Jay Duplass (best known for The Puffy Chair, Cyrus), makes his solo feature‑film directorial debut with The Baltimorons, the award-winning comedy drama film starring Michael Strassner (who also co‑writes), along with Liz Larsen and Olivia Luccardi (It Follows).
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025, unveiled the lineup of Official Selections in its Gala and Special Presentations program including films from Steven Soderbergh, Guillermo del Toro, Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.
Pig Hill, the gory horror film directed by Kevin Lewis best known for the smash hit Willy’s Wonderland will World Premiere at this year’s Frightfest.
The 56th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) taking place from September 18–24, 2025 revealed the first six feature films selected for the festival including the documentary Matter of Time, following Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Rebuilding, an emotional family drama starring Josh O’Connor and Meghann Fahy
Life After directed by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport (I Didn’t See You There), is a powerful documentary on the deeply personal and public debate surrounding assisted dying.
Amazon MGM Studios debuted the official trailer for After the Hunt, the psychological thriller film directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring a powerhouse cast led by Julia Roberts (Alma Olsson), Ayo Edebiri (Maggie Price), Andrew Garfield (Hank Gibson), along with Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny. Set within a prestigious Ivy League college, it dives into a tense narrative centered around a #MeToo scandal that entangles academia, ethics, and personal history.
Toronto International Film Festival has revealed 11 more official selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programs at the upcoming 50th edition taking place September 4–14, 2025
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Nim Shapira, the documentary TORN: The Israel-Palestine Poster War on NYC Streets, traces the grassroots poster campaign to raise awareness for the 251 hostages taken by Hamas in the October 7 attack.
Vertical will release Keith Jardine’s hybrid psychological, sci-fi horror film Kill Me Again starring Brendan Fehr (Roswell, Final Destination), Raoul Max Trujillo (Dark Winds, Mayans M.C.), and Majandra Delfino (Roswell, Friends with Better Lives). It is slated for release in select theaters and on-demand on August 8, 2025.
The 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival wrapped with the award ceremony, where Better Go Mad in the Wild directed by Miro Remo won the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe. The jury in a statement said, “A funny valentine to the fading art of being true to yourself, Miro Remo’s delightfully inventive documentary is a portrait of bickering twin brothers who may live a weird, off-grid life on their dilapidated farm but who, in a world as mad as ours, actually might be the sanest people on earth. In the lifestyle it portrays but also in the filmmaking risks it takes and the raucously loving brotherhood it admires, Better Go Mad in the Wild feels like a gulp of fresh, woody www.kviff.com air, or a quick dip in an outdoor pond, or a moment of contemplation as a cow chews on your beard. In short, it feels like being free.”
AJ Goes to the Dog Park, the debut feature film from director Toby Jones (not the British actor) stars AJ Thompson as the lovably average AJ, whose blissful routine – complete with buttered toast, a calm day job, and daily visits to the dog park with his pups – gets turned upside-down when the park is transformed into a ‘blog park’. Alongside Thompson, the cast includes Crystal Cossette Knight as the mayor, with Morgan Davy, Danny Davy, and a host of Fargo locals rounding out the quirky ensemble.
