The 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from January 30 to February 9, 2025, unveiled the line-up of films in the Tiger, Big Screen and Tiger Short competitions.
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54th International Film Festival Rotterdam Unveiled Competition Lineup + Talks with Cate Blanchett and Guy Maddin
(International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR))
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No Country for Old Men, Mi Familia Among Films Added to Library of Congress National Film Registry
No Country for Old Men (Miramax) No Country for Old Men, Mi Familia, Uptown Saturday Night, Up in Smoke, are among twenty-five films selected for the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2024. The selections bring the number of titles in the registry to 900.
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75th Berlin Film Festival Reveals First Films in Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation
Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie in Honey Bunch by Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli (Cat People) Berlinale has revealed the first films in Berlinale Special, Panorama, Generation, and Retrospective of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 13 to 23, 2025.
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‘The Substance’ Wins Big at Indiana Film Journalists Awards – Best Film, Director for Coralie Fargeat, Acting for Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley
Demi Moore in The Substance (Mubi) The Substance was the big winner of the 2024 Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) awards, receiving a whopping six wins including Best Film, Best Director for Coralie Fargeat, Lead performance for Demi Moore and Supporting performance for Margaret Qualley.
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‘The Brutalist’ Wins Best Picture, ‘Conclave’ Dominates with 5 Wins at Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Conclave (Focus Features) Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist was awarded Best Picture at the Phoenix Film Critics Society’s 2024 awards, however, while Conclave dominated with five wins including Best Director for Edward Berger, Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes and Best Ensemble Acting.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Reveals Shorts Lineup
THE LILY by Quintessa Swindell (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Marian Peciar and Lukas Steinmaier) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival announced the 57 short films screening as part of eight curated Short Film Programs presented by Vimeo that will include fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles from the U.S. and international.
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‘Warfare’ Trailer – Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Charles Melton Star in Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland’s War Film
Warfare (screenshot / A24) Academy Award-nominated director Alex Garland (Civil War, Ex-Machina, 28 Days Later) teams up once again with Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza for Warfare, his latest venture into the war genre following this year’s Civil War. Mendoza, who served as a military advisor on Civil War, now steps into the role of co-writer and director alongside Garland. The film is based on Mendoza’s experience as a member of the Navy SEAL serving in Iraq, with Canadian actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai portraying Mendoza in the film.
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Watch Netflix Trailer for ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ Documentary
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (Screenshot | Netflix) Netflix debuted the official trailer for Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, the new documentary directed by Luke Sewell (Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King), that goes behind the scenes of America’s most controversial talk show to expose its biggest scandals, both on- and off-camera.
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‘Nickel Boys’ Tops Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, Wins Best Film, Best Director for RaMell Ross
Brandon Wilson stars as Turner in RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys. Photo credit: Courtesy of Orion Pictures RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys was the big winner of the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) 28th annual awards, winning three Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Ross and Best Adapted Screenplay for Ross and Joslyn Barnes.
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New Movies in Theaters on December 13 – Nickel Boys, September 5 and More
With awards season in full swing, several films, including major contenders, are hitting U.S. theaters this Friday. RaMell Ross’ Golden Globe-nominated drama Nickel Boys tells the story of two Black teenagers confronting racism and segregation in 1960s Jim Crow-era Florida. Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 recounts the real-life tragedy of the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics through the perspective of a sports broadcasting team. Also opening is the latest installment in Sony’s Spider-Man villain universe, Kraven the Hunter, and the animated prequel The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.
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‘Birdeater’ Trailer – Bachelor Party Turns into Chaos in Jack Clark and Jim Weir’s Unhinged Australian Thriller
Birdeater (Dark Sky Films) Originally premiering at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival, Birdeater, the feature directorial debut of filmmaking duo Jack Clark and Jim Weir, is set to arrive in U.S. theaters and on VOD early next year.
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‘Sing Sing’ ‘Nickel Boys’ Lead Winners of 16th African American Film Critics Awards
Clarence Maclin, Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (Dominic Leon, A24) Sing Sing, Nickel Boys and The Piano Lesson lead the winners of the 16th African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Awards with multiple awards, including making the coveted Top 10 Films of the Year list.