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HIFF46 Student Film Competition – Fields Psychiatric Consultants

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HIFF46 Student Film Competition – Fields Psychiatric Consultants Instagram Facebook Youtube HIFF is excited to share a new opportunity for student filmmakers in partnership with Fields Psychiatric Consultants! Make a 30-60 second video commercial for Fields Psychiatric Consultants incorporating the phrase, “Same time next week?” Two winners, one K-12 and one University, will each receive a...

Arts & Culture Funding Cuts

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San Diego Can’t Afford to Cut to Black on Arts Funding Mayor Gloria’s draft FY2027 budget proposes cutting city arts and culture funding from approximately $11.8 million to under $2 million — ending 38 years of public investment in the arts. While the city’s deficit is real, eliminating arts funding is not a fiscally sound solution.  According …

June Screening | The Invite

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june Screening US: 107 min Starring: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, Edward Norton Director: Olivia Wilde Producer(s): David Permut, Ben Browning, Megan Ellison Synopsis: Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that… ...

May Screening | Power Ballad

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MAY Screening Lionsgate US: 98min Starring: Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu, and Jack Reynor Director: John Carney Producer: Anthony Bregman, John Carney, Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole Synopsis: When Rick (Paul Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Nick Jonas) during a gig, the two bond over… ...

Cannes’ Fantastic Pavilion Expands Global Genre Ambitions Amid Growing Attendance, Honors Xavier Gens With Key Award (EXCLUSIVE)

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The Fantastic Pavilion is cementing its position as a leading global hub for genre cinema at Cannes’s Marché du Film, where it returns this year for its fourth edition with an expanded slate of industry initiatives, international partnerships and market-driven programming. Following its strongest edition to date in 2025 — which drew nearly 4,000 visitors […]

Spanish Horror Label Noir Hollow Launches at Cannes, Presents First Feature With ‘Money Heist’ Star Jaime Lorente (EXCLUSIVE)

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New Spanish horror film production label Noir Hollow is making its international debut at the Cannes Film Market’s Fantastic Pavilion with the premiere of “The House of Monsters,” starring Jaime Lorente of “Elite” and “Money Heist” fame and veteran actor Antonio Resines (“The Dinner,” “The Delights of the Garden,” “Mikaela”). Noir Hollow is headed by […]

Pawel Pawlikowski, Lukas Dhont, Rodrigo Sorogoyen Among 4,700 Signatories of Open Letter Sounding Alarm Ahead of Cannes Over Planned EU Film Funding Overhaul

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Cannes-bound directors Pawel Pawlikowski (“Fatherland”), Lukas Dhont (“Coward”) and Rodrigo Sorogoyen (“The Beloved”) are among the more than 4,700 film personalities who have signed an open letter calling for the European Union to backpedal on its plans to make major changes to its Creative Europe funding program by combining its culture and media strands under […]

News & Opportunities Round-Up: April 2026

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Welcome back to your monthly round-up from the ICO, featuring the latest opportunities for your cinema, festival or film society and industry highlights from the UK and beyond. ICO News Passes for ID Screening Days (Inclusion and Diversity) are on sale now! Taking place online on Wednesday 8 July and in-person at Derby QUAD on […] The post News & Opportunities Round-Up: April 2026...

Two Million Times / Collating You Didn't Know You Needed / Looks and Re-looks / No No Narnia

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TWO MILLION TIMES MTFB blew past the two million view mark since the last post.  The average views per post now is 818.  That's a lot of reading...and writing.  Thanks for taking a look...2,000,000 times. COLLATING YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU NEEDED So, I went through the various lists that I have used to try to get a bead on TFF...

E. Jean Carroll Doc Drops a Trailer / The Lives of Others On Stage /

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 E. JEAN CARROLL DOC, ASK E. JEAN, DROPS A TRAILER Ask E. Jean, a documentary that screened as a part of TFF #52, has released a trailer.  That release comes ahead of a May 22nd release date. Here's the IMDb description: "E. Jean Carroll won two lawsuits against Donald Trump for defamation and battery. Beyond that, she built a career as a successful magazine writer and...