Come See Me in the Good Light directed by Ryan White bested some strong contenders to win Festival Favorite Award, voted for by the audiences from all the new feature films presented at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Film Festivals
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Ryan White’s ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Festival Favorite Award at Sundance | Fest Announces 2026 Dates
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley appear in Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Brandon Somerhalder)
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Juliette Binoche Named President of the Jury of 78th Cannes Film Festival
(Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for ZFF) Exactly 40 years after her first appearance at the festival, Juliette Binoche has been named President of the Feature Film Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which will award the Palme d’or.
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Sundance Film Festival Winners – Atropia , Seeds, ‘Cactus Pears’ and ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Win Grand Jury Prizes
Atropia, Seeds (photo by Brittany Shyne), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (photo by Vikas Urs) (photo by Mohammad Reza Eyni) | Courtesy of Sundance Institute Atropia directed by Hailey Gates won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Other Grand Jury prizes went to Seeds for U.S. Documentary Competition, Cactus Pears won for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and Cutting Through Rocks won for World Cinema Documentary Competition. The NEXT Innovator Award was given to Zodiac Killer Project directed by Charlie Shackleton.
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Nia Long and Larenz Tate Named Ambassadors of 29th American Black Film Festival
Nia Long (NY Mag), Larenz Tate (Jonavennci Divad) Nia Long and Larenz Tate, stars of the 1997 iconic romantic drama Love Jones has reunited to serve as Ambassadors to the 29th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) taking place live in Miami Beach June 11-15, followed by an online segment June 16-23 on ABFF PLAY.
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Emmanuel Mouret’s ‘Three Friends’ to Open 30th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at FLC in NYC Lineup
Three Friends directed by Emmanuel Mouret (Venice Film Festival) The 30th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, running March 6 to 16, 2025, at Film at Lincoln Center in New York City, unveiled a lineup of 23 films celebrating the range of French cinema.
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Demi Moore to be Celebrated at Santa Barbara Film Festival With Retrospective – The Substance, Indecent Proposal, Ghost
Demi Moore in The Substance (The Match Factory) Demi Moore will be celebrated at Santa Barbara International Film Festival with a retrospective of her acting career. The retrospective begins with a screening of Adrian Lyne’s Indecent Proposal followed by an exclusive in-person conversation and a screening of Coralie Fargeat’s Best Picture nominee The Substance. The festival will also host a FREE screening of Jerry Zucker’s Ghost.
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Sundance Short Film Winners: Theo Panagopoulos’ ‘The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing’ Wins Grand Jury Prize
The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing by Theo Panagopoulos. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by National Library of Scotland The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing, directed by Theo Panagopoulos took home the Grand Jury Prize in the short film competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Trailer – Questlove Directs Documentary on Sly and the Family Stone Band
Sly Stone in SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Sundance Institute | photo by Stephen Paley) Hulu shared the official trailer for SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the documentary film on Sly & The Family Stone, the funk band known for Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hits such as Dance to the Music (1968), Everyday People (1968), and Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).
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Andrew Ahn’s ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Starrin Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone to Open BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang in The Wedding Banquet (Luka Cyprian, Bleecker Street) Following the world premiere at Sundance Film Festival, Andrew Ahn’s dramedy The Wedding Banquet makes its International Premiere as the Opening Night Gala film of the 39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19th – 30th, 2025.
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‘Debaters’ Trailer – Alex Heller’s Comedy Short Film Premieres at Sundance
Debaters directed by Alex Heller (Dagmar Weaver-Madsen | fullspectrumfeatures) Directed by Alex Heller (The Year Between) following her feature film directorial debut, Debaters is a comedy short film telling the story of high school debaters and their unqualified adult judges played by Succession’s J. Smith-Cameron and Oscar-winning director Kenneth Lonergan. The film is set to have its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
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Kahlil Joseph’s ‘BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions’ to Premiere at Sundance After Being Pulled in Dispute with Producer (Updated)
Funmilayo Akechuwku in BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jac Martinez / BLKNWS™) Update (January 25, 2025): BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions may make its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, after James Shani’s Rich Spirit acquired the film by buying Participant Media out of all rights, with hopes of selling the film to a new distributor, reports Variety.
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