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Film Festivals Calendar

Updated November 5, 2026 · maintained, not published once

The major film festivals and when their lineups and awards are announced.

Dates as the festivals have announced them; we add lineups and winners as stories. Cannes, Venice and Toronto dates are added once announced.

DatesFestivalSource
Dec 2026Sundance 2027 lineup announcedSundance Institute
Jan 21–31, 2027Sundance Film Festival (first year in Boulder, Colorado); awards Jan 29Sundance Institute
Feb 10–21, 2027Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale)Festival listings
Mar 2027SXSW Film & TV Festival, AustinFestival listings

Entertainment

On Sale Friday, Scorpions' 2027 Tour and Mike Epps' Comedy Tour

Tickets for three tours go on general sale Friday, November 6. Scorpions' Love, Peace & Rock 'n' Roll Tour plays Europe and the U.K. from April 29 to July 18, 2027, after the band postponed its remaining 2026 dates, including a Las Vegas residency, Consequence reports. The We Them One's Comedy Tour, headlined by Mike Epps and hosted by Deon Cole, plays 37 U.S. dates from February 5 to May 22, 2027, its promoter said. And comedian Jordan Jensen's Wet Hug Tour visits 21 North American cities through May, starting at New York's Beacon Theatre on November 12, Variety reports. Buy through the official seller linked from the artist's site.

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Entertainment

Godzilla Minus Zero and The Cat in the Hat Open This Weekend

Toho's follow-up to its Oscar-winning Godzilla film opens in North America, alongside Warner Bros.' animated Dr. Seuss film and Angel Studios' Drummer Boy.

Godzilla Minus Zero, Toho's follow-up to the Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, opens in North American theaters on Friday, November 6, days after its November 3 premiere in Japan, Toho has said. Also opening Friday: Warner Bros.' animated The Cat in the Hat and Angel Studios' Drummer Boy. Sony's Ghost Soldier follows on Wednesday, November 11, and Paramount's Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol and Amazon MGM's How to Rob a Bank on November 13.

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Entertainment

New Music Friday, Kings of Leon, Lil Baby and Alanis Morissette

Friday, November 6, brings new albums from Kings of Leon (O My Beloved), Lil Baby (Fresh), Dove Cameron (Final Girl), Skepta (The Fork & Knife) and La Roux (Old Flames), plus Alanis Morissette's holiday album, Good Weather for Immaculate Conception, according to Billboard's release calendar and other music outlets. Next week, U2 release Carnaval de Luz on November 13, their first album of new material in nine years, Rolling Stone reports. Our New Music This Month tracker lists every major November release.

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Entertainment

New on Streaming This Weekend, From Black Doves to Possible Love

Keira Knightley's spy thriller returns to Netflix, HBO Max adds a true-crime series, and Hulu's All's Fair is back. Plus what leaves Netflix this week.

Netflix's biggest arrival this week is the second season of Black Doves, with Keira Knightley as a spy whose cover is blown, on Thursday, November 5, alongside season two of the Canadian comedy North of North. On Friday, November 6, Netflix adds Possible Love, a Korean film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong. HBO Max premieres the HBO Original series Melania Rea on Friday and City of God: The Fight Rages On, Season 2, on Sunday, November 8. On Hulu, All's Fair returned for its second season on November 4.

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The festivals' own announcements.

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