A first-time director who messaged Oscar winner Hamaguchi Ryusuke’s cinematographer directly, and a former hunter whose film led Carlos Reygadas to float a collaboration, were among five Nippon Cinema Now filmmakers who shared the unexpected connections behind their work at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). The “How We Make Films” panel at Tokyo […]
Co-Presented by Letterboxd BOULDER, Colorado, October 21, 2026 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the Legacy program for the 2027 Sundance Film Festival, marking the first announcement of selections for the Festival’s inaugural edition in its new home of Boulder, Colorado. The Legacy program, formerly known as From the Collection, features projects from the […]
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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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International distributors continue to fall for “Ulya.” The Latvian Oscar submission for Best International Feature Film has closed North America (New Mountain Films), France (Destiny), Italy (Invisible Carpet), Slovakia (ASFK), former Yugoslavia (Five Star Distribution), Estonia (Hea Film), Lithuania (GPI), MENA (Teleview), Finland (Cinema Orion), Poland (1989) and Brazil (Belas Arte). The...
Les Arcs Film Festival has unveiled the European projects selected for the Coproduction Village and this year we find the likes of Cristina Groșan, Mikko Myllylahti, Benedikt Erlingsson and Bernhard Wenger among the selected new film projects.
On November 14, 2026, join Wildsight Invermere at the Columbia Valley Centre for their Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour event, an inspiring evening of films from around the world and a celebration of nature, conservation, adventure and our shared responsibility for the places we call home. The festival is a venue for inspiration, conversation, […]
Director Ueda Shinichiro made a name for himself with filmmaking that has embraced self-reflexivity: the beloved cult zombie film “One Cut of the Dead” was continually transforming, from a single-take horror-comedy into a meditation on the act of filmmaking and then the chaos of actually being on set. His new feature “Earthlings in Love,” showing […]
The Academy plans to keep taking the Oscars global, from recruiting members in underrepresented countries to streaming the ceremony free on YouTube, its leadership said in Tokyo, where CEO Bill Kramer said the share of members living outside the U.S. has grown from around 5% to 25% in a decade. Kramer was speaking at an […]
Kering Women in Motion, an allied program of the Tokyo International Film Festival, held a talk event on Tuesday at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills for a packed crowd. Director Kore-eda Hirokazu (“Shoplifters”) opened the event with brief remarks. “In recent years, I’ve been hearing people at international film festivals say, ‘Japanese films are really interesting […]