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Boris Lojkine's drama The Story Of Souleymane has won Best International Film at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The feature, which was feted with the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in May, revolves around a young man rehearsing his lines ahead of an asylum application interview as he cycles around…

UPDATED with latest: San Diego Comic-Con released the full schedule for its 2024 edition, which kicks off Thursday and runs July 25-28. The annual confab is officially centered at the San Diego Convention Center, but in reality it invades the city with its army of comics, genre, movie and TV fans and…

Steve McQueen's Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan, will be the closing night selection of the 62nd New York Film Festival, making its North American premiere, said the fest's parent Film At Lincoln Center. The re-creation of London during its blitzkrieg by the Germans during World…

EXCLUSIVE: WME Independent announced on Wednesday that they will be launching domestic sales on King Ivory, the starry crime thriller written and directed by John Swab (Ida Red), at this year’s Venice Film Festival, where the film is world premiering in competition. Based on extensive research…

The Venice Film Festival, a perennial awards platform, revealed another powerhouse lineup Tuesday morning, including Todd Phillips' Joaquin Phoenix-Lady Gaga starrer Joker: Folie à Deux, Pedro Almodóvar's English-language debut The Room Next Door with Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, Luca Guadagnino’s…

The inaugural World Culture Film Festival kicks off in Los Angeles Thursday, a four-day event "dedicated to showcasing films that inspire, educate, and celebrate diverse cultures." WCFF opens with Oscar-shortlisted dramedy The Monk and the Gun, directed by Pawo Choyning Dorji. The Bhutanese filmmaker…

The full list of titles set for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s another powerhouse lineup — scroll below to check it out. The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their…

Alfonso Cuarón's Apple TV+ Series Disclaimer, based on Renée Knight's bestselling novel, will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The show is among four titles announced by Venice on Tuesday as selected in a sizzling Out of Competition – Series line-up alongside Joe Wright's M. Son Of The Ce…

EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival. Set…

Baltasar Kormákur was in a reflective mood at the Taormina Film Festival, where his romantic drama Touch had its Italian premiere this past week. The Icelandic filmmaker compared Touch to his first feature, 2000's 101 Reykjavik. The former was "a black comedy about love," while Touch is "a way more…

On Monday, the Sundance Institute unveiled a few key bits of information surrounding the next Sundance Film Festival, which is slated to take place as usual in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 23 – February 2. In a letter to the film community, Director, Sundance Film Festival and…

RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys will be the opening-night film of the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on September 27, the fest’s parent organization, Film at Lincoln Center, revealed Monday. The adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon…