Black Star International Film Festival outlines four pillars for 2026

The 11th Black Star International Film Festival will explore four key pillars under its 2026 theme, ‘Film & Global Culture: The New Wave of African Cinema’.

The new initiative aims to emulate the success of recent Irish-language films.

The WIBFF remains committed to building bridges between Africa and the global Black community.

This year’s festival is superpowered by a strong year for Scottish cinema, showing it can thrive under the ‘four dimensional perpetual catch-22’ of global ambitions Now that its disastrous collapse and speedy rebirth is a trauma slowly receding in the rear-view mirror, the Edinburgh international film festival can set

This year’s Busan International Film Festival has named Hong Kong filmmaker Ann Hui as the recipient of the Camellia Award, presented to filmmakers who have made significant contributions to elevating the status of women in the film industry. Hui was a leading figure in the Hong Kong New Wave as a director, screenwrite

The First International Meeting of Cities will take place Aug. 12-14 at the Gramado Film Market and will gather municipal-level authorities from such major towns as Medellín, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Maricá and fest-host Gramado as well as representatives of Brazilian and Ibero-American organizations to discuss ho