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Film Festivals join forces for art hou...

Film Festivals join forces for art house

ArtsHub | The Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Film Festivals have come together to throw their weight behind the release of niche and art house Australian films.

Insulting Islam lands Egyptian comic i...

Insulting Islam lands Egyptian comic in jail

ArtsHub | Adel Imam is one of the Arab world’s most famous comic actors but has found himself with a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam.

Nine receive Sheikha Manal Young Artis...

Nine receive Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award

ArtsHub | Emerging artists in the United Arab Emirates have received recognition as part of the Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award (YAA).

Developers destroy home of Chinese arc...

Developers destroy home of Chinese architects

ArtsHub | The house where revered architects Liang Sicheng and his wife Lin Huiyin once worked has been destroyed by developers, to the dismay of heritage experts.

Ancient Afghan sculpture returns home

Ancient Afghan sculpture returns home

ArtsHub | Germany has returned an ancient Afghan sculpture from the country’s pre-Islamic period that was looted during the civil war.

3,000 Hobbit hopefuls cause film set s...

3,000 Hobbit hopefuls cause film set shutdown

ArtsHub | A casting call for extras for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit was shut down in Lower Hutt near Wellington when more than 3,000 people turned up to get in on the action.

Nordic prize nominees unveiled

Nordic prize nominees unveiled

ArtsHub | The Nordic Music Prize has revealed the twelve candidates in the running to claim the award for Best Nordic Album 2012.

The streaming revolution

The streaming revolution

Lachlan Bryan | With super-fast broadband and huge bandwidths, could the mp3 be on its way out and streaming on its way in? In this, the age of ‘the cloud’, it seems that anything is possible.

Nollywood director releases anti-gay f...

Nollywood director releases anti-gay film

ArtsHub | Nigerian director Dickson Iroegbu is set to release 'Law 58', a controversial film that he claims exposes the practice and consequences of homosexuality in African society.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka wins WEF Crystal Aw...

Yvonne Chaka Chaka wins WEF Crystal Award

ArtsHub | ‘Princess of Africa’, Yvonne Chaka Chaka becomes the first African woman to be presented with the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award.