Kelly Reichardt

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.

Diversity, politics and revelations from the Nazi era will dominate the agenda as the Berlin film festival launches its 70th edition in the heart of the German capital on Feb. 21.

Greek director, screenwriter and producer Yorgos Lanthimos was selected along with US actress Elle Fanning and Italian director Alice Rohrwacher to be part of the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, the organizers announced on Monday.

This year the annual !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival will open with the theme "Things that heal us." The festival will offer ways of healing and sense-making amid challenges in Turkey and much of the world, inviting viewers to come together, through its films, musical events and public talks.

Pera Film's new program "Tales of Tails: Dogs on Screen" brings together stories of dogs from all around the world as part of the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Istanbul Research Institute's exhibition "The Four-Legged Municipality: Street Dogs of Istanbul" between Feb. 10 and 28.