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Peter Hujar's Day leads Independent Spirit nominations
Full list of film contenders revealed - 03 Dec 2025
by Jennie Kermode
One Battle After Another takes top Gotham prize
It Was Just An Accident wins on the numbers - 02 Dec 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Pillon rides high at BIFAs
Harry Lighton's BDSM romantic drama wins four awards - 01 Dec 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Udo Kier dies at 81
German star leaves a remarkable legacy of work - 24 Nov 2025
by Jennie Kermode
Great night for The Good Daughter in Tallinn
Spanish drama wins Grand Prix and actress accolades - 21 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Michelle Yeoh to receive Golden Bear
Berlin will honour star 'whose work defies boundaries' - 14 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
Cotton Queen crowned in Thessaloniki
Sudanese drama wins Golden Alexander - 10 Nov 2025
by Amber Wilkinson
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

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Bait for the beast
Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin
by Jennie Kermode
Ice cool
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond
by Jennie Kermode
Songs and silence
Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls
by Jennie Kermode
The beauty of doubt
Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stay-at-Home Seven: December 1 to 7
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
Mincan: I'm staying true to myself
Director on loneliness, fear and memory in Milk Teeth
by Amber Wilkinson
'We were banned from leaving the country for one year'
Mohammadreza Eyni and Sara Khaki on the challenges of shooting and distributing Iranian doc Cutting Through Rocks
by Amber Wilkinson
Breaking the cycle
Júlia de Paz Solvas and Núria Dunjó on resilience and hope in The Good Daughter
by Amber Wilkinson
Caught in a trap
Jurgis Matulevicius on toxic masculinity, trauma and broken dreams in China Sea
by Amber Wilkinson
Many strings to her bow
Isabel Hagen on moving from viola player to stand-up comic and filmmaker
by Amber Wilkinson
One of a kind
Johnny Pigozzi on connections with Ed Bahlman and I Am Curious Johnny
by Anne-Katrin Titze
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 24 to 30
Films to stream or watch on TV this week
by Amber Wilkinson
All at sea
Max Burgoyne-Moore, Salvatore Scarpa and Zack Elsokari on asylum seekers and Largo
by Jennie Kermode
After power, the masquerade
Andrés Clariond on image-making and political freefall in Versalles
by Edin Custo
Picturing a killer
Charlie Shackleton on the language of true crime and Zodiac Killer Project
by Jennie Kermode
Survivors speak up
Aoife Kelleher on Justice for Magdalenes and making Testimony
by Jennie Kermode
'Two faces of the same monster'
A conversation with the cast of Versalles
by Edin Custo
A red thread
Dolores Fonzi on how activism led to filmmaking in the case of Belén
by Jennie Kermode
Stay-at-Home Seven: November 17 to 23
Films to stream or watch on telly this week
by Amber Wilkinson and Jennie Kermode
The most wonderful time
Seth Porges on the Cacophony Society, sparking imaginations, and Santacon
by Jennie Kermode

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Bait for the beast Simon Panay on challenging attitudes to albino people in The Boy With White Skin

Ice cool Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani talk Reflection In A Dead Diamond

Songs and silence Urška Djukić on music, unspoken communication and Little Trouble Girls

The beauty of doubt Toni Servillo on costumes by Carlo Poggioli and working with Paolo Sorrentino on La Grazia

Peter Hujar's Day leads Independent Spirit nominations Full list of film contenders revealed

One Battle After Another takes top Gotham prize It Was Just An Accident wins on the numbers

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