Yeon Sang-ho’s “Colony” premiered in the Midnight Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday, marking the “Train to Busan” director’s return to the zombie genre. This time, he infuses it a distinctly contemporary twist that reflects anxieties about artificial intelligence, collective behavior and the erosion of human individuality. “All along my works, I […]
A buzzy opening-day screening at the Eccles Theater, "Tuner" lands laughs, gasps and real momentum.
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By Jessica Herndon One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. While we can learn a lot about the filmmakers from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival through the art that these storytellers share with us, there’s always more we can […]
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LOS ANGELES, CA, May 14, 2026 – The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the cohort selected for the 2026 Episodic Lab program, taking place at
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A still from “Past Lives” by Celine Song, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute
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Exclusive: Japanese filmmaker and Cannes perennial Kore-eda is back at the festival with his eighth Palme d'Or contender; he won in 2018 for "Shoplifters." Watch a first clip from "Sheep in the Box" here.
Swiss-French feature “Summer Drift,” premiering at ACID Cannes Saturday, May 16, follows Johanna Schopfer, a watch factory worker in Geneva whose summer obsession with restoring her vintage VW Beetle becomes a personal and political act of reclamation. Directed by Céline Carridroit and Aline Suter, the film moves between documentary and autofiction, using reconstructed scenes and […]
John Travolta got a major Cannes surprise ahead of the world premiere of his directorial debut “Propeller One-Way Night Coach” when the festival presented him with an honorary Palme d’Or, which is the Cannes equivalent of a lifetime achievement prize. Travolta was shocked and overwhelmed by the surprise honor, holding back tears while saying: “This […]
This year’s edition of the Provincetown International Film Festival will present the Next Wave Award to Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder. The honor recognizes those who have exciting and distinctive voices, take artistic risks and have a passionate commitment to independent film. Schoenbrun and Einbinder will receive the award on June 12 at the Crown […]
Japanese auteur Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s first French-language film, “All of a Sudden,” premiered in competition at Cannes on Friday to a seven-minute standing ovation, the longest of the fest so far. The three-hour-plus drama — about two women brought together by terminal illness — moved the audience in the Palais greatly, with many viewers weeping openly […]