Pablo Larraín

The Venice Film Festival returns on Sept. 1 with an ultra-glitzy lineup, including the world premiere of sci-fi blockbuster "Dune" and Kristen Stewart's turn as Princess Diana, cementing its status as a serious rival to Cannes.

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The 39th Istanbul Film Festival, which was planned to be organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) between April 10 and 21, but has been delayed to a later date due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will meet with film lovers on the same date, but in a slightly different way.

UNIQ Istanbul and Başka Sinema (Another Cinema) are jointly organizing a new festival this summer, the UNIQ Open-air Film Festival. 

More than 50 feature and documentary films will be shown at this year's Free Zone film festival, which runs from November 10 to 15 in Belgrade, Nis and Novi Sad.

Isabel Coixet's 'Nobody Wants the Night' has been announced as the opening film of the 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival, that is scheduled to take place from 5 to 15 February 2015.

American film director Darren Aronofsky has been announced as the President of the Jury and German film director Wim Wenders is scheduled to be presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.

By Paschos Mandravelis

The late French poet, journalist and novelist Anatole France had some useful advice: "When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: Take it and copy it."

As Greece heads to snap elections on Sunday, political parties have heavily drawn from the bottomless well of mostly American campaign ads to get their message across.