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DPA Film Contest Winners Weigh-in on Brand Experience

In an effort to support first-time and indie filmmakers through the height of the pandemic, DPA Microphones partnered with Rycote on a “Pay-it-Forward” giveaway in late 2020 from which three lucky winners acquired a full cinema mics kit from the brands. The contest’s prizes included DPA’s 4097 Micro Shotgun, 4017 Shotgun and 6060 CORE Subminiature microphones―along with virtual mentoring sessions, an array of Rycote accessories and other equipment loaners. The recipie...

The winners of the inaugural Red Sea International Film Festival.

The Red Sea International Film Festival in partnership with VOX Cinemas, MBC GROUP, and Saudia Airlines today announced the winners of the Red Sea competition sections. The 16 strong feature, 18 shorts selection and 21 ground-breaking global virtual reality experiences are a celebration of the most exciting, innovative new films and cinematic storytelling from established and emerging filmmakers from the Arab world and Africa. The inaugural edition recognises the incredible range of talent wit...

Awards of the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival

  AWARDS OF THE 43rd CAIRO FILMFESTIVAL International Competition Awards   Henry Barakat Award   For Best Artistic Contribution   JOSÉ ÁNGEL ALAYÓN For the cinematography of   They Carry Death   Helena Girón – Samuel M. Delgado (Spain - Colombia)  -------------------------------------------------------   Best Actress Award   SWAMY ROTOLO   For her performance in   A Chiara   J...

700 000$ awarded to the winners of the Red Sea Souk

The Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) today announced the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards that featured four days of industry talks, workshops, an active project market and networking sessions. All films in the Red Sea Souk were deliberated on by two separate juries for the Project Market and the Works-in-Progress to grant the Red Sea Souk Awards. More than 700,000 USD were awarded to the projects selected in the Red Sea Souk Awards with funds provided by the Red Sea Fund as well as...

Winners of the 34th European Film Awards

Winners 2021   Moderated this year by Annabelle Mandeng, the European Film Awards annually honour the greatest achievements in European cinema. This year’s award for European Lifetime Achievement is given to the legendary Hungarian filmmaker Márta Mészáros. The Award for European Achievement in World Cinema 2021 goes to Danish helmer Susanne Bier who will be one of the evening’s on‑site guests. And she will be joined by the prolif...

Announcing 2021 AFI AWARDS Honorees

  Congratulations to this year’s AFI AWARDS honorees! The honorees include 10 outstanding films and 10 outstanding TV programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. Additional honorees were selected in a category for “Special Awards,” designated for works of excellence that fall outside of the Institute’s criteria of American film and tele...

93 Feature films eligible for consideration in the International Feature Film Category

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®.  Eligibility lists by category can be viewed at Oscars.org/94thFeatureEligibility.  Complete 94th Academy Awards rules can be found at Oscars.org/rules.   INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM Ninety-three countries have submitted films th...

138 Docs eligible for consideration in the Documentary Feature Category

  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®.  Eligibility lists by category can be viewed at Oscars.org/94thFeatureEligibility.  Complete 94th Academy Awards rules can be found at Oscars.org/rules.    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE One hundred thirty-eight features are elig...

Feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film Category

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®.  Eligibility lists by category can be viewed at Oscars.org/94thFeatureEligibility.  Complete 94th Academy Awards rules can be found at Oscars.org/rules.  ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Twenty-six features are eligible for consideration in the Animated ...

Coppola to present Film Direction Award to Jane Campion at SFFILM Awards Night

Coppola to present Jane Campion; Jon Bernthal to present Reinaldo Marcus Green; Alice Wu to present Maggie Gyllenhaal; and Chris Columbus to present Oscar Isaac Photo: (L-R) Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Actor: Jon Bernthal, Director: Alice Wu, Director: Chris Columbus FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, JON BERNTHAL, ALICE WU, AND CHRIS COLUMBUS WILL PRESENT HONORS AT THE 2021 SFFILM AWARDS   Francis Ford Coppola will present Jane Campion with The Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction; Jon ...

And the Winner Is... BJFF 2021 Festival Awards

Boston Jewish Film Festival - November 7-21 – bostonjfilm.org Congratulations to our 2021 Boston Jewish Film Festival Winners! BJFF 33 had a great audience and great films – but only one film can be the Audience Award winner!  And The Winner Is... Neighbors, Directed by Mano Khalil!   ...

The winners of the 2021 Festival L'Europe autour de l'Europe

And so the 16th edition of the Festival came to its end. It was a true celebration of cinema, full of meetings and exchanges. More than 60 filmmakers came to Paris to present their films. We want to thank our amazing audience, our sponsors and partners, the cinemas and all those who have made possible this adventure.  Here are the winners of the 2021 Festival edition: PRIX SAUVAGE for the best recent European fiction film unreleased in France Tomas Vengris...

Winners of the 2021 Tiburon Golden Reel Awards

***   Best Film: American Desert [USA] Best Director: Adrian Bartol, for American Desert [USA] Best Actor: Will Brandt, for American Desert [USA] Best Actress: Sonka Vogt, for Two Is a Magic Number [Germany] Best Documentary: My Childhood, My Country, by: Phil Grabsky & Shoaib Sharifi [UK] Best Screenplay: Patrik Hartl, for Bet On Friendship [Czech Republic] Best Cin...

4 final projects selected for the 10th Biennale College – Cinema 2021-22

4 final projects selected for the 10th Biennale College – Cinema 2021-22 from Azerbaijan, Finland, Kazakhstan, Iran, Italy, USA / Today Friday December 3rd through Monday December 6th 2021 they will participate in the first of two workshops / In 10 years the Biennale College – Cinema has produced 30 feature films   The selection has been made of the four projects, from Azerbaijan, Finland, Kazakhstan, Iran, Italy, USA, that will move on to the production phases o...

IFFI 52, 013: Rest of the best

IFFI 52, 013: Rest of the best Here are the details of all the winners at IFFI 52. The main prizes were covered in an earlier posting.  Indian Marathi language actor Jitendra Bhikulal Joshi received a Silver Peacock as Best Actor (Male), for portraying late Marathi actor and film-maker Nishikant Kamat, in Godavari. In their citation, the jury said “…his brilliant performance made it flow like a river, from his rage to tears.” The film summons viewers to joi...

ENOUGH! Lebanon's Darkest Hour wins two awards at Vesuvius International Film Festival

At the 15th edition of the Vesuvius International Film Festival ENOUGH! Lebanon's Darkest Hour took two awards for Best Documentary and Best female Director Congrats to the team!   ...

European Film Awards reduce risk further by going digital with the 34th edition of the awards ceremony

Hybrid Ceremony to be Hosted by Annabelle Mandeng Due to the ongoing and unexpected developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Film Academy has decided that the upcoming ceremony of the 34th European Film Awards on 11 December will be further adapted. The aim of the organisation is to minimise risks for the people involved as much as possible. As previously announced, the Awards Ceremony had already re-formatted as a distanced live event. However, the current situation forces the Euro...

EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION AWARD for Maria Ekerhovd

This year’s EURIMAGES CO-PRODUCTION AWARD, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in fostering international exchange, pays tribute to a woman’s contribution to the success of film co-production. Maria Ekerhovd ©Paul Amundsen Maria Ekerhovd is a Norwegian film producer from Bergen. One of Ekerhovd’s first films as producer, Bobbie Peers’ 2006 short film Sniffer, won Norway’s first (and so far only) Palme d’Or at Cannes Fil...

Vietnamese Cinema Shines in Hollywood and On The Global Stage

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Southern California- based film distribution company 3388 Films (https://www.3388films.com/) is pleased to present FYC two feature titles during the 2022 awards season: Kiều, a stunning period piece, romance/drama, inspired by the most famous Vietnamese literary classic of all time The Tale of Kiều by Nguyễn Du; and Bố Già (Dad, I’m Sorry), Vietnam’s official entry in the international feature category for the 2022 Osca...

IFFI 52, 011: Japan’s Ring Wandering bags Golden Peacock, Czech Director Václav Kadrnka gets Silver as Best Director, for Saving

  IFFI 52, 011: Japan’s Ring Wandering bags Golden Peacock, Czech Director Václav Kadrnka gets Silver as Best Director, for Saving One Who is Dead A fantasy, or a reincarnation tale, look at it any which way, Ring Wandering is beautifully crafted. A day labourer and aspiring manga artist in search of bones, which he believes will help him complete his piece of art, ends up unearthing forgotten war-time memories buried deep under the collective consciousness of the nation an...

2021 Gotham Awards Kicks Off Awards Season!

Visit The Gotham's YouTube for FULL-LENGTH clips and highlights from last night's show, including presenters, winners, and industry attendees!   ...

Winners of 60th Rose d'Or awards announced

Winners of 60th Rose d'Or awards announced   The winners of the 2021 Rose d’Or Awards were announced this evening in a virtual ceremony hosted by TV and radio personality Sue Perkins France and the UK shared the top drama awards with Channel 4’s Help winning Drama and Netflix France, Call My Agent winning Comedy Drama. Special individual awards were presented to ITV’s longest standing detective, Brenda Blethyn as Vera, and Omar Sy star of Netf...

Europe Film Festival U.K. (EFFUK) is a reputable monthly competition and annual online film festival.

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Europe Film Festival U.K. (EFFUK) is a reputable monthly competition and annual online film festival based in one of the elegant cities in the world, London in 2020-2021.   Europe Film Festival U.K. (EFFUK) is an IMDb eligible festival.   The festival will be done periodically, every 45 days, it has a loop.   Website: https://europefilmfestival.com/ Submission: https://filmfreeway.com/EuropeFilmFestival   AWARDS - FEATU...

The 4th Rock Horror Film Festival 2021 is rolling awards

The IV Rock Horror Film Festival 2021 is rolling, bringing a selection of 54 films from 20 countries on the Reserva Imovision platform. The festival ran until November 14th and audiences were able to delight themselves and shudder at the fantastic genres films ranging from hard rock to soft blues fear levels. WINNERS 2021 ...

PÖFF announces its 2021 award winners

At the Award Ceremony of the 25th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), awards were presented to the winners of the festival’s four competition programmes and PÖFF’s youth and children’s film sub-festival Just Film. PÖFF Shorts announced its winners last week, but added an EFA nominee. The jury of Official Selection – Competition, headed by EFA Chairman Mike Downey, selected director Andreas Kleinert's historical biopic Dear Thomas as their favo...

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