Cannes

Films by David Cronenberg, Park Chan-wook and Kelly Reichardt will vie for the coveted Palme d'Or at a Cannes Film Festival set to unspool against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

The new Elvis Presley biopic by Australian director Baz Luhrmann will get its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, the organizers have confirmed.

Tom Hanks, who plays the rock'n'roll legend's manager, Colonel Tom Parker, will be among the stars attending the premiere, which comes ahead of the worldwide release of "Elvis" between June 22 and 24.

Fans of "Squid Game" had better not be holding their breath: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has yet to write the script for season two and said on April 4 it would likely not be released before late 2024.

"I have to work on season two. Hopefully, I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024," the South Korean writer-director said at the MIPTV festival in Cannes in the south of France.

The Cannes Film Festival on April 1 confirmed that "Top Gun: Maverick," the long-delayed sequel to the 1986 Tom Cruise actioner, will screen as part of Cannes' 75th-anniversary edition, the Hollywood Reporter has reported.

The 72nd Berlin film festival awarded its Golden Bear top prize on Feb. 16 to Spanish director Carla Simon's semi-autobiographical drama "Alcarras," about a family of peach farmers fighting for their future.

Filmmaker, writer and journalist Arnaldo Jabor, a leading figure in Brazil's "Cinema Novo" movement whose work won acclaim on the international festival circuit, died on Feb. 15 at 81.

Known for award-winning films such as "All Nudity Shall Be Punished" (1972) and "Love Me Forever or Never" (1986), Jabor was also a noted author, columnist and political commentator.

The Berlinale, Europe's first major international film festival of the year, returned as a live event on Feb. 10 just as Germany faces record daily coronavirus infections.

The Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, will take place next month as an in-person event, organizers confirmed on Jan. 19, just as the Omicron wave is expected to peak in Germany.

Julianne Moore led the stars onto the first Toronto film festival red carpet in two years on Sept. 9, as the movie adaptation of Broadway smash hit "Dear Evan Hansen" finally reopened North America's biggest movie gathering.

Actor Ion Caramitru was buried on Friday, with military honours, on the Actors' Alley of the Bellu Cemetery in the Capital City, in the presence of dozens of people who applauded for a long time.