Latest festival news – Page 5
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NewsSebastián Lelio’s Cannes Premiere selection ‘The Wave’ lands North American deal
Wolfe Video plans 2026 theatrical release.
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NewsRed Sea and Annecy festivals partner to boost Saudi animation industry
Partnership aims to support talent development and build the Saudi animation industry.
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NewsGoteborg film festival CEO Mirja Wester to step down
Wester will leave next year after overseeing her tenth edition of the festival.
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NewsItaly's Luminalia acquires Mozambique Tiger title ‘O Profeta’
EXCLUSIVE: Italian outfit Luminalia is focusing on films from sub-Saharan Africa
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NewsTamara Kotevska’s fiction feature debut ‘Man Vs Flock’ among Les Arcs industry award winners
Other winners included Romanian filmmaker Bogdan Mirica for his project ‘One Hand Jesus’
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NewsRotterdam unveils 2026 Tiger and Big Screen competition lineups
Festival to open with João Nicolau’s ’Providence And The Guitar’ and close with Rémi Bezançon’s ’Bazaar (Murder In The Building)’.
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NewsFirst-ever Rohingya-language feature ‘Lost Land’ wins top prize at Red Sea film festival
Further winners include ‘All That’s Left Of You’ and ‘Hijra’.
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NewsIdris Elba to stop acting “eventually to transfer to being a director fully”
Elba discussed his Ghana-filmed Apple feature ‘This Is How It Goes’.
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NewsRed Sea Competition psychological thriller ‘Roqia’ sells to US
EXCLUSIVE: Film has played festival circuit since Venice, winning awards at Leeds and Thessaloniki.
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NewsFocus Features schedules release of Sundance AI documentary
Feature co-directed by Charlie Tyrell and Daniel Roher will debut in festival’s Premieres section in January.
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News2026 Sundance Film Festival unveils final Park City lineup
The festival has unveiled 97 projects in feature and episodic programmming.
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NewsRotterdam’s CineMart launches Safe Harbour programme for stateless and at-risk filmmakers
Four projects by filmmakers from Myanmar, Sudan, Syria and Palestine selected for new initiative.
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NewsAnthony Hopkins delights Red Sea audience with Hannibal Lecter, Marlon Brando impressions
Hopkins offered advice to young actors: “Don’t mumble” and “show up on time”.
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NewsSigourney Weaver champions James Cameron’s tech advances: “It’s not AI, it’s anti-AI”
“It gets rid of lighting, costumes, make-up – it’s a much purer experience,” said Weaver.
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News2026 Slamdance to open with ‘The Projectionist’
Second edition in Los Angeles runs February 19-25, 2026.
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NewsChinese doc ‘Always’ wins best film at bumper Singapore film festival
SGIFF saw its strongest audience participation ever in a landmark edition.
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News‘Becoming Human’ wins top prize at 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
The 20th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival adrew record number of attendees.
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NewsDarren Aronofsky braves Red Sea storms as festival shuts down: “Shall we all watch ‘Noah’ together?”
Festival shuts down cinemas and industry Souk due to storms.
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NewsNicholas Hoult looks forward to Tom Ford’s ‘Cry To Heaven’: “A beautiful script”
Hoult will star with Adele, Colin Firth, ‘Adolescence’ star Owen Cooper.