world premiere
noun
: the first regular performance (as of a theatrical production) anywhere in the world
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The pic gets its world premiere at the AFM alongside a slate of other titles from Anatomica, with Stelly and his team searching for domestic and international sales partners.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
The film, which had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in August, also stars Aidan Delbis and Stavros Halkias, and was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Thing With Feathers, writer-director Dylan Southern’s big-screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, which just screened at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) after its world premiere at Sundance.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
The film, which had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in August, also stars Aidan Delbis and Stavros Halkias, and was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.
—Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Thing With Feathers, writer-director Dylan Southern’s big-screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, which just screened at the 69th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) after its world premiere at Sundance.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
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“World premiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20premiere. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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