Presented by the National Film Preserve each year over the Labor Day Weekend, the 52nd Telluride Film Festival unveiled its official program selections of over sixty feature films, short films, and revival programs.
Film Festivals
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52nd Telluride Film Festival Unveils Lineup
Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix)
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Jennifer Lopez to receive the Virtuoso Award for ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ at Savannah Film Festival
Jennifer Lopez in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Ana Carballosa) SCAD Savannah Film Festival will honor Jennifer Lopez with the Virtuoso Award in honor of her performance in Kiss of the Spider Woman and “her trailblazing career across film, television, music, and entertainment”.
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George Clooney Starring in ‘Jay Kelly’ Gets a Gala Premiere at BFI London Film Festival
Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama Jay Kelly starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Riley Keough will make its UK premiere as this year’s Cunard Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival.
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Jennifer Lawrence to Receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastián Festival
Jennifer Lawrence in Die, My Love by Lynne Ramsay Jennifer Lawrence, currently seen in Lynne Ramsay latest film, Die My Love, will be honored with a Donostia Award at the upcoming 73rd San Sebastián Festival.
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Takahide Hori’s Stop-Motion ‘Junk World’ Enters Midnight Madness at TIFF | Trailers
Here is a trailer for Junk World, the latest film from stop-motion auteur Takahide Hori, set to make its International premiere in the Midnight Madness program at Toronto International Film Festival. The film is a prequel set more than a millennium before Junk Head, Hori’s underground cult hit.
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‘The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo’ wins LGBT Sebastiane Latino Award
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco) by Diego Céspedes The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (La misteriosa mirada del flamenco), the debut feature film from Chilean moviemaker Diego Céspedes, has won the Sebastiane Award given by Gehitu, the Basque Association of Gays, Lesbians, Transsexuals and Bisexuals, and presented at the upcoming San Sebastian Festival.
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Francis Ford Coppola to Honor Werner Herzog at Venice Film Festival
Francis Ford Coppola receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in 1992 at the 49th Venice Film Festival. (courtesy Venice Film Festival) 
Werner Herzog (courtesy of Lena Herzog) Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Megalopolis) will honor director Werner Herzog with the “Laudatio” speech at the special ceremony where he will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the Opening Ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia.
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Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 Trailer – Raoul Peck Explores George Orwell’s Life in Haunting Documentary
In his latest documentary Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5, Raoul Peck (I Am Not Your Negro, Exterminate All the Brutes) explores George Orwell’s life, legacy, writing and its haunting relevance to our current times. The film features the voice of Damian Lewis as Orwell.
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‘The Lost Bus’ Trailer – Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera Saves School Children from California Fire in White-knuckle Thriller
Apple debuted the trailer for The Lost Bus, the survival thriller film starring Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Spencer Watson and Ashlie Atkinson.
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73rd San Sebastián Festival Unveils Perlak Lineup – Opens with Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater (SSIFF) The latest films from Olivier Assayas, Noah Baumbach, Kaouther Ben Hania, Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Kleber Mendonça Filho, François Ozon, Hlynur Pálmason, Jafar Panahi, Raoul Peck, Paolo Sorrentino, Joachim Trier and Rebecca Zlotowski are amongst the sixteen feature films featured in the Perlak section at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival.
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Marcel Łoziński, Oscar-nominated Polish Documentary Filmmaker Dead at 85
Marcel Łoziński (courtesy Krakow Film Festival) Marcel Łoziński, the Oscar-nominated Polish documentary filmmaker passed away on August 20, 2025 at the age of 85. He is known for his Oscar-nominated documentary 89 mm from Europe.
