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Tags: Andy Evans, Big Pharma, Dances With Films 2026, Doug Bremner, The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg “THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG” is writer-director Doug Bremner’s new film, confronting the ugly truth of corporate greed taking precedence over human life. That such a theme remains relevant today is deeply unsettling and gives Bremner’s film an added sense of urgency. The filmmaker comes to this project with both academic expertise and firsthand experience.

Tags: Bird in Hand, Cutting Through Rocks, Dalton Okolo, film festival, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Film Festival, Hunter Christy, independent film, Khartoum, Melody Roscher, Robert Kendzie, Runa Simi, Timothy Parsons, Virginia, Wa’ad Adam Fredericksburg, Virginia—Fredericksburg Film Festival Co-Founder and Executive Director Dalton Okolo kicked off the third iteration of the festival June 25-28 at the Courtyard by Marriott, located along the town’s historic main artery, Caroline Street.

Tags: Billie Jean King, Dawn Porter, DC/DOX, documentary, Jamie Shor, Rory Kennedy, Sky Sitney, Washington DC WASHINGTON, D.C.—When the days get muggy and the White House lawn is repurposed for a cage fight, “it must be time for DC/DOX,” said festival co-founder Jamie Shor on a Thursday night at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre on a particularly stuffy weekend in the nation’s capital (DC/DOX took place during June 11-14).

Tags: American Doctor, Black Zombie, DC/DOX, documentary, film festival, Hell’s Army, Misan Harriman, shorts, The siege of paradise, Time Warp “MISAN HARRIMAN: SHOOT THE PEOPLE Director: Andy Mundy-Castle This doc profiles Nigerian-British photographer Misan Harriman’s fascinating photographic eye, as well as his trials and hopes.

Tags: documentary, HUMPTY DUMPTY X, Tony Kaye Tony Kaye’s “Humpty Dumpty X” shines light on the director’s tumultuous experience making the 1998 film, “American History X”. Wild, manic, and in-your-face self indulgent, this compelling documentary is as intoxicating as its subject. Using 23 years of personal footage with subjects both involved and adjacent to Kaye and his filmmaking hell, this is a personal purge of bad karma through the visual medium.

Tags: AMERICAN SOLITAIRE, Arnaud Desplechin, BASTARDS OF SOUL, john carpenter, THE TALLEST DWARF, the thing expanded, TWO PIANOS “THE TALLEST DWARF” Director: Julie Forrest Wyman Filmmaker Julie Forrest Wyman explores her family’s challenges with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, in this enchanting documentary that asks for understanding for Wyman, her family and her community.

Tags: Cannes 2026, Cara Delevingne, CLUB KID, Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, queer cinema, Un certain regard Jordan Firstman arrives at Cannes with the kind of cultural reputation that almost invites skepticism. The 34-year-old American performer first became known through aggressively online comedy, viral provocations and a distinctly millennial form of queer performance art that often seemed designed to irritate as much as entertain.

Tags: Cannes 2026, Cannes Film Festival, Marché du Film, Romania, Romanian Cinema Romania arrived at Cannes this year with a message that extended beyond the films screening across the festival lineup. Through a high-profile Marché du Film panel titled “Why Romania? Why Now?” industry representatives presented the country as an increasingly sophisticated international production partner eager to attract co-productions, servicing work and foreign investment.

Tags: Cannes 2026, Catherine Deneuve, GENTLE MONSTER, Jella Haase, Lea Seydoux, Marie Kreutzer Marie Kreutzer’s “GENTLE MONSTER” arrives at Cannes wrapped in controversy, emotional devastation and impossible expectations. Competing for the Palme d’Or at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the Austrian filmmaker’s latest feature is not merely another prestige European drama about fractured domestic lives.

Tags: Caméra d’or, Cannes 2026, Directors Fortnight, Eivind Landsvik, Low expectations, Quinzaine des Cinéastes Norwegian filmmaker Eivind Landsvik makes his feature debut at the 2026 Directors’ Fortnight with “LOW EXPECTATIONS,” a 105-minute drama competing for the Caméra d’or in its world premiere. Already recognized for his emotionally attuned visual style, Landsvik arrives in Cannes with strong pedigree from the short-film world, where his work has quietly built an international reputation.