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Expanding Cinematic Boundaries｜51st Toronto International Film Festival Opens with RecordBreaking Animation Programme

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The 51st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will run from 10 September to 20 September 2026 in Toronto, Canada. As North America’s largest and most influential film event, TIFF carries its core mission “Transforming the way people see the world through film”. This edition gathers outstanding works from 50 countries worldwide, highlighting multicultural dialogue, personalidentity narratives, humancentered concerns and[…..] […]

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Creative Hungary

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In August 2026, Creative Hungary, Hungary’s national official institution for the development of creative industries, led domestic Hungarian game enterprises to make their debut at the B2B business zone of gamescom, the world’s premier global gaming exhibition in Cologne, Germany. For the first time in Hungary’s gaming industry history, local game studios participated in the[…..] […]

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Toei Animation Unveils Two BrandNew One Piece Theatrical Film Projects, Expanding Franchise Multi-Content Universe

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During the grand fan event ONE PIECE DAY ’26 held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Toei Animation officially announced two brandnew theatrical animated features, ONE PIECE FILM GOD VALLEY and ONE PIECE FILM BAAD. Release windows have been confirmed alongside a slate of major IP announcements, marking content preparations for the 30th anniversaries of both the original[…..] […]

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Genigods: Nezha Premieres Worldwide at gamescom 2026, Coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC

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Developed by 20-year veteran industry team at Genigods Lab, the hardcore action RPG reinvents ancient Chinese creation mythology for global players. Genigods Lab officially unveiled its flagship single-player hardcore action RPG Genigods: Nezha via its first global worldview trailer with gamescom Opening Night Live. Built on fully customized Unreal Engine 5 and optimized for PlayStation 5,[…..] […]

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 China Takes Global Lead in Robotics, While Domestic AI Chip Capabilities Continue to Catch-Up 

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Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has published its subscriberonly white paper China’s Strategic Advance in Robotics and Automation. The report confirms China’s worldleading position in robotics and automation. China stands as a key global testing ground and industrial hub for embodied intelligence, with unmatched scale of deployed industrial robots and a large domestic humanoidrobot developer ecosystem,[…..] […]

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Call for Entries Launched for Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) 2027

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The 34th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), one of Europe’s leading Oscarqualifying animation festivals, will run from 27 April to 2 May 2027 in Stuttgart, GermanyInternatio…. Submissions for competition categories will open in autumn 2026. Animators, filmart students, studios and creators worldwide are invited to submit animated short films, featurelength animations and series episodes for international theatrical[…..] […]

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Silver Lining Interactive Named Global Publisher for the Vibrant SRPG ‘STARDUST: Wish of Witch’

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Silver Lining Interactive is proud to announce that it is partnering with studio Kniv Studio Co., Ltd. to publish the vibrant pixel-art, turn-based SRPG that reimagines the charm of classic strategy: STARDUST: Wish of Witch. Players can buy STARDUST now on Steam, with more announcements coming! “Partnering with the incredibly talented team at Kniv Studio[…..] […]

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SYSTEM 3 PRESERVES THE JAMES POND LEGACY WITH A LIMITED PHYSICAL NINTENDO SWITCH 2 EDITION, LAUNCHING OCTOBER 2026

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James Pond Legacy: The Pond is Not Enough brings 12 versions of four classic adventures, introduces the all-new Pondverse, and features the original studio-recorded title track “Maybe” Some agents refuse to be left sleeping with the fishes. System 3 today announced that James Pond Legacy: The Pond Is Not Enough will make its first splash on Nintendo[…..] […]

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Co-op action builder GRAVHOUNDS entering Early Access on PC and Xbox November 2, 2026

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Independent developer and publisher Octopus Panic announced GRAVOUNDS, a new 1-4 player co-op action builder coming to Early Access on PC and Xbox Series X|S on November 2, 2026, and available day one with Xbox Game Pass. The announcement trailer revealed at Opening Night Live showcases the game’s chaotic, physics-driven mayhem, tasking players with dropping into[…..] […]

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The 83rd Venice International Film Festival : Chinese-language Works Selected across Official Sections

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Release Date: 24 July 2026 Category: Film Festival Tags: Venice Film Festival, international screening, Chineselanguage cinema Organised by La Biennale di Venezia, the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica) runs 2  12 September 2026 on the Lido, Venice, under artistic director Alberto BarberaLa Biennal…. Maggie Gyllenhaal serves as Jury President for the main competition. Hong KongChinese filmmaker Johnnie To joins the maincompetition jury alongside[…..] […]

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