The 11th Asian World Film Festival will open with Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, and close with Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab.
Film Festivals
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‘No Other Choice’ to Open 11th Asian World Film Festival Lineup
Lee Byung Hun in No Other Choice (courtesy BIFF)
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‘On a String’, ‘Jimmy & The Demons’, Mistura, ‘Dream Touch Believe’ Win Top Prizes at Naples Film Festival
Isabel Hagen, On a String (John Wildman) Isabel Hagen’s drama On a String, about a gifted violist’s struggle to find her place as a professional musician, was a two-time winner at the 2025 Naples International Film Festival, taking both the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature and NIFF’s Focus on the Arts Award.
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‘You Had to Be There’ and ‘Forward’ to Open 25th Whistler Film Festival
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis (courtesy TIFF) You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution by Nick Davis and “Forward” by Nic Collar, will open the 25th anniversary edition of Whistler Film Festival running December 3–7, 2025.
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Sirât, Blknws: Terms & Conditions, Sentimental Value Win Top Awards at Montclair Film Festival
Sirât (Courtesy of NEON) The 2025 Montclair Film Festival has officially wrapped, and announced the winners of the audience and jury awards.
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Tom Stern’s ‘Butthole Surfers’ Headlines 13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt by Tom Stern Calgary Underground Film Festival revealed the program of 15 features and 14 shorts for the 13th edition of CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place November 19-23, 2025.
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Delroy Lindo, Beau Bridges Among Honorees at Coronado Island Film Festival’s Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards
Delroy Lindo in Sinners (Warner Bros.) Actors Beau Bridges and Delroy Lindo, screenwriter Austin Kolodney, stunt pro Heidi Moneymaker, costume designer Deborah L. Scott along with music editor Adam Smalley have been named the honorees of the 2025 Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards Gala at the Coronado Island Film Festival.
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32nd Austin Film Festival Winners – ‘A Man Walks Down the Street’ and ‘Searching for Satyrus’ Win Top Awards
A Man Walks Down the Street by Yuval Hadadi (Costanza Film Distribution) Yuval Hadadi’s A Man Walks Down the Street has won the Narrative Feature Award and Rena Effendi’s Searching for Satyrus took the award for Best Documentary Feature Award at the 32nd Austin Film Festival.
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Hamnet and ‘We Are Pyramids’ Take Top Awards at Twin Cities Film Fest
Hamnet by Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet walked away with the top honor of Best Narrative Feature at the 2025 Twin Cities Film Fest. The film starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley reimagines the life and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet, exploring love, grief, and artistic legacy through an intimate, poetic lens.
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AFI FEST 2025 Reveals Winners of Oscar Eligible Short Film Awards
Majonezë directed by Giulia Grandinetti AFI FEST 2025 revealed the winners of the Grand Jury Prize winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short, now eligible for consideration in the 2026 Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short.
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‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Star Colman Domingo to Receive the Lumière Award at Philadelphia Film Festival
Colman Domingo (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) Colman Domingo will receive the Lumière Award at the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival, “recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the art of cinema and his deep ties to the city of Philadelphia.”
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Regina Hall to Receive Spotlight Award for ‘One Battle After Another’ at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Regina Hall in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Regina Hall will be honored at the 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival with the Spotlight Award for her performance in One Battle After Another, the new action comedy from writer/director/producer Paul Thomas Anderson.
