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.
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‘Monk in Pieces’ Documentary on Composer, Performer, and Artist Meredith Monk, Opens in Theaters | Trailer
Neutron: Meredith Monk with her beloved tortoise Neutron at a reptile hospital in New York. (courtesy of 110th Street Films) 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.
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South African Documentary ‘Mother City’ Wins Ladima Foundation’s Adiaha Award
Mother City directed by Pearlie Joubert and Miki Redelinghuys (Screenshot) 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.
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XENO Trailer – Lulu Wilson, Omari Hardwick, Paul Schneider Star in Sci-fi Adventure Film
Xeno by Matthew Loren Oates (Blue Fox Entertainment) 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).
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Toronto International Film Festival Reveals First Official Selections by Steven Soderbergh, Sung-hyun Byun, Nia DaCosta
Hedda by Nia DaCosta (TIFF) 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.
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18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in NYC Unveils Lineup Featuring Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yuumi Kawai
Yuumi Kawai in A Girl Named Ann by Yu Irie 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.
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8th Indy Shorts Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring Lena Headey, André Holland
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.
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Iranian Film ‘Bidad’ by Soheil Beiraghi Revealed as Secret Film Competing at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Bidad by Soheil Beiraghi (KVIFF) 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.
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Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard to be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps (cr. Virgile Guinard), Dakota Johnson (cr. Su Mustecaplioglu) and Peter Sarsgaard (courtesy KVIFF) 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.
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‘Forever We Are Young’ Documentary on K-Pop Supergroup BTS Sets Release Date | Watch Clip
Dance coverists perform BTS’ Mic Drop Remix in Seoul. Forever We Are Young. Courtesy of Tremolo Productions. Directed by award-winning filmmakers Grace Lee and Patty Ahn, the documentary Forever We Are Young explores the meteoric rise of global K-Pop supergroup BTS, told entirely through the eyes of their devoted fanbase, ARMY.
