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Taiwan’s Lantern Festival – nocomment A laser light show accompanied by a 21-metre-tall dragon lamp illuminated the Taipei skyline as Taiwanese residents celebrated the annual Lantern Festival. 07/02/2012
Venice Carnival masks the winter weather There is a party atmosphere in a chilly Venice, where revellers have been defying the wintry weather at the start of the city’s carnival. Couples danced in… 05/02/2012
Clermont Ferrand casts eye over best film shorts One of Europe’s most important short-film festivals is held every year in the French city of Clermont Ferrand. 03/02/2012
Angouleme: Strip show with a differenceThe Angouleme International Comics Festival put the spotlight on Spanish and Swedish works this year. Ever-popular, more than 200,000 fans visited the… 30/01/2012
Mumbai Gay Pride – nocomment Hundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters marched through the heart of Mumbai to campaign for greater rights for sexual minorities in… 29/01/2012
Chuckles on the slopes: ski resort hosts film fest The French ski resort of l’Alpe d’Huez played host to the 15th edition of the International Comedy Film Festival, with movies from France, Canada and Belgium… 24/01/2012
Küstendorf festival Deep in the heart of the Serbian mountains, acclaimed film maker Emir Kusturica holds his fifth, annual Küstendorf Music and Film Festival. The… 23/01/2012
Incredible ice castles at Harbin Festival – nocomment China’s icy city of Harbin gears up for its annual ice festival. Workers put the final touches on ice castles, slides and snow sculptures. 04/01/2012
Ice festival opens in HarbinA horse carriage carrying tourists travels past ice sculptures ahead of the opening of the 13th Harbin Ice and Snow World in China. REUTERS/Sheng Li 26/12/2011
South Korea gears up for World Expo The South Korean coastal city of Yeosu is the venue for the next World Expo between May and August of 2012. Under construction is a modern village of… 19/12/2011
Marrakech honours Forest Whitaker and Terry Gilliam Tribute was paid to Forest Whitaker at the Marrakech Film Festival – the US American actor and film director walked the red carpet with his wife Keisha Nash… 16/12/2011
The Festival of Lights in full swing in Lyon – nocomment Despite the cold, many were tourists were out in Lyon on 8 December 8 to admire the spectacle of the Festival of Lights in different parts of the city. 10/12/2011
Lyon in lights The Fete des Lumieres in Lyon, France, has turned the city into a magical wonderland. Nearly three million visitors are expected to visit the 70 lighting… 09/12/2011
New freedoms revealed at Marrakech Film Festival The Marrakech Film Festival is an important event for the Moroccan cinema industry, which nowadays produces around 25 films a year. The government now… 09/12/2011
Marrakesh Film Festival pays tribute to great actors Eleven years in, the Marrakesh Film Festival is now considered one of the most important cinema events in the Maghreb. Every year the event attracts a mix… 07/12/2011
Monte Carlo Jazz Festival hosts two outstanding performers: Tigran Hamasyan and Avishai Cohen The latest edition of the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival ended on a virtuoso note thanks to two spectacular artists: one is Israeli bass player extraordinaire… 07/12/2011
International film marvels in Marrakech – nocomment A galaxy of stars were on display at the Marrakech International Film Festival over the weekend. The festival continues until December 10. 05/12/2011
King of Bollywood crowned in Marrakech The International Film Festival in Marrakech paid tribute to Shah Rukh Khan, one of the Indian film industry’s biggest superstars, with more than 70 movies to… 05/12/2011
Germany’s Stollen Festival – nocomment German city of Dresden holds the Stollen Festival every Saturday prior to the 2nd Advent. The highlights of the festival are the baking of a Giant Stollen… 04/12/2011
Mexico zombie walk – nocomment Mexico City was overrun by zombies as thousands of ghouls and other creatures of the living dead took part in the megalopolis’s fifth Zombie Walk… 27/11/2011
Spanish indie film festival starts The coastal city of Gijón in northern Spain is hosting its annual International Film Festival, “Ficxixón”. More than 50 films are screened during the… 22/11/2011
Film festival defies Greek debt crisis with packed cinemas The 52nd Thessaloniki Film Festival was held as Greece was hitting the headlines because of the country’s debt crisis and turmoil in the… 17/11/2011
Rome Film Festival: Rampling and Scott Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas was at the Rome Film Festival for the premiere of her latest film, The Woman in the Fifth. It is about an American writer, played by… 03/11/2011
Amal: a film festival of hope It is the final destination for the thousands of Christian pilgrims who walk the Way of St James each year, and for the past nine years the Spanish city of… 01/11/2011
London Film Festival prizes The London Film Festival attracted a galaxy of stars, and a good selection of films this year. We Need to Talk about Kevin won the Best Film award. The… 27/10/2011
Nepal: a good dogA police dog stands on its hind legs at the command of an officer during a display as part of ‘Tihar’ celebrations at Nepal Police Academy in Kathmandu… 25/10/2011
Festival takes fresh look at science With seminars in the park and funky hip hop dancing robots, Toulouse’s ‘La Novela’ festival is aiming to break down barriers between the cities substantial… 24/10/2011
Amnesia play provokes Tunisian memories Written before the Arab spring, the visionary Tunisian play ‘Amnesia’ is touring in Europe. It was staged in the French city of Lyon as part of the ‘Sens… 21/10/2011
Showing the state of the world at Doc Lisboa Tahrir-Liberation Square is one of the films in competition at Doc Lisboa 2011, Europe’s second documentary film festival. Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona… 21/10/2011
The Artist screens at London Film Festival After receiving awards and critical acclaim at Cannes, The Artist got the red carpet treatment at the BFI London Film Festival. Jean Dujardin, who won the… 20/10/2011
London rolls out the red carpet The London Film Festival has kicked off with a gala screening of the film ‘360’. It is a romantic drama in the form of an international daisy chain spanning… 13/10/2011
Pariscience: disseminating science through film Set in the magnificent Jardin des Plantes in Paris, the international science film festival Pariscience takes place each October. This year some 9,000 viewers… 12/10/2011
Bonus interview If you want to see more excerpts from our interview (in Italian) with the Festival’s Artistic Director Alberto Batisti, please click on the following link… 06/10/2011
Celestial singing in Umbria The Requiem by Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria is a masterpiece of Renaissance vocal music. It brought the curtain down in glorious fashion on the… 06/10/2011
Celebrating Bang Neow vegetarian festival in ThailandDevotees of the Bang Neow Chinese Shrine stand amidst exploding firecrackers as they take part in the vegetarian festival in Phuket. REUTERS/Dario Pignatelli 02/10/2011
Tybeh Beer Festival in West Bank – nocomment Foreign tourists and locals flocked to the opening of the 7th annual Taybeh Beer Festival in the West Bank. 02/10/2011
The cartoons of the future on show in Poland Which animated film will you be watching tomorrow? The answer could be found at the annual Cartoon Forum which this year was held in the Polish city of… 28/09/2011
A woman forcado in a Portuguese bullfightA woman forcado attempts to stop a calf by grabbing its head during a performance in her hometown arena at Benavente. This team is the first comprising of… 18/09/2011
Best served cold!A waitress carries the traditional one litre beer mugs at the opening of the Munich Oktoberfest. The world’s biggest beer fest runs until October 3. REUTERS /… 17/09/2011
Hollywood comes to Toronto Hollywood A-listers Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Glenn Close are in Canada, for the 36th Toronto International Film Festival. 14/09/2011
U2 doc launches Toronto film fest The U2 documentary ‘From the Sky Down’ – which is about the making of the band’s 1991 album ‘Achtung Baby’ – opened the 36th International Film Festival in… 09/09/2011
Lupes conducts Camerata Regala at Enescu Festival Cristian Lupes is part of the upcoming generation of conductors in Romania. Here he interprets one of George Enescu’s pieces with Romania’s Royal Camerata… 09/09/2011
Johnson’s Return shows at Deauville Liza Johnson’s Return screened at the American Film Festival in Deauville; a tense, understated movie about a young woman who finds herself unable to… 07/09/2011
Coppola honoured at Deauville For the 37th time some of America’s film legends have come to the coast of Normandy for the American Film Festival in Deauville. Stars gather on the red… 06/09/2011
Photographers flood into Perpignan For 23 years the world’s most distinguished photojournalists have descended on the French town of Perpignan for the International Festival of… 06/09/2011
Bucharest hosts Enescu Festival The 20th George Enescu classical music festival got off to a fine start in the city of Bucharest. The three week event named and held in honour of the… 05/09/2011
Tomato fight in Spain – nocomment Tens of thousands of people pelted each other with 120 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual battle that left the eastern Spanish town of Bunol awash with red… 01/09/2011
Lights, camera, animation at London’s Barbican London’s annual International Animation Festival is underway with 288 films being shown at the Barbican arts centre and the Horse Hospital until September… 29/08/2011
Kazantip: The Party Land Some call this place the Ibiza of Eastern Europe, a Ukrainian “Burning Man”! Others say there’s nothing quite like it elsewhere in the world! This is the land… 22/08/2011
Battle of Warsaw reenactment – nocomment Hundreds of volunteers took part in a reenactment of the Battle of Warsaw. 15/08/2011
Awa Dance Festival in Japan – nocomment An energetic midsummer dance festival called Awa Odori has been held in Tokushima City, western Japan. The festival, traditionally at the hottest time of the… 14/08/2011
Czech capital hosts first ‘gay pride’ festival – nocomment The Czech Republic, regarded as one of the more liberal European countries in relation to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, sees thousands of… 14/08/2011
Fellini features at Locarno Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland kicked off with a homage to the magic of Fellini. One of his favourite muses, Magali Noel, took to the stage once… 08/08/2011
Viking FestivalMen dressed up as Vikings take part in the annual Viking festival of Catoira in north-western Spain. REUTERS/Miguel Vidal 07/08/2011
Gabala Music Festival in Azerbaijan The Gabala music festival in Azerbaijan featured both classical and folk music. The Russian State Symphony Orchestra was resident during the festival. The… 05/08/2011
Salzburg Festival: Mozart and then some The 91st Salzburg classical opera Festival is under way in the Austrian city where Mozart was born. The Marriage of Figaro opened the event. Among the… 01/08/2011
Rough start to Beyreuth The Bayreuth Festival in the northern Bavarian town in Germany got off to a rocky start. Many aficionados of composer Richard Wagner, to whose works the… 27/07/2011
Paléo Festival pumps spirits The Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, paid tribute to Amy Winehouse and went on with the show. Some 230,000 spectators went to nearly 200 concerts at six… 26/07/2011
Balkan tales at Sarajevo This year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, from 22-30 July, projects southeastern Europe. This year’s entries include ‘Orchestra’, by Bosnian director Pjer Žalica… 25/07/2011
Mud and music at this year’s Paleo Festival The Paleo Music Festival is underway in the Swiss city of Nyon near Geneva. 230 000 fans are expected to attend to see some of the 195 concerts. Highlights… 22/07/2011
Glorious Mud! – nocomment You’re never to old to play in the mud in South Korea, as thousands gathered for the mud festival in Boryeong. 22/07/2011
Odessa film festival underway Odessa, the Ukranian port known as the Pearl of the Black Sea, is currently hosting its second international film festival. The organisers are hoping to… 19/07/2011
“Bee-attracting” competition in ShaoyangBeekeeper Lv Kongjiang stands with bees partially covering his body on a weighing scale during a “bee-attracting” competition in Shaoyang, Hunan province… 17/07/2011
African Performers at Montreux Mixing the talents of music veterans Femi Kuti and Seal with the up and coming singer-songwriter Asa, the Monteux Jazz Festival showcased some of the most… 15/07/2011
Warm festival welcome for 1,000 euro film Young Spanish film director Jonathan Cenzual Burley has proved that you can make a movie on a low budget and even manage to show it at a big festival. His… 13/07/2011
Portugal’s Festival of Trays – nocomment For ten days, the city of Tomar in Portugal becomes the centre of one of Europe’s most spectacular religious festivals. 12/07/2011
Godfather of Gore honoured at Neuchâtel Horror Film Festival Special guest of this years Festival du film fantastique, (Horror Film Festival), in the Swiss city of Neuchâtel was Herschell Gordon Lewis. The 82- year old… 11/07/2011
Pop-up restaurant is a hit in trendy Berlin “Pret A Diner”‘s is back in the capital of cool for its summer edition. The aim of this short-lived “dining experience” is to offer high-class food in an… 11/07/2011
Running the bulls in Pamplona – nocomment Thousands of thrill-seekers run with bulls in Pamplona on the sixth day of San Fermin festival in Spain. 11/07/2011
Rodeo festival rocks CalgaryCory Hines of Rocky Rapids gets bucked off the horse in the novice saddle bronc event during the Calgary Stampede rodeo in Canada. REUTERS/Todd Korol 11/07/2011
Spain : Pamplona’s annual festival is launched – nocomment Thousands of revellers welcomed the kick off of Spain’s most famous fiesta, the San Fermín, with the launch of a firework rocket that marks the beginning of… 06/07/2011
Zoom on Poland at Karlovy Vary Festival Seven Polish films are among the movies showing at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, central and eastern Europe’s most important such event. 06/07/2011
San Fermin Festival in PamplonaA reveller jumps from a fountain at the Plaza de Navarreria during the start of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona. REUTERS/Joseba Etxaburu 06/07/2011
Santana and McLaughlin wow crowds at Montreux In concert together for the first time in 40 years, superstars Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin open the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. 05/07/2011
Artists show off body of work Crowds of some 30,000 turned up for this year’s World Body Painting Festival in Portschach in Austria. 04/07/2011
Judi Dench gets lifetime award at Karlovy Vary British actress Judi Dench was one of the guests of honour at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the most important movie… 04/07/2011
Pakistani drummer creates trance at Roskilde Northern Europe’s largest music and culture event, the Roskilde festival, has opened in Denmark. Among this year’s 180 acts are the Sain brothers from… 30/06/2011
Gnaoua world music festival draws huge crowds Hundreds of thousand of people flocked to the southern coastal town of Essaouira in Morocco for this year’s Gnaoua festival – a true laboratory of musical… 28/06/2011
Beyonce wraps up Glastonbury Pop star Beyonce brought the closing touch to Britain’s famous Glastonbury festival on Sunday. Coldplay drew huge crowds to the main Pyramid stage. London… 27/06/2011
Moscow festival features Bulgarian debut film Bulgaria’s “Sneakers” has been previewed as one of the 17 films in competition at Moscow’s International Film Festival. A debut feature for both of its… 27/06/2011
Morocco : Gnaoua Music Festival in Essaouira The Moroccan city of Essaouira is once again welcoming musicians from around the world for the Gnaoua Music Festival. A musical-melting pot, the festival… 25/06/2011
Venezuela’s Corpus Christi celebrations – nocomment Dancers wearing brightly coloured masks depicting devils whirled through the streets of Naiguata in Venezuela, shaking their hips to the heavy beat of African… 24/06/2011
San Juan bonfire festival – nocomment San Juan’s night celebration welcomes the arrival of summer on the shortest night of the year. Many towns, cities or villages celebrate this first Summer… 24/06/2011
Latvians mark midsummer festival – naked – nocomment At least 50 people took part in a traditional Midsummer’s Night nude run through the western Latvian town of Kuldiga. The race is part of the Latvian festival… 24/06/2011
Russia’s indie film-makers slate state support They may be winning prizes and critical acclaim abroad but the new generation of Russian filmmakers say they are struggling to make movies at home. 23/06/2011
Glastonbury festival opens its gatesFestival goers push their belongings through muddy fields on the first day of the Glastonbury Festival 2011 in Somerset, south-west England. REUTERS / Cathal… 23/06/2011
Gay Pride around Europe – nocomment Gay Pride Marches in Zagreb, Budapest and Zurich. 19/06/2011
Somogybabod Off Road Festival – nocomment Begun in the 1980s by Germans who were banned from driving in their forests, the Somogybabod International Off Road Festival has grown into a major… 14/06/2011
Leopolis Grand Prix Festival revives tradition – nocomment Ukrainian and Polish retro car enthusiasts seek to revive the tradition of car races with the “Leopolis Grand Prix Festival” in Lviv, Ukraine. The festival… 14/06/2011
Punk choir gives anarchy some harmony – nocomment Estonia hosts the second punk rock festival as a choir of 2,000 participants belted out punk hymns under a conductor’s baton. 13/06/2011
Annecy focuses on US indie animation Independent American animated cinema – that is the special section in this year’s international film festival at Annecy in France. 09/06/2011
The Rabbi’s Cat stalks the Annecy Crystal A tribute to independent American cinema is just one of the sections on the programme for this year’s International Animated Film Festival at Annecy in France. 07/06/2011
Rita & Chico opens Annecy Film Festival Rita is a singer with a hauntingly beautiful voice; Chico a brilliant avant-garde pianist. They embark on a tempestuous affair, chasing their musical dreams… 06/06/2011
Garage veterans ‘The Sonics’ rock electro music bash They started out in the mid to early 1960s. But vintage US rockers ‘The Sonics’ still have what it takes to excite an audience, as they demonstrated by… 03/06/2011
Jekyll and Hyde tale to be told in hi-tech cartoon It is a classic spine-chilling story, told in the most modern of ways. Using the latest animation technology, cartoon feature ‘Hyde’ adapts Robert Louis… 03/06/2011
Nuits Sonores festival kicks off in Lyon – nocomment The Nuits Sonores festival dedicated to electronic and independent music started on June 2d in Lyon in France. 03/06/2011
The electronic sound of Nuits Sonores in Lyon One of Europe’s leading independent electro music festivals has got underway in Lyon in France. ‘Nuits Sonores’ — or ‘Nights of Sound’ — has built its… 02/06/2011
Euro-animation goes Seoul searching European animators have been seeking to broaden their horizons with a conference in South Korea. The European Union’s Media Mundus programme, which supports… 02/06/2011
Young artists shine in Tallinn’s Eksperimenta Young artists have taken centre stage at Tallinn’s European Capital of Culture with an exhibition they’re calling Eksperimenta. It is a collection of works… 01/06/2011
Tallinn’s terrific Treff takes to the streets After five years of delighting shoppers and tourists in Tallinn, Estonia’s Treff street festival has become a benchmark for performance art in Eastern… 31/05/2011
