Director Malcolm D. Lee talks to IndieWire about his new Peacock thriller "Strung" produced by Tyler Perry and Jason Blum, his second film to open the American Black Film Festival, after "Girls Trip."
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As Israel steps up air strikes in Lebanon, Beirut’s beloved Metropolis Cinema – championed by Lebanese filmmakers as an indie cinema beacon amid bombings, despair and dysfunction – has announced it is forging ahead with the second edition of its South Screens (Écrans du Sud) festival. “In times shaped by war, silence, and uncertainty, we […]
In director Sam McConnell’s new feature “Test,” Brock Yurich stars as Eddie, a competitive bodybuilder who suddenly finds himself attracted to his new coach (Mike Edward). In an exclusive first look at the film’s first teaser trailer, Eddie is seen pumping, primping and posing on the bodybuilder circuit. But there’s a much darker side to […]
The 2026 Tribeca Festival has set the world premiere of “Dreams of Violets,” a fully AI-generated film produced by studio Fountain 0 aimed at showcasing Iranian civilian resistance. The film’s premiere at Tribeca marks the first full-length, live-action film generated by AI to be accepted by a marquee film festival, according to Fountain 0. The film, […]
PRIZE WINNERS FROM CANNES
It's all over in France. The 79th Cannes Film Festival closed with its awards ceremony on Saturday evening and Cristian Mungiu's Fjord won the Palme d'Or. It was Mungiu's second Palme win after having won previously for Four Years, Three Weeks, Two Days back in 2007. That film played the Telluride Film festival.
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The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the complete jury rosters for its Golden Goblet Awards across five competitive categories. The festival runs June 12–21, 2026. Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, whose debut feature “Ilo Ilo” took the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2013, will preside over the Asian New Talent jury. He is joined […]
Director Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris talk about “Fire of Love” at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival: London. [Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published in 2022. We’re resharing this feature to celebrate the upcoming release of her new documentary Time and Water, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.] By Vanessa Zimmer […]
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Award Winners at ÉCU 2026: Theodoros Tziatzios, Yash Saraf, Henri Ikonen & Ella Koponen, Guillaume Levil and Philos Maurice Klein Written by Pia Stoffers At this year’s ÉCU, the independent film scene showed what truly great cinema is all about. Packed with creativity, bold storytelling, and distinctive artistic voices, the films turned the cinema into […]
Christopher Nolan is set to be featured in a complete retro by the Toronto International Film Festival’s summer marquee series that will start ahead of the July 17 North-American theatrical premiere of “The Odyssey.” The series at TIFF Lightbox cinema, titled “Christopher Nolan: Grand Designs,” will run July 8–Aug. 20 and feature screenings of Nolan’s works […]