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Hard-hitting French prison drama "A Prophet" won the first-ever best film prize at the London Film Festival on Wednesday.
A Danish movie about a gay love affair between two members of a neo-Nazi group won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival, while Helen Mirren won the best actress award.
The journalism industry may be in precarious shape, but you wouldn't have known it at the annual New Yorker Festival, where star worship of the magazine's most famous writers seemed to be in full force.
The Tokyo International Film Festival opened with stars including Hollywood actress Sigourney Weaver strolling a "green" carpet made of recycled plastic bottles.
George Clooney says there is a lot he can relate to in his new movie "Up in the Air," a comic drama about a man who travels across the United States to lay off people amid the financial crisis.
Richard Gere said Friday that he "cried like a baby" when he read the script of his new movie — a remake based on a cherished Japanese story about a faithful dog that died at a train station waiting for its owner.
Fans of the playwright Tennessee Williams will be shouting for Stella this weekend in Clarksdale, Miss.
Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic's "Triage," a movie about the horrors of war and the scars it leaves on survivors, opened the Rome Film Festival on Thursday.
George Clooney thinks something has gone wrong when the media prints celebrity rumor and innuendo as fact.
Like the London Film Festival, Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is a mix of British grit and American glamor.
Meryl Streep, Richard Gere and George Clooney are among the film stars attending this year's Rome Film Festival.
A raw film about an abused teen named Precious won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, stoking predictions that the harrowing, Oprah Winfrey-backed tale is Oscar-bound.
In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright colors on pedestrian-only streets.
Palestinian artists are calling for a boycott of the Toronto International Film Festival for screening a series of movies about the Israeli city of Tel Aviv.
The cinema smorgasbord of the Toronto International Film Festival has something for all tastes, a place where zombies, demons and vampires share screen time with art films, Hollywood awards contenders and studio crowd-pleasers.
This year's London Film Festival is big on British talent, international auteurs — and George Clooney.
Todd Solondz assembles the same characters from 1998's "Happiness" but an entirely different cast for his latest film "Life During Wartime," premiering Thursday at the Venice Film Festival.
Giuseppe Tornatore's heartfelt tribute to his Sicilian hometown, "Baaria," could be about anyone's hometown, as long as it's the center of their universe, the director says.
The Stratford Shakespeare Festival has been the home to such starry actors as Christopher Plummer, Brian Bedford and, more recently, Colm Feore — each a superb performer able to negotiate major classical roles with astonishing dexterity.
Highlights of this summer's CMA Music Festival will air Monday on ABC, with performances by Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Taylor Swift, Sugarland, Reba McEntire, Kid Rock and many more.
Germany's Bayreuth Festival has agreed to enter a deal with a production arm of Britain's Royal Opera House to produce and sell DVD recordings of composer Richard Wagner's operas recorded at the annual festival.
"Babel" director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the competition jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October.
Today's robust festival culture owes much to Woodstock — lessons from both its incredible success and its logistical nightmares.
The 15th Sarajevo Film Festival kicks off Wednesday evening, bringing such Hollywood celebrities as Gillian Anderson and Mickey Rourke to an event born in a sandbag-protected basement during the Bosnian war.
We've heard about the Woodstock babies, the general debauchery and even a lack of food at the famous festival, but which rumors can be put to rest?
U2 to headline Glastonbury Michael Eavis promised something special for Glastonbury's 40th birthday next year -- and boy has he delivered. U2 will headline on Friday night -- the first time the Irish rockers have ever played the festival.
Click here to find out more! Class of 2009: Carey Mulligan in 'An Education'When British actress Carey Mulligan made her first trip to the Sundance Film Festival in January, she kept her hopes for her film A Education in check and looked at the journey as an adventure.
Agency pulls job ad seeking Swedes who like to get naked A Swedish job advertisement seeking candidates who aren't afraid to get naked and are practiced in the art of making out in bars has been pulled due to concerns from the National Public Employment Agency
Jogja Java Carnival, Glorious Party in the CityHow many times you see carnival in your life? For me it's just one. It happened last night at Jogja Java Carnival (JJC) I was enthusiast to see the parade. It's worth enough to wait more than an hour for the carnival.
The Berlin Reunion - See Huge Marionettes Stroll Through Berlin...and by huge I mean really freaking big.Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France's Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled "The Berlin Reunion".
Satirical short movie was BEST of Portland winner- Mr Merryweather and the Magical Meth Lab - 48 hour Film Project 2009
Aviyal Koot or curry is famous for its special flavors; it is one of the favorite dishes of almost all keralites. Especially on Onam (Kerala's national festival—the Harvest Festival) season, aviyal is one of the major dishes in lunch and dinner.
Film Festival - Toronto goes Looney for Clooney Actual article title: How to win a date with George Clooney An eight-step program to join the cast of characters the star of Up in the Air likes to hang from his arm
Students at Denmark's Technical University has just proved music festivals need not be wasteful events.
Florida + October + Beer = Festival Everyone can be German in October in Florida with a variety of celebrations that are all about brats and bands, and of course, beer.
The Disco Biscuits Draw Big Crowds To Camp Bisco | Billboard.comAs Camp Bisco's founders, hosts and headliners, the Disco Biscuits -- drummer Allen Aucoin, bassist Marc Brownstein, guitarist/midi keyboardist Jon Gutwillig and keyboardist Aron Magner -- are the annual music festival's biggest draw.
Media Advisory - Echoes of Africa Cultural FestivalThe place to be on Saturday, August 29th is Fairy Lake, Newmarket Ontario for a musical, cultural and education experience.
Muddy revellers hit by itchy bug MUD-FIGHTING festival-goers have been struck with a nasty skin disease after getting down and dirty in a massive mud bath. Hundreds of people were hospitalised having caught the bug at the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea.
'British' bull runner killed after being gored in neck and lungs at Pamplona festivalA man was gored to death during Spain's most famous Running of the Bulls festival today. The victim, who is believed to be British, was pierced through the neck and lungs by a stampeding beast called Capuchino.
Glastonbury 2009 - The Big Picture - Boston.comGreat Glastonbury fest pictorial.
Lightning injures 13, seven badly, at Romans festivalThirteen people were injured, seven of them very seriously when lightning struck a popular Romans festival in North Rhine-Westphalia on Saturday.
CNN Recommends This Year's EXITThe prominent American news company CNN, has included Exit in their list of 12 top festivals in the world in 2009. CNN has published an annual guide to the best festivals from all the continents, and it includes Exit, with only three other festivals from Europe.
Chinese gays step quietly toward progressOrganizers in China managed to pull off the opening to the five-day Beijing Queer Film Festival with no police and no disruptionsasthe gay community here makes slow but noticeable progress.
Good News Wednesday - Wreck and Roll Festival to celebrate shipwrecks, art, music on city pierDUNKIRK — Summer music events will get under way Thursday with the Wreck and Roll Festival, celebrating the rich history of shipwrecks, music and art.
Festivals - Just A Big Pile Of Crap? ...Both, over the three days, will smell and see extraordinary huge piles of sh*t, piss and blood - the memory of which will forever haunt them, causing them to retch on recall right up until...
Cannes Best Director is Filipino for 'Kinatay' (Butchered)Filipino filmmaker Brillante 'Dante' Mendoza was proclaimed best director in this year's Cannes Film Festival in France for his work Kinatay (Butchered), besting the likes of acclaimed directors Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion and Quentin Tarantino...
Bonnie and Clyde to be remembered at festivalOfficials expect visitors to quadruple the population of Gibsland, La. for a festival this weekend marking the 75th anniversary of the Bonnie and Clyde's bullet-riddled demise.
Centreville, VA. May 18, 2009 -- The 28th annual Vintage Virginia Wine Festival is a long-standing rite of spring for wine lovers. This year, after a long season of cold weather, the festival is a must-do on the seasonal calendar.
Few festivals in the United States are as diverse and fun as the Northwest Folklife Festival, held in the city of Seattle, Washington. This one is the 38th festival and it´s taking place at the Seattle Center.
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