Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the annual selection of 25 influential motion pictures to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The 2022 selections date back 124 years in filmmaking to an 1898 film of the “Mardi Gras Carnival” parade in New Orleans to 2011’s “Pariah,” directed by Dee Rees.
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) announced the winners representing the best in film for 2022, honoring The Banshees Of Inisherin as the Best Picture of the year. The film also won the honors of Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actor for Brendan Gleeson and Best Screenplay for Martin McDonagh who also tied with The Daniels of Everything Everywhere All At Once for Best Director.
CNN announced its slate of documentary series and documentary films to premiere on the cable network in 2023.
Saban Films and Paramount Pictures debuted the official trailer for Out of Exile, the action thriller starring Adam Hampton, Ryan Merrirman, Kyle Jacob Henry, Karrie Cox, Danny Boy O’Connor, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Luce Rains, with Hayley McFarland, and Peter Greene.
Altered Innocence revealed the new U.S. trailer for Beautiful Beings, the award-winning coming-of-age drama and Iceland’s submission for the 95th Academy Awards. Starring in the film are Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Aníta Briem, Ísgerður Gunnarsdóttir, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.
Utopia debuted the official trailer for The Civil Dead, the award-winning indie comedy starring Clay Tatum, Whitmer Thomas, Whitney Weir, Budd Diaz and Robert Longstreet
64 Short Films and 4 Indie Episodic projects have been selected for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. This upcoming year’s Short Film program includes work from 23 countries and the Indie Episodic represents works from five countries.
Return to Seoul directed by Davy Chou was named Best Film of 2022 by the Boston Society of Film Critics. In the film, a 25-year-old French woman returns to South Korea, where she was born, for the very first time and decides to look for her biological parents, but her journey takes a surprising turn.
Everything Everywhere All At Once was named the best picture of 2022 in the annual poll of the 84 members of the Southeastern Film Critic’s Association (SEFCA). The critics association also awarded Michelle Yeoh the honor of Best Actress, Key Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor, and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert won for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Everything Everywhere All At Once scored with the Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) winning four major awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for former child star Ke Huy Quan’s breakthrough return to acting after a 20-year hiatus.
Danielle Deadwyler will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actress at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for her performance in Till. The Film Awards will take place in-person on January 5, 2023, with the festival running through January 16, 2023.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the documentary feature films nominated for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures at the 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards.