The inaugural Skyfire Environmental Film Festival will feature documentaries “Kuleana,” narrated by Woody Harrelson, and “Fork in the Road,” backed by Nick Offerman, as the opening and closing night films, respectively. Skyfire aims to be more than a traditional film festival. Instead, the three-day environmental film and sustainability activation — set to take place March […]
A lucky eight film projects have landed support via Hubert Bals Fund’s HBF+Europe support schemes. The HBF+Europe: Minority Co-production Support scheme provides advanced financing for production, whilst HBF+Europe: Post-production Support helps consolidate funding once shooting is complete.
(L-R) The cast and crew of “Dead Lover” at The Ray Theater for its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Robin Marshall/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Jordan Crucchiola “Only at Midnight!” is a tagline that could rightly be emblazoned across a poster for Dead Lover, a horror-inflected comedy from writer, […]
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(L–R) Marlene Forte, Lou Taylor Pucci, Addison Heimann, Jordan Gavaris, and Olivia Taylor Dudley attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Touch Me” at The Ray Theatre on January 28, 2025, in Park City, UT. (Photo by Donyale West/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By Shelby Shaw “‘Hey, would you be into this weird movie […]
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Canadian filmmakers Bruce LaBruce and Louise Weard, both known for pushing boundaries in the LGBTQ film space, are set to be honored by Italy’s Sicilia Queer Filmfest that will run in Palermo from May 25-31. LaBruce, whose most recent thought-provoking feature “The Visitor” — a London-set reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 film “Teorema” — premiered positively […]
The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) has announced a new intitiative, the Institute for the Moving Image, a major new year-round training and educational initiative. Launching in 2026, the Institute will expand “VIFF’s commitment to artist development and industry leadership beyond the annual fall festival” and “transform VIFF’s longstanding festival-intensive development programs...