
Following its recent premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, The Sun Never Sets, from writer-director Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies), has been acquired by Independent Film Company.

Following its recent premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, The Sun Never Sets, from writer-director Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies), has been acquired by Independent Film Company.
Jacked, a horror-suspense thriller directed by John Fucile has been acquired by Indican Pictures for release in the US..
National Geographic debuted the official trailer for Time and Water, a documentary directed by Sara Dosa, the Academy Award-nominated director of Fire of Love, featuring Icelandic author Andri Snær Magnason .

1001 Frames, the feature directorial debut of Brooklyn-based and Iranian-American filmmaker Mehrnoush Alia, will make its hometown New York premiere at the Brooklyn Film Festival.
Promised Sky directed by French-Tunisian filmmaker Erige Sehiri, known for Under the Fig Trees, is a deeply human drama centered on migration, solidarity, and survival in contemporary Tunisia.
John Early steps into the spotlight in a big way with Maddie’s Secret, a comedy melodrama blending absurd humor, emotional vulnerability, and biting satire into one cinematic piece.
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit, a mysterious and surreal drama from Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri bends time, reality, and storytelling into an intricate cinematic puzzle.

Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman’s Nuisance Bear, which world premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and won the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize, has been acquired by Mubi.

Colman Domingo will be honored with the Variety Creative Conscience Award at the 50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50).

The 69th San Francisco International Film Festival revealed the winners of the Golden Gate Awards, with Filipiñana, directed by Rafael Manuel, winning the New Directors Award.

The 29th Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), themed “The Invitation” and taking place May 29-June 7, 2026, revealed the lineup of films from 30 countries.

A Life, A Manifesto, a documentary on Michèle Firk, film critic, The Golden Age by Bérenger Thouin, along with Bruce and Laura Dern, Guillermo del Toro, are among the Official Selection for the Cannes Classics program of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 12 to May 23, 2026