Star directors for Scots festival
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Directors including Quentin Tarantino and Michael Winterbottom will take movies to the Edinburgh Film Festival.
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Bosnian director Emir Kusturica, who has won the Cannes film festival's top prize twice, will chair the jury this year.
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Colin Montgomerie, Chris Hoy and Shirley Robertson are among the Scots in the New Year Honours list.
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The Vancouver International Film Festival, which is set to announce its lineup Wednesday, is giving top billing this year to politics and projects knocking President Bush.
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SCOTLAND'S best- loved footballers and managers have been nominated for places in a new hall of fame.
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Scissor Sisters, rapper 50 Cent and Sir Paul McCartney compete in the inaugural UK Festival Awards.
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The Toronto International Film Festival offers a glimpse at next year's potential nominees
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Three "American headliners" will be the stars of this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, the events' organiser says.
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The Swedish Film Institute will dedicate a weekend to the life and works of Ingmar Bergman.
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Actor Colin Firth makes his first trip to Edinburgh for the UK premiere of his new film Trauma. Plus other entertainment news in brief.
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The naming of Roger Rees as artistic director of the Williamstown Theatre Festival in November was a bit of a surprise to some who know the actor primarily through his acting roles.
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Catch a glimpse of the movies guaranteed to make a splash at this year's edition of the storied indie film festival.
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The 31st annual Toronto Film festival  will attract more star power than usual this year with Brad  Pitt, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon and Sean  Penn among the Oscar winners and Hollywood heavyweights  expected to attend.
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Pierre Mignoni, Imanol Harinordoquy and Cedric Heymans come into the France side for Saturday's clash against Scotland.
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Sarajevo opened its annual film festival with the help of such guests as John Malkovich, Mike Leigh and Gerard Depardieu.
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Actor and director Sean Penn will head  the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the organizers  announced on Thursday, a move that could reinforce the event's  reputation for supporting left-wing causes.
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Movies by a favored Spanish veteran and three rising Latin American directors were among key contenders for prizes as the Cannes Film Festival prepared to wrap up Sunday.