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I am sitting in one of the most beautiful Piazzas in Italy, Piazza Maggiore in Bologna. On a huge screen, Gene Hackman is walking across Union Square in San Francisco, which by coincidence is almost exactly the same size as the square where I’m sitting. He’s trying to record a conversation between two young lovers. The film is The Conversation, the masterpiece which Coppola sandwiched between the first two Godfathers in 1974. Coppola’s film was also inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow Up (1966), another Italian connection. I can’t think of a better way of watching this 4K restoration, sh...
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Thousands of skateboarders took to the streets of Santiago's capital to celebrate World Skateboarding Day on Sunday. The tradition, which has more than two decades of history, was established in 2004 by the International Association of Skate Companies (IASC) to celebrate skate culture and promote skateboarding. Sunday saw the streets of the Chilean capital, Santiago, come alive with the energy of thousands of skateboarders. They showcased their acrobatics and enjoyed their sport, all while being cheered on by delighted outlookers.
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Thousands of Ukrainians have marked midsummer with a pagan-inspired festival that featured folk dancing, floral decorations and jumping over bonfires. The Ivana Kupala festival was held on Sunday as Ukrainians start their third summer at war, with Kyiv and other cities still being hit by regular blackouts and remaining under nightly curfew. But despite the war-time restrictions, several thousand people joined the celebration, many of them wearing shirts and dresses embroidered with traditional patterns. Ukraine 'moving fast' on its EU membership path, delegation head saysThe event was held jus...
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The new, all-female, international arts festival inspired by one of the most famous female characters in Irish Literature, Molly Bloom from James Joyce's "Ulysses", is taking place today until the end of the weekend (16 June). The YES Festival is the first of its kind in the world, and is the concept of Seán Doran and Liam Browne (DoranBrowne), Artistic Directors of Arts Over Borders. It features 32 female artists from 16 countries across the world, coming together to perform in a range of multi-disciplinary and free events across various locations in Derry and North Donegal. These events incl...
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The Edinburgh Fringe Festival has just announced that it will stick with its sponsorship deal with Baillie Gifford, after an internal review over the company’s links to Israel and fossil fuels. Fringe CEO Shona McCarthy has said that among the “fevered environment” festivals exist in, the board voted “overwhelmingly” in support of maintaining the partnership. Baillie Gifford is a Scottish investment firm that entered the public eye in August last year when over 50 authors threatened to boycott the Edinburgh Book Festival over its investments in corporations that profit from fossil fuels. More ...
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Running until 23 June, Scotland’s largest festival for contemporary art welcomes dozens of established and emerging local and international artists to present their projects, with diversity of voices a particular hallmark and priority of the event. In addition to galleries and museums, events spanning exhibitions, screenings, performances, workshops and talks are popping up in less-expected spaces: libraries, orchards, cemeteries and even car parks. Highlights of the programme include works by Yoko Ono presented in a temporary orchard at Glasgow Women’s Library alongside Reiko Goto and Zana Ar...
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What's going on with 2024's box office? This week, we looked into why big blockbuster releases like The Fall Guy and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga have underperformed with cinema-goers (spoiler: streaming services and possible prequel fatigue have a lot to answer for). It's a worrying trend, but still, the range of fantastic films shown at last week's Cannes festival prove cinema is far from dead! We all just need to go more - and if it's recommendations you need, it's recommendations we've got. ExhibitionsOpera Gallery London: 'The Whole World Smiles with You' (UK) An exploration of figurative Blac...
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Despite the risk of dislocated fingers and strained sinews, more than 150 men from Bavaria gathered to compete in Germany’s unique national championship of “Fingerhakeln,” or finger wrestling. The “finger wrestlers” met in a big beer tent in the small southern village of Bernbeuren. Around 1,000 visitors cheered on the all-male contestants as they gulped down their national beer and world-famous German sausages while Bavarian live music filled the air. Finger wrestling, a well-known competitive sport in Germany’s Alpine region and neighbouring Austria, originated as a way to settle disputes. “...
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Croatia's capital Zagreb is hosting a three-day "Festival of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" at the Peščenica Cultural Centre, featuring exhibitions, films, and workshops aimed at fostering solidarity and social inclusion for people with disabilities, as well as raising awareness about the daily challenges they face. Project coordinator Sara Markus told Euronews that the festival highlights the positive impact of people with disabilities in society. "Often, the focus is on the rights that people with disabilities are denied, the obstacles they encounter, and their struggles," she said...
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