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Kazakh breakthrough movie wins First Feature Award at Washington Filmfest
Kazakh-German drama film Harmony Lessons by Kazakh director Emir Baigazin won the Busboys and Poets First Feature Award at the 28th Filmfest DC.
08 July 2014
'Transformers 4' dominates N. America box office
"Transformers: Age of Extinction" extended its North American box office dominance into a second straight week, industry figures showed Monday, earning $37.1 million over the Independence Day weekend.
08 July 2014
'Jump Street' leaps to top of box office
"22 Jump Street" leapt straight to the top of the North American box office, industry figures showed Monday, edging out "How to Train Your Dragon 2" as the summer film season gets into full swing.
17 June 2014
Hungarian Film Festival to be held in Almaty
Hungarian Film Festival will take place in Almaty on June 6-8, 2014 supported by Oleg Boretskiy's Cinema Club.
05 June 2014
Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o joins 'Star Wars' cast
Oscar-winning Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o has joined the cast of the new "Star Wars" movie, alongside the original stars of the legendary series, producers said.
04 June 2014
'Maleficent' turns magic on N. American box office
Angelina Jolie's "Maleficent," a modern retelling of the life of Sleeping Beauty's arch-nemesis, cast an instant spell on audiences, debuting at the top of the North American box office, industry figures showed.
03 June 2014
Kazakh The Owners film in Cannes Top 10
Geoff Andrew has included The Oweners film by Adilkhan Yerzhanov from Kazakhstan into his Cannes Top 10.
30 May 2014
Brad Pitt punched in face at movie premiere: police
Actor Brad Pitt was punched in the face Wednesday night while signing autographs at the Hollywood premiere of "Maleficent" starring his partner Angelina Jolie, news reports said.
29 May 2014
Russia bans 'historically false' film on Stalin deportations of Chechens
Russia has refused to permit the release of a film about the mass deportations of entire ethnic groups on Stalin's orders during World War II, calling it anti-Russian and a falsification of history.
27 May 2014
Epic Turkish drama 'Winter Sleep' wins Cannes top prize
Turkey's Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday for "Winter Sleep" and dedicated the honour to victims of his country's political strife.
26 May 2014
Dogs triumph in Cannes as canine thriller wins prestigious prize
Dogs triumphed in Cannes Friday as Hungarian canine thriller "White God" won the film festival's prestigious prize for innovative work, just hours after its four-legged stars scooped up the unofficial Palm Dog award for pooch talent.
24 May 2014
Stallone, Schwarzenegger revive old rivalry in Cannes
One-time rivals Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger grabbed the opportunity of their testosterone-fuelled promotion of "Expendables 3" in Cannes to poke fun at each other in a rollicking press conference.
19 May 2014
'Godzilla' flies to top of North American box office
The latest remake of classic monster flick "Godzilla" stormed to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend with a killer $93.2 million, industry estimates said Sunday.
19 May 2014
Briton, Israeli, German among student Oscar winners
Young filmmakers from Briton, Germany and Israel were announced Friday as winners of student Academy Awards, along with 12 laureates from American universities, who will get their prizes next month.
18 May 2014
Sony to make film of Edward Snowden story
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired the rights to the new book by journalist Glenn Greenwald about fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the studio said.
16 May 2014
Cannes film fest opens with 'Grace of Monaco' mauling
The world's biggest film festival opened in Cannes Wednesday with a blast of controversy as critics mercilessly savaged the opening movie about Hollywood-darling-turned-princess Grace of Monaco.
15 May 2014
Biopic hits and flops: film-makers grapple with great lives
A great or glittering life is no guarantee of a gripping biopic, say film-makers, as the Cannes Film Festival prepares to open Wednesday with the first big screen adaptation of the life of Monaco's Princess Grace.
15 May 2014
Alec Baldwin rages at NY police over traffic stop
Actor Alec Baldwin took to Twitter to vent his anger on Tuesday after being detained by police in New York for riding his bicycle the wrong way down a street.
14 May 2014
Suit filed in death of 'Fast and Furious' actor Paul Walker
The widow of the man who was driving a sports car when it crashed, killing him and "Fast and Furious" star Paul Walker last year, is suing Porsche.
13 May 2014
'Neighbors' grabs top spot at North American box office
R-rated comedy "Neighbors" vaulted to the top spot at the North American box office in its debut weekend, relegating "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" to second place, industry estimates showed.
12 May 2014