The TCM Classic Film Festival is headed back to Hollywood for its 17th edition on April 30-May 3 with the theme “The World Comes to Hollywood,” meant to celebrate the immigrant pioneers of the big screen, it was announced Wednesday.
Movies showcased will honor “gifted and vital artists, innovators and craftsmen who arrived from other lands to Hollywood to establish and evolve the art, commerce and cultural impact of cinema-making with extraordinary motion pictures, many which are now enshrined as part of our national film heritage,” according to a statement.
Might films from Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, Michael Curtiz, Fritz Lang and Alfred Hitchcock be included?
“For more than 30 years, Turner Classic Movies has served as conservators of classic film, and at this year’s festival, we’re spotlighting the rich history and creative artistry of the first-wave visionaries who paved the yellow brick roads to Hollywood,” TCM chief programming officer Charlie Tabesh said.
“For the 2026 edition, we’re putting together an incredible lineup of films and presentations to honor the multi-cultural stylings and vast innovation of the originators of our industry, and we can’t wait to celebrate with our fans.”
Watch a promo here.
The festival’s official hotel and central gathering point will once again be the historic Hollywood Roosevelt hotel, site of the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929. Passes go on sale in December, and the lineup of films and honorees will be be revealed in the coming weeks.
