
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

From Emmy-nominated director Sally Aitken, Every Little Thing is a documentary following the journey of specialist hummingbird rehabilitator Terry Masear as she attempts her goal to save every injured hummingbird in Los Angeles.

The Brutalist was awarded the honor of Best Picture of 2024 by the Phoenix Critics Circle along with Best Director for Brady Corbet, Best Actor for Adrien Brody, and Best Score.