Director Christopher M. Anthony’s debut feature, the boxing drama Heavyweight will make its World Premiere as the opening feature at the 33rd Raindance Film Festival on June 18th.
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Christopher M. Anthony’s ‘Heavyweight’ Boxing Drama to Premiere as Opening Film of Raindance Film Festival
Heavyweight by Christopher M. Anthony (Blackwater Pictures)
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John-Michael Powell’s ‘Violent Ends’ Revenge Thriller Acquired by Independent Film Company
Billy Magnussen in Violent Ends (Independent Film Company) Writer-director John-Michael Powell’s sophomore feature film, the revenge thriller Violent Ends starring Billy Magnussen (Lilo & Stitch), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Nick Stahl (Sin City), James Badge Dale (The Empty Man), Emmy Award Winner Kate Burton (“Grey’s Anatomy”), and Academy Award Winner Ray McKinnon (Knox Goes Away) has been acquired by Independent Film Company.
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See First Teaser for Julia Ducournau’s ‘Alpha’ French Drama at Cannes
Alpha (Neon) Neon debuted the first teaser trailer for Alpha, the latest film from Julia Ducournau, the visionary director behind Raw and the Palme D’or-winning Titane. Set in the 1980s, the French drama stars Mélissa Boros as Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old girl; Golshifteh Farahani as her mother; and Tahar Rahim as her ailing uncle, Amin, who underwent a significant physical transformation for his role.
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Corin Hardy’s ‘Whistle’ Horror Film Acquired by Independent Film Company and Shudder
Whistle (courtesy Independent Film Company, Shudder) Whistle, the new horror feature film from director Corin Hardy (The Nun, “Gangs Of London”) has been acquired by the Independent Film Company and Shudder. The film is written by Owen Egerton, and adapted from his own short story, and stars Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (“Yellowjackets”), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (My Old Ass) and Nick Frost (How to Train Your Dragon). Whistle is slated for a wide theatrical release.
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Mariska Hargitay Reveals Her Biological Father in ‘My Mom Jayne’ Documentary
Zoltan Hargitay, Mariska Hargitay, Mickey Hargitay Jr, Jayne Marie Mansfield at the Mariska Hargitay Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony (Jean Nelson, dp) Mariska Hargitay is making headlines not for her Emmy-winning role on Law & Order: SVU, but for a deeply personal revelation in her new documentary My Mom Jayne which premiered at Cannes Film Festival.
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See Teaser Trailer for Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater (Jean Louis Fernandez) Here is the first look teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’s latest film, Nouvelle Vague, a homage to the French New Wave, recreating the behind-the-scenes making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal film, Breathless.
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Americana Trailer – Sydney Sweeney, Halsey, Simon Rex Star in Neo-western Crime Thriller Film
Sydney Sweeney in Americana (Ursula Coyote/Courtesy of Lionsgate) Lionsgate debuted the official trailer for Americana, the neo-western crime thriller film starring Sydney Sweeney, Paul Walter Hauser, and Halsey.
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Cambodian Filmmaker Rithy Panh Named Jury President at Locarno Film Festival
Rithy Panh (© Bophana Center) Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, known for his films that focus on the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, will serve as jury president of the international competition (Concorso Internazionale), that will decide the winner of the Pardo d’Oro – the Golden Leopard – at the 78th Locarno Film Festival, taking place from August 6-16, 2025.
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‘I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not’ Documentary in Works at CNN – Premieres in 2026
Chevy Chase (Jean Nelson, dp) CNN has greenlit a new feature documentary titled I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not, described as the authorized yet unfiltered documentary of the comedy legend, Chevy Chase. Directed by two-time Emmy Award winner Marina Zenovich, the film will premiere in 2026.
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49th San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline49) Unveils Lineup, Closes with James Sweeney’s ‘Twinless’
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney in Twinless by James Sweeney (Greg Cotten) The 49th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline49) taking place June 18–28, 2025, unveiled the lineup featuring nearly 150 films from 40 countries..
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Watch Teaser Trailer for ‘Matter of Time’ – Eddie Vedder Supports Cure for EB in Documentary Premiering at Tribeca
Matter of Time (courtesy Tribeca Festival) Ahead of the world premiere at Tribeca Festival, here is the first look teaser trailer for Matter of Time, a documentary chronicling the fight to cure Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), set against the backdrop of Eddie Vedder’s 2023 benefit concerts at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall. All proceeds from these concerts went directly to EB Research Partnership (EBRP), the world’s largest organization funding research for EB, with the ambitious goal of finding a cure by 2030.
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World Premiere of ‘This Will Never Work’ to Open 28th Brooklyn Film Festival Lineup
This Will Never Work by Marina Tempelsman, Niccolo Aeed (courtesy Brooklyn Film Festival) The 28th edition of Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), themed Pause, unveiled the film lineup of 145 features and shorts from 34 countries. The full lineup includes 15 narrative features and 10 documentary features, highlighted below. The festival runs May 30th through June 8th, 2025.