The 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York (RFFNY) celebrating the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with disabilities worldwide, returns April 3-9, 2025.
Film Festivals
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‘The Trouble with Mr. Doodle’ to Open 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: NY, Wicked’s Marissa Bode Gets Spotlight Award
The Trouble with Mr Doodle directed by Jaimie D’Cruz and Ed Perkins
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39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Queer, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and more
Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig in Queer (Yannis Drakoulidis. Courtesy of A24.) The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19 – 30, 2025, unveiled its full program. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic program strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds and presents 34 World Premieres (across features and shorts) with 56 features, 1 series and 81 shorts from 41 countries.
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‘Out of Plain Sight’, ‘O Horizon, ‘Yen and Ai-Lee’, ‘Roads of Fire’ Win at 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Out of Plain Sight directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) announced the award-winning films with Out of Plain Sight directed by Daniel Straub, Rosanna Xia winning the Audience Choice Award.
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‘Stolen Kingdom’ Trailer – Joshua Bailey’s Documentary on Theft at Walt Disney World, Premieres at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Stolen Kingdom directed by Joshua Bailey (White Lake Productions, Bright Sun Films) Ahead of the world premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on February 16th and screening at the Slamdance Film Festival in Los Angeles on February 23rd and 24th, here is the first official trailer for Stolen Kingdom, director Joshua Bailey’s documentary feature debut.
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Julia Lemke and Anna Koch’s ‘Circusboy’ Documentary Premieres at Berlin Film Festival | Trailer
Circusboy (Flare Film, Monika Keiler) Circusboy (Zirkuskind) by German film directors Julia Lemke and Anna Koch will celebrate its world premiere in the competition program of the Berlinale Generation section / Kplus at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 13-23, 2025.
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Andrew Abrahams ‘Complicated’ Documentary on EDS Disease to Premiere at Slamdance | Trailer
Complicated directed by Andrew Abrahams (screenshot / Open Eye Pictures) Directed by filmmaker Andrew Abrahams (Academy Award shortlisted films ‘Under Our Skin’ and ‘American Justice on Trial,’ Emmy nominee ‘Bubbeh Lee & Me,’ National PBS’ ‘The Grove,’ the Sundance Channel’s ‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers’), the feature documentary Complicated tells the story of kids with the devastatingly complicated connective-tissue disease Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The film looks at parents who risk losing them if they go too far to help (including potentially losing their parental rights).
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Christopher Auchter’s ‘The Stand’ on Haida Nation’s Blockade of Lyell Island, Makes US Premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
The Stand by Christopher Auchter (courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada) Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s documentary The Stand will have its US premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which takes place February 14 to 23 in Missoula, Montana.
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‘Satu – Year of the Rabbit’ to Open BFI Future Film Festival 2025 Lineup, Fest Announces Award Nominees
Satu – Year of the Rabbit directed by Joshua Trigg The BFI Future Film Festival 2025, the festival for young, emerging filmmakers, returns from February 20 – March 6, 2025 with a hybrid format, and the traditional live and in-person screenings and events at BFI Southbank from February 20 – 23, 2025.
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John Maclean’s ‘Tornado’ Starring Tim Roth to Kick Off 21st Glasgow Film Festival Lineup
Tornado by John Maclean (Lionsgate UK) The World premiere of Tornado, Scottish director John Maclean’s survival thriller will open the 21st Glasgow Film Festival 2025 (GFF25) taking place from 26 February to 9 March 2025.
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‘Fiume o morte!’ and Raptures Win Top Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam
(Anne Reitsma) The hybrid documentary Fiume o morte! directed by Igor Bezinović wins the top Tiger Award along with the FIPRESCI Award at the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Through dramatic reconstruction and documentary asides, Igor Bezinović captures the spirit of Italian poet, playwright, journalist, aristocrat and army officer Gabriele D’Annunzio, and the nascent fascism in his attempts to annex the city of Fiume (Rijeka) to Italy in the aftermath of the First World War.
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Slamdance Film Festival to Open with Rosanna Xia and Daniel Straub’s ‘Out of Plain Sight’ Documentary
Rosanna Xia and Daniel Straub’s Out of Plain Sight will open the 31st Slamdance Film Festival on February 20th at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.
