KVIFF 2026: Trine Dyrholm & Simon Bennebjerg in 'The Guest' Drama

Yet another story of a fractured family trying to reconcile years later. Yet another story of a family unable to actually reconcile despite being in the middle of a beautiful moment moving forard. But that's life for you, right? That's the truth about most families these days. While it is getting a bit cliche to see, it is still a brave act to make a film about a family and share all the ugly, rotten, uncomfortable sides of it. Sometimes laying it all bare and addressing all this trouble directly is the only way to really figure out how to move forward. But this doesn't always work, does it? The Guest (aka Gæsten) is a Danish family drama made by Danish filmmaker Mads Mengel as his first feature film after a few other TV series recently. The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where it won the Best Director Award for filmmaker Mads Mengel and also the Special Jury Prize. I was also at the KVIFF world premiere, honored to sit & watch this film at its initial unveiling. Despite being a well-made, nicely-shot Danish film, it's a bit depressing overall. // Continue Reading ›

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Anders Danielsen Lie is Bill Evans in 'Everybody Digs Bill Evans' Trailer

"Sometimes an intermission is part of the music." Modern Films UK has revealed the first official trailer for an indie drama titled Everybody Digs Bill Evans, a musician biopic about jazz maestro Bill Evans. This first premiered at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, with stops at the Dublin and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals as well. Norwegian actor Anders Danielsen Lie stars as American jazz pianist Bill Evans, best known for his iconic "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" live album created in 1961. They also eventually released an album called "Everybody Digs Bill Evans" which is where the title of this film is from. Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans forms his perfect trio, recording 2 groundbreaking albums. When his brilliant young bassist Scott LaFaro dies tragically, Evans is devastated. The story follows Evans' journey to overcome grief and return to music – cutting between past & present in this dynamic B&W film from director Grant Gee. The cast features Anders as Bill, plus Bill Pullman, Laurie Metcalf, Barry Ward, & Valene Kane. The film really isn't really about jazz, it's about grief and how much it can torture a great artist. Have a look. 🎶 // Continue Reading ›

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New Trailer for 4K Restoration of 'Gandahar' 1987 Animated Sci-Fi Film

"A future passed, a past yet to come." Janus Films has debuted a new official trailer for the animation film Gandahar, a 1987 animated sci-fi classic from France. The final masterpiece from French animator René Laloux – also director of Fantastic Planet and The Time Masters previously. This is a 4K re-release of the original French uncut version, since it was only released theatrically in the US before in 1988 as an edited & dubbed version. Janus already did a 4K restoration & re-release of The Time Masters last year, this is up next and it looks just as enchanting & fascinating. On the planet Gandahar where peace reigns and poverty is unknown, this utopian lifestyle is upset by reports of people at the frontiers being turned to stone. Sylvain is sent to investigate this mystery. He learns that a gargantuan brain called Metamorphis is responsible for his utopian society's strife and, together with the beautiful Airelle, travels through time to defeat him, in the process risking their lives & Gandahar's very existence "In a thousand years, Gandahar was destroyed, and all its people massacred. A thousand years ago, Gandahar will be saved, and what can't be avoided will be." Laloux's animated films are always worth watching because they're so unique & intelligent & mesmerizing. // Continue Reading ›

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Watch: 'Seed' Sci-Fi Comedy Short Film - Two Dudes on a Trash Planet

Oh this is so fun! 🌱 Seed is a wacky, clever, amusing 6-minute sci-fi comedy short film from Canada made by filmmaker Cameron Macgowan. After a successful film festival tour with screenings at many festivals such as Cinequest, Boston Underground Film Festival and Fantaspoa, it's now available to watch online for those with a curious & adventurous taste in film. Two feral men living on Trash Planet discover a humanoid plant creature while foraging for food & supplies. That's all you need to know going in! Just click play and get ready to laugh. Macgowan's Seed is a mixture of live-action & 2D animation footage about two feral men living on Trash Planet whose routine lives are forever changed. Starring Roger LeBlanc and Mike Tan as the dudes. Cameron says: "The film was inspired by my love of silent comedy, retro nature documentaries & films which feature human actors performing with animated characters like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" I really dig the 2D creature and the dialogue-free kookiness of this film. It's all so wonderfully creative! Enjoy. // Continue Reading ›

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Emile Hirsch in Supernatural Gross Out Horror 'Woozy' Festival Trailer

"He's harmless. Just try and ignore him." Archstone Entertainment has revealed the first look trailer for the indie horror thriller film titled Woozy, which is premiering soon this summer. Written and directed by the filmmaker Joey Bicicchi, this supernatural indie horror is debuting at the 2026 Popcorn Frights Festival in Fort Lauderdale, Florida this August. If anyone wants to catch it early. A man's structured life to cope with mental health issues unravels when a horrifying apparition called Woozy starts tormenting him, forcing him to confront his fears. Emile Hirsch unleashes a nerve-shredding performance in Woozy, a psychological descent into a mind’s darkest corners. What begins as control collapses into spectacular chaos as Dusty is forced into a brutal confrontation with the delusions he thought he had mastered. Woozy becomes a visceral battle between discipline and disorder, sanity and surrender, structure and the terrifying unknown that lives just beneath the surface. This stars Emile Hirsch along with Jackie Cruz, Penelope Mitchell, and Jeff Adler. All the green throw up stuff in this trailer is so gross but that's obviously the whole point. Have fun. // Continue Reading ›

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Official Trailer for Netflix's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two'

"You don't really wanna be against me." Netflix has debuted their main official trailer for One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two, the second half & grand conclusion to this epic story from South America. In the timeless town of Macondo, 7 generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and their past, their fate. The book by Nobel Prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez comes to Netflix, telling the story of the Buendía family, tormented by madness, impossible love, war, and fear of a curse that condemns them to solitude for a 100 years in this town. The series first launched in 2024 on Netflix, with 16 episodes of stories. This Part Two second season features 7 more episodes and on big finale – final installment brings the story to its close after two full years. This new preview showcases certain moments that will shape the outcome of the Buendías' family saga: the inexorable passage of time over Macondo, the arrival of progress and its consequences (via a banana farm & railroad), the tensions among the family’s younger generations, and the town's transformation—whose splendor will yield to an inevitable decline until the curse that has doomed the family from its very origins is fulfilled. The cast inlcudes Julián Román (José Arcadio Segundo & Aureliano Segundo), Jorge Quintero (José Arcadio Segundo & young Aureliano Segundo), Claudio Cataño (Aureliano Buendía), Marleyda Soto (Úrsula Iguarán), María Adelaida Puerta (Amaranta Buendía). Tune in. // Continue Reading ›

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First Look Teaser for 'Our Effed Up World' Alien Invasion Sci-Fi Horror

"There's still plenty of mysterious out there." Dark Star Pictures has unveiled the first teaser trailer for an indie sci-fi horror film called Our Effed Up World, the latest creation from young trans filmmaker Alice Maio Mackay (also of T Blockers, Satranic Panic, The Serpent's Skin). This is playing soon at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal this summer, but has no final release date yet. Fantasia's intro is the best for this: "With her latest film, Our Effed Up World, Mackay takes inspiration from the alien-invasion genre. As Sheri grapples with the loss of her grandmother, a mysterious entity crashes in the woods nearby. Soon only Sheri & her friends stand between the survival of the world and an alien hunger that will consume us all. Paying homage to films like Killer Klowns from Outer Space and cutesy girl-power vibes of The Powerpuff Girls, Mackay’s sense of humour is absurd, biting, and fun." Starring Sara Thompson, Annapurna Sriram, Jess McLeod, Scott Major, Brandon Flynn, Jordan Dulieu, Jack Haven, Leela Varghese, Chris Gun, and Tommy Dorfman. A quick first look for fans of this kind of homemade sci-fi flick. Check it out. // Continue Reading ›

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