Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language walked away with the top prize, the flagship Bright Horizons Award and $140,000AUD prize at the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). In the offbeat film set in a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways.
The World Premiere of Music by John Williams, the documentary film on the prolific life and career of legendary composer John Williams, will open the 38th edition of AFI FEST.
Hola México Film Festival returns for its 16th annual edition on September 20 – 27, 2024, during Hispanic Heritage Month with a diverse lineup of exciting films, including comedy, horror, social-political interest, LGBTQ themes, and more.
Showcasing digitally remastered, restored, and preserved works from renowned filmmakers, films in Revivals for the 62nd New York Film Festival looks at political unrest and conflict, women’s resistance against oppression, photography and other groundbreaking topics.
With Elton John and directors R.J. Cutler and David Furnish in attendance, the documentary Elton John: Never Too Late will make its European Premiere as the American Express Gala of this year’s 68th BFI London Film Festival.
Award-winning actors Jharrel Jerome and Zhao Tao have been announced as the latest honorees receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s 49th Toronto International Film Festival, taking place September 5 – 15, 2024.
Modi – Three Days on the Wing of Madness, Johnny Depp’s second movie as a director, has been added to the Official Selection of the 72nd San Sebastian Festival in out-of-competition.
Masterclasses and Conversations return for the 81st Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia, with actress Sigourney Weaver, director Peter Weir, actor Ethan Hawke and director Pupi Avati among the directors and performers holding Masterclasses.
The Lithuanian drama Toxic (Akiplėša) by Saulė Bliuvaitė is the winner of the Grand Prize, Golden Leopard, Pardo d’Oro of the International Competition (Concorso Internazionale) at the 77th Locarno Film Festival. The coming-of-age film follows two 13-year-olds who form a unique bond at a local modeling school, where the promise of a better life pushes girls to violate their bodies in increasingly extreme ways.
Emilia Pérez, which earned Jacques Audiard the Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival, will open the Perlak competition of the 2024 San Sebastian International Film Festival. The female protagonists featuring Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz also jointly won the Best Actress Award Cannes Film Festival for this film in which a Mexican cartel leader decides to change sex in a cast also starring Edgar Ramírez.
Fantastic Fest is back for its 19th edition, at the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar in Austin, Texas, from September 19th- 26th, 2024.
Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch has its East Coast premiere as the Closing Night film of the 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival with Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and the US Premiere of John Crowley’s We Live in Time as Spotlight presentations. We Live in Time lead Andrew Garfield will also participate in an “A Conversation With…” event at the festival.