The Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festival in Poland opened its first weekend with the documentary Closure, directed by Warsaw native Michał Marczak.
The wrenching film follows a father's desperate search for his missing teenage son Chris on the Vistula River. It won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in March and premiered at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival closed on Saturday evening with the Palme d'Or awarded to Cristian Mungiu for Fjord.
Fiume o morte has claimed the first FIPRESCI Documentary Grand Prix as the top nonfiction film of 2025. The award was announced during the opening night of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity festival in Warsaw.
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The 12th annual Bentonville Film Festival concluded Monday after handing out awards in multiple categories Saturday night in Northwest Arkansas. If I Go Will They Miss Me took the Best Narrative Award while Jane Elliott Against the World earned Best Documentary.
Volker Schlondorff has returned to the Cannes Film Festival with Visitation, his new film that traces two German summer houses across a century.
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Mascha Schilinski's period drama Sound of Falling took home 10 Lolas at the German Film Awards, including best film, best director and best screenplay.
Director Na Hong-jin's sci-fi thriller film "Hope" will compete for the top prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which begins Tuesday.
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Multiple films and directors were highlighted in recent festival coverage.