Set to world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, Lionsgate revealed the official trailer for Everything’s Going to Be Great, the comedy-drama film starring Allison Janney, Bryan Cranston, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Jack Champion, Simon Rex, and Chris Cooper.
I, Poppy directed by Vivek Chaudhary has won the Best International Feature Documentary award along with the $10,000 cash prize at the 2025 Hot Docs documentary film festival. Agatha’s Almanac directed by Amalie Atkins walked away with Best Canadian Feature Documentary award along with $10,000 cash prize.
The 32nd New York African Film Festival (NYAFF), running May 1 through May 31, 2025 under the banner “Fluid Horizons: A Shifting Lens on a Hopeful World” will screen 125 contemporary and classic films from Africa and its diaspora. The festival is held in partnership with Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the Maysles Documentary Center, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
The 11th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) taking place in-person from May 21-25, 2025, in Mammoth Lakes, California will open with the psychological drama Went Up the Hill, directed by Samuel Van Grinsven and starring Dacre Montgomery, Vicky Krieps, and Sarah Peirse. Inspired by writer/director Samuel Van Grinsven’s memories of his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island, it’s an intimate, modern ghost story that explores the extremes of grief in the pursuit of letting go.
The 24th Open Roads: New Italian Cinema returns to Film at Lincoln Center in New York City, running from May 29 to June 5, 2025 showcasing contemporary Italian filmmaking.
The 24th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) will screen 85 new non-fiction films (28 features and 58 shorts.) including 22 films local to the Bay Area from May 29 to June 8, 2025.
The 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place from Tuesday May 13 to Saturday May 24, 2025, has revealed the star-studded Jury responsible for selecting the winner of the prestigious Palme d’or from one of the 21 films in Competition. Last year Sean Baker’s Anora was presented with the award by the jury chaired Greta Gerwig.
Cinépolis and the Sundance Institute have partnered for the second edition of Sundance Film Festival: CDMX 2025 in Mexico City, as well as upcoming editions in 2026 and 2027.
The 68th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival) has announced the winners of the Golden Gate Awards with Ink Wash winning New Directors, All That’s Left of You won Global Visions, Beloved Tropic won Cine Latino, and the newly named Kirby Walker Documentary Award went to Seeds.
Jackie Chan will honored with the prestigious career achievement award, Pardo alla Carriera at the upcoming 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, taking place from August 6-16 2025.
Danis Tanović’s My Late Summer has won the Golden Apple Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the 21st Bosnian-Herzegovinian Film Festival (BHFF) in New York City. Ado Hasanović’s My Father’s Diaries won both the Golden Apple Jury Award for Best Documentary Film, and the Audience Award.
Alexander Payne, director of The Holdovers, Sideways, Nebraska, and The Descendants, will chair the International Jury of the Competition at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025. The International Jury will assign the Golden Lion for Best Film, as well as other official awards.