Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Venice Film Festival kicked off on Aug. 31 with Adam Driver starring in opening film "White Noise," one of several Netflix entries competing for the top prize Golden Lion as the streaming giant seeks to burnish its arthouse credentials.

U.S. director Spike Lee has been named president of the jury for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Jan. 14.

The 62-year-old filmmaker, who succeeds Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, will head the panel that will award the 73rd Palme d'Or prize.

Greek director, screenwriter and producer Yorgos Lanthimos was selected along with US actress Elle Fanning and Italian director Alice Rohrwacher to be part of the jury at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival in May, the organizers announced on Monday.

The 88th Academy Awards show kicks off on Sunday and celebrities will start lining the red carpet at the Dolby Theatre.

After months of preparation for Hollywood’s most glamorous night, the show will begin on Sunday, February 28 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT at Dolby Theatre, Hollywood and will air live on the ABC broadcast network.

Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's bid for Oscars glory was boosted Feb. 6 as he took top prize at the Directors Guild of America honors -- seen as a bellwether for the Academy Awards.

In a night full of surprises, “The Revenant” and “The Martian” dominated the top film awards at the 73rd Golden Globes.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred in the historical drama, won the Best Actor award while Alejandro González Iñárritu was awarded the gong for Best Director, at the ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.

The 68th Festival de Cannes will be starting soon. The Jury which will be judging those worthy of the Palme d’Or is as follows:

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors, screenwriters and producers, will be the two Presidents of the Jury of the 68th Festival de Cannes.

 

Sean Penn strikes back, after the tumult created following his immigration comment about his friend Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Oscar win: “Who gave this bastard a green card?”.

Penn had cooperated with the Mexican director in 2003 for “21 Grams”. His joke made many a social medialite go up in arms, calling it “insulting and racist”, “horrible and disgusting”.

BELGRADE- Famous Oscar-winning US actor Richard Dreyfuss is the laureate of the honorary Beogradski pobednik award of the 43rd Fest International Film Festival for his contribution to cinematography.

The 43rd annual Belgrade international film festival, FEST 2015, which starts on February 27 and ends on March 8, will feature 90 Serbian premieres, including "Birdman", Alejandro González Iñárritu's film which has received nine Oscar nominations, and Woody Allen's "Magic in the Moonlight".