International Feature Competition Jury (l-r): Ferzan Ozpetek, Margarethe von Trotta, Jury President Kathleen Turner, Parviz Shahbazi, Giora Bejach. Photo courtesy Timothy M. Schmidt.
CHICAGO --
The President (Georgia, France, UK, Germany)–directed by Mohsen Mahkmalbaf–won the Best Film Gold Hugo at the 50th Chicago International Film Festival. During the awards ceremony last Friday (Oct. 17), other top winners included Underdog (Sweden) which took a Gold Hugo in the New Directors Competition for director Ronnie Sandahl, and director Nicolas Echevarria’s Echo of the Mountain (Mexico), a Gold Hugo winner in the Docufest competition.
Michael Keaton received the Founder’s Award for his electrifying performance in Birdman. Jorge Perez Solano’s La Tirisia won the Festival’s first Roger Ebert Award.
The awards ceremony was hosted by Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Fox News Chicago entertainment reporter and film critic Bill Zwecker. For a full list of winners, click here.
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The BBC logo is displayed at its headquarters in London, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
President Donald J. Trump, Plaintiff, got a welcome break this week in one of his battles with the media — but for the moment, only a temporary one.
As his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC proceeds, a federal judge in Florida granted the president a temporary reprieve on Thursday from an order that he begin divulging details of his business empire's financial performance — something he is clearly loath to do.
U.S. District Judge Roy Altman agreed to put that order on hold while he considers an amended complaint from Trump that would narrow his claim that he suffered damage to both business and reputation. By focusing only on the latter, Trump's lawyers hope to avoid the need for the financial disclosures. That updated complaint has not been made public.
Trump filed the lawsuit in December over the way the British broadcaster, in a 2024 documentary, edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. It is one of many actions he has taken in his second term against media coverage that displeases him — in the courts, with executive action and in the overall presidential bully pulpit.
Trump contends that the BBC's editing was misleading because it cut out, among other parts, a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully. The claim seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion for unfair trade practices.
The publicly funded broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the edit but rejects claims it defamed him. The furor produced the resignations of the BBC's top executive and its head of news.
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