Film Festivals: Pic gets $15,000 at Thessaloniki’s co-production forum -- Helmer-scribe Ivan Marinovic's "Pasqua," a Slovene, Czech and Montenegro co-production, has won the $15,000 Crossroads Co-Production Forum award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in Greece.

Film Festivals: Director to preside over competition jurors -- Werner Herzog has been tapped to head the Berlin Film Festival jury.

Film Festivals: Biopic about country's president opens Brasilia -- The red-carpet premiere of Fabio Barreto's "Lula, the Son of Brazil" opened the 42nd Brasilia Film Festival on Tuesday.

Film Festivals: Initiative to team Middle East, Euro filmmakers -- The Turin Film Festival's film lab dedicated to script development and funding has pacted with the Dubai Film Fest to launch a joint co-production workshop.

Film Festivals: New pics by 'Or,' 'Band's Visit' helmers to screen -- The 2009 Israel International Film Festival has announced the slate for its 24th edition, including new pics by "Or" helmer Keren Yedaya and "The Band's Visit" thesp Ronit Elkabetz.

Film Festivals: Greek filmmakers yank films in protest -- Greek filmmakers who pulled their films from the Thessaloniki Film Festival in a dispute over the country's outdated film laws have forced the cancellation of next Monday's Greek State Film Awards.

Film Festivals: Festival to run Dec. 4-6 in New York -- The fourth annual Romanian Film Festival will take place Dec. 4-6 at Tribeca Cinemas in Gotham.

Film Festivals: Actor to receive Rising Star Award -- Anastasios Soulis has been awarded this year's L'Oreal Paris Rising Star Award

Film Festivals: Event establishes new award for ‘Eastern Plays’ -- The third edition of the Estoril Film Festival wrapped Saturday, with the Grand Prize awarded to Greek drama "Dogtooth."

Film Festivals: 'Nothing Personal' nabs silver at Euro pic event -- Jessica Hausner's "Lourdes" and Urszula Antoniak's "Nothing Personal" took the top Golden and Silver Giraldillo, respectively, at a lively sixth Seville European Film Festival.

Film Festivals: 'Ordinary People' nabs main prize, best actor -- A Serbian film about the speed with which a young army recruit is turned into a killer of civilians, "Ordinary People," took top prize Saturday at the closing of the Cottbus Festival of Eastern European Film.

Film Festivals: Iranian filmmakers stopped from traveling -- Mounting tensions between Iranian artists and the country's authorities have found a flashpoint at the Turin Film Festival, which has launched an appeal for fests around the world to take action against recent travel bans.

Film Festivals: Film scooped up the Golden Astor at festival -- Mexican comedy "Cinco dias sin Nora" (Nora's Will) scooped the Golden Astor at the 24th annual Mar del Plata Intl Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday in the coastal city of Argentina.

Film Festivals: Org draws 1 million attendees for 20% gain -- Running Sept. 24 to Oct. 28, Cofesta encompassed 18 official and six affiliated events.

Film Festivals: Pic is first Korean feature to open festival -- South Korean helmer Park Chan-Ok will open the Rotterdam Film Festival on Jan. 27 with her sophomore pic "Paju."

Film Festivals: Doomsday takes centerstage in special section -- The Stockholm Film Festival plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary in a style unique to Sweden and its climate, including outdoor unspoolings on a screen made of ice.

Film Festivals: Stockholm fest highlights

Film Festivals: Local buzz pics and industry meets -- No fewer than 12 features will be presented as works in progress in Stockholm.

Film Festivals: Up Next: Nordic creatives making waves

Film Festivals: Critic will head up N.Y. Film Fest's event programs -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center has tapped LA Weekly film editor and chief film critic Scott Foundas as associate program director.