Train Dreams led the film categories at the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with three wins for Best Feature, Best Director for Clint Bentley, and Best Cinematography for Adolpho Veloso.
Lurker (2025)
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Spirit Awards – Clint Bentley’s ‘Train Dreams’ Tops With 3 Wins, Best Feature
Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones in Train Dreams (Netflix)
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DGA Awards Reveals Feature Film, Documentary Nominees
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures), One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures), Frankenstein(Netflix), Hamnet (Focus Features), Marty Supreme (A24) Directors Guild of America unveiled the nominees for the DGA Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film and for the Michael Apted Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Theatrical Feature Film for 2025.
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Florida Film Critics Awards – ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘No Other Choice Win Top Honors’
Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took the top honors at the Florida Film Critics Circle’s 2025 awards winning six awards, including Best Picture along with supporting actor awards for Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor.
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‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Leads Nominations for 41st Spirit Awards
Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall in Peter Hujar’s Day directed by Ira Sachs, Courtesy of Janus Films Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, leads the nominations for the 41st annual edition of the Film Independent Spirit Awards with five nominations including Best Feature.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Leads Nominations for 35th Gothams Film Awards
Leonard DiCaprio in One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) One Battle After Another leads with a record six nominations for the 35th edition of The Gothams, with nods for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paul Thomas Anderson, Breakthrough Performer for Chase Infiniti, and Outstanding Supporting Performance for Teyana Taylor and Benicio Del Toro.
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‘A Scary Movie’ Opens Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Lineup at San Sebastián Festival
A Scary Movie ( Una película de miedo) by Sergio Oksman (courtesy SSIFF) Films directed by Paz Encina, Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Luis Ortega, Hlynur Pálmason and Gabrielle Stemmer are among 23 titles taking part in the competitive Zabaltegi-Tabakalera section at San Sebastián Festival‘s 73rd edition.
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Jay Duplass’ ‘The Baltimorons’ Headlines 12th Chicago Critics Film Festival Lineup
The Baltimorons by Jay Duplass (Jessie Cohen) The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA) announced the complete lineup, for the 12th annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, taking place May 2-8 at the city’s historic Music Box Theatre.
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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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75th Berlin Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Richard Linklater’s ‘Blue Moon’, A Complete Unknown, Mickey 17
Margaret Qualley, Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon (Sabrina Lantos / Sony Pictures Classics) Berlin International Film Festival unveiled the full lineup of film titles for the 75th edition taking place February 13 – 23, 2025
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2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Beyond Film Talks, Conversations with Olivia Colman, Daniel Kaluuya, Celine Song, Elijah Wood, Steven Yeun, and more
Top L–R: Daniel Noah, Elijah Wood, Marlee Matlin, Jacinda Ardern, Cristina Costantini, Nicole Perlman
Second Row L-R: Olivia Colman, Steven Yeun, Chloë Sevigny, Daniel Kaluuya, Mstyslav Chernov, Celine Song
Bottom L–R: Eva Victor, Katarina Zhu, Rashad Frett, Théodore Pellerin, Gregory Nava, Isabel Castro (courtesy Sundance Institute)Sundance Film Festival announced the lineup for the annual Beyond Film programming, a series of talks and events.
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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.
