Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos' black comedy "Bugonia," Olivier Laxe's post-apocalyptic road movie "Sirens," and Masha Schilinski's German drama "The Sound of Falling" topped the list with five nominations each for the 2026 European Film Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on January 17 in Berlin.

The 2025 London Film Festival will present a large selection of world premieres, including films by Guillermo del Toro, Luca Guadagnino, and Yorgos Lanthimos. The festival will open with a new installment of "Knives Out" and close with "100 Nights of Heroes" starring Charli XCX.

The 2025 Venice Film Festival will take place from August 27 to September 9, presenting new works by famous directors and actors. Among the premieres are Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein", Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia" and Paolo Sorrentino's "Grace", as well as Netflix films.

Oleksandr Rudynskyi has been cast as a Ukrainian military man in the international TV series The Agency. The actor shared his experience of working with director Joe Wright and spoke about the absence of Russian actors on the set.

The 15th Odesa International Film Festival opened in Kyiv with a minute of silence for the victims of the war in Ukraine, and will screen national and international film programs until July 20.

The Cannes Film Festival has announced its competition program, which includes a film by russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov and a special screening of Sergei Loznitsa's film about the russian invasion of Ukraine.

Emma Stone received an Oscar for Best Actress in the movie "The Poor and the Unfortunate".

Oppenheimer, a biographical thriller about the creator of the atomic bomb, is a top favorite for several Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor.

Cillian Murphy won the SAG Award for Best Actor in the movie Oppenheimer.

The teaser trailer for Deadpool and Wolverine shows the heroes joining forces to try to save the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Brad Pitt may play the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming film The Film Critic, which is reportedly Tarantino's 10th and last film.

The residents of Mariupol, who kept their Ukrainian passports, now live practically in a ghetto, as they have no right to leave the city, or to receive medical assistance. One of the film's characters, policeman Vladimir, left the city, returned to duty and was wounded during Russian shelling while assisting civilians in Donbas.