Latest festival news – Page 8
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NewsWhy Oasis film ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ had to be a doc: “No one could play Liam Gallagher”
The Gallagher brothers skipped the Venice press conference for the film.
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NewsRobert Pattinson responds to Chris Hansen’s criticisms of Lance Oppenheim’s ‘Primetime’
“Chris Hansen is a character you can’t help but imitate,” said Pattinson in Venice.
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NewsRome film festival adds extra day to 2026 schedule
Fest will kick off a day earlier on October 13 with opening film Il Rumore Delle Cose Nuove by Paolo Genovese
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NewsTIFF: The Market 2026 major market projects – latest updates
Toronto’s inaugural official market runs September 10-16.
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News‘Queer Edward II’ team on Derek Jarman’s inclusive sets and why “we can’t protest enough”
“Derek Jarman could talk to somebody sweeping the floor about what the next shot was,” said Sandy Powell.
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NewsWerner Herzog on cutting short rehearsals for Venice title ‘Bucking Fastard’
“The first time in my life that there was enough funds for existential rehearsals.”
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NewsTelluride Film Festival unveils 2026 titles
Festival runs in the Colorado Rockies from September 4-7.
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NewsVue’s Eve Gabereau, KMBO’s Vladimir Kokh among lineup for Hamburg’s International Film Distribution Summit
They include Vue’s Eve Gabereau, KMBO’s Vladimir Kokh and HAKKA’s Mohamed Frini.
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NewsFive world premieres by emerging German talents to be showcased at Filmfest Hamburg
The Große Freiheit sidebar showcases contemporary German cinema.
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NewsGeorge Clooney critiques Paramount merger, calls out authoritarianism at Venice
“Stories are always dangerous to people who peddle in fear,” says Clooney.
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NewsVenice day 2: Are high costs putting off the studios? - The Screen Podcast
Plus, highlights from the jury, George Clooney and ‘Ink’ press conferences.
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NewsRomania selects ‘Fjord’ as official Oscar submission
Neon to release Palme d’Or winner in North America on October.
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NewsHot Docs unveils executive leadership team restructure
Diana Sanchez promoted to president, Mara Gourd-Mercado joining as executive director.
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NewsMaggie Gyllenhaal questions male-dominated Venice Competition lineup
Gyllenhaal also says “honest” films are “fundamentally, unavoidably political, as well as a lot of other things.”
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NewsBFI London Film Festival unveils 2026 lineup
World premieres include boxing biopic ’In The Shadows’ and West End adaptation ’Frank And Percy’.
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News‘Sukiyaki’, ‘Colony’ to bookend Tokyo with ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ as Centerpiece
The 39th edition of the festival is set to run October 26 to November 4.
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NewsLuca Guadagnino’s OpenAI film ‘Artificial’ lands New York, London festival slots
NYFF hails Neon’s ”sly and sobering new film”.
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NewsSan Sebastian film festival to honour Naomi Watts
Actress will receive festival’s Donostia Award ahead of a screening of Ben Shirinian’s ’The Housewife’
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NewsBusan reveals 13-strong Competition including Nanako Hirose, Majid Majidi, Yosep Anggi Noen
Guests to include Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hirokazu Koreeda, Michelle Yeoh, Fan Bingbing and Isabelle Huppert.
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News‘Eurotrash’, ‘Blood Money’ world premieres, ‘Ink’, ‘Bunker’ join Zurich lineup
Festival adds 12 Gala titles including Jordan Firstman’s Cannes hit ‘Club Kid’.













