KVIFF's goal is "aesthetic and historical, to tell people ... that this guy was here before Marlon Brando and James Dean and was the first method actor," says the fest's artistic director Karel Och.
The Zurich Film Festival is undergoing a management buyout led by the event’s director Christian Jungen with plans to take the increasingly prominent Swiss event to the next level. Jungen is being joined in the buyout by the fest’s deputy director Reta Guetg (they are pictured
A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular clusters like this one, called ESO 591-12 or Palomar 8, are spherical collections of tens of thousands to millions of stars tightly bound together by
Martin Lewis explains why it's a good idea to put £1 into a Lifetime ISA.
This comes after a series of in-flight cabin fires involving power banks.
The two tourists were trampled to death by a female elephant that was with a calf, police say.
NEW DELHI - India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed.
BEIJING/DHARAMSHALA, India - Weeks before the Dalai Lama ruled out China's role in choosing his successor, President Xi Jinping met a Tibetan Buddhist monk installed three decades ago by Beijing as the faith's No. 2 leader, the Panchen Lama.
Freedom, liberty and independence are human rights. But they depend on responsibility. Responsibility to others, to our future, to the community. Responsibility for our actions and our choices. The only way to earn our independence is to keep the promises we’ve made. Can we
The justice minister says he needs help mapping the floor of Taal Lake where the bodies are allegedly dumped.
A last-minute amendment that criminalises helping undocumented migrants sparked backlash, prompting the Christian Democrats to pull their support.
In 1939, Igor Stravinsky emigrated to the United States, first arriving in New York City, before settling in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard during the 1939–40 academic year. While living in Boston, the composer
Thousands of Syria’s Jews left in recent decades. But after Assad’s ouster and easing of sanctions, they can now reconnect with their centuries-old community.
Villages, often separated from larger towns and cities, consist of clusters of households and a few public buildings. Despite their long history, the biodiversity of European villages has been understudied compared to urban areas, forests, grasslands, or agricultural fields.
Just another week in paradise.
Make some room.
The value of the leading chip designer temporarily hit a new record on Thursday, briefly making it the most valuable company in history, with a market capitalisation nearing $4 trillion. Analysts predict it will soon break the record again.
As the Oscar-winning director re-teams with Toni Servillo, the opening night film — which translates to "Grace" in English — will get its world premiere in competition on the lido on August 27.
Reverend Dr. Johnnie Moore (pictured) said at a press conference in Brussels that ”in just one month, our organization distributed 55 million free meals in the Gaza Strip.” He pointed the finger at Hamas ‘’who has intentionally killed and injured people with the aim of
The Franco-Dutch airline is looking for consolidation options to help it compete with rivals.
Paolo Sorrentino’s “La Grazia,” a love story that re-teams the Oscar-winning director with “The Great Beauty” actor Toni Servillo, has been set as opening film of the upcoming Venice Film Festival. “La Grazia” – the title can be translated in English as “Grace” – will be
Internal discussions reflect the pressures the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon has faced since reaching a truce with Israel in late November 2024 amid seismic shifts in the national and regional power balance
As Kyiv suffered a major attack overnight on Friday, one resident who lives in the centre of the Ukrainian capital told Euronews that the number of Shahed drones "are far more numerous and deadlier than before".
Gen Assimi Goïta is set to remain in power until at least 2030 - his term can be renewed indefinitely.
The Malaysian police seized drugs with a total estimated value of over $500,000.
After his call with Putin, Trump said he did not think that the Russian leader wanted a ceasefire or an end to the three-year-old conflict.
Barnett denies allegations he kept the woman as a "sex slave" over a six year period.
Paris-based Loco Films has picked up international sales rights to Peruvian Daniel Vidal Toche’s feature debut “The Anatomy of the Horses,” (“La anatomía de los caballos”), which world premieres in Proxima Competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Filmed in the Peruvian
More than a few visitors to Florence make a beeline to the Galleria dell’Accademia, and once inside, to Michelangelo’s David, the most famous sculpture in the world. But how many of them, one wonders, then take the time to view the three other Davids in that city alone? At the
Eni has filed at least six defamation suits against journalists and NGOs since 2019 in what critics say is intimidation campaign When Antonio Tricarico was summoned to his local police station in October and told he was being investigated for defamation, he was stressed but not
Sudan was thrown into disarray in 2023 when its army and a paramilitary group began a power struggle.
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- A new study carried out by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) confirms the critical role international health teams have played in strengthening outbreak response
Strapped into towering heels, dozens of daring runners dashed through Madrid’s Chueca district in the city’s annual High Heel Race, part of its Pride celebrations.
[ENA] Addis Ababa, -- Preparations are underway for the official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.
The European Commission has disbursed €115.5 million in grants to Ireland as its second instalment under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). On 23 December 2024, Ireland submitted its second payment request under the RRF to the Commission. The request covers 17
The first show of the long-awaited comeback tour kicks off tonight in Wales. The road to this year's reunion tour has been a long and bumpy one, and despite ticketing issues, fans are more excited than ever to see the return of Britpop royalty.
Piles of garbage were being left uncollected across the city by contractors saying they had not been paid.
In recent months, a retrospective exhibition honoring the late Mi Jingyang (1936–2023)swept through Shanghai and Beijing to packed crowds and glowing praise. More than just ashowcase of his rich and colorful ink works, the exhibition reignited public interest in a figure who
Songs from the film KPop Demon Hunter have rivalled the success of real-life K-pop bands BTS and Blackpink.
Almost every district in the capital sustained damage after Russia fired a record 550 drones, Ukraine says.
In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to tackle climate change.
The militants came from the Pakistan Taliban or its affiliated groups, the military said.
The European Commission has endorsed positive preliminary assessments of Cyprus' fourth payment request for €75.9 million and Portugal's sixth payment request for €1.34 billion under NextGenerationEU. Cyprus submitted its request on 18 December 2024, with the Commission
German writer-director Steffen Goldkamp’s first feature film, starring Noah Sayenko, world premieres in the Karlovy Vary Film Festival's Proxima Competition.
Air cargo shipment volume from Asia has declined by double digits since the US cancelled a tax-free exemption for low-value packages from China early in May, trade groups and analysts said.
