Art & Culture
Looking For Grace selected for prestigious new Platform program at the Toronto International Film Festival 2015f
Director Sue Brooks and the creative team behind the film Looking For Grace, has been selected into the inaugural Platform program at the Toronto International Film Festival. Platform is made of up to 12 films of high artistic merit that demonstrate a strong directorial vision by significant international filmmakers.
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UNESCO and Iraq launch project for conservation of World Heritage site of Samarra
From left to right: Ahmed Abdullah Abed Abed, Iraqi Minister of State of Governorate and Parliamentarian Affairs, Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, and Ammar Hikmeit Abdulhasan, deputy Governor of Salah-Al-Din
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UK to set online criminals to face tougher penalties for copyright theft
UK government has launched a consultation on plans to increase the maximum sentence for commercial-scale online copyright infringement from 2 to 10 years imprisonment on July 18. Proposals set out in the consultation will bring penalties for online offences into line with equivalent offences relating to the copyright infringement of physical goods.
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Pillage of cultural sites – how can Europe help to stop it?
Deliberately destroying and pillaging archaeological sites and trafficking art objects in war zones amount to « cultural genocide » and should be classified as war crimes, argued speakers in a public hearing held by the European Parliament’s Culture and Education Committee on Monday afternoon. MEPs and experts reiterated the need for harmonised international legislation in this area.
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UK industry experts to advise government on BBC Charter Review
UK Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has confirmed the appointment of experts from across a range of industries to support the BBC Charter Review process on July 12.
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Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List
The World Heritage Committee Tuesday approved the inscription of five cultural sites on World Heritage List: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site in Norway, Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Germany, Necropolis of Beth She’arim—a Landmark of Jewish Revival in Israel, The Forth Bridge in Scotland (United Kingdom) and San Antonio Missions in the United States of America.
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Yemen’s Old City of Sana’a and Old Walled City of Shibam added to List of World Heritage in Danger
The World Heritage Committee Thursday inscribed two sites in Yemen on the List of World Heritage in Danger: the Old City of Sana’a and the Old Walled City of Shibam.
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UNESCO and the Comité Colbert unite to promote cultural heritage and creativity
From left to right: Elisabeth Ponsolle des Portes, President and CEO of the Comité Colbert, and Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General
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