The Waco Independent Film Festival (Waco Indie) concluded its 9th edition with an emotional Awards Brunch where Chris Beier’s The Ego Death of Queen Cecilia walked away with Best Narrative Feature and Patrick Creadon’s The Pantone Guy won Best Documentary Feature.
Mubi debuted the official trailer for The History of Sound, a historical romantic drama film directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus (Moffie, Living). Set in the aftermath of World War I, it chronicles the love story between two music students, played by Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. Also starring in the film are Molly Price, Chris Cooper, and Hadley Robinson.
Benedict Cumberbatch will be honored with the prestigious Golden Eye Award at Zurich Film Festival for his career and performance in the drama film The Thing With Feathers. He will also give insights into his career at a ZFF Masters.
Toronto International Film Festival unleashed the Midnight Madness program lineup of “wicked wonders” set to close out each night of the 2025 Festival with 11:59pm screenings.
Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother will make its North American premiere as the Centerpiece film of the 63rd New York Film Festival on October 3.
The 69th BFI London Film Festival set to take place October 8th-19th will open with the International Premiere of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by director Rian Johnson.
TIFF announced the 2025 Discovery program for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival running September 4–14, 2025.
Ben Stiller is directing and producing a new Apple documentary feature titled “Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost” on the inspiring story of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. It is set to premiere in select theaters October 17, and stream on Apple TV+ October 24, 2025.
The inaugural River Valley Film Festival in Williamsport, Pennsylvania wrapped on Sunday with their Awards Ceremony. Taking home the Grand Jury Award for Narrative Feature was American Comic from director Daniel Clark, a mockumentary about two comics trying to make it in the industry.
Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt starring Julia Roberts will make its North American premiere as the Opening Night film of the 63rd New York Film Festival on Friday, September 26.
A24 debuted the official trailer for Ne Zha 2, the Chinese animated epic film starring Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh, Vincent Rodriguez III, Aleks Le, Damien Haas, and Crystal Lee. The film is the sequel to Ne Zha released in 2019, and is based on the Chinese mythological character and Xu Zhonglin’s 16th-century novel Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Yanyi).
Toronto International Film Festival unveiled its 2025 Platform program lineup, marking the tenth anniversary of the auteur competitive section, featuring 10 films representing 19 countries.