The 14th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) taking place September 23rd – 28th, 2025 in Richmond, Virginia, features six days of award-winning film premieres and signature events around this year’s theme, Bare Naked.
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14th Richmond International Film Festival Themed ‘Bare Naked’ Features 170 Films
Myth of the Ghost Kingdom by Jason Mullis
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Films starring Dwayne Johnson, Jodie Foster in Gala Premieres at Zurich Film Festival
Jodie Foster in A Private Life (Goodfellas / Jérôme Prébois) Films starring Dwayne Johnson, Jodie Foster, and Matthew McConaughey will premiere at Zurich Film Festival in its prestigious Gala Premieres section. Ten titles include The Smashing Machine with Dwayne Johnson, A Private Life with Jodie Foster, Tessa Thompson in Hedda, and Matthew McConaughey with America Ferrera in The Lost Bus.
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‘Plainclothes’ Trailer – Tom Blyth Stars in Carmen Emmi’s Gay Entrapment Drama
Carmen Emmi’s feature debut Plainclothes is a gripping blend of drama, romance, and identity crisis, set in the 1990s. The film stars Tom Blyth as Lucas, a young undercover cop tasked with entrapment operations targeting gay men. His world is upended when he finds himself falling for one of his targets, played by Russell Tovey.
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Eleanor the Great Trailer – June Squibb Stars in Scarlett Johansson’s Witty Drama Film
Eleanor the Great marks the feature-length directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson, reinventing herself behind the camera with a character-driven drama. Anchoring the story is June Squibb portraying Eleanor Morgenstein, a witty, “proudly troublesome” 94-year-old who, after decades in Florida, relocates to New York City following the death of her best friend.
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Emily Mkrtichian’s ‘There Was, There Was Not’ Documentary Gets Fall Release | Trailer
Emily Mkrtichian’s feature documentary debut There Was, There Was Not follows four women living in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed conflict zone between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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American Black Film Festival Launches Pop-Up Tour
American Black Film Festival (ABFF) is expanding beyond its flagship annual Miami Beach event to launch the ABFF Pop-Up Tour, a new national initiative bringing the festival to four major cities across the U.S. this fall.
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Ben Whishaw Stars as Famed Photographer in ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ | Trailer
Peter Hujar’s Day is an intimate dive into a single day in the life of celebrated queer photographer Peter Hujar, directed by Ira Sachs (Passages, Love is Strange).
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See Teaser Trailer for Josh Safdie’s ‘Marty Supreme’ Starring Timothée Chalamet
A24 debuted the first teaser trailer for Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s first feature film solo since Pleasure of Being Robbed. Set in a retro, high-stakes world of competitive ping-pong, the comedy drama film stars Timothée Chalamet as Marty Mauser, a cocky, and undeniably charismatic-prodigy chasing greatness in a sport everyone else dismisses.
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Hikari’s ‘Rental Family’ Starring Brendan Fraser Gets Gala Premiere at BFI London Film Festival | Trailer
Rental Family, with director Hikari and star Brendan Fraser in attendance, will make its UK premiere as this year’s American Express Gala of the 69th BFI London Film Festival.
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Orlando Bloom Fights Inner Demons in ‘The Cut’ Gritty Boxing Thriller Film | Trailer
Orlando Bloom steps into the ring for one of his most intense roles yet as a retired boxer desperate for one final shot at glory, in the psychological sports thriller film The Cut.
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‘Stranger Eyes’ Trailer – Lee Kang-sheng Stars in Yeo Siew Hua’s Surveillance Thriller Film
Stranger Eyes is a gripping surveillance thriller film from Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua, starring Lee Kang-sheng alongside Wu Chien-ho and Anicca Panna.
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TIFF In Conversation With Series Returns with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, Tessa Thompson, Park Chan-wook
Dwayne Johnson (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) In Conversation With… (ICW) series returns to the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival with Park Chan-wook, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Tessa Thompson alongside Nia DaCosta. The 50th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4–14, 2025.