AMC+ is thrilled to partner with the Sundance Institute again to celebrate independent filmmaking at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. AMC+ will spotlight the power of Indigenous stories with The Intersection of Indigenous Documentary & Narrative Storytelling, a dynamic panel on Saturday, January 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Filmmaker Lodge.   This discussion will dive into how reality-based filmmaking transitions into captivating fictional narratives. ...

Step Inside the Acura House of Energy, Where Creativity Meets Innovation This year marks Acura’s 15th year as the presenting sponsor and official vehicle of the Sundance Film Festival, and they’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate. Welcome to the Acura House of Energy — a vibrant, must-see space in Park City where independent minds and innovation collide. Be among the first to experience the all-new Acura ADX premium co...

Animated shorts of all kind and techniques are eligible for Fantoche’s 2025 competitions if they’ve been completed after 31 December 2023 and last no longer than 40 minutes. Submission is free of charge and will close on 11 May 2025. You can submit via FilmFreeway:  https://filmfreeway.com/Fantoche The international show of animation film has become one of the world’s most prominent animation festivals and is the largest cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclu...

Short film ‘‘Winter Interlude’’ (2023), directed by the talented Indian cinéaste Bijaya Jena, is a cinematic gem that seamlessly blends personal grief with global narratives of displacement, resilience, and belonging. © Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) 17.01.2025 Winter Interlude, directed by the talented Indian cinéaste Bijaya Jena, is a cinematic gem that seamlessly blends personal grief with global narratives of displacement, resilience, and belonging. This ...

I’m Still Here Receives FIPRESCI Prize;   Zoe Saldaña, Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, and DJ Provái Receive FIPRESCI Acting Prizes; Vermiglio Receives FIPRESCI Screenplay Prize; The New Year That Never Came Receives New Voices New Visions Award;   No Other Land Receives Documentary Award; Sujo Receives Ibero-American Award; Checkpoint Zoo Receives Desert Views Award; Tatami Receive...

MyFrenchFilmFestival is honoured to welcome an esteemed International Jury for this 15th edition, which will award the competition’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film. The International Jury MyFrenchFilmFestival is honoured to welcome an esteemed International Jury for this 15th edition, which will award the competition’s Grand Prix for Best Feature Film. This award is endowed with €15,000 in prize money to be shared equally between the director, producer, and distributor of ...

  The Punto de Vista festival announces its Official Selection, made up of seventeen films from thirteen countries, as well as its opening and closing sessions. The opening and closing of the festival will feature Tent City by Miñuca Villaverde and Sepio by Frans van de Staak, respectively This year nearly 900 films were entered, among them the ten features and seven shorts that will eventually take away the festival prizes The Official Selection of Punto de...

Overview, Game Changer: The Collector, his sideways sidekick, the CM and the game of musical chairs It used to be ‘the end justifies the means’, and the end was always the turnstiles. So, the end was always the same, only the means, or the ways of getting there, were different. Then it became ‘the means are the same, since the end is the same’. So we had similarity in approach too, with only a semblance of difference. Finally, we have reached a stage where ‘the t...

LoveYaPa, Trailer and song launch: Aamir dominates press and fan meet, speaks with characteristic candour It was a roller-coaster ride for the attendees, and a personal nostalgia trip for me, when the title song and trailer of the forthcoming film, LoveYaPa (a pun on Love or Pa), releasing on 07 February, the week preceding Valentine’s Day, in the presence of media and fans. The day was today and the venue was New Excelsior Cinema, now under Mukta A2 ownership, and the time was…w...

The10th Beyond Borders Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival will run 24-31 August 2025 in partnership with filmfestivals.com Beyond Borders | Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival is back with its 10th edition, taking place from August 24 to 31, 2025. Following the success of the previous edition, which received 763 film submissions from 95 countries, the Festival is now open for film entries from Greek and international documentary filmmakers. Submissions are a...