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The Dutchess is among the first titles selected for the Rome Film Festival next month. Other films include Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, 8 and Un Barrage contre le Pacifique. Keira Knightley is expected to walk the red carpet for Saul Dibb’s 18th century costumer The Dutchess.  Related PostsDon

JCVD, a comeback film in which Belgian action star Jean-Claude Van Damme stars as himself kicks off the Toronto International Film Festival’s Midnight Madness program. The Gimli Film Festival kicks off today, Friday, in Gimli, Manitoba, with the main events to include “No Network,” “Lars and the Real Girl,” and “Paris Je T’aime.” The festival runs through July 29th.

The New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) is gearing up to return to Los Angeles, July 17-24. The Adolfo Alix Jr. and Noel Ferrer produced film “Adela” will open this year’s Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.

Filed under: Festival Reports, Other Festivals, Cinematical IndieA few international film festivals have announced their jury heads today, so here's a roundup, plus other fest circuit news: Chinese auteur Wong Kar-Wai (2046) will be replacing the late Anthony Minghella as the head of the jury at this month's Shanghai International Film Festival.

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MILAN – A-list moviemakers have attacked plans by Rome’s right-wing mayor-elect Gianni Alemanno to shut Hollywood out of the city’s annual film fest. On Sunday in Rome’s politically charged atmosphere, Alemanno repeated his vow to do away with “a catwalk of Hollywood stars, who were “just about image” at the Rome Film Festival.

In Europe these days it seems there is no middle ground—the politicians are either weak kneed welfare state leftists or fascist thugs. The most recent disappointment is in my beloved Italy. The Eternal City has a new mayor-- El Duce Gianni Alemanno.

Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman are now personae non gratae in Rome, according to the Italian capital’s new mayor, Gianni Alemanno, a former fascist who thinks American stars shouldn’t be hyped at Rome’s annual film festival at the expense of Italian actors and directors.

Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman are now personae non gratae in Rome, according to the Italian capital’s new mayor, Gianni Alemanno, a former fascist who thinks American stars shouldn’t be hyped at Rome’s annual film festival at the expense of Italian actors and directors.

Hollywood stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and Nicole Kidman are now personae non gratae in Rome, according to the Italian capital’s new mayor, Gianni Alemanno, a former fascist who thinks American stars shouldn’t be hyped at Rome’s annual film festival at the expense of Italian actors and directors.