Championing documentaries that illuminate and expand the artform is at the core of what we do at the Sundance Institute. It’s a mission we share with the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, North America’s largest celebration of nonfiction cinema. Each spring, Toronto becomes a gathering place for nonfiction storytelling, and this year’s festival, running […] The post...

Adding their 20th feature film to the 2026 edition, the Directors’ Fortnight have extended a special to master filmmaker Bruno Dumont.

Tony Bancroft, the award-winning veteran animator, director and producer whose credits include classic Disney films such as “Mulan,” “The Lion King,” “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast,” will be making his first appearance at this year’s Animayo Gran Canaria festival in Spain, where he will be discussing his work and career and present Avery Kroll’s […]

The European Film Festival Network Young Programmers for Young Audiences! or Young4Film for short successfully concluded its third year of activities in December 2025 with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme. For the past three years, the network has been dedicated to its core mission: actively involving young programmers in shaping the programmes of six...

By Jessica Herndon  Things move so quickly these days that finding stillness can feel almost radical. However, according to dreamwork specialist Kim Gillingham, that pause is where some of the best creative breakthroughs live. During Sundance Collab’s immersive session Creative Dreamwork as an Artistic Practice, Gillingham invited artists to turn inward, embracing a more intuitive, […] ...

To celebrate Earth Day and OARS’ 40th anniversary, they are bringing the Wild & Scenic Film Festival to Concord, where 3 remarkable rivers meet and America’s roots run deep. In partnership with friends and local organizations, they are hosting five days of community-focused events in and around Concord Center from April 22 – 26. Their aim is to […]

Cannes Film Festival has announced more additions to its lineup, including Zachary Wigon’s horror film “Victorian Psycho” starring Maika Monroe, and Judith Godrèche’s feature debut “A Girl’s Story” for its Un Certain Regard section. “Victorian Psycho” stars scream queen Monroe as Winifred Notty, an “eccentric young governess who arrives at the remote gothic manor known […]

After weeks of suspense, James Gray’s anticipated next film “Paper Tiger” has joined the Palme d’Or race at the Cannes Film Festival. The gritty crime thriller, starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, will world premiere in competition, while Neon has secured North American rights, Variety has learned. “Paper Tiger” follows two brothers as […]

James Gray’s Paper Tiger was confirmed a couple of hour ago as the 20th and final feature in the Palme d’Or competition but we have a whole bunch of extra titles filling up the rest of the fest major sections with the Un Certain Regard section receiving a quartet of films.

Rashad Frett attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Ricky” at Eccles Theatre on January 24, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Lucy Spicer It’s not often that a film receives a standing ovation before the screening even starts. But when director of the Sundance Film […] The post “Ricky” Sensitively Portrays a...