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

US "disappointed" by Swiss Polanski extradition ruling

The United States expressed disappointment at Switzerland's refusal to extradite Roman Polanski and vowed to pursue the three-decade hunt for the Oscar-winning director over a child sex case (see...  

13/07/2010 | People | Switzerland

Kross cast by Spielberg

David Kross, the young German star of Oscar-winning film The Reader, continues his truly outstanding acting career with legendary director Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming project, War Horse, which...  

22/06/2010 | People | Germany

Goodbye Corso Salani, the voice of Europe

Actor and director Corso Salani died yesterday evening at the age of 48. The cause of death is cardiac arrest. At the time, the Florence native was on the coast near Rome with his wife Margherita....  

17/06/2010 | People | Italy

Iranian Filmmaker Panahi freed on bail

Jailed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, who has been on hunger strike for more than a week, was released on bail of 2 billion rials (just over €156,000) on Tuesday, the official IRNA news...  

25/05/2010 | People

Weck takes helm of public broadcaster

Public service radio and television company SRG SSR idée suisse, which supports independent production through the Audiovisual Pact (nearly €16m for 2011), has just found a new director general....  

25/05/2010 | People | Switzerland

Schroeter dies at 65

Film, theatre and opera director Werner Schroeter, who was born in 1945 in Thuringia, died last night. He had just celebrated his 65th birthday last week. The major filmmaker was one of the...  

13/04/2010 | People | Germany

Mastroianni involuntary star of TV ad

You’re a film star. You died in 1996. You’ve always been a shy and private person. Yet someone, without your permission, uses your image to advertise cars. This is what happened to Marcello...  

25/03/2010 | People | Italy

Jafar Panahi arrested in Iran. Protests from across the world. Sign Cineuropa.org’s petition

The film world is calling for the release of director Jafar Panahi, who was arrested on Monday evening in his house in Tehran by plainclothes officers of the Iranian regime. The following were...  

03/03/2010 | People

Henckel von Donnersmarck to helm The Tourist

After taking a break following the success and Oscar win of his film The Lives of Others, talented German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (36) has confirmed rumours that he is to try his...  

14/01/2010 | People | Germany

Master filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies

Reactions have been pouring in after the announcement that director Eric Rohmer died in Paris on Monday, aged 89. French president Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute “to the talent and truthfulness of a...  

12/01/2010 | People | France

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