Film Festivals Announce Lineups

Austin Film Festival revealed the full lineup for the 33rd annual festival taking place from Oct. 29 to Nov. 5, along with announcing the filmmakers, actors and writers expected to attend. The festival will showcase 97 films from 24 countries along with four days of Writers Conference programming. J

Country star Thomas Rhett and Hybe Americas’ Nashville-based label Blue Highway Records have announced a new partnership, Fifty-One/Forty-Nine Records. Described as “artist-led,” the partnership offers “an innovative approach to the artist-label relationship,” according to the announcement. followin

The 30th edition of the American French Film Festival, which runs November 3-8 at the DGA Theater Complex in L.A., has unveiled its 2026 lineup. Highlights this year in the program include French Oscar entry Minotaur, Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, which is Romania’s official Oscar entry and Lucas Dhont’s