Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito have been named the recipients of the 7th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors, celebrating, recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry.
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Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Giancarlo Esposito Named 2025 Honorees for American Black Film Festival Honors
Keke Palmer, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Giancarlo Esposito (courtesy American Black Film Festival Honors)
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‘Sonny Boy’ and ‘The Kids Are Not Alright’ Win Audience Awards at 3rd Dances With Films
(Photo by Dustin McWethy) The 3rd New York edition of Dances With Films (DWF) wrapped with its awards ceremony, where Kristen Hansen’s Sonny Boy received the Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature and Mikaela Shwer’s The Kids Are Not Alright won for Best Documentary Feature.
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Feature Films and Episodics Lineup, ‘Sally’ Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
SALLY(Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Michael Latham.) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, taking place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, unveiled the lineup of 87 feature films and six episodic projects.
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‘Anora’ Named Best Picture and Mikey Madison Wins Best Actress at Michigan Movie Critics Guild Awards
Anora directed by Sean Baker (Neon) Anora was named best picture of the year by the Michigan Movie Critics Guild, and Mikey Madison won the best actress award along with the award for breakthrough performance. The film also received the best screenplay award.
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Sing Sing Wins Best Picture, Best Actor for Colman Domingo, at San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
Sing Sing (Credit: Dominic Leon, A24) Sing Sing was named Best Picture of the year by the San Diego Film Critics Society, along with Best Actor for Colman Domingo, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Craig Bentley, Greg Kwedar.
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PGA Announces Documentary Film Nominees for 36th Producers Guild Awards.
Gaucho Gaucho (courtesy Sundance Institute) The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the 2025 Documentary Motion Picture nominees for the 36th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
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‘Los Frikis’ Trailer – Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson’s Cuban Coming-of-Age Drama Film Opens in US Theaters
Los Frikis From Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson, the directors of 2019’s Peanut Butter Falcon, Los Frikis is a coming-of-age drama set in 1990s Cuba. Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of teenagers who injected themselves with HIV to escape the country’s economic crisis by entering government-run sanatoriums.
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Ang Lee to Receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
Ang Lee (dp) Oscar winning filmmaker Ang Lee will be honored with the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Lifetime Achievement Award at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
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Michiel ten Horn’s ‘Fabula’ to Open, Mouly Surya’s ‘This City’ to Close IFFR 2025
Fabula (courtesy IFFR) Fabula, a dark comedy from award-winning Dutch filmmaker Michiel ten Horn will open the 54th International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) taking place from January 30 — February 9, 2025. The festival will close with This City Is a Battlefield, the historical epic film from Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya.
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Sean Baker’s Anora Wins Best Film at 8th Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards
Anora (Neon) The Atlanta Film Critics Circle chose Sean Baker’s Anora as its top film of 2024 along with Best Original Screenplay, and Best Lead Actress plus Best Breakthrough Performer awards for Mikey Madison.
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Sean Baker’s Anora Wins Best Film at Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
Mikey Madison in Anora (courtesy of Neon) The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) announced its winners for the 45th annual awards for achievements in film, honoring Anora with Best Film honors, along with Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Sean Baker, Best Actress for Mikey Madison.
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Wicked, ‘The Brutalist’ ‘Colman Domingo’ Among Winners of Washington DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA) Awards
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (credit: Dominic Leon, A24) Wicked won Best Feature and The Brutalist nabbed Best Director for Brady Corbet, at the 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).