The 2025 Montclair Film Festival has officially wrapped, and announced the winners of the audience and jury awards.
My Father’s Shadow (2025)
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Sirât, Blknws: Terms & Conditions, Sentimental Value Win Top Awards at Montclair Film Festival
Sirât (Courtesy of NEON)
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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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‘Sirât’ ‘One Golden Summer’ Win Awards at 61st Chicago International Film Festival
Sirât by Oliver Laxe Spain’s Oscar submission, Sirât, directed by Oliver Laxe, has won the Gold Hugo for Best Film at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival.
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U.K. Picks My Father’s Shadow for Oscar for Best International Feature Film
The U.K. has picked My Father’s Shadow, directed by British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr., as its candidate in the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards.
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Wake Up Dead Man to Open 48th Denver Film Festival Lineup
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. (Netflix) 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.
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34th Philadelphia Film Festival to Open with ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (John Wilson/Netflix) The 34th Philadelphia Film Festival spanning October 16 through 26, 2025, unveiled its lineup, opening with Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
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48th Mill Valley Film Festival Reveals Lineup – Closing with Rental Family Starring Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser in Rental Family (James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures) The 48th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) taking place October 2–12, 2025 revealed the full lineup of 138 films from 40 countries.
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Kevin Shaw’s One Golden Summer Headlines Opening Night of Chicago Film Festival
One Golden Summer (Chicago Tribune TCA) The 61st Chicago International Film Festival will open with World Premiere of Kevin Shaw’s documentary One Golden Summer, the true story behind Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West Little League team’s heartbreaking fall from grace and the subsequent road to redemption, as told by the players themselves.
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Jafar Panahi’s ‘It Was Just an Accident’ Wins Palme D’or at Cannes Film Festival
It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi Productions. Les Films Pelleas) The revenge thriller It Was Just an Accident directed by Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has won the Palme D’or at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.
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Akinola Davies Jnr.’s ‘My Father’s Shadow’ Acquired by Le Pacte for Release in France
Akinola Davies Jnr (credit Mudawi), Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (credit Getty) Ahead of its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, My Father’s Shadow, the feature debut from upcoming filmmaker Akinola Davies Jnr., has secured French distribution through Le Pacte.
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78th Cannes Film Festival Unveils Official Selection with Richard Linklater, Wes Anderson, Jafar Panahi
Benicio del Toro and Mia Threapleton in The Phoenician Scheme by Wes Anderson (TPS Productions/Focus Features) 78th Cannes Film Festival taking place May 13 to 24, 2025, unveiled the Official Selections including feature films in Competition, Un Certain Regard, Out of Competition, Midnight Screenings, Cannes Premiere and Special Screenings.
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