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My Father's Shadow leads BIFA race
Pillion and I Swear also among the front runners - 05 Nov 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Diane Ladd dies at 89
Laura Dern leads tributes to her mother - 04 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
'Trust is the key word'
Thessaloniki guest of honour Isabelle Huppert on working relationships and her career - 03 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Gotham nominations kick off awards season
One Battle After Another takes the lead - 02 Nov 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Peter Watkins dies at 90
Family pay tribute to 'incisive, inventive' pioneer - 02 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Evolution Mallorca honours Julio Medem
Time We Lost takes top prize as festival draws to a close - 30 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival announces line-up
Event to open with Yalla Parkour - 30 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
French Film Festival UK line-up announced
Ozon, Klapisch, Ducournau and Linklater among big names screening at 33rd edition - 29 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Buscemi honoured by Mallorca Evolution
Cinematographer Papamichael and rising star Garcia-Jonsson also celebrated - 22 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Fucktoys takes top Newfest award
Multiple mentions for She's The He and Rainbow Girls - 22 Oct 2025
by Jennie Kermode
They Will Be Dust to open Tallinn Black Nights
Choice part of PÖFF29's Catalan Focus - 20 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Martel's Landmarks takes top prize at LFF
One Woman One Bra and The Travelers also among winners - 19 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Tallinn announces doc programmes
Baltic documentaries have dedicated competition for the first time - 14 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Diane Keaton dies at 79
Tributes paid to actor, producer, writer and fashion icon. - 11 Oct 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Tallinn announces 29th edition competition line-up
UK's Think Of England among world premieres - 10 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Black Nights announces debut feature line-up
Samuel Abrahams' Lady among competition - 07 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Dragonfly takes top prize at Dinard
Daisy-May Hudson named Talent of Tomorrow for debut fiction feature Lollipop - 05 Oct 2025
by Richard Mowe
Isabelle Huppert to be Thessaloniki guest of honour
Star to hold masterclass as festival showcases 15 of her films - 03 Oct 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Fears for detained filmmaker Barbara Gomes Marques
Husband claims director has been denied medical care - 30 Sep 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Sundays snags San Sebastian Golden Shell
Joachim Lafosse drama & Voice Of Hiind Rajab among winners - 27 Sep 2025
by Amber Wilkinson

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Fluidity of memory
Sophy Romvari on the nature of recollection and drawing on her own life for Blue Heron
by Amber Wilkinson
Translating relationships
Hana Jušić and her crew on the themes and craft of God Will Not Help
by Amber Wilkinson
The house always wins
Gerard Johnson and Polly Maberly on angry cinema and Odyssey
by Paul Risker
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 3 to 9
Films to stream or catch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
It’s about re-enchantment
Christian Petzold on cinema history, lullabies, Laura, Rebecca and Miroirs No. 3
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Celluloid ghosts
Nikolas Red on the film history of the Philippines, and Posthouse
by Jennie Kermode
Off the beaten path
Rod Blackhurst on marrying slasher film and fairy tale in Dolly
by Jennie Kermode
Right of return
David Wilkinson on giving back the Parthenon Marbles and cancer doc One In Two
by Amber Wilkinson
Existence and resistance
Annemarie Jacir on history, poetic freedom and Palestine 36
by Casper Borges
Images in conflict
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Lynsey Addario on Love+War
by Paul Risker
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 27 to November 2
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
A space of narrative
Gianfranco Rosi on Pietro Marcello, archival footage and Below The Clouds
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Halloween listings 2025
Spooky happenings in UK cinemas
by Jennie Kermode
Memento Mori
Depeche Mode: M director Fernando Frias on Mexican culture, mortality and music
by Amber Wilkinson
In pursuit of freedom
Crispin Glover on creating slideshows, his acting process, Kafka and Mr. K
by Casper Borges
Spring in his step
Joachim Lafosse on the personal story behind his latest film and its lighter feel
by Amber Wilkinson
'It’s like a sport.. you train a lot and suddenly it comes naturally'
Ingrid García-Jonsson on acting and winning Evolution Mallorca's New Talent award
by Amber Wilkinson
'I wanted the film to be extremely subjective'
Kasia Adamik on claustrophobia and the cold in 'anti-spy thriller' Winter Of The Crow
by Amber Wilkinson
Stay-at-Home Seven: October 20 to 26
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
The family that slays together
Tina Romero on her father's legacy, queer community and Queens Of The Dead
by Jennie Kermode

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Fluidity of memory Sophy Romvari on the nature of recollection and drawing on her own life for Blue Heron

Translating relationships Hana Jušić and her crew on the themes and craft of God Will Not Help

The house always wins Gerard Johnson and Polly Maberly on angry cinema and Odyssey

It’s about re-enchantment Christian Petzold on cinema history, lullabies, Laura, Rebecca and Miroirs No. 3

Celluloid ghosts Nikolas Red on the film history of the Philippines, and Posthouse

My Father's Shadow leads BIFA race Pillion and I Swear also among the front runners

Diane Ladd dies at 89 Laura Dern leads tributes to her mother

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