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(Left to Right) Berlinale chief Tricia Tuttle speaks with filmmaker and festival director director Shekhar Kapur during a panel on November 22, 2025 at the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, India

Imperfect Is Beautiful: Shekhar Kapur and Tricia Tuttle on AI’s Role in Cinema’s Next Act

Under the winter sun in Panaji, Goa, where palm trees and festival banners spill out along the Mandovi River, the 56th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which took place 20–28 November, once again felt like one of Asia’s most vital A-list gatherings. The industry-focused Waves Film Bazaar…

The Opening Ceremony at the Red Sea International Film Festival 2025 on December 04, 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Opening Night at the 2025 Red Sea Film Festival Showcases Saudi Arabia’s Growing Cinematic Ambition

Under the desert night sky and amid the floodlit architecture of historic Al Balad, the fifth Red Sea International Film Festival opened with a ceremony that reflected a country rapidly building a film culture from scratch and eager to share that transformation with the world. For Saudi Arabia, whic…

Passion Over Profit: The Formula That Kept South African Horrorfest Alive

Twenty-one years. In the volatile world of film exhibition, particularly for independent, niche-focused festivals, this level of longevity is not just an achievement: it’s an operational anomaly. The South African Horrorfest, hosted annually in Cape Town, South Africa and co-founded by Paul B…

(Left to Right) Torsten Frehse of Neue Visionen, Rebecca Hartung of Pluto Film, Anne Schultka of KIDSreggio and moderator Alasdair Satchel during The Shrinking Gap Between Theatrical and Streaming Releases panel on November 20, 2025 at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia

Industry Panel at Tallinn Debates the Consequences of Europe’s Shrinking Theatrical Windows

At this year’s Just Film Industry Days, held 19–21 November as part of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, a panel of European industry professionals examined how rapidly shrinking theatrical windows are reshaping distribution models, audience expectations and the long-term health of cinema exhi…

The panellists sit on stage with a screen behind them, from left to right: Michele Casula; Alessandro Usai; Davide Novelli; Federica Lucisano; Simone Gialdini; Sonia Dichter; Valentina Torlaschi

Moviegoers Return But Italian Cinema is Running Out of Stories, Say MIA Panellists

Italy’s audiovisual sector benefits from sophisticated tools to track audience behavior and box office performance. Through box office tracking company, Cinetel, attendance data is collected in near real-time, while CinExpert – the weekly monitoring service that tracks the sociodemographic character…

The opening ceremony at Expocine 2025 in São Paulo, Brazil on 30 September 2025

Expocine 2025 Charts the Next Act on the World Stage for Brazil’s Growing Film Industry

Theme “Brazil: Window to the World” sets the tone for debates on the country’s expanding role in the global audiovisual landscape. Brazil’s audiovisual industry is living through one of its most promising moments in decades, and the challenge now is clear: turning prestige into market structure. Sin…

Cult Classics and Community: Fantastic Fest Marks 20th Anniversary Milestone

Autumn is upon us and so too is movie awards season. The unofficial opening of this window for accolades is typically marked by the launch of two major film festivals in early September, the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), both of which concluded within the p…

(From Left) Elizabeth Frank of RealD, Serge Plasch from Barco, Robert Carrady of Caribbean Cinemas, Rolando Rodriguez from Lumma, Gonzalo Lopez of Multicines Ecuador, Daniel Loria of Boxoffice Pro participate in the Industry Investment panel at CineLATAM in Coral Gables, Florida on September 16, 2025

Premium Formats and Smart CapEx Dominate the Conversation at CineLATAM 2025

At CineLATAM 2025, exhibitors, manufacturers, and technology leaders from Caribbean Cinemas, RealD, Multicines, Barco, and Lumma 4D E-Motion shared how Latin America’s cinema market is investing wisely in premium formats and immersive experiences to drive attendance. If CineLATAM 2025’s overall them…

CineLATAM 2025 - Executive Roundtable - Luis Vargas (Comscore), Andrew Cripps (Walt Disney Studios), Valmir Fernandes (Cinemark International), Miguel Mier (Cinepolis), Don Savant (CJ 4DPlex)

Content Is King, Experience Is Queen: Latin America’s Cinema Leaders Signal a Confident Comeback

At CineLATAM 2025, global and regional executives from Paramount, Disney, Cinépolis, Cinemark, and CJ 4DPlex chart a path forward for Latin America’s exhibition market, anchored in content, collaboration, and a renewed focus on the moviegoing experience. By the time Paramount Pictures unveiled its 2…

(From Left) Dylan Leiner of Sony Pictures Classics, Jakob Abrahamsson of NonStop Entertainment, Frank L. Stavik of Fidalgo, and Antonella Canturi of Rai Cinema's 01 Distribution and moderator Davide Abbatescianni during a Buyers In Focus session on 6 September 2025 at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival

Distribution Around the World: Buyers at TIFF Share Lessons for Theatrical’s Next Chapter

At the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival’s Buyers In Focus sessions, industry leaders from six territories revealed how they’re navigating streaming pressure, changing audiences, and TIFF’s rise as a market hub. This year’s Toronto International Film Festival (September 4–14) hosted sev…