The 54 th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, a non-specialized festival with three competitive categories, took place from June 28 th to July 6 th this year. It was organized by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a.s., with Jiří Bartoška as president of the festival and Karel Och as an artistic director. The 55 th Karlovy Vary IFF will be held from July 3 rd to July 11th 2020. On July 6 th 2019, the festival’s juries presented awards for the best films at the closin...
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MAIN AWARD
Genesis 2.0
Christian Frei and Maxim Arbugaev
Switzerland / 2018 / 1:53:00
SPECIAL MENTIONS
A Moon for My Father
Manila Akbari and Douglas White
Great Britain / 2019 / 1:25:00...
THE WINNERS OF THE GERMAN CINEMA NEW TALENT AWARD
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The winners of KVIFF Eastern Promises Works in Progress, Eurimages Lab Project, Docs in Progress and Works in Development – Feature Launch + Nespresso Talents
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Sunny Side of the Doc wrapped a successful 30th edition gathering 2300 accredited professionals: with a significant increase from professionals from the UK...
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Produced by : Lucid Realities, France
Pitch Science: Ruth Berry
Produced by: Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH, Austria
Pitch Arts & Culture :
Kubrick par Kubrick by Gregory Monroe
Produit p...
$200,000 in Grants Awarded to Seven Narrative Feature Projects in Various Stages of Production
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NICOLA PIOVANI
Lifetime Achievement Award
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All award winners of the 35th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg Shortfilm Festival Hamburg and the 21st Mo&Friese Hamburg Children’s ShortFilmFestival
On Sunday evening, after the festive award ceremony, the 35th Hamburg International Short Film Festival went to rest for another year. For the first time in the history of the festival, an award winner was able to claim the prize for a second time in a row. After last year’s “Flores”, Jorge Jácome won this yea...
Hola Mexico Film Festival, Nicole Vanden Broeck, winner of Cinelatino Tomorrow's Filmmakers Today short award
Hola Mexico Film Festival, Edgar Nito, director HUACHICOLERO, winner of Cinelatino & DishLatino Audience Award
Leading Spanish-Language Movie Network Cinelatino Announces the 2019 Hola Mexico Film Festival Awards
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AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Grand Prize Award winner
Six Figures No Suits - Cou...
IREN Audience award – main Festival sponsor to Anthropocene: The Human Epoch by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky (Canada 2018, 87’)
SMAT award for best One-Hour documentary to Messaggi dalla fine del mondo by Matteo Born (Switzerland 2018, 52’) by jury members Eroll Bilibani, Anca Caramelea, Patrizia La Trecchia.
A visually compelling journey that encourages young peop...
SFFILM, in partnership with the Westridge Foundation, announced today the projects that will receive a total of $100,000 in funding in the latest round of SFFILM Westridge Grants. Five filmmaking teams were granted funding to help support the screenwriting and project development stages of their narrative feature films. SFFILM Westridge Grants, which are awarded twice annually, are designed for US-based filmmakers whose stories take place primarily in the United States and ...
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The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival made a statement during its 16th edition, proving that it is more than a sum of parts, more than screenings and workshops, parties and networking. The festival is a one-of-a-kind community made up of filmmakers and film lovers, moving pictures and moving people, advocates, activists and a fiercely loyal an...
"We live on the other side of the world and we were worried that our film wouldn't be understood. But the world speaks a single language: the language of love..." These were the words of excited and radiant young actress Crisel Consunji on the triumph of Hong Kong film Still Human at the Far East Film Festival 21, as she shared the stage and the applause of the Teatro Nuovo with director Oliver Chan and monumental protagonist Anthony Wong (already winner of a Golden Mulberry Awar...
2019 FIFOG AWARD WINNERS
Geneva, the 4th of May
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Kimberly Peirce staked her place as a writer and director of singular vision and craft with her unflinching debut feature BOYS DON'T CRY (Hilary Swank, Chloë Sevingy, Peter Sarsgaard), which earned numerous honors including the Best Actress Oscar and Golden Globe for Hilary Swank, and Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for co-star Chloë Sevign...
Still: winner Yellow Robin Award
On Saturday 13 April 2019, Tierra adentro by Mauro Colombo won the Yellow Robin Award at the 8th edition of Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam CIFFR. The Caribbean Shorts Award went to The Girl with Two Heads by Betzabé García.
IFFR's sister festival in Curaçao gives the filmmaking talent of the Caribbean region an international platform. The Yellow Robin Award Competition and the Caribbean Shorts Competition...
The 14th edition of Meetings on the Bridge was held between 5 and 16 April within the scope of the 38th Istanbul Film Festival with the support of Anadolu Efes. The projects and films that received the Meetings on the Bridge awards were announced at a reception hosted by French Palais on Friday, 12 April.
Meetings on the Bridge is providing an opportunity for filmmakers to hold the first international presentations for their new film projects at Film D...
FIAF, the International Federation of Film Archives, the largest and most important global network of cinematheques and film archives around the world, presented its 2019 FIAF Awar...
The 10th audiovisual industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius awarded the best in-development films and young talents. Taking place during Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, the event attracted hundreds of film professionals looking for the next big name in cinema.
The 10th audiovisual industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV) awarded the best in-development films and young talents. Taking place during Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, the event attracted hundreds ...
One Child Nation wins Grand Jury Award GIVE and Obon win Jury Award for Best Short
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