The 27th Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) revealed its 2026 Awards winners, with Audience Awards going to Wild Horse Nine for Best Narrative Feature, 4000 Days winning Best Documentary Feature, and La Bola Negra took Best International Feature.
Garry Green
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ and ‘4000 Days’ Take Top Audience Awards at 27th Newport Beach Film Festival
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in Wild Horse Nine by Martin McDonagh. (Searchlight Pictures/Diego Araya Corvalán)
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‘I Play Rocky’ and ‘Admission Possible’ Win Audience Awards at 39th Virginia Film Festival
(L to R) Anthony Ippolito as Sylvester Stallone and Stephen James as Carl Weathers in I PLAY ROCKY, from Amazon MGM Studios. (Claire Folger) I Play Rocky won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature, and Admission Possible won the Best Documentary Feature award at the 39th Virginia Film Festival in Charlottesville.
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40th AFI FEST Announces Winners of Oscar Qualifying Grand Jury Prizes
A Woman’s Place Is Everywhere by Fanny Texier (courtesy AFI Fest) The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the winners of the 40th edition of AFI FEST.
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35th Heartland Film Festival Award Winners – ‘Take Me Home’ and ‘The Fish Don’t Care When It Rains’ Take Top Prizes
courtesy Heartland Film Festival Award Liz Sargent’s Take Me Home and The Fish Don’t Care When It Rains, directed by Jennifer Msumba & Siobhan McDonnell, have won the Feature Grand Prizes at the 35th Heartland Film Festival.
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‘Tenzing’ Wins Audience Award at 49th Mill Valley Film Festival
Genden Phuntsok, Tom Hiddleston, Willem Dafoe and Benjamin Hoetjes in Tenzing (Apple TV) After 11 days and over 40,000 attendees from across the Bay Area, the 49th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF49) officially wrapped with A24’s The Debut, with writer/director Jesse Eisenberg in attendance, and announced the Audience Awards winners.
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39th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Unveils Competition Lineup, Opens with ‘White Tiger Column’
White Tiger Column by Robert Mentov, Dwight Jantzi, and Bryan Dickie (courtesy IDFA) The 39th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), set to take place in Amsterdam from November 12 to 22, 2026, has announced the main International and Envision competition lineups.
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18th Naples International Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opening Night Shorts
Jackrabbit by Ballard C. Boyd Artis—Naples shared the lineup of 59 films for the 18th Naples International Film Festival, to be held October 22-25, 2026.
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13th Miami Film Festival GEMS Reveals Lineup, to Open with ‘The Debut’ and Close with ‘Club Kid’
Julianne Moore in The Debut by Jesse Eisenberg (A24) The 13th Miami Film Festival GEMS, taking place from October 29 to November 5, 2026, revealed the lineup. GEMS will open with Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut, and close with Jordan Firstman’s Club Kid.
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17th DOC NYC Reveals Lineup, Opens with ‘The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs’
The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs The 17th DOC NYC documentary film festival, taking place November 11-19, 2026, will present a Main Slate lineup of more than 115 feature-length documentaries.
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29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Unveils Lineup with ‘Wild Horse Nine’ as Closing Film
From L to R: Steve Buscemi, Sam Rockwell, and John Malkovich in Wild Horse Nine. ( Searchlight Pictures, Diego Araya Corvalán) The Savannah College of Art and Design’s 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, taking place October 24-31, revealed its 2026 lineup.
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‘Behemoth!’ Starring Pedro Pascal Set as Closing Film of Newport Beach Film Festival
Kaya Ralls and Pedro Pascal in Behemoth!. (Justin Lubin/Searchlight Pictures) Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth!, starring Pedro Pascal, will close the 27th Newport Beach Film Festival, set to run from October 15-22, 2026.
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AFI FEST 2026 Announces Lineup – Bucking Fastard, Possible Love, and More
Bucking Fastard starring Kate Mara and Rooney Mara AFI FEST 2026, taking place in Hollywood from October 21 to 25, will present 157 films, including Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love; Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto; and Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, starring Kate Mara and Rooney Mara.