Author | Lightnews

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 9h

📽️ Film Africa 2025 lineup announced. The festival opens with the UK's Oscar submission, "My Father’s Shadow," and features a tribute to Souleymane Cissé with a restored print of his film "Yeleen." https://crct.cc/GkZzBUW #FilmAfrica #WorldCinema #AfricanCinema #filmsky #TheProjectionist

Film Africa 2025 Lineup: UK Oscar Entry to Open Festival

The Royal African Society's Film Africa 2025 festival runs Nov 14-23, featuring over 50 films, a tribute to Souleymane Cissé, and a BAFTA masterclass.

circuitcinema.com

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 1d

Austin Film Festival has announced its 2025 competition winners. The Narrative Feature prize went to Yuval Hadadi's "A Man Walks Down the Street," and the Documentary Feature prize to Rena Effendi's "Searching for Satyrus." 📽️ Read more: https://crct.cc/5owMJfi #IndieFilm #filmsky #TheProjectionist

Austin Film Festival Names 2025 Film and Script Competition Winners

The 32nd Austin Film Festival announced its 2025 competition winners, with Yuval Hadadi's 'A Man Walks Down the Street' winning the Narrative Feature Award.

circuitcinema.com

1 2

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 1d

AFI FEST 2025 has announced its Oscar-qualifying Grand Jury Prize winners: "MAJONEZË" (Live Action), "SHANTI RIDES SHOTGUN" (Documentary), and "FOREVERGREEN" (Animation). Read the full report on The Projectionist. https://crct.cc/z2zTg1P 📽️ #AFIFEST #ShortFilm #IndieFilm #filmsky #TheProjectionist

AFI FEST 2025 Announces Oscar-Qualifying Grand Jury Prize Winners

AFI FEST 2025 has named its Oscar-qualifying Grand Jury Prize winners for short films, including MAJONEZË, SHANTI RIDES SHOTGUN, and FOREVERGREEN.

circuitcinema.com

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 2d

📽️ The 14th Int'l Smartphone Film Festival in Melbourne features 57 works from 21 countries. A new "Mobile Filmmaking Co-Creation Initiative" by MINA and SmallRig aims to support creators globally. Submissions for 2025 are open. https://crct.cc/Nrp4RNi #MobileFilm #TheProjectionist

Melbourne Mobile Film Fest Opens With 57 Films, New Initiative

The 14th International Smartphone Film Festival, co-presented by MINA and SmallRig, features 57 films and launches a new global co-creation initiative.

circuitcinema.com

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 4d

📽️ Jack Kenny's neo-noir "Tears to a Glass Eye" has collected awards at festivals in Portugal, Milan, and Cannes. The film screens at the Coronado Island Film Festival on Nov. 9. https://crct.cc/yr-oVHN #TearsToAGlassEye #NeoNoir #IndieFilm #FilmFestival #filmsky #TheProjectionist

Jack Kenny's 'Tears to a Glass Eye' to Screen at Coronado Island

Jack Kenny's neo-noir 'Tears to a Glass Eye,' starring Chris Browning and Natasha Henstridge, will screen at the 2025 Coronado Island Film Festival.

circuitcinema.com

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 4d

📽️ The Voices Rising Film Festival announced its 2025 lineup, featuring Andrés Mejía's "Lluvia de Peces" and Matthew Floyd's "Lessons from 100". The festival spotlights immigrant stories and resilience. Screenings in Brooklyn and Long Island this November. https://crct.cc/o4swiyb #filmfestival

Voices Rising Festival Sets 2025 Lineup, Spotlights Two New Films

The 2025 Voices Rising Film Festival will screen in New York this November, featuring Matthew Floyd's 'Lessons from 100' and Andrés Mejía's 'Lluvia de Peces.'

circuitcinema.com

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 4d

📽️ The 3rd HBCU First LOOK Film Festival will honor Ryan Coogler, Lynn Whitfield, and Marsai Martin. The event supports emerging storytellers from HBCUs. Coogler will receive the inaugural “I Aspire“ Global Impact Award in partnership with Howard's Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts.

HBCU First LOOK Film Festival to Honor Coogler, Whitfield, Martin

The 3rd annual HBCU First LOOK Film Festival will honor Ryan Coogler, Lynn Whitfield, and Marsai Martin at Howard University from Nov. 6-8, 2025.

circuitcinema.com

1 1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 5d

📽️ Sundance 2026 will honor Robert Redford and feature new restorations of "Little Miss Sunshine", "House Party", "Half Nelson", "Mysterious Skin", and "Saw". A screening of Redford's 1969 film "Downhill Racer" is also planned. https://crct.cc/apoE6s-

#Sundance #filmsky #TheProjectionist

Sundance 2026 to Honor Robert Redford with Legacy Screening Program

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will feature the Park City Legacy program, with restored films like 'Little Miss Sunshine' and a tribute to founder Robert Redford.

circuitcinema.com

3

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · 9d

Our film library is currently participating in the internet-wide AWS Is Down Festival. This may cause performance issues. Apologies for the interruption.

You can track updates on our status page here: circuitcinema.statuspage.io

Circuit Cinema Status

Welcome to Circuit Cinema's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

circuitcinema.statuspage.io

2

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Aug 28

Sopranos fans, our new film GOOD 'N SCREWED is for you!

Joanna Bonaro stars as a "Good Girl" trying to be bad in this hilarious coming-of-middle-age NYC story, alongside Vincent Pastore, Maureen Van Zandt & more!

Now playing exclusively on Circuit Cinema:
link.circuitcinema.com/gdnscrwd

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Aug 27

Break free from the algorithm. Circuit Cinema, your home for exceptional independent and international films, is now on Xbox. Download the app in the Microsoft Store today!

link.circuitcinema.com/xbox

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Aug 21

This week we rolled out new regular subscription rates around the world to better align with the market in each territory. That means lower prices in India, Africa, and Latin America.

Reposted by Circuit Cinema

Charles Huddleston @charleshuddleston.com · Aug 21

Like Apple TV+, @circuitcinema.com has raised prices in the US and other countries.

The difference is that 0% of your subscription fee goes to bribes, donations, kickbacks, or gold offerings to Dear Leader, and 100% of it supports the important work of independent film artists around the world.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 21

CNBC: ".. Apple TV+ subscription price increasing to $12.99 per month from today ..

".. Apple today announced that the monthly price of Apple TV+ is rising in the United States and some international markets. From today, the monthly subscription will cost $12.99, up from $9.99."

@cnbc.com $AAPL

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jul 24

Our in-house engineering team has launched brand new TV apps and a refreshed website, replacing our previous vendor-managed solutions.

You can find us in the stores on:
🍏 Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, and Mac
🤖 Android TV and mobile
🔥 Fire TV and tablet
🕶️ Meta Quest
🌆 Roku

A phone screen showing the Circuit Cinema running and showing a banner for the movie You Are Here: A Dylan Brody Project.

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jun 13

The first #VR #TV series is now streaming in the Circuit Cinema app for Meta Quest headsets. Perspective is a fully immersive live-action dramatic series about AI but made by humans.

For Your #Emmy Consideration - Outstanding Emerging Media Program

fyc.circuitcinema.com

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jun 12

Perspective | For your Emmy® consideration | Outstanding Emerging Media Program

The first live-action dramatic series streaming in VR360

#fyc #emmys #vr #televisionacademy

An extremely wide angle view of a man driving a convertible through a tunnel. The text reads, "For your Emmy consideration, Outstanding Emerging Media Program." The title of the series is "Perspective" from Circuit Cinema.

1 1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · May 14

In nine days, immerse yourself in the first primetime series in television history to be filmed and streamed in 360° virtual reality, the Circuit Cinema original series PERSPECTIVE.

#vr #vr360 #tv #cannes #fyc #film #liveaction #primetime

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · May 12

We're getting close! If you have the new Circuit Cinema app for iOS, Android or Meta Quest, you should see season 1 of "Perspective" show up in the catalog tonight.

Screenshot of the Circuit Cinema app showing the info screen for the TV Series "Perspective."

The background image shows a main with a short ponytail wearing a white shirt and red and gold waistcoat standing at the window of a building several floors high. He leans against the glass looking out at the city of Los Angeles in the distance. On the white wall behind him, a beam of sunlight has caused his shadow and that of the window panes to look like he's in prison, gripping the bars.

The user interface says the series has 6 episodes, is rated TV-MA, is in English, from the United States and is coming soon in 2025. Season 1 episode 1 is entitled "A Cry Within."

"A washed up sci-fi actor reconnects with the pop star who played his daughter on TV. Emily the humanoid robot has an existential crisis.

Other episodes in season 1 visible on the UI are entitled:
"While True, Continue"
"What's Ferre Is Fair"
"The Stack Overflow Exception"

3

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Apr 25

We introduced two groundbreaking features with the rollout of our mobile apps this week: 🤖 AI Chat for finding a great movie or TV show, and Multiple Aspect Ratio support for streaming some programs vertically🤳 or horizontally 📺

Get the App: link.circuitcinema.com/app

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Apr 20

Shhh! We've launched new apps for iPhone and Android phones, but we're not allowed to announce until next week.

So we sent 🐰 @dj_fou_fou on an Easter Egg hunt for the new features we have that the big box video streamers don't.

Join the hunt: link.circuitcinema.com/app

1

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jan 11

💥She's on the run with a gang's secrets!💥

🔥"Everything is Both" - a thrilling crime drama starring Jason Mitchell.

🔥Stream it ad-free on Circuit Cinema for $4.99/month!

#EverythingIsBoth #JasonMitchell #CrimeDrama #CircuitCinema

https://hudd.ch/106j

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jan 11

🔥Chapelle🔥 A gripping tale of faith & sacrifice inspired by the story of Abraham & Isaac, set in the gritty underworld of Paris.

👉Subscribe to Circuit Cinema for only $4.99/month & stream now!

#Chapelle #FrenchCinema #IndieFilm #Abraham #Isaac #CircuitCinema

https://hudd.ch/gjfo

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jan 9

Winner of two Goya Awards and nominated for the Queer Palm and Golden Camera at Cannes, "Carmen & Lola" is a must-see LGBTQ+ coming-of-age drama. ✨ Stream it now on Circuit Cinema for just $4.99/month!⁠
⁠
#CarmenAndLola #LGBTQ #ComingOfAge #SpanishCinema #CircuitCinema

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Jan 4

"This film demanded two years of my life, and I guarantee a twist you've NEVER seen before." -Daniel Lawrence Wilson, Director of "A Brush of Violence" 🤯 Stream this ambitious and unforgettable thriller now on Circuit Cinema.

https://linkin.bio/circuitcinema

Circuit Cinema @circuitcinema.com · Dec 24

🎉 We just released an early access version of our app in the Meta Horizon Store! Current subscribers can sign in and stream with their Meta Quest 2 or later headsets.

📺 This sets the stage for streaming our VR360 primetime original series "Perspective" when it's released next year.

hudd.ch/qqp9

Circuit Cinema on Meta Quest

Circuit Cinema subscribers can now stream our collection of festival circuit favorites and contemporary arthouse films in VR and without commercial interruption, including our growing collection of ex...

www.meta.com

1