Festivals News
RiverRun 2027: Heading in a New Direction, With Their New Vision Announced
We're always happy to hear of film festivals that change and adapt to the times, and the RiverRun International Film Festival is embarking with a bold new vision for its 29th annual edition. We're also very glad to hear the...
Locarno 2026 Industry: Three African Projects Share Open Doors' Grant
Projects from Uganda, Somalia, Djibouti and Ghana led the awards, while 'Chapa 100' and 'The Ones with the Tempered Flowers' secured additional development and pitching support.
Locarno 2026 Industry: THE SURUBÍ, SPRING STORY and YAZZ Lead Locarno Pro Awards
Uruguayan works-in-progress dominated First Look, while projects spanning a UN-compound drama, queer musical, ecological body horror and Bruce LaBruce's latest secured support through Alliance 4 Development.
Sarajevo 2026 Exclusive: THE BALKAN COWBOY Poster Premiere
Ahead of its Sarajevo world premiere, Dragana Jurišić's 'The Balkan Cowboy' unveils a hand-drawn poster that captures the film's collision of Western mythology, personal memory, and the enduring scars of war.
STARSUCKERS Official Trailer: A Dream Celebrity Getaway Turns Into a Gory Nightmare
An ordinary couple wins a dream weekend getaway with a glamorous celebrity power couple, only for the vacation to spiral into murder, manipulation, and psychological games as the stars' manicured image completely unravels.
Toronto 2026: Midnight Madness Drops Its Full Lineup. Duncan Jones! Anna Biller! SABU! Matthew Rankin! Na Hong-jin! Oh My!
With the capable and unpredictable curation of Peter Kuplowsky and his team of brave pre-screeners, the Midnight Madness (MM) sidebar at the Toronto International Film Festival continues to be one of the favourite parts of TIFF here at Screen Anarchy....
Fantasia 2026: Audience Awards Announced!
Fantasia has all but wrapped up for 2026. We returned home after taking up the final leg of the festival after Kurt kicked us off opening weekend and Josh held the line during the industry heavy first full week of...
BLOODY TENNIS: Shudder Acquires U.S. Rights For Sports-Themed Horror Flick
Variety announced today that Shudder has acquired the U.S. rights for Nikias Chryssos‘ English-language horror film Bloody Tennis. There are other deals already made for Australia (Umbrella Entertainment), Baltics (BestFilm.eu), Italy (Plaion Pictures), Japan (Extreme Film), Poland (9th Plan), and...
Teaser Trailer: THE HISTORY OF CONCRETE
The History Of Concrete is one of the all time great 'internet rabbit holes' (see also: David Farrier's Tickled) turned into a documentary feature. After dealing with the headache of a leak in the ground floor of his apartment building,...
Locarno 2026 Preview: Hong Sangsoo, Denis Côté, Albert Serra, Ann Oren, Beatrice Gibson, Edgar Pêra Lead Lineup
The 79th edition of the largest Swiss film gathering is dominated by stories of families under pressure, identities in flux, political and social violence, and characters searching for intimacy or freedom in increasingly unstable worlds.
Fantasia 2026 Review: JIM QUEEN, Bobbypills' Adult Animated Debut Delivers Pure Queer Chaos
Jim Queen (and the Quest for Chloroqueer) is a laugh-a-minute riot where the jokes come hard, come fast, and come often. And yes, the pun is totally intended. Bobbypills' adult animated feature debut is all gay, all the time, and...
Popcorn Frights 2026: MONSTROUS ME Rides Third Wave Among 72 Shorts
As August draws near, the frights are popping in Florida. The 12th Popcorn Frights Film Festival released its third wave of programming "for its 2026 edition," per an official release, "expanding an already monster-sized lineup with the world premiere of...
Fantasia 2026 Review: TRISTES TROPIQUES, Lots of Blood, Little Reward
Roo (Tears in Chinese) was abandoned by his mother at an early age and taken into the care of a man he has only ever known as Master. Raised in the jungle with other discarded children, Roo was taught to...
Fantasia 2026 Exclusive: CHAAR DIWAARI Trailer Examines The Creeping Feeling That The Walls Are Closing In
Celebrating its upcoming North American premiere on July 30th at the Fantasia International Film Festival is Syed Shadan's claustrophobic short film chiller, Chaar Diwaari (Four Walls). Premiering as part of the Fragments of Asia short film program at the festival,...
PENNY LANE IS DEAD: Shudder Acquires Homage to 80s Ozploitation Horror Flicks
Set on a hot summer's night in 1986 Australia, 17-year old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny's jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge.
VALLEY OF THE HORNTAK Teaser: Vernon Wells And Kathleen Kinmont Star in Folk Horror
During their search in the woods for a missing boy, an estranged father and son encounter a sinister cult that worships mind and flesh altering creatures.
STARSUCKERS: The Butler Brothers' Dark Satire to Premiere at FrightFest 2026
When an ordinary couple wins an exclusive weekend with their celebrity idols, they discover the glamorous power couple are hiding murderous secrets, forcing them into a twisted game of deception and survival where fame, desire, and identity become deadly obsessions.
Popcorn Frights 2026 Second Wave: THE END OF OAK STREET Added, DRAG to Close
Plus: William Sadler, Robert Kurtzman, all-night 'Wishmaster,' 18 new premieres.
Fantasia 2026: FERINE, Check Out The Teaser Trailer And International Poster
A tragic event shatters a rich art collector's life, awakening her primal nature. She destroys her privileged existence to build a new concept of family, leading her on a path of destruction and animalistic transformation.
SUNDOWN: First Look Images From Rebekah McKendry's New Monster Movie
Three generations of women reunite in a remote cabin to avenge a loved one's death, only to discover their captive isn't who he seems to be and his family is closing in, waiting for sundown.
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