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The MARTYS finalists have been chosen!

                The MARTY Award for Lifetime Achievement Goes To…   Mississauga’s Robert J. Sawyer has won all three of the world’s top science-fiction awards for best novel of the year: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John ...

Denver Film Society and Denver Arts & Venues Winning wedding film for the 2017 season was BRIDESMAIDS

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Denver Film Society and Denver Arts & Venues announces the winning wedding film for the 2017 season as BRIDESMAIDS. The winner was selected by a fan poll. Festival Director, Britta Erickson had this to say about the addition, "The people have spoken and the Fan Favorite Wedding Film is.... BRIDESMAIDS! So dust off that favorite item of clothing tucked in the back of the closet and compete for BFF status. Much like THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN and SUPERBAD before it, BRIDESMAIDS ushered i...

HKIFF41 honors filmmakers with awards of five competition sections and the Audience Choice Award

At Awards Gala at Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF41) revealed the winning films for five award categories, in recognition of filmmakers’ outstanding achievement. These include the “Young Cinema Competition”, the “Documentary Competition” and the “Short Film Competition” under the Firebird Award Competition, as well as the “FIPRESCI Prize” and the “SIGNIS Award”. Winner of the new...

Far East Film Festival 19 Golden Mulberry Award for Lifetime Achievement to FENG XIAOGANG, the “Chinese Spielberg”

    And on Thursday the 27th, it's Hong Kong cinema icon Eric Tsang's turn to receive the prize. In addition to the wonderful I Am Not Madame Bovary by Feng Xiaogang himself, the wealth of films showing on the Festival's fourth day include Wei Te-scheng's unmissable 52 Hz, I Love You, Taiwan's eagerly-awaited answer to La La Land! After Joe Hisaishi, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Johnnie To, Kim Dong-ho (founder of the Busan Festival), Michael Werner of Fortissim...

The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners!

  www.BestShorts.net / Email: info@BestShorts.net The Best Shorts Competition is proud to announce the latest winners. The Best Shorts Competition puts filmmakers first and provides a direct opportunity for recognition and publicity for high quality productions. It is international in scope and has granted awards to producers in Australia, Bahrain, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan,...

Seattle Fest to honor Anjelica Huston at this year’s 43rd edition and include the world premiere of her newest film, Trouble

One-Night-Only Event Includes On-Stage Interview and Screening               The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) will honor Anjelica Huston during this year’s 43r...

Save The Date for the 18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

  ANYONE CAN SAVE THE UNIVERSE. ONLY YOU CAN SAVE THE DATE.   18th Annual Golden Trailer Awards: Tuesday June 6th, 2017 Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills 8440 Wilshire Boulevard  Beverly Hills, CA  90211 Pre-party: 7:00 pm Sho...

HKIFF41 Comes to a Fruitful End

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  Film Screenings Continue in Cine Fan and SummerIFF After screening over 230 titles from 65 countries and regions in 15 days, the 41st Hong Kong International Film Festival comes to a fruitful end yesterday (25 April). Audiences nevertheless can continue to enjoy good films in the Cine Fan May to July programmes and the Summer International Film Festival (SummerIFF) which will run from 15 to 29 August. The 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF42) will be held from 19 March to...

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Announces 2017 Winners at NAB

Grand Awards go to “David Attenborough's Light on Earth,” “MARS” and “Super Bowl 50”   Al Jazeera Earns Broadcaster of the Year, The Edge Picture Company is Production Company of the Year, and Fox Networks Group Latin America Named Program Promotion Team of the Year   New York Festivals® International Television & Film Awards   announced the 2017 award winners at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. This year’s ceremony...

SFFILM Announces Golden Gate Award Winners at 60th San Francisco International Film Festival

  Winning Films in 12 Categories Announced at GGA Celebration on Sunday April 16   This afternoon the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 5–19), presented by SFFILM, ann...

2017 Wisconsin Film Festival Awards, Facts & Figures

    5 venues 7 screens 140 films 159 screenings 188 volunteers 29,294 total Festival attendance The 2017 Steep & Brew Audience Awards ballots have been tabulated, and the favorites are:   Audience Favorite Narrative Feature My Life as a Zucchini | Claude Barras Audience Favori...

Awards of the 36th Istanbul Film Festival

  The 36th Istanbul Film Festival, organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), announced the winners of its competitions at an award ceremony held at Soho House İstanbul on Friday evening, 14 April.   Hosted by Yekta Kopan, the 36th Istanbul Film Festival Award Ceremony saw presentations of awards in the scope of International and National Golden Tulip competitions, FACE Human Rights in Cinema, National Documentary and National Short Film competitions, a...

Awards Announced for The 12th edition of the Meetings on the Bridge

36TH ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL MEETINGS ON THE BRIDGE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The 12th edition of the Meetings on the Bridge organised within the scope of the 36th Istanbul Film Festival was held on 7-11 April 2017 with the support of Istanbul Development Agency. The projects and films that received the Meetings on the Bridge awards were announced at a reception hosted by l’Institut Français Istanbul on Tuesday, 11 April.  A total of 14 film projects and 6 films in ...

2017 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles Announces Award Winners

  Grand Jury Awards  Best Feature: THE GOLDEN WING  Feature Honorable Mention: LADY OF THE LAKE  Best Short Film: DEVI (GODDESS) Short Film Honorable Mention: GUDH (NEST) Audience Choice Awards Best Feature: A BILLION COLOUR STORY Best Documentary Feature: AN INS...

NYIFF 2017 National Award Winners

    Congratulations to our National Award Winners!       Best Films - "Kaasav (Turtle)” May 6th @ 3 pm Best Director - Rajesh Mapuskar - “Ventilator” May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Editing - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Recordist For Final Mixed Track - “Ventilator" May 4th @ 6:15 pm Best Gu...

Winners at The International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund

VOIR DU PAYS (The Stopover) wins the International Feature Film Competition for Women Directors worth € 15,000  Delphine and Muriel Coulin's film about military returnees from Afghanistan received the prize at last night's award ceremony. Actors Ariane Labed and Ginger Romàn accepted the prize. Sally Potter wins the IWFF Dortmund | Cologne Audience Award for THE PARTY. At the end of the 30th anniversary of the International Women's Film Festival in Dortmund, ...

18th Havana Film Festival NY Announces Havana Star Prize Winners at Closing Night Ceremony

  Best Feature: Last Days in Havana (Cuba-Spain) Best Director: Jose Maria Cabral (Woodpeckers) Best Screenplay: The Candidate (Uruguay-Argentina) Best Actor and Actress: Jorge Martinez and Isabel Santos   12 Films Competed for the coveted Havana Star Prize     New York, April 7, 2017-...

31st Fribourg International Film Festival are celebrating the rise of South Asian cinema close with Awards

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    All the juries at the 31st Fribourg International Film Festival are celebrating the rise of South Asian cinema. Three films, from Singapore, Bhutan and Nepal, shared most of the prizes at the closing ceremony International Competition: Feature Films The second feature from a 33 year-old filmmaker, Apprentice, by Singaporean Boo Junfeng, won the FIFF Grand Prix, a prize worth CHF 30,000.- courtesy of the State and the City of Fribourg. This p...

IFF Panamá 2017

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS IFF PANAMÁ 2017 People’s Choice Copa Airlines Award for best fiction film from Iberoamerica   Aquarius dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho    Premio del público Mastercard a la mejor película de Centroamérica y el Caribe | People's Choice Mastercard Award for best film from Central America and the Caribbean    La Matamoros dir. Delfina Vidal     Premio ...

2017 Montclair Film Emerging Filmmaker Competition (EFC)

Today, Montclair Film announced the winners of the 2017 Emerging Filmmaker Competition (EFC), a program co-presented by Partners For Health Foundation that screens work by students in grades 4-12 from the Tri-State Area and beyond. This year, over 90 films were submitted in three categories: Cinemaniacs (grades 4-6), Storytellers (grades 7-9), and Visionaries (grades 10-12). Winning films were selected by a group of educators and industry professionals, and all winning films will be screened a...

Mel Gibson has been awarded the 'Director of the Year' award at Los Angeles Italia

    The Oscar® Nominee Will Accept His Award At Opening Ceremonies On February 19th     Mel Gibson has been awarded the 'Director of the Year' award for “Hacksaw Ridge” by the 12th edition of the Los Angeles Italia - Film, Fashion and Art Fest it was announced here today by festival founder-producer Pascal Vicedomini and festival honorary chair Mark Canton. Gibson will accept his award during the festival’s opening night cer...

Five BAFTAs for La La Land including Best Film, Director and Leading Actress for Emma Stone

Casey Affleck wins Leading Actor for Manchester by the Sea Dev Patel and Viola Davis win Supporting Actor and Actress I, Daniel Blake wins Outstanding British Film At tonight’s EE British Academy Film Awards La La Land was named Best Film, with Damien Chazelle winning Director and Emma Stone receiving the award for Leading Actress. Linus Sandgren won for Cinematography and Justin Hurwitz won Original Music.   Casey Affleck won Leading Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea, ...

Cinequest VR Awards

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   Silicon Valley's Cinequest is thrilled to announce the inaugural recipients of the Cinequest VR Awards. Awards will be presented as pa...

Sami Blood Wins This Year’s Dragon Award Best Nordic Film

      On Saturday evening, Sami Blood, directed by Amanda Kernell, won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. The prize is worth one million SEK, which makes it one of the world’s largest film prizes. The prize is financed by Volvo Car Group, Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg. Sami Blood tells the story of a teenage Sámi girl, Elle Marja (Lene Cecilia Sparrok), who resolves to leave behin...

Winners of the 4th ECA Awards

The Event Cinema Association is delighted to announce the winners of the 4th ECA Awards, which took place today at the QEII Centre in London on Friday 3rd February 2017. Sponsored by Encompass Digital Media featuring Sales Director Nigel Crow on stage with One Show presenter Nick Wallis, the event was a great success and the quality of the nominees reminds the wider media industry and ourselves just how far the sector has progressed in a decade.    Under the banner of Excellence in...

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