Five Americans who have quietly abandoned the religious beliefs they grew up with come together in the Blue Ridge Mountains to confront the fear of living openly in Heathens, the documentary directed and produced by David Cowan and Shawn Hardin.
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Ava DuVernay’s 14th Leads Nominations for 11th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
14th directed by Ava DuVernay (Paul Garnes/Netflix) Ava DuVernay’s 14th leads the nominees for the 11th annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with six nominations, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Director for DuVernay.
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39th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Unveils Competition Lineup, Opens with ‘White Tiger Column’
White Tiger Column by Robert Mentov, Dwight Jantzi, and Bryan Dickie (courtesy IDFA) The 39th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), set to take place in Amsterdam from November 12 to 22, 2026, has announced the main International and Envision competition lineups.
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‘Being Heumann’ Trailer – Siân Heder Directs Inspiring Biopic on Disability Rights Activist Judy Heumann
Here is the full official trailer for Being Heumann, the biographical drama from filmmaker Siân Heder that follows disability rights activist Judy Heumann, who leads more than a hundred young people in a radical act of defiance as they take over the San Francisco Federal building in a fight for equal rights.
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18th Naples International Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opening Night Shorts
Jackrabbit by Ballard C. Boyd Artis—Naples shared the lineup of 59 films for the 18th Naples International Film Festival, to be held October 22-25, 2026.
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‘Jesus Land’ Starring Juliette Lewis to Open LA Femme International Film Festival
Jesus Land directed by Saila Kariat and starring Juliette Lewis (courtesy of Wavefront Pictures) The 22nd annual LA Femme International Film Festival will open with the West Coast premiere of Jesus Land, written and directed by Saila Kariat and starring Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear, Yellowjackets) and Ella Anderson (Song Sung Blue, Conviction).
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13th Miami Film Festival GEMS Reveals Lineup, to Open with ‘The Debut’ and Close with ‘Club Kid’
Julianne Moore in The Debut by Jesse Eisenberg (A24) The 13th Miami Film Festival GEMS, taking place from October 29 to November 5, 2026, revealed the lineup. GEMS will open with Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, and close with Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid.
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Marie Jamora’s Indie RomCom ‘We Could Be in Love’ to Star Jasmine Curtis-Smith, Yao, Jamie Chung, Lou Diamond Phillips
Airline Inthyrath – Jujubee (Eric Richard Magnussen), Jamie Chung (Freddie Castro), Jasmine Curtis-Smith (Josh Tolentino), Lou Diamond Phillips (Manfred Baumann), Marie Jamora (Bianca Catbangan), yao (Thomas Brunot) – We Could Be in Love Filipina filmmaker Marie Jamora (Queen Sugar, Matlock) has started production on her indie romantic comedy film We Could Be in Love.
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29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Unveils Lineup with ‘Wild Horse Nine’ as Closing Film
From L to R: Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, and John Malkovich in Wild Horse Nine. ( Searchlight Pictures, Diego Araya Corvalán) The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place October 24-31, revealed its 2026 lineup.
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‘threeASFOUR: Full Circle’ Trailer – Sean Ono Lennon Captures the Fashion Collective’s Fight for Art and Survival
After 25 years, the avant-garde designers Gabi Asfour, Angela Donhauser, and Adi Gil of the New York fashion collective threeASFOUR tell their story of fashion, friendship, creativity, and survival in the documentary threeASFOUR: Full Circle.
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‘Gentle Monster” Trailer – Léa Seydoux’s World Unravels in Marie Kreutzer’s Thriller
In Gentle Monster, the new drama-thriller from Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer, a quiet family life turns terrifying when love, trust, and everything Lucy thought she knew about her husband begin to fall apart
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‘Behemoth!’ Starring Pedro Pascal Set as Closing Film of Newport Beach Film Festival
Kaya Ralls and Pedro Pascal in Behemoth!. (Justin Lubin/Searchlight Pictures) Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth!, starring Pedro Pascal, will close the 27th Newport Beach Film Festival, set to run from October 15-22, 2026.