Marking the start of France’s awards season, the Louis Delluc Prize is headed by Gilles Jacob, who presided Cannes Film Festival for 15 years.

Just the U.S. dollar, the euro, Japan's yen and the British pound are currently part of this select band.

Environmental issues are very pertinent in China, which produces most of its electricity by burning coal.

Witherspoon’s production company, Pacific Standard has already scored two major successes with “Wild” and “Gone Girl”.

In the second place was newcomer "The Good Dinosaur", which launched to an estimated $39.2 million over three days.

Hamburg’s decision leaves four cities – Rome, Paris, Budapest and Los Angeles – in the running.

The EU considers settlements built on territories occupied by Israel in 1967 to be illegal under international law, but Israel disputes this position.

The film premiered in this year’s Venice Orrizonte section and was later screened the Busan International Film Festival.

His main hit was the extremely popular 1975 TV-movie “Ironiya sidby, ili s lyogkim parom!” which became a cult piece.

His body was flown from the border to the Turkish capital Ankara on November 29, from where it will be taken to Russia.