Our Sundance review of this grassroots docu - “Everybody to Kenmure Street is at its strongest when it foregrounds eloquent voices like Pakistani-British activist and lawyer Aamer Anwar, who incisively articulate immigrants' role as scapegoats and the film's core ideas” ★★★ bit.ly/45AvUef

"With his unique blend of documentary storytelling and wildly competing themes, TheyDream equates to that first flawed attempt from a new voice you want to keep tabs on." ★★½ bit.ly/4a85VfI

​Our Oscar ​Aitchison reviews docu helmer Sinéad O’Shea's Sundance entry “ALL ABOUT the MONEY offers a quasi-compelling portrait of a deeply psychologically damaged man with an unlikely goal but how truly valuable is it to give him a platform?” ★★★ bit.ly/46h0qdd

2026 Oscars: 'Sinners' Lands Most Noms, but 'One Battle After Another' & 'Sentimental Value' are the Frontrunners bit.ly/49O8P9b

My #Oscars2026 predictions for Best International Feature Film were correct! 🇹🇳 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇳🇴 🇪🇸 bit.ly/4r1OCDB

Welcome to our version of Vegas odds with the return of our ... You BETcha! -- according to our prognostications digging .... we think 'Josephine', 'Carousel' & 'Union County' are the top contenders for Sundance's U.S. Dramatic Comp Grand Jury Prize bit.ly/4qxlWT6

Hindsight is 2026 ..... our Oscar Aitchison now gives us a Sundance FF overview of the Ten U.S. Docu Comp Offerings for Buyers bit.ly/4qvORqV

2026 Berlinale: Rafael Manuel, Liz Sargent & Dara Van Dusen Debut Films in Perspectives Programme bit.ly/4qX1Mlm

2026 Berlinale: Kornél Mundruczó, İlker Çatak, Karim Aïnouz, Markus Schleinzer, Geneviève Dulude-de Celles, Anthony Chen, Lance Hammer & Beth de Araújo (who is hitting Sundance comp too) vying for the Golden Bear! bit.ly/4602NAY

2026 International Cinephile Society: 'One Battle After Another' Finds the Rendezvous Point -- Nabs Dozen Noms - The Secret Agent not far behind with ten noms. bit.ly/4jJXpaQ

What are this year's Sundance Sorry, Baby / The Perfect Neighbor? Our new contributor Oscar Aitchison gives us the lowdown on Sundance's U.S. Dramatic/Docu Comp Offerings this week - we begin with Hindsight is 2026: Focus on the Ten U.S. Dramatic Comp Offerings for Buyers bit.ly/4qvJ5FH

2026 European Film Awards: 'Sentimental Value' Wins Big - a half dozen awards including Best European Film while Laxe's 'Sirāt' Nabs Five! bit.ly/49YWY9s

Welcome to our regular Saturday feature. Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for 🇸🇪 Nathalie Álvarez Mesén's THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS bit.ly/49Gqqj1

The @mubi folks launch Mascha Schilinski's SOUND of FALLING today. Here is my interview with the Germany filmmaker and her DP (significant other) Fabian Gamper. bit.ly/3Lv9zIb

🇩🇪 SOUND of FALLING "The film’s splintered pattern ultimately fashions itself into a nightmare from which it seems there’s no escape, repeated symbolic motifs like blurry photographs, empty shoes, and enough eels to rival The Tin Drum (1979)." bit.ly/44Je5tT

The Berlinale drops their Forum programme titles and we find the likes of Nicolás Pereda, Joko Anwar, Ralitza Petrova, Rithy Panh & James Benning! bit.ly/4jRI5sT

2026 Berlinale - 🇷🇴 Teodora Ana Mihai, 🇩🇪 Ulrike Ottinger, 🇰🇷 Hong Sangsoo, 🇧🇷 Gabe Klinger & 🇨🇦 Jérémy Comte are added to the line-up. Competition for the GOLDEN BEAR should be announced soon! bit.ly/4sGk3Fa

"Surprisingly, du Welz takes the approach of a procedural, focusing on a hot-headed rookie who becomes obsessed with cracking the case." The Film Movement folks release MALDOROR on Friday - starring Anthony Bajon this was a Venice Film Festival selection. bit.ly/3Xxx1Xl

The Ten Golden Globes Narratives That Will Define the 2026 Oscars .... bit.ly/4bfiCaL

Welcome to our new regular Saturday feature. Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for​ 🇽🇰 Blerta Basholli's Dua - production took place in October so they might be aiming for Cannes or .... Locarno and Venice/Toronto bit.ly/4qbU1rH

2026 Berlinale Co-Production Market (projects worth tracking for 2027, 2028) include Francisca Alegría, Alonso Ruizpalacios, Klaudia Reynicke, Ivan Grbovic & Amanda Nell Eu!!! bit.ly/4jzSUQi

Screen Daily have identified the title for 🇲🇽 Michel Franco's next film being readied for a possible Cannes drop. CIRCLES (is Jessica Chastain in this thing?) is produced by AR Content's Alexander Rodnyansky (DREAMS). bit.ly/4q98Tah

Flashback to the chatting with Albert Birney's #Obex while it was s work in progress and still in post production. Released this Friday via the #Oscilloscope folks. bit.ly/3RCTVuC

Our Nicholas Bell reviewed the last 🇧🇪 Dardenne Bros.' film YOUNG MOTHERS (Jeunes mères) back in Cannes in May - Music Box Films release this Friday in NYC. "surprises are few and far between as it builds to a quiet but empathetic resolution for each of its focal mothers." bit.ly/45ngnim

"remains a fascinating artifact of willing participants embracing delusions, pushing them to a fevered reenactment of their own imagined battle of Iwo Jima." Some doc films can't find a distrib because its such a hot topic - enter Venice Film Fest preemed HOMEGROWN which will be s bit.ly/3z2ubBb

Pack your bags. Get your boarding pass ready. Here is Everything We Know So Far … about 🇮🇩 Kamila Andini's Four Seasons in Java (aka Empat Musim Pertiwi). bit.ly/3LlC8Yh

I saved this interview with Ava DuVernay for the new year --- the movie making challenges are real, and she is inspiring on so many levels, especially in the way she remains deeply involved with community. Can't wait for Heist of Benin !!! bit.ly/3Yo9RU1

Was hoping this debut would find a distribution deal - but it nonetheless got support as Turkey's entry into the Oscar derby. We interviewed 🇹🇷 Murat Fıratoğlu - One of Those Days When Hemme Dies (sans subtitles for now) bit.ly/4aE9jki

I had the chance to speak to PLAYGROUND filmmaker 🇧🇪 Laura Wandel for her sophomore feature (Cannes Critics' Week selection Adam’s Sake) aka L’Intérêt d’Adam bit.ly/3MTM8Zj

Welcome to our new regular Saturday feature and final one for 2025! Pack your bags, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵 Abinash Bikram Shah’s ELEPHANTS in the FOG bit.ly/4qydN0x

Our idea of holiday film is social realism cinema a la Souleymane's Story - it premiered at Cannes 2024 (on many best of 2025 lists). This is a lengthy unpublished chat I had with Boris Lojkine. Discussing some rather cool points about the casting process and research. bit.ly/4jjRKs6

Our Nicholas Bell reviewed THE TESTAMENT of ANN LEE in Venice "Amanda Seyfried blazes with compassionate convictions for what feels revolutionary—a woman’s control of her own body." bit.ly/4g1Ey9r

During a virtual junket we had the chance to speak to Amanda Seyfried for Mona Fastvold's The Testament of Ann Lee - which opens tomorrow via Searchlight Pictures (limited released) bit.ly/4pYzMxG

"In many ways, Donald Westlake’s 1997 novel The Ax feels more relevant than ever, which is why Park Chan-wook’s adaptation NO OTHER CHOICE feels so strangely felicitous taking place, as it does, nearly three decades later halfway across the world." ★★★★ bit.ly/4oZiCQh

Here is my virtual (2 question) interview with 🇳🇴 filmmaker Mona Fastvold for The Testament of Ann Lee - Searchlight Pictures release this on 🎁 Christmas day. bit.ly/44FQppp

I chatted to the team of Forastera at the Marrakech Film Festival - 🇪🇸 filmmaker Lucía Aleñar Iglesias, actress Zoe Stein & cinematographer Agnès Pique Corbera bit.ly/4p6FITU

At the Marrakech Film Festival's ATLAS LABS we had the chance to speak to 🇱🇧 Mounia Akl for Hold Me (If You Want) - a current work in progress (script and funding stages). bit.ly/44D9LLI

Some coin support news means we learn more on new (2027) projects by 🇨🇦 Charlotte Le Bon, 🇺🇦 Kateryna Gornostai, 🇨🇿 Diana Cam Van Nguyen and 🇨🇦 Philippe Lesage! bit.ly/48Ub3De

Our Nicholas Bell reviewed the docu Timestamp at the Berlinale this past February - the KimStim folks release it this weekend. bit.ly/3QqsHps

Welcome back to our regular Saturday feature. Pack your bags 🧳, get your boarding pass ready ..... here is Everything We Know So Far... for Antonia Campbell-Hughes' Diamond Shitter. bit.ly/49mCuqL

He cut his teeth on Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), and was invited to the Un Certain Regard section on his first two tries a decade apart, I got to speak to 🇮🇳 Neeraj Ghaywan for Homebound (TIFF runner-up) at the Marrakech Film Festival! bit.ly/4p7OP6N

At the Marrakech Film Festival I had the chance to speak to Singapore 🇸🇬 filmmaker Siyou Tan for her feature debut AMOEBA (it world premiered at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival). bit.ly/4oXzG8l

​I had the pleasure of speaking to 🇿🇦 Zamo Mkhwanazi for LAUNDRY - a TIFF world premiere that was featured in competition at the Marrakech Film Festival - a film that looks at a family fighting to keep their world from crumbling set in 1968's apartheid. bit.ly/3L1VvWh

2026 Berlinale: Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson's 'Mouse' and Danielle Arbid's 'Only Rebels Win' have been selected for the Panorama section. bit.ly/49hdPUs

Silver Lion winning The Voice of Hind Rajab received more good news today (Oscar shortlist). Tomorrow is the theatrical release day (LA/NY) via the Willa folks. bit.ly/3MjFbjM

At the Marrakech film festival I had the chance to speak to 🇿🇦 Ntobeko Sishi for Zamo Mkhwanazi's LAUNDRY (a TIFF world premiere selection). bit.ly/49dwn8e

I got to ask filmmaker Josh Safdie about his longstanding work with Casting Director Jennifer Venditti and how it has evolved especially with Marty Supreme @A24 release it on Xmas! bit.ly/4rYGvZU

The short film selections have been announced for Sundance - 54 Selected Shorts for the 2026 edition include Amandine Thomas, Nash Edgerton, Cristina Costantini, Liza Mandelup & Tawfeek Barhom (the Palme d'Or winner we just interviewed in Doha) bit.ly/4s3mQbm

For my second conversation with Óliver Laxe for Sirāt with talked sound design, working with his DP, and the type of nomad he is when not actively working/promoting a film. It's been quite the intense journey for the 🇪🇸 filmmaker. bit.ly/4iULrLb

At the Marrakech Film Festival I had the chance to speak to 🇳🇬🇬🇧 Akinola Davies Jr. for My Father's Shadow (where it won Best Actor award - again). Mubi releases this in the U.S. in February. bit.ly/3KSTwTY