The Montreal Critics’ Week unveiled the selection of 19 films for its first edition, set to run from January 13th to the 19th, 2025, at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma Moderne.
Film Festivals
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First Ever Montreal Critics’ Week Unveils Lineup, World Premiere of Two Cuckolds Go Swimming
Two Cuckolds Go Swimming (courtesy Montreal Critics’ Week)
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Cynthia Erivo and Director James Mangold to Be Honored at 2025 Sundance Film Festival Gala
Cynthia Erivo and James Mangold (courtesy Sundance Institute) A Complete Unknown director James Mangold and award-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, currently starring as Elphaba in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, will be honored at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating Sundance Institute. This year’s gala will take place on January 24, 2025.
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54th International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveiled Competition Lineup + Talks with Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin
(International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)) The 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from January 30 to February 9, 2025, unveiled the line-up of films in the Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competitions.
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75th Berlin Film Festival Reveals First Films in Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation
Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie in Honey Bunch by Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli (Cat People) Berlinale has revealed the first films in Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation, and Retrospective of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 13 to 23, 2025.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Reveals Shorts Lineup
THE LILY by Quintessa Swindell (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Marian Peciar and Lukas Steinmaier) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival announced the 57 short films screening as part of eight curated Short Film Programs presented by Vimeo that will include fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles from the U.S. and international.
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‘Midas Man’ and ‘Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round’ Headline 37th New York Jewish Film Festival Lineup
Blake Richardson and Jacob Fortune Lloyd in Midas Man (courtesy Signature Entertainment) New York Jewish Film Festival (NYJFF) returns for its 34th edition at Film at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater from January 15 through January 29, 2025.
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Denis Villeneuve to Receive the Visionary Award for Dune: Part Two at Palm Springs Film Awards
Denis Villeneuve and Javier Bardem on the set of Dune (Chiabella James. Warner Bros) Denis Villeneuve will receive the Visionary Award for Dune: Part Two at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025.
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Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito Named 2025 Honorees for American Black Film Festival Honors
Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giancarlo Esposito (courtesy American Black Film Festival Honors) Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito have been named the recipients of the 7th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors, celebrating, recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry.
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‘Sonny Boy’ and ‘The Kids Are Not Alright’ Win Audience Awards at 3rd Dances With Films
(Photo by Dustin McWethy) The 3rd New York edition of Dances With Films (DWF) wrapped with its awards ceremony, where Kristen Hansen’s Sonny Boy received the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature and Mikaela Shwer’s The Kids Are Not Alright won for Best Documentary Feature.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Feature Films and Episodics Lineup, ‘Sally’ Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
SALLY(Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Michael Latham.) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, taking place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, unveiled the lineup of 87 feature films and six episodic projects.
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Michiel ten Horn’s ‘Fabula’ to Open, Mouly Surya’s ‘This City’ to Close IFFR 2025
Fabula (courtesy IFFR) Fabula, a dark comedy from award-winning Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn will open the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from January 30 — February 9, 2025. The festival will close with This City Is a Battlefield, the historical epic film from Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya.
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Tom Tykwer’s The Light ( Das Licht) to Open 75th Berlin Film Festival
The Light (Das Licht) directed by Tom Tykwer (Frédéric Batier / X Filme) Tom Tykwer’s The Light (Das Licht) will world premiere as the opening film of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025. The Light (Das Licht) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala out of competition.