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Melina León at her Lima apartment with some of the awards she got for her debut film, “Song Without a Name.”

Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads

With Peru's current political upheaval as a backdrop, award-winning filmmaker Melina León is developing new projects. Her latest feature film will tell the difficult story of a young Indigenous woman living with epilepsy.

Peruvian filmmaker Melina León boosts Peru’s film industry with strong female leads
A film still of physicist Alexander Vilenkin from the set of "Dau". He was flown to Kharkov for a week to play the role of a scientist in the movie.

This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished

This movie about a Soviet scientist may be the grandest experiment in film history, if it ever gets finished
Actor Gerard Depardieu

Cannes is buzzing over Gerard Depardieu's performance in 'Welcome to New York'

Cannes is buzzing over Gerard Depardieu's performance in 'Welcome to New York'

Check out these four 'must see' foreign films of 2013

Check out these four 'must see' foreign films of 2013
The World

The Pink Panthers' Hollywood-Style Heists

The Pink Panthers' Hollywood-Style Heists

Iranian-American Band The Yellow Dogs Leave Tehran for Brooklyn, and Greater Freedom

The members of The Yellow Dogs fled Tehran's underground rock scene after being featured in a movie about that scene. They're now based in Brooklyn, touring the US, and living the dream.

Iranian-American Band The Yellow Dogs Leave Tehran for Brooklyn, and Greater Freedom

New indie movie 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' looks at disaster through child's eyes

In Benh Zeitlin's first film, he transports audiences to a Louisiana fairy tale land eerily similar to pre- and post-Katrina New Orleans. The movie follows the life of a 6-year-old, as the life she knows is built up and then torn apart.

New indie movie 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' looks at disaster through child's eyes

Cannes 2012: This Year's Film Festival In Review

Cannes 2012: This Year's Film Festival In Review

Renowned actor Williem Dafoe discusses recent films, acting past

Willem Dafoe has had a remarkable, 30-year career that's seen him nominated for Academy Awards. But this year, this spring even, he's particularly prolific.

Renowned actor Williem Dafoe discusses recent films, acting past
The World

Father & Son: Rival Scholars

A few years ago when the director Joseph Cedar approached financiers with his latest film idea, they didn't know what to think: "This is a film about two Talmudic philologists competing for the top award in an area that no one has ever heard about.

Father & Son: Rival Scholars

Europe on the Brink as Greece Calls Off Referendum

Europe on the Brink as Greece Calls Off Referendum

G20 Summit and the 'Robin Hood Tax'

G20 Summit and the 'Robin Hood Tax'

America, the Superpower: The End of an Era?

America, the Superpower: The End of an Era?

Greece's Government Teeters Over Referendum Plan

Greece's Government Teeters Over Referendum Plan
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Indonesia's movie crisis

In a tax dispute with Indonesia's government, Hollywood studios have stopped sending movies there.

Indonesia's movie crisis