The American Film Institute (AFI) will confer a Doctorate of Fine Arts degree honoris causa for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image upon actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch at the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of 2025.
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise and Wynn Thomas, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards on November 16, 2025.
The 2025 Waco Independent Film Festival unveiled the film lineup and events schedule for the festival’s in-theater screenings taking place July 17-20, 2025 followed by an online encore July 20-26, 2025.
HBO revealed the official trailer for Enigma, a new documentary exploring transgender identity and legacy through the stories of icons from the ’70s whose lives helped shape trans culture and history.
Charliebird, Happy Birthday, and Natchez took top honors at the 24th Tribeca Festival competition, winning in the U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, and Documentary competitions, respectively.
Writer-director Alexander Payne will receive the prestigious honorary leopard award, the Pardo d’Onore at the upcoming 78th Locarno Film Festival taking place from August 6-16, 2025. Payne will also present his films The Descendants and Nebraska and participate in a public discussion with the festival audience.
Michael Douglas will attend the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival to present a newly restored version of Miloš Forman’s 1975 classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest as part of the “Out of the Past” section. Michael Douglas, one of the film’s producers and recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture, will personally introduce the restored version at a special gala screening. He will be joined by fellow producer Paul Zaentz – nephew of the late Saul Zaentz, who co-produced the film, as well as members of Miloš Forman’s family.
The 24th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival (SF DocFest) announced the winners with Audience Award for Best Feature going to Rebel With A Clause directed by Brandt Johnson and Jury Prize for Best Feature going to Flamingo Camp directed by Chris Coats.
In his signature style, Jim Hosking’s latest film Ebony & Ivory reunites him with his faithful collaborators Sky Elobar and Gil Gex in a surreal, comedic “anti-biopic.” Elobar and Gex play exaggerated versions of musical icons – rumored to be Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder – who convene in a remote Scottish cottage to forge a song that’s anything but ordinary.
Dermot Mulroney is a former outlaw in the Old West in Long Shadows, the Western drama film from actor‑turned‑director William Shockley. Set in the 1880s in a rapidly modernizing American West, a young man must choose between vengeance and the love of a young woman, in the film also starring Dominic Monaghan, Jacqueline Bisset, Blaine Maye, and Sarah Cortez.
A24 debuted the official trailer for Eddington, a high-stakes, COVID‑era Western thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix stars as Joe Cross, the morally conflicted sheriff of Eddington, New Mexico; Pedro Pascal as Ted Garcia, the charismatic mayor on the brink of re‑election and Emma Stone as Louise Cross, Joe’s emotionally guarded wife. Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, Amélie Hoeferle, Clifton Collins Jr., William Belleau, with Austin Butler round out the all-star ensemble cast.