The 17th annual Naples International Film Festival is set to take place October 23-26, 2025, kicking off with Opening Night Shorts: Unexpected Outcomes, featuring seven short films.
Angela Ramsay
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17th Naples Film Festival Launches with Shorts Showcase, Closes with ‘The Princess Bride’ in Concert
The Princess Bride (courtesy Naples International Film Festival)
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Wake Up Dead Man to Open 48th Denver Film Festival Lineup
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (Netflix) Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will open the 48th annual Denver Film Festival, taking place October 31 – November 9, 2025, with the lineup showcasing 136 feature-length films, documentaries and shorts.
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‘Father and ‘I Love You, I Leave You’ Win Golden Eyes at 21st Zurich Film Festival
Father by Tereza Nvotová (Courtesy of Danae Production) Father by Tereza Nvotová was awarded the Golden Eye in the Feature Film Competition at the 21st Zurich Film Festival.
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Daisy Ridley Faces the Undead in ‘We Bury the Dead’ Teaser Trailer
Grief and horror converge in We Bury the Dead, the zombie thriller film starring Daisy Ridley as Ava, a wife desperate to find her missing husband after a catastrophic military experiment.
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28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Closing with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out by Rian Johnson (John Wilson/Netflix) The 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival unveiled the lineup of 167 films, including seven world premieres.
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Double Exposure Film Festival in Washington DC Opens with Julian Assange Documentary ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’
Julian Assange in The Six Billion Dollar Man (Sunshine Press Productions) Double Exposure, the Washington, D.C film festival dedicated exclusively to investigative cinema, will open its eleventh year with the U.S. premiere of Eugene Jarecki’s The Six Billion Dollar Man.
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34th Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with ‘Lost Wolves Of Yellowstone’
Lost Wolves Of Yellowstone by Thomas Winston Thomas Winston’s Lost Wolves Of Yellowstone will open the 34th edition of Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival taking place October 10 -18, 2025.
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12th Miami Film Festival GEMS Unveils Lineup, Opening with Park Chan-wook’s ‘No Other Choice’
No Other Choice (courtesy BIFF) The 12th Miami Film Festival GEMS taking place from October 29 to November 5, 2025 will feature 40 films, opening with No Other Choice with director Park Chan-wook in attendance to receive the Precious Gem Master Award.
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‘Really Happy Someday’ and ‘Between Goodbyes’ Win 37th Vancouver Queer Film Festival Top Audience Awards
Between Goodbyes by Jota Mun The 37th Vancouver Queer Film Festival has announced the winners of 2025 Audience Awards with the top honors going to Really Happy Someday directed by J Stevens for Canadian Feature and Between Goodbyes directed by Jota Mun winning for International Feature.
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73rd San Sebastián Festival Winners – Sundays Wins Golden Shell, The Voice of Hind Rajab and Little Amélie Nab Audience Awards
Sundays (Los domingos) by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (courtesy SSIFF) Sundays (Los domingos) directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa has won the Golden Shell at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival, along with the FIPRESCI Prize, Feroz Zinemaldia 2025 Award, SIGNIS Award and the Irizar Basque Film Award.
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Rose Kuo Named Artistic Director of California Film Institute
Rose Kuo (courtesy CAFILM) Rose Kuo has been named the new Artistic Director of the California Film Institute (CAFILM), a newly created leadership position to guide the organization’s artistic vision and ensure a seamless program leadership transition in the years ahead.