| 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.
| 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.
| Emerging artists in the United Arab Emirates have received recognition as part of the Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award (YAA).
| 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.
| Germany has returned an ancient Afghan sculpture from the country’s pre-Islamic period that was looted during the civil war.
| 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.
| The Nordic Music Prize has revealed the twelve candidates in the running to claim the award for Best Nordic Album 2012.
| 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.
| Arts North West announces a new program, Country Art Escapes, designed to put the spotlight on art venues in regional NSW and to provide information for locals and visitors.
| Fringe World, Perth's first full fringe festival, had its VIP opening night the eve before Australia Day in its own Speigeltent, De Parel Van Vuren, launching a massive rollcall of performing arts held over three weeks.