A Stellar Start to Spring: Java Films Celebrates Global Festival SuccessesPosted: May 20Spring 2025 has kicked off with an exciting wave of recognition for Java Films’ documentary catalogue, with numerous awards and official selections for our titles at film festivals across the world. The film has accumulated international recognition at film festivals, with screenings at Canada’s ReFrame Film Festival and Salt Spring Festival,Frozen River Film Festival (USA), Voices, European Festival of Journalism & Media Literacy (Croatia), and Czech Republic’s AFO International Festival of Science Documentary Films. At New Zealand’s International Fraud Film Festival, three documentaries – Lie to Me (2024), Your Face is Ours (2023), and Hackers: Identity Theft (2023) – were officially selected. Wunderer’s chilling exposé on autonomous weapons was also screened at Frozen River (USA), Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece), and Segni della Notte (Italy). Yi Chen’s Dissidents (2024), which documents China’s pursuit of overseas critics and the fight for democracy, won Best Feature Documentary at the DC Independent Film Festival 2025 and was selected for Boston’s Global Cinema Film Festival.