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27th ANNUAL NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 AWARDS WINNERS
The 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) today announced its 2026 Awards winners. The 27th edition of the Festival was held from October 15-22, 2026, showcasing over 300 films from around the...
Newport Beach Film Fest is ready to kick off with an exceptional line-up: watch our dailies
Filmfestivals is proud to partner with Newport Beach Film Fest 27th ANNUAL NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL will open with Frampton, Peter Frampton attending for a Q&A The 2026 Newport Beach Film Festival...
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Join us October 15-22 for the 27th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival. Celebrated as the leading luxury lifestyle film festival in the United States, the annual Newport Beach Film Festival attracts...
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The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) unveils the line-up • Nov 03, 2026 at 06:52 PM
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The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)Multiple perspectives on a world in motion29th EDITION LINEUP REVEAL The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is proud to...
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Shifter(s) Series x AFM House - Winston Baker taking over Opening Night! • Nov 03, 2026 at 01:13 PM
AFM 2026Click here to be considered for an invitationAll registrations are subject to approval. An RSVP request does not guarantee admission*For sponsorship inquiries for this event, please email...
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Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, will receive the Giraldillo de Honor at the 23rd edition of the Seville European Film Festival • Nov 03, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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The head of one of the world's leading film festivals will receive the award for his contribution to the promotion of cinema and the preservation of film heritage. His award joins those already announced for Agnieszka Holland and Cartoon Saloon. The Official Section jury will be chaired by screenwriter and vice-president of the American academy Howard A. Rodman and made up of José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastián Film Festival; Lisa Marie Russo, filmmaker and producer; Denise O'Dell, producer; and Miguel Ángel Vivas, director, screenwriter and producer from Seville.
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48th EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS ready to kick off • Nov 03, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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An international festival dedicated to cinema from Africa, Latin America and Asia, the Festival des 3 Continents will take place in Nantes this year from 20 to 28 November 2026. Online ticket sales...
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Hluma Film Festival previously known as uMgungundlovu Film Festival, returns to Pietermaritzburg with 16 Films and Seven Industry Discussions • Nov 03, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Hluma Film Festival will bring two days of African storytelling, film screenings and industry dialogue to Pietermaritzburg on 14–15 November 2026. Now in its eighth edition, the festival, formerly...
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Women take center stage at the 16th Crime and Punishment FF • Nov 02, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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International Crime and Punishment Film Festival Unveils Its Full Programm
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The 23rd edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival takes place from November 20th to 28th, 2026 • Nov 02, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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THE MARRAKECH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS ITS OFFICIAL SELECTION Download Assets HERE Rabat, November 2nd, 2026. For its 23rd edition, taking place from November 20th to 28th, 2026, the...
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Run-up to IFFI 57, 2026, 3: Deadline for Market Screenings at WAVES Film Bazaar 2026 extended to November 3 • Nov 02, 2026 at 06:02 PM
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Run-up to IFFI 57, 2026, 3: Deadline for Market Screenings at WAVES Film Bazaar 2026 extended to November 3• New Deadline: November 3, 2026 (previously October 30, 2026)• Event Dates: November 20–24,...
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Run-up to IFFI 57, 2026, 02: Applications officially open for Producers’ Lab 2026 • Nov 02, 2026 at 05:39 PM
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Run-up to IFFI 57, 2026, 02: Applications officially open for Producers’ Lab 2026A Producers’ lab will be taking place in Goa, from November 20th to 24th, 2026, as part of IFFI 57. This intensive lab...
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 04: Comments, Questions and NO answers • Nov 03, 2026 at 04:27 AM
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 04: Comments, Questions and NO answersA media-house organising a film festival is commendable. That it is a travelling festival, and is held in several cities and...
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 03: Lost, but not found • Nov 02, 2026 at 03:16 PM
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 03: Lost, but not foundMaking the most of my early arrival (9.30) am) on Wednesday, 28 October, I decided to watch films till the last show, which would end at...
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Run-up to IFFI 57, 2026, 01 • Nov 01, 2026 at 02:46 PM
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 02: 16 years later, it still needs to wake up • Nov 01, 2026 at 07:23 AM
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai, 02: 16 years later, it still needs to wake upAfter some effort, I managed to get as Badge that said Media. No name was written on it. I was told to write it...
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai: 16 years later, it still needs to wake up • Oct 31, 2026 at 09:34 AM
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Jagran Film Festival, 2026, Mumbai: 16 years later, it still needs to wake upJagran is a media-house, known earlier as the group that published the Dainik Jagran newspaper. ‘Jagran’ means awakening...
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Submissions open for the 18th LA Crime & Horror Film Festival • Oct 31, 2026 at 08:37 AM
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Submissions are now open for the 18th season of the Los Angeles Crime & Horror Film Festivals, scheduled to take place in May 2027!Since the birth of film, with stories about everything from zombies...
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AFM26 Is Almost Here. Will You Be There?
The People. The Projects. The Possibilities.NOVEMBER 10–15 | FAIRMONT CENTURY PLAZA | LOS ANGELES Spend a few days surrounded by like-minded people who could become your next collaborators, business...
Call For Entries- Best Shorts Competition - December 2026 Season - Deadline December 4, 2026
The Best Shorts Competition is unique in the industry. Attracting both powerhouse companies as well as talented new filmmakers, The Best Shorts is an exceptional, truly international...
147 Films from 43 Countries: Full Programme of the 36th FilmFestival Cottbus Announced
147 films from 43 (co-)production countries, including 12 world premieres, six international premieres and 58 German premieres: FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) has unveiled the full programme of its 36th...
Unveiling the programme of the 30th Ji.hlava IDFF
The anniversary edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival kicks off in two weeks, and we have unveiled our line-up! The festival’s 30th edition will showcase 350 films across...
Fantasporto 2027 / 47th Porto International Film Festival opens the call for entry
PORTO CITY OF CINEMA, CULTURE, ARCHITECTURE, LEISURE…THE CITY OF FANTASPORTOSUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN TILL NOVEMBER 15th The Fantasporto 2027/47th Porto International Film Festival informs that the...
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival April 17 - 24, 2027 Call for entry opening now!
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FICCI FRAMES, 2026, 5: Netflix announces ‘Lock Upp’ New Season and Prime Video launches Dupahiya 2
FICCI FRAMES, 2026, 5: Netflix announces ‘Lock Upp’ New Season and Prime Video launches Dupahiya 2 On Day 1, 29 September, the fireside chat was on, ‘The New Fandom: How Reels, Creators and...
Stakeout premieress in Albania at Kuçova International Independent Film Festival
Stakeout has been selected to play in competition at the launching edition of Kuçova International Independent Film Festival (KIIFF) — Where Industrial Heritage Meets Contemporary CinemaGet ready...
IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY will close UNAFF Festival
October 256:50 PM IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY (US, 81min) 8:30 PM Awards Ceremony and Closing Night Reception sponsored by Coupa Café, Douce France, La Boheme and Terun Music by...
In the company of Wolves premieres at Insbruck Nature Film Festival
innsbruck nature film festival is a renowned nature and environmental film festival in Austria, which will take place for the 25th time in 2026. The international film contest attracts every year...
DIGGER: DIG THIS!
DIGGER: SUCCESS OF A DISASTER GENIUS MOVIE!Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qORTe1wW3WgI have always been the first one to admit about being wrong. In this case, we are “just” talking about...
‘Emerging from the Shadows’ Brings the Musical Legacies of Weinberg and Korngold to Newport Beach Film Festival
Emerging from the Shadows: Rediscovering the Legacies of Weinberg & Korngold, the acclaimed documentary from U.S.-German filmmaker Veronika Emily Pohl, has been named an Official Selection of the...
Spencer Jay Kim’s ‘The Fixed Mark’ Launches Festival Run With a Powerful Psychological Drama
The Fixed Mark, a gripping new short drama from writer/director Spencer Jay Kim, is embarking on its festival run. Blending psychological suspense, supernatural mystery and an intimate human story of...
A glimpse at what to expect at MIPCOM Next Docs from France - in partnership with Unifrance
Founded in 1949, Unifrance is the organisation responsible for promoting French cinema and TV content worldwide. During MIPCOM, Unifrance will present the first edition of Next Docs from France on...
Primetime, Review: An up-dater on predators
Primetime, Review: An up-dater on predatorsLook at the premise. There is a show on NBC TV in the USA, called Predator. It lures potential sex offenders/paedophiles into meetings with its decoy boys...
First retrospective at the second edition of Filmfest Aachen dedicated to Aachen based director/producer Michael Chauvistré from Happy Endings • Oct 07, 2026 at 08:39 PM
First retrospective at the second edition of Filmfest Aachen is dedicated to Aachen based director/producer Michael Chauvistré.Filmfest Aachen is a new international film festival founded in 2025 by...
What Remains of the Transformation: FilmFestival Cottbus Explores the 1990s and Their Lasting Impact
The upheavals of 1989/90 continue to resonate today. Biographical ruptures, new freedoms and social upheaval in the 1990s continue to shape political culture across Central and Eastern Europe. More...
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Coming Home from ShadowLand to SpiritWorld
USA April 2026 85 minutes documentary film by J.Mitchell Johnson & Daniel Golding (Quechan Indian tribe)
Coming Home: From Shadowland to Spiritworld is the story of a California native tribe’s surprisingly successful recovery of sacred land and their unique quest for reunification with descendants of tribal women taken to Russia at the end of that country’s brief colonial enterprise on the California coast.
Shot over a period of 14 years beginning in 2012 in a cinéma vérité style, Coming Home: From
Shadowland to Spiritworld follows the story of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians as they undertake an extraordinary effort to reclaim their ancestral lands on the Sonoma Coast after 170 years of displacement. Interweaving the little-known history of Russian colonization in California with a modern story of negotiation, diplomacy, and ceremony, the film shows how land repatriation becomes a powerful act of cultural renewal. The Kashia tell their own story without a third-party narrator as they confront the legacy of historical trauma—including generational loss and the ongoing impacts of colonialism—the return to their sacred places like Metini and Danaka reveals how restoring land can help restore identity, resilience, and community.
After sacred land goes up for sale following 170 years of dispossession brought-on by
the California genocide of native peoples, Kashia Pomo tribal-elder (OTIS PARRISH) mentors a pair of young tribal members (MARTINA MORGAN and JERRY PINOLA) on a journey seeking coastal land return and self-recovery that inspires healing, spiritual revival, and a search for the truth about those tribal members gone missing and murdered.
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STAKEOUT by Riker Lynch USA 90 minutes April 26
Suspicious of his new girlfriend, Jon enlists his wannabe-detective best friend for a DIY stakeout - only to stumble on a dangerous secret that puts them in way over their heads.
Action, comedy romantic thriller by Riker Lynch Writer, Director, Producer
Produced by Billy Gould, Ross Lynch, Gordy De St. Jeor and Riker Lynch
Casting: Riker Lynch, Titus Makin, Bella Martinez, Samuel Del Real, Curt Mega, Sammy Ferrenbach,Bobby UKey, Kayden Muller-Janssen
Riker’s band is ready to perform in sync with festival screenings.
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IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES: AN AMERICAN JOURNEY Documentary by Susan Kucera
1 hour 21 minutes
USA, December 2025
The American West is a mythos known around the world — a landscape of freedom, rugged individualism, boundless possibility, and the collision of human ambition with ecological reality. This film explores the truth beneath it, revealing how wolves — and the domesticated animals traveling in their wake — shaped our ideas, our folklore, and our sense of nationhood, altering the course of American history as profoundly as any human hand.
Academy-Award winner, JEFF BRIDGES narrates this stunning journey, following wolves as co-travelers through American history — from the shores of England to the birth of the New Republic and ultimately the colonization of the vast, contested landscapes of the modern American West. A place where the ensemble doesn’t merely walk through history; they trot, lope, stampede, and migrate across it reminding us that the connection between the wild and the domesticated have always reflected a deeper story of who we are as a nation — and who we might yet become.
Susan Kucera and Academy Award winner, Jeff Bridges, team up for their 3rd Documentary Film together, In the Company of Wolves; An American Journey. This is Susan's 8th documentary film following award winning films such as, Living in the Future's Past, Hot Money, 12th Hour, For the Love of Tango, Wild Genius, Breath of Life and Trading on Thin Air. She spent her youth filming on the ice fields of the Athabasca Glacier and has a deep love of nature, cinematography, animals and the great outdoors.
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"Lala my readhead" script by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
'LALA, MY REDHEAD'
Feature film by Nellie K. and Deniz Nala
in development stage, with a finalised script
Looking for support: partners and financiers.
Love and poverty, betrayal and wealth - centuries of traditions put to the test! A compelling story intricately woven into a comprehensive exploration of women’s status against the backdrop of the Roma culture. From the director of an award-winning film in Cannes 2023.
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The awards of 9th European Work in Progress
And the winners are...! The 9th edition of European Work in Progress (EWIP) awarded 10 outstanding film projects during a festive ceremony on the evening of September 29th, 2026. In cooperation...
2026 SCAD SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL REVEALS HONOREES
Keanu Reeves to Receive Legend of Cinema Award Top Award Season Contenders Gemma Chan, John Cho, Carrie Coon, Rosalind Eleazar, Jordan Firstman, James Gray, Anthony Ippolito, Kane Parsons, Billie...
San Diego International Film Festival announced honorees at our 25th Anniversary Night of the Stars Tribute.
Chelsea Film Festival Speakers from FIFA, The Gilded Age, Viewpark at Reel Magic Hour Industry Summit
We are pleased to announce the next influential speakers confirmed for the Reel Magic Hour® Industry Summit. Join the CEO of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Viewpark’s Executive, Variety’s 2026 Top 10...
First retrospective at the second edition of Filmfest Aachen dedicated to director/producer Michael Chauvistré from Happy Endings
First retrospective at the second edition of Filmfest Aachen is dedicated to Aachen based director/producer Michael Chauvistré.Filmfest Aachen is a new international film festival founded in 2025 by...
Asghar Farhadi: I made film “Parallel Tales” as a tribute to sound in cinema
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, said: “Sound plays an impactful role in cinema and is so important that the subject of my latest film, “Parallel Tales”, is sound; I made it...
Palmarès complet du 41e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur •
Après les Bayard, le FIFF Namur dévoile les Prix du Public et Prix Off ! Le 41e Festival International du Festival Francophone de Namur (FIFF Namur) a décerné ses Bayard & prix ce samedi 3 octobre...
CAMEMBERT remporte le Prix du Public Long Métrage
Découvrez les Prix Off !Hier, nous vous avons dévoilé le Palmarès de la Compétition du Court, du Prix Jury Junior, de la Compétition 1res Œuvres et de la Compétition du Long. Voici la suite des Prix...
Festival des Antipodes Saint-Tropez Du 15 au 18 octobre 2026
www.festivaldesantipodes.com Le mot du président Bernard Bories C’est d’au-delà des mers, en suivant les étoiles que vient à Saint-Tropez au cinéma Star le meilleur du cinéma australien et...
19th edition of the Festival Européen du Film Fantastique de Strasbourg
FULL PROGRAM Film d’ouverture Opening film Coyote Vs. Acme Film de clôture Closing film Hope Compétition internationale de films fantastiques International fantastic film competition Girl in the...
