
Tilda Swinton will be honored with the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. She will be presented with the award at the Opening Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 13, 2025.
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The Montreal Critics’ Week unveiled the selection of 19 films for its first edition, set to run from January 13th to the 19th, 2025, at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma Moderne.

A Complete Unknown director James Mangold and award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, currently starring as Elphaba in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, will be honored at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute. This year’s gala will take place on January 24, 2025.

Altered Innocence debuted the US theatrical trailer for Eat the Night, the French thriller film from filmmaking duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel.

The 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from January 30 to February 9, 2025, unveiled the line-up of films in the Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competitions.

The Brutalist was awarded the honor of Best Picture of 2024 by the Phoenix Critics Circle along with Best Director for Brady Corbet, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, and Best Score.

The Chicago Film Critics Association awarded Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist the top honor of Best Picture of the year. Nickel Boys, however, received the most honors, with four total wins including Best Director along with Breakthrough Filmmaker Award for RaMell Ross, Best Best Adapted Screenplay for Ross with Joslyn Barnes, and Best Cinematography.