Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the full lineup of film titles for the 75th edition taking place February 13 – 23, 2025
Film Festivals
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75th Berlin Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’, A Complete Unknown, Mickey 17
Margaret Qualley, Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon (Sabrina Lantos / Sony Pictures Classics)
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‘Incandescence’ Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper’s Documentary on Wildfires Makes US Premiere at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Incandescence (National Film Board of Canada) Incandescence, an immersive documentary that promises to transform our understanding of wildfire, will have its US premiere at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ and ‘A Missing Part’ Bookend 40th Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life directed by Laura Piani (courtesy SBIFF) The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), set to take place February 4 to 15, 2025, announced the lineup of films from 60 countries.
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17th A Night of Horror Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Films – Vivian Kerr’s Séance, They Were Witches and More
Séance directed by Vivian Kerr (courtesy MidWest WeirdFest) A Night of Horror International Film Festival, unveiled the first programming wave of films for its 17th edition – and second year in the USA – taking place March 6-9, 2025, at the Micon Downtown Cinema in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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Sundance Film Festival Unveils Jury – Celine Song, Daniel Kaluuya, Elijah Wood, Steven Bognar
Top Row L–R: Kaniehtiio Horn, Vinnie Malhotra, Celine Song, Sam and Andy Zuchero, Kevin Macdonald, Wanuri Kahiu Second Row L–R: Nicholas Ma, Arian Moayed, Daniel Kaluuya, Elijah Wood, Nia Imara, Michael Almereyda Third Row L–R: Dr. Monica Lopez, Maggie Mackay, Marcia Smith, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Daniela Alatorre, Ava Cahen Bottom Row L–R: Steven Bognar, Kibwe Tavares, Laura Kim (courtesy Sundance Institute) Sundance Film Festival announced the 16 jurors granting awards along with the five jury members who present the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the upcoming festival.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Beyond Film Talks, Conversations with Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya, Celine Song, Elijah Wood, Steven Yeun, and more
Top L–R: Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood, Marlee Matlin, Jacinda Ardern, Cristina Costantini, Nicole Perlman
Second Row L-R: Olivia Colman, Steven Yeun, Chloë Sevigny, Daniel Kaluuya, Mstyslav Chernov, Celine Song
Bottom L–R: Eva Victor, Katarina Zhu, Rashad Frett, Théodore Pellerin, Gregory Nava, Isabel Castro (courtesy Sundance Institute)Sundance Film Festival announced the lineup for the annual Beyond Film programming, a series of talks and events.
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‘I’m Still Here’, Zoe Saldaña, ‘No Other Land’ Win Jury Awards at 36th Palm Springs Film Festival
I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) The Brazilian Oscar entry I’m Still Here won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film at the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Directed by Walter Salles, the film stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1970s.
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Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Pavements’ to Open 27th San Francisco Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest) Lineup
Pavements by Alex Ross Perry (courtesy SF IndieFest) Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements will open the 27th San Francisco Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest) taking place from February 6 to 18, 2025. The documentary chronicles the story of one of the popular 90s bands.
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9th MidWest WeirdFest Unveils First Films – Cocaine Stepdad, The Sasqualogist
Cocaine Stepdad directed by Cody Larue, Dylan Grady (courtesy MidWest WeirdFest) The 9th MidWest WeirdFest, set to take place from March 6-9, 2025, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has unveiled its first wave of seven feature films. Films include Anywhere, Beyond Bizarre: The Life and Art of John Willie, Cocaine Stepdad, The Sasqualogist, Straight on Till Morning, Tim Travers & The Time Travelers Paradox, and Traumnovelle.
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Documentaries ‘The Alabama Solution’ and ‘The Stringer’ Added to Sundance Film Festival Lineup
The Alabama Solution by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Two feature films – the world premieres of the documentaries The Alabama Solution and The Stringer, both in the Premieres category have been added to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival program, bringing the total feature films at this year’s Festival to 88 projects.
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48th Göteborg Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with World Premiere of Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’
Safe House (Før mørket), directed by Eirik Svensson (Graham Bartholomew, Fantefilm Fiksjon) The 48th Göteborg Film Festival taking place January 24 to February 2, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, unveiled the program lineup featuring 270 films from 83 countries
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Where Can I Watch the Palestinian Documentary ‘From Ground Zero’?
Hell’s Heaven by Karim Satoum in From Ground Zero With filmmaker Michael Moore on board as Executive Producer, the award-winning documentary From Ground Zero opened in theaters nationwide on Friday, January 3rd, 2025.