Wolfgang Spindler

Belgium

Balkan Trafik Festival celebrates 15th anniversary online

The Balkan Trafik Festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year with a COVID-safe digital programme.

17/04/2021

Cinema

Cartoon Movie, the pitching event raising funds for animated feature films

Cartoon Movie is an annual forum where producers of animated films can meet and find investors and distributors. Animators from all over Europe took part in the event held virtually this year.

17/03/2021

Cinema

The FIFDH kicks off in virtual format for its 19th edition

The International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights will run from the 5th to the 14th of March in a digital format. This 19th edition is dedicated to photojournalist, Soltan Achilova, and her plight for human rights in Turkmenistan.

05/03/2021

Travel News

A new exhibition in Rome looks at Banksy's early career

Over one hundred works by Banksy are being exhibited for the first time at Rome's Chiostro del Bramante, with many created in the early stage of the acclaimed British street artist's career.

08/09/2020

Cult

Sochi Winter Arts Festival breaks new boundaries

This year’s Sochi Winter Arts Festival featured a full program under the leadership of Russian violinist and conductor Yuri Bashmet as artistic director.

20/02/2020

Cinema

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

Gladiator of Auschwitz: New film tells the story of Pole who boxed his way through hell

15/01/2020

Cult

Global artists celebrate musical freedom at the Baku Jazz Festival

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Audiences were amazed as musicians who had never met before improvised and jammed together during an eclectic celebration of music

25/10/2019

Cinema

A family’s experience of war inspires Kosovo’s entry for the Oscars

A film about the war in Kosovo has been submitted for best international feature at next year's Oscars. 'Zana' is inspired by events that happened to the family of director Antoneta Kastrati during the war.

27/09/2019

Cinema

"Another Day of Life" tells the animated story of the Angolan War

This year's Best European Animated movie takes an unconventional look at one of Africa's bloodiest conflicts.

20/12/2018

Spain

Cold War is the big winner at the European Film Awards in Seville

The Seville ceremony was the 31st edition of the awards.

16/12/2018

Portugal

Abrunhosa gets spiritual with new duets collection

The Portuguese singer-songwriter's eighth album pairs him with female partners to sing "songs of love against the hate."

08/12/2018

USA

Warhol at The Whitney

The artist gets a major retrospective in the city he made his own in the 1960s.

09/11/2018

Cult

Three fine movies compete for Lux Prize

The winner will be announced from the finalists next week in the 11th year of the prize, awarded by the European Parliament to reward movies that deal with European integration, and how the continent really is, today.

09/11/2018

Cult

Baku's Jazz Festival brings sparks to the 'Land of Fire'

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

The festival continues to grow in stature with another rich crop of famous names and names to watch.

22/10/2018

Cult

Azerbaijan's new Nasimi Festival honours Sufi icon

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Imadeddin Nasimi's guiding principles of tolerance and multiculturalism will guide event's blend of words, art and music over the coming years, say organisers.

03/10/2018

Cinema

Almaty launches its International Film Festival

Festival pitches itself as major forum for co-productions in the former Kazakh capital, the cradle of Soviet cinema with a long tradition of filmmaking.

19/09/2018

Cult

'Nuits Sonores' 2018: 'Nights of Sound' in Lyon!

They are dancing until dawn at the annual electronic music festival in the French city of Lyon

11/05/2018

Cult

Classical magic in Malta!

The sixth Malta International Music Festival has brought together world-class artists for moments of unforgettable magic in Valetta, the 2018 European capital of culture.

07/05/2018

Cinema

A wind of change in Iranian cinema

The 36th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran showcased an international selection of films in the presence of guests from around the globe

02/05/2018

Cinema

Frank Oz relives television gold in Muppet guys talking

The legendary film director gathers a group of Muppet Show performers to talk about their lives, times and the leadership of Jim Henson

02/04/2018