The SAG Awards spread the love around with no film winning more than one award.
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Conclave, Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, Kieran Culkin, Zoe Saldaña Win at 31st SAG Awards
Conclave (Courtesy Focus Features)
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‘The Six Triple Eight’, ‘Nickel Boys’, ‘Sing Sing’ Among Winners at 56th NAACP Image Awards
Ebony Obsidian, Pepi Sonuga, Moriah Brown, Nicole Avant, Kylie Jefferson, Kerry Washington, Sarah Jeffery, and Milauna Jackson accept the Outstanding Motion Picture award for “The Six Triple Eight” onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards (Photo by Johnny Nunez/Getty Images for BET) Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight walked away with the Outstanding Motion Picture at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, along with Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for Kerry Washington, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Ebony Obsidian.
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Spirit Awards Winners – Anora Wins Top Awards – Best Feature, Best Lead for Mikey Madison, Best Director for Sean Baker
Anora directed by Sean Baker (Neon) Anora led the winners in the film categories of the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards with three wins, including Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker, and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison.
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75th Berlinale Awards – Norwegian Queer Drama ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ Wins Golden Bear for Best Film
Selome Emmetu, Ella Øverbye in Drømmer | Dreams (Sex Love) by Dag Johan Haugerud (Agnete Brun) The Norwegian queer coming-of-age drama Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud has won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The film, starring Ella Øverbye as Johanne and Selome Emnetu as French teacher, depicts Johanne’s intimate writings about her crush on her female teacher. It is the third part of a trilogy by Haugerud that deals with the complexity of human relationships, sexuality and social norms. The film also won the award for Competition in Prizes of the FIPRESCI Jury and the Guild Film Prize.
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‘Deaf’ and ‘The Moelln Letters’ Win Panorama Audience Awards at 2025 Berlinale
Deaf (Sorda) by Eva Libertad (Nuria Jean) Deaf (Sorda) by Eva Libertad has won the 27th Panorama Audience Award for best feature film, and The Moelln Letters (Die Möllner Briefe) by Martina Priessner wins in the category Panorama Dokumente at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.
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‘The Paper Bag Plan’, ‘Among Neighbors’, Encrypted and Pavements Win Top Prizes at 27th San Francisco IndieFest
(Photo credit: SF IndieFest) The Paper Bag Plan directed by Anthony Lucero has won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and Among Neighbors directed by Yoav Potash won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 27th anniversary edition of San Francisco Independent Film Festival (SF IndieFest). The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos directed by The Agbajowo Collective won the Audience Award for Best International Feature
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‘For Worse’ ‘Marlee Matlin’ Doc ‘Love, Brooklyn’ Set as 49th Cleveland International Film Festival Spotlight Films
For Worse directed by Amy Landecker (courtesy Cleveland International Film Festival) The 49th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) running March 27 – April 5, 2025, has revealed the year’s spotlight films, with For Worse, the directorial debut of actress Amy Landecker as Opening Night Film. The documentary Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore directed by Shoshannah Stern will screen as Centerpiece, and Love, Brooklyn directed by Amy Landecker as Closing Night Film.
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Anora, ‘Can I Get a Witness?’ and ‘My Old Ass’ Win Top Prizes at 25th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
Keira Jang and Sandra Oh in Can I Get a Witness? (Ed Araquel, courtesy of CIGAW Productions) Anora won Best Picture and Mikey Madison wins Best Actress in the International category of the 25th Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) awards.
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‘The Trouble with Mr. Doodle’ to Open 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: NY, Wicked’s Marissa Bode Gets Spotlight Award
The Trouble with Mr Doodle directed by Jaimie D’Cruz and Ed Perkins The 17th ReelAbilities Film Festival: New York (RFFNY) celebrating the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with disabilities worldwide, returns April 3-9, 2025.
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‘William Tell’ Trailer – Claes Bang Stars in Nick Hamm’s Medieval Action-Drama Film
Golshifteh Farahani and Claes Bang in William Tell Samuel Goldwyn Films debuted the official trailer for William Tell, Nick Hamm’s resistance epic medieval action-drama film starring Claes Bang (The Square, Dracula), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education, Emma), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson, Extraction), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz), Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Big Short) and Emily Beecham (The Interpreter, Little Joe), with Academy-Award winner Ben Kingsley and Academy-Award nominee Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes, Game of Thrones, The Age of Innocence, The Wife).
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‘Eric Larue’ Trailer – Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård Star in Michael Shannon’s Drama Film
Judy Greer in Eric Larue (Magnolia Pictures) Magnolia Pictures debuted the trailer Eric Larue, Michael Shannon’s directorial debut written by Brett Neveu and based on his 2002 play of the same name.
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39th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Queer, ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ and more
Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig in Queer (Yannis Drakoulidis. Courtesy of A24.) The 39th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival taking place March 19 – 30, 2025, unveiled its full program. BFI Flare is divided into three thematic program strands: Hearts, Bodies and Minds and presents 34 World Premieres (across features and shorts) with 56 features, 1 series and 81 shorts from 41 countries.