Aug 22, 2013–Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes will be honored at the 2013 New York Film Festival as the subjects of this year’s gala tributes.

Aug 21, 2013–Venice Film Fest will honor Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda with the Persol prize, which celebrates a “legend of international cinema.”

Aug 19, 2013–The Venice Film Fest will fete Italo helmer Ettore Scola with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker prize, which recognizes innovators in moviemaking.

Cannes Film Fes 2013–“Blue Is the Warmest Color,” Abdellatif Kechiche’s sexually explicit drama about a French teenage girl’s love affair with another woman, received the Palme d’Or at the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival on Sunday night.

Bruni-Tedeschi is the sole female filmmaker in competition, a small improvement over last year’s widely criticized dearth of distaff directors.