With new films added including Resurrection by Bi Gan, in competition, and Special Screening of The Six Billion Dollar Man by Eugene Jarecki, the official selections for the 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place May 13 to May 24, 2025 is now complete for opening day.
The 2025 Tribeca Festival taking place June 4–15 in New York City announced new additions, including visual albums, documentaries, and narrative films.
Starwalker, the dramatic musical feature film from award-winning Indigenous writer, director and composer Corey Payette (Les Filles du Roi) will have its world premiere at the 35th edition of the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival on May 23, 2025. The film, which screens on the festival’s opening night, was adapted from a musical production of the same name.
The 78th edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) set to run from 14-20 August 2025 will open with the UK premiere of Eva Victor’s comedy-drama film Sorry, Baby.
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.
