This year’s AFI FEST taking place in Los Angeles from October 22-26, 2025, unveiled the full lineup of 161 films.
The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
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73rd San Sebastián Festival Winners – Sundays Wins Golden Shell, The Voice of Hind Rajab and Little Amélie Nab Audience Awards
Sundays (Los domingos) by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (courtesy SSIFF) Sundays (Los domingos) directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa has won the Golden Shell at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival, along with the FIPRESCI Prize, Feroz Zinemaldia 2025 Award, SIGNIS Award and the Irizar Basque Film Award.
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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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Father Mother Sister Brother and The Voice of Hind Rajab Win Top Prizes at Venice Festival
Father Mother Sister Brother (Mubi) Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The anthology film starring Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Mayim Bialik, Charlotte Rampling, Cate Blanchett, Vicky Krieps, consists of three stories on relationships between adult children, their parents and each other.
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Tunisia Selects ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ for Oscar for Best International Feature Film
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Mime Films, Tanit Films) Tunisia has submitted The Voice of Hind Rajab, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, as its entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. It is based on the killing of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli forces during the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.
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73rd San Sebastián Festival Unveils Perlak Lineup – Opens with Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater (SSIFF) The latest films from Olivier Assayas, Noah Baumbach, Kaouther Ben Hania, Yorgos Lanthimos, Richard Linklater, Kleber Mendonça Filho, François Ozon, Hlynur Pálmason, Jafar Panahi, Raoul Peck, Paolo Sorrentino, Joachim Trier and Rebecca Zlotowski are amongst the sixteen feature films featured in the Perlak section at the 73rd San Sebastián Festival.
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69th BFI London Film Festival Reveals Films in Official Competition
Bad Apples by Jonatan Etzler BFI London Film Festival announced the 10 films selected to screen in Official Competition, contending for the Festival’s prestigious Best Film Award at the upcoming 69th edition taking place from October 8 – 19, 2025.