Angela Bassett will be honored at the 8th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors with the Excellence in the Arts Award recognizing a “highly acclaimed artist for their body of work and distinguished career achievements.”
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Angela Bassett to Receive Excellence in the Arts Award at ABFF Honors
Angela Bassett (DAndre Michael)
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Cinema Eye Honors – ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Top Prize
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley appear in Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White. (Brandon Somerhalder) Ryan White’s Come See Me in the Good Light was awarded the top prize of Outstanding Nonfiction Feature at the 19th annual Cinema Eye Honors in New York City.
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‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man’ HBO documentary Explores Life of Legendary Performer | Trailer
Directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio, the two-part HBO documentary Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!, explores the life, career, friendships, and loves of the legendary writer, director, producer, and performer.
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DGA Awards Reveals Feature Film, Documentary Nominees
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures), One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures), Frankenstein(Netflix), Hamnet (Focus Features), Marty Supreme (A24) Directors Guild of America unveiled the nominees for the DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film and for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025.
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SAG Actor Awards – ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 7 Nominations
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) One Battle After Another leads the nominations for the 32nd Annual Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA with 7 Actor nominations for Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Cast and Stunt Ensemble.
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Petra Volpe to Receive Zurich Film Festival’s Golden Eye Award for ‘Late Shift’
Petra Volpe (Gabriel Hill for Zurich Film Festival) Swiss director Petra Volpe will be presented with Zurich Film Festival‘s Golden Eye Award for her film Late Shift, selected as the Swiss Oscar entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Dominican Film ‘Sugar Island’ Wins Best Latin American Film at Cinema Tropical Awards
Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero The Dominican film Sugar Island by Johanné Gómez Terrero has won Best Latin American Film of the Year at the 16th Annual Cinema Tropical Awards in New York City.
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Felipe Bustos Sierra’s ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ to Open 22nd Glasgow Film Festival
Everybody To Kenmure Street by Felipe Bustos Sierra The UK Premiere of Everybody To Kenmure Street, BAFTA-winner Felipe Bustos Sierra’s documentary about one of Scotland’s recent spontaneous acts of civil resistance, will open the 22nd edition of Glasgow Film Festival on 25th February, 2026
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Hedda, Blue Moon, Kiss of the Spider Woman Among 37th GLAAD Media Awards Nominees
Hedda by Nia DaCosta (Amazon MGM Studios) GLAAD today revealed the nominees of the 37th GLAAD Media Awards, honoring films including Hedda, Blue Moon, Sorry, Baby, and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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Lai Yuqing, Promising Young Director of ‘Whisperings of the Moon’, Dies at 23
Lai Yuqing (via Instagram) Lai Yuqing, a 23-year-old Chinese film director whose work was beginning to attract international attention, has died in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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‘Sinners’ Dominates Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards, Wins Best Film
Sinners by Ryan Coogler (Warner Bros) Sinners swept most of the major categories of the 2025 Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) annual EDA Awards, winning seven awards including Best Film, Best Director (Ryan Coogler), Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan), and Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku).
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TIFF Reveals Canada’s Top Ten list with ‘Wrong Husband’, ‘Blue Heron’, ‘Space Cadet’ and More
Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) directed by Zacharias Kunuk (Isuma) TIFF revealed its annual Canada’s Top Ten list of the year’s most outstanding Canadian feature films and shorts.