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).
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival taking place September 4–14, 2025 revealed the first five Special Presentation titles of its Official Selection set to make their World Premieres. These Official Selection films join the previously announced Opening Night Film, John Candy: I Like Me.
Japan Society announced the full lineup of 30 films for the 18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film taking place from July 10 – 20, 2025 in New York City.
The 8th Annual Academy Award-Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) will take place July 22-27, 2025. The festival will showcase 253 short films with screenings at Living Room Theaters, Newfields (The Tobias Theater, The Amphitheater and The Beer Garden) in Indianapolis, Indiana and available to stream.
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has revealed the ‘secret’ twelfth film in the festival’s Crystal Globe Competition as the Iranian film Bidad. Originally kept secret and only identified as an Iranian film, it was not included in the original film competition lineup announcement to protect the safety of the film’s delegation.
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard will be honored at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival taking place July 4 to 12, 2025. Stellan Skarsgård will be presented with the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, and Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson along with Peter Sarsgaard will receive KVIFF President’s Awards.
