2026 fall festival scorecard: Who’s heading to Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF — and who’s skipping the circuit?
Mapping out the premiere launchpads, late-breaking wild cards, and major studio holdouts defining this year’s fall awards circuit.

England, 1305. A mute peasant cursed to become a werewolf each full moon is forced to join a royal hunting party culling the land of wolves, where he must hide his monstrous nature while seeking to break the curse before the evil within consumes his family and soul.
Mapping out the premiere launchpads, late-breaking wild cards, and major studio holdouts defining this year’s fall awards circuit.
Although he hasn't seen the full film, Willem Dafoe is already a Werwulf cheerleader and shared why he's so fulfilled working with Robert…