Black Public Media selected a documentary and two science fiction immersive projects as winners of the 2025 PitchBLACK Awards; and California Film Institute selected five documentary projects as winners of DocPitch 2025.
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Sundance Institute Announces 2025 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Labs Fellows
Sundance Institute announced the fellows selected for the 2025 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Labs.
Daniel Battsek Named President of Film at Lincoln Center
Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the NYC organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival.
Snapshot – ‘Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound’ Documentary Gets UK Release, Constance Tsang Among Directors Selected for La Résidence du Festival de Cannes
[] Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love Gets Re-released in UK | Trailer
[] Six New Directors Selected for 49th La Résidence du Festival de Cannes.
[] ‘Cassie Workman is Witchy AF’ Adult Comedic Docu Series Wraps Production
[] ‘Mogwai: If The Stars Had A Sound’ Documentary Sets UK Release Date | Trailer
Snapshot – Heather Graham’s ‘Chosen Family’ Gets UK Release Date, Peter Renzullo to Direct ‘The Jewel Wasp’
Actress Heather Graham wrote, directed and stars alongside Julia Stiles, John Brotherton in the romantic comedy film Chosen Family.
Haifaa Al Mansour’s Saudi Thriller ‘Unidentified’ Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the contemporary Saudi-language thriller Unidentified directed by Haifaa Al Mansour
European Film Organizations – Berlinale, Cannes, European Film Academy Issue Statements on Ukraine Crisis
European film organizations including Berlinale and European Film Academy have issued statements on the situation on Ukraine.
All Regal Theatres in US to Temporarily Suspend Operations on October 8
Cineworld announced that it will be temporarily suspending operations at all of its 536 Regal theatres in the U.S., as of October 8, 2020.
European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival Calls for Release of Iranian Nasrin Sotoudeh
The European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of writer, human rights lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.
4 Documentary Films Win SFFILM 2020 Documentary Film Fund Grants
SFFILM announced the four winners of 2020 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund grants totaling $80,000.
Sundance Institute Announces First-ever Winners of Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship
Sundance Institute announced the winners of its first-ever Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship, designed to support women artists.
Chicago International Film Festival’s Industry Days Goes Virtual for 2020
The Chicago International Film Festival announced this year’s Industry Days will be held virtually for a global audience, from October 12-18, 2020.