Jafar Panahi’s slow-burn thriller It Was Just an Accident was awarded Best Film, with Panahi receiving the award for Best Director at the 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony in Australia.
Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda) (2025)
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Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident Wins Best Film at 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards
It Was Just an Accident by Jafar Panahi (Neon)
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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to Headline 38th Virginia Film Festival Lineup
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere will open the the 38th year Virginia Film Festival set for October 22-26 in Charlottesville, VA.
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Cactus Pears and The Gas Station Attendant Win 56th Nashville Film Festival Top Awards
Bhushaan Manoj and Suraaj Suman in Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade (Vikas Urs) The 56th Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm) announced the award winners, with Rohan Kanawade’s semi-autobiographical feature debut Cactus Pears winning Best Narrative Feature, and The Gas Station Attendant directed by Karla Murthy, winning Best Documentary Feature.
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Sarah Friedland’s ‘Familiar Touch’ to Open , Alex Russell’s Lurker to Close 54th New Directors/New Films Lineup
Familiar Touch by Sarah Friedland The 54th edition of New Directors/New Films (ND/NF), taking place from April 2 through April 13 in New York City, unveiled a lineup of 24 features and nine short films.
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Sundance Film Festival Winners – Atropia , Seeds, ‘Cactus Pears’ and ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Win Grand Jury Prizes
Atropia, Seeds (photo by Brittany Shyne), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (photo by Vikas Urs) (photo by Mohammad Reza Eyni) | Courtesy of Sundance Institute 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.
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48th Göteborg Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with World Premiere of Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’
Safe House (Før mørket), directed by Eirik Svensson (Graham Bartholomew, Fantefilm Fiksjon) The 48th Göteborg Film Festival taking place January 24 to February 2, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, unveiled the program lineup featuring 270 films from 83 countries
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Feature Films and Episodics Lineup, ‘Sally’ Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
SALLY(Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Michael Latham.) The 2025 Sundance Film Festival, taking place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, unveiled the lineup of 87 feature films and six episodic projects.