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2026 Cannes Film Festival - Palais des Festivals

Cannes 2026: Strong Films, Thin Buzz and a Market Finding New Footing

A strong competition without a consensus breakout, a Marché reshaped by private capital, and a Hollywood no-show that raised uncomfortable questions about the festival’s global reach. The 79th Cannes Film Festival closed on May 23 the way it opened — with defiance. No major Hollywood studio tentpole…

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” Wins Palme d’Or at 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” Wins Palme d’Or at 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord” was awarded the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, May 23, giving the Romanian filmmaker his second win of the festival’s top prize, nearly two decades after “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” took the Palme in 2007. The Norway-set drama, starring Sebastia…

2026 Cannes Film Festival

As Hollywood Pulls Back, Cannes Doubles Down

There is a quality to the light along the Croisette in May that no other film festival can replicate or claim. It falls at a particular angle across the Palais des Festivals — that concrete monolith critics have spent decades mocking and cinephiles have spent decades loving — and transforms even the…

Nominations Open for CJ’s 2026 Top Women in Global Cinema List

For the tenth year running, CJ’s Top Women in Global Cinema is back for its 2026 edition. Over the past several months, we’ve been asked on numerous occasions when nominations would open for this year’s list. The good news is that nominations are now officially open. Last year, we received a record…

CinemaCon 2026 - Studio Presentations

CinemaCon 2026: The Studios Make Their Case for Theatrical

The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas was built for spectacle, which makes it the right room for the wrong argument. For four days in mid-April, the major studios (and several independent distributors) stood on its stage and walked theatre owners through 2026 and 2027 slates that were, on pap…

CinemaCon 2026 - David Ellison of Paramount Skydance, Michael O'Leary of Cinema United and Charles Rivkin of the Motion Picture Association

CinemaCon 2026: A Merger Splits the House

CinemaCon has always been a place where the industry gathers to reassure itself. That was true again this year inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, where the annual State of the Industry presentations delivered a familiar message: theatrical is resilient, culturally vital, and firmly back on trac…

Filmhouse Group CEO Kene Okwuosa and CMO Mojisola Oladapo

How Filmhouse is Positioning Nollywood, and Its Own Business, within the Global Cinema Landscape

On a typical weekend release night in Lagos, the line outside a Filmhouse cinema tells a story Nollywood has been trying to spread for decades, but never quite had the infrastructure to prove. The crowd is younger than you might expect. The tickets aren’t cheap. The screens are world-class. And the…

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: What’s Shaping the Cinema Business

Each year, CinemaCon offers a snapshot of where the cinema business is headed next. But beyond the studio presentations, the trade show floor tells a broader story – one defined by the technologies, products, and services reshaping how cinemas operate, engage audiences, and generate revenue. But nav…

Samsung - Spatial Signage

The Movie Poster Gets a Makeover: Samsung’s Spatial Signage Wants to Stop You in Your Tracks

Samsung is bringing glasses-free 3D display technology to the cinema lobby — and betting that immersive visuals could help exhibitors make the case for a more compelling night out. Walk past the right display at CinemaCon this April, and something might make you stop cold. It won’t be a traile…

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview - Attractions, Arcade & Alternative Revenue

CinemaCon 2026 Product Preview: Attractions, Arcade & Alternative Revenue

Even before the Covid pandemic shuttered cinemas for nearly two years, exhibitors had begun to expand beyond traditional auditorium models; attractions and location-based entertainment are playing an increasingly important role in driving attendance and revenue. At CinemaCon 2026, amusement companie…