It’s always very exciting to celebrate our beloved Maestro for his birthday and this year The Legacy of John Williams has prepared a gigantic tribute in the form of a 2-part podcast special that will hopefully engage and entertain you…

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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (Josef Kubota Wladyka, 2026) 3 out of 5 stars You might not expect a film entitled Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! to be about grief, yet Josef Kubota Wladyka’s movie manages to be just as silly as its name suggests while also attempting a somber portrait of one woman’s healing process after […] The post Sundance Review: “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” first appeared on...

Do you feel festival programming is mysterious and maybe a bit arbitrary? Why did one film get a prime evening slot while another plays earlier in the day? In reality, building screening blocks is a very intentional process, and understanding how festivals think can help filmmakers make smarter choices. Programming is about the audience, not just the film The first thing...

IndieX Film Fest is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2026 Annual Awards. This year, 110 projects have advanced to the Annual Competition, emerging from 12 monthly finalist rounds, with 2,195 films from 53 countries competing throughout 2025. These annual finalists, spanning 29 countries, showcase the breadth, diversity, and creative excellence of the genres featured across the...

We’re excited to share the films selected in the 2026 Scottish Competition of GSFF’s 19th edition, as well as the Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize shortlist. To see the all Scottish Short Film Competition and Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize screenings, and to book your tickets, visit the ticket shop. The post Scottish Competition Films Announced appeared first on Glasgow Short Film...

Written by Chiara De Liberti ÉCU works hard to keep independent cinema alive ! February already? Time really does fly, especially when you work as hard as our team. Find out what we’ve been up to in this February newsletter! During this cold and short month, our team’s energies are focused both on the management […]

For Karim Aïnouz, making “Rosebush Pruning” was uncharted territory. The film marks the first foray of the Brazilian auteur — known for his contributions to queer cinema (“Futuro Beach,” “Motel Destino”) and uniquely moving dramas (“The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão,” “Firebrand”) — into the genre of satire. But as the world locked down during […]

The ghost in Joko Anwar’s “Ghost in the Cell” doesn’t haunt – it holds accountable. Indonesian filmmaker Anwar used his Berlinale Forum entry “Ghost in the Cell” to channel societal anxieties about systemic corruption and environmental destruction through supernatural horror, creating a prison-set thriller that treats its genre elements as political instruments rather than escapist […]

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Movie : Kulyas 2: Zikr-i Ayin Director: Yunus Sevik “That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.” – H.P Lovecraft Kulyas 2: Zikr-i Ayin, directed by Yunus Sevik, unfolds like a whispered confession passed down through centuries. It does not rush to declare itself as horror. Instead, … The post ReviewKulyas 2: Zikr-i Ayin appeared first on Swedish...