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The Turin Film Festival will host the first full Brian de Palma Retrospective in Italy at its upcoming festival. Curated by festival director Emanuela Martini, the retrospective will feature not just the complete feature films of De Palma, but also his short films, documentaries and video clips.

De Palma, born in New Jersey to parents of Apulian origins, is known for a number of iconic films, including Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987), Carlito’s Way (1993), Mission: Impossible (1996) among many others.

He has been honored with a Berlin Silver Bear for...

The heads of the New York Film Festival and several international festivals have protested the shutdown of the 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival by Chinese authorities over the weekend. A petition signed by film festival organizers in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America expressed support for the Beijing event and the Li Xianting Film Fund, which organizes it. Among the signatories are New York Film Festival director Kent Jones, Film Society of Lincoln Center director of programming Dennis Lim, Berlinale Forum head Christoph Terhechte, Torino Film Festival director Emanuela Martini and Nashen Moodley, director of the Sydney Film

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More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.

The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.

Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).

The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...

More than 20 festival heads and programmers have signed a statement in support of the Beijing Independent Film Festival, which was shut down by Chinese authorities last weekend.

The statement expresses deep concern over the closure of the festival and a raid on the offices of the festival’s organiser, the Li Xianting Film Fund, during which the organisation’s complete archives of independent films and related research materials were confiscated.

Signatories to the statement include festival chiefs such as Rotterdam’s Rutger Wolfson, Sydney’s Nashen Moodley, Torino Film Festival’s Emanuela Martini and New York Film Festival’s Kent Jones, along with prominent artistic directors and programmers and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s programming director Dennis Lim (see full statement and list of signatories below).

The Beijing Independent Film Festival aims to showcase the work of independent Chinese filmmakers, working outside the government-sanctioned mainstream film industry. It was scheduled to hold its 11th edition...

Gianni Amelio, the director of 'Stolen Children', 'Lamerica' will head the Turin Film Festival. The previous director was Nanni Moretti, another Italian film director whose stature has helped Turin hold its own in the face of the languishing Rome Film Festival which came on strong but has since lost some of its own prestigious leaders. Moretti left in order to work on an upcoming film project after two years. Former Venice Film Festival director, Alberto Barbera, still heads the Turin Film Museum which oversees the festival. Emanuela Martini, the chief programmer also remains in place.

The Turin Film Festival unveiled its new look here Tuesday under the stewardship of director Nanni Moretti.

The Alpine city's event, which has come under pressure to redefine itself following the addition of the Rome Film Festival to Italy's cinema calendar, is aiming to discover and promote emerging film talents.

"We'd like to strengthen and give more prominence to premieres," said incoming deputy director Emanuela Martini, who will be assisting Moretti in selecting titles for the 25th edition of Turin Film Festival, which takes place Nov. 23-Dec. 1. "We'd like to convince independent producers that Turin will be a better place to present films," she said.

Turin's main competition will be reserved for first, second and third films. An out-of-competition section will present other films not yet released in Italy, in addition to previews. The event has added a new documentary section called Italiana.doc, while the section for short films becomes a showcase for Italian-only films rather than international titles.