Actress Virginie Efira will be honored at the 79th Locarno Film Festival with the Leopard Club Award, and present Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, the film for which she won the Palme for Best Actress in Cannes.
Garry Green
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Virginie Efira to Receive Leopard Club Award at Locarno Film Festival
Virginie Efira (Rudy Marmet)
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25th Tribeca Festival Reveals Jury Award Winners – Cotton Fever, Labrador – Autopsy of Silence, and Jail Time Records Take Top Prizes
Labrador – Autopsy of Silence by Rodrigue Jean Cotton Fever, Labrador – Autopsy of Silence, and Jail Time Records took top jury awards honors at the 25th annual Tribeca Festival, in the U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, and Documentary competitions, respectively.
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‘Once Upon My Mother’ and ‘Hello Betty’ Headline 31st Stony Brook Film Festival Lineup
Once Upon My Mother by Ken Scott The 31st Stony Brook Film Festival returns to the Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University from July 16–25, 2026, with 36 films from 23 countries, filmmaker Q&As, and special events.
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12th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Award Winners – ‘Mono 222’, ‘Dreaming of Lions’ Take Top Jury Prizes
(credit Chris Cambio) At the Closing Night Award Ceremony, the 12th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s jury and audience award winners, with the top jury award for Best N. American Narrative Feature going to Mono 222, directed by Quinton Dominguez, and Best International Narrative Feature went to Dreaming of Lions, directed and written by Paolo Marinou-Blanco.
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29th Dances With Films: LA Unveils Lineup. Opens with Jay Silverman’s ‘Yale’
Yale by Jay Silverman (Jay Silverman Productions) Dances With Films: LA has unveiled the film lineup for the 29th edition of the Los Angeles-based indie film festival taking place June 18-28, 2026.
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79th Cannes Film Festival Winners – Cristian Mungiu’s ‘Fjord’ Wins Palme d’Or
Fjord by Cristian Mungiu The Norwegian-set drama Fjord, directed by Cristian Mungiu, has won the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival.
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Moshe Rosenthal’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ to Open 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Tell Me Everything by Moshe Rosenthal | photo by Ziv Berkovich Tell Me Everything, from Israeli director Moshe Rosenthal, will make its California Premiere as the Opening Night film of the 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on Thursday, July 16 at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco.
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50th Frameline – San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival Announces Full Lineup
Brittney Griner in The Brittney Griner Story by Alex Stapleton. Frameline announced the full lineup of over 140 films from 35 countries for the milestone 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) taking place June 17–27, 2026.
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Forge, ‘Before the Moon Falls’ and ‘Seat at the Table’ Win at 44th CAAMFest
Jing Ai Ng, director, Forge (left), Andie Ju, lead actress, Forge (center), and Dave Liu, producer, Forge (right) at CAAMFest (Photo Credit: Justin Chu) The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) wrapped its 44th annual CAAMFest in San Francisco Japantown, with the top award for best narrative feature going to Jing Ai Ng’s Forge, and the documentary feature prize went to Kimberlee Bassfor’s Before the Moon Falls.
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12th Bentonville Film Festival Reveals Lineup, Opens with Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick’s ‘Family Movie’
Family Movie starring Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick The 2026 Bentonville Film Festival (BFF) set for June 15-21, in Bentonville, Arkansas, revealed the competition program lineup of 34 feature films.
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‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ to Close Frameline – San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma by Jane Schoenbrun (Mubi) The US premiere of Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, will close the 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50), taking place June 17–27, 2026.
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26th Havana Film Festival NY Havana Star Prize Winners – Ana Cristina Barragan’s ‘The Ivy (Hiedra)’ Wins Best Film
The Ivy (Hiedra) by Ana Cristina Barragán At the closing ceremony, the 26th Havana Film Festival NY honored the winning films with the Havana Star Prize, awarding Best Film to The Ivy (Hiedra) by Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador).