DJ Ahmet has won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Mistress Dispeller wins for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival.
Mistress Dispeller (2024)
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Mistress Dispeller (2024)
DJ Ahmet has won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Mistress Dispeller wins for Best Documentary Feature at the 2025 Sonoma International Film Festival.
The 27th Full Frame Documentary Film Festival has unveiled the lineup, opening with Prime Minister, a film following Jacinda Ardern, the 40th prime minister of New Zealand.
The 28th Sonoma International Film Festival returns to wine country from March 19-23, 2025, featuring a lineup of 39 narrative features, 16 documentaries, and 38 short films.
The World premiere of Tornado, Scottish director John Maclean’s survival thriller will open the 21st Glasgow Film Festival 2025.
The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of films from 60 countries. The festival will kick off with the US Premiere of Jane Austen Wrecked My Life directed by Laura Piani.
Better Man directed by Michael Gracey will open, and Peter Cattaneo’s The Penguin Lessons will close the lineup of the 36th Palm Springs International Film Festival
Calgary Underground Film Festival 12th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival opens with The Donn of Tiki, the story of Donn Beach, creator of the Tiki Bar.
Bob Trevino Likes It starring Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo took both the Best Narrative Feature award and the Audience Choice Award, Narrative at the 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival.
Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio won the Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival.
The 2024 DOC NYC will open with the U.S. premiere of Sinead O’Shea’s Blue Road–The Edna O’Brien Story, that honors the legendary Irish writer.
The 11th Miami Film Festival GEMS set to take place from October 30 to November 3, 2024, will open with Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton.
Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door starring Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore won the top prize, the Golden Lion for for Best Film at Venice International Film Festival.