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Kraken Film Festival Summer 2025: Rhoda and Emma D’Arcy, Star of House of the Dragon, Lead a Wave of Global Talent

Kraken Film Festival crowns 2025 winners! UK short "Rhoda" wins big with Emma D’Arcy's electrifying performance earning Best Actress. A global treasure map of cinematic excellence from the USA to Korea.

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New Queer Comedy from Writer-Director James Weisz Heads Into Production

Starring Kane Surry, Nadine Wild-Palmer, and Matthew Hartley, Adonis blends humor with heart as it tells the story of Nathan, a gay man confronting body image pressures.

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Filmmaker Vinayak Nar Launches Dialogue-Free Mystery Series 'Woman: A Suspense'

Episode 1, “What Next…?”, follows a wife’s shocking discovery of her husband’s sudden death, setting the stage for a suspenseful and emotional journey.

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'Dylan Brody Project' Sweeps Through Fest Circuit

Award-winning filmmaker Dylan Brody's latest Active Voice Productions project sweeps indie festivals. The Stanley Drama Award winner continues his festival success with "You Are Here: A Dylan Brody Project" starring comedy icon Paul Provenza and Michele Martin (Howl, Blue).

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New Fantasy Romance Film Starflare Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Seed&Spark

Backed by an all-women creative team, actor and writer Laura Ricci is bringing a romantasy short with an Academy-qualified director and award-winning producer to life through a Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign running until Aug. 29.

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'#blindhope': Belle Films Joins Bilingual Musical Drama from Charo Toledo

Belle Films has signed a substantial LOI for Charo Toledo’s '#blindhope,' a bilingual romantic musical drama blending love, music, and soccer. Timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the film promises a global cultural moment.

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Aug 22, 2025

New Fantasy Romance Film Starflare Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Seed&Spark

Backed by an all-women creative team, actor and writer Laura Ricci is bringing a romantasy short with an Academy-qualified director and award-winning producer to life through a Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign running until Aug. 29.

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Aug 22, 2025

'#blindhope': Belle Films Joins Bilingual Musical Drama from Charo Toledo

Belle Films has signed a substantial LOI for Charo Toledo’s '#blindhope,' a bilingual romantic musical drama blending love, music, and soccer. Timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the film promises a global cultural moment.

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Aug 21, 2025

'Wonderworld: The Remixed Musical' Is a Gothic Fairytale Ready for the Big Screen

'Wonderworld: The Remixed Musical,' a gothic fairytale blending K-pop Demon Hunter energy with Tim Burton-inspired visuals, is being pitched as an animated feature film.

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New Fantasy Romance Film Starflare Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Seed&Spark

Backed by an all-women creative team, actor and writer Laura Ricci is bringing a romantasy short with an Academy-qualified director and award-winning producer to life through a Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign running until Aug. 29.

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Grief Meets the Cosmos in New Sci-Fi Drama 'Colors We Made'

Award-winning Bronx filmmaker Amanda Morell “iiritu” explores love, loss, and memory in an intimate new short film inspired by true events.

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Aug 22, 2025

New Fantasy Romance Film Starflare Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Seed&Spark

Backed by an all-women creative team, actor and writer Laura Ricci is bringing a romantasy short with an Academy-qualified director and award-winning producer to life through a Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign running until Aug. 29.

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Aug 22, 2025

'#blindhope': Belle Films Joins Bilingual Musical Drama from Charo Toledo

Belle Films has signed a substantial LOI for Charo Toledo’s '#blindhope,' a bilingual romantic musical drama blending love, music, and soccer. Timed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the film promises a global cultural moment.

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Aug 21, 2025

'Wonderworld: The Remixed Musical' Is a Gothic Fairytale Ready for the Big Screen

'Wonderworld: The Remixed Musical,' a gothic fairytale blending K-pop Demon Hunter energy with Tim Burton-inspired visuals, is being pitched as an animated feature film.

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Aug 21, 2025

Halfway to Amarillo Secures Worldwide Release With Gravitas Ventures, Shout! Studios

Produced by Mike Binder, the heartfelt Western comedy was shot in just 11 days for under $60K and won Best Indie Feature at IFS LA and Audience Choice at Lake Travis.

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Aug 21, 2025

Inter-Racial and Inter-Cultural Marriage Drama 'The Last Fifteen Minutes' Screens at Playhouse West Film Festival

Directed by Edo Natasha, the award-winning short stars Runny Rudiyanti and Samuel Selman in a real-time story of love and loss, with a post-screening Q&A at El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.

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Aug 21, 2025

Seed&Spark Campaign Launches to Fund Documentary to Preserve Motown Music’s Legacy of Love

Spiration Films makes its debut with ‘The Spirit Moves Through Motown,’ a documentary celebrating Jack Ashford — the last surviving Funk Brother — and exploring how faith shaped Motown’s timeless sound.

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Aug 21, 2025

'Shrapnel' Secures Official Selections at Cinestesya Film Festival and Lift-Off Sessions 2025

'Shrapnel' is a deeply personal exploration of migration, family, inherited fear, and the piercing impact of language. With its blend of poetic narrative and striking visuals, the film pushes the boundaries of traditional storytelling.

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Aug 21, 2025

‘Personhood’ Selected for Market World Premiere at 82nd Venice International Film Festival

Richard Jordan’s latest indie sci-fi unfolds on Spain’s Costa del Sol, where a man’s bond with an AI companion probes themes of love, loneliness, and free will.

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Aug 21, 2025

Award-Winning Documentary on Bat Conservation Launches Screening Tour

'The Invisible Mammal' begins its Bay Area screening tour Sept. 4, 2025 at the Smith Rafael Film Center, following its world premiere and Audience Choice Award win at the DocLands Documentary Film Festival.

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Aug 21, 2025

Sciarpa Productions Expands Indie Film Slate, Showcasing Northeast Ohio Talent

As a Northeast Ohio-based independent film company, Sciarpa Productions releases new projects annually and champions the region’s actors, crew, and creatives.

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Aug 21, 2025

Visionary Filmmaker Jason Brown Debuts WWII Horror ‘Emerald Cottage’

A slow-burning psychological horror with A24-level dread, the film follows Nancy, an undertaker’s assistant who takes a job in rural England after World War II.

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Aug 15, 2025

Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Chris Qonnor: The Hero’ Debuts From Filmmaker Yakov Kolontarov

After Earth’s fall, survivors on planet Zebra face a DNA secret that could save or doom humanity, now streaming worldwide on YouTube and BiliBili TV.

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Aug 15, 2025

'Perfect Purpose' Earns Seven Nominations at 168 Hour Film Festival

Co-directed by Bryan McClure and Kevin Saunders, the short follows a Grammy-winning artist whose seemingly perfect life unravels when a haunting secret from her past resurfaces, all filmed in just 168 hours.

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Aug 14, 2025

‘She’s All the Rage’ Premieres on YouTube, Reimagines Spike Lee Classic for the Digital Age

Indie filmmaker Mehki Liggon’s latest 15-minute romantic comedy follows a Black influencer navigating love, identity and public scrutiny in the digital age, inspired by Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It.’

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Aug 14, 2025

Pix/See Productions Premieres ‘The Mystery of Emma Thorn’ at Iconic Chinese Theater in Hollywood

Gregory Blair’s mystery/drama ‘The Mystery of Emma Thorn,’ starring cult film legend Lynn Lowry, will make its world premiere Sept. 8, 2025, during the Silicon Beach Film Festival.

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