After several films with youths in trouble (see news), two films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), which wrapped this weekend, showcased youngsters listening to their hearts.

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The 26th Mons International Love Film Festival (FIFA) will be held in Belgium from February 19-26. Having the freedom of a universal theme that opens up a range of possibilities, the festival aims to offer Mons and Belgian audiences unusual films from across the world.

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One of the major surprises at this year’s recently closed Sundance Film Festival was undoubtedly Rodrigo Cortés’ second feature, Buried, which sparked an enthusiastic response from viewers and film professionals alike.

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Following engagements in Trieste and Palm Springs, Slovak films continue their international tour with appearances in Rotterdam and Göteborg.

Audiences at the International Film Festival Rotterdam can see Foxes, a European co-production from Slovak director Mira Fornay. The drama, about two Slovak sisters living in Dublin, saw its world premiere last September in Venice Critics' Week. The film screened at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival and received the Dialog Award in Cottbus.

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The 33rd Göteborg International Film Festival, which opened Friday and runs through February 8, will present 38 German (co)productions.

The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award will go to Maren Ade’s Everyone Else while the Five Continents sidebar has selected Susanne Schneider’s The Day Will Come and Kai Wessel’s Hilde.

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“Audiences were the true stars of the first edition of the Bif&st - Bari International Film & Tv Festival. The 331 events that made up the programme were followed, from morning til night, by over 41,000 paying and non-paying spectators," said artistic director Felice Laudadio at the press conference that closed the event yesterday (see news).

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The Isle of Wight will celebrate the work of its favourite son, the late Anthony Minghella, again at the second edition of the Minghella Film Festival (12-14 March) in Newport.

Last year’s event featured the award-winning director’s feature films with introductions by members of his family and interviews with friends and colleagues including Jude Law, Alan Rickman, Martin Freeman and Lord David Puttnam.

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The international jury for the Berlinale competition, headed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog (see news), will include six other members, three of whom are European.

First up is Italian director Francesca Comencini, one of Luigi Comencini’s talented daughters, who won honours at Berlin for I Like to Work (Mobbing) [film focus] (Ecumenical Jury Prize in 2004).

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs [trailer] will be the opening night gala of the 6th annual Glasgow Film Festival (February 18-28). The closing night gala is the world premiere of Legacy, a thriller by British/Nigerian director Thomas Ikimi, shot in Glasgow and produced by Glasgow production house Black Camel Pictures.

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Giuseppe Tornatore will be president of the international jury of this year’s Rome International Film Festival, to be held from October 28-November 5. Festival president Gian Luigi Rondi says he was chosen "in order to highlight the many merits of Tornatore, one of the most prestigious figures of Italian cinema".

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