The best party took place in Venice just before the Mostra del Cinema starts. The evening, titled this year “Cinema Danieli – An Unforgettable Story,” has become a huge success and a festival tradition dating back 13 years. The event is dedicated to the head of the jury, hosted and promoted by the Variety magazine in collaboration with the prestigious Hotel Danieli, which turns 200 this year. The event was organised this year by Eva Reidt, Markting Executive at Hotel Danieli ...

  With Alberto Barbera Venice Festival Director With Leila Hatami With Alice Diop after she won her silver Lion for Saint Omer and Luigi de Laurentis award for a debut film. The Premio Giovanna Arrighi to Alice Kanterian "Alice is a cosmopolitan journalist who has always paid great attention to the evolution of cinema and the cultural and social sides of both small and large-scale Festivals; her continuous and impassioned research always succeeds in grasping the ess...

IFFI Goa 2017, X: Big names, big awards Two days before the curtain opens on the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has issued a release listing the highlights of the annual festival. Here’s lowdown: 195 films from over 82 countries will be shown, of which there will be 10 World Premierès, 10 Asian and International premierès and over 64 Indian premierès as part of the Official programme. It was also announced that whil...