Ahead of the world premiere at CPH:DOX 2025 on March 24, 2025 in the Main Competition section DOX:Award, here is the first trailer for the documentary The Helsinki Effect directed by Arthur Franck.
Film Festivals
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See First Trailer for ‘The Helsinki Effect’ Documentary Revisits 1975 Cold War Summit
General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev & President Gerald Ford outside the Soviet Embassy / Helsinki – August 2, 1975. The Helsinki Effect (YLE – Finnish Broadcasting Company)
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Cloud, LifeHack and Rosario Among New Films Added to Overlook Film Festival Lineup
Lifehack by Ronan Corrigan (Lifehack) Nine films, including Cloud, LifeHack and Rosario, have been added to the lineup for the 2025 Overlook Film Festival, taking place April 3 – April 6 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Prytania Theatres. The horror festival also announced new immersive events, presentations and parties.
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Bari Kang’s ‘Itch!’ Wins Best Film at 17th A Night of Horror International Film Festival
Bari Kang, director of Itch! (ANOHIFF) Bari Kang’s Itch! captured the Best Film award at the 17th A Night of Horror International Film Festival which wrapped last week in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The zombie film captures a touching relationship between a father and daughter, who are trapped in a convenience store with other survivors trying to escape the apocalyptic pandemic taking place in the outside world.
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32nd SXSW Audience Award Winners – ‘Fantasy Life’ and ‘Remaining Native’ Win in Feature Competition
Amanda Peet and Matthew Shear in Fantasy Life. (Fantasy Life Productions LLC) SXSW announced the Audience Award winners for the 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival today with Fantasy Life by Matthew Shear winning the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award and and Remaining Native by Paige Bethman won the Documentary Feature Competition Audience Awards.
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‘Mistura’, ‘Ultimate Citizens’ and ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Awards at Durango Independent Film Festival 2025
Mistura by Ricardo de Montreuil Ricardo de Montreuil’s Mistura, a drama set in 1960s Peru, has won both the Jury Award and Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Durango Independent Film Festival 2025 in Durango, Colorado. Barbara Mori (winner of the Jury Award – Best Performance Female Actor Narrative Feature) stars as a privileged French-Peruvian woman whose life unravels after her husband’s betrayal ostracizes her from elite society.
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Paloma López Carrillo’s ‘Say Goodbye’ to World Premiere at Visions Du Réel
Say Goodbye by Paloma López Carrillo (Barlovento Cine) Say Goodbye, the debut feature film by director Paloma López Carrillo, will have its world premiere at Visions du Réel, the prestigious documentary film festival in Nyon, Switzerland. The festival will take place from April 4 to 13, 2025, and the film will be part of the competitive Burning Lights section, dedicated to international films that explore new and contemporary cinematographic perspectives.
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Amy Wang’s ‘Slanted’ and Benjamin Flaherty’s ‘Shuffle’ Win Top Awards at 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival
Slanted by Amy Wang (courtesy SXSW) Slanted directed by Amy Wang has won the Narrative Feature Competition and Shuffle directed by Benjamin Flaherty wins the Documentary Feature Competition at the 32nd SXSW Film & TV Festival.
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Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari, Laurel Marsden Star in ‘All There Is’ Indie Drama Premiering at Beverly Hills Film Festival
Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari and Laurel Marsden star in “All There Is” by Kit Williamson (Karin Catt) Jason Priestley, Mena Suvari and Laurel Marsden star in “All There Is” the indie drama film on parent-child relationships and how the media shapes our society. Also starring in the movie are Elsie Fisher, Shiv Pai, Jack Wright, and Nick E. Tarabay.
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Grace Glowicki’s SXSW Dark Comedy ‘Dead Lover’ Acquired by Cartuna x Dweck
Dead Lover by Grace Glowicki (Cartuna x Dweck) In one of the first sales out of SXSW, Cartuna and Dweck Productions have teamed up on a new distribution venture, Cartuna x Dweck and acquired Grace Glowicki’s Dead Lover which made its Texas premiere at the festival.
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‘Prime Minister’ and ‘SALLY’Headline 27th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Jacinda Ardern in Prime Minister by Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Radio New Zealand) The 27th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival taking place April 3-6, 2025, in downtown Durham, North Carolina has unveiled a lineup of forty-nine films from 30 countries
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‘Village Keeper’ ‘Inay (Mama)’ ‘Singing Back the Buffalo’ Win Top Awards at 20th GEMFest
Village Keeper directed by Karen Chapman The Canadian drama film Village Keeper directed by Karen Chapman has won Best Feature at Gender Equity in Media Society (GEMS)’s 20th annual GEMFest. It stars Oluniké Adeliyi (who won the award for Best Performance) as a widow living in the Lawrence Heights, Toronto, where she tries to protect her children from neighborhood violence.
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Alejandro Zuno Tackles Intersexuality in ‘Newborn’ Film Premiering at Cinequest | Trailer
Newborn (Un mundo para mí) directed by Alejandro Zuno (Screenshot ) Alejandro Zuno, director of the hit Netflix series The Secret of the River, makes his feature directorial debut with Newborn (Un mundo para mí), the first known Mexican film to address intersexuality.