The 8th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors unveiled the honorees of its awards ceremony recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry.
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Jennifer Hudson, Damson Idris, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, ‘Sinners’ Team to Receive ABFF Honors Awards
Jennifer Hudson, Damson Idris (Mike Coppola, Getty Images for Warner Bros Pictures), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (courtesy ABFF)
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Delroy Lindo, Beau Bridges Among Honorees at Coronado Island Film Festival’s Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards
Delroy Lindo in Sinners (Warner Bros.) Actors Beau Bridges and Delroy Lindo, screenwriter Austin Kolodney, stunt pro Heidi Moneymaker, costume designer Deborah L. Scott along with music editor Adam Smalley have been named the honorees of the 2025 Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards Gala at the Coronado Island Film Festival.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Nominations for 35th Gothams Film Awards
Leonard DiCaprio in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) One Battle After Another leads with a record six nominations for the 35th edition of The Gothams, with nods for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Breakthrough Performer for Chase Infiniti, and Outstanding Supporting Performance for Teyana Taylor and Benicio Del Toro.
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32nd Austin Film Festival Winners – ‘A Man Walks Down the Street’ and ‘Searching for Satyrus’ Win Top Awards
A Man Walks Down the Street by Yuval Hadadi (Costanza Film Distribution) Yuval Hadadi’s A Man Walks Down the Street has won the Narrative Feature Award and Rena Effendi’s Searching for Satyrus took the award for Best Documentary Feature Award at the 32nd Austin Film Festival.
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Hamnet and ‘We Are Pyramids’ Take Top Awards at Twin Cities Film Fest
Hamnet by Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet walked away with the top honor of Best Narrative Feature at the 2025 Twin Cities Film Fest. The film starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley reimagines the life and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet, exploring love, grief, and artistic legacy through an intimate, poetic lens.
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AFI FEST 2025 Reveals Winners of Oscar Eligible Short Film Awards
Majonezë directed by Giulia Grandinetti AFI FEST 2025 revealed the winners of the Grand Jury Prize winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short, now eligible for consideration in the 2026 Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Wins SFFILM Sloan Science in Cinema Prize
Frankenstein (Ken Woroner / Netflix) SFFILM has named Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, the winner of the prestigious Sloan Science in Cinema Prize.
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Diane Keaton’s ‘Heaven’ Avant-garde Documentary on Afterlife Gets Re-released | Trailer
Originally released in 1987, Diane Keaton’s directorial debut Heaven, newly restored in HD will be re-released in theaters. Following the actress’ passing on October 11, the revival is a tribute to her career.
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‘I’m Not Everything I Want To Be’ Trailer – Czech Oscar Entry Documents Life of Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be (Ještě nejsem, kým chci být), directed by Klára Tasovská, is a documentary that recounts the story of Libuše Jarcovjáková, a female Czech photographer who grew up in Soviet-occupied Prague, and became know for her photography of the underground LGBTQ scene.
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‘The New Yorker at 100’ Trailer: Netflix Documentary Celebrates a Century of the Famous Magazine
The documentary The New Yorker at 100 commemorates one hundred years of the famous magazine, celebrated for its groundbreaking reporting and fiction, iconic artwork, and wit that have shaped cultural conversation for generations.
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‘Palestine 36’ Trailer – Palestine’s Oscar Selection Recounts Epic Portrait of Resistance and Resilience
Palestine 36, directed by Annemarie Jacir, recounts the story of a Palestinian village revolt against British colonial rule in the thirties. It was chosen as Palestine’s official selection for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.