film festivals
Six of the 10 Best Picture nominees were festival premieres, and it's hard to imagine their successes without those launchpads.
An animated short film festival is a video-game first, but it's one of many film and music events that Epic Games is using to broaden its appeal.
A constantly updated list of the festivals and markets that are adapting their plans to the coronavirus pandemic.
Veteran programmer Thom Powers has good reason to be optimistic about how festivals are adapting to changing times.
A special initiative titled "Locarno 2020 — For the Future of Films" is being launched to support directors whose films have been blocked by the pandemic.
Festivals aren't allowed in France until at least mid-July, but it's unclear exactly what contingencies Cannes is exploring.
"If Cannes is canceled, Cannes is canceled," said festival director Thierry Fremaux, as the industry tries to navigate new terrain.
The True/False Film Festival partnership with The Crossing was the envy of the doc world. Here's the inside story of how it fell apart.
Hernandez’s hiring has personal reverberations for this site, but it also speaks to the significance of the festival in the New York film community over the last several decades.
As the filmmaker scrutinizes complex VFX for multiple characters, he will likely unveil the film after the fall festivals.
The director of "The Immigrant" and "The Lost City of Z" explains his issue with film festival culture.
If film festivals are truly going to adapt more balanced approaches to programming, they may require some new ground rules.
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