Festivals

The friendly, local-audience-forward Cape Cod fest ran June 10-14, with audience award winners just announced.

"Savage," written by Connor Paolo and directed by Josh Bowman, took home the top prize at the Austin-based festival's inaugural showcase for independent television pilots.

KVIFF marks the most prestigious European film festival between Cannes and Venice.

While both "Three Colors: Pan-African" and "Girl Dad" won multiple awards in the U.S. Narrative Feature section, the Jordan Peele-produced "Spilled Milk" won the prestigious HBO Short Film Award.

The Sandra Wollner-directed drama is 1-2 Special's second Cannes buy, as the label previously bought another winner, with "La Gradiva."

Exclusive: Japanese filmmaker and Cannes perennial Kore-eda is back at the festival with his eighth Palme d'Or contender; he won in 2018 for "Shoplifters." Watch a first clip from "Sheep in the Box" here.

Exclusive: The American Cinematheque will partner with the Paris for another New York incarnation of its popular festival, with highlights including an archival 35mm print of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" and a new 4K restoration of "The Man Who Wasn't There."

The annual Arkansas festival will also screen festival hits like John Early's "Maddie's Secret," Liz Sargent's "Take Me Home," Ayden Mayeri's "Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story," and more.

The opening night crowd enjoyed a light period romance, "The Electric Kiss." It won't cross the Atlantic.

Exclusive: Rooftop Films announces the first round of its 2026 slate for its 30th season in New York.

Submissions are now open for the second edition of Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen's non-competitive filmmaking incubator, which takes place in Austin this September.

At the opening day press conference, political chat was front and center, often drawing applause from the international press corps.