Acquired Cinema
C.J. PrinceA look at contemporary international cinema, with an emphasis on films without distribution in North America.
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Locarno 2026: You Don’t Belong Here, At Night, September Afternoon, Down the Arm of God, The Blessing
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The Locarno Film Festival came and went quickly, although that’s normally the case with festivals. Hundreds of films packed together over 11 days, with plenty of them unknown quantities, means there...
Locarno 2026: Brave New Love, Nobody's Violence, 16 Moments of My Life, I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
© Locarno Film Festival / Ti-Press
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I wrote a little bit about my thoughts on Locarno as a festival last year, and since my feelings haven’t really changed I don’t want to repeat myself too much. Locarno, like many other film...
Distribution Watch: Venice 2026
Ground Floor (dir. Gábor Reisz)
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Last updated: August 9, 2026
Titles in bold will have a North American distributor, which I’ll include with a source linked to the distributor’s name. I will probably announce updates on my T...
Distribution Watch: Cannes 2026
Hope (dir. Na Hong-jin)
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Last updated: September 3, 2026
Titles in bold will have at least one North American distributor, which I’ll include with a source linked to the distributor’s name. As always, I’m only one person doi...
New Directors/New Films 2026
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Looking back at the other two film festivals I covered this year, I started to think of them in terms of how they function within the overall festival circuit. At only two years old, the Montreal Critics’ Week acts as a count...
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