{"id":2322194,"date":"2026-03-10T22:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2322194"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:14","slug":"american-cinematheques-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-film-festival-returns-to-los-angeles-with-global-expansion-film-news-in-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/american-cinematheques-bleak-week-cinema-of-despair-film-festival-returns-to-los-angeles-with-global-expansion-film-news-in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"American Cinematheque\u2019s \u2018Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair\u2019 Film Festival Returns to Los Angeles with Global Expansion \u2013 Film News in Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Cinematheque<\/a>\u2019s film festival, \u201cBleak Week: Cinema of Despair,\u201d will return for its fifth edition in Los Angeles from June 1-7.<\/p>\n

This year, American Cinematheque has partnered with independent cinemas, film organizations and filmmakers, including Sean Baker<\/a> (\u201cAnora\u201d) and Mike Flanagan<\/a> (\u201cThe Life of Chuck<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n

The festival will take place at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero Theatre, and Los Feliz 3. The 2026 programming marks \u201cBleak Week\u2019s\u201d largest expansion yet; screenings will take place across nearly 100 theaters across the United States and Puerto Rico, Canada, England, Scotland, Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.<\/p>\n

\u201cBleak Week: Cinema of Despair\u201d is an annual festival that showcases global cinema, focusing on films that \u201cexplore the darkest sides of humanity and the bleakest points in human history.\u201d Each participating venue presents its own original curated lineup of films.<\/p>\n

Chris LeMaire<\/a>, director of programming at American Cinematheque said, \u201cWhat\u2019s especially exciting for us is the opportunity…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Cinematheque\u2019s film festival, \u201cBleak Week: Cinema of Despair,\u201d will return for its fifth edition in Los Angeles from June 1-7. This year, American Cinematheque has partnered with independent cinemas, film organizations and filmmakers, including Sean Baker (\u201cAnora\u201d) and Mike Flanagan (\u201cThe Life of Chuck\u201d). The festival will take place at the Egyptian Theatre, Aero […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2322195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[25538,31714,21751,22556,21993,22860,21912,21738,24141,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2322194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-actors","tag-actresses","tag-celebrities","tag-directors","tag-films","tag-hollywood","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-stars","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/American-Cinematheques-\u2018Bleak-Week-Cinema-of-Despair-Film-Festival-Returns.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2322196,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322194\/revisions\/2322196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}