Demi Moore will be celebrated at Santa Barbara International Film Festival with a retrospective of her acting career. The retrospective begins with a screening of Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal followed by an exclusive in-person conversation and a screening of Coralie Fargeat’s Best Picture nominee The Substance. The festival will also host a FREE screening of Jerry Zucker’s Ghost.
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos took home the Grand Jury Prize in the short film competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Hulu shared the official trailer for SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the documentary film on Sly & The Family Stone, the funk band known for Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits such as Dance to the Music (1968), Everyday People (1968), and Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).
Following the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Ahn’s dramedy The Wedding Banquet makes its International Premiere as the Opening Night Gala film of the 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19th – 30th, 2025.
Directed by Alex Heller (The Year Between) following her feature film directorial debut, Debaters is a comedy short film telling the story of high school debaters and their unqualified adult judges played by Succession’s J. Smith-Cameron and Oscar-winning director Kenneth Lonergan. The film is set to have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Update (January 25, 2025): BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions may make its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, after James Shani’s Rich Spirit acquired the film by buying Participant Media out of all rights, with hopes of selling the film to a new distributor, reports Variety.
Ahead of the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, here is the first look – clip for Rains Over Babel (Llueve sobre Babel), the debut feature by writer-director Gala del Sol. Rains Over Babel will premiere in the Next Competition on Sunday, January 26, 2025.
Kevin Costner’s epic Western film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2 will finally makes its U.S premiere on February 7th at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director, writer, producer, and actor Kevin Costner. A FREE screening of Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 will precede the premiere.
The 32nd South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival taking place March 7-14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of feature films, TV projects, and XR Experiences.
Marla Gibbs and Aaron Pierre have been added to the list of honorees at the 7th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors. ABFF Honors will also celebrate the community of Altadena, paying tribute to its residents and their extraordinary contributions to Black history and culture.
Magnolia Pictures has acquired the documentary One to One: John & Yoko, an inside look at the 18 months John Lennon and Yoko Ono spent living in Greenwich Village in the early 1970.
