Latest festival news – Page 3
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NewsAsia Argento to receive lifetime achievement award at Locarno Film Festival
Actress and filmmaker will receive honour at festival’s 79th edition this summer.
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NewsBàrbara Mestanza and Marc Pujolar’s ‘Filthy’ leads Sheffield DocFest winners
The Spanish documentary won the grand jury award in the international competition.
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NewsAndrey Zvyagintsev’s ‘Minotaur’ wins top prize at Sydney Film Festival 2026
Further winners included documentary ‘Time And Tide’ and Banchi Hanuse’s ‘Ceremony’
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News‘Undefined Things II’, ‘The Unmoving Hands’ take top prizes at Madrid’s ECAM Forum
The event wrapped on Thursday after three days of project presentations and industry meetings at Madrid’s Matadero cultural centre.
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NewsEdinburgh International Film Festival unveils closing night film
EXCLUSIVE: The festival runs from August 13-19.
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News‘Labrador – Autopsy Of Silence’, ‘Jail Time Records’ earn three Tribeca awards apiece
’Cotton Fever,’ ’Summer Of Three’ each win two.
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NewsEmily Watson to head jury and receive honorary award at Sarajevo Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival runs in Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 14-21.
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NewsZurich Film Festival appoints new president, adds to board of directors
New president will take on role from July 1, 2026.
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NewsEuropean festival network Europa Film Festivals appoints next president
Network co-founder Alexis Juncosa of Lux Film Festival has stepped down.
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NewsMalaysia film festival 2026 to honour Lee Chang-dong, reveals 10 awards competitors
MIFFest to open with ‘BAGA: Tomorrow Belongs To No One’ and close with ‘Yellow Letters’.
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NewsNew York Asian Film Festival 2026 reveals first wave of titles, Joan Chen to receive honour
Hong Kong’s Angela Yeun and Japan’s Sara Minami to receive Screen International Rising Star awards.
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NewsFrench industry rallies around Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid following forced withdrawal from FID Marseille
“Cinema institutions aren’t courageous enough,” Nadav Lapid told Screen.
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NewsLeft Bank Pictures CEO, Renny Harlin among industry speakers at Malta’s Mediterrane Film Festival
Malta’s Land Sea Superstage will be discussed in an industry panel.
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NewsEdna Fainaru, Israeli journalist and film festival specialist, dies aged 85
Fainaru was a longtime correspondent for Screen International.
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NewsKarlovy Vary to honour Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jesse Eisenberg
Gyllenhaal will receive her award at the festival’s opening ceremony.
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NewsShivani Pandya Malhotra steps down as managing director of Red Sea Film Foundation
The MENA film industry veteran spearheaded the launch of Red Sea International Film Festival.
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NewsCannes Film Festival confirms 2027 dates for 80th edition
Next year’s festival will take place the month after a French presidential election.
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NewsFantasia second wave includes Jane Schoenbrun, Adams Family, ‘Cape Fear’
Montreal festival runs July 16-August 2. Full line-up coming in July.
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News‘Obsession’, ‘Camp Miasma’ to compete at 30th Bucheon fantasy festival
The 11 titles in competition also include ‘Hokum’ and ‘Nightborn’.
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NewsNeon boards Asif Kapadia’s ‘70 Up’ as Tom Quinn says: “While everyone is snoozing on docs, I’m a firm believer”
Quinn is also on the lookout for international action thrillers and TV projects.