The inaugural River Valley Film Festival in Williamsport, Pennsylvania wrapped on Sunday with their Awards Ceremony. Taking home the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature was American Comic from director Daniel Clark, a mockumentary about two comics trying to make it in the industry.
The 56th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) taking place from September 18–24, 2025 revealed the first six feature films selected for the festival including the documentary Matter of Time, following Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Rebuilding, an emotional family drama starring Josh O’Connor and Meghann Fahy
AJ Goes to the Dog Park, the debut feature film from director Toby Jones (not the British actor) stars AJ Thompson as the lovably average AJ, whose blissful routine – complete with buttered toast, a calm day job, and daily visits to the dog park with his pups – gets turned upside-down when the park is transformed into a ‘blog park’. Alongside Thompson, the cast includes Crystal Cossette Knight as the mayor, with Morgan Davy, Danny Davy, and a host of Fargo locals rounding out the quirky ensemble.
The 28th Dances With Films: LA wrapped with its Filmmaker Award ceremony, with the Grand Jury Prize winners led by Nate Hilgartner’s No Choice for Best Narrative Feature and David Anthoiny Ngo’s Never Get Busted! won Best Documentary Feature.
The queer drama film In Transit directed by Jaclyn Bethany (Tell That to the Winter Sea, Highway One) will have its World Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts), chronicles Francia Márquez’s extraordinary journey from rural grassroots activist to history-making campaign as Colombia’s first female and first Black presidential candidate.
The French-set comedy-drama Mr. Blake at Your Service, starring John Malkovich, French actress Fanny Ardant, and the late Émilie Dequenne will open in U.S. theaters on June 20, 2025.
The 2025 Waco Independent Film Festival unveiled the film lineup and events schedule for the festival’s in-theater screenings taking place July 17-20, 2025 followed by an online encore July 20-26, 2025.
Actress Lucy Liu will be honored with the prestigious Career Achievement Award at the Locarno Film Festival and present the international premiere of Rosemead directed by Eric Lin, alongside the film’s cast and crew on the Piazza Grande. She will also engage in a public discussion with the festival audience at the Forum @Spazio Cinema.
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, a battle unfolds, one that pits Indigenous guardians against the relentless forces of deforestation. We Are Guardians, directed by Indigenous activist Edivan Guajajara, and environmental filmmakers Chelsea Greene, and Rob Grobman, offers an intimate, vérité-style exploration of this struggle. The documentary follows Indigenous forest protectors like Marçal Guajajara and activist Puyr Tembé as they risk their lives to fend off illegal loggers and land invaders, highlighting the complex intersections of politics, history, economics, and science in one of the world’s most vital ecosystems.
Imagine sneezing your way into the future – literally. That’s the quirky premise behind Escape from the 21st Century, a genre-blending sci-fi time-travel martial-arts action comedy film directed by Yang Li.
