From the Hood to the Holler directed by Pat McGee won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 2022 Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF46).The documentary follows Democratic candidate Charles Booker as he runs for Senate in Kentucky, and works to unite people of all colors across Kentucky, while fighting against big money in politics, voter suppression, and systemic corruption in a historically deeply red state.
Production has wrapped on Who Are the Marcuses?, a feature documentary directed by Matthew Mishory (Israel: A Concise History; Artur Schnabel; No Place of Exile) about a mysterious couple whose donated more than half a billion-dollar gift to Ben Gurion University of the Negev. The documentary tells both the story of a nice Jewish couple – and savvy investors – from Long Island, and re-imagines conflict resolution in the Middle East and peace through the Earth’s most precious resource: water.
The 34th Filmfest Dresden announced the award winners of the National, International and Regional Competitions with the Saxon Film Promotion Prize going to First Work, Then Play from Brenda Lien. The Brazilian-German co-production It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse but the Situation in Which They Live from Eduardo Mamede, Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes won both the LUCA GenderDiversity Film Award and the Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association.
OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Miami will open its 24th edition with the first Florida live screening of B-Boy Blues at The Black Archives Historic Lyric Theater on April 22 at 7 p.m.
I Didn’t See You There directed by Reid Davenport won the Grand Jury Award at the 25th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Filmed in and around director Reid Davenport’s apartment in Oakland, California, this documentary is part essay, part travelogue, and part formal observational inquiry, all linked by the director’s subjectivity as a disabled filmmaker.
Netflix released the official trailer for Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes documentary series featuring never-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
Disney+ debuted the official trailers and two Earth Day documentary special from National Geographic – “Explorer: The Last Tepui” and “The Biggest Little Farm: The Return.” Both documentaries will premiere April 22, exclusively on Disney+.
Lionsgate shared an official clip titled “Prove It” from Escape The Field, the thriller starring Jordan Claire Robbins, Theo Rossi, Tahirah Sharif, Julian Feder, Elena Juatco, and Shane West.
Here is the official trailer for Poser, described as a “biting underground music psychodrama” starring Sylvie Mix and Bobbi Kitten, along with Abdul Seidu, Rachel Keefe and Z-Wolf. Directed by Noah Dixon and Ori Segev, the film opens in Columbus on June 3rd, in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on June 17th. Nationwide expansion to follow.
15 years after the smash, Tony-winning Broadway run of “Spring Awakening,” the original cast and creative team reunite for a spectacular, one-night only reunion concert to benefit The Actors Fund. Chronicling their whirlwind journey back to the stage, the documentary film Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known follows the players as they reconnect and rediscover the beauty and timelessness of the hit musical, sharing the show’s underdog origins, its path to Tony glory, the universal themes of teenage repression and angst, and the unconventional love story of breakout stars Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele.
Vertical debuted the official trailer for Unplugging, the indie comedy film starring Eva Longoria, Matt Walsh, Keith David, Lea Thompson, Al Madrigal, and Nicole Byers.
EarthX Film Festival 2022 unveiled its lineup of over 75 feature-length and short films screening during its four-day run May 12-15 under the theme “A Celebration of the Outdoors.” This year for the first time, the EarthX Film Festival will be held in the Dallas Arts District, providing easy walking for attendees to the five theater venues tapping into the vibrant downtown community and making it an exciting cultural touchstone for the city. Each night of the Film Festival will feature a musical act performing before a showcase screening.