Madman Entertainment lead the way with quality cinema this summer – This summer Madman Entertainment will release three of the most anticipated and critically acclaimed films of 2025 – Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value, Park Chan-Wook’s No Other Choice and Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just An Accident.
All three films are leading the way in the conversation about upcoming awards nominations, not only in the International Feature categories but as likely contenders for Best Film and Best Director during the impending Awards season.
SENTIMENTAL VALUE
★★★★★ Daily Telegraph UK
★★★★★ Screenrant
★★★★ RogerEbert.com
Awards:
Nominated for 8 Golden Globes, including Best Picture and Best Director
Cannes Film Festival – Winner Grand Jury Prize
British Independent Film Awards – Winner Best International Independent Film
National Board of Review – Winner Best Supporting Actress, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
National Board of Review – Winner NBR Award
Brussels International Film Festival – Winner Jury Award International Competition
Munich Film Festival – Winner 2025 Winner Audience Award
Hamptons International Film Festival – Winner Best Narrative Feature
Release date: 25 December 2025
Director: Joachim Trier
Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleass, Elle Fanning
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he’s given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
“A transcendent, moving masterpiece” Indiewire
“Goosebump-inducing… it’s like watching an impeccably choreographed dance” Vulture
NO OTHER CHOICE
★★★★★ BBC
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★★★★★ Time Out
★★★★ The Guardian
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes, including Best Picture and Best Actor
Toronto International Film Festival – International People’s Choice Award
Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival – Best Director
Stockholm Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize
Savannah Film Festival – Audience Award
Blue Dragon Awards – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music, Best Technical Award
Release date: 15 January 2026
Director: Park Chan-wook
Starring: Lee Byung-hun and Son Ye-jin
Man-su thinks he has it all – a loving wife, two children, two Golden Retrievers, and a dream home. When he is abruptly laid off from a paper company after 25 years of service, he vows to find a new job in the industry within the next three months. After a long and fruitless job search, Man-su risks losing the family home. Out of desperation, he hits on a solution to find work: eliminate the competition.
“Deliriously entertaining South Korean masterpiece is this year’s Parasite” BBC
“A sensational state-of-the-nation satire” The Guardian
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
★★★★★ The Independent
★★★★★ Financial Times
★★★★★ London Evening Standard
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Golden Globes, including Best Picture and Best Director
Cannes Film Festival – Winner Palme d’Or
Gotham Awards – Winner Best International Feature, Winner Best Director, Winner Best Screenplay
National Board of Review – Winner Best International Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards – Winner Best Director
Sydney Film Festival – Winner Best Film
Asia Pacific Screen Awards – Winner Best Film
Release date: 29 January 2026
Director: Jafar Panahi
Vahid, an unassuming mechanic, has a chance encounter with Eghbal, a man he strongly suspects to be his former sadistic jailhouse captor. Panicked, Vahid gathers several former prisoners, all abused by that same captor, to try and confirm Eghbal’s identity. As the bickering group drives around Tehran with the captive, they must confront how far to take matters into their own hands with their presumed tormentor.
From master filmmaker Jafar Panahi comes a searing moral thriller that engages with complex ideas about the uncertainty of the truth and the choice between revenge and mercy, as Panahi turns his personal dissonance into a profound and galvanizing work of art.
“A blistering, beautifully directed movie.” The New York Times
“An extraordinary revenge parable. Every moment of it attests to the work of a master.” Rolling Stone
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Madman Entertainment lead the way with quality cinema this summer
