Latest festival news
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NewsGlobal Constellation, WME Independent board sales on Directors’ Fortnight title ‘Lucky Lu’
EXCLUSIVE: Lloyd Lee Choi’s feature debut is based on his Cannes short ‘Same Old’.
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News2025 film festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates.
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NewsNeon sets summer release for Cannes Premiere comedy ‘Splitsville’
Neon, Topic Studios co-financed Covino’s follow-up to 2019 Cannes entry The Climb.
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NewsSheffield DocFest to open with Kim Hopkins’ ‘Still Pushing Pineapples’
The documentary follows the life of the fomer lead singer of Black Lace
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NewsShudder acquires English-speaking territories to SXSW hit ‘Good Boy’, Altitude boards sales for Cannes
EXCLUSIVE: Altitude plans Cannes screenings of supernatural horror from POV of a dog.
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NewsNew York distributor 1-2 Special announces two hires on eve of Cannes
Former Sideshow executive Jason Hellerstein launched the company in February.
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NewsXYZ Films hires Pulsar Content co-founder Marie Garrett as SVP sales and acquisitions
EXCLUSIVE: Paris-based executive will handle sales with focus on co-productions.
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NewsLuc Jacquet, Martha Fiennes and Laurie Anderson join Cannes’ immersive competition jury
Nine projects will compete for the best immersive work.
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NewsDurban FilmMart unveils 31 African projects for 2025 Pitch and Finance Forum
The 31 projects in development come from 15 countries.
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NewsMolly Manning Walker to lead Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes Film Festival
The UK filmmaker won the strand’s top prize in 2023 for ‘How To Have Sex’.
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NewsBusan reveals major programming and team revamp ahead of 30th edition
South Korea’s leading film event will become a competitive festival for the first time since its launch in 1996.
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NewsJackie Chan to receive Pardo Alla Carriera honour at Locarno Film Festival
The Hong Kong star will introduce screenings of ‘Project A’ and ‘Police Story’ at the festival.
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NewsPower outages cause Spain’s BCN Film Fest to cancel screenings
Festival is scheduled to welcome Richard Gere, Ralph Fiennes this week.
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NewsHalle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia among eight to join Cannes Competition jury
Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo are also part of the Juliette Binoche-led jury.
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NewsBerlin film festival confirms 2026 dates
Next year’s festival will not clash with the Baftas for the first time since 2020.
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NewsVenice Film Festival names Alexander Payne as jury president
US director will oversee the international jury that awards the Golden Lion for best film.
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News193 boards international sales on Lynne Ramsay’s Cannes Competition entry ‘Die, My Love’
Feature is adapted from psychodrama by Argentinian novelist Ariana Harwicz.
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NewsMaren Ade to head Cannes short film jury; lineup unveiled
Also joining the jury are Reinaldo Marcus Green, Camélia Jordana, José María Prado and Nebojša Slijepčević.
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NewsHot Docs entry ‘Spare My Bones, Coyote!’ lands sales agent; first trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Montreal-based h264 reunites with director Jonah Malak.
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NewsNadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ added to Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, boarded for sales
EXCLUSIVE: Les Films du Losange will launch sales on the film at Cannes.