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2021 Cannes Film Festival
The 2021 Cannes Film Festival, the 74th edition, ran July 6–17, 2021 as the festival's first summer and first post-Covid in-person edition, with Spike Lee's jury awarding the Palme d'Or to Julia Ducournau's Titane.
2021 in anime
2021 in anime: the year Japanese animation rebounded from COVID-19, with the industry market hitting a record 2.74 trillion yen (113.3% of 2020), driven by streaming, merchandising, and international sales, plus major film releases and notable industry deaths.
2021 in film
2021 in film: pandemic-recovery year when Spider-Man: No Way Home led the worldwide box office at $1.91 billion, Warner Bros. streamed its slate day-and-date on HBO Max, CODA and Dune dominated the Oscars, and Titane won the Palme d'Or.
2022 Cannes Film Festival
The 75th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes, 17-28 May 2022) gave its Palme d'Or to Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness, his second after The Square, split Grand Prix between Close and Stars at Noon, and featured a Zelensky address.
2022 in anime
2022 in anime: the year's Japanese animated output, about 602 new titles. Standouts included Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, The Witch from Mercury, and BOCCHI THE ROCK!; production market grew 4.9% to ¥259.79 billion; creators Kazuki Takahashi and Fujiko F. Fujio A died.
2022 in film
2022 in film: global box office of about $26 billion during post-COVID recovery; Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water led, China fell 36.4%, Triangle of Sadness won the Palme d'Or.
2022–23 United States network television schedule
2022–23 US network television schedule: prime time lineups of ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and The CW, September 2022 to August 2023. CBS won total viewers for a 15th straight season; Fox led the 18-49 demo claim; strikes followed.
2023 Cannes Film Festival
The 76th Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), held 16–27 May 2023 with a jury led by Ruben Östlund; Palme d'Or went to Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall, the Grand Prix to The Zone of Interest.
2023 in American television
2023 in American television: the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes halted production, the 75th Emmys moved to January 2024, Suits set a 12-week Nielsen record, and streaming peaked at 38.7% of TV usage.
2023 in anime
2023 in anime: the year's Japanese animation releases and industry. Attack on Titan concluded, Frieren and Oshi no Ko (推しの子) broke out, and the AJA-record 3,346.5 billion yen market saw overseas revenue surpass domestic for the second time.
2023 in film
2023 in film: the year of the first dual Hollywood writers-actors strike in 63 years, the Barbenheimer phenomenon (Barbie and Oppenheimer, July 21), a $4 billion summer box office, and acclaimed films like Oppenheimer and Past Lives.
2023 SAG-AFTRA strike
The 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike was a 118-day work stoppage by the actors union SAG-AFTRA against Hollywood studios from July 14 to November 9, 2023, the first time actors and writers struck together since 1960.
2023 Writers Guild of America strike
The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike was a 148-day walkout by about 11,500 film and TV writers, lasting from May 2 to September 27, 2023.
2024 Cannes Film Festival
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the 77th Festival de Cannes (May 14–25, 2024), awarded the Palme d'Or to Sean Baker's Anora; Greta Gerwig chaired a nine-member jury over 22 Competition films.
2024 in animation
2024 in animation: record box-office year led by Inside Out 2, the highest-grossing animated film ever ($1.462B by July), six animated features at Cannes, Flow's festival wins, and Moana 2's record opening, alongside industry contraction and generative AI anxiety.
2024 in Philippine television
2024 in Philippine television: CNN Philippines shut down, SMNI suspended, RPTV launched, TV Patrol returned to Channel 2 via ALLTV, It's Showtime aired on GMA-7, and GMA dominated ratings with KMJS as the top show.
2024 in South Korean television
2024 in South Korean television: KBS led the 2024 broadcasting evaluation (KBS1, 643/700) and audience share (20.862%); tvN's Queen of Tears hit a record 24.9%; OTT use rose to 79.2%; industry revenue fell 0.7% to KRW 18.8320 trillion.
2024 Kids' Choice Awards
The 2024 Kids' Choice Awards (37th annual Nickelodeon ceremony) were held July 13, 2024, hosted by animated characters SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star for SpongeBob's 25th anniversary, at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica (Paramount's own release named Pauley Pavilion). Winners included Barbie, Percy Jackson, and Taylor Swift with three awards.
2024 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival, its 50th edition, ran December 25, 2024 to January 7, 2025 with 10 entries; Green Bones won Best Picture, and And the Breadwinner Is... topped the box office.
2024 Sundance Film Festival
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival, the 40th edition held January 18–28 in Park City and Salt Lake City with online screenings, showed 91 projects from a record 17,435 submissions; In the Summers and Porcelain War won top jury prizes.
2024 Toronto International Film Festival
The 49th Toronto International Film Festival, September 5-15, 2024, presented by Rogers: opening film Nutcrackers, People's Choice winner The Life of Chuck, and the Russians at War screening controversy.
2025 British Academy Television Awards
2025 British Academy Television Awards, BAFTA TV Awards with P&O Cruises, held 11 May 2025 at London's Royal Festival Hall, hosted by Alan Cumming: Blue Lights won Drama Series, Kirsty Wark the Fellowship, Strictly Come Dancing the public Memorable Moment vote.
2025 Cannes Film Festival
2025 Cannes Film Festival: the 78th Festival de Cannes, held 13-24 May 2025 with jury president Juliette Binoche; Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident won the Palme d'Or, Robert De Niro received an Honorary Palme d'Or.
2025 in American television
2025 in American television: the year streaming first outdrew broadcast and cable combined (44.8% in May, 47.5% in December per Nielsen), the 77th Emmys drew 7.42 million viewers, Super Bowl LIX hit 127.7 million, and TV production fell 11%.
2025 in animation
2025 in animation: the year's animated film and TV events. Flow won the 97th Oscar for 2024 films; KPop Demon Hunters, Ne Zha 2 ($2,259M), and Zootopia 2 ($1,655M) defined 2025 releases.
2025 in anime
2025 in anime: the year Solo Leveling won the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever, and My Hero Academia Final Season took the 2026 awards covering 2025.
2025 in British television
2025 in British television: the year of Netflix's Adolescence, factual documentaries on Grenfell and phone-hacking, £6.8bn production spend, BAFTA TV Awards results, and BBC funding reform debates.
2025 in film
2025 in film: the year's releases, festivals, and box office. Ne Zha 2 topped global grosses with over $2.2 billion; North America took about $8.6 billion; Cannes awarded Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident the Palme d'Or.
2025 in Philippine television
2025 in Philippine television: GMA Network's 75th-anniversary year as No. 1 free-TV channel (86.2% reach), the PCC blocktiming study finding 93% market concentration, ABS-CBN's shift to ALLTV, PMPC Star Awards, and digital platform growth.
2025 in South Korean television
2025 in South Korean television: drama, variety and streaming across KBS, MBC, SBS, tvN, JTBC and OTT. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty hit 17.1%; Squid Game 3 topped Netflix in 93 countries; drama slots shrank.