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Latest festival news
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NewsLionsgate takes TIFF Midnight Madness action thriller ‘The Furious’
Edko Films’ Bill Kong produced, teamed up with XYZ Films.
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NewsTallinn Baltic Competitions reveal lineups, including three world premieres
The programme opens with Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘Two Prosecutors’.
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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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NewsTIFF Midnight Madness entry ‘The Napa Boys’ lands US deal
Distributor plans early 2026 theatrical release.
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NewsJapan revealed as Cannes market country of honour at Tokyo film festival opening night
Juliette Binoche also took aim at AI and social media in a special guest appearance.
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NewsShih-Ching Tsou’s ‘Left-Handed Girl’ wins best film prize at the Rome Film Festival
The festival posted a 6% rise in admissions year-on-year.
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News‘I See The Demon’ leads winners at UK’s Grimmfest film festival
Jacob Lees Johnson’s sci-fi horror won best film and best screenplay.
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NewsIsabel Coixet’s ‘Three Goodbyes’ opens Valladolid International Film Week
The event, also known as Seminici, offers a €70,000 prize to the Spanish distributor of the winning film.
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NewsSingapore film festival to open with Shu Qi’s ‘Girl’, honours for Deepa Mehta, Youn Yuh-jung
The Landmark section of the festival will spotlight female-driven stories.
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NewsSaudi industry mulls how to get traditional banks to provide finance for film productions
Saudi Film Confex panel heard that it is difficult to get the film industry and the banking sector to align their respective interests.
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NewsAlex Walton, Amanda Nevill and Johnny Depp among speakers at third Saudi Film Confex
Film business exhibition, which aims to develop Saudi industry, has attracted local and international guests.
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NewsYoji Yamada to receive lifetime honour at Tokyo film festival
The veteran filmmaker’s latest feature ‘Tokyo Taxi’ to play as the TIFF Centrepiece title.
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NewsSundance sets Robert Redford tributes, Legacy programme screenings
The festival will honour its founder during its last run in Park City.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights to open with ‘They Will Be Dust’ as part of Catalan focus
The Estonian festival runs November 7-23.
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NewsRichard Linklater updates on 20-year Paul Mescal ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ collaboration
Linklater also lamented the challenges in connecting independent films with audiences at a BFI London Film Festival talk.
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NewsLynne Ramsay reveals she is working on a Glasgow-based project, talks ‘Die My Love’
The filmmaker revealed she was unsure she would make another film after ‘You Were Never Really Here’.
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NewsFarnoosh Samadi’s Toronto title ‘Between Dreams And Hope’ scores US sale
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian drama is about a trans man and his partner travelling to a remote Iranian village to face his estranged father.
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NewsBFI London Film Festival winners led by Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Landmarks’
Kenyan film ‘One Woman One Bra’ takes first feature prize.
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NewsGerman government to support cinemas showing European and arthouse films
“We need the unifying power of film art,” says Germany’s culture minister Wolfram Weimer at launch of €7m fund for exhibitors.
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NewsFestivals should be “mindful” of the slowdown in deals done on titles, says Berlinale programmer at panel
The panel also discussed date overlaps, moving online and advocating for freedom of speech.