SXSW Fest 2026: Highlights (Anticipated)

The documentaries include “#WhileBlack,” a tale about the intersection of social media and police brutality, and “#SkyKing,” the tragic story of a man who stole an airplane and crashed it into the ground, killing himself.

Cannes Film Fest: Top Winners (Palme d’Or), 1946-Present

As of 2025, Jane Campion, Julia Ducournau, and Justine Triet are the only female directors to win the Palme d’Or (for The Piano, Titane, and Anatomy of a Fall, respectively).

New Book about Cannes Fest at 80: Camera d’Or Year 23 (2000): Bahman Ghobadi’s “A Time for Drunken Horses”

The movie was a co-winner of the Caméra d’Or award at the 2000 Cannes Film Fest.; the other winning film was Djomeh.

Camera d’Or Year 16 (1993): Hung Tran Anh’s “The Scent of Green Papaya” from Vietnam

New Book for Cannes Film Festival at 80! (in May 2027).

Berlin Film Fest 2026: Winners in All Categories

Oscar nominee Sandra Hüller took best acting honors for her gender-shifting role in Rose, Anna Calder-Marshall and Tom Courtney won best supporting for Queen at Sea.