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190 articles available in total starting from 17/08/2005. Last article published on 04/03/2016.

Czech playwright and former president Havel dies

Vaclav Havel, a Czechoslovak and Czech president and a respected thinker and cultural figure died on Sunday December 18 in his sleep. He was 75. He was a symbol of 1989's Velvet Revolution, which...  

19/12/2011 | People | Czech Republic

Refn’s Drive takes more honours and is still performing at international box office

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive, which garnered him the trophy for Best Director at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival, continues to excite the critics. Most recently,...  

15/12/2011 | People | Denmark

Luciana Castellina nominated officer des Arts et des Lettres

The French Minister for Culture Frédéric Mitterrand has nominated Luciana Castellina as officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) in a ceremony held today at the...  

09/12/2011 | People | Europe

Grasse authorities recommend von Trier charges to be dropped

Not only did his Melancholia win the European Film Award for Best Feature (read more) in Berlin Saturday (December 3), Danish director Lars von Trier is also likely to avoid further court action...  

05/12/2011 | People | Denmark

Two dead after Norwegian film crew caught in rough waters

Norwegian police yesterday (Monday, November 28) released the names of two Norwegian film crew who were missing, presumed dead, after a 20-metre high wave threw them into the sea at Egersund on...  

29/11/2011 | People | Norway

Frédéric Boyer appointed artistic director at Tribeca

Dismissed amid controversy after two years as delegate general of the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (see news), Frédéric Boyer, current selector at the Les Arcs European Film Festival (whose third...  

29/11/2011 | People | France

RIP Ken Russell

Iconic and controversial British director Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, popularly known as Ken Russell died in his sleep on Sunday. He was 84. Russell leaves behind an astonishing and eclectic...  

28/11/2011 | People | UK

Sally Caplan joins Entertainment One

British film industry veteran Sally Caplan (pictured) has joined global content and distribution player Entertainment One Filmed Entertainment in the newly created role of Managing Director of...  

16/11/2011 | People | UK

Toll returns to Göteborg after three years with Swedish Film Institute

Deputy CEO and head of the audience and promotion department of the Swedish Film Institute Bengt Toll has decided to leave Stockholm’s Film House and return to his home city of Göteborg, where he...  

16/11/2011 | People | Sweden

After one-hour police interrogation, von Trier decides to 'shut up'

After Danish director Lars von Trier was yesterday interrogated for an hour by Danish police concerning the statements he made after the screening of his Palme d’Or contender, Melancholia, at the...  

06/10/2011 | People | Denmark

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