Latest festival news
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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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NewsSix talking points from Series Mania 2026
Development spending, European regulation and future of US partnerships dominate annual scripted event in Lille.
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NewsLocarno to focus 2026 retrospective programme on infamous Hollywood blacklist
”It is the timeliest one I have worked on in my life,” said curator Ehsan Khoshbakht.
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NewsBrady Corbet, Audrey Diwan, Harry Lighton join Element Pictures’ Storyhouse screenwriting festival
EXCLUSIVE: Will Tracy, Abi Morgan and Eva Victor are also in the line-up.
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NewsMagnolia acquires Sundance doc ‘The History Of Concrete’ exec-produced by Josh Safdie
John Wilson film was executive-produced by Marty Supreme director Josh Safdie and writing partner Ronald Bronstein.
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NewsVisions du Reel unveils 2026 programme including 83 world premieres, opening title
International competition includes Boubacar Sangare, Elsa Amiel, Jacqueline Zund films.
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NewsFinal three cities in running to host Edinburgh TV Festival unveiled
Final trio to host flagship event from 2027 whittled down from eight bids.
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News2026 Hot Docs to open with ‘Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions’
Oscar-nominated Kim Nguyen’s (War Witch) Saigon Story: Two Shootings In The Forest Kingdom among world premieres.
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NewsInternational industry gives verdict on 2026 Sofia Meetings
Czech drama ‘Broken Voices’ takes the top prize at the film festival.
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NewsMinerva Pictures boards Hot Docs title ‘A War On Women’, about Iran’s feminist movement
EXCLUSIVE: Doc uncovers how women’s struggle for equality has shaped the recent uprisings in Iran.
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NewsBerlinale sets 2027 dates, adding extra day to festival
Festival reveals record audience attendance for 2026.
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NewsDongnan Chen’s coming-of-age story ‘Whispers In May’ wins big at CPH:DOX 2026
‘Whispers In May’ follows three teenage girls on a journey in China’s remote Sichuan province.
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NewsRow K reviewing strategy amid reports of unpaid bills, schedule confusion
Uncertainty hangs over ‘Poetic License’, ‘Cliffhanger’.
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NewsHarry Lighton, Saulė Bliuvaitė among six filmmakers selected for Cannes’ La Residence programme
Development programme of Cannes Film Festival unveils participants for 51st edition.
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NewsAsmae El Moudir’s ‘Don’t Let The Sun Go Up On Me’ wins at CPH:Industry 2026
Further winners included Kathryn Ferguson’s ’Matrescence’, an exploration of maternal transformation.
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NewsFinal day to enter Screen International’s Global Production Awards
Entry deadline ends tonight at midnight.
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NewsAhmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Qiu Jiongjiong projects among 49 selected for Qumra 2026
The talent and development lab will take place online due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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NewsIran war restricts Filmart attendance for Middle East film industry
One executive says they changed to online only attendance due to “uncertainty around air traffic”.
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NewsThessaloniki’s Agora industry programme unveils documentary winners
Debut feature docs dominated the prizes.
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News‘I Won’t Die For Love’, ‘The Garden We Dreamed’ top winners at 2026 Malaga Film Festival
Major prizes also went to Ian de la Rosa’s Iván & Hadoum and Juan Pablo Sallato’s Red Hangar.