The 2025 Montclair Film Festival has officially wrapped, and announced the winners of the audience and jury awards.
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Iranian Councilwoman Sara Shahverdi Makes History in ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Documentary | Trailer
Cutting Through Rocks highlights one Iranian woman’s story of courage and persistence, and explores the complexity that exists within a cultural landscape.
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From Tragedy to Art – Alan Berliner’s ‘Benita’ Debuts at DOC NYC
Benita in Apartment 1999 (Barbara Alper ) Benita is an intimate portrait of New York filmmaker Benita Raphan, who died by suicide during the height of the Covid pandemic.
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Chandler Levack’s Rom-Com ‘Mile End Kicks’ Acquired by Sumerian Pictures for Release in US
Mile End Kicks by Chandler Levack (Sumerian Pictures) Mile End Kicks, a romantic comedy written and directed by Chandler Levack (I Like Movies), has been acquired by Sumerian Pictures with plans for a nationwide theatrical release in the U.S.
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Tom Stern’s ‘Butthole Surfers’ Headlines 13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival Lineup
Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt by Tom Stern Calgary Underground Film Festival revealed the program of 15 features and 14 shorts for the 13th edition of CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival taking place November 19-23, 2025.
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Seth and Pete Driver’s Animated Documentary ‘Endless Cookie’ Sets US Release Date
Endless Cookie by Seth and Pete Scriver (Obscured Releasing) Endless Cookie, an animated documentary film from half-brothers Seth and Pete Scriver, will be released in theaters on December 5th by Obscured Releasing.
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‘Wildcat’ Trailer – Kate Beckinsale Stars in James Nunn’s Heist-thriller
Kate Beckinsale stars in Wildcat, the heist-thriller film following a black ops team reunited to save an abducted girl.
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Jennifer Hudson, Damson Idris, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, ‘Sinners’ Team to Receive ABFF Honors Awards
Jennifer Hudson, Damson Idris (Mike Coppola, Getty Images for Warner Bros Pictures), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (courtesy ABFF) The 8th American Black Film Festival (ABFF) Honors unveiled the honorees of its awards ceremony recognizing excellence in the motion picture and television industry.
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Delroy Lindo, Beau Bridges Among Honorees at Coronado Island Film Festival’s Leonard Maltin Industry Tribute Awards
Delroy Lindo in Sinners (Warner Bros.) 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.
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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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32nd Austin Film Festival Winners – ‘A Man Walks Down the Street’ and ‘Searching for Satyrus’ Win Top Awards
A Man Walks Down the Street by Yuval Hadadi (Costanza Film Distribution) Yuval Hadadi’s A Man Walks Down the Street has won the Narrative Feature Award and Rena Effendi’s Searching for Satyrus took the award for Best Documentary Feature Award at the 32nd Austin Film Festival.
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Hamnet and ‘We Are Pyramids’ Take Top Awards at Twin Cities Film Fest
Hamnet by Chloé Zhao Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet walked away with the top honor of Best Narrative Feature at the 2025 Twin Cities Film Fest. The film starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley reimagines the life and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s Hamlet, exploring love, grief, and artistic legacy through an intimate, poetic lens.