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The full list of titles set for the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival has been revealed, and it’s another powerhouse lineup — scroll below to check it out. The venerable event in 2023 took place under the cloud of the SAG-AFTRA strike, which prevented many stars coming out in support of their…

Alfonso Cuarón's Apple TV+ Series Disclaimer, based on Renée Knight's bestselling novel, will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The show is among four titles announced by Venice on Tuesday as selected in a sizzling Out of Competition – Series line-up alongside Joe Wright's M. Son Of The Ce…

EXCLUSIVE: Justine Bateman has been warning about the corrosive realities of generative AI for the creative community long before most people started paying any attention to the rise of the machines. Now the Violet director is putting her SOS on the big screen with a no AI-allowed film festival. Set…

Baltasar Kormákur was in a reflective mood at the Taormina Film Festival, where his romantic drama Touch had its Italian premiere this past week. The Icelandic filmmaker compared Touch to his first feature, 2000's 101 Reykjavik. The former was "a black comedy about love," while Touch is "a way more…

On Monday, the Sundance Institute unveiled a few key bits of information surrounding the next Sundance Film Festival, which is slated to take place as usual in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 23 – February 2. In a letter to the film community, Director, Sundance Film Festival and…

RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys will be the opening-night film of the 62nd New York Film Festival at Alice Tully Hall on September 27, the fest’s parent organization, Film at Lincoln Center, revealed Monday. The adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel stars Ethan Herisse and Brandon…

Venice Critics' Week has unveiled the selection for its 39th edition running from August 28 to September 7. The seven titles in Competition include U.S-French filmmaker Alexandra Simpson's debut feature No Sleep Till, set against the background of a Florida coastal town in the lead-up to a…

EXCLUSIVE: Some high-profile jurors will be selecting winners for the 20th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Among those on board to adjudicate for the festival, which runs from August 8-18 at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel…

Veteran film festival chief Marco Müller took over the reins of Taormina in April, giving him a short window to pull together the ongoing 70th edition. After a week that has included the world premiere of Saint Clare starring Bella Thorne, the Italian premiere of Warner Bros/Universal's Twisters and…

After months of taking bids, the Sundance Film Festival has narrowed its search for a possible new home beginning in 2027 to to six contenders. One of five far-flung cities across the nation could be the new setting for the Robert Redford-founded indie festival, or Sundance could stay in its long-time…

Sharon Stone appeared at the Taormina Film Festival on Friday during a press conference held at the luxe San Domenico Palace (where Season 2 of The White Lotus was partially filmed). Stone is in the hilltop Sicilian town to accept the Golden Cariddi for Lifetime Achievement later this evening. In a…

Swedish-Chilean filmmaker Daniel Espinosa is feeling reinvigorated after returning to Europe to make his latest feature, Madame Luna, as well as Netflix's upcoming crime drama The Helicopter Heist. The director of Easy Money, Life, Safe House and Morbius tells Deadline: "I spent 12 years in America…