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Chinese films nominated for top honors at Tokyo International Film Festival

This year's Tokyo International Film Festival is set to take place in less than a month, and two Chinese-language films are in the final competition for the top Tokyo Grand Prix.

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Fashion features tropics and layers at Paris show opening

Paris Fashion Week displayed colorful and tropical-inspired creations from Paule Ka and layered printed and patterned looks by Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn as it opened on Tuesday.

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Award-winning filmmaker Kusturica displays tender, sad love story at wartime

"The most difficult thing is to be somebody who observes and who is observed, that is why I'm now a greater fun of Charlie Chaplin and others masters like him," said Serbian film director Emir Kusturica during the Venice Film Festival.

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73rd Venice Film Fest kicks off amid tight security, high expectations

Surrounded by tightened security measures, the 2016 Venice Film Festival kicked off here on Wednesday amid high expectations of a top quality event.

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73rd Venice Int'l Film Festival unveils complete line-up

​The complete program of the 2016 Venice Film Festival was unveiled during a press conference on Thursday.

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First woman to lead ICAC's Operations Department is replaced in major shake-up at HK's anti-corruption body

The more than three decade crime-fighting career of Hong Kong’s most senior anti-corruption investigator has come to an abrupt end – less than a year after she was appointed to the top job.

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Shanghai international film festival opens

Shanghai rolled out red carpet Saturday evening for the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), an international event attended by hundreds of celebrities and specialists from the global film industry.

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15 movies shortlisted at Beijing Int'l Film Festival

A total of 15 movies have been selected for the competition at the 6th Beijing International Film Festival, which will be chaired by Brett Ratner, executive producer of "The Revenant."

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IMF chief proposes to reappoint David Lipton as first deputy managing director

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Monday announced her decision to renew David Lipton's five-year tenure as the first deputy managing director starting Sept. 1, 2016.

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Taiwanese film wins top prize at Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival

A special jury of international film critics at the festival considered the film "one of the best films of a master director, and an example of the martial arts genre which is elevated into the realm of art by its superb visual style."

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Two Chinese movies to be screened at Toronto film festival

​At least two Chinese movies, including Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke's latest one -- Mountains May Depart -- will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled to be held in September, as the event is going back to its Canadian roots for its 40th anniversary.

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Samsung promotes smaller director-level personnel on weak earnings

​Samsung Group, South Korea's largest conglomerate, said Thursday that it promoted a smaller director- level personnel, including vice president, senior managing director and managing director, as part of its annual reshuffle.

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Armenia presents film tracing Silk Road

An Armenian movie director on Monday presented a documentary film about his nation's role in the ancient Silk Road.

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Venice film festival ends with greater interest in Chinese cinema

The 71st Venice Film Festival ended here on Saturday with the Golden Lion, the highest prize given at the festival, awarded to a Swedish film by director Roy Andersson, and a large presence of Chinese works shown to international audience.

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Belgian brothers reflect economic crisis, Japanese director explores nature

On the 7th day of the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, Belgian brother directors expressed their reflection on the current economic crisis in Europe, while a Japanese woman filmmaker explored nature in their movies presented in Competition on Tuesday

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Cronenberg tells Hollywood story, Miller's on sport screened at Cannes

Canadian director David Cronenberg tells a very human ghost story of a Hollywood family in his new movie Maps to the Stars, which was screened on Monday in Competition at the 67th Cannes Film Festival.

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67th Cannes Film Festival kicks off

The 67th Festival de Cannes, or the Cannes Film Festival, opened Wednesday evening in the southern French sea resort of Cannes.