Euphoria and The End to bookend Balinale film festival

Indonesia's Balinale film festival will open its 19th edition on June 1 with Julian Rosefeldt’s Euphoria and close on June 7 with Joshua Oppenheimer’s The End. The event in Sanur presents 94 films from 38 countries.

Balinale runs June 1–7 in Sanur and features 56 premieres. It adds a new competitive category called Best Indonesian Short Tapestry of Indonesia for local short-form storytelling. The festival is Indonesia’s only Academy Award qualifying event and was founded in 2007 by the Bali Film Center.

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Red carpet opening of the 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival featuring posters for 'We Are All Strangers' and 'Cyclone' amid Hong Kong skyline.
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Hong Kong film festival to open with Anthony Chen's 'We Are All Strangers'

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The 50th Hong Kong International Film Festival will open on April 1 with Anthony Chen's 'We Are All Strangers' and close on April 12 with Philip Yung's 'Cyclone'. The event features 215 films from 71 countries and regions, including numerous premieres. It also highlights filmmaker Jia Zhangke and includes special performances of Wong Kar-wai's 'In the Mood for Love'.

South Korea's largest showcase of indie and house cinema, the Jeonju International Film Festival, begins its 27th edition Wednesday evening with an opening ceremony at 6:30 p.m. at the Sori Arts Center in Jeonju. The 10-day event features 237 films from 54 countries, opening with Kent Jones' 'Late Fame'.

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The 79th Cannes Film Festival began on Tuesday with the premiere of Pierre Salvadori’s The Electric Kiss as the opening film. Stars and international filmmakers arrived on the Croisette in the French Riviera resort town for the event, which runs through May 23.

The Cannes Film Festival will announce the lineup for its 79th edition on April 9 during a press conference in Paris. The event is hosted by festival president Iris Knobloch and general delegate Thierry Fremaux. The 2026 edition is scheduled for May 12-23, with South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook presiding over the jury.

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Spanish directors Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo received the best direction prize at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival for La bola negra, shared ex aequo with Pawel Pawlikowski for Fatherland. Cristian Mungiu won the Palme d'Or for Fjord.

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