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Bolton International Film Festival Returns for Its Ninth Edition on 1st- 5th October 2025
https://upcomingonscreen.com/bolton-international-film-festival-returns-for-its-ninth-edition-on-1st-5th-october-2025/
10.09.2025 16:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Tomorrow's Too Late - β
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Tomorrow's Too Late is a documentary that will become vital for those, especially young people, who are in the process of transitioning. Dyan Holloway's story is truly inspirational in Terry Loane's remarkable film.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/tomorrows-too-late/
10.09.2025 16:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Plastic Surgery β
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Guy Trevellyan's Plastic Surgery is an urgent and phenomenal short that highlights an issue that most people push to the side. He marks himself as a filmmaker we have to keep an eye on with this debut.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/plastic-surgery/
20.08.2025 15:38 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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My Favorite Murderer β
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Mitzi Akaha is fantastic in the short rom-com horror My Favorite Murderer, a film that nails it in tone, while still leaving you wanting more than the 9-minute runtime allows.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/my-favorite-murderer/
20.08.2025 13:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Holy Smokes β
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Holy Smokes is a short film that refuses to take itself seriously, finding moments again and again to conjure up hefty laughs for its audience, yet what keeps you watching is the chemistry and performances fromβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/holy-smokes/
20.08.2025 08:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Pic β
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If you are after a light and rather delightful comedy short, then Frances Chewnings' The Pic will be right up your street.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/the-pic/
18.08.2025 19:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Bootie's β
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Bootie's from director Milana Vayntrub is a fun as hell short film comedy. Full of empowerment in sex work, lead and writer Grace Canaan shows us that you can have a whale of a time doing something you love.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/booties/
15.08.2025 18:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Transcending Dimensions β
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Fantasia 2025
Transcending Dimensions is a surreal blast from Toshiaki Toyoda, who aims to absorb us in every way that he can. It's ambitious, it's unruly, but it is never, ever, boring.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/transcending-dimensions/
14.08.2025 13:24 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
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Hellcat β
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Fantasia 2025
Hellcat is one mighty impressive feature debut from Brock Bodell. A horror thriller that not only leaves you guessing, but has you firmly planted at the edge of your seat rightβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/hellcat-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85-fantasia-2025/
13.08.2025 11:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Well - β
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Fantasia 2025
The Well is a solid eco-thriller that never fully reaches its potential due to its underdeveloped characters and story. There is still a lot to love about his film, yet it never fully satisfies.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/the-well/
23.07.2025 16:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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HollyShorts Unveils Star-Studded Jury for 21st Edition Featuring Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Jennifer Ehle, Essie Davis, Catherine Hardwicke, and Dame Penelope Wilton
https://upcomingonscreen.com/hollyshorts-unveils-star-studded-jury-for-21st-edition/
23.07.2025 14:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Noise - β
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Fantasia 2025
Noise is a cracker of an audio-visual experience, keeping its audience not only on the edge of their seat but also on their toes. Kim Soo-jin's debut film leaves an terrifying impression on you thanks to some sublime sound design.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/noise/
23.07.2025 12:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Fragment β
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Kim Sung-yoon's impressive directorial debut, Fragment, fills its audience with such heartbreaking hopelessness that you ache inside for these characters - a bleak gem of a film.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/fragment/
23.07.2025 08:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Bearded Girl β
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An engaging coming-of-age tale, The Bearded Girl is so full of charm that you can't help but fall for it. Honest and true to itself, it's a film about finding yourself even when you have a pre-defined legacy toβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/the-bearded-girl/
21.07.2025 20:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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La Mort N'existe Pas β
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La Mort N'existe Pas is a sublimely hand-drawn animated film from FΓ©lix Dufour-LaperriΓ¨re. There is great power in its message on political action and inaction. Whileβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/la-mort-nexiste-pas-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85-1-2-fantasia/
20.07.2025 22:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Rewrite - β
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Fantasia 2025
Daigo Matsui's terrific Rewrite takes the time loop story. It gives us a film full of contemplation on how we allow our past to define our future and how small moments can have drastic consequences on one's life.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/rewrite/
19.07.2025 20:02 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Hold the Fort β β
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Hold the Fort is the horror comedy of the year, an absolute blast that, once the action starts, becomes a non-stop riot. William Bagley's film delivers in every conceivable way.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/hold-the-fort/
18.07.2025 20:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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500 Days in the Wild β
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Raindance 2025
For as gorgeous and inspirational as Dianne Whelan's 500 Days in the Wild is, there is a tendency to drift into near aimlessness due to the sweeping nature ofβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/500-days-in-the-wild-%e2%98%85%e2%98%85%e2%98%85-raindance-2025/
17.07.2025 22:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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HollyShorts Film Festival Celebrates 21 Years With Star Studded Lineup Including Stephen Fry, the Late Michael Madsen, Lena Waithe, Stormzy, Idris Elba, Slick Rick, Kit Harington, Chris Pine,β¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/hollyshorts-film-festival-celebrates-21-years-with-star-studded-lineup/
16.07.2025 22:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Dirty Boy β
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Writer-director Doug Rao's keenness to keep much of the story within an intriguing psychological mystery, Dirty Boy, to his chest leaves the audience not always sure whether to trust what they are seeing.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/dirty-boy/
16.07.2025 22:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Katwe - β
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Katwe is a powerful and essential documentary from Nima Shirali about the working class in the salt pans of Ugandaβthose left behind from one broken promise after another.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/katwe/
16.07.2025 14:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Frankie Freako - β
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Steven Kostanski has found a unique, cheesy, weird and most importantly, fun corner of cinema to thrive in, and that continues with his latest film, Frankie Freako. It's bizarre, but a whole lot of fun and sometimes, that's allβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/frankie-freako/
16.07.2025 09:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Videoheaven - β
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Alex Ross Perry's documentary Videohaven is the perfect visual dissertation that hits all the right emotional and thoughtful notes you want it to without being overly sentimental.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/videoheaven/
15.07.2025 21:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Casas Muertas β
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One thread runs through all of the multi-generational subjects in Rosana Matecki's excellent documentary, Casas Muertas - they are all haunted in some form by ghosts.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/casas-muertas/
15.07.2025 10:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Redlight to Limelight β
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Dreams are everywhere; everyone has them. In Bipuljit Basu's empathetic Redlight to Limelight, we see those who are the most fragile dreaming, and all you can do is dream with them.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/redlight-to-limelight/
10.07.2025 22:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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James DeMonacoβs THE HOME and Kurtis David Harderβs INFLUENCERS to open and close 26th edition of FrightFest.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/frightfest-2025-opening-and-closing/
10.07.2025 21:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Thinestra β
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Obsession with perfection is a cruel thing that humans suffer with, and in Thinestra, we are given a tragedy, a bloodsoaked terrific tragedy. See this at the first opportunity.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/thinestra/
10.07.2025 13:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari - β
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If there is one thing that you come away with from Martina Parenti & Massimo D'Anolfi film, it is that the planet would thrive without us. This powerful documentaryβ¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/bestiari-erbari-lapidari/
10.07.2025 09:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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GEN_ β
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Gianluca Matarrese's observational documentary GEN_ tackles the hot topic of fertility and transgender healthcare in such a humanist and warm manner that you can only feel refreshed and optimistic when people like Dr.β¦
https://upcomingonscreen.com/gen_/
09.07.2025 15:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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The Castle β
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The Castle is an affecting documentary about the power of friendship in a troubled community. Full of resilience and warmth, this fantastic film shows us just how inspiring children can be.
https://upcomingonscreen.com/the-castle/
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