The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival (19th – 30th March) has set Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon’s erotic thriller Night Stage as its Closing Night Gala on 29th March and Shatara Michelle Ford’s road trip movie Dreams in Nightmares as a Special Presentation on 23rd March.
Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver (GEMS) announced the full lineup of 32 films from nine countries for the 20th annual GEMFest, set to take place in-person at the VIFF Centre in Vancouver from March 5-9, 2025.
Michael Tolajian (Q Ball, Once Brothers) directs We Beat the Dream Team, the sports documentary revealing the story of the college basketball players who were tasked with preparing the Dream Team for their Olympic debut, and surprisingly defeated them in a scrimmage.
The world premiere of Paul Feig’s Another Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, will open the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival taking place March 7-14, 2025.
Facing War, the documentary directed by Tommy Gulliksen depicting Jens Stoltenberg’s final years as NATO Secretary General, will open this year’s edition of CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival) taking place March 19-30, 2025.
Punku, the sophomore film by Peruvian Rotterdam Tiger Award-winning writer-director J.D. Fernández Molero [Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)], will make its world premiere in the Forum section of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.
Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva and Sasha Calle will close the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival taking place March 8-16, 2025.
Come See Me in the Good Light directed by Ryan White bested some strong contenders to win Festival Favorite Award, voted for by the audiences from all the new feature films presented at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Exactly 40 years after her first appearance at the festival, Juliette Binoche has been named President of the Feature Film Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, which will award the Palme d’or.
The Substance, Dream Scenario, Dune: Part Two and Godzilla Minus One are among the film winners at the 52nd annual Saturn Awards.
Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist won the top prize, and the film’s only win, for Film of the Year at the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with Nickel Boys, Conclave, and A Real Pain dominating with multiple wins for other awards.
Atropia directed by Hailey Gates won the Grand Jury Prize in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Other Grand Jury prizes went to Seeds for U.S. Documentary Competition, Cactus Pears won for World Cinema Dramatic Competition, and Cutting Through Rocks won for World Cinema Documentary Competition. The NEXT Innovator Award was given to Zodiac Killer Project directed by Charlie Shackleton.