Criticism, analysis and context with named authors, review and visible sources.
A programming dossier treating the festival as an architecture of decisions, not a prize race or name agenda. Based on the verifiable official program, it proposes a comparative reading of sections, repeats, time slots, opening and closing films, and parallel activities to show what audiences, rhythms, and hierarchies the event builds.
By MovieResort Editorial TeamAt the 2026 Venice Mostra, George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. The Biennale’s regulations and archive help distinguish this recognition from awards for films.
By MovieResort Editorial TeamSeminci’s catalogues make it possible to study how each edition organizes and presents its films; on their own, they are not enough to prove that the festival has maintained a fixed identity. A comparative reading requires a clearly defined archive, a distinction between self-presentation and programming, and verification of credits.
By MovieResort Editorial TeamSitges’s sections are not mere compartments for arranging screening times. They form an editorial vocabulary that distinguishes competition, experimentation, independent horror, neighbouring genres, historical recovery, non-fiction and audience development. Reading that vocabulary makes it easier to find one’s way around and to debate what lies within—or at the edge of—the fantastic.
By MovieResort Editorial Team
The festival’s history shows an institution that selects, develops and amplifies films, but its documents do not support a single, permanent definition of independent cinema.
By MovieResort Editorial Team
A selection, a screening and a rights acquisition are different events. This guide proposes reading Cannes as a set of verifiable layers, rather than as a shortcut for predicting quality, release dates or availability.
By MovieResort Editorial Team
The 83rd Mostra, held from 2 to 12 September 2026, cannot be reduced to the Golden Lion. Its programme distributed risk, prestige, political cinema, long-form nonfiction, restoration and first features across spaces governed by different rules and degrees of visibility.
By MovieResort Editorial Team