Final day for the Marrakech International Film Festival
During the 19th Closing Ceremony, the jury announced this year's awards and paid tribute to Tilda Swinton
The Étoile d'Or awarded to A TALE OF SHEMROON
by Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi
An Exceptional edition
The 19th edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival was exceptional in many ways. First, it marks the return of the event after a two-year break due to...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) announced that the legendary Indian actor and producer Shah Rukh Khan will receive an Honorary Award to recognize his exceptional contribution to the film industry at the opening ceremony of the Festival’s second edition in Jeddah, on the Eastern shore of the Red Sea. The Festival is set to run from the 1-10 December and will present 131 feature films and shorts from 61 countries in 41 languages from both established and emerging talent...
Distributor Hisham Alghanim (Front Row Filmed Entertainment) who received the award on behalf of Jerzey Skolimowski with EFP-Managing Director Sonja Heinen and Alaa Karkouti, Co-Founder of the Arab Cinema Center (right)
The Polish-Italian co-production EO by Jerzy Skolimowski has won this year's Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which is being presented for the fourth time by European Film Promotion (EFP) and Arab Cinema Center (ACC) at the Cairo International Film Festi...
‘Motherland,’ which HuffPost’s Thom Senzee called ‘Most Anticipated Documentary Film of 2022’ and director Vic Gerami, won the two top prizes at the annual Pomegranate Film Festival (POM). The film won the ‘Audience Choice Award,’ while Gerami won the festival’s ‘Golden Pomegranate Award’ for outstanding contributions to Armenian Cinema.
‘Motherland’ is a contender for the O...
Outstanding Performer of the Year Award
Honoring
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The European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the main categories of the 35th European Film Awards. The award ceremony takes place on 10 December in Reykjavík and will celebrate the best of European Film culture.
For the first time the Academy announces the nominations in a video presenting all nominated productions and protagonists. Please find the video here.
These are the nominations:
European Film:
ALCARRÀS direct...
BKK short Doc - International Short Documentary Award is thrilled to announce the nominees to the BKK short DOC 2022 Official Selection. Full details: http://bkkdoc.com/bkkshortdoc-officialselection2022.html
Best Short Documentary
1.The Children of the Wandering Moon/ Thailand
2.MEMORIA/ Spain
3.Waimai (Takeaway)/ Spain
4.Weekly News Report Women in Afghanistan/ Hong Kong
5.Cest La Vie: Life with ALS/ China
6.The Boys Club/ Malaysia
7.HER - Women in Asia/ Germany
8.Let There Be Lig...
SAFE PLACE convinces at the 32nd FilmFestival Cottbus
Juraj Lerotić wins the main prize for the best film in the Feature Film Competition of the 32nd FilmFestival Cottbus. This means that the Croatian-Slovenian production SAFE PLACE is awarded the prize of 25,000 EUR. SAFE PLACE describes the desperate search for the right behavior after a family member has tried to commit suicide. The feature film debut convinces the International Festival Jury and wins the main prize "for the...
Historic first wins for Indonesia, Jordan, Armenia, Cambodia, Pakistan
Female filmmakers dominate feature film awards, new performance categories.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy announced the winners at the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) at a Gala Ceremony on Australia’s Gold Coast on Friday evening, with nominees able to attend for the first time since 2019.
APSA celebrates cinematic storytelling that best reflects its cultural o...
LA Independent Women Film Awards celebrates the independence of women as filmmakers, writers, producers, actresses, cinematographers, composers and editors who are creating groundbreaking indie arthouse film projects in a variety of genres. The festival brings together American and international talents to compete in various sections of the bi-monthly and annual competition. It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the 9th edition of the LA Independent Women Film Award...
AFI FEST 2022 announced today the films that received this year’s Jury awards. The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short will be eligible for the 2022 Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short Academy Awards®. The Jury was comprised of writer/director Shaz Bennett, writer/director Johnson Cheng and film critic, journalist and filmmaker Tim Cogshell.
“AFI FEST is a proud symbol of the power of t...
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Powers
Paige Morrow Kimball
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Being Michelle
Atin Mehra
Honorable Mention
If You Are a Man
Simon Panay
Honorable Mention
Jack Has a Plan
Bradley Berman
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
North Star
P.J. Palmer
Honorable Mention
Ousmane
Jorge Camarotti
Honorable Mention
Split Ends
Alireza Kazemipour
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
The Justice of Bunny King
Gaysorn Thavat
Honorable Mention
Night F...
European Film Promotion and Arab Cinema Center Announce the Films Nominated for the Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films
76 Critics From 15 Countries Participate in Selecting the Award
European Film Promotion (EFP) and Arab Cinema Center (ACC) have announced the list of European films that will be competing in the 4th Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films. The list includes 23 European films, where 76 Arab critics from 15 countries will watch the films on Festival ...
Cittador International Film Festival has selected ten promising short films until November 1, 2022! The submission period is until December 15, 2022. We are excited about new submissions!
Key data:
The submission period: until December 15, 2022;
Selection date: shortly after submission, but no later than December 15, 2022;
Notification date: December 22, 2022;
Screenings: December 27, 2022 at the Studio Cinema Lugner City Vienna.
Homepage: https://iff.citta...
Our film “When the Woodlark Sings” / “Cuando la alondra canta” was selected on the Bogocine 39 – Festival de cine de Bogotá in Columbia! From the pre-selection of 30 films, we made it to the OFFICIAL SELECTION among 9 films in the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION! Bogocine - Bogotá, Colombia - is a world-renowned film festival and celebrates its 39th year this year. We are very proud and grateful that this festival has selected our film among 2000 films tha...
Congratulations to the 2022 CineFAM award winners!
BEST SHORT FILM
Who’s Next? – Directed by Amreen Ghouse, Canada (2019)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Guardians – Directed by Minerva Navasca, Canada (2021)
BEST LONG SHORT FILM
Out of Order – Directed by Sheronna Osbourne, Canada (2021)
BEST DIRECTOR
Chance Encounter – Directed by Sandra Mathieu, Canada (2021)
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Forest director Lidia Duda and producer Adrianna Redzia
The awards were accorded to the most promising European and U.S. documentary projects presented at the 2nd edition of the Ji.hlava New Visions Forum on Friday night.
Altogether 26 projects (16 from Europe and 10 from U.S.) in the development, production and post-production stage were presented at Ji.hlava IDFF. The jury was composed by the artistic director Berlinale Carlo Chatrian, U.S. film producer...
IT'S A WRAP!
2022 Awards
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After 12 incredible days of films, we've tallied your votes, and we are thrilled to announce the winners of the 58th Chicago International Film Festival Audience Choice Awards, presented by Xfinity!
Audience Choice Award: Best Feature Winners
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Dir. Rian Johnson | US
The Year Between
Dir. Alex Heller | US
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Romanian producer Ada Solomon was accorded the APA World Excellence Award
The 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival has been officially launched and its opening evening featured the presentation of the first festival awards. The best Short Joy section film is selected by the online viewers of DAFilms.com, this year going to Blue Bed by Belgian director Lize Cuveele. This year, Ji.hlava presents almost four hundred films and the festival will continue until October 30.
Ple...
Curtains are officially drawn on the 66th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express which marked a return to pre-pandemic highs for in-person audience attendance.
To all of you who joined us in person on the South Bank or in the West End, at our 9 partner cinemas around the UK or from the comfort of your home via BFI Player, a massive thank you for being part of this one.
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The competition category winners of both national and international cinemas in the 39th round of the Tehran International Short Film Festival have been announced, with the Spanish short film "Descartes"
directed by Concha Barquero and Alejandro Alvarado Jodar chosen as the submission to the 2023 Academy Awards.
International Cinema Competition Section The ceremony continued with members of the jury in the international competition category including Edvinas Puksta, Mirona Radu, Mah...
Social Impact & Vison Award Winners Announced
For the second year the Ojai Film Festival will honor films for the Social Impact and Vision Award, sponsored by Panavision. Begun in 2021 the “Diversity and Inclusion for Social Impact and Vision” program explores the breadth of “diversity.” At the same time it examines “intersectionality,” aspects of a person’s identity that may cause conflict yet create an opportunity for un...
2nd Grand Prize! - Undeniably Young: Nora Young and the Six Day Race – Julia Morgan
1st Prize! - Cat Clay Chaos – Emmett Fifield
3rd Prize! - Candied Lips – Hina Effie Ogino
4th Prize! - Into the Realm of the Night – Patrick Muller
5th Prize - Lemon Lime – Mara Ramirez
6th Prize - Closed World and It's Freinds - Nuhae Lee
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9th annual Highland Park Independent Film Festival 2022 award winners
BEST SHORT FILMS
Horror in the Hood Shorts Program: Something in the Garden directed by Marcos Sanchez
SCI-FI on FIG Shorts Program: See You On The Other Side directed by The Sommers Brothers
Arroyo Seco Shorts Program: My Summer Vacation directed by Kelly O'Sullivan
Route 66 Shorts Program: Lead/Follow directed by Colby Day
Los Filmmakers Shorts Program: No Soy Oscar directed by Jon Ayon
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