The Tribeca Festival taking place June 4 –15 in New York City unveiled its star-studded 2025 jury responsible for selecting the winners in the film, games, and audio storytelling sections.
Film Festivals
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Christopher M. Anthony’s ‘Heavyweight’ Boxing Drama to Premiere as Opening Film of Raindance Film Festival
Heavyweight by Christopher M. Anthony (Blackwater Pictures) Director Christopher M. Anthony’s debut feature, the boxing drama Heavyweight will make its World Premiere as the opening feature at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival on June 18th.
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See First Teaser for Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ French Drama at Cannes
Alpha (Neon) Neon debuted the first teaser trailer for Alpha, the latest film from Julia Ducournau, the visionary director behind Raw and the Palme D’or-winning Titane. Set in the 1980s, the French drama stars Mélissa Boros as Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old girl; Golshifteh Farahani as her mother; and Tahar Rahim as her ailing uncle, Amin, who underwent a significant physical transformation for his role.
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See Teaser Trailer for Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater (Jean Louis Fernandez) Here is the first look teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’s latest film, Nouvelle Vague, a homage to the French New Wave, recreating the behind-the-scenes making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal film, Breathless.
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Cambodian Filmmaker Rithy Panh Named Jury President at Locarno Film Festival
Rithy Panh (© Bophana Center) Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, known for his films that focus on the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, will serve as jury president of the international competition (Concorso Internazionale), that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro – the Golden Leopard – at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, taking place from August 6-16, 2025.
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49th San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline49) Unveils Lineup, Closes with James Sweeney’s ‘Twinless’
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney in Twinless by James Sweeney (Greg Cotten) The 49th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline49) taking place June 18–28, 2025, unveiled the lineup featuring nearly 150 films from 40 countries..
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Watch Teaser Trailer for ‘Matter of Time’ – Eddie Vedder Supports Cure for EB in Documentary Premiering at Tribeca
Matter of Time (courtesy Tribeca Festival) Ahead of the world premiere at Tribeca Festival, here is the first look teaser trailer for Matter of Time, a documentary chronicling the fight to cure Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), set against the backdrop of Eddie Vedder’s 2023 benefit concerts at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall. All proceeds from these concerts went directly to EB Research Partnership (EBRP), the world’s largest organization funding research for EB, with the ambitious goal of finding a cure by 2030.
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World Premiere of ‘This Will Never Work’ to Open 28th Brooklyn Film Festival Lineup
This Will Never Work by Marina Tempelsman, Niccolo Aeed (courtesy Brooklyn Film Festival) The 28th edition of Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), themed Pause, unveiled the film lineup of 145 features and shorts from 34 countries. The full lineup includes 15 narrative features and 10 documentary features, highlighted below. The festival runs May 30th through June 8th, 2025.
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Bentonville Film Festival Reveals 2025 Competition Lineup, Opens with Kate Beecroft’s ‘East of Wall’
Porshia Zimiga, Brynn Darling, Leanna Shumpert and Chancey Ryder Witt in East of Wall by Kate Beecroft (Courtesy of Sundance Institute.) The 2025 Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) set for June 16-22, 2025, Bentonville, Arkansas unveiled the narrative, documentary, homegrown, short film, and episodic selections. This year’s festival will showcase 28 feature competition films, including 9 World Premieres, with a newly launched Homegrown Competition highlighting stories from filmmakers based in or filming in Arkansas.
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2nd Sundance Film Festival: CDMX in Mexico City Unveils Lineup – Opens with ‘Prime Minister’ Documentary
Jacinda Ardern in Prime Minister by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Radio New Zealand) The second edition of Sundance Film Festival: CDMX 2025 taking place from May 29 to June 1, 2025, in Mexico City, announced the lineup of 15 feature films and the Short Film program – all films originally premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year in the United States.
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29th Fantasia Festival Unveils First Wave of Films – Steve Pink’s Terrestrial, Julie Pacino’s I Live Here Now, and more
Terrestrial by Steve Pink (courtesy Fantasia Festival) The 29th Fantasia International Film Festival taking place from July 17 through August 3, 2025, in Montreal unveiled the first wave of films.
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29th Rooftop Films Summer Series Unveils Lineup with ‘Dangerous Animals’, Bunnylovr, ‘Love, Brooklyn’ and More
Dangerous Animals by Sean Byrne (Courtesy of Independent Film Company & Shudder) Rooftop Films announced the lineup for the 29th annual Rooftop Films Summer Series, taking place from May 16th through August 22nd, 2025, with over 40 events, featuring new independent feature films, short film programs, family screenings, and live performances.