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Less glamour, more content, says Wim Wenders of Berlin Film Fest
AFP, Published on 13/02/2026
» BERLIN - Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection.
Redford's Sundance legacy 'beyond comprehension' for US filmmakers
AFP, Published on 17/09/2025
» SUNDANCE (UNITED STATES) - Robert Redford was rarely spotted at Sundance in his final years, yet the late Hollywood legend forever looms large at the influential US movie festival he co-created.
World leaders head to France for UN summit on ocean threats
AFP, Published on 08/06/2025
» NICE (FRANCE) - World leaders descend on the French Riviera on Sunday ahead of a high-level summit to tackle a deepening crisis in the oceans driven by overfishing, climate change and pollution.
The Ambush Office: Trump's Oval becomes test of nerve for world leaders
AFP, Published on 22/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - For world leaders an invitation to the Oval Office used to be a coveted prize. Under Donald Trump it's become a ticket to a brutal political ambush.
New Orleans ‘numb’ after truck attack that killed 15
AFP, Published on 02/01/2025
» NEW ORLEANS - The celebratory atmosphere of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, long an American byword for indulgence and revelry, was dimmed Wednesday as residents and visitors alike reeled from a deadly truck attack on New Year’s crowds.
Venice fest boss baffled by hostility to Woody Allen
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» VENICE - The head of the Venice Film Festival, which starts Wednesday, told AFP it was "absolutely incomprehensible" why US opinion had turned so strongly against director Woody Allen.
UK band The 1975 nix Indonesia gig after Malaysia LGBTQ uproar
AFP, Published on 23/07/2023
» British indie-rock band The 1975 cancelled a concert in Indonesia Sunday, after Malaysia axed a festival over a same-sex kiss and tirade against the country's anti-LGBTQ laws by their frontman.
Tyre Nichols' photos honored at California desert art fest
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» PALM SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) - Out in the California desert, nestled between billboards advertising hairline restoration and varicose vein removal, six hauntingly beautiful images of steel bridges and sunsets loom incongruously over the dusty highway.
Sean Penn Ukraine doc to premiere at Berlin film fest
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» BERLIN - US actor and director Sean Penn will premiere a documentary he filmed in Kyiv featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at next month's Berlin film festival, organisers said when they unveiled the full programme on Monday.
Brazil on edge as polarizing runoff goes down to wire
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO - After a bitterly divisive campaign and inconclusive first-round vote, Brazil will elect its next president Sunday in a cliffhanger runoff between far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.