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.
Film Festivals
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50th San Francisco LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Reveals Winners
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma by Jane Schoenbrun (Mubi)
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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.
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Rick Baker, Makeup Effects Artist and Seven-Time Academy Award Winner, to Receive Vision Award at Locarno Film Festival
Rick Baker (courtesy Locarno Film Festival) Rick Baker is set to receive the Vision Award at the Locarno Film Festival for his cinematic transformations through makeup artistry.
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Richard Linklater to Receive Career Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival
Richard Linklater (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) Filmmaker Richard Linklater will be honored at the Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye, Career Achievement Award for his life’s work, including the Before trilogy and Boyhood.
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Jimmy Stewart Biopic to World Premiere as Opening Film of Heartland Film Festival
Jimmy, the untold true story of American actor Jimmy Stewart, directed by Aaron Burns and starring KJ Apa, will make its World Premiere as the Opening Night film of the 35th Heartland Film Festival, scheduled to run from October 8-18, 2026, with screenings at venues around Indianapolis, Indiana.
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David Duchovny to be Honored at Munich Film Festival and Premiere ‘See You When I See You’ as Closing Film
David Duchovny (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency) Actor David Duchovny will be honored with the CineMerit Award at the Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) and present the international premiere of See You When I See You as the festival’s closing film.
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46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens with Moshe Rosenthal’s ‘Tell Me Everything’
Tell Me Everything by Moshe Rosenthal | photo by Ziv Berkovich The 46th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, set to take place July 16 through August 2, 2026, revealed the lineup of 65 films, including 21 narratives and 24 documentary features, as well as 4 dynamic shorts programs, including a showcase of Bay Area filmmakers on closing day.