Festival news
Tawfik Sabouni’s The Other Side of the Sun represents Syria at the Academy Awards
Syrian documentary The Other Side of the Sun, directed by Tawfik Sabouni, has been selected as Syria's submission for the 99th Academy Awards. The decision marks the country's first entry since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, positioning the film at a moment of profound political and cultural transition. Andana Films, which handles worldwide sales to the film, also announced that New York based Icarus Films has acquired US rights to the film.
Mads Mengel’s The Guest Captures Best Director and Special Jury Prize at Karlovy Vary
Mads Mengel’s feature debut The Guest has taken home the Best Director Award and the Special Jury Prize at this year's 60th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where the film celebrated its world premiere. The title also marked a milestone for Danish cinema, becoming the first Danish film selected for the festival’s main competition since 2015.
Mads Mengel’s The Guest selected for Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe Competition
Mads Mengel’s sharply observed feature debut The Guest (Gæsten) is selected for this year’s 60thedition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film is to receive its world premiere as part of the Crystal Globe Competition. Simon Bennebjerg, Josephine Park and Danish leading lady Trine Dyrholm share the major roles in this drama about a family trying to hold it together when everything starts to fall apart.
Du soleil et du plomb de Jérôme le Maire sélectionné dans la Compétition internationale longs métrages de Visions du Réel
Le nouveau documentaire long métrage de Jérôme le Maire, Du soleil et du plomb, sera présenté cette année en première mondiale lors du festival Visions du Réel à Nyon, où il sera projeté dans le cadre de la Compétition internationale longs métrages.
LevelK Joins Betty Balloon Ahead of Cartoon Movie Presentation
Copenhagen-based international sales and aggregation house LevelK has secured worldwide rights to Puk Grasten’s upcoming pre-school animated feature and TV series Betty Balloon. The agreement - finalised between LevelK CEO Tine Klint and the film’s main producer Regner Grasten - was reached just ahead of the project’s work-in-progress presentation at Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux. A theatrical release of the animated feature is scheduled for October 2026 in Denmark, with Danish TV2 set to premiere the series.
LevelK announces new international sales as Chasing Millions heads into cinemas in Ireland and Australia
Stephen Burke’s comedy-drama heist feature Chasing Millions, starring Madeleine Madden and Christopher Eccleston, is gearing up for a two-continent theatrical launch, opening 9 October across Ireland through Eclipse Pictures and on 19 November in Australia via Bonsai Films.
Felix Randau’s I Is Another to celebrate its world premiere on Locarno’s Piazza Grande
Felix Randau’s historical drama I Is Another (Ich ist ein Anderer) is selected for this year’s Locarno Film Festival. The film is to receive its world premiere as part of the festival’s prestigious Piazza Grande programme. Sharing the major roles in this tense psychological cat-and-mouse game are Claes Bang, Valerie Pachner and Susanne Wuest.
Snímek Madse Mengela Nečekaný host vybrán do Hlavní soutěže v Karlových Varech
Ostře sledovaný celovečerní debut Madse Mengela Nečekaný host (Gæsten) byl vybrán do programu letošního 60. ročníku Mezinárodního filmového festivalu Karlovy Vary. Snímek bude mít svou světovou premiéru v rámci Hlavní soutěže, kde se uchází o Křišťálový glóbus. Simon Bennebjerg, Josephine Park a přední dánská herečka Trine Dyrholm se dělí o hlavní role tohoto dramatu o rodině, která se ve chvíli, kdy se vše kolem nich začíná hroutit, snaží udržet pohromadě.
Irene Kaltenborn’s The Mother Age selected for CPH:DOX’s Next:Wave competition
The Mother Age, from Norwegian artist and filmmaker Irene Kaltenborn, will receive its world premiere at this year’s CPH:DOX, where it screens in the festival’s Next:Wave competition for innovative films by emerging talents. Inspired by Ursula K Le Guin and other feminist thinkers, the film examines alternative origins of human culture, inviting audiences on a richly philosophical and sensory journey of (re)discovery.
I Is Another di Felix Randau in anteprima mondiale alla Piazza Grande di Locarno
Il dramma storico I Is Another (Ich ist ein Anderer) di Felix Randau è stato selezionato per l’edizione di quest’anno del Locarno Film Festival, dove sarà presentato in anteprima mondiale all’interno della prestigiosa sezione Piazza Grande. Protagonisti di questo intenso gioco psicologico del gatto e del topo sono Claes Bang, Valerie Pachner e Susanne Wuest.
Jérôme le Maire’s The Price of the Sun invited to Vision du Réel’s International Feature Film Competition
Jérôme le Maire’s new feature-length documentary The Price of the Sun (Du soleil et du plomb) is to receive its world premiere at this year’s Visions du Réel festival in Nyon where the film is screening in the International Feature Film Competition.
Irene Kaltenbornin The Mother Age valittu CPH:DOX:n Next:Wave-kilpailuun
Norjalaisen taiteilijan ja elokuvantekijän Irene Kaltenbornin teos The Mother Age saa maailmanensi-iltansa tämän vuoden CPH:DOX-festivaaleilla, jossa se esitetään festivaalin Next:Wave-kilpailussa, joka on tarkoitettu uusien kykyjen innovatiivisille elokuville. Ursula K. Le Guinin ja muiden feminististen ajattelijoiden innoittamana elokuva pohtii ihmiskulttuurin vaihtoehtoista alkuperää ja kutsuu katsojat mukaan filosofiselle ja aistilliselle (uudelleen) löytämisen matkalle.