The Festival press conference, organised by the CNC, has just ended. Mickaël Marin, CEO of CITIA, and Marcel Jean, Artistic Director, presented the Official Selection, Screening Events, the new features for 2025 and other highlights of this year's progamme, which will be held from 8th to 14th June. “After a historic 2024 edition, with a record attendance of 17,400 badgeholders, and all this despite a difficult context for the industry, we have worked with rene...

We are pleased to announce the 41st annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) will take place from February 4 through February 15, 2026. SBIFF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts and educational organization dedicated to discovering and showcasing the best in independent and international cinema. Recently, the festival celebrated its 40th year with multiple sold out events and screenings throughout the fest. SBIFF has become one of the leading film festivals in the United States &nda...

  Golden Horseman 2025 / Copyright: FILMFEST DRESDEN 37 Filmfest Dresden (8–13 April, 2025)   Award Winners of the 37 Filmfest Dresden 17 Prizes Worth €70,500 Awarded // Double Awards for PANADRILO (Panama) and DO SOMETHING ()) // Golden Horsemen for VOX HUMANA (), SOCIAL CLUB (), I DIED IN IRPIN (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine) and more This Saturday evening, the award winners of the 37 Filmfest Dresden were announced in the National, Inter...

SERET London 2025 8–15 May Meet Our Special Guests     This year’s SERET London brings you not only the best of Israeli cinema—but also the incredible people behind it. us for exclusive Q&A sessions with the actors, directors, and crea...

We are delighted to announce the 28th UNAFF (United Nations Association Film Festival), which was founded in 1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the g of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.   The 28th UNAFF will be held from October 16th to 26th in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, San Francisco, and at Stanford University with the theme MESSAGES FOR THE FUTURE. It continues our devotion to human r...

  “Our lineup reflects our two main focuses this year: international and independent voices”; 73% of the Festival’s 245 films are currently without US distribution and feature titles from 74 countries/regions around the globe communicating in 63 different languages  SIFF announced today the lineup of films screening at the 51st Seattle International Film Festival, to be held May 15-25 at venues across the Seattle area and followed by a week of select encore scr...

  Winning Feature to Receive Worldwide Distribution Contract   Hawk Hill Pictures Presents: Mtn Craft Film Festival at the Parkway Theater will take place May 2-3, 2025 in McKees Rocks. This inaugural celebration of independent filmmaking will feature a full lineup of action, comedy, drama, thriller, and documentary films—culminating in a presentation of the Grand Prize award. “Our goal is to provide a real, tangible next step for filmmakers,” said ...

On April 11 and 12, 2025, the Département des Alpes-Maritimes hosted the very first World AI Film Festival (WAiFF) at the Cinéma Pathé Gare du Sud in Nice, a unique event dedicated to the interaction between new technologies and cinematographic and audiovisual creation. The first edition has been a success, both in of the quality of the works presented and the enthusiasm of the public and professionals in attendance. Organized by the Département des Alpes-Ma...

  Winners: copyright: Michael Kaltenecker   37 Filmfest Dresden (8–13 April, 2025)   Festival Record: Over 17,000 Visitors at 37 Filmfest Dresden Cinema Audiences of 10,400 // 38 Filmfest Dresden from 14 to 19 April 2026         The 37 Filmfest Dresden ended on Sun...

  Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in San Jose, CA wrapped to pre-pandemic audience levels and critical acclaim. Cinequest’s Virtual Festival (on the Creatics platform) followed and wowed audiences with its unique and proprietary integration of live and streamed experiences. Cinequest showcased 238 films (110 World or U.S. Premieres) presented by 620 artists from 52 countries. Cinequest (domiciled in the Silicon Valley) lived up to its reputation of providing t...

MIFFest Assembles Its Strongest Line-Up of Ambassadors Yet, Bront Palarae Returns, ed by Siti Saleha and Daiyan Trisha   Sets a Purposeful Vision for the Future of Regional Cinema with ASEAN On Screen Launch, Hong Leong Bank Multi-Year Partnership, and Landmark Collaboration with European Film Festival for its 25th Anniversary   The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) has unveiled key highlights for its highly anticipated 8th edition, taking place from 19-27 July 2...

First screening events across the country will take place in San Francisco, Boston, Wichita, and Birmingham    When We Arrive As Flowers, Resist: The Resistance Revival Chorus, Loving Town   San Francisco IndieFest’s social justice-focused touring film festival Resistance of Vision announced the film lineup for the debut screenings in Boston, Wichita, Birmingham (which also includes a virtual component), and San Francisco next month (May 1-3, 31). In additi...

  Now in its 14th year, the South Asian Film Festival of Montréal runs from April 25 to May 10 both in cinema and online, this is the only South Asian film festival in Quebec. Truly unique, it is the ultimate cinematic journey, offering over 50 eye-opening, thought-provoking, humanity-filled films people would likely never have a chance to see elsewhere, many films are Canadian premieres. Film enthusiasts can expect world-class films about the lives of South Asians everywhere in a m...

Sydney Film Festival today announces the Australian Premiere of the most talked about Australian film of the year, Together. Written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco, his debut feature will open the 72nd edition of the Festival on Wednesday 4 June at the State Theatre, followed by a post-screening celebration at Sydney Town Hall. Fresh from becoming the breakout-hit at Sundance, Together is a bold new Australian feature that b...

The call for entries for the 20th edition of DocsMX – the Mexico City International Documentary Film Festival – is now open. We are looking for powerful, moving, and thought-provoking stories from all over the world to be part of this special edition. If you are a documentary filmmaker and your film is ready to meet its audience, submit it now. One month left before the call closes. This year, we celebrate 20 editions of stories that matter. Will yours be one of them? T...

The Tui International Film Festival, taking place from May 7 to 11, once again reaffirms its strong commitment to Galician cinema. For another year, Play-Doc serves as a key gathering space, bringing together different generations of filmmakers — from recognized voices to emerging talents.   In addition to presenting the recent films that will be part of the Galicia Competition, the festival also showcases projects at various stages of development, as well as the recovery of lesse...

24 April/2 May 2025 - Udine, Italy, Teatro Nuovo and Visionario: Two opening titles: Chinese comedy Green Wave and South Korean horror Dark Nuns. 2025 Golden Mulberry Awards to Tsui Hark and Sylvia Chang. Chinese comedy Green Wave and South Korean horror Dark Nuns will officially be opening the 27th edition of the Far East Film Festival on Thursday 24 April. The international spotlight will then remain on the Teatro Nuovo and the Visionario until Friday 2 May when animated love story...

Watch Nellie K on stage acceptance speech winning best script at Chandler International Film Festival 2025 *   ...

  A dramatised documentary in making: A small regional train moving through the tiny little villages in Switzerland... A curious boy along with a born adventurer, the Forever Young Man... They set out on a quest for discovery… Inside stories are unfold. Tales of shattered dreams whisper in silence. A larger-than-life tale from the real-life spectrum. Cast: Nazia Khan, Emran Hashmi, Ali Alghamdi, Ibrahim, Yukta Mookhey – and introducing Akhdan Alam as ...

A man. A woman. A deserted beach. A turbulent sky. Intoxicating music. A 3-month-old idea. A 3-week shoot. A 20-second scene. Eternity lasts but a moment in the end.   It was 60 years ago. In 1965, two damaged beings played by Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant met, charmed each other, resisted, and finally twirled under Claude Lelouch's incandescent camera. The Palme d'or in Cannes in 1966, the two Oscars in Hollywood in 1967 and the dozens of awards ar...

Vesoul Fest Jury President (right 2001) In Memoriam Max Tessier: 1944 - 2025   We have just learned of the death in Manila of Max Tessier, film critic, lecturer and former Cannes Film Festival selector. We are deeply saddened by his death.  We had a thirty-year friendship with him. He was one of the memories of world cinema. From 1965, he contributed to Jeune Cinéma, then in 1967 to Cinéma. In 1972, he was one of the founders of Ecran. He was a columnist for Revue d...

    This year's visual is by illustrator Alex Besikian ­ ...

In 2025, the SRF – the French Film Directors’ Guild – is proud to honor TODD HAYNES. A filmmaker born in the heart of the American counterculture, he carries his legacy of challenging norms, whether social, sexual or artistic, with pride. TODD HAYNES will be awarded the Carrosse d’Or on May 14th, 2025 in Cannes, during the Directors’ Fortnight opening ceremony. «From Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story to Safe, Velvet Goldmine, Carol and M...

The highly anticipated American film will be presented Out of Competition at the Grand Théâtre Lumière May 14. On Wednesday, May 14, actor and producer Tom Cruise, his long-time collaborator, director and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, and the cast will walk the steps of the Palais des Festivals. This is only the Hollywood legend's third appearance on the Croisette: the first in 1992, for the premiere of Ron Howard's Far and Away, a few years went by before T...

To mark the 10th anniversary of the Women In Motion program, Kering presents the results of an in-depth study on the evolution of gender equality in film since 2015 and conducted by Dr. Stacy L. Smith, professor at USC and founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative (AII)Illustration by Malika Favre   The Kering | Women In Motion program celebrates its 10th anniversary Since its launch at the Festival de Cannes in 2015, Women in Motion has become an important platform dedicated...