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- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Analysis
Busan enters the circuit of major festivals: the winner qualifies for the international Oscar
A story the morning did not tell, where the section followed the Venice competition. The 31st edition of the Korean festival, from October 6 to 15, brings 316 films and a rule change that touches the Oscar race; in Toronto, from September 10, a market separate from the festival is born.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The awards for the technical and creative categories are given out over the weekend of September 5-6 in Los Angeles and precede the main ceremony on September 14; among the nominees mentioned are Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift. The information appears in the agenda of the EFE news agency, picked up by Infobae: single source, no independent confirmation available.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · Analysis
Lee Chang-dong returns to competition in Venice after twenty-four years
The South Korean director presents 'Possible Love' today at the Lido, produced by Netflix: it is his first feature film after 'Burning' and his return to Competition after 'Oasis' in 2002.
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards includes the Creative Arts Emmys on September 5 and 6 and the main ceremony on September 14 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, broadcast live on NBC and streamed on Peacock at 8 p.m. ET. Mariska Hargitay hosts, as announced on July 7. 'The Pitt' leads the nominations with 12 nods in the major categories and 25 overall; the ceremony is held on a Monday so as not to overlap with NBC's Sunday night football (NBC Insider, TV Insider).
- Saturday, 5 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 51st edition of the Canadian festival runs from September 10 to 20 and introduces a professional market for the first time, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, an expansion of the Industry Selects program launched in 2020. It opens with 'Being Heumann' by Sian Heder and closes with 'Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend' by Yan Lanouette Turgeon; the first wave of the program includes films from nearly 30 countries. Added at the last minute is the world premiere of 'The Last Photograph' by Zack Snyder on September 13 (TIFF, The Film Stage, Gold Derby).
- Friday, 4 September 2026 · Analysis
Venice 83, the September 4 programme: two titles in competition and two restorations in Classics
The third full day of the Mostra puts two films in Competition on the schedule, three out-of-competition screenings and a world premiere backed by George Clooney. The three outlets reporting the programme draw on the same official schedule: at this stage the news comes from a single origin (the Venice 83 day programme reported by Almanacco Cinema, Bigodino and Libero Magazine); no independent confirmation is available.
- Friday, 4 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Mostra's programme for September 4 includes two titles in Competition, three out-of-competition screenings and a world premiere backed by George Clooney. At 5 p.m. in the Sala Grande, "15/18 (A Place to Heal)" by Cédric Kahn is scheduled, set in a children's and adolescents' psychiatric ward; Venezia Classici offers at 11:15 a.m. the restoration of "Abschied von Gestern" by Alexander Kluge and at 2 p.m. "To Be or Not to Be" by Ernst Lubitsch. At 5 p.m. the Giornate degli Autori presents "Balcanica" by Nicola Sorcinelli, filmed in Italian, English and Dari. Sources: Almanacco Cinema, Libero Magazine.
- Friday, 4 September 2026 · Analysis
Chinese summer box office closes at 12.5 billion yuan and with the lowest ticket price since 2022
Between June 1 and August 31, Chinese cinemas took in 12.498 billion yuan with 340 million admissions. Screenings hit a historic high, domestic films account for almost 72% of the market.
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
Having received the award during the opening night of the 83rd Venice Film Festival, with a laudatory speech by Laura Dern, George Clooney is giving a public masterclass today at 4 p.m. at the Match Point Arena. The second honorary Golden Lion will go to Ellen Burstyn, who will hold her own masterclass on September 8; the festival closes on the 12th with "Dio ride" by Giovanni Veronesi (Kiss Kiss, Lost in Cinema, QN).
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · Analysis
Toronto opens September 10 with "Being Heumann" and launches its market
The 51st edition of the Canadian festival opens with the film by Siân Heder and launches TIFF: The Market at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. In South Korea, nine national titles compete for the Chuseok long weekend, from September 24 to 26.
- Thursday, 3 September 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 83rd Mostra, which opened on September 2 with Danny Boyle's "Ink," will close on Saturday, September 12 with the out-of-competition world premiere of Giovanni Veronesi's "Dio ride." The overall program includes 135 films; among the eagerly awaited events are the documentary on the Oasis reunion and Luca Guadagnino's "Joie de vivre" on Bernardo Bertolucci. (La Biennale, Il Post)
- Wednesday, 2 September 2026 · Analysis
Venice 83 opens with Danny Boyle's "Ink" and the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to George Clooney
The 83rd International Film Festival begins today at the Lido and closes on September 12. Twenty films in competition, jury chaired by Maggie Gyllenhaal, two Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement.
- Monday, 31 August 2026 · Analysis
Twenty or twenty-one films in competition at Venice: sources do not agree on the number
The Mostra opens on September 2 with «Ink» by Danny Boyle, jury presided over by Maggie Gyllenhaal and five Italian titles in competition. Sources diverge on the total number of contenders; at Telluride, from September 4, the programme remains instead secret.
- Monday, 31 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The 53rd Telluride Film Festival, running September 4 to 7 in Colorado, has announced designer and director Bella Freud as the artist behind this year's poster, according to the official announcement and reports gathered by AwardsWatch. The rest of the program, as tradition dictates, remains secret until the eve of the opening.
- Sunday, 30 August 2026 · Analysis
Venice declares everything, Telluride declares nothing: two opposite ways of opening the season
The 83rd Mostra at the Lido publishes its program, numbers, and booking windows; the Colorado festival keeps its selection secret until the eve of the event and has already sold out its passes. Two calendars that overlap for four days, and two opposite policies on informing the public.
- Saturday, 29 August 2026 · Analysis
August delivers $1.1 billion at the North American box office, two films account for 78%
The month topped the 2016 record, but the growth is concentrated in just two titles. In 2014 the top two films accounted for 43% of the month's total, in 2016 for 37%: this year, over three quarters.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Venice 83, twenty films in competition from September 2 to 12
The 83rd International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art opens on September 2 with "Ink" by Danny Boyle and closes on the 12th with "Dio ride" by Giovanni Veronesi. Honorary Golden Lions to George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn; a new section, Venice Spotlight, replaces Orizzonti Extra.
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · Analysis
Venice 83 begins with restoration: Tinto Brass's "Deadly Sweet" in the pre-opening
On September 1st in the Sala Darsena, the Mostra opens with the 1967 film restored in 4K by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia with support from Netflix. The competition begins the following day with Danny Boyle's "Ink".
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
"Timeless," a collection of ten unreleased tracks by Prince, the musician who died in 2016, is out now. According to the account by Luca Dondoni in La Stampa, cited in the front-page roundup, this is not outtake material but rather content drawn from the artist's vast body of work. The release fits within the trend of posthumous publications drawn from unreleased recording archives. Musicletter
- Friday, 28 August 2026 · From Zero's Briefs
The Italian singer-songwriter releases today, August 28, 2026, her new single titled "Meraviglioso errore." The release was announced by the artist herself and covered in the day's music news, placing it among the late-August releases ahead of the autumn season. Sky TG24
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