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The Cannes Lions will this year introduce a category recognising mobile advertising, the festival has announced. According to the Cannes Lions Awards: “”Mobile Lions will reward the best creative work which lives on or is activated by a mobile device, app or mobile web. The judging criteria will be based on creativity and the idea, [...]

THREE more jury presidents have been appointed for this year’s Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, to be held from June 17 to 23.

(Reuters) - Move over, Cannes. Maine will be playing host to its first-ever international mustache film festival, part of its annual pageant that celebrates the bristly facial hair. The festival set for March 30 in Portland will feature short films with storylines that involve mustaches or a main character who wears a mustache, said Nick Callanan, head of No Umbrella Media, a video production ...

Georg Szalai The film industry database operated by the Marche du Film of the Cannes Film Festival has updated its look and functionality. read more

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It may not have been as prestigious or well-known as the Cannes or Sundance film festivals. Nevertheless, organizers of the inaugural Starlite Film Festival in Winter Garden said they were pleasantly surprised by the large turnout at last weekend's event.

Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos whose long, meditative films won him a clutch of top international awards including the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has died aged 76 after a road accident on location.

The Italian director has been a longtime favorite of the festival, winning the Palme d'Or in 2001 for his family drama "The Son's Room" as well as a director prize in 1994 for his film "Dear Diary."

Veteran Italian film-maker, previous winner of the Palm d'Or, calls role 'a real joy, an honour and a tremendous responsibility' The Italian actor and director Nanni Moretti has been named president of the jury for this year's Cannes film festival , which is due to be held in May. Moretti will oversee the committee that decides the 2012 Palme d'Or winner for the first time, though he was a ...

Chrysler's Super Bowl spot featuring Eminem is among the award-winning ads included in Cannes International Ad Festival 2011.