‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Returns to Cannes for 20th Anniversary
Cineverse has announced that writer-director Guillermo del Toro's beloved fantasy feature Pan's Labyrinth will return to the Cannes International Film Festival 20 years after its historic 22-minute standing ovation—the longest in the festival's history.
Los Angeles Mayor Tours ECHELON Studios Hollywood Site
This week ECHELON Studios Hollywood, Founder David Simon welcomed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for a special preview and tour of Hollywood's newest purpose-built studio and creative complex, underscoring a shared commitment to keeping production—and the creative community—rooted in Hollywood.
Editing the Unseen: How Ben South Is Rewriting the Rules of Television Before the Cameras Even Roll
In an industry built on timelines, footage, and final cuts, Ben South is doing something that sounds almost impossible, he’s shaping stories before they fully exist. As the Post Producer behind HBO’s It’s Florida Man, and now stepping into a Co-Executive Producer role for Season 3, South is quietly redefining the process of how modern television gets made.
Ireland’s National Screen Acting School Launches in Los Angeles
Bow Street Academy, Ireland's national screen acting school, announces the opening of Bow Street Academy Los Angeles — its first international campus. At the center of the expansion is Gerry Grennell, one of the most sought-after performance coaches in the film industry whose career spans more than three decades of collaboration with some of the most acclaimed actors in international cinema, including Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, and Oscar Isaac.
‘KAGURABACHI’ Set for Anime Adaptation in April 2027
CyberAgent, Inc., as a co-chief production partner with Shochiku Co., Ltd., is pleased to announce that anime adaptation of Takeru Hokazono's Kagurabachi will begin broadcasting and streaming in April 2027.
SSFF & ASIA 2026 Unveils Lineup Featuring Special ScreeningS
ASIFA-Hollywood proudly announces the launch of its inaugural Annie Awards Qualifying Festival List—an exciting new initiative designed to recognize and celebrate film festivals around the world that champion the art of animation. The list will spotlight festivals around the globe that have demonstrated meaningful impact, artistic excellence, and a sustained commitment to advancing both the art and industry of animation.
Inside Nayla Al Khaja’s ‘BAAB’
With BAAB, Nayla Al Khaja delivers her most intimate and uncompromising work to date. A psychological dark fantasy rooted in grief, sound, and Arab folklore, the film unfolds through the fractured inner world of a woman haunted by the loss of her twin sister. Rejecting linear storytelling in favor of atmosphere, silence, and sensory disorientation, BAAB becomes less a narrative than an experience — one that invites the viewer to step through a threshold where reality, memory, and myth collide.
Psychological Thriller Short ‘The Knock Shadow’ Heads to Festivals in 2026
The Knock Shadow, a psychological thriller short film featuring Lea DeLaria (Orange Is The New Black) and Kevin Kilner (Earth: Final Conflict), has wrapped production and is set to hit the 2026 festival circuit. Set in a psychiatric hospital in the 1980s, The Knock Shadow, follows a young female therapist who encounters a patient whose symptoms lead her to question what is real and what isn’t working in the field.
Where Sundance 2026 Truly Came Alive
Every Sundance has its hotspots, but in 2026 the conversation around Park City kept circling back to one address. Over four days and nights, The Cabin and The Velvet Room on Main Street became the place where the festival’s most consequential moments unfolded. The Elvis Mitchell Suite, Supper Club, and Film Lounge, set a new standard for Sundance’s most premier events.
Kerry Washington Honored with Elevate Prize Catalyst Award
The Elevate Prize Foundation presented the Elevate Prize Catalyst Award to Emmy Award–winning actor, producer, director, author, and activist Kerry Washington during the Sundance Film Festival today. The honor recognizes Washington's career-long commitment to using storytelling as a powerful force for democracy. For more than a decade, Washington has advanced that mission through Simpson Street Productions, the award-winning company she founded to expand whose stories are seen, heard, and valued on screen with past productions including Hulu's Little Fires Everywhere and HBO's Confirmation.