Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet wins again, this time, snagging the award for Best Narrative Feature Film at the 14th Key West Film Festival.
Garry Green
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Hamnet, ‘Sentimental Value’, ‘Ask E. Jean’ Win 14th Key West Film Festival Awards
courtesy Key West Film Festival Winners
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‘The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo’ Trailer – Netflix Documentary Investigates True Photographer of the Vietnam War Photo
Directed by Bao Nguyen, the Netflix documentary The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo investigates one of the most iconic images of the Vietnam War.
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Belén and ‘Canceled: The Paula Deen Story’ Win Miami Film Festival GEMS Audience Awards
Belén by Dolores Fonzi Belén directed by Dolores Fonzi, which screened as a Centerpiece film, has won the Audience Award at Miami Film Festival GEMS 2025.
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Frankenstein and ‘No Other Choice’ Win Audience Awards at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Frankenstein (Ken Woroner/Netflix) The 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced the winners with Frankenstein winning the Audience Award, and No Other Choice winning the International Audience Award.
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Viva Verdi! – Retired Opera Singers and Musicians Get a Third Act in Yvonne Russo’s Documentary | Trailer
Viva Verd! by Yvonne Russo (screenshot) Set in Milan’s iconic retirement home, Casa Verdi, the documentary Viva Verdi! follows distinguished opera singers and musicians living out their “third act” while still creating, teaching and performing.
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‘On a String’, ‘Jimmy & The Demons’, Mistura, ‘Dream Touch Believe’ Win Top Prizes at Naples Film Festival
Isabel Hagen, On a String (John Wildman) Isabel Hagen’s drama On a String, about a gifted violist’s struggle to find her place as a professional musician, was a two-time winner at the 2025 Naples International Film Festival, taking both the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and NIFF’s Focus on the Arts Award.
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‘You Had to Be There’ and ‘Forward’ to Open 25th Whistler Film Festival
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis (courtesy TIFF) You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis and “Forward” by Nic Collar, will open the 25th anniversary edition of Whistler Film Festival running December 3–7, 2025.
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32nd Austin Film Festival Winners – ‘A Man Walks Down the Street’ and ‘Searching for Satyrus’ Win Top Awards
A Man Walks Down the Street by Yuval Hadadi (Costanza Film Distribution) Yuval Hadadi’s A Man Walks Down the Street has won the Narrative Feature Award and Rena Effendi’s Searching for Satyrus took the award for Best Documentary Feature Award at the 32nd Austin Film Festival.
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‘The President’s Cake’ and ‘To the West, in Zapata’ Win Top Prizes at 33rd Hamptons Film Festival
The President’s Cake by Hasan Hadi The President’s Cake directed by Hasan Hadi won the Award for Best Narrative Feature; and To the West, in Zapata directed by David Bim received the Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 33rd edition of Hamptons International Film Festival.
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Saudi Arabia Selects Hijrah as Oscar Entry for Best International Feature Film
Hijra by Shahad Ameen (courtesy Venice Film Festival) Saudi Arabia has selected Hijrah (Arabic: Hijra), directed by Shahad Ameen, as the country’s entry into the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
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7th Micheaux Film Festival in Los Angeles Unveils Lineup
She Dances by Rick Gomez The seventh edition of Micheaux Film Festival running October 23–26, 2025 in LA, unveiled the full lineup including 36 World Premieres and more than 100 Los Angeles Premieres.
