NEW YORK, NY (November 12, 2025) – Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow as the recipient of the 2025 IFSN Advocate Award. The award was established in […]

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(The Middleburg Film Festival ran October 16-19 in Middleburg, Virginia, and lead critic Chris Reed is on the ground doing coverage for us. Check out his The Voice of Hind Rajab movie review! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on […]

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The Venice Film Festival is heading back to the Lido for its 82nd edition. Taking place August 27 – September 6, the in-competition lineup features exciting new titles from an array of auteurs, including Park Chan-wook, Jim Jarmusch, Noah Baumbach, […]

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The blue carpet rolled out on Saturday and many of the year’s best independent films were recognized at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Barbara, California. A24’s Past Lives took home Best Feature just moments after its writer-director Celine […]

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(Check out Chris Reed’s movie review of Four Daughters. It hits theaters Friday, October 27 via Kino Lorber. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Hybrid documentaries are nothing new, but Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (The Man Who […]

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The first major awards ceremony of the season kicked off tonight in Manhattan. The Gotham Awards marks the unofficial beginning of Oscar season, recognizing some of the best in independent and arthouse cinema from this year. The 33rd annual ceremony […]

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Awards season has now officially kicked off! The Gotham Awards have announced the nominations for their 2023 ceremony. The nominees were listed by Jeffrey Sharp, the executive director of the Gotham Film and Media Institute, as well as deputy director […]

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With the film industry shaken up by the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, the Toronto International Film Festival will forge ahead this coming September. They have just announced their first batch of starry lineups featuring about 60 films across the Gala […]

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The 76th Cannes Film Festival came to a close today as the Ruben Östlund-headed jury awarded the Palme d’Or to Justine Triet’s courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall. The festival ran from May 16 to 27. The in-competition lineup featured […]

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It’s a new year on the Croisette. Get your tuxes and dresses ready as the lineup for the 2023 Cannes Film Festival has officially been announced! Its 76th edition will take place May 16-27. With Indiana Jones 5 and Killers […]

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