Air is a 2023 American biographical sports drama film directed by Ben Affleck and written by Alex Convery. The film is based on true events about the origin of Air Jordan, a basketball shoeline, of which a Nike employee seeks to strike a business deal with rookie player Michael Jordan. It stars Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, and Viola Davis.
The project was...
La Semaine de la Critique, the parallel selection of the Festival de Cannes dedicated to first and second films, is proud to announce that the President of the 62nd edition will be director Audrey Diwan.
A journalist, editor and screenwriter, Audrey Diwan questions the world around her and hones her professional skillset before directing her first feature film, Losing it in 2019.
In 2021, Happening, her second feature, shakes up Venice Film Festiva...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced the creation of the Production and Technology Branch, comprising approximately 400 individuals previously classified as Members-at-Large. The new branch represents members working in key technical and production positions in all phases of filmmaking, from pre- to post-production.
Branch members include chief technology officers, senior department heads in technology and creative services, a...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 397 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures.
Membership selection is based on professional qualifications, with an ongoing commitment to representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority. The 2022 class is 44% women, 37% belong to underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 50% ar...
Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, today announced that Amy Homma has been appointed to the new role of Chief Audience Officer effective immediately. She previously held the role of Vice President of Education and Public Engagement at the museum.
As Chief Audience Officer, Homma will work to enhance, deepen, and evolve the Academy Museum’s overall public and community profile. In addition, she will develop internal and external...
Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar ©2023 Iglesias Más / El Deseo
Strange Way of Life by Pedro Almodóvar will be presented in the Official Selection and in world premiere, with the director and the two lead actors Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal in attendance. Western shot in the South of Spain, this short is the filmmaker’s second English-language experience, after The Human Voice in 2020.
The screening will be followed by a conversation with Pedro Almod&oacu...
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Indiana Jones returns to the Festival de Cannes for the world premiere of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, directed by James Mangold, starring Harrison Ford as the legendary hero. 15 years after the presentation in 2008 of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull directed by Steven Spielberg, the final installment of the Lucasfilm saga will be screened on Thursday, May 18 in Cannes and will be released in theaters on June 28 in France and June 30 in the United States. On this o...
The Garden State Film Festival’s Four-Day event took place in Cranford & Asbury Park, March 23-March 26, 2023
Thousands of people attended New Jersey's Premier Independent Film Festival®, the Garden State Film Festival’s much-anticipated four-day event in Cranford and Asbury Park, New Jersey, March 23-March 26, 2023. The spectacular multi-day event welcomed over 18,496 celebrities, honorees, film industry execs and movie fans to multiple iconi...
Jeanne du Barry (Maïwenn) and Johnny Depp (Louis XV) in Jeanne du Barry © Stéphanie Branchu / Why Not Productions
Jeanne du Barry, directed by Maïwenn, starring Johnny Depp, will open the 76th Festival de Cannes and will be screened in world premiere. The directors’ sixth feature will be presented on Tuesday, May 16 on the big screen of the Grand Théâtre Lumière, after the opening ceremony broadcasted live on France Tél&ea...
WorldFest is ready to kick into high gear!
The 56th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (April 25-30, 2023) will announce its 2023 film line-up on April 5th on their website at www.worldfest.org Now celebrating ten years of amazing work by the creative team at López Negrete Communications, the premier Hispanic Ad Agency, WorldFest is delighted to announce that López Negrete was awarded a Best-in-Show ADDY for their work for ...
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL OFFERS FIRST GLIMPSE OF 70TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM
Celebrating a momentous 70 years in 2023, Sydney Film Festival today released a special preview of 12 films to be featured in this year’s 7–18 June event. The announcement is in advance of the full program launch on Wednesday 10 May.
"Sydney Film Festival is thrilled to continue a 70-year strong tradition of presenting exceptional cinema from across Australia and around the world to Sydney audiences.&nbs...
FEMA is happy to pay tribute to a fascinating and prolific young filmmaker who, for the past several years, has been the figurehead of the renewal of Kazakh cinema on the international scene: Adilkhan Yerzhanov.
First noticed for his third feature film, The Owners, shown at the Festival de Cannes in 2014, he achieved glory with The Gentle Indifference of the World, a flamboyant poetic fable about a corrupt world, selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes 2018. He retu...
The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF), in partnership with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is pleased to announce the fifteen Indigenous Screen Summit Pitch Forum participants who will be pitching their in-development projects in-person to leading media industry buyers, funders and potential co-producers as part of the Banff World Media Festival.
The ISS Pitch Forum will take place from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm MT on Sunda...
Once again, Visions du Réel’s juries gather leading international filmmakers and film professionals. The Festival is very ple...
2023 SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
National Geographic Documentary's Wild Life is Audience Award Winner
Fancy Dance and Nascondino win Best Narrative & Documentary Feature Film
Fremont and Bad Press score One in A Million Awards
The 2023 Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF), announced this year’s juried film award winners during the annual Awards Bash, presented by SVFF. The Awards Bash was hosted at Whiskey Jacques with a perfor...
Considered a mandatory festival event for innovative and provocative documentaries, the annual Doc Fortnight was presented again from February 22 to March 7 this year by the Museum of Modern Art. The program included 15 feature and 8 short films. As in past editions, the festival included U.S. and international films reflecting current socio-political changes and ruptures, embracing new production approaches, and the visual analysis of themes not covered before. Many selections premiered i...
The film will be followed by a Q&A with Writer/Director Celine Song & Opening Night Gala
at the Paramount Theatre
SEATTLE – SIFF announced today that the 49th Seattle International Film Festival will open with Celine Song’s heartrending modern romance Past Lives from A24. SIFF’s Opening Night screening will take place Thursday, May 11 at The Paramount Theatre followed by a party inside the theatre and outdoors on Ninth Avenue.
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Lily Gladstone (Mollie Burkhart) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Ernest Burkhart) in Killers of the Flower Moon © 2023 Apple Studios
Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons and Lily Gladstone.
Hailing from Apple Studios, Killers of the Flower Moon was produced alongside Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way. Producers are Martin Scorsese, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas and Daniel Lupi, with...
One way of owning a film, an extension of the auteur theory, would be to name the film with your name preceding the title. Might sound quirky to some, but so what? It is his film, and he can call it Nani’s Dasara or whatever else he likes. But you do wonder why Telugu actor Nani chose to call it his Dasara when he has neither written nor directed it, not even produced it. The nomenclature is a reference to the Dasara (Dussehra) festival, which forms the climax of the story, in which case...
The 2023 program has just dropped. This will be the biggest celebration of film CUFF has ever hosted
The Calgary Underground Film Festival has announced the full lineup of films playing the 20th Festival, taking place from April 20-30, 2023 at Globe Cinema. This year’s festival is the largest in the organization’s 20-year history, showing 42 feature films and 38 shorts, over 11 days.
“The community, our fans, and the small businesses that have helped grow and sup...
Grand premiere of the film Motherland, directed by Ukrainian-Belarusian director Alexander Mihalkovich (My Granny From Mars) and Belarusian director Hanna Badziaka, will take place at the 63rd Krakow Film Festival! This monumental work, which is a multi-threaded portrait of the oppressive post-Soviet culture of cruelty, has just received the Grand Prix at the prestigious documentary film festival CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. In Kraków, we'll get to see the film at the turn of May and June...
The 18th edition of the Festival has come to an end. In 15 days, we showed 126 films from 31 European countries. We would like to thank the filmmakers who came in great numbers to present their films in Paris, our professional and committed juries, our warm and enthusiastic audience, our partners, the cinemas and all those who have made this adventure possible.
The Festival is honoured to announce the prize winners of its 2023 edition.
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Only In Theaters April 5
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For the first time, the iconic global entertainment brands Illumination and Nintendo join forces to create The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a new, big-screen adventure starring one of pop culture’s most prominent plu...
