German Communist era film wins top Europe award
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"The Lives of Others", a drama about a secret policeman in Communist East Germany, won the top prize at the European Film Awards on Saturday held in Poland's capital.
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Oscar-winning Czech director Jiri  Menzel's film "I Served the King of England" takes the viewer  on a journey through the gilded hotels, restaurants, brothels,  rubble and remote forests of 20th century central Europe.
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French Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose, wins the most Baftas including best actress for Marion  Cotillard while Atonement wins best picture
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The Elite Squad, the story of corrupt police in Brazil, wins the main prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
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A bleak portrayal of life on a Tibetan  plateau won the best film award at the Chinese-language version  of the Oscars on Saturday, becoming the first entry from China  to bag the top prize in Taiwan.
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Film director Roman Polanski is awarded a lifetime achievement prize by the European Film Academy.
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A German film that sparked a scandal over its star's porn movie past and a Spanish yarn of gay friends traumatised by childhood sexual abuse head the field in Saturday's European Film Awards competition.
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The Sarajevo film festival that once represented an unusual act of defiance to war has proven its worth as the most important showcase for films in south east Europe this week as it drew thousands of people to its screenings.
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German movie &quot;Das Leben der Anderen&quot; (The Lives Of Others) and Pedro Almodovar's &quot;Volver&quot; stole the show at the European Film Awards, the continent's version of the Oscars.
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"Eastern Promises," a Russian mob thriller directed by Canadian cult legend David Cronenberg, won the Toronto International Film Festival's top prize on Saturday, positioning itself as an early Oscar favorite.
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A movie which depicts Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler's softer side tops the German box office chart.
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Films about euthanasia, abortion and the hardships of immigrant life bagged the top prizes at the 17th European Film Awards on Saturday.
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An Australian movie about life before Europeans arrived triumphs at the country's top awards.
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A German film about Nazi dictator Adolf  Hitler's final 12 days leapt to the top of the country's box  office with nearly half a million tickets sold in its opening  weekend, distributor Constantin Film said on Monday.
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Austria's Elfriede Jelinek won the  Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for novels and plays  that starkly depict violence against women, explore sexuality  and condemn far-right politics in Europe.
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CANNES, France  - A hard-hitting Romanian film set towards the end of the communist era won the Cannes Film Festival's top honor on Sunday.
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The nation's low-budget films, imbued with the residue of communism, are wowing critics and audiences.