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Sundance announces Sandbox Fund recipients
Four UK nonfiction productions/co-productions among selection - 23 Mar 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Lighton and McGoldrick join La Résidence
English and Northern Irish directors selected for Cannes development programme - 22 Mar 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Glasgow Short Film Festival opens
Downriver A Tiger kicks off 19th edition - 19 Mar 2026
by Andrew Robertson
Barbra Streisand to receive Honorary Palme d'Or
Cannes pays tribute to 'consummate creator and courageous citizen' - 16 Mar 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Golden night for Closure in Thessaloniki
Documentary about a grieving father's hunt for his son takes top prize - 16 Mar 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
One Battle After Another named Best Picture
Breakthroughs for women and Koreans, a new category, and an award with two winners. - 15 Mar 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Peter Jackson to receive Honorary Palme d'Or
Lord Of The Rings director 'privileged' to receive accolade - 05 Mar 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Dixie is top dog at the Fidos
Holly Johnson and Jean Christophe Bouvet among star guests - 02 Mar 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Sinners named Best Edited Feature Film
Golden Eddies winners announced - 28 Feb 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Stars and stripes flutters over the Césars
Carrey, Linklater and Anderson scoop awards in Paris - 27 Feb 2026
by Richard Mowe
Park Chan-wook for president
Cannes names South Korean filmmaker as jury head - 26 Feb 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Sundance announces 2027 dates and venues
Festival reveals key details about Colorado move - 24 Feb 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
One Battle After Another is BAFTA number one
Hamnet takes top UK prize as Jessie Buckley is named best Leading Actress - 22 Feb 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Golden night for Yellow Letters
İlker Çatak takes top prize in Berlin after controversial week of politics - 21 Feb 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Train Dreams rolls into first place at the Independent Spirit Awards
Lurker praised as an impressive newcomer - 16 Feb 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Frederick Wiseman dies
Filmmaker of rare vision passes away at 96 - 16 Feb 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Critics' Circle announces film awards
One Battle After Another fights off competition - 02 Feb 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
It Was Just An Accident screenwriter arrested in Iran
Jafar Panahi speaks out - 01 Feb 2026
by Jennie Kermode
Sundance announces winners
Josephine, Nuisance Bear, Shame And Money and To Hold A Mountain take top prizes - 30 Jan 2026
by Amber Wilkinson
Linklater on the crest of a César wave
Ten nods for Nouvelle Vague, with Moll and Demoustier close behind - 28 Jan 2026
by Richard Mowe

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Remodelling masculinity Logan Rozos and Lexie Bean on young trans men and What Will I Become?

An exercise in empathy Louise Weard on gender politics, transgressive cinema and Castration Movie

Scientific balance Tony Jones talks to us about opening a debate about lab animals with his documentary Sentient

A little bit of hope Miriam Margolyes, Jacki Weaver and Nat Boltt on feelgood cinema and Holy Days

Stardust sleuth We Are Stardust's Jon Larsen on his micrometeorite quest

Sugaring the pill Brea Grant, Ed Dougherty and Chelsea Stardust on Grind

Sundance announces Sandbox Fund recipients Four UK nonfiction productions/co-productions among selection

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GSFF 19th edition opens in Glasgow with Downriver A Tiger

Cannes Barbra Streisand to receive honorary Palme d'Or

Thessaloniki Golden Alexanders announced

Cannes Lighton and McGoldrick join La Résidence

Cannes Park Chan-Wook named as Jury head