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What happens when you've exhausted all options and cast your last line of hope into the sea of unattainable American Dreams? This is the question posed by co-writer and director Justin Kim WooSŏk in his Korean American short film Sarajin. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival…

Venice Film Festival Artistic Director Alberto Barbera has announced via X that he is quitting the platform in response to recent statements by its owner Elon Musk. "After the latest statements by the owner of Twitter (or rather, sorry, of X) , I have definitely lost the desire (already weakened) to…

The New York Film Festival said Luca Guadagnino's Queer will be the Spotlight Gala of the 62nd New York Film Festival, making its U.S. premiere. The adaptation of William S. Burroughs's novel, scripted by Justin Kuritzkes, stars Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Lesley Manville, Michael…

Seriesly Berlin, Germany’s latest TV fest, has unveiled first conference lineup. Big international TV names including American Honey producer Lucas Ochoa, beetz brothers’ Christian Beetz and Becoming Karl Lagerfeld creator Isaure Pisani-Ferry will take part in a series of panels from September 16 to…

Ex-GOP Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a prominent critic of Donald Trump, will get a major platform at the Toronto International Film Festival just weeks before the U.S. presidential election. TIFF announced its full documentary lineup this morning and among the standouts is The Last Republican, about…

Kate Winslet will be feted with the Zurich Film Festival's Golden Icon Award at its upcoming 20th edition running from October 3 to 13. Winslet will receive the award – paying tribute to her stellar career and filmography spanning films such Titanic to Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, The Reader…

Cannes' two top prizewinners, Payal Kapadia's All We Imagine as Light (Grand Prize) and Sean Baker's Anora (Palme d'Or) are among 32 features from 18 countries set for the New York Film Festival's Main Slate, unveiled today. Other titles at the venerable New York City mainstay include Roberto…

The 49th edition of the Toronto Film Festival continues to announce more movies, with the festival on Tuesday unveiled its 2024 Centrepiece lineup that features 43 titles from filmmakers representing 41 countries. TIFF runs September 5-15 under its new sponsorship with Rogers. In total, the list…

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala's period horror movie The Devil's Bath will represent Austria in the Best International Feature Film category of the 97th annual Academy Awards. The submission was decided by a jury of experts and announced by the Film & Music Association of the Austrian Federal…

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has selected Irish language feature Kneecap to represent Ireland in the International Feature Film category of the 97th annual Academy Awards.  Set in West Belfast in 2019, the drama revolves around a hip hop trio who rap in their native Irish language, to…

The 68th BFI London Film Festival (9-20 October) will close with the UK premiere of Piece by Piece, the animated Lego biopic based on the life and career of musician and designer Pharrell Williams.  Williams and the film’s director Morgan Neville are confirmed to attend the gala…

Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature The Room Next Door with Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton will be the Centerpiece selection at the 62nd New York Film Festival. The drama, an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's 2020 novel What Are You Going Through, make its U.S. premiere at Alice Tully Hall on…