Inspire Middle East El Gouna Film Festival: Short film competition tackles social issues in the MENA region
France Netflix boycott calls over film deemed offensive to Muslims The 2017 Egyptian film Sheikh Jackson was criticised for a scene which shows an imam being disturbed during his prayers in a mosque by a flash mob dancing to Michael Jackson's infamous Thriller choreography. 30/07/2020
brussels bureau The Brief: European cinema faces-off with US industry giants Ahead of the Oscars we take a look at the challenges facing European cinema. 07/02/2020
United Kingdom Baftas 2020: Stars criticise lack of diversity in award show First World War film 1917 was the big winner on Sunday night. Joaquin Phoenix won best actor for 'Joker' and Renee Zellweger won best actress for 'Judy'. 03/02/2020
Life Marvel Universe to get its first ever transgender superhero The Disney-owned studio is having a massive push on diversity and representation with its upcoming films. 02/01/2020
France Actress Anna Karina dies Anna Karina, the epitome of French New Wave cinema, has died of cancer at the age of 79. The French-Danish star was the former muse of film director Jean-Luc Godard 15/12/2019
Life These Eco-Visionaries are using AI to recreate near-extinct animals Dystopian evolution and novel solution a presented side by side at The Royal Academy of the Arts 23/11/2019
France Catherine Deneuve, 76, in Paris hospital after 'limited' stroke French actress Catherine Deneuve has been hospitalised in Paris after suffering a "reversible" stroke, her family told AFP. 06/11/2019
no comment 007 Aston Martin sold at auction The classic Aston Martin DB5 driven by James Bond in the film Goldfinger has been auctioned in California for 5.77m euros 30/07/2019
USA John Singleton dies at 51 after suffering stroke At 24, Singleton became the youngest and the first black filmmaker to receive an Oscar nomination for best director and best original screenplay for "Boyz n the Hood." 30/04/2019
Switzerland Swiss actor Bruno Ganz dies aged 77 Ganz, 77, is best-known for portraying Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated Downfall; the kindly grandfather in Swiss family movie Heidi; and the angel Damiel in Wim Wenders’ 1987 film Wings of Desire. 16/02/2019
United Kingdom UK cinemas to roll out 270-degree screens in theatres They’ve tried 3D glasses, IMAX and 4DX, and now the UK cinema industry wants to introduce world-first “multi-projection cinema technology" to shake-up the movie theatre experience. 15/08/2018
Cinema Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again It's taken years to produce a sequel to the smash hit musical Mamma Mia 16/07/2018
Cult Ingmar Bergman's work remembered on 100th anniversary The Swedish director is widely considered one of the greatest film-makers of all time and would have turned 100 years old this month. 12/07/2018
France French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann dies aged 92 French filmmaker and journalist Claude Lanzmann has died in Paris at age 92. 05/07/2018
