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Provincetown Film Festival Reveals 2026 Lineup
The Provincetown International Film Festival celebrates its 28th year in 2026 — and IndieWire here announces the full lineup exclusively.
Acclaimed director, producer, and all-around TV mogul Ryan Murphy will be named 2026’s “Filmmaker on the Edge”; his latest projects include TV’s “Love Story,” about the ill-fated romance between John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette.
Meanwhile, notable choreographer and director Adam Shankman (“Hairspray,” “A Walk to Remember”) will be honored with a festival tribute. His latest film, “Stop! That! Train!,” opens the festival on June 10 — it’s a veritable who’s-who of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars, from Ginger Minj to Jujubee. On June 11, Shankman will sit down with The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney for a wide-ranging tribute conversation.
The festival will close with “Family Movie” from filmmakers Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. It follows a filmmaking family that finds themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their low-budget slasher, forcing them to cover up the murder to keep filming.
Other highlights of the festival include IndieWire favorites “Jaripeo” and “Leviticus,” both out of Sundance. John Waters, a Provincetown perennial, will present “The Drama” director Kristoffer Borgli’s discomfiting art-world satire “Sick of Myself.” The festival will also screen the 4K restoration of Waters’ “Desperate Living” out of the Criterion Collection.
“We are thrilled to present such a vibrant lineup that includes laugh-out-loud comedies, beginning with our fabulous opening night film ‘Stop! That! Train!,’ as well as innovative dramas, moving international features, compelling documentaries, and wildly creative short films that definitely speak to this moment,” said the festival’s artistic director Lisa Viola. “This year’s slate in particular represents bold new work from veteran filmmakers and first-time directors alike, and we look forward to having our devoted community gather in Provincetown to engage with our filmmakers and experience these films together on the big screen.”
This year’s full festival lineup is below. The Provincetown International Film Festival runs June 10–14, 2026, in Provincetown, MA.
Opening Night Film
“Stop! That! Train!” – directed by Adam Shankman
Closing Night Film
“Family Movie” – directed by Kevin Bacon
Spotlight Films
“Jaripeo” – directed by Efrain Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
“Leviticus” – directed by Adrian Chiarella
Narrative Features
“Cotton Fever” – directed by Daniel Blake Schwartz
“Edie Arnold Is a Loser” – directed by Kade Atwood, Megan Rico
“Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” – directed by David Wain
“I Want Your Sex” – directed by Gregg Araki
“In a Whisper” – directed by Leyla Bouzid
“Julian” – directed by Cato Kusters
“Lady Champagne” – directed by D’Arcy Drollinger
“Late Fame” – directed by Kent Jones
“Maddie’s Secret” – directed by John Early
“The Musical” – directed by Giselle Bonilla
“On the Sea” – directed by Helen Walsh
“Power Ballad” – directed by John Carney
“Romería” – directed by Carla Simón
“See You When I See You” – directed by Jay Duplass
“She Keeps Me Young” – directed by Doron Max Hagay
“Sparks” – directed by Fergus Campbell
“Test” – directed by Sam McConnell
“Trial of Hein” – directed by Kai Stänicke
Documentary Features
“Adam’s Apple” – directed by Amy Jenkins
“Anne Packard: An Artist’s Resolve” – directed by Arthur Egeli
“Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story” – directed by Jyllian Gunther, Stephanie Schwam
“Barbara Forever” – directed by Brydie O’Connor
“The Big Cheese” – directed by Sara Joe Wolansky
“The Brittney Griner Story” – directed by Alexandria Stapleton
“Cookie Queens” – directed by Alysa Nahmias
“Give Me the Ball!” – directed by Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff
“The Hand That Holds the Line” – directed by Geoff Bassett
“Hunky Jesus” – directed by Jennifer Kroot
“The Last Critic” – directed by Matty Wishnow
“Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World” – directed by Sasha Waters
“Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders” – directed by Jeffrey Schwarz
“Seized” – directed by Sharon Liese
“Soul Patrol” – directed by J. M. Harper
“Summer Tour” – directed by Mischa Richter
“Time and Water” – directed by Sara Dosa
“Uncle Roy” – directed by Keri Pickett
“When a Witness Recants” – directed by Dawn Porter
Special Screenings
“John Waters Presents: Sick of Myself” – directed by Kristoffer Borgli
“Desperate Living” – directed by John Waters
“Erosions” – directed by Site-Specific Dances (Michael Spencer Phillips, Emma Kazaryan, and Dino Kiratzidis)
Short Films
Narrative Shorts
“2 Girls Kissing” – directed by Noah Schamus
“Albatross” – directed by Amandine Thomas
“Attagirl!” – directed by Chris Klimovski
“Away” – directed by Miles Damon and Jack Damon
“Bubbe & Tal” – directed by Daisy Rosato
“Callback” – directed by Matthew Puccini
“Charlie Is Not a Boy” – directed by Pol Kurucz
“Chi Mangia Solo” – directed by Francesco Aram Zenati
“Cockroach” – directed by Justice Maya Singleton and Liliana Padilla
“Couples Skate” – directed by Kaliya Warren
“Creature of the Deep” – directed by Angus Reardon
“Hail Maya” – directed by Fredgy Noël
“I & Me” – directed by Elizabeth Chatelain
“I’m Gonna Kill You” – directed by Andrew Chappelle
“Kiloran Bay” – directed by Michael Bruce
“The Last Wish” – directed by Kimberley Ann Surin
“Munchies” – directed by Brittany Alexia Young
“Old Dykes” – directed by Ezra Rose
“Sam Wants Her Sweater Back” – directed by Whitney Chitwood
“Squall Mouth” – directed by Eva Chaitman
“Stinging Nettles” – directed by Jerusha West
“The Windkeeper” – directed by Julia C. Liu
Documentary Shorts
“The Artist Must Grow Ever More Selfish” – directed by Susan Sandler
“Bobby Wetherbee, 60 Years Performing in Provincetown” – directed by Scott A. Coffey
“Buckskin” – directed by Mars Verrone
“Free Joan Little” – directed by Yoruba Richen
“Linda Gerard: Look at Me” – directed by Adam Golub
“On the Tide” – directed by Mimi Mailcoat Bois
“One Hundred Years of Schooner Hindu” – directed by Angela McNerney
“Pacific Lady” – directed by Zada Clarke
“Respirateur” – directed by Paul Moakley
“Room of the Absolute” – directed by Natalie Shirinian and Elizabeth Baudouin
“Sex in Drag” – directed by John Mark Hostetler
“Some Kind of Refuge” – directed by Alexandra Kern
“Women Laughing” – directed by Kathleen Hughes and Liza Donnelly
Animation Shorts
“Apart” – directed by Pola Maneli
“Marble & Lemons” – directed by Anna Katalin Lovrity
“Milk of Life” – directed by Joseph So
“Ruffled Feathers” – directed by Brianna Stringfellow
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico Seek to Extend White House Access Order, Warn Trump Will ‘Reinstitute a Complete Ban’ Without It
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CNN, MS NOW and Politico are warning that the Trump administration will reimpose a “complete ban” on their access to the White House without a judge issuing a preliminary injunction.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly granted a temporary restraining order, forcing the White House to restore access to the White House to the outlets as he more fully considers the legal arguments. The TRO lasts for 14 days.
In a filing in federal court on Monday, attorneys for the three news outlets argued that the Trump White House actions since then “leave little doubt that it will immediately reinstitute a complete ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico if allowed the opportunity.”
The outlets’ legal team, led by Theodore Boutrous Jr., pointed to the White House’s restriction on CNN from access to State Dinner arrivals on Thursday evening. The network then was barred from serving as TV pooler on Air Force One on Trump’s trip to Tennessee on Saturday, with no replacement stepping in, and leaving a dearth of TV images from the trip.
“Because the ban is an unlawful assault on the most fundamental First Amendment freedoms and will inflict irreparable harm on Plaintiffs and the public if not restrained, this Court should preliminarily enjoin its enforcement pending the resolution of this case,” the news outlets’ attorneys wrote.
Kelly cited a lack of due process by the White House when it pulled dozens of credentials of reporters from the three outlets. While the Trump DOJ has cited standards of “professionalism and decorum” and national security concerns, the media outlets’ legal team called that reasoning that “pretextual” and “post hoc,” as well as vague.
In the latest brief, CNN, MS NOW and Politico also again cited violations of the First Amendment. They noted that Trump has explained the ban by blaming their coverage as “Purposely … negative,” among other things.
“His statements also make clear he implemented the ban to coerce more favorable coverage from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, and to deter other journalists and news organizations from newsgathering and reporting that the President might view as negative,” the news outlets’ legal team wrote. “And his administration has continued to retaliate against Plaintiffs even after the temporary restraining order, only underscoring that Defendants’ motive is to punish and chill journalism they dislike.”
The outlets are asking the judge to prohibit the Trump team from pulling hard pass credentials, or to ensure the reporters of the White House access they had before Sept. 18. In contrast to a TRO, a preliminary injunction would sideline Trump’s ban until a trial is held, or if an appeals court rules otherwise.
Trump initially banned the three outlets on Sept. 18. When the judge granted a TRO last early Thursday, it meant that the White House had to restore hard passes, with reporters not gaining reentry until around noon that day.
The issue of whether the White House can also restrict CNN from the pool is a slightly different, but related issue. It’s also one at the center of another case, involving the Associated Press after it was banned from the pool and other White House events. That case is currently on appeal.
That said, in the latest brief, the three outlets cited the White House’s continued prohibitions on CNN as an example of White House retaliation over protected speech.
For much of last week, there was no TV network pool, meaning that there was little video coverage of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House. The four other networks in the pool — CBS News, ABC News, Fox News and NBC News — initially suspended their participation in protest of the exclusion of CNN. The networks resumed the TV pool coverage this week, but it will be put to the test again on Thursday, when CNN is assigned to that duty.
“Every day, critically important news is breaking at the White House, and the ban will substantially interfere with Plaintiffs’ ability to cover it,” the outlets brief stated. “The ban also inflicts an injury on all news media organizations—which now risk a similar fate if they engage in fact-based, independent reporting the President deems insufficiently favorable.”
The DOJ’s brief in response is due by Friday.
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