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Mark your calendars. The 2025 Palm Springs Film Festival will run from January 2 through January 13, and the 2025 Film Awards will take place on Friday, January 3, the Palm Springs International Film Society announced Thursday. One of the first stops on the road to Oscars, nearly all honorees at the…

Film at Lincoln Center and African Film Festival Inc. have revealed the slate for the 31st New York African Film Festival, a lineup that includes more than 50 films hailing from over 25 countries. The festival, running from May 8-14, will open with the North American premiere of Over the Bridge…

EXCLUSIVE: MPI Media Group has acquired North American distribution rights for Saïd Belktibia's French thriller Hood Witch starring Golshifteh Farahani and Denis Lavant. The Chicago-based company announced the acquisition on the eve of the film's screening at horror-focused The Overlook Film Festival…

The 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) will open with Quentin Dupieux’s French-language comedy road movie Le Deuxième Acte (The Second Act). Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel and Raphaël Quenard star and will be in attendance. Above is a first-look still. Presented Out of Competition…

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is coming off a successful — and at times turbulent — 26th edition, wrapping "amidst an explosive ambiance with episodes of violence and intolerance." In a post-festival report, TiDF says 66,000 spectators and visitors participated in the event this…

EXCLUSIVE: ATX TV Festival is expanding its 2024 programming. The lineup will now feature several screenings and conversations from series including Industry Season 3, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, and Fargo. Other events will incorporate shows like Girls5eva into the programming as…

The Cannes Film Festival's Marché du Film is launching a new initiative, bannered Cannes Remakes, aimed at fostering remake opportunities for European feature films that have proven successful in their home territories. The inaugural program will include a pitching session of a curated selection of…

Cannes Directors' Fortnight is launching a new People's Choice audience award at its upcoming edition, running alongside the main festival from May 15-26. The parallel section said the award, which comes with a €7,500 ($8,100) cash prize, was in keeping with the spirit of the event, which has always…

What's the biggest documentary festival in the world? The International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. For now. Upstart CPH:DOX in Copenhagen aims to overtake IDFA as the top showcase for nonfiction film worldwide. On the new episode of Deadline's Doc Talk podcast, we sit down with CPH:DOX…

Prolific British writer Sarah Phelps, whose television credits include A Very British Scandal, Dublin Murders and long-running BBC soap drama Eastenders, encouraged an audience of writers at Dublin's Storyhouse festival not to get discouraged by trolls or hate mail for their work.  In a frank and…

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The Sudanese drama Goodbye Julia is continuing its impressive awards run, earning the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature over the weekend at the Sonoma International Film Festival in California. Mohamed Kordofani directed the story set in the context of the secessionist movement that led to…