
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads this year’s longlists for the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards, with 16 mentions followed closely by Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, each with 14 mentions

Harry Lighton’s debut feature Pillion wins four awards, including Best British Independent Film at the 2025 British Independent Film Awards. The film stars Harry Melling as a timid gay man and Alexander Skarsgård as a biker gang leader, who initiates him into a submissive relationship.

My Father’s Shadow leads the nominations for the 2025 British Independent Film Awards with 12, including Best British Independent Film, along with Best Director and Best Debut Director for Akinola Davies Jr.

Celebrating its 37th edition, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) held in Amsterdam from November 14-24, 2024, revealed the main competition lineup.