berlin was a festival that seemed to please. challenges, it came through as a vibrant forum for international cinema. i mean look at this, this is crazy. it's such an international festival with all people unite with their passion for movies and for cinema, i think there is nothing better than that. if you have so many different cultural backgrounds but all the same heartbeat, so i think it is a wonderful thing. i would like to live here. as a journalist covering berlin this year, i can say all credit to the festival for staging the event. i certainly savoured some inspiring cinema but i do now look forward to a full throttle berlin film festival next year. one of the big delights for me being here at the berlin film festival this year was to see the film good luck to you, leo grande. why? because it starred emma thompson who gave an outstanding performance that really showed off her immense skills as an actress and her bravery. she was the very best thing about this picture which deals with many, quite compelling issues as emma

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yes, there was such a festival kind of guitar you don’t like.ant to go there, i want it, you don’t want it, you go, he needed a guitar. by the way, i can do my own thing, not because of the guitar, i owned it, the guitar. we had fame god but actually we still had that period, without a drummer. we had three of us, the drummer left, and we started recording the first album, and just in time for this festival, it turned out that we had our first performance at the festival under hammered drums. we were told, well done. but next time, please come with the drummer and bring your parents. don't come without your parents. yes, our great friend, sound director for me. vorobyov gave a recording in the future album to the excellent drummer oleg kudryavtsev, who had previously played in the april march in insarava. there are many more places where the amazing musician has been. here oleg was going to give up music by that time, but when he heard us, he said where these guys were. come on, and literally in a week we performed at the closing of the festival

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children from the ukrainian city of odessa, find refuge in berlin, where they're celebrating the festival of putting ah i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. dozens of ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a russian missile strike on a military base in michel live in southern ukraine. the strike is one of the deadliest attacks on ukrainian military targets since the start of the war, and it's feared the death toll could rise significantly. it comes as russia make significant military gains in ukraine, including in the besieged port city of mario bowl. the aftermath of a russian missile attack and nickel live. it's believed 200 soldiers were inside. at the time, the base was struck. rescuers raced to find survivors in the rubble, but are forced to seek safety. when an air raid siren rings out, the constant threat of bombardment has forced people here under ground ideas that was lovely. i can't tell you how scared we are. we'll live in the cellar now. when the bombs hit the army base, everything shook to the east. russians are pushing deeper into the besieged city of mario pole. ukrai

jewish children from ukrainian city of odessa find refuge in berlin, where they're celebrating the festival of purip. ah, amber hill mohammed walked into the program. russian forces have entered the center of the besieged city of mario port. a key port in the south east have been under attack for several weeks. taking mary jo, pull a scene as a key strategic move for moscow. i would open up a land corridor between russia and crimea. ukrainian troops are now fighting with russian forces over the site of the as the old style plant in mario pole, one of the largest steel plants in europe. the cities may, vice mayor says the facility has been destroyed by russian air strikes. a warning, some viewers may find some of the images. in this report to stubby, ukraine's port city of mario pole lies in ruins. this used to be a shopping center. now it's just a shell dead bodies, litter the streets. oh, those still standing left with almost nothing. rushes, assault on the city has not let up. with reports, russian forces have now entered the center. against this background, ukraine's president is demandi

thank you again to our sponsors for everybody who's attending the festival and supporting the festival. we're just so happy to be here and we very much appreciate you. thanks so much. coverage of the 2022 savannah book festival continues now on book tv margaret coker is a prize-winning investigative journalist who over 19 years has covered stories from 32 countries on four continents. as turkey bureau chief for the wall street journal cocoa contribute to a 2016 series. that was a finalist for the pull surprise in international reporting. she lives right here in savannah lucky us. where she is editor-in-chief of the current a nonprofit news organization that provides original in-depth watchdog journalism affecting savannah and coastal, georgia. she is passionate about reviving and investigative news culture here in coastal, coastal, georgia and mentoring a new generation of journalist in this region. i asking now to to give a warm welcome demographer. hi everyone. welcome to savannah for everyone who is visiting and thank you all who are my neighbors for showing up before cocktail hour,

the festival, top jockey at the festival, and she then a few weeks later.e. thank you. thank you very much, victoria. seven—year—old amelia anisovych touched hearts around the world when a video of her singing let it go from the disney movie frozen in a bomb shelter in kyiv was posted on social media. amelia is now safe with her grandmother in poland and graham satchell has been catching up with her. girl sings "let it go". a packed bomb shelterfalls silent as seven—year—old amelia starts to sing. her rendition of let it go from the film frozen, a moment of defiance and hope in the chaos of war. a week on, amelia is still singing. this time, a ukrainian folk song. amelia has made it out of ukraine and is now in poland with her grandmother vera, but her parents are still in kyiv. what was it like in the bomb shelter, amelia? translation: it was ok. there were other children there. this is amelia in happier times, a seven—year—old girl at home with her cat, reading with her mum. she is now one of more than a million ukrainian children separated from their hom

i lie gallo defy us festival because it's from valencia. i'm from valencia. i love is 3 dark and this is also $3.00 the another way that i used to bang this is 3 d. i and it's really cool. i am antonio. so we're look, i'm a book thoroughly figurative and i'm doing the main file volunteer every year. an artist is commission to create the main fire for the town full square. at the end of the festival, the fires are bent, but they still have to be sturdy. their fire made of wood and carboy, we use form to do like the 1st is culture and then we use the cardboard on paper to cover it. and then we took all the form. after that, we build the wood from for inside the garbage to make it from a team of 20 people helps to erect the figure. it takes several days until the 23 meter high. main fire is in place. i feel so hot, baby gauze be here in the main glass of valencia with one of my biggest pieces ever . it's so exciting. yeah, i can't wait to finish that. warg animals are the main motifs of talks works. his fire has a clear message in my gave, i wanted to put them a

we're at the 55th annual armenian festival and bizarre. this is extra special not only because i happen to be armenian, but there is so much delicious food here. and i can't wait to share it with all of you. let's go. armenia, culture and cusine has had much cultural exchanges with its neighbors. today armenian food infuses he flavor from the mediterranean, middle east, and eastern europe. >> this is our 55th year and in san francisco we're the largest armenian food festival and widely recognized as one of the best food festivals in the area. we have vendors that come up from fresno, from los angeles showing off their craft. we really feel like we have something for everyone in the neighborhood and that's really what it is, is drawing people to see a little bit of our culture and experience what we experience weekend in and weekend out. >> we are behind the scenes now watching the chef at work preparing some delicious armenian kabob. this is a staple in armenian cooking, is that right? >> absolutely, since the beginning of time. our soldie

i like a lot there fire festival because it's from valencia. i'm from valencia. i love history dark and this is also a street out of the another way that i used to bane. this is 3 d i and it's really cool. i am antonio. so we're dog. i'm a book for ali figurative and i'm doing the main file volunteer. every yet. an artist is commissioned to create the main fire for the town full square. at the end of the festival, the fires are bent, but they still have to be sturdy. they're both made of wood, i'm carbonic, we'll use form to do like the 1st of culture. and then we use the cardboard on paper to cover it. and then we took all the form after that we built the wood from for inside the garbage. can i give the from my did i've a team of 20 people helps to wreck the figure. it take several days until the 23 meter high main fire is in place. i feel so happy regards be here in the main glass of valencia with one of my biggest pieces ever it so exciting. yeah, i can't wait to finish that war animals are the main motifs of talks works. his fire has a clear message in my gav

. >> despuÉs de dos aÑos, el festival de mÚsica ultra regresÓ al sur de la florida.encia. a lina janis nos tiene todos los detalles. a partir de las 12 volvieron a llegar personas entusiasmados para celebrar el tercer y Último dÍa del festival que se lleva a cabo en miami. el festival se suspendiÓ por dos aÑos debido a la pandemia de covid—19y ahora los asistentes se sienten como si han vuelto a la normalidad. los bomberos de miami tambiÉn estÁn presentes para asistir a cualquier emergencia e igual dicen que a solo han sido 30 personas de las 60,000 que asisten. ninguna de esas personas se encuentra en condiciÓn crÍtica. todo han sido cosas bÁsicas. nosotros tuvimos la oportunidad de entrar sin cÁmara, pero se estÁn portando bien. no hay esos problemas que se unen otras veces. otras veces este festival ha traÍdo mÁs de 990 millones de dÓlares a la ciudad. ¿qué opinas, sam? ¿listo para ser el hermano mayor? para estar segura usa clearblue digital. una combinación única de protección contra errores y precisión superior al 99%. clearblue, resultados en los que puedes co

so what is the focus of the festival?: you know, the goal is to make people happy and to bring people together. and in this place of the south of france, very close to the spanish border, they have a lot of tradition-- music-- [band playing] --snails-- johnny devenanzio: i've got to make sure you're here for this first experience. gerard bertrand: look-- like that. wow. that's good. gerard bertrand: sausages. johnny devenanzio: and what kind of sausage? is this pork sausage? - yeah. this is pork. - woo. gerard bertrand: and they do a lot of paella. johnny devenanzio: how do you say to, to life? gerard bertrand: c'est la vie. c'est la vie. do you want to see something? c'est la vie. yeah. ah, yeah! c'est la vie. c'est la vie. and once you're wearing all white and look the part of a local, it's time to party just as hard. woo! ok, ready? here we go. you do me! you do me! [music playing] narrator: for 13 years gerard bertrand and local wine producers have come together to celebrate the fruits of their labor. and to call it t

i'm on issues that are the working class people go through at this year's south by southwest festival, the eclectic annual showcase of world music film, and other forms of expression. issues of social justice are center stage. shabani sings of immigrants and working class people struggling to survive the story of someone who has to worry about paying their bills, living paycheck to paycheck, going to work and live in a life. and my family obviously is my number 11 a mation in life. the festivals, films include bad acts, a portrait of an asian american family facing down small town prejudice in the pandemic era, and split at the root about the horrors of family separation at the us mexico border. during the trump administration. the festival draws people from all over the world to promote their messages, fight for their causes and make connections. climate change activist maria alejandro escalante. has just arrived from columbia. we are feminist work towards a non hierarchical ways of operating. and i do believe that the climate crisis needs those types of solutions, and i'll turn that

we try our best during this festival.ot only find a home, but a pet that comes here, but also tell the children how to properly interact with their pets, and talk about how you can visit the shelter, how to become a volunteer, and we even have a virtual reality zone where right here right now you can be in a shelter and see what it's like to be a volunteer. ahead of us, we have an advertisement let's talk about the renovated clinics in the ryazan otradny districts of the capital and about where the reconstruction of medical institutions is still going on about this and not only in more detail in a couple of minutes each organism is unique, each needs its own unique approach to health sberbank and a pharmacy we get medicines that suits you, download the application. rbt big stores and prices, both on the internet in rbt generous discounts so the galaxy line kettle with touch control for only 1990 rubles generous discounts domklik more than two million ads with the ability to compare apartments by different parameters and c

opinion for the peoples who live in the republic of national dances, festive tables, many call this day the beginning of a new life. look. what a miracle of religion, the interweaving of music, songs of different languages ​​of all these recent developments? this is the most important confirmation, when we are in the world in happiness, i do not know peace, we live the same simple time for me. uh, i see different nationalities each other congratulates joyfully such holidays unite us. we are united, we are together in tatarstan navruz is met in every yard with large families, i feel like my home. as a native home of tatarstan , if the tribes celebrate the last week of march, and then they begin preparations for agricultural work in the fields stanislav nazarov to alexei razykinazipov news, kazan the capital of kazakhstan fun despite the storm warning and a real snowstorm, however, such weather and even in march you won’t surprise the locals yurts are warmed right on the festive square with hot baursaks and a traditional dish of nauryzzhe jigits, whose blood is hotter than the residents o

— is there high hopes for her across the festival?the festival? that's right, rachael blackmore arrived at this festivall blackmore arrived at this festival with such high expectations. of course she had a stellar 2021 when she became the first woman to win the grand national, the first woman to win the champion hurdle here at cheltenham. she was the top jockey at the festival last year, and her and honeysuckle were back here once again, try to win the champion hurdle for the second year running. they set off as the odds—on favourites and, boy, do they live up to their billing, a 15th consecutive victory for honeysuckle, a stunning performance. second place, a former winner of the champion hurdle, but what success there for rachael blackmore once again, and what a difference with last year, because last year, she came back to the winners enclosure to near silence, because the course was in lockdown. this year, she returned to thousands and thousands of cheering fans. it was a very special atmosphere indeed. and afterwards, rachael bla

the jewish festival of poor m. this week offered an opportunity for a little relief from the horrors of war and concerns about those left behind ah orphans, and students from the ukrainian city for debtor enjoy the festivities in berlin. they were evacuated by the orthodox jewish shabbat organization. soon after the war broke out cattle and dasha from the hebrew university in odessa had just 24 hours to decide whether to flee. gotta left her parents behind in her home city of cas on or you couldn't to run your sir. i call my parents every day. they're living under occupation. now the care san region is completely occupied. oh, plumber was this. thank god, it's more or less quiet. but the russian occupiers constantly shoot at residential buildings. ah, the 2 students are now safe. thanks in part to this man. rabbi you who that tycho from the shepherd community helped organize the evacuation. oh, after the 2 years after jews were forced to flee from germany, it's a strong sign that we have a safe harbor here today. t

but for one group of children who have fled, the city of odessa to berlin, the jewish festival of pearham offered a chance for little light relief from the horrors of war and concerns about those left behind that story. and more coming up here on d, w, i'm bench was all in russia has again used hypersonic missiles as part of a series of brutal attacks on ukrainian targets. an army barracks is destroyed in one of the worst strikes on a ukrainian military targets in the invasion began. and an art school where hundreds were sheltering his bomb did mary awful as russian troops pushing to the city we take you on board the u. s. naval aircraft carrier ah, i believe is all and welcome. russia says it has again use super fast hypersonic missiles in ukraine. so far it's not knowing what targets they were used against. but the news comes off, the dozens of ukrainian soldiers were killed in a missile strike on a military base in nikolai of in southern ukraine. the strike is one of the deadliest attacks on a ukrainian military target. since the start of the war and its fear, the death toll could rise

jewish children from the ukranian city of odessa find refuge in bo then, but they're celebrating the festival of poorer ah, i've been fas all and welcome the fate of some 400 ukrainian civilians is unknown. russian missiles rained down on an odd school in the southern city of mario pool, where they had hoped to find refuge as latimer putin's troops face resistance from ukraine's army. moscow is more and more willing to use indiscriminate violence. it seems and devastating you. weaponry rushes, defense ministry says it has again used hypersonic missiles and combat for the 2nd day in a row. it says the kinship rockets seen here in a test firing can travel up to 2000 kilometers at several times. the speed of sound allowing them to evade defense systems. the mile an army base has become the target of roches most devastating attack yet against you trained ukrainian military target . the aftermath of a russian missile attack and mc alive. it's believed 200 soldiers were inside. at the time, the base was struck. rescuers raced to find survivors in the rubble, but are forced to seek safety. when an a

stay tuned, because later in the programme, i'll pop into one of the festival's most famous landmarks this month's global guide. as travel restrictions ease worldwide, many cities are gearing up for a bumper season, reopening museums and galleries, showing off new and improved infrastructure, and, finally, after almost two years, running big events again! first up, australia has had some of the tightest border controls of any country in the world during the coronavirus pandemic. but finally, the country has reopened to fully vaccinated tourists, family visitors and business travellers. if you are double vaccinated, we look forward to welcoming you back to australia. as thousands of families are reunited and the tourist industry starts to recover, australia's big cities are coming back to life. at the end of march, the 35th melbourne international comedy festival gets under way, a month—long celebration with more than 6,000 performances. next, some big news from a small himalayan country. in a few weeks, the king of bhutan is set to reopen the 400—kilometre tra ns—bhutan trail. the rou

to everyone by becoming a friend of the festival or a sponsor of the 2022 festival. so please do stop by the friends both outside. and you can also go online to tucson festival of books dot org. as we begin a friendly reminder as well to please silence your phones. our panelist is carolynning of the washington post. we're thrilled to have her here today. and i wanted to read you a very brief, bio mislenic has worked at the washington post since 2000. and she previously reported at the philadelphia inquirer the charlotte observer and last but not least the bryn mawr haverford by college news. as a as a former college newspaper person myself. i wanted to pay tribute to that. but she won the 2015 pulitzer prize among many other accolades. for her work on misconduct inside the secret service, which will be discussing today. and in addition to this book zero fail the rise and fall of the secret service will be discussing. today she is also written to other books a very stable genius donald j. trump's testing of america with her colleague philip rucker. and also i alone ca

but can film festival has chosen to differentiate and will not ban russian filmmakers, but they will no longer accept anyone linked to the russian government after ukraine called for a boycott of russian movies, many smaller festivals dropped state backed russian films from their programs. which means the crime comedy. no looking back, will not be shown at the glasgow film festival, even though it's director kitley. sokolov has family ties to ukraine and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it to stop? one should always check this. and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it. she'll go. ready further, if you thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artist oxy milan, and musical director of the cheque philharmonic, simeon bischoff no easy feat when simply speaking out against pu, tim's regime can have serious consequences. art might i

no looking back will not be shown at the glasgow film festival. even though it's director kill sokolov, has family ties to ukraine and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it? one should always check this and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it. ready further, if you thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artists oxymoron and musical director of the check philharmonic, samuel bischoff no easy feat when simply speaking out against pu, tim's regime can have serious consequences. art might indeed be the only way to make sure all voices are heard. you're watching the w news coming from berlin. here's a quick recap of the main story from the crisis. russian is expanding its military assault in ukraine. it's head new targets with bombs and missiles strikes, including the industrial city of ne pro

these awakened the worst associations for me. others who said as as her to the cannes film festival has chosen to differentiate and will not ban russian filmmakers. but they will no longer accept any one linked to the russian government. after ukraine called for a boycott of russian movies, many smaller festivals dropped state backed russian films from their programs. which means the crime comedy. no looking back will not be shown at the glasgow film festival, even though it's director kitley. sokolov has family ties to ukraine and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it? one should always check this. and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it, of course, so that you feel thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artist oxy milan, and musical director of the cheque philharmonic simeon bischoff no easy feat when simply speaking out again

no looking back will not be shown at the glasgow film festival. even though it's director kill sokolov, has family ties to ukraine. and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it to stop? one should always check this. and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it, of course so that you feel thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artists oxymoron and musical director of the cheque philharmonic simeon bischoff, no easy feat when simply speaking out against pu, tim's regime can have serious consequences. art might indeed be the only way to make sure all voices are heard. now let's take a look at some of the other stories we're following for you to though. saudi blogger rave bow. he has been released from prison. after 10 years, the activist was detained, back in 2012 for advocating for an end to the inf

it would be a festival of football. and i think i a festival of football.would get behind it and it would be an amazing, again, it would be an amazing thing to see, i was maybe just too young to see, i was maybe just too young to experience that i'm going to the euros and 96, but every tournament is amazing when it is staged in one place. is amazing when it is staged in one lace. is amazing when it is staged in one lace, . ., , , is amazing when it is staged in one lace. . , , , place. the increasingly sleepier tone summer _ place. the increasingly sleepier tone summer of _ place. the increasingly sleepier tone summer of 1996 _ place. the increasingly sleepier tone summer of 1996 was - place. the increasingly sleepier tone summer of 1996 was the l place. the increasingly sleepier. tone summer of 1996 was the last time england hosted the tournament alone. football returned home last summer to when wimbley hosted a semi final and the final itself. at the chaotic scene surrounding the match casts doubt on whether the act they would be asked again. i casts doub

liz: oakland ballet company will host its dancing moons festival.julian glover has the first look. >> with every turn, these oakland ballet dancers are breathing new life into old narratives. >> really trying to shift this art form into be more inclusive or else it dies. premiere later this month. a reimagining of a tale with the problematic plot. >> we are staying true to the libretto and the music but flipping the script so instead of triumphing over asian people, it's about asian people saying don't treat us as dolls, treat us with nuance. >> fan favorites like the nutcracker for decades featured bigoted stereotypes. and white performers wearing yellow face. he set out to change that years ago. >> that larger shift started with putting up a simple pledge saying i love ballet and i'm committed as a result to improving how we represent people on our stages. >> the oakland ballet artists in the dancing moons festival. >>'s work is a step in the process of showing people who come and see dance that asians are not just a caricature. we are as human as

.- the venice film festival.xcited so _ the venice film festival. i am so excited so many _ the venice film festival. i am so excited so many people i the venice film festival. i am | so excited so many people can get our movie because i think it is quite a courageous kind of film, isn't it? a little bit of film, isn't it? a little bit of a mystery, as you know and you see. very strong. so i found that very exciting. she brin . s found that very exciting. she brings delicacy _ found that very exciting. she brings delicacy and subtlety to the story of a rancher in the 19205 the story of a rancher in the 1920s who displays rough cruelty to his brother's new wife rose. and her son. it has brought best actor and best supporting actor nominations for the cast but they all site her who won the best original screenplay oscar for the film the piano. as the reason they got involved. i the piano. as the reason they got involved.— got involved. i was terrified of meeting _ got involved. i was terrified of meeting jane. _ go

no looking back will not be shown at the glasgow film festival. even though it's director kitley sokolov has family ties to ukraine. and has taken a strong stance against the war. we want to use culture as a bridge for exchange. but the question is, with whom am i working there? and can the russian state use it to stop? one should always check this. and if you have the feeling something will be misused and it's better not to touch it, she'll go. ready further, if you thousands of russian artists have called for an immediate military withdrawal from ukraine, including popular hip hop artist oxy milan, and musical director of the cheque philharmonic, semi on bischoff no easy feat when simply speaking out against pu, tim's regime can have serious consequences. art might indeed be the only way to make sure all voices are heard. you're watching d. w. news is a recap of the main story from the crisis. roster is expanding its military assault in ukraine. it's it new targets with bombs and missiles strikes, including the industrial city of ne pool and it

thanks to erica and tara and the supporters and of the savannah festival the savannah book festival. we're so happy to be here such an honor for us to just be in this church in the city. we were going to we had a time slotted out for our introductions, but i think that you've heard enough about me. oh, but i am from the bronx born and raised in queens new york. and so moved down to savannah and 2014 and we started this mission of whatever we got going on here a lot, but just wanted to just make sure i introduced myself. yep. hey everybody. can you hear me if i don't use this? no. okay. got it heard. i tried so not a good story related to this. it was just stupidity and i'm john. amorsano. michelle's business partner in the gray. god to savannah probably 11 years ago. i see my wife sitting in the front row and from new york city meshamin and i are i think one of the things that connects us is where both out of borough kids meaning we didn't grow up in manhattan because we were kind of poor and you know blue collarish and no really was one of the things that truly connected us when we