This year at the Molodist Film Festival, American movie producer and director Lana Parshina presented the European premiere of her film Svetlana About Svetlana. The movie, which consists of an interview with Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilueva, was part of the

What does the word 'fashion' mean to Ukrainians? Last week at the exposition centre ACCO International, Ukrainian Fashion Week tried to prove for the eleventh year in a row that fashion in Ukraine is a field with an amazing amount

Animation, USA, 2008 Directed by Tom McGrath All the loveable characters are back - Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo, King Julien, Maurice and the penguins - in 'Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.' Left marooned

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SHANGHAI -- Chinese regulators have ordered 10 local video Web sites to cease operations, the third instance this year of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television moving to clean up the sector.

The second edition of Spain's International Forum of Digital Content (FICOD) will address intellectual property, new business models for digital product and opportunities in Latin America, organizers said Wednesday.

SYDNEY -- Elissa Down's "The Black Balloon" and Peter Duncan's "Unfinished Sky" dominated Wednesday's nominations for the 50th Australian Film Institute Awards, with 11 and 10 nominations respectively.

InterActiveCorp chief Barry Diller said Wednesday that he will vote for Barack Obama even though John McCain would be better for his business.

Broadband subscribers in rich nations reached 251 million by June, an increase of 14% from June 2007, according to figures released Wednesday.

Comedian Russell Brand has resigned from his show after the BBC began investigating how lewd messages he left for actor Andrew Sachs ended up on air.

The Rome International Film Festival's five-day market resulted in at least two dozen sales, festival organizers said Wednesday, adding that most of the raw numbers from the festival were stronger than last year.

TAIPEI -- German helmer Wim Wenders is in Taipei this week helping first-time director Arvin Chen scout locations for "Taipei First Page."

HONG KONG -- Barry Diller said Wednesday that he will vote for Barack Obama even though John McCain would be better for his business.

Panel members at an authors' intellectual property rights conference held on the sidelines of the Rome International Film Festival called for authors' legal rights to be simplified and extended to other figures in the creative process.

TORONTO -- The National Film Board of Canada and Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) said Wednesday that they have pacted to develop new programming and technology for the digital universe.

HONG KONG -- ITV Global Entertainment has upped its Asia game, announcing plans for the launch of a 24-hour general entertainment, pay TV channel as well as the first Asia location for reality show "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out

Phyllida Lloyd's "Mamma Mia!" has become the biggest British movie of all time at the U.K. boxoffice, according to Universal Pictures International here Wednesday.

Incoming Five chief executive Dawn Airey has wooed Channel 4 head of acquisitions Jeff Ford to his old network as managing director of digital channels and acquisitions as well as a seat on the Five board.

HONG KONG -- Executives at Wednesday's "The Sky Has NOT Fallen" panel here told broadcasters just that, exuding confidence in the prospects for Asian media investment despite the global financial crisis.