Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet leads the film nominations for the 2026 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards receiving nods for Best Film, acting, direction and screenplay.
Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire will open the 22nd Marrakech International Film Festival kicking off today November 28th, and running through December 6th, 2025.
Dead Man’s Wire, the latest film from Gus Van Sant, tells the chilling true story of 1970s hostage crisis in Indiana. Bill Skarsgård stars as Tony Kiritsis, the desperate man who wired a shotgun to his mortgage broker’s neck and held him for days on live TV.
AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards revealed the nominees lead by Hamnet, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Train Dreams competing for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups.
The Sun Valley Film Festival running from December 3-7, 2025 unveiled the lineup of 16 narrative and documentary features and 32 shorts.
Actors Beau Bridges and Delroy Lindo, screenwriter Austin Kolodney, stunt pro Heidi Moneymaker, costume designer Deborah L. Scott along with music editor Adam Smalley have been named the honorees of the 2025 Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards Gala at the Coronado Island Film Festival.
Colman Domingo will receive the Lumière Award at the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival, “recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the art of cinema and his deep ties to the city of Philadelphia.”
The 26th Woodstock Film Festival taking place October 15–19, 2025 will kick off on Opening Night with The Testament of Ann Lee, and Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire headlining on Closing Night film.
The Coronado Island Film Festival is marking its milestone tenth anniversary from November 5-9, 2025, with a slate of more than 130 films..
Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will open the 48th annual Denver Film Festival, taking place October 31 – November 9, 2025, with the lineup showcasing 136 feature-length films, documentaries and shorts.
The 12th Miami Film Festival GEMS taking place from October 29 to November 5, 2025 will feature 40 films, opening with No Other Choice with director Park Chan-wook in attendance to receive the Precious Gem Master Award.
The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival spanning October 16 through 26, 2025, unveiled its lineup, opening with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.