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Park Chan-wook was named president of the jury for the 79th Cannes Film Festival (May 12–23, 2026), becoming the first Korean and the third Asian to hold the post. He has previously premiered four Cannes Competition titles including Oldboy and The Handmaiden, and is praised by festival officials for his inventiveness and mastery. The Official Selection for 2026 will be unveiled mid-April.
Protesters gathered outside the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles during the Scream 7 premiere to voice support for Palestine and call for a boycott of Paramount+, about 25 demonstrators with flags, drums and bullhorns; the controversy stems from Melissa Barrera's anti-Israel posts that led Spyglass to drop her from the franchise, prompting Jenna Ortega to exit the project and director Christopher Landon to step away amid threats, with a script rewrite and Neve Campbell stepping in as Sidney Prescott; the film, directed in part by Kevin Williamson, follows Prescott's move to Woodsboro only for Ghostface to return, reuniting the original cast with new additions. The premiere still took place Friday with Campbell, Cox, Arquette, Lillard, and others in attendance.
At the Scream 7 world premiere, Kevin Williamson says protesters have the right to be heard amid a boycott tied to Melissa Barrera’s 2023 firing; Deadline frames the scene around a Free Palestine protest outside Paramount, Williamson’s return to direct, and the film’s star-studded cast including Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, and others.
Park Chan-wook will preside over the jury of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, becoming the first South Korean president of Cannes’ jury. The celebrated director—known for Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and Decision to Leave—has a long Cannes history, with officials praising his inventiveness and the cinema of South Korea as a global force.
Johnny Knoxville says Jackass 5 will be the last installment, calling it the natural place to end the franchise; the film is slated for a June 26 theatrical release, and he quips it will be a total train wreck as fans brace for closure after Jackass Forever.
The BAFTAs delivered notable shocks in key acting categories and reinforced the Oscar race’s unpredictability: Wunmi Mosaku won Best Supporting Actress and Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor, fueling a three-way precursor split among major awards and complicating forecasts for who’ll win. Amy Madigan’s BAFTA absence narrows the field in Supporting Actress. One Battle After Another rides momentum for Best Picture after a BAFTA Best Film win, while the Best International Feature race remains tight between Sentimental Value and I’m Still Here. With upcoming Producers Guild and Actor Awards on the horizon, the final Oscar lineup remains up in the air.
BAFTA’s acting prizes delivered several surprises that diverged from Critics Choice and Golden Globes: Jessie Buckley dominated Best Actress for Hamnet, Sean Penn won Supporting Actor, Wunmi Mosaku won Supporting Actress for Sinners, and Robert Aramayo pulled a shocking Best Actor win for I Swear. The results muddy Oscar predictions, especially with Timothée Chalamet still in play but no longer as clear a frontrunner. One Battle After Another led BAFTA wins, crafting a season-wide pattern that still leaves the final Oscar outcomes wide open as PGA and SAG precursor awards loom, with the Movies Fantasy League updating its standings accordingly.
Lily Collins will star as Audrey Hepburn in a film about the making of the 1961 classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s, based on Sam Wasson’s Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M., with Imagine Entertainment and Case Study Films producing and Alena Smith scripting. The project reunites producers Brian Grazer, Jeb Brody, and Justin Wilkes with Scott LaStaiti, while Wasson and others exec‑produce; Collins is currently known for Emily in Paris as Case Study Films expands its slate.
Robert Aramayo stunned the BAFTA crowd by winning Best Actor for I Swear, beating Leonardo DiCaprio and a field that included Timothée Chalamet and Ethan Hawke. The Rings of Power star delivered an emotional speech, thanking director Kirk Jones and the real-life John Davidson, whose Tourette syndrome story anchors the film. Aramayo also won the EE Rising Star Award that night; I Swear was nominated for Outstanding British Film but lost to Hamnet. The ceremony highlighted Davidson’s condition, with host Alan Cumming offering apologies at times for the on-stage moments.
London hosted the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards with Sentimental Value winning Best Film Not In The English Language. The night honored a range of categories, including One Battle After Another for Cinematography, Frankenstein for Production Design, and Sinners for Original Score (Ludwig Göransson). The ceremony, hosted by Alan Cumming, also celebrated special awards: Dame Donna Langley received the BAFTA Fellowship and Clare Binns of PictureHouse Cinemas earned the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema prize, with a complete winners and nominees list updated live.
The 79th BAFTA Film Awards in London, hosted by Alan Cumming, crowned Hamnet as Best Film while One Battle After Another led the nominations with 14, followed by Sinners (13) and Hamnet/Marty Supreme (11 each). The night highlighted standout performances, with Jessie Buckley winning Leading Actress for Hamnet, Robert Aramayo and Leonardo DiCaprio among Leading Actor honorees, and Wunmi Mosaku and Sean Penn taking Supporting Actor honors. The ceremony also included remarks referencing current events; BAFTA records noted Hamnet as the most-nominated film by a female director and Sinners as the most-nominated film by a Black director in BAFTA history.
Wim Wenders, addressing Berlinale's closing ceremony after a controversial opening remark about staying out of politics, urged filmmakers and activists to collaborate rather than clash, describing cinema as an empathetic language and calling for a shared 'anschauung' to address injustices while Berlin crowned its winners.
Owen Gleiberman argues that Tom Noonan’s portrayal of Francis Dollarhyde in Michael Mann’s Manhunter is the defining, unnerving portrait of a psycho killer: a terrifyingly quiet, vulnerably human performance highlighted by scenes like his first appearance in the wheelchair, the slide-show of murders, and the climactic confrontation, which helps make Manhunter the original, standout thriller often considered superior to later “Silence of the Lambs” in its eerie precision and psychological depth.
At Berlinale’s awards ceremony, Wim Wenders responded to the festival-wide politics controversy by arguing cinema is a distinct, empathetic language that can complement activism and the internet rather than clash with it, urging filmmakers and activists to collaborate. The ceremony highlighted politically charged films, including Chronicles From a Siege, Yellow Letters, and Salvation, while Wenders emphasized cinema’s enduring power beyond the internet’s short attention span.
At the 76th Berlin International Film Festival, Ilker Çatak’s Yellow Letters won the Golden Bear, signaling a politically charged mood as jurors including Wim Wenders highlighted films with social commentary; other prizes went to Salvation (Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize), Queen at Sea (Silver Bear Jury Prize and Best Supporting), Grant Gee (Silver Bear Best Director for Everyone Digs Bill Evans), Nina Roza (Silver Bear for Best Screenplay), and Yo (Love Is a Rebellious Bird) for outstanding artistic contribution. Çatak became the first German-born director to win the Golden Bear since Fatih Akın (Head-On, 2004). The festival also featured expressive political speeches and reflections on oppression, with Yellow Letters centering on Turkish artists persecuted under an authoritarian regime, though shot entirely in Germany.