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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NewsPeter Sarsgaard calls for “collective action” at Karlovy Vary opening
Festival pays tribute to Jiri Bartoska, screening an hour-long interview with the late president.
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NewsUkraine’s Dmytro Hreshko on documenting the ecological impact of Russia’s full-scale invasion
Hreshko’s documentary Divia, which world premieres at Karlovy Vary, has been a labour of love during extraordinarily difficult times.
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NewsFrom Cannes shorts to Karlovy Vary competition: Lithuania’s Vytautas Katkus on his feature debut ‘The Visitor’
Katkus, also known for his work as a cinematographer, world premieres his feature directorial debut at Karlovy Vary.
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NewsGerman production execs voice despair at slow progress of tax incentive reform
Several production service companies have gone bust as international production has moved outside of the country
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NewsHungarian filmmaker Bence Fliegauf on Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Jimmy Jaguar’: “It’s a consensual mind-f**k”
The Berlinale and Locarno-winning director’s genre film is playing in the Crystal Globe competition.
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NewsGenndy Tartakovsky’s adult animation ‘Fixed’ to close Fantasia fest
Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman to receive Indie Maverick Award, as organisers announce third wave of programming.
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NewsElena Oxman’s ‘Outerlands’ wins first Queer Media Society award in Munich
‘Outerlands’ premiered at SXSW in March.
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NewsLoco Films boards Karlovy Vary coming-of-age drama ‘The Luminous Life’
The Lisbon-set drama is the feature debut of Portuguese filmmaker João Rosas.
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NewsMediterrane Film Festival wraps its third edition with fireworks, arias and Russell Crowe
The Golden Bee award for best feature went to Tunisian filmmaker Amel Guellaty’s Where The Wind Comes From.
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NewsMediterrane Film Festival to honour Barbie Ferreira with rising star award
The US actor starred in HBO’s ‘Euphoria’ and SXSW winner ‘Bob Trevino Likes It’.
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NewsDocaviv artistic director Michal Weits recovering after missile hits Tel Aviv home
Weits was sheltering with her husband and two children in the safe room of their Tel Aviv house when it was hit on Sunday.
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NewsDino Mustafic’s ‘The Pavilion’ to open Sarajevo Film Festival 2025
The dark comedy will receive its world premiere at the 31st edition of the festival.
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NewsKarlovy Vary reveals secret Iranian feature ‘Bidad’ for Crystal Globe competition
Festival had withheld details of film until director Soheil Beiraghi and the members of his crew could safely travel out of Iran.
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NewsIrish horror ‘The Morrigan’ among 31 world premieres at Galway Film Fleadh
Further world premieres include Mark Forbes’ ‘Quiet On Set’ feature documentary about the class division in the UK film industry.
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NewsNetflix’s ‘Grenfell: Uncovered’ wins Sheffield DocFest audience award
The full list of winners were unveiled at the 32nd edition of the UK’s documentary festival.
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News"I’m going to do a rewrite”: What a group of CineLink filmmakers learned at Slano Film Days
Teams from eight projects attended Slano Film Days ahead of Sarajevo.
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NewsTransilvania’s Tudor Giurgiu shines light on event's role as a "festival of discovery"
President reflects on Romanian festival in Cluj which wrapped on Sunday.
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NewsKarlovy Vary lines up Nader Saeivar, Andreas Horvath and László Csuja projects for Central Stage platform
14 projects from Central Europe taking part in new co-production platform Central Stage launched by festival’s Industry Office.
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NewsHorror project ‘Kazimir’ heads Transilvania’s industry prizes
International execs from companies including Protagonist and Gaumot herald “fantastic” event in Cluj