Sundance Film Festival 2022 Lineup Includes Films From Tig Notaro, Jesse Eisenberg, Amy Poehler

With the same old films in heavy rotation on television every December — think Home Alone, A Christmas Story and Love Actually — you may be sleeping on other yuletide faves from the silver screen.

As the Sundance Film Festival anticipates many returning in-person for their 2022 hybrid event, organizers are taking extra safety precautions with the latest headlines of Omicron, one of which is reduced capacities at movie theaters, screening rooms and festival-sponsored events.

Angelique Jackson Sundance Film Festival has updated COVID-19 protocols for its 2022 gathering in response to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.Notably, Sundance will require all in-person attendees (employees, volunteers, contractors, general public, artists, partners, press, and industry) to be fully vaccinated, with all those who are eligible under CDC guidelines to have received booster shots.The upcoming edition, which runs from Jan.

after a rash of positive tests among the cast.In addition, musical guest Charli XCX officially bailed on performing, saying she was “devastated and heartbroken” by the turn of events.Fey’s alleged appearance would mean a return to the 30 Rockefeller Center anchor chair for her: She co-anchored “Weekend Update” alongside Amy Poehler, 50, from 2004 to 2006 and previously with current “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, 47, from 2000 to 2004.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFor the third consecutive year, Women In Film has released its awards-season ballot, recognizing all the women whose work behind the camera made this year’s biggest films possible.As critics and guilds start voting and handing out awards, the WIF #VoteForWomen ballot seeks to shine a light on the women and nonbinary film professionals for consideration.In a statement, Women In Film said, “Every year we see hundreds of women excelling at their roles as creative and

There’s still a lot of uncertainty about how the pandemic is going to affect some of the 2022 film festivals, particularly the ones earlier in the year. But even though it’s unclear how the pandemic might alter the event, the Berlin Film Festival has already gone ahead and announced its first wave of titles.

Naman Ramachandran Levan Koguashvili’s “Brighton 4th” has won best film at Saudi Arabia’s inaugural Red Sea Film Festival, while Hamzah K. Jamjoom’s “Rupture” won best Saudi film.“Brighton 4th” is Georgia’s entry in the Academy Awards’ international feature category.Haider Rashid won best director for “Europa” and Adam Ali won best actor for his role in the film.

Nothing Compares charts Sinéad OʼConnorʼs phenomenal rise to worldwide fame, and examines how she used her voice at the height of her stardom before her iconoclastic personality led to her exile from the pop mainstream. Focusing on Sinéad’s prophetic words and deeds from 1987 to 1993, the film presents an authored, richly cinematic portrait of this fearless trailblazer through a contemporary feminist lens.

The Sundance Institute today unveiled the Short Film program for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the “From the Collection” program—a lineup of 40 shorts from festivals past that will be available for streaming online, in celebration of the nonprofit’s 40th anniversary.

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The Sundance Film Festival is returning to the Utah mountains in January armed with documentaries about Bill Cosby, Princess Diana, Kanye West and Lucille Ball and the directorial debuts of Eva Longoria, Tig Notaro and Jesse Eisenberg.Festival organizers unveiled the lineup for the 2022 edition on Thursday, which includes 82 feature-length films culled from over 3,700 submissions.“This year’s program reflects the unsettling and uncertain times we’ve been living in for the past year and a half,”

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaAgents, studio executives and movie lovers will resume their annual pilgrimage to Park City as the Sundance Film Festival, the preeminent showcase for indie film, returns to in-person premieres this January.

As we approach the end of 2021, it’s time to look ahead at what’s to come in 2022. More specifically, we can begin to look ahead at the film festivals of the new year.

I’m more than halfway into my stay in Saudi Arabia for the Red Sea International Film Festival and what is becoming more apparent with each day that passes is that what this first-time event lacks in experience and organization, it makes up for in ambition.

Red Sea Film Festival, Saudi Arabia’s first international film event, gets underway, it’s become clear that the artistic director of the fest’s milestone first edition won’t be in charge of programming the second one.Edouard Waintrop, a former Cannes Directors’ Fortnight chief, was conspicuously absent Monday at the opening night gala at the Vox Cinemas multiplex in Jeddah’s historic Al Balad district.Instead of being on the star-studded red carpet, Waintrop was at his home in Spain suffering

EMBARGOED UNTIL 10AM TUESDAYThe 2022 Palm Springs International Film Festival will open on Jan. 7 with a screening of the documentary “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over” and close nine days later with Roger Michell’s “The Duke,” PSIFF organizers announced on Tuesday.In between, the festival will screen 129 films from 70 countries, including 36 of the 93 submissions in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.

The 33rd annual Palm Springs Film Festival will open January 7 with the documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over and close January 16 with Roger Michell’s final film The Duke, organizers said Tuesday.

hot water over transphobic material and even led to protests outside Netflix’s offices.

Scarlett Johansson dazzles in a gold dress next to husband Colin Jost while arriving at the 2021 Kennedy Center Honors held at The Kennedy Center on Sunday evening (December 5) in Washington, DC.