More about this topic

Germany

'Youth' scoops three gongs at European Film Awards in Berlin

Comedy drama “Youth” has triumphed at the European Film Awards in Berlin. It scooped three gongs – best movie, best director and Britain’s Michael

13/12/2015

Cinema

LUX prize awarded to for Deniz Gamze Erguven's "Mustang"

Another award for Deniz Gamze Erguven’s “Mustang” one of this year’s film sensations. The French-Turkish-German co-production has been awarded the

25/11/2015

Cinema

British short 'The Bigger Picture' wins Cartoon d'Or

British animated short film ‘The Bigger Picture’ by Daisy Jacobs has won the Cartoon d’Or, a pan-European award for animation short films. Daisy

18/09/2015

Cinema

Top animators collaborate on Kahlil Gibran's 'The Prophet'

The animated film Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ has premiered in the United States. The film is based on the 1920s bestseller written by Lebanese

31/07/2015

Cinema

Oscar-winning doc 'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's

'Citizenfour' chronicles Edward Snowden's exchanges with journalists in a Hong Kong hotel room as he reveals the scale of the US government's spying programme at home and abroad.

20/03/2015

World

'Birdman' awarded Best Picture, with Mexican Alejandro Iñárritu Best Director

Groundbreakers, veterans and newcomers flocked together for the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday night, also simply known as ‘the Oscars’. Alejandro

23/02/2015

No Comment

Stars dazzle on the red carpet at the 87th Academy Awards

23/02/2015

USA

Oscars: Foreign Film category dominated by dramas

Five formidable films are competing for the Best Foreign Film Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards. Polish-British filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski

21/02/2015

Cinema

Oscars 2015 - best documentary nominations

The “Salt of the Earth” directed by Juliana Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders, is one of the documentaries nominated at the 87th Annual Academy Awards

20/02/2015

USA

Birdman, Julianne Moore and Eddie Redmayne savour Oscar success

Well what a night at the Oscars in a ceremony dominated by Birdman, a black comedy-drama about a washed up Hollywood star trying to reinvent himself

20/02/2015

Cinema

Oscars 2015: Who will win Best Director?

The directors of 'Birdman', 'Boyhood', 'Foxcatcher', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'The Imitation Game' are all hoping for Oscar recognition.

19/02/2015

Cinema

One French, two Brits and two Americans up for Oscars Best Actress

The category will be a battle between two newcomers, two previous winners and a woman receiving her fifth nomination.

19/02/2015

Cinema

Oscars Best Male is a fight between four novices and veteran

Michael Keaton, Eddie Redmayne, Steve Carell and Benedict Cumberbatch are nominated for the Best Actor prize.

18/02/2015

Cinema

Top three picks for Oscars 'Best Film'

The Best Picture award at this year’s Oscars appears to be an open race. While there could be a surprise win for ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’, ‘The

18/02/2015

Cinema

Damian Szifron's 'Wild Tales' is a joyful, wild ride

Imagine if Risi or Tarantino got together to make a film about revenge. Well, young Argentinian director Damian Szifron has gone ahead and done it

06/02/2015

USA

'American Sniper' murder trial due to open in Texas

The trial of a man charged with the murder of Chris Kyle writer of the bestselling autobiography ‘American Sniper’, and his friend Chad Littlefield

06/02/2015

Cinema

'Anti-Russian' controversy surrounds Oscar nominated film Leviathan

Russian film Leviathan has been lauded internationally and received two Oscar nominations. But back home, the drama has come in for heavy criticism.

22/01/2015

Cinema

'The Grand Budapest Hotel' and 'Birdman' dominate 2015 Oscar nominations

‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ by Wes Anderson as well as Alejandro González Iñarritu’s ‘Birdman’ both dominated the 2015 Oscar nominations ceremony

16/01/2015

Cinema

Oscars: Birdman & The Grand Budapest Hotel lead nominations with 9 nods each

Show business satire “Birdman” and colorful caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel” led the nominees for Academy Awards on Thursday (January 15), with nine

15/01/2015

USA

Luise Rainer, first winner of back-to-back Oscars, dies aged 104

Luise Rainer, star of Hollywood’s golden era, has died at the age of 104. German-born Rainer famously became the first person to win back-to-back

30/12/2014