
American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is expanding beyond its flagship annual Miami Beach event to launch the ABFF Pop-Up Tour, a new national initiative bringing the festival to four major cities across the U.S. this fall.

American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is expanding beyond its flagship annual Miami Beach event to launch the ABFF Pop-Up Tour, a new national initiative bringing the festival to four major cities across the U.S. this fall.
Peter Hujar’s Day is an intimate dive into a single day in the life of celebrated queer photographer Peter Hujar, directed by Ira Sachs (Passages, Love is Strange).
A24 debuted the first teaser trailer for Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s first feature film solo since Pleasure of Being Robbed. Set in a retro, high-stakes world of competitive ping-pong, the comedy drama film stars Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a cocky, and undeniably charismatic-prodigy chasing greatness in a sport everyone else dismisses.
Rental Family, with director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser in attendance, will make its UK premiere as this year’s American Express Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival.
Orlando Bloom steps into the ring for one of his most intense roles yet as a retired boxer desperate for one final shot at glory, in the psychological sports thriller film The Cut.
Stranger Eyes is a gripping surveillance thriller film from Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua, starring Lee Kang-sheng alongside Wu Chien-ho and Anicca Panna.

In Conversation With… (ICW) series returns to the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival with Park Chan-wook, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Tessa Thompson alongside Nia DaCosta. The 50th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4–14, 2025.
Reset, the mind-bending sci-fi horror film from filmmaker Michael Yammine will be released on Digital and VOD starting August 12.
Directed and written by Spencer Cohen, the comedy indie film The Compatriots will be released digitally on VOD in the US and Canada on September 16.

63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF63) revealed the Spotlight lineup showcasing 12 features as well as nine short films. Feature-length films include Richard Linklater return to NYFF for the sixth time with Blue Moon, capturing a pivotal night in the life of lyricist Lorenz Hart as Oklahoma! opens on Broadway, and Nouvelle Vague, a playful reimagining of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless.
Apple TV+ revealed a first-look clip from “Mr. Scorsese,” the five-part documentary series on Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Martin Scorsese from director Rebecca Miller set to premiere on October 17.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been honored with the First Locarno City of Peace Award, established by the City of Locarno in collaboration with the Locarno Film Festival.