Latest festival news
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News2025 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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NewsFirst-ever Rohingya-language feature ‘Lost Land’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival
Further winners include ‘All That’s Left Of You’ and ‘Hijra’.
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NewsIdris Elba to stop acting “eventually to transfer to being a director fully”
Elba discussed his Ghana-filmed Apple feature ‘This Is How It Goes’.
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NewsRed Sea Competition psychological thriller ‘Roqia’ sells to US
EXCLUSIVE: Film has played festival circuit since Venice, winning awards at Leeds and Thessaloniki.
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NewsFocus Features schedules release of Sundance AI documentary
Feature co-directed by Charlie Tyrell and Daniel Roher will debut in festival’s Premieres section in January.
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News2026 Sundance Film Festival unveils final Park City lineup
The festival has unveiled 97 projects in feature and episodic programmming.
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NewsRotterdam’s CineMart launches Safe Harbour programme for stateless and at-risk filmmakers
Four projects by filmmakers from Myanmar, Sudan, Syria and Palestine selected for new initiative.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins delights Red Sea audience with Hannibal Lecter, Marlon Brando impressions
Hopkins offered advice to young actors: “Don’t mumble” and “show up on time”.
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NewsSigourney Weaver champions James Cameron’s tech advances: “It’s not AI, it’s anti-AI”
“It gets rid of lighting, costumes, make-up – it’s a much purer experience,” said Weaver.
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News2026 Slamdance to open with ‘The Projectionist’
Second edition in Los Angeles runs February 19-25, 2026.
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NewsChinese doc ‘Always’ wins best film at bumper Singapore film festival
SGIFF saw its strongest audience participation ever in a landmark edition.
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News‘Becoming Human’ wins top prize at 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
The 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival adrew record number of attendees.
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NewsDarren Aronofsky braves Red Sea storms as festival shuts down: “Shall we all watch ‘Noah’ together?”
Festival shuts down cinemas and industry Souk due to storms.
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NewsNicholas Hoult looks forward to Tom Ford’s ‘Cry To Heaven’: “A beautiful script”
Hoult will star with Adele, Colin Firth, ‘Adolescence’ star Owen Cooper.
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NewsAsmae El Moudir, Laila Marrakchi projects among prize winners at Marrakech’s Atlas Workshops 2025
Prizes totalling €120,000 were presented at the Workshops.
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NewsErige Sehiri’s ‘Promised Sky’ wins top prize at Marrakech film festival
The Tunisian drama is about three young migrant women trying to create new lives for themselves.
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NewsRed Sea Fund celebrates seven Oscar hopefuls
Seven films supported by the Fund have been put forward as their country’s selection for the 2026 Academy Awards
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NewsContent versus infrastructure is key battle for Saudi film industry, say investors
”Content is the high-risk, high-reward strategy,” says Saudi finance executive Shahjahan Mirza.
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NewsJuliette Binoche champions progress of Saudi women filmmakers
Binoche is in Jeddah with documentary In-I In Motion and received an honorary award the opening night of the festival.