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 2025 Sundance Film Festival through the art that these storytellers share with us, there’s always more we can […] The post Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Cole Webley, the...

Swiss-Kenyan director Damien Hauser’s dystopian fable “Memory of Princess Mumbi,” set during 2093 in an imaginary Africa created with the use of artificial intelligence, scooped the Golden Tulip Award at the Istanbul Film Festival on Sunday. Set in the futuristic African country of Umata, “Memory of Princess Mumbi” is a playful meta-fiction that is part […]

Review of Daniel Pemberton's soundtrack for Project Hail Mary

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Capsule review of Philippe Rombi's music for Les Enfants de la Résistance

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Joel Alfonso Vargas and the cast and crew of “Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)” attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Jason Peters for Sundance Institute) By Jessica Herndon In Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo), premiering in […] The post “Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)” Brings Bronx...

The 3rd edition of the New Critics & New Audiences Award is now open for voting, held from February 4th to 18th, as part of an initiative that promotes the circulation and discovery of European short films amongst new audiences.

Applications are open from March 9th to April 13th, 2026, for the 3rd edition of the European Workshop for New Curators, an initiative organised by the European Network for Film Discourse (The END) and Talking Shorts, aimed at aspiring film programmers and curators.

Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival has announced the first highlights of the Stereo section for its 34th edition, confirming the film-concerts Mão Morta Redux and Alabaster DePlume.

The New Voices section of the 34th edition of the Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival presents a complete retrospective dedicated to Spanish filmmaker Guillermo Galoe, one of the most compelling emerging voices in contemporary European cinema.

Movie: The Discarded Ones Director: Johan Andren “December stillness, crossed by twilight roads, Teach me to travel far and bear my loads.” Siegfried Sassoon There is a quiet severity to The Discarded Ones, directed by Johan Andren, that resists immediate articulation. It is not merely a war film that strips away spectacle, but one that … The post ReviewThe Discarded Ones appeared first...