From September 2 to 12, 2026, the Venice Lido will once again become the epicenter of world cinema for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, directed by Alberto Barbera. Maggie Gyllenhaal will preside over the international jury, joined by director Kaouther Ben Hania, composer Daniel Blumberg, and Francesco Casetti, Sterling Professor of Humanities and Film and Media Studies at Yale and one of the world's leading film theory scholars. Kicking off this edition, however, is the news of the Golden [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 film festival in Los Angeles, and an official qualifying event for the Oscars®, the BAFTAs, the Goya Awards and the Canadian Screen Awards. Over three decades, the festival's pedigree has become hard to match: 69 LA Shorts filmmakers have earned Academy Award® nominations, and 18 [...]