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2026 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates

Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.

Queer Australian horror ‘Leviticus’ wins top awards at Bifan 2026

Further winners included Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’.

Locarno Film Festival unveils 2026 lineup including Hong Sangsoo, Denis Cote films

103 world premieres include new films from Maria Back, Ann Oren, Basil Da Cunha.

British Council relaunches £623,000 Travel Grant Fund to support international festival, lab attendance

Travel Grant Fund will complement UKGSF’s Festival Launch Support Fund.

‘Reminiscence’, ‘Selamlik’ lead Karlovy Vary 2026 industry winners

‘Reminiscence’ takes two prizes including special co-production development award.

Sarajevo 2026 unveils opening film, creates new prize

The Prix Cineplexx will be awarded to a new project from the former Yugoslavia, chosen by the audience.

Toronto unveils opening film, first world premieres

The Toronto International Film Festival runs September 10-20.

‘Shame And Money’, ‘A Girl Unknown’ lead Munich competition winners

‘Shame And Money’ is the third feature by Kosovan director Visar Morina.

Cannes

Neon schedules December release for Cannes selection ‘Clarissa’

Berlin

‘The Education Of Jane Cumming’ sells to key territories including UK-Ireland, France

Venice

Venice film festival to honour George Clooney

Toronto

Toronto unveils opening film, first world premieres

Busan

Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund selects 12 projects for 2026

London

BFI London Film Festival 2025 records highest ever attendance as audience awards revealed

Sarajevo

Sarajevo 2026 unveils opening film, creates new prize

Zurich

Zurich Film Festival appoints new president, adds to board of directors

Locarno

Florin Şerban’s Locarno world premiere ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ boarded for sales

Karlovy Vary

Shudder Films’ Jack Tarling on UK-Ireland co-productions, his inventive slate and scaling up

Festival reviews

‘You’ll Never Believe Who’s Dead’ review: A Sligo family attempts to pull off a Christmas heist in raucous Irish black comedy

‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ review: Winning Irish heartwarmer takes a child’s eye view of healing from grief

‘Try!’ review: Crowd-pleasing Irish doc celebrates the community spirit of Mixed Ability Rugby

‘Rain Catcher’ review: A London street photographer loses his grip on reality in intriguing, twisty neo-noir

‘Hijamat’ review: Jafar Panahi produces Nader Saeivar’s disjointed study of a Turkish immigrant family in Berlin

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