Actor Colin Farrell will be honored at Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Icon Award, for his performance in the film Ballad of a Small Player as well as his overall career achievements. He will be accompanied by Swiss director and Oscar winner Edward Berger also host a ZFF Masters.
Toronto Film Festival is celebrating its 50th edition with a Classics program of new 4K restorations presented alongside special 50th anniversary screenings of Jaws in 35mm. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 4–14, 2025.
Toronto Film Festival announced the lineup for its 25th Wavelengths program showcasing eight features, a special pairing, and three shorts program. The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will take place September 4–14, 2025.
48 short films representing 28 countries – including 20 Canadian titles are featured in the Short Cuts program of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025.
New York Film Festival unveiled the 2025 Currents slate of 16 feature films and 24 short films representing 28 countries. The Currents Centerpiece selection is the U.S. premiere of Mare’s Nest by Ben Rivers, an enigmatic road movie set in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by children.
The 56th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) taking place from September 18–24, 2025 will feature more than 140 selections from over 30 countries.
Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the 2025 Docs program featuring 23 titles from 18 countries including new documentary films from Jimmy Chin, Billy Corben, Tamara Kotevska, Lucrecia Martel, Raoul Peck, Laura Poitras, Ben Proudfoot, Gianfranco Rosi, Michèle Stephenson, Peter Mettler, and Chai Vasarhelyi.
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4 to 14, announced the Centerpiece program – the “Festival’s global showcase”, featuring the latest work from influential filmmakers Hubert Davis, Mathieu Denis, Hasan Hadi, Chie Hayakawa, Anders Thomas Jensen, Jan Komasa, Richard Linklater, Sergei Loznitsa, Pietro Marcello, Christian Petzold, Potsy Poncirol and Álvaro Olmos Torrico.
The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF63), taking place September 26 through October 13, 2025 unveiled the Main Slate of 34 films from 26 countries.
The South Korean black comedy thriller film No Other Choice starring Lee Byung Hun, known for starring as the Front Man in the Netflix series Squid Game, will open the 30th Busan International Film Festival taking place from September 17 to 26, 2025.
Director Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho, Elephant) will be honored with the Campari Passion for Film Award at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27th – September 6th, 2025.
Guillermo del Toro, Jodie Foster, HIKARI, and Lee Byung Hu are the first honorees announced for the seventh annual TIFF Tribute Awards, taking place on Sunday, September 7 at the Toronto International Film Festival.