Filmmaker Maren Ade will preside over the short films and La Cinef Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place from May 13 to May 24, 2025. The jury also includes director, screenwriter and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green, actress, singer and songwriter Camélia Jordana, producer, photographer and former Director of the Filmoteca Española José María Prado and director and screenwriter Nebojša Slijepčević.
The political thriller Words of War starring Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything, The Village), Ciarán Hinds (Belfast, Game of Thrones), and Jason Isaacs (White Lotus, Harry Potter, Death of Stalin) will open in select theaters in the U.S. on May 2, to coincide with World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd, expanding internationally this summer.
The 2025 Tribeca Festival unveiled its audio storytelling lineup, featuring a dynamic mix of live episodes, immersive audio experiences, and world premieres. Most of the audio events will take place between June 10–14 in New York City.
Titled In Search of Us, the Immersive program of the 2025 Tribeca Festival will spotlight 11 projects – including six world premieres. The program will be hosted by Water Street Projects at WSA, transforming the space into a hub of innovation, reflection, and collective imagination.
The 2025 Tribeca Festival announced its official games program featuring nine selections, all eligible for the Tribeca Games Award, which honors an unreleased game for excellence in artistic storytelling. The games gallery will host free playable demos of this year’s selections exclusively at Pier 57, which will be open to the public from June 11-15.
Pitch Perfect’s Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp reunite to star in Bride Hard, an action-packed female led comedy set at a fairy-tale wedding with some uninvited and unexpected crashers.
New films by Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Hlynur Pálmason, Ethan Coen and more have been added to the official selection of films premiering at the 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place from May 13 to May 24, 2025.
Paul Reubens, the man behind the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, gets personal and tells his life story, all in his owns words, in the two-part documentary Pee-Wee as Himself. In the documentary, Reubens comes out posthumously as gay in the interviews taped before his death in 2023.
The 51st Seattle International Film Festival set for May 15-25, 2025, will screen 245 films, including two secret films, from 74 countries and regions around the globe.
Filmmaker Peter McDowell delves into the mysterious life and untimely death of his older brother, Jimmy McDowell in the documentary Jimmy in Saigon. At just 24, Jimmy, a Vietnam War veteran, died in Saigon in 1972. Through a decade-long investigation, Peter embarks on a personal journey across the U.S., Vietnam, and France, seeking to unravel the secrets surrounding his brother’s past, including aspects of his sexuality and rumored drug use.
Academy Award nominee Maria Bakalova (The Apprentice, Borat) stars in filmmaker Hala Matar’s directorial debut Electra, a stylish, sexy, and seductive thriller set in Italy.