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.
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).
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.
The Wild Robot won Best Feature at the 52nd Annie Awards, taking home 9 prizes including Annie for Best FX- Feature (Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation – Feature (Fabio Lignini), Best Character Design – Feature (Genevieve Tsai), Best Direction – Feature (Chris Sanders), Best Music – Feature (Kris Bowers), Best Production Design – Feature (Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc) Best Voice Acting – Feature (Lupita Nyong’o as Roz) and Best Editorial – Feature (Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker).
The lyrical documentary essay The In Between by Robie and Alejandro Flores which world premiered at the SXSW Film Festival, will have its broadcast premiere on PBS’ documentary series Independent Lens on Monday, February 10, 2025 at 10pm ET .
Briarcliff Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Magazine Dreams, the drama film starring Jonathan Majors as Killian Maddox, an aspiring bodybuilder who struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence.
Myriad Pictures debuted the official trailer for Las Tres Sisters, the comedy drama film starring Marta Méndez Cross, Virginia Novello, Valeria Maldonado as three Mexican-American sisters following in the footsteps of their beloved grandmother, go on an adventure through Mexico to complete a traditional pilgrimage and repair their relationship. Also starring in the movie is Cristo Fernández.
Investigation Discovery debuted the official trailer for Who is Luigi Mangione? an hour-long documentary special delving into the psyche of alleged United Healthcare CEO assassin.
A new documentary film directed and produced by Rachel Mason (Circus of Books, An Update on Our Family) titled Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna, premieres Tuesday, March 11 on Hulu.
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the contemporary Saudi-language thriller Unidentified directed by Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda, The Perfect Candidate), and starring Mila Al Zahrani (The Perfect Candidate, The Cello) along with Shafi Al Harthi (A Woman’s Life).
The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (19th – 30th March) has set Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon’s erotic thriller Night Stage as its Closing Night Gala on 29th March and Shatara Michelle Ford’s road trip movie Dreams in Nightmares as a Special Presentation on 23rd March.
Michael Tolajian (Q Ball, Once Brothers) directs We Beat the Dream Team, the sports documentary revealing the story of the college basketball players who were tasked with preparing the Dream Team for their Olympic debut, and surprisingly defeated them in a scrimmage.