Director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Elephant) will be honored with the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27th – September 6th, 2025.
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Director Gus Van Sant to Receive Campari Passion for Film Award at Venice Film Festival
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Ido Fluk’s ‘Köln 75’ German Drama on Keith Jarrett’s Legendary Concert to Open in US Cinemas | Trailer
Köln 75 by Ido Fluk (Zeitgeist Films, Kino Lorber) Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber have partnered to release Köln 75, the German music-drama film by Ido Fluk starring Mala Emde (And Tomorrow the Whole World), John Magaro (Past Lives; September 5), and Michael Chernus (Severance; Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy).
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‘Love, Brooklyn’ Trailer – André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, and Roy Wood Jr Star in Romance Drama Indie Film
Love, Brooklyn (Greenwich Entertainment) Here is the official trailer for Love, Brooklyn, the indie romance drama film starring André Holland, Nicole Beharie, DeWanda Wise, alongside Roy Wood Jr., Cassandra Freeman, and Cadence Reese.
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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Is This Thing On?’ to World Premiere as Closing Film of New York Film Festival
Is This Thing On? (Jason McDonald/Searchlight Pictures) Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? will make its world premiere as the Closing Night film of the 63rd New York Film Festival, on Friday, October 10.
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Julian Schnabel to Premiere ‘In the Hand of Dante’ and Receive Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at Venice Film Festival
Julian Schnabel (Louise Kugelberg) Director Julian Schnabel (At Eternity’s Gate, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Basquiat) will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27th – September 6th, 2025.
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‘The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia’ and ‘The Pantone Guy’ Win Top Awards at 9th Waco Indie Film Festival
(L to R Back) Louis Hunter (Waco Indie), Chris Beier (The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia), Stimson Snead (Lab Rats), Colby Doler (The Twin), Josh Munds (Peeping Todd), Jordan Ochel (Healing Hands), Chap Edmonson (Heavy Is the Head), Oliver Palmer, Sam Sulam (German Ridge), Samuel Thomas (Waco Indie) (L to R Middle) Nancy Nagrant, Keaton Morris-Stan (“Gorgeous As You Are”), Jo Schaeffer (The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia), Sarah Segal-Lazar (Elvira), Dennis Staroselsky (What It’s Like To Be Okay), Twila LaBar (Where the Horses Heal the Soul), Chen Drachman (“Blood and Sex Over Ambition”) (L to R Seated) Ya’Ke Smith (The Ohio, Texas Remix), H. Cherdon Bedford’s (“Ambient Light”), Joanna Fang (Casual Vignettes of Gilded Vulgarity), Eirene Houston (Life Is Dance) (Photo by Dev Shapiro) The Waco Independent Film Festival (Waco Indie) concluded its 9th edition with an emotional Awards Brunch where Chris Beier’s The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia walked away with Best Narrative Feature and Patrick Creadon’s The Pantone Guy won Best Documentary Feature.
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Benedict Cumberbatch to be Honored at Zurich Film Festival with Golden Eye Award
Benedict Cumberbatch © Gavin Bond Benedict Cumberbatch will be honored with the prestigious Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival for his career and performance in the drama film The Thing With Feathers. He will also give insights into his career at a ZFF Masters.
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Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Set as Centerpiece Film of 63rd New York Film Festival
Father Mother Sister Brother © Vague Notion / MUBI – photo credit: Yorick Le Saux Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother will make its North American premiere as the Centerpiece film of the 63rd New York Film Festival on October 3.
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Rian Johnson’s ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ to Open 69th BFI London Film Festival
Wake Up Dead Man, (L-R) Josh O’Connor and Daniel Craig in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (Courtesy of Netflix) The 69th BFI London Film Festival set to take place October 8th-19th will open with the International Premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by director Rian Johnson.
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Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After the Hunt’ Starring Julia Roberts to Open 63rd New York Film Festival
After the Hunt by Luca Guadagnino (photo by Yannis Drakoulidis, © Amazon Content Services LLC. All rights reserved.) Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt starring Julia Roberts will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 63rd New York Film Festival on Friday, September 26.
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‘The Baltimorons’ Trailer – Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen Star in Jay Duplass’ SXSW Award-Winning Indie Comedy Film
The Baltimorons (Jessie Cohen) Jay Duplass (best known for The Puffy Chair, Cyrus), makes his solo feature‑film directorial debut with The Baltimorons, the award-winning comedy drama film starring Michael Strassner (who also co‑writes), along with Liz Larsen and Olivia Luccardi (It Follows).
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Toronto Film Festival Unveils Gala and Special Presentations with Films by Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Gus Van Sant
Michaela Coel as “Lori Butler” and Ian McKellen as “Julian Sklar” in The Christophers directed by Steven Soderbergh. (Claudette Barius.) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of Official Selections in its Gala and Special Presentations program including films from Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.