Latest festival news – Page 4
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NewsJacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, Ibrahim Omar projects among 50 docs selected for Sheffield DocFest’s MeetMarket
MeetMarket sees established and rising filmmakers showcase new work to the international industry.
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NewsMaialen Beloki confirmed as new director of San Sebastian International Film Festival
Appointee will start her new role on January 1, 2027
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NewsXisi Sofia Ye Chen’s ‘From Dawn To Dawn’ wins top prize at Switzerland’s Visions du Reel
Alea Jacarandas’ takes top prize in Burning Lights Competition.
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NewsSundance, SXSW selection ‘Buddy’ lands North American deal
Casper Kelly’s genre-bender takes place inside a children’s television show that goes horribly wrong.
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NewsBritish Urban Film Festival unveils 2026 titles and filmmaker revenue participation model
Line-up includes ’C.R.E.A.M’, a ’Romeo & Juliet’ adaptation told through Wu-Tang Clan song lyrics.
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NewsCannes Directors’ Fortnight 2026 adds Bruno Dumont’s ‘Red Rocks’
Film was shot with young children on the French Riviera.
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NewsSeven talking points from the World AI Film Festival in Cannes
“A project that might have cost $50-60m is now closer to $25m using AI,” said actor-director Mathieu Kassovitz.
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NewsHow to navigate Cannes: meetings, screenings and crashing parties – The Screen Podcast
Joining host Wendy Mitchell are Picturehouse’s Clare Binns, TrustNordisk’s Susan Wendt, and Tribeca and Les Arcs’ Frederic Boyer.
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NewsMaggie Gyllenhaal to head Venice Film Festival 2026 international competition jury
Gyllenhaal recently directed Warner Bros title ‘The Bride!’
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NewsHow are the UK and Ireland indie film sectors represented at Cannes 2026?
‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ and ‘Tin Castle’ head to the Croisette in a modest year for UK and Irish filmmakers.
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NewsCannes adds 16 films including James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’
Other additions include Christophe Honoré’s ’Orange-Flavoured Wedding’ and Zachary Wigon’s ’Victorian Psycho’.
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NewsMalta’s Mediterrane Film Festival adds new strands for 2026 edition
Festival will take place in Malta from June 21-28.
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NewsCannes Critics’ Week unveils jury headed by Payal Kapadia, jurors include BFI’s Ama Ampadu
‘Lurker’ actor Theodore Pellerin from Quebec is among the jurors.
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NewsCannes Film Festival reveals 2026 poster inspired by ‘Thelma & Louise’
Ridley Scott’s feminist classic premiered at Cannes 35 years ago on May 20, 1991.
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NewsYellow Veil to launch sales in Cannes on Tribeca-bound horror ‘Turn It Up!’
EXCLUSIVE: Horror feature participated in 2025 Frontières Buyers Showcase at Cannes Marché.
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NewsKarlovy Vary programmes events, retrospective titles to celebrate twin anniversaries
World’s second-oldest film festival is celebrating 80 years since founding, and 60th edition.
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News‘Virginia Woolf’s Night And Day’ to open SXSW London 2026
Peter Glanz’s dark satire ‘Savage House’ will also world premiere.
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NewsCannes Un Certain Regard unveils 2026 jury headed by Leila Bekhti
Un Certain Regard selection includes Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma’.
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NewsDark Star Pictures acquires Fantasia horror ‘Lucid’
EXCLUSIVE: Filmoption International to distribute in Canada.
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NewsWhat does our Cannes insider make of the Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week lineups? - The Screen Podcast
Rebecca Leffler and Wendy Mitchell take an in-depth look at the Cannes parallel sections.