Latest festival news – Page 7
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NewsTIFF unveils first wave of 2026 Tribute Awards honourees
TIFF Tribute Awards gala takes place on September 13.
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NewsSundance head talks expanded sections, new Fipresci award for 2027 Colorado edition
First edition in Boulder runs January 21-31, 2027.
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NewsPedro Pascal drama ‘Behemoth!’ lands NYFF world premiere slot
Searchlight Pictures will release drama in the US on December 4.
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NewsLe Pacte boards Venice-bound ‘Furies’, executive produced by George Clooney
EXCLUSIVE: The company is handling international sales on the debut feature and will also release in France
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NewsSan Sebastian adds Mike Leigh, Nicole Garcia, Pablo Larrain titles to competition lineup
Spanish festival is set to take place from September 18-26.
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News‘Fujiko’, ‘My Name’ win top prizes at New York Asian Film Festival 2026
Kazakhstan’s ‘Turgaud’ received a special mention.
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NewsFilmmaking bodies hit out at “one-dimensional” Venice lineup for lack of female directors
Italian and European film organisations publish open letter decrying festival’s ‘troubling’ 2026 lineup.
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NewsHanna Bergholm’s ‘Nightborn’ wins best film at 2026 Fantasia
Blaise becomes first French film to win Montreal fest’s top animation award.
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NewsVenice artistic director Alberto Barbera on 2026 lineup, lack of female and studio films
Barbera talks Screen through the selection for his 19th edition at the helm of Venice.
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NewsMax Minghella, Prano Bailey-Bond among Edinburgh industry speakers
Events include Bifa industry talk on working beyond first feature.
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NewsVenice Horizons title ‘Eklipse’ acquired for international sales
EXCLUSIVE: Debut feature is set in Tyrolean Alps during the 1999 full solar eclipse.
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NewsBiennale president launches extraordinary attack on EU for withdrawing €2m funding over Russian participation
Pietrangelo Buttafuoco was speaking at launch of Venice Film Festival line-up.
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NewsVenice film festival reveals 2026 lineup
The competition titles include new films by Martin McDonagh, Florian Zeller, Lee Chang-dong, Hirokazu Koreeda, Werner Herzog and May el-Toukhy.
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NewsVenice Horizons title ‘What Belongs To Others’ boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Film is second feature from Polish filmmaker Grzegorz Debowski.
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News‘Stuffed’ starring Jodie Comer and Harry Melling among Toronto 2026 Discovery lineup
The lineup also includes UK drama ‘Salvation’ and Ireland-UK project ‘Ancestors’.
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NewsVenice’s Giornate degli Autori lineup includes Lili Horvat, Robert Guediguian films
10 features in competition include five debuts.
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NewsAva DuVernay’s Netflix documentary ‘14th’ to close New York Film Festival
The festival screening comes a decade after DuVernay’s 13th opened the event.
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News“He had a big impact on the history of film in this country”: Industry pays tribute to Simon Field who has died aged 80
“Simon never gave up, never compromised,” said Apichatpong Weerasethakul of his ‘Uncle Boomee’ producer.
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NewsVenice Critics’ Week unveils 2026 lineup
Nine features include UK title ‘Our Share Of Sand’, Brazilian fetish disability drama ‘London’.
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NewsLocarno to honour US filmmaker James Gray
Festival will present award to Gray ahead of a Piazza Grande screening of his latest film ‘Paper Tiger’.