Raindance Film Festival London 2025 Lineup Unveiled
The Raindance Film Festival in London has unveiled the lineup for its 33rd edition, its biggest post-COVID pandemic edition. It will feature 70 fiction features and documentaries, which organizers said marks a 90 percent increase over the 2024 fest. The festival will open on June 18 with the world premiere of Christopher
Restored and Rediscovered Festival Spotlights Organizations at the Forefront of Film Restoration | Features
It seems like every month, there’s an exciting new 4K re-release or a newly restored rediscovery that’s reaching audiences for the first time. But the busy calendar of film restorations is more of a recent development in the history of the field that’s just about to celebrate its first centennial.
Every Red Carpet Look Andie MacDowell Has Worn to the Cannes Film Festival
No one knows the ins and outs of the Cannes red carpet like Andie MacDowell. The American actor has been a staple of the festival since she first attended in 1995, bringing a refreshing, simple glamour to the South of France year after year. Over the decades, MacDowell established a
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Has Begun – Diving into New Cinema
The 2025 Cannes Film Festival Has Begun – Diving into New Cinema by Alex Billington May 14, 2025 The 78th Festival du Film de Cannes has officially begun. Everyone is back in the South of France this May for yet another cinema celebration in the sun on the Mediterranean coast.
Cannes Film Festival 2025: A Look at the Cannes Classics Program | Festivals & Awards
The Cannes Film Festival is taking off today, May 12th. Well known as one of the most famous film festivals in the world, it’s also known as one of the most exclusive. Although tens of thousands of people come from all corners of the globe to attend the festival each
Derek Ridgers’s Raw Photos Show the Film Festival at Its Most Unruly
When the photographer Derek Ridgers was working on his book, Cannes—a collection of raucous, glamorous, and half-naked hijinks he snapped at the legendary film festival between 1984 and 1996—he first toyed with naming the tome Nuts in May. He felt it was an apt title, one that captured the debauchery
Films Addressing Oct. 7 Aftermath Win Berlin Jewish Film Festival
Two films that engage directly with the experiences of the October 7 attacks and their aftermath took top honors at the 2025 Jewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg (JFBB), Germany’s largest Jewish film festival. Of Dogs and Men, a docudrama from Israeli director Dani Rosenberg, shot at the Nir Oz kibbutz
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2025 Preview | Festivals & Awards
If you were at the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival, you could have seen the first Windy City screenings of “Sing Sing,” “Thelma,” “In a Violent Nature,” “Babes,” “Ghostlight,” “Good One,” “I Saw the TV Glow,” and so many more. This festival, which I co-produce, has one of the strongest
The Florida Film Festival: An Oasis for Creative Souls | Festivals & Awards
Every April, artists and art supporters gather at the 40-year-old Enzian Theatre in North Orlando (and a nearby multiplex), a place of great comfort in troubling times. It’s tempting to call the beloved Florida Film Festival an oasis, given the increasingly anti-art era in which we find ourselves in the
Chaz Ebert Says ILLUMINATE Film Festival Will Help Light The Way | Chaz’s Journal
The ILLUMINATE Film Festival’s stated mission is to elevate human consciousness and inspire lasting personal, social, and planetary transformation through film and media. ‘The festival is dedicated to creating a thriving future for all; we aim to inspire positive personal, community, and planetary change by elevating human consciousness through the
