Events
Telluride Film Festival 2026 (September 4–7, 2026, Telluride, Colorado)
Festivals such as Sundance, Toronto and New York publish their line-ups weeks ahead of the opening, complete with trailers and premiere dates. Telluride does not. Since 1977, the festival has withheld its program until the [...]
Locarno Film Festival 2026: The Magic of Cinema Returns to Piazza Grande
Running August 5 to 15, 2026, the Locarno Film Festival celebrates its 79th edition. The program features 233 films in total, including 8 international premieres and 17 titles in the International Competition. Opening the festival [...]
Televerse Festival (August 14–16, 2026, Los Angeles)
From August 14 to 16, 2026, Los Angeles will host the second edition of Televerse, the festival organized by the Television Academy, dedicated entirely to the world of television. The event will be held at [...]
Videocittà – Agorà (July 10–12, 2026, Gazometro, Rome)
Rome's Gazometro lights up again this summer for the ninth edition of Videocittà, the festival of vision and digital culture conceived by Francesco Rutelli. From July 10 to 12, under the title "Watercult 2026," this [...]
LA Shorts International Film Festival (July 30– August 12, 2026, Los Angeles)
Now in its 30th edition, the LA Shorts International Film Festival stands as one of the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world. Founded in 1997, it is the longest-running short [...]
Italian Global Series Festival, (July 3-11, 2026, Riccione and Rimini), Italy
Early July on Italy’s Adriatic Riviera means long days, warm evenings and full cinemas: in 2026, Rimini and Riccione once again welcome the Italian Global Series (IGS) Festival, turning the seaside cities into a summer [...]
Telluride Film Festival 2026 (September 4–7, 2026, Telluride, Colorado)
Festivals such as Sundance, Toronto and New York publish their line-ups weeks ahead of the opening, complete with trailers and premiere dates. Telluride does not. Since 1977, the festival has withheld its program until the afternoon it begins — a policy with no equivalent among major events on the international circuit. Telluride is also careful never to describe its selections as premieres. The festival defines itself instead as a "sneak-preview" event, presenting films without the months of promotional lead-up that [...]
Locarno Film Festival 2026: The Magic of Cinema Returns to Piazza Grande
Running August 5 to 15, 2026, the Locarno Film Festival celebrates its 79th edition. The program features 233 films in total, including 8 international premieres and 17 titles in the International Competition. Opening the festival is Les Yeux Vertes, a French-Belgian-Swedish co-production by directing duo Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh. Italy is well represented. In competition, Armony by Dario Albertini follows a truck driver, played by Valerio Mastandrea, who must suddenly care for his orphaned granddaughter while battling an unrelenting [...]
Televerse Festival (August 14–16, 2026, Los Angeles)
From August 14 to 16, 2026, Los Angeles will host the second edition of Televerse, the festival organized by the Television Academy, dedicated entirely to the world of television. The event will be held at the JW Marriott at L.A. LIVE, in the heart of the city, which for three days will become a meeting point for the public, industry professionals and showbiz stars. Following the success of the first edition, which in 2025 drew more than 2,500 attendees from [...]
Videocittà – Agorà (July 10–12, 2026, Gazometro, Rome)
Rome's Gazometro lights up again this summer for the ninth edition of Videocittà, the festival of vision and digital culture conceived by Francesco Rutelli. From July 10 to 12, under the title "Watercult 2026," this edition places water at its center — as natural resource, climate urgency and artistic inspiration — across immersive installations, video art, virtual reality, audiovisual live sets and performances that turn the Ostiense district into an open-air laboratory of contemporary creativity. At the professional heart of [...]
