Latest festival news
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NewsMichelle Yeoh, Afghanistan rom-com ‘No Good Men’ get Berlin 2026 off to spirited start
Shahrbanoo Sadat’s ‘No Good Men’ received a standing ovation post-screening from the audience.
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News‘Rose’: first trailer for Markus Schleinzer’s Berlin competition title starring Sandra Hüller
EXCLUSIVE: Hüller plays an enigmatic soldier who claims to be the male heir of a long-abandoned farm.
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NewsCPH:DOX 2026 unveils full six-competition programme
The flagship Dox: Award programme offers a prize of €10,000.
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News2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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News“Films are the opposite of politics” says Wim Wenders at Berlinale opening press conference
Juror Ewa Puszczynska said questions about political topics to filmmakers are “not fair”.
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NewsSingapore film festival shifts to October, Jeremy Chua named executive director
The 37th edition of the festival will move to October.
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News‘Variations On A Theme’ wins Tiger award at Rotterdam film festival
The Big Screen competition winner was Rezwan Shahriar Sumit’s ’Master’.
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NewsWalker+Worm founders talk Berlinale slate including Sandra Hüller-starrer ‘Rose’ and ‘Allegro Pastell’
German film production company, with two films in official selection, is also readying four new features.
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NewsNeon acquires Sundance doc ‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’
Company makes second acquisition after Leviticus.
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NewsApple Original Films acquires Sundance doc ‘The Last First: Winter K2’
Sarah Thomson and John Battsek of Ventureland among the producers.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival moves dates to May, appoints artistic director
The festival will now run from May 4-9 2026, moving out of its traditional October date.
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NewsLaura Poitras named special guest at Visions du Reel’s industry programme
The US documentarian is known for ‘Citizenfour’ and ’All The Beauty And The Bloodshed’.
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NewsIFFR Pro 2026 unveils winners including Joshua Loftin’s hybrid feature ‘LFD Hope’
‘LFD Hope’ is described as a magical realist docu-drama about living on the margins in London.
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NewsJust 1.2% of filmmakers picked for major festivals identify as disabled or neurodivergent, Crip Count report finds
EXCLUSIVE: The report tracked the number of people with above-the-line credits who self-identified as disabled or neurodivergent.
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NewsSundance winner ‘Barbara Forever’ boarded for international sales ahead of Berlin premiere
EXCLUSIVE: Film explores the life, work and cultural impact of Barbara Hammer.
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NewsBFI Flare to close 40th edition with UK premiere of ‘Black Burns Fast’
Festival also selects Special Presentation title.
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NewsIFFR’s Displacement Fund films receive rapturous reception as Mohammad Rasoulof makes plea for Iranian protestors
The first five films supported by the fund were screend at the festival.
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NewsSundance stars on Park City era: “This festival affected my ability to be a working actor”
Festival guests look ahead to Boulder, Colorado: “People say it’s a wonderful town.”
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires second film in Sundance, takes world on ‘Bedford Park’
Stephanie Ahn’s feature directorial debut was among festival award-winners announced on January 30.
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NewsDouble-winner ‘Josephine’ among 2026 Sundance Film Festival award winners
Final Park City edition ends on February 1.