La Grazia, a new Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino (The Hand of God, The Great Beauty, Il divo), will world premiere in competition as the opening film of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.
The 28th Dances With Films: LA wrapped with its Filmmaker Award ceremony, with the Grand Jury Prize winners led by Nate Hilgartner’s No Choice for Best Narrative Feature and David Anthoiny Ngo’s Never Get Busted! won Best Documentary Feature.
The queer drama film In Transit directed by Jaclyn Bethany (Tell That to the Winter Sea, Highway One) will have its World Premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The found footage horror film What Happened to Dorothy Bell? written and directed by Danny Villanueva Jr., has been acquired by Dark Star Pictures, and is set to be released in October 2025.
Almost 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history, roared into southeastern Louisiana on August 29, 2005, the documentary series Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time will debut on National Geographic. The five-part documentary series takes a look at the disaster directly from those who lived through it.
The 2025 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners with Retirement Plan directed by John Kelly winning Best of the Festival Award.
Monk in Pieces is New York filmmaker Billy Shebar’s revealing documentary portrait of composer and artist Meredith Monk, considered one of contemporary arts’ greatest innovators.
Mother City, the South African film directed by Pearlie Joubert and Miki Redelinghuys and produced alongside Khetiwe Ngcobo has been awarded the Ladima Foundation’s 7th Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman.
Blue Fox Entertainment debuted the official trailer for XENO, the PG-13 sci-fi adventure film starring Lulu Wilson (The Wrath of Becky, Annabelle: Creation), Omari Hardwick (Power, Star Trek: Section 31, Army of the Dead), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind, The Looming Tower), Paul Schneider (Lars and the Real Girl, Parks and Recreation).
