Chloé Zhao’s deeply period drama Hamnet was chosen as the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the 69th BFI London Film Festival which closed on Sunday with the UK Premiere of Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero.
Film Festivals
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Hamnet and ‘Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story’ Win Audience Awards at BFI London Film Festival
Hamnet (Agata Grzybowska/Focus Feature)
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Cast of ‘Sentimental Value’ to Receive International Star Award at Palm Springs Film Awards
Stellan Skarsgard and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value (Kasper Tuxen) Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning and the cast of Sentimental Value will receive the International Star Award for their ensemble performance at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
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Jeremy Xido’s ‘Sons of Detroit’ to Premiere at DOC NYC | Trailer
Directed by Jeremy Xido, Sons of Detroit chronicles his life as a white man raised in a Black family in 1970s Detroit who returns home after 20 years to find his family scattered.
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Regina King Named Festival Ambassador of American Black Film Festival
Regina King (courtesy ABFF) Regina King, known for her Oscar-winning performance in If Beale Street Could Talk, has been named the Festival Ambassador of the 30th American Black Film Festival.
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Frankenstein and ‘No Other Choice’ Win Audience Awards at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
Frankenstein (Ken Woroner/Netflix) The 28th SCAD Savannah Film Festival has announced the winners with Frankenstein winning the Audience Award, and No Other Choice winning the International Audience Award.
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‘No Other Choice’ to Open 11th Asian World Film Festival Lineup
Lee Byung Hun in No Other Choice (courtesy BIFF) 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.
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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.
