The director of the Venice Film Festival insisted today that there was no national quota when he was questioned about a lack of English-language films in this year’s event.

The 65th Venice Film Festival gets under way today, with the premiere of a film starring heartthrobs George Clooney and Brad Pitt.

HOLLYWOOD megastars Brad Pitt and George Clooney kick off this year’s Venice film festival today with the world premiere of the latest quirky offering from the Oscar-winning Coen brothers.

Director Roman Polanski walked out of a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival in France today after berating journalists for asking "empty" questions.

Ken Wardrop’s short film Undressing My Mother, produced by Andrew Freedman, has scooped the European Film Academy Award for Best Short Film at the annual ceremony in Berlin over the weekend, clocking up the 24th Award for the film.

Acclaimed Cuban singer Ibrahim Ferrer died in a Havana hospital on Saturday after suffering multiple organ failure. He was 78.

Actors, movie-makers and film fans are gathered in the South of France today for the start of the Cannes Film Festival.

The Cannes Film Festival is back in the hands of comfy old friends with a line-up that includes such familiar filmmakers as Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier and Atom Egoyan.

The final Star Wars film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it was announced today.

A total of 20 movies from China to Iraq and Canada are to compete for top honour at the Cannes Film Festival in May, organisers announced today.

As the Venice Film Festival gets underway today, organisers are hitching their stars to director Steven Spielberg – just the man, they hope, to inspire Hollywood moguls and prize-hunting artists alike during 11 days of glitz and film magic.

I CHANCED upon a press release from Brussels this week and it makes interesting reading for more than one reason.