain, Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose were honored with individual awards at the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Crunchyroll released a new official trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen 0, the dark fantasy film from TOHO Animation, directed by Sunghoo Park, opening in theaters on March 18, 2022. The film will also be released in select U.S. based IMAX® theaters.
Maggie Gyllenhaal and author Elena Ferrante won at the 34th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards in the feature film category for Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter,” based on Ferrante’s 2006 book (published in English in 2008). Gyllenhaal, who directed, wrote, and produced “The Lost Daughter,” acknowledged the deep connection between screenwriters and the original authors in her acceptance speech.
Super LTD released the official trailer for All My Friends Hate Me, the horror comedy film starring Tom Stourton, Charly Clive, Georgina Campbell, Joshua Mcguire, and Antonia Clarke.
Ahead of the premiere at the 2022 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the first trailer debuted for the documentary Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest, the feature film directorial debut of filmmaker Nancy Svendsen.
The 46th Cleveland International Film Festival will kick off its in-person return and 11-day run at its new home at Playhouse Square with Peace By Chocolate directed by Jonathan Keijser, an inspiring narrative story of working together and overcoming unimaginable hardship.
Parallel Mothers star Penélope Cruz will be honored with the Precious Gem Icon Award at the upcoming 39th edition of Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Miami Film Festival taking place March 4-13, 2022.