The French dominated the awards ceremony at Istanbul’s annual film festival today, with actress Catherine Deneuve and actor Gerard Depardieu accepting special honour awards.

Die Hard star Bruce Willis will help pick Italy’s most beautiful woman when he heads the jury of the Miss Italia pageant later this month.

Death Wish star Charles Bronson, the Pennsylvania coal miner who drifted into films as a villain and became a hard-faced action star, has died, it was reported today.

French film director Jacques Deray, known for classic thrillers and police movies, has died at home in a Paris suburb, his family said today. He was 74.