The Association des Cinémathèques Européennes (ACE) and the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) have selected five institutions to receive funding for the organisation of projectionists’ workshops during the 2026–2027 period. The selected recipients are: Filmarchiv Austria Finnish Arts and Culture Agency (KUVI) Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny (FINA) Filmoteca Española Národní filmový archiv (Czech …

Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman attend the premiere of “Nuisance Bear,” an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. © 2026 Sundance Institute | photo by Jason Peters By Jessica Herndon  Nuisance Bear raises a timely question: What happens when an ancient migration route collides with modern life? Premiering in the U.S. Documentary […]

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Using archival footage and reenactments interspersed with film and photos shot in Vietnam by the young men comprising the “soul patrol,” J.M. Harper crafts a backdrop of a country that was readily sending Black men to risk their lives in the jungle even as their civil rights were being disputed back home.

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(L–R) Peter Dinklage, Alexander Skarsgård, and Olivia Colman attend the Q&A for “Wicker” by Eleanor Wilson and Alex Huston Fischer, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. (© 2026 Sundance Institute | photo by Sam Emenogu) By Ramona Flume Navigating a new marriage can be a funny thing. Especially in a fictional medieval village […]

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