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The latest film by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, titled “Midday Meal,” will have its world premiere in the main competition section of the 31st Busan International Film Festival (BIFF)

   New Jersey Film Festival Director interviews Clan of the Painted Lady Director Jennifer ChiuBy Al Nigrin originally published: 09/01/2026

Sudeep Sharma and director Adam Meeks host a Q&A for Union County at Sundance Film Festival: CDMX 2026. (Photographer: Antonio Delgado)

The Venice Film Festival used to be the place where the awards season put on its best tuxedo. This year, it looks more like a war room, with politics and political cinema set to dominate the red carpet. 

Ahead of film festivals, press conferences are an unusual sight for juries, but this time in Venice it appears that would not be the case.

Sundance Film Festival volunteer sign-up begins Aug. 31 – Left Hand Valley Courier

ARTS / FILM Russian Film Festival lands in five Chinese cities, spotlighting deeper cultural ties

Clockwise from top left: ‘Meteorite’, ‘Father Joe’, ‘The Difficult Bride’, ‘My Notes On Mars’, ‘Ink’, ‘Guria’

For the film festival circuit, this was supposed to be the year when Gazaand the Middle East faded into the background. 

I’ve spent the last two weeks trying to figure out where to send Lost Garden next, and the answer that keeps winning isn’t the one I expected. Not a regional showcase bolted onto an existing festival as a side program. Not a waiting game for a jury that still doesn’t have a category for a…