Emir Kusturica

Production - Sweden - Nohrborg from Triangel to St Paul

Mattias Nohrborg, the former head of Triangel Film and the arthouse cinema chain Astoria, has joined the Swedish production company St Paul Film as Senior Advisor, on a part-time basis. For over two decades, since Triangel's...

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Kyiv to host Balkanfest in early December

Balkanfest, a large-scale mu­sic festival, will take place in the Kyiv Palace of Sports on December 4–5. A grand cohort of unique bands will perform during the fest, inc­lu­di­ng Gogol Bordello (USA), K.A.L (Serbia), Emir...

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Argentina coach Diego Maradona (Reuters)

Factbox on Argentina coach Diego Maradona, who was banned for two months by FIFA on Sunday and fined over $24,000 following a foul-mouthed outburst after Argentina's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay last month.

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Películas de Hollywood en Georgia

Hollywood films in Georgia As Hollywood begins filming in Georgia, people are wondering if the film is actually the latest bit of spin from Georgia about its conflict with Russia in 2008. Reporter: Tom Esslemont clic Listen to...

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Serbian director throws out Croatian journalists, causes stir

Belgrade - Well-known Serbian film-maker Emir Kusturica caused a mini scandal this week when he threw out a Croatian television crew and confiscated their footage after being offended by their questions, Belgrade dailies...

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Festivals - Italy - Amelio debuts as Turin director

“There's always a first time,” says director Gianni Amelio about his debut as artistic director of the 27th Turin Film Festival (November 13-21), after Nanni Moretti helmed it for two years. A drop in media attention was...

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'Boy' to open Turin Film Festival

International News: 'Get Low,' 'Guy' among 16 competition films -- Sam Taylor-Wood's John Lennon biopic "Nowhere Boy" will open the 27th edition of the Turin Film Festival dedicated to ultra-indie cinema where Francis Ford...

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Koby Israelite - King Papaya

Koby Israelite’s fifth album is no back handed tribute to the hot dog Papaya King’s of New York; no, King Papaya is in a world of its own. After coping with the psychedelic prog rock jam funk madness of Celestial Mass, Gong...

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Balkan melting pot

Goran Bregovic November 4, 9pm, B1 Maximum, 11 Ul. Leninsky prospekt ‘Orchestra" is perhaps too mundane a term for Goran Bregovic's touring ensemble, the "Weddings and Funerals Orchestra". It's argued that Bregovic played a key...

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'Lebanon': Well-formed bottle, same old plonk

Review LONDON: Ah, the battle tank. Israeli writer-director Samuel Maoz has contributed to this tank movie genre with his new film “Lebanon.” “Lebanon” marks the third time in as many years that an Israeli director has produced...

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