Karlovy Vary International Film Festival has revealed the ‘secret’ twelfth film in the festival’s Crystal Globe Competition as the Iranian film Bidad. Originally kept secret and only identified as an Iranian film, it was not included in the original film competition lineup announcement to protect the safety of the film’s delegation.
Actors Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard will be honored at the 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival taking place July 4 to 12, 2025. Stellan Skarsgård will be presented with the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, and Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson along with Peter Sarsgaard will receive KVIFF President’s Awards.
Directed by award-winning filmmakers Grace Lee and Patty Ahn, the documentary Forever We Are Young explores the meteoric rise of global K-Pop supergroup BTS, told entirely through the eyes of their devoted fanbase, ARMY.
Filmmakers Salima Koroma, Alice Gu, and Cecilia Aldarondo teamed up to direct the Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print, a three-part documentary film exploring the history Of Ms. Magazine.
Blue Harbor Entertainment debuted the official trailer for Star People, the sci fi thriller starring actor and recording artist Kat Cunning (The Deuce, On Swift Horses), McCabe Slye (Destroyer, Fear Street Trilogy), Connor Paolo (The Last Stop in Yuma County, Revenge, Gossip Girl), Eddie Martinez (The Sinner, Night Swim), Bradley Fisher (Westworld), and Adriana Aluna Martinez (Duster).
Rosemead from Eric Lin won Best Narrative Award and The Librarians directed by Kim A. Snyder took home the prize for Best Documentary Award at the 2025 Bentonville Film Festival. The 11th anniversary of the festival ran from June 16-22 in Bentonville, AR.
Abramorama shared the official trailer for The Short Game, the award-winning, family friendly film starring Ben Krieger from Nickelodeon’s Counting Stars as a teenage golf prodigy struggling with his game as he is forced to care for his autistic brother played by Owen Himfar. Also starring in the film are Mackenzie Astin (The Pitt, The Blacklist) and Brandon Potter (The Chosen).
Inspired by the real-life 2019 shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, Guns & Moses, the action-thriller film directed by Salvador Litvak, opens in theaters nationwide on July 18. ,
Igualada: Refusing to Know Your Place directed by Juan Mejía Botero (Death by a Thousand Cuts), chronicles Francia Márquez’s extraordinary journey from rural grassroots activist to history-making campaign as Colombia’s first female and first Black presidential candidate.
The 24th edition of New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) running July 11–27, 2025, unveiled the lineup of films. This year’s theme is “Cinema as Disruption” spotlighting films that challenge, provoke, and reimagine.
The French-set comedy-drama Mr. Blake at Your Service, starring John Malkovich, French actress Fanny Ardant, and the late Émilie Dequenne will open in U.S. theaters on June 20, 2025.
