The 28th Dances With Films: LA wrapped with its Filmmaker Award ceremony, with the Grand Jury Prize winners led by Nate Hilgartner’s No Choice for Best Narrative Feature and David Anthoiny Ngo’s Never Get Busted! won Best Documentary Feature.
Film Festivals
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28th Dances With Films: LA Awards – Nate Hilgartner’s No Choice and David Anthoiny Ngo’s Never Get Busted! Win Grand Jury Prizes
No Choice by Nate Hilgartner
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Jaclyn Bethany’s Queer Drama ‘In Transit’ World Premieres at Edinburgh International Film Festival
In Transit (Valmora Productions, BKE Productions, Little Language Films) The queer drama film In Transit directed by Jaclyn Bethany (Tell That to the Winter Sea, Highway One) will have its World Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
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31st Palm Springs ShortFest Winners – John Kelly’s Retirement Plan Wins Best of the Festival Award
Retirement Plan by John Kelly The 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners with Retirement Plan directed by John Kelly winning Best of the Festival Award.
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Toronto International Film Festival Reveals First Official Selections by Steven Soderbergh, Sung-hyun Byun, Nia DaCosta
Hedda by Nia DaCosta (TIFF) The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025 revealed the first five Special Presentation titles of its Official Selection set to make their World Premieres. These Official Selection films join the previously announced Opening Night Film, John Candy: I Like Me.
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18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in NYC Unveils Lineup Featuring Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yuumi Kawai
Yuumi Kawai in A Girl Named Ann by Yu Irie Japan Society announced the full lineup of 30 films for the 18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film taking place from July 10 – 20, 2025 in New York City.
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8th Indy Shorts Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring Lena Headey, André Holland
The 8th Annual Academy Award-Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) will take place July 22-27, 2025. The festival will showcase 253 short films with screenings at Living Room Theaters, Newfields (The Tobias Theater, The Amphitheater and The Beer Garden) in Indianapolis, Indiana and available to stream.
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Iranian Film ‘Bidad’ by Soheil Beiraghi Revealed as Secret Film Competing at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Bidad by Soheil Beiraghi (KVIFF) Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has revealed the ‘secret’ twelfth film in the festival’s Crystal Globe Competition as the Iranian film Bidad. Originally kept secret and only identified as an Iranian film, it was not included in the original film competition lineup announcement to protect the safety of the film’s delegation.
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Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard to be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps (cr. Virgile Guinard), Dakota Johnson (cr. Su Mustecaplioglu) and Peter Sarsgaard (courtesy KVIFF) Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard will be honored at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival taking place July 4 to 12, 2025. Stellan Skarsgård will be presented with the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, and Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson along with Peter Sarsgaard will receive KVIFF President’s Awards.
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‘Star People’ Trailer – Kat Cunning is Obsessed with UFOs in Adam Finberg’s Sci-fi Thriller
Kat Cunning in Star People directed by Adam Finberg (Blue Harbor Entertainment) 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).
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2025 Bentonville Film Festival Awards – Rosemead and ‘The Librarians’ Win Top Prizes
Rosemead by Eric Lin 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.
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24th New York Asian Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with Premiere of Kim Seok’s ‘Informant’
Informant by Kim Seok (courtesy NYAFF) 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.
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Waco Independent Film Festival 2025 Unveils Lineup – Opens with Julia Barnett’s ‘A Christmas in New Hope’
A Christmas in New Hope by Julia Barnett 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.