Media waited in line on Wednesday morning (September 2) as temperature checks were carried out on everyone before entering for a press screening on the day the Venice Film Festival officially opens.

Temperature checks and social distancing the norm at this year's Venice Film Festival

Just one day to go before the start of the world's first real-life film festival in Venice but will anyone actually be coming? The 77th edition of the film festival is going ahead with strict COVID regulations. No public at the red carpet, restricted numbers in the screenings with facial coverings and social distancing all being strictly adhered to.

The stage is set but will anyone come? Venice awaits start of film festival

The Taipei Film Festival will take place as scheduled from June 25-July 11, However, there will be no overseas visitors to the event. On Monday, organizers of the event announced that the festival will open on June 25 with the world premiere of Ke Zhennian’s 'Silent Forest' and will close on July 11, with a screening of 'Days' by Tsai Ming-Liang, which appeared in competition in Berlin and earned a special mention in the Teddy section for gay film.

Taipei Film Festival to kick off in June without any overseas visitors

The Venice Film Festival will go ahead as scheduled at the beginning of September, Luca Zaia, the governor of the region around the Italian city said on Sunday (May 24) as the spread of the new coronavirus in the country slows.

Venice Film Festival set for September , local governor says

The Riviera resort of Cannes should have been playing host to the world's biggest names in film. Instead, with its annual film festival postponed and the red carpet rolled up, locals made do with a drive-in cinema in a beachfront car park.

Popcorn, palm trees and face masks: Cannes rolls out drive-in cinema

The prestigious Cannes film festival may get cancelled amid coronavirus outbreak. The event takes place every year in May and while there are a few months left to the festival, speculations are rife that the outbreak might affect the festival.

Cannes Film Festival may get cancelled if COVID-19 situation doesn't improve

Stars including Johnny Depp, Sigourney Weaver, Cate Blanchett and Hillary Clinton were welcomed to Berlin to walk the red carpet as part of the 70th Berlinale film festival.

Star-studded Berlin: 10 days of Berlinale red carpets

Environmental activists performed a flashmob on Saturday (February 29) at Berlin's International Film Festival to demand greater climate protection.

Activists occupy Berlinale red carpet to demand climate action

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof`s `There Is No Evil` won the Golden Bear prize for the best picture at the 70th Berlin Film Festival. The film festival drew a close on Saturday (local time) by honouring the director`s movie, who is currently banned from leaving Iran for participation in social and political activity, cited Deadline.

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof's 'There Is No Evil' wins at Berlin Film Festival

The racist killings of nine people in a German town cast a shadow over the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday, where a minute`s silence was held to commemorate the victims, and stars who will feature in the festival spoke out.

'I take it personally': Stars at Berlin Film Festival vent anger over German race killings

No fuss, just films seems to be the watchword as the Berlinale is set to open with low-key celebrations for its 70th anniversary edition on Thursday (February 20).

Berlinale at 70: What to expect from Berlin's Film Festival

In the dilapidated offices of Afghanistan's state-run film board, where old movie reels are stacked in rusting canisters, Sahraa Karimi heads the all-male team she hopes will help drag the nation's cinema from the lingering shadow of Taliban rule.

Director's cut: The Afghan woman making waves at all-male film board

A rare and rich ensemble of classic films from around the world including the likes of 'Pyaasa' by Guru Dutt and 'Metropolis' by Fritz Lang will be showcased at an ongoing movie festival in Delhi.

Navrasa Duende film festival showcases world classics by cinema greats

A gay-and-lesbian themed film festival in Mumbai said to be the biggest of its kind in India, concluded on Sunday, manifesting celebrations of colours, art, and artists. The 10th edition of the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival that began on Wednesday had 'over the rainbow' as its theme. The festival is seen as an attempt to improve the image of gays in a nation where homosexuality still carries a heavy social stigma.

Mumbai LGBT film festival celebrates pride

The 2019 Beijing International Film Festival will be held in Huairou District in Beijing on Saturday night and will hold abundant activities including opening ceremony, assessing films for Tiantan Award, film panorama, film carnival and so forth.

Beijing int’l film festival to open tonight

There was too much talent on the stage at the closing ceremony of the inaugural Hainan International Film Festival in Sanya, China. The closing ceremony on Sunday had some of the biggest stars from across the world coming together to celebrate cinema.

Aamir Khan shares stage with Jackie Chan, Johnny Depp at a film festival in China; see pics

'Bangalore Days' director Anjali Menon says whenever she tries to do something different in a film, there are people who question her but a director's gender does not matter if the final product is accepted.

If you win the box office, there's no gender: 'Bangalore Days' director Anjali Menon

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a series of missile and nuclear tests while the shoot

Korean spy film screens at Cannes while real-world plot thickens

The stop-motion animation of a dystopian dog island will premiere in Berlin in February 2018

Wes Anderson's 'Isle of Dogs' to open Berlin film festival

The fest will be opening with movie "Payne?s Downsizing" that stars Matt Damon.

Everything to look forward to at The Venice Film Festival

She wore a plum coloured Marchesa Notte for Day 1 at this year?s Cannes Film Festival

In pictures: Deepika Padukone at opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival

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