Blue Harbor Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Star People, the sci fi thriller starring actor and recording artist Kat Cunning (The Deuce, On Swift Horses), McCabe Slye (Destroyer, Fear Street Trilogy), Connor Paolo (The Last Stop in Yuma County, Revenge, Gossip Girl), Eddie Martinez (The Sinner, Night Swim), Bradley Fisher (Westworld), and Adriana Aluna Martinez (Duster).
Rosemead from Eric Lin won Best Narrative Award and The Librarians directed by Kim A. Snyder took home the prize for Best Documentary Award at the 2025 Bentonville Film Festival. The 11th anniversary of the festival ran from June 16-22 in Bentonville, AR.
Abramorama shared the official trailer for The Short Game, the award-winning, family friendly film starring Ben Krieger from Nickelodeon’s Counting Stars as a teenage golf prodigy struggling with his game as he is forced to care for his autistic brother played by Owen Himfar. Also starring in the film are Mackenzie Astin (The Pitt, The Blacklist) and Brandon Potter (The Chosen).
Inspired by the real-life 2019 shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Guns & Moses, the action-thriller film directed by Salvador Litvak, opens in theaters nationwide on July 18. ,
Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts), chronicles Francia Márquez’s extraordinary journey from rural grassroots activist to history-making campaign as Colombia’s first female and first Black presidential candidate.
The 24th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) running July 11–27, 2025, unveiled the lineup of films. This year’s theme is “Cinema as Disruption” spotlighting films that challenge, provoke, and reimagine.
The French-set comedy-drama Mr. Blake at Your Service, starring John Malkovich, French actress Fanny Ardant, and the late Émilie Dequenne will open in U.S. theaters on June 20, 2025.
The American Film Institute (AFI) will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch at the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of 2025.
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards on November 16, 2025.
The 2025 Waco Independent Film Festival unveiled the film lineup and events schedule for the festival’s in-theater screenings taking place July 17-20, 2025 followed by an online encore July 20-26, 2025.
