
David Linde has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Sundance Institute and will assume the role effective on February 17, 2026.

David Linde has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Sundance Institute and will assume the role effective on February 17, 2026.

Irish actor Ciarán Hinds will be honored by the Irish Film & Television Academy with the Irish Academy Award “for his Lifetime Achievement, and for his outstanding Irish and international Acting achievements, and contribution to the screen industry across fifty years.”

Thomas Kent “T.K.” Carter, the actor whose work spanned more than four decades in film and television, has died at the age of 69.

Swiss director Petra Volpe will be presented with Zurich Film Festival‘s Golden Eye Award for her film Late Shift, selected as the Swiss Oscar entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards.

Lai Yuqing, a 23-year-old Chinese film director whose work was beginning to attract international attention, has died in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Béla Tarr, the influential Hungarian director, widely celebrated for a body of work marked by long takes, black-and-white cinematography and a profound exploration of human existence, has died at the age of 70.

Ahn Sung-ki, one of South Korea’s most revered actors who has appeared in more than 130 films, and whose work helped define modern Korean cinema, has died at the age of 74.

Brigitte Bardot, the French actress, singer and animal rights activist who became one of the most recognizable figures in post-war cinema, has died at the age of 91, her foundation announced Sunday.

Mohammad Bakri, the Palestinian actor and filmmaker whose career spanned more than four decades across Arab, Israeli, and international cinema, has died at the age of 72.

Cynthia Erivo, star of Wicked: For Good, will be honored at the 46th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation.

Harrison Ford has been named the 61st recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest honor: the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian accomplishments.

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, has been taken into custody in connection with the deaths of his parents in their Los Angeles home, authorities and multiple news outlets report.