Anora led the winners in the film categories of the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards with three wins, including Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker, and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison.
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75th Berlinale Awards – Norwegian Queer Drama ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film
Selome Emmetu, Ella Øverbye in Drømmer | Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud (Agnete Brun) The Norwegian queer coming-of-age drama Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud has won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The film, starring Ella Øverbye as Johanne and Selome Emnetu as French teacher, depicts Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her female teacher. It is the third part of a trilogy by Haugerud that deals with the complexity of human relationships, sexuality and social norms. The film also won the award for Competition in Prizes of the FIPRESCI Jury and the Guild Film Prize.
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‘Deaf’ and ‘The Moelln Letters’ Win Panorama Audience Awards at 2025 Berlinale
Deaf (Sorda) by Eva Libertad (Nuria Jean) Deaf (Sorda) by Eva Libertad has won the 27th Panorama Audience Award for best feature film, and The Moelln Letters (Die Möllner Briefe) by Martina Priessner wins in the category Panorama Dokumente at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.
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‘The Paper Bag Plan’, ‘Among Neighbors’, Encrypted and Pavements Win Top Prizes at 27th San Francisco IndieFest
(Photo credit: SF IndieFest) The Paper Bag Plan directed by Anthony Lucero has won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and Among Neighbors directed by Yoav Potash won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 27th anniversary edition of San Francisco Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest). The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos directed by The Agbajowo Collective won the Audience Award for Best International Feature
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‘The Trouble with Mr. Doodle’ to Open 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: NY, Wicked’s Marissa Bode Gets Spotlight Award
The Trouble with Mr Doodle directed by Jaimie D’Cruz and Ed Perkins The 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York (RFFNY) celebrating the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with disabilities worldwide, returns April 3-9, 2025.
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‘William Tell’ Trailer – Claes Bang Stars in Nick Hamm’s Medieval Action-Drama Film
Golshifteh Farahani and Claes Bang in William Tell Samuel Goldwyn Films debuted the official trailer for William Tell, Nick Hamm’s resistance epic medieval action-drama film starring Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education, Emma), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson, Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short) and Emily Beecham (The Interpreter, Little Joe), with Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones, The Age of Innocence, The Wife).
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‘Eric Larue’ Trailer – Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård Star in Michael Shannon’s Drama Film
Judy Greer in Eric Larue (Magnolia Pictures) Magnolia Pictures debuted the trailer Eric Larue, Michael Shannon’s directorial debut written by Brett Neveu and based on his 2002 play of the same name.
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39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Queer, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and more
Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig in Queer (Yannis Drakoulidis. Courtesy of A24.) The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19 – 30, 2025, unveiled its full program. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic program strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds and presents 34 World Premieres (across features and shorts) with 56 features, 1 series and 81 shorts from 41 countries.
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BAFTA Film Award Winners – Conclave Wins Best Film, British Film, Ties with Brutalist for 4 Awards, Leading Actor for Adrien Brody, Director
Tessa Ross, Peter Straughan, Edward Berger, Isabella Rossellini, Juliette Howell, Ralph Fiennes and Michael Jackman poses with the Outstanding British Film Award for ‘Conclave’ at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards (Photo by Joe Maher/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA) Edward Berger’s Conclave won the top prize of Best Film at the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards along with Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay and Editing.
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WGA Awards Winners – ‘Anora’ by Sean Baker and ‘Nickel Boys’ by RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes Win Movie Screenplay Prizes
Sean Baker (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East) | RaMell Ross (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America West) Anora written by Sean Baker won the award for Original Screenplay and Nickel Boys written by RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes won for Adapted Screenplay in the film category at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards (77th Annual) held at concurrent ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles. Jim Henson: Idea Man written by Mark Monroe won for Documentary Screenplay.
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‘The Falling Sky’ Trailer – Award Winning Brazilian Documentary on Yanomami People Sets US Release Date
The Falling Sky (A Queda do Céu) (KImStim) Co-directed by documentarian Eryk Rocha and first-time director Gabriela Carneiro da Cunha, the immersive Brazilian documentary The Falling Sky (A Queda do Céu), will be released in the US via KimStim.
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‘Stolen Kingdom’ Trailer – Joshua Bailey’s Documentary on Theft at Walt Disney World, Premieres at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Stolen Kingdom directed by Joshua Bailey (White Lake Productions, Bright Sun Films) Ahead of the world premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on February 16th and screening at the Slamdance Film Festival in Los Angeles on February 23rd and 24th, here is the first official trailer for Stolen Kingdom, director Joshua Bailey’s documentary feature debut.