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Emma Stone beats the odds to win Best Actress - 10 Mar 2024
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New York festival to open with Sundance hit Sujo - 09 Mar 2024
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Weekend focuses on women in the Mafia - 08 Mar 2024
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Human Rights Watch London returns for 28th edition
Festival highlights role of youth - 04 Mar 2024
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2024 Golden Eddies announced
Oppenheimer and The Holdovers take top awards - 04 Mar 2024
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'President' Dolan returns to Cannes
Director 'humbled and honoured' to head Un Certain Regard jury - 29 Feb 2024
by Richard Mowe
Past Lives triumphs at Independent Spirits
Celine Song's drama takes top two prizes - 26 Feb 2024
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Oppenheimer wins at SAG awards
Kenneth Branagh thanks actors for strike - 25 Feb 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Dahomey wins Golden Bear
Mati Diop's doc takes top prize in Berlin - 24 Feb 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
Anatomy cleans up at the Césars
Oppenheimer’s Nolan pays tribute to France’s love for cinema - 24 Feb 2024
by Richard Mowe
Oppenheimer and Poor Things are big BAFTA winners
Rising Star award for Mia McKenna-Bruce - 18 Feb 2024
by Jennie Kermode
2024 BFI Flare line-up announced
Festival to open with Amrou Al-Kadhi's Layla - 13 Feb 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Society Of The Snow freezes out competition at Goyas
JA Bayona's film snags 12 gongs at Spanish Oscars - 11 Feb 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
HippFest announces line-up
Screenings include spotlight on Scotland and restored Lillian Gish film The Wind - 08 Feb 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
All Of Us Strangers leads the Dorian Awards
Barbie comes second in a wide-ranging contest - 06 Feb 2024
by Jennie Kermode
The Zone Of Interest tops London Critics Circle awards
Barbie and Oppenheimer go home empty-handed - 05 Feb 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Sundance announces prizewinners
Top gongs go to In The Summers, Sujo, A New Wilderness and The Porcelain War - 26 Jan 2024
by Amber Wilkinson
2024 Golden Eddie nominations announced
Nina West to host awards - 25 Jan 2024
by Jennie Kermode
Triet pipped at the post in number of César nominations
The Animal Kingdom beats Anatomy Of A Fall, with The Goldman Case in strong contention - 24 Jan 2024
by Richard Mowe
2024 Glasgow Film Festival programme announced
Love Lies Bleeding leads a strong line-up - 23 Jan 2024
by Jennie Kermode

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