world premiere
noun
: the first regular performance (as of a theatrical production) anywhere in the world
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Produced by Margareta Szabo and edited by Leah Marino, the film gets its world premiere as the opening-night presentation of the Sheffield DocFest, which runs through June 23.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
The play, which had its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Texas in 2023, is about a woman who wants to enter the almost exclusively male profession of bullfighting.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
The movie will get its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday night with New York City screenings following Thursday and Saturday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
The film had its world premiere at FIFA in Montreal, followed by official selections in Doc Edge New Zealand, CIFF Cambodia and Balinale Indonesia.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 June 2025
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025
The play, which had its world premiere at the Alley Theatre in Texas in 2023, is about a woman who wants to enter the almost exclusively male profession of bullfighting.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025
The movie will get its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday night with New York City screenings following Thursday and Saturday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
The film had its world premiere at FIFA in Montreal, followed by official selections in Doc Edge New Zealand, CIFF Cambodia and Balinale Indonesia.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 June 2025
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“World premiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/world%20premiere. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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