Vintage Battleship Potemkin poster. 1925. Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the film Battleship Potemkin, and as a result, VTIFF will be holding a special screening of the film on October 19th, 2025. The groundbreaking silent epic was used by its director, Sergei Eisenstein, to innovate and perfect one of cinema’s most foundational...
A look back at Bruno Chatelin, filmfestivals.com co-founder, film veteran and former distributor with Sony, and UGC/Fox adressing the room, 21 years ago, during the Hollywood Awards Ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, as co producer with Paula Wagner and Carlos de Abreu and sponsor of the Hollywood European Award. Chatelin handed the award to MAR ADENTRO (The Sea Inside), A film by...
Lucrecia Martel’s documentary “Landmarks” (“Nuestra Tierra”) was awarded best film in the official competition of this year’s London Film Festival. “Landmarks” explores the murder of Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar and the legacy of colonialism in Latin America. Of selecting the film, the competition jury — which was led by president Elizabeth Karlsen — said: “With […]
The 38th Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville offers a strong slate of hotly anticipated movies
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Poster for It Was Just An Accident
It Was Just an Accident (2025) is an Iranian-made film made without authorization from the Iranian government. The drama was directed, written, and co-produced by Jafar Panahi. Jafar is a central part of Iranian new wave cinema with films such as The White Balloon (1995), The Circle (2000), and Crimson Gold (2003); all three films reflect...
Lynne Ramsay’s filmmaking approach involves quick thinking and fearless actors willing to trust her instincts — even when that means crawling through grass like animals with just 10 minutes’ notice. Speaking at a BFI London Film Festival’s Screen Talk on Saturday, the Scottish director revealed how she salvaged a crucial proposal scene in her latest […]
“John Waters 2014 (cropped)” by PEN American Center is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Image has been cropped to 400 x 571 pixels.
This Wednesday, October 22nd, the acclaimed cult classic filmmaker and writer John Waters will be attending the Vermont International Film Festival! Waters’ filmography includes underground classics such as Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972),...
KIGALI, RWANDA (10 – 12th October, 2025) This year was the exciting second edition of the All Africa’s Independent Film Festival (AAIFF Africa’s) in Kigali, Rwanda. The festival featured 21 independent films, bringing together powerful stories and unique voices from North, South, East, and West Africa. We are proud to end this second year with […]
Left-Handed Girl (Shih-Ching Tsou, 2025) 4½ out of 5 stars First-time solo director Shih-Ching Tsou has been working with filmmaker Sean Baker since the early aughts, beginning with a movie they co-directed, the 2004 Take Out. After that, she produced his 2012 Starlet, 2015 Tangerine, 2016 short film Snowbird, 2017 The Florida Project, and 2021 […]
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