Latest festival news
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NewsIFFR’s Displacement Fund films receive rapturous reception as Mohammad Rasoulof makes plea for Iranian protestors
The first five films supported by the fund were screend at the festival.
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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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NewsSundance stars on Park City era: “This festival affected my ability to be a working actor”
Festival guests look ahead to Boulder, Colorado: “People say it’s a wonderful town.”
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NewsSony Pictures Classics acquires second film in Sundance, takes world on ‘Bedford Park’
Stephanie Ahn’s feature directorial debut was among festival award-winners announced on January 30.
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NewsDouble-winner ‘Josephine’ among 2026 Sundance Film Festival award winners
Final Park City edition ends on February 1.
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NewsBerlinale looking for new partners to beat funding shortfall in 2027 and 2028, says festival director
“We are not sitting back and waiting for you to hand us money,” Tricia Tuttle told the Berlin senate committee.
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NewsTrue Colours acquires Tudor Cristian Jurgiu’s Berlinale title ‘On Our Own’
EXCLUSIVE: Romanian filmmaker’s drama follows a sharp and self-reliant fourteen-year-old living alone after her parents leave for Italy.
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NewsScreen Arab Star of Tomorrow Zain Duraie’s debut feature ‘Sink’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: MetFilm will introduce the to buyers at next month’s EFM.
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NewsVisit Film acquires world sales on Rotterdam selection ‘The Misconceived’
EXCLUSIVE: 3D-rendered tragi-comedy about millennials turning 40 will also screen at EFM.
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NewsAlpha Violet boards sales on Fernando Eimbcke’s Berlin Competition entry ‘Flies’
EXCLUSIVE: Teresa Sánchez from Totem stars alongside first-time actors Bastian Escobar and Hugo Ramírez
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NewsChinese animation ‘Light Pillar’ completes Berlin’s Perspectives lineup
The feature marks the directorial debut of Xu Zao.
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NewsTallinn Black Nights appoints new artistic director, programming team
Festival founder Tiina Lokk, who is Tramberg’s mother, shifts focus to her CEO role.
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NewsMunich film festival 2026 to focus on Nordic region for co-production conference
Conference will connect emerging producers from the five Nordic countries with their German counterparts.
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NewsRotterdam’s Vanja Kaludjercic and Clare Stewart on 2026 highlights and human rights focus
Festival heads bill Rotterdam as a “place of discovery” for films from “all corners of the world.”
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NewsBerlinale unveils competition jury for 2026 edition
Japanese director Hikari and Polish producer Ewa Puszczyńska among jury members.
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NewsDorota Lech named festival director of Poland’s New Horizons
The experienced Lech joins from the Toronto film festival, where she has been a programmer since 2013.
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NewsPieter-Jan De Pue’s ‘Mariinka’ to open CPH:DOX as Films Boutique boards sales
EXCLUSIVE: The film follows the lives of several young Ukrainians in the Donbas region whose lives have been shaped by over 10 years of conflict.
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NewsCurzon’s Philip Knatchbull to deliver industry keynote at Glasgow Film Festival 2026
The industry focus runs from March 2-6.
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NewsA24 buys Olivia Wilde’s Sundance comedy ‘The Invite’
A bidding war returns to the Utah mountain.
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NewsQueer horror ‘Leviticus’ secures worldwide deal in first major Sundance sale
Adrian Chiarella’s feature-length debut sees two teenage boys attempt to escape a violent entity.