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The 64th New York Film Festival opens with James Gray’s ‘Paper Tiger’ and features an unusually high number of world premieres, including ‘Artificial’ and ‘You Can See Everything.’
The 64th New York Film Festival (Sept. 25–Oct. 12) features a high-profile lineup including Luca Guadagnino’s AI drama 'Artificial,' James Gray’s 'Paper Tiger,' and Ava DuVernay’s documentary '14th.'
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival opens in Toronto with a record slate: 293 feature films, 45 shorts and 32 premieres, led by the opening film Being Heumann; the lineup includes high-profile premieres like Stuffed and Rapinoe, Gala and Special Presentations, Midnight Madness, and a closing-night title about Gilles Villeneuve, plus TIFF Market expansion and tribute awards as Oscar-season signals.
Deadline reports that the Toronto International Film Festival’s accompanying market is becoming a key sales and financing hub for indie features, with 150+ exhibitors and a slate of high‑profile titles like Being Heumann and I Play Rocky. The TIFF market, running Sept. 10–16 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, aims to pre-sell and finance projects to start production early next year, as buyers and streamers navigate shorter theatrical windows and evolving distribution. Some festival screenings are reduced to accommodate sales activity, and there’s talk that AFM could anchor deals that began at TIFF—all underscoring a shift toward market-driven indie acquisitions in a evolving landscape.
Telluride 2026 opens in Colorado with world premieres such as Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care and Simon Stone’s Elsinore, plus North American debuts of Venice titles and other high-profile pics; despite no major studio releases, Focus Features and Searchlight showcase Oscar contenders, with Deadline’s reviews highlighting Andrew Scott’s standout turn in Elsinore and Leigh’s intimate Tender Loving Care as standout early highlights.
Telluride's 53rd lineup prioritizes indie titles over big-studio releases, featuring world premieres such as Focus Features' Elsinore and A24's The Debut, plus Tender Loving Care, Wild Horse Nine, Ink, and Bucking Fastard among a robust slate that also includes Cannes/Sundance debuts and a strong documentary program, signaling an awards-season kickoff rooted in prestige rather than blockbusters.
Venice Film Festival reversed its decision and reinstated its jury press conference after Deadline Hollywood’s reporting and backlash over its cancellation due to scheduling conflicts; the jury, led by Maggie Gyllenhaal and including Kaouther Ben Hania, Daniel Blumberg, Francesco Casetti, Xavier Giannoli, Shahrbanoo Sadat and Johnnie To, will now meet the press as the festival runs Sept. 2–12, 2026, with a more relaxed welcome event planned for reporters.
The New York Film Festival revealed its 64th edition lineup with world premieres including Tom McCarthy’s ensemble drama A Statement and Jonathan Glazer’s Joy of Joys, plus Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero in the Spotlight section, as the festival runs September 25–October 12 and showcases a broad slate of premieres and special programs.
Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero will world-premiere as the New York Film Festival’s Spotlight Gala on Sept. 26 at Alice Tully Hall, continuing the Godzilla saga two years after Godzilla Minus One; it opens in North America on Nov. 6 after its Japan bow, with Yamazaki and the cast in attendance, and festival director Dennis Lim praising it as a throwback blockbuster.”
TIFF’s 51st edition reveals 64 Gala and Special Presentations titles, including 30 world premieres from Anton Corbijn, John Madden, Chris Rock, and Peter Farrelly’s Sylvester Stallone biopic I Play Rocky; the festival runs Sept. 10–20, opens with Siân Heder’s Being Heumann and closes with Yan Lanouette Turgeon’s Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend, plus the launch of a new TIFF festival sales market.
The Cannes Film Festival celebrated women over 50 with standout red-carpet looks, including Demi Moore, Cate Blanchett and Sharon Stone, continuing a long tradition of honoring aging grandes dames and offering style lessons from 10 veteran actresses.
Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma will embark on a summer “Camp Is in Session” screening tour in June–July, hitting NewFest, Provincetown, Fantasia, and other venues ahead of its August 7 release on MUBI; the Cannes‑praised film stars Hannah Einbinder, with themes expanding gender dysphoria and sexuality in a cerebral, genre‑bending horror setting.
Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard to a nine-minute standing ovation, a campy, psychedelic slasher about a queer filmmaker who becomes obsessed with the original film’s final girl, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson; Mubi will handle its theatrical release and early reviews praise it as an instant cult classic.
Major Hollywood studios are largely absent from Cannes 2026 premieres for the first time since 2017, deterred by seven-figure travel and security costs and the risk of early, potentially negative reviews in the social-media age; with few tentpole titles scheduled for a Cannes launch, studios are opting for later, controlled releases or indie debuts, shifting Cannes’s role toward world cinema and prestige projects rather than blockbuster premieres.
Tribeca Festival’s 25th edition features a record 103 world premiere feature films (out of 117 features and 86 shorts) and a star-studded lineup that includes Aubrey Plaza, Paul Rudd and Quentin Tarantino, with the festival running June 3–14 and including Tribeca X. Highlights include opening-night Earth, Wind & Fire doc and closing-night Alicia Keys: Girl From Hell’s Kitchen, plus a slate spanning galas, spotlights, and documentaries across narratives and international selections.