
Film at Lincoln Center revealed the 12 films in the Revivals program for the 63rd New York Film Festival celebrating works that have been restored, preserved, or digitally remastered.
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Film at Lincoln Center revealed the 12 films in the Revivals program for the 63rd New York Film Festival celebrating works that have been restored, preserved, or digitally remastered.
The Glassworker marks the remarkable debut from Pakistani animator and filmmaker Usman Riaz, who co-wrote and composed the poetic tale. The 2D animated feature, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated film, tells the story of Vincent, voiced in English by Sacha Dhawan, a talented young glassblower, and his father Tomas, voiced by Art Malik.

The 14th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) taking place September 23rd – 28th, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia, features six days of award-winning film premieres and signature events around this year’s theme, Bare Naked.

Films starring Dwayne Johnson, Jodie Foster, and Matthew McConaughey will premiere at Zurich Film Festival in its prestigious Gala Premieres section. Ten titles include The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson, A Private Life with Jodie Foster, Tessa Thompson in Hedda, and Matthew McConaughey with America Ferrera in The Lost Bus.
Carmen Emmi’s feature debut Plainclothes is a gripping blend of drama, romance, and identity crisis, set in the 1990s. The film stars Tom Blyth as Lucas, a young undercover cop tasked with entrapment operations targeting gay men. His world is upended when he finds himself falling for one of his targets, played by Russell Tovey.
Eleanor the Great marks the feature-length directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson, reinventing herself behind the camera with a character-driven drama. Anchoring the story is June Squibb portraying Eleanor Morgenstein, a witty, “proudly troublesome” 94-year-old who, after decades in Florida, relocates to New York City following the death of her best friend.
Emily Mkrtichian’s feature documentary debut There Was, There Was Not follows four women living in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed conflict zone between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is expanding beyond its flagship annual Miami Beach event to launch the ABFF Pop-Up Tour, a new national initiative bringing the festival to four major cities across the U.S. this fall.
Rental Family, with director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser in attendance, will make its UK premiere as this year’s American Express Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival.
Orlando Bloom steps into the ring for one of his most intense roles yet as a retired boxer desperate for one final shot at glory, in the psychological sports thriller film The Cut.
Stranger Eyes is a gripping surveillance thriller film from Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua, starring Lee Kang-sheng alongside Wu Chien-ho and Anicca Panna.
Directed and written by Spencer Cohen, the comedy indie film The Compatriots will be released digitally on VOD in the US and Canada on September 16.