Japan Society announced the full lineup of 30 films for the 18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film taking place from July 10 – 20, 2025 in New York City.
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18th Japan Cuts: Festival of New Japanese Film in NYC Unveils Lineup Featuring Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yuumi Kawai
Yuumi Kawai in A Girl Named Ann by Yu Irie
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8th Indy Shorts Film Festival Unveils Lineup Featuring Lena Headey, André Holland
The 8th Annual Academy Award-Qualifying Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) will take place July 22-27, 2025. The festival will showcase 253 short films with screenings at Living Room Theaters, Newfields (The Tobias Theater, The Amphitheater and The Beer Garden) in Indianapolis, Indiana and available to stream.
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Iranian Film ‘Bidad’ by Soheil Beiraghi Revealed as Secret Film Competing at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Bidad by Soheil Beiraghi (KVIFF) 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.
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Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps, Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard to be Honored at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Stellan Skarsgård, Vicky Krieps (cr. Virgile Guinard), Dakota Johnson (cr. Su Mustecaplioglu) and Peter Sarsgaard (courtesy KVIFF) 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.
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‘Forever We Are Young’ Documentary on K-Pop Supergroup BTS Sets Release Date | Watch Clip
Dance coverists perform BTS’ Mic Drop Remix in Seoul. Forever We Are Young. Courtesy of Tremolo Productions. 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.
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‘Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print’ Documentary on History of Ms. Magazine Featuring Gloria Steinem to Premiere on HBO
Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print (HBO) 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.
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‘Star People’ Trailer – Kat Cunning is Obsessed with UFOs in Adam Finberg’s Sci-fi Thriller
Kat Cunning in Star People directed by Adam Finberg (Blue Harbor Entertainment) 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).
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2025 Bentonville Film Festival Awards – Rosemead and ‘The Librarians’ Win Top Prizes
Rosemead by Eric Lin 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.
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The Short Game Trailer – Ben Krieger is a Teen Golf Prodigy Struggling to Care for his Autistic Brother in Family Film
The Short Game (screenshot | Abramorama) 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).
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Guns & Moses Trailer – A Rabbi Fights Back in Action-Thriller Starring Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough
Guns & Moses by Salvador Litvak (screenshot | Pictures From The Fringe, Concourse Media) 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. ,
