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​The 2025 Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) Winners
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The Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2025. ​Here are this year’s winners… BEST PICTURE 1. Sinners (WINNER) 2. One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP) 3. Hamnet 4. Marty vSupreme 5....
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The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Award Winners
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The Film Independent Spirit Awards (SPIRIT) have announced their winners for the best in independent film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… BEST FEATUREPeter Hujar’s Day – Producers: Jonah Disend, Jordan DrakeThe Plague – Producers: Derek Dauchy, Joel Edgerton,...
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“NIGHTBORN”
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THE STORY – With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house deep in the Finnish forest where Saga spent much of her childhood. But as soon as their baby is born,...
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“ROSE”
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THE STORY – In the early 17th century, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier arrives in an isolated Protestant village. Slight and modest by nature, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself to be the heir of a long-abandoned...
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“PROSECUTION”
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THE STORY – With all the resources and authority of the state behind her, young prosecutor Seyo Kim is determined to confront far-right violence in eastern Germany. But when she, herself, becomes a target – surviving a racist attack on her...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 479 – BAFTA & Spirit Award Winner Predictions, CDG & MUAHS Winners, “Omaha” & “Rose Of Nevada” Trailers
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For Episode 479, Dan Bayer and Giovanni Lago join me to discuss the 2026 CDG and MUAHS guild winners this week, and give our predictions for the BAFTA and Film Independent Spirit Award winners. We also reveal your nominations for the 2025 NBP Film Community Awards. For last week’s poll, we...
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“BLACK BURNS FAST”
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THE STORY – Seventeen-year-old Luthando, adorkable, bookish and forever drifting between reality and her vivid inner world, returns for another year at a prestigious South African all-girls’ boarding school. The place is governed by a conservative culture where reputation is everything,...
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“PARADISE”
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THE STORY – In Ghana, Kojo is a teenager torn between the freedom of the streets of Accra and the traditional values of his father, a fisherman. Then, during a storm, his father disappears at sea. Devastated and short on money,...
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“ALLEGRO PASTELL”
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THE STORY – Allegro Pastell tells the story of a long-distance relationship that is almost flawless. At its core lie the individual perceptions of two lovers who have mostly had things go their way and who seem to have everything under control....
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The 2025 Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) Winners
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The Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) winners have been announced, representing the best in the field for 2025. Here are this year’s winners… FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE Best Contemporary Make-Up“Bugonia” (Focus Features) – Torsten Witte“Eddington” (A24) – Colin Penman,...
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