The Göteborg Film Festival has announced that filmmaker and actor Julie Delpy is the recipient of the 2025 Honorary Dragon Award. Delbywill attend the festival to accept the award, participate in a talk, and present her new film, Meet the Barbarians. The festival will also feature a retrospective showcasing some of her most beloved films.
The Nigerian film industry has set a new box office record by generating ₦7 billion in ticket sales in just the first three quarters of 2024. In addition, there were more than 1.7 million admissions between January and September 2024.
Ho Chi Minh City, which has a vibrant cultural landscape and dynamic film industry, stands at a crossroads to transform itself into a regional and international film hub. The city currently hosts more than 100 film production and distribution units alongside more than 800 film businesses. It boasts a passionate cohort of young, dynamic producers and filmmakers who stay attuned to global cinema trends, many of whom received their education abroad.
The 2025 Göteborg Film Festival have named the nominees for the Ingmar Bergman competition. The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award was established in 2007 by Ingmar Bergman himself, together with Göteborg Film Festival, when he served as the festival’s Honorary Chairman. The award celebrates innovation and artistic courage in filmmaking and is presented to a debut that captures the spirit of Bergman’s groundbreaking and existentially explorative artistry.
Rebeldogs, a new project based in Los Angeles, is developing what it says is the first Hollywood film where meme coins and cinema work hand in hand. The movie, featuring animated dogs voiced by popular influencers who each represent a cryptocurrency, is designed to make digital finance fun and approachable while helping real-world causes like dog shelters.
The 48th Göteborg Film Festival will open on January 24, 2025 with the world premiere of Safe House, directed by acclaimed Norwegian filmmaker Eirik Svensson. The opening ceremony will take place in Göteborg as well as in cinemas across Sweden, while also marking the launch of the festival’s digital platform.
The Sundance Institute has announced the 57 short films being presented at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. These shorts will screen as part of eight curated Short Film Programs presented by Vimeo that will include fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles from the U.S. and globally. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with a selection of titles available online from January 30–February 2, 2025, for audiences across the country to discover bold independent storytelling.
New York Women in Film & Television has given eight scholarships to film, television, and media production students at New York area schools in 2024 as part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to nurturing the next generation of women in media.
The Arab Film Studio honored young emerging film professionals at a recent ceremony held at Cinema City Al Qana. The award-winning films at this year’s edition were Fatema Al Mansoori’s short film Shame, and Nasser Al Hadrami’s documentary It’s Not About Ketchup.
The countdown to the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2025 has begun. Heading into the 22nd edition, the Big Sky Doc Fest is preparing to celebrate ten blissful days of documentary films, artist workshops and masterclasses, and special events in the beautiful mountain town of Missoula, Montana this upcoming February 14-23, 2025.
