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Hollywood and the global film business have a long way to go before approaching gender parity, but in Europe, the independent film biz has been a fertile place for women [...]

With the cancellation of two pivotal events in the Arab film festival calendar in November--the Cairo Film Festival and Syria's Damascus Film Festival--due to political turmoil that has grown out [...]

The pace of dealmaking at the Sundance Film Festival picked up late Sunday and early Monday with a rash of deals among smaller distribs and mini-majors. Fox Searchlight led the [...]

Three decades after the birth of the Sundance Film Festival, fest organizers are embracing new technology this year while keeping hold of the 'shoestring' philosophy and community values that kickstarted [...]

With more buyers vying for product at this year's Sundance Film Festival, pre-fest buys have been unusually active as some companies hope to avoid the festival crunch. Event kicks off [...]

The Edinburgh Film Festival is set to nix its competition and move away from the traditional fest model. On Tuesday Gavin Miller, CEO of the newly formed Center for the [...]

Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford is in very early talks to bring some sort of event to London's O2 entertainment district that would showcase indie films of all kinds. Event [...]

What started out in 2000 as a hobby for horror fans Alan Jones, Paul McEvoy and Ian Rattray, has become Blighty's biggest gorefest and a major event on the horror [...]

As many Middle Eastern industryites had anticipated, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival will become part of government-backed media hub TwoFour54 as the emirate consolidates media initiatives. Fest's sixth edition will [...]

Susan Youssef's love story 'Habibi' won best film in the Muhr Arab feature competition and the Fiprisci critics prize for Arab feature at the Dubai Film Festival, which wrapped Wednesday. [...]

The Dubai Film Festival has teamed up with Mip TV to screen the winners of the fest's Muhr Awards at the mart in April. The partnership aims to improve the [...]

'Mission: Impossible--Ghost Protocol' will world preem as the opening-night pic of the eighth Dubai Film Festival on Dec. 7. The Tom Cruise-Jeremy Renner starrer, helmed by Brad Bird, lensed last [...]

Merzak Allouache's 'Normal,' Namir Abdel Messeeh's 'The Virgin, the Copts and Me' and Nadine Labaki's 'Where Do We Go Now?' were among prize winners at the third Doha Tribeca Film [...]

LONDON -- Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's 'Chicken With Plums' nabbed best narrative feature as the fifth Abu Dhabi Film Festival announced winners of its Black Pearl Awards on Friday. [...]

British documentarian Nick Broomfield will head the Doha Tribeca Film Festival's first documentary competition jury. He will serve alongside Moroccan filmmaker Hakim Belabbes and Istanbul Film Festival director Azize Tan. [...]

LONDON Luc Besson's 'The Lady' will close the third Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which announced its competition line up. 'The Lady,' toplining Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis, is a biopic [...]

Jean-Jacques Annaud's 'Black Gold' will open the Doha Tribeca Film Festival on Oct. 25. The choice is not a surprise: The pic was co-produced by Tarak Ben Ammar's Quinta Communciations [...]

Fernando Meirelles' '360,' toplining Rachel Weisz, Jude Law and Anthony Hopkins, will have its European preem as the opener for the London Film Festival Oct. 12. It's the second time [...]

David Mackenzie's 'You Instead,' Paddy Considine's directorial debut 'Tyrannosaur,' Jim Loach's 'Oranges and Sunshine' and Irish laffer 'The Guard,' helmed by John M. McDonagh, are just some of the pics [...]

Former Sydney Film Festival director Clare Stewart is set to head the London Film Festival after artistic director Sandra Hebron announced her decision to step down last week. Stewart will [...]

BFI London Film Festival artistic director Sandra Hebron will ankle after this year's 55th edition, which runs Oct. 12-27. Hebron, who has been with the BFI's fests department for 14 [...]

Michelle Williams ('Brokeback Mountain') has joined the Screen Talks series of onstage interviews at the BFI London Film Festival. The actress, who stars in fest titles 'Blue Valentine' and 'Meek's [...]

Helmer Mark Romanek's 'Never Let Me Go' will open the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 13, with Brit thesps Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield and Keira Knightley expected in attendance [...]

GALWAY, Ireland Where's the craic (Irish for party)? When the 22nd edition of the Galway Film Fleadh (festival) came to a close on July 11, the big honors went to [...]

The Galway Film Fleadh has always been a launch-pad for new Irish films, but this year proves to be the most Gaelic of them all. In spite of financial cuts [...]

The Galway Film Fair is set in the heart of the festival and offers filmmakers with projects in development the chance to meet financiers, producers and distribs from around the [...]

What Will You Discover?' was the tagline for this year's Edinburgh Film Festival, which prides itself on supporting emerging filmmakers. Buzz from new Brit talent fueled the fest which in [...]

Events featuring novelist-screenwriter Nick Hornby ('An Education') and musician-author-screenwriter Nick Cave ('The Proposition') have been added to the 64th Edinburgh Film Festival lineup. Hornby, whose tome 'A Long Way Down' [...]

The article reports on the Sundance film festival, in which buyers placed offers for top films that have already screened, such as "My Idiot Brother," "Margin Call," and "The Guard," which was held in Park City, Utah.

The article reports that Sundance Film Festival will keep its shoestring philosophy and community values, along with the use of technological advances like YouTube in pushing the festival in 2011.

The article focuses on the auction event for several independent films at the Toronto Film Fest. It states that companies such as Weinstein Co., Lionsgate Entertainment Corp., and IFC Films were remarkable at the festival, which feature films such as "Rabbit Hole," "The Conspirator," and "Cave of Forgotten Dreams." However, the films "Submarine" and "Dirty Girl" became the center of the bidding war. It also says that the atmosphere at the auction shows significance for independent film makers.

The article focuses on the business deal signed by sales company IM Global LLC for the three-dimensional comicbook adaptation film "Dredd" at the Toronto film festival.

The article focuses on the deals made during the Toronto Film Festival for several motion pictures which include "Potiche," "Submarine," and "Incendies."

The article reports on the sale of rights of several film entries in the 2010 Toronto Film Festival. It says that IFC Films has closed a seven-figure deal for the U.S. distribution rights of "Super." It relates that IM Global has entered a pre-sale agreement with Entertainment for UK rights for the film "Dredd 3D" worth seven million dollars. Moreover, it mentions several international films that have been sold as well such as "The First Grader," "Precious Life" and "Our Day Will Come."

The article focuses on the 2010 Toronto Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario. It states that the festival has the Scotiabank Theatre as its main venue while the Hyatt Regency served as the host hotel. It says that the festival featured siblings Ivan Reitman, Agi Mandel, and Susan Michaels who recognized their parents, Leslie and Clara Reitman, for their contributions in the film industry. It mentions films featured at the festival including "Everything Must Go," "Trust," and "Brighton Rock."

The article reports on the closing of the film "The Deep Blue Sea," by Terence Davies at the British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival on October 27, 2011.

The article announces that former Sydney Film Festival director Clare Stewart is the new head of exhibition of the British Film Institute (BFI) and will lead the London Film Festival in replacement of Sandra Hebron.

The article reports on the cancellation of actor and film director Sean Penn's appearance at the seventh Dubai Film Festival to handle with events in Haiti, where he operates the J/P Haitian Relief Organizations in 2010.

The article reports that the puppet film "Jackboots on Whitehall," featuring the voices of Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall and Richard E. Grant, will open the 18th Raindance Film Festival in London, England on September 29, 2010.

The article offers information on the opening of the Sheffield documentary festival which will premieres the film "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" on November 3, 2010 in Great Britain.

The article reports that "127 Hours," directed by Danny Boyle is set to close the 2010 BFI London Film Festival in England.

The article announces awards given to films including the Irish feature award to "The Runway" and the feature documentary award to "The Pipe" from the Galway Film Festival, and the world cinema audience award to "Undertow" from the Sundance Film Festival.

The article offers information on the 64th Edinburgh film festival celebration in Scotland which was participated by several celebrities including Tilda Swinton, Seamus McGarvey and Hanna McGill.

The article reports on the addition of the film "Story Works" by screenwriters Mike Leigh, Jane Campion and John Madden for the Edinburgh Film Festival in England.