At the closing ceremony of the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the juries presented awards for the best films, with Fruit Gathering (Thit-thee Khu) directed by Aung Phyoe, winning the Grand Prix – Crystal Globe.
Film Festivals
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60th Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners – Aung Phyoe’s ‘Fruit Gathering’ Wins Grand Prix Crystal Globe
Fruit Gathering (Thit-thee Khu) by Aung Phyoe
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79th Locarno Film Festival Unveils Lineup
The 2026 Locarno Film Festival today unveiled the official selection featuring 233 films, including 103 world premieres.
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Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland’ to Open 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival
Fatherland by Paweł Pawlikowski (Agata Grzybowska) Fatherland by Oscar-winning director Paweł Pawlikowski, will open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, set to take place August 14 to 21, 2026.
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Toronto Film Festival Sets Siân Heder’s ‘Being Heumann’ as Opening Night Film
The 51st edition of the Toronto International Film Festival will kick off with the Apple Original Film’s Being Heumann from director Siân Heder (CODA) as the Opening Night Film on Thursday, September 10, at Roy Thomson Hall.
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George Clooney to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Venice International Film Festival
George Clooney (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) George Clooney is headed to the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, where he will be honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.
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50th San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Reveals Winners
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma by Jane Schoenbrun (Mubi) The 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) revealed the winners of the juried and Audience Awards, with Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma receiving the Audience Award for Narrative Feature.
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Palm Springs International ShortFest Winners – Jen Nee Lim’s Fruit Wins Best of the Festival
Fruit by Jen Nee Lim The 2026 Palm Springs International ShortFest honored the winners of its juried and audience award winners at the Awards Ceremony, with the Best of the Festival prize going to Fruit directed by Jen Nee Lim.
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9th Indy Shorts Reveals Lineup, Sam Davis to Receive Pioneering Spirit Award
Sam Davis receiving the Narrative Grand Prize for “The Singers” at the 2025 Indy Shorts Film Festival Awards (courtesy Indy Shorts Film Festival) Heartland Film has unveiled the lineup of 266 short films for the 9th Indy Shorts Film Festival (Indy Shorts), running July 21-26, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Virginie Efira to Receive Leopard Club Award at Locarno Film Festival
Virginie Efira (Rudy Marmet) 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.
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60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Reveals Opening and Closing Films
The Match (El Partido) by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco The 60th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will open with The Match, an Argentinian-Spanish documentary directed by Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco, which chronicles the 1986 Football World Cup match between Argentina and England.
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Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Robert Richardson, and Jeffrey Wright to be Honored at 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Dustin Hoffman, Juliette Binoche, Jeffrey Wright and Robert Richardson Actors Dustin Hoffman and Juliette Binoche, along with cinematographer Robert Richardson, will be honored at the 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with a Crystal Globe award. The festival will present the President’s Award to actor Jeffrey Wright.
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12th Bentonville Film Festival Award Winners – ‘If I Go Will They Miss Me’ and ‘Jane Elliott Against the World’ Take Top Prizes
If I Go Will They Miss Me by Walter Thompson-Hernandez Bentonville Film Festival announced the award winners for the 12th annual festival, with If I Go Will They Miss Me, directed by Walter Thompson-Hernández, winning the Best Narrative Award, and Jane Elliott Against the World directed by Judd Ehrlich, taking home the Best Documentary Award.