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Nominations for the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) have been revealed

APSA CELEBRATES CINEMATIC DIVERSITY WITH THE 14TH ASIA PACIFIC SCREEN AWARDS NOMINATIONS  Nominations for the 14th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) have been revealed with nods for 38 films from 25 Asia Pacific countries and areas. Winners will be announced on Thursday 11 November at the 14th APSA Ceremony on Australia’s spectacular Gold Coast, and streamed across the globe.  Drawn from the world’s fastest-growing film region encompassing 70 count...

Sydney Festival Announcing the winner of the Sustainable Future Award!

  Sydney Film Festival is thrilled to announce Australian documentary Burning as the first ever recipient of the Sustainable Future Award!  Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Eva Orner (Taxi to the Dark Side, SFF 2018), Burning takes an unflinching look at Australia’s catastrophic ‘Black Summer’ bushfires – as well as our nation’s woeful record on climate change action.   The Sustainable Future Award ...

Porto Femme 2021 Winners

  PORTO FEMME - INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021 WINNERS   Canción sin nombre (2019) de/by Melina León        Camile et moi (2020) de/by Marie Cogné Nha Mila (2020) de/by Denise Fernandes ...

New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Announces 2021 Winners

                                                                                             Al Jazeera English Earns Broadcaster of the Year, The Edge Picture Company is Production Company of the Year; 2021 Grands: My Octopus Teacher, All Creatures Great And Smal...

Awards of the 19th MATSALU NATURE FILM FESTIVAL

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OFFICIAL AWARDS of the 19th MATSALU NATURE FILM FESTIVAL Grand Prix Earth: Muted, Sweden Directed by Mikael Kristersson, Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin Jury: A great film tells more than any jury summary can tell in a few sentences. The Grand Prix of Matsalu FF 2021 goes to a very special film that grabs its viewer from the first shot, where we see treetops heavy with cherry blossom...

SOFIE Award Nominated Films Set to Stream on Vimeo and Roku Starting November 1, 2021

The Short Film Awards will present a virtual screening of all of the 59 SOFIE Award nominated films on Vimeo and Roku, as part of The 7th Annual SOFIE Awards event, this year. “We are so excited to leverage the reach of Vimeo, a most-trusted and respected platform for filmmakers, and Roku, now boasting 55.1 million active viewer accounts, to foster even greater exposure for these amazing and deserving SOFIE Award nominated short films,” said Cindy Birch, Executive Director of The ...

Elba Film Festival wrapped, and the winners are...

  Elba Film Festival has come to an end, and we are excited to give you a sneak peek of a very successful third edition...   ...

15th Asian Film Awards Winners Announced

15th Asian Film Awards Winners Announced Wife of a Spy Wins Big, Receiving Best Film and Best Costume Design; AOI Yu Wins Best Actress; MAKITA Aju Wins Best Supporting Actress The 15th Asian Film Awards (AFA15) announced the winners in 18 categories tonight at a much-anticipated ceremony hosted by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) in conjunction with the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), at the Paradise Hotel Busan. The awards are organized by the Tokyo, Busan and Hong Kong I...

That's A Wrap for the 2021 Festival of Cinema NYC

Meet the Winners of the 2021 Festival of Cinema NYC!   10 Days, 118 Films, 1 Awards Night It was an amazing night at Queens Brewery as 118 truly amazing independent films, in competition, vied for awards in over 15 categories including the much coveted Audience Choice Award for Feature and Short film. Filmmakers and attendees had a great time laughing, reminiscing and sharing in the excitement of Festival of Cinema NYC's culminating event.     ...

15th Asian Film Awards Announces Two Special Awards

The Asian Film Awards Academy (AFA Academy or AFAA) has announced that Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train will receive the AFA Academy’s 2020 Highest-Grossing Asian Film Award. Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Movie: Mugen Train is a cinematically praised, emotionally charged, and action-packed Japanese animated film which is based on the manga “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” by GOTOGE Koyoharu (JUMP COMICS/SHUEISHA). Director SOTOZAKI Haruo, Char...

Zurich Film Festival Industry Awards

And the Winners are... Winner Focus Competition LA MIF by Fred Baillif The jury states: "The performances are sensational and happen with a frequency that has rarely been seen in this way. The narrative form, which in the end blossoms magnificently, is a real joy." Special Mention Focus Competition HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN (Germany, 2021) by Daniel Andreas Sager – as "this outst...

MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY wins Aspen Film Fest Audience Award

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Aspen Film is delighted to announce MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY, directed by Betsy West and Julie Cohen (RBG), as the Audience Award winner for its 42nd annual Filmfest. The film made its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and will be released digitally on the Amazon platform October 1, 2021.   MY NAME IS PAULI MURRAY was originally showcased virtually in June as part of the Eisner/Lauder New Views Documentary and Dialogues series, presented by Aspen Fi...

2021 Jackson Wild Media Awards Announced

The Grand Teton Awards Ceremony today concludes the 2021 Summit, which gathered leading filmmakers, conservationists, scientists, journalists and visionaries engaged in conservation, nature and wildlife media. WINNERS     ...

Golden Prague Festival 2021 Winners

The winner of this year's season of the Golden Prague Festival has been announced. The main prize goes to a production of Romeo and Juliet staged by the Royal National Theatre in London Romeo and Juliet, one of the best known theater plays of all time, has been staged, restaged, and reinvented countless times. Yet, the Golden Prague jury deemed a rendition created by Director Simon Godwin impressive to an extent deserving the award of the Grand Prix. Other awardees of the 58th edition of...

Winners VENICE TV AWARD 2021 Announced!

We are delighted to announce the Winners of the VENICE TV AWARD 2021, which is supported by the International Music + Media Centre [IMZ], the European Group of Television Advertising [egta] and the Association of Commercial TV [ACT]. The award celebrates the year´s television masterpieces. The jury evaluated TV shows from around the world in the categories TV Series, TV Movie, Performing Arts, Documentary, News, Light Entertainment, Program Promotion, Branded Entertainment, Sport, Ch...

Cinelatino and DishLATINO Announce the Hola Mexico Film Festival’s 2021 Award Winners

Cinelatino, the leading Spanish-language movie network and go-to destination for the biggest blockbuster successes and critically acclaimed titles from México, Latin America, Spain, and the Caribbean, has announced the 2021 winners of the Hola Mexico Film Festival’s (HMFF) prestigious Cinelatino & DishLATINO Audience Choice award, the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Best Feature Film Director award, and the Cinelatino & DishLATINO Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Best Short a...

Winners of the 2021 ‘Sepanta Awards’

  Best Film:  African Violet Best Director:  Mona Zandi Haghighi Best Actor:  Amir Hossein Fathi for The Slaughterhouse Best Actress:  Fatemah Motamed Aria Best Screenplay:  Hamidreza Bababeigi for African Violet Best Cinematography:  Mehdi Rezaei for KulbarF Best Documentary:  Duchenne Boys by Sohrab Kavir Best Short Film:  Tattoo Best Director for a Short Film:  Farhad Delaram for ...

Winners of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival 2021 announced!

After a highly successful move back into theatres, FIN Atlantic International Film Festival announces its award winners for the 2021 Atlantic Awards. These awards were decided on by a jury of Atlantic film professionals, and our partners and supporters have generously provided prizes for many of the awards.   RBC Script Development Winner Sponsored by RBC, Telefilm Canada, and Nova Scotia Communities Culture and Heritage Winner: Justin O’Hanley The Secret of the R...

MOVE TO HEAVEN receives the Best Creative Award at Busan Film Festival

The 3rd Asia Contents Awards (ACA) announced today, Oct 7, that MOVE TO HEAVEN is the recipient of the Best Creative Award. Netflix Series MOVE TO HEAVEN and Sweet Home Achieve Triple Crown! Korean Contents Boast Their Potential by Sweeping Awards In Categories Including Best Creative, Best Actor,  Best Newcomer-Actor, and ACA Excellence ...

Catalina Film Festival wrapped with Awards and the World Premiere of The Cleaner

Catalina Film Festival, presented by blk., wrapped their 11th Anniversary Sept. 25, at the historic Catalina Casino with the World Premiere of The Cleaner, starring Luke Wilson, King Orba, Lynda Carter, Shelley Long, and Soliel Moon Frye. Craig Stark and Shiloh Fernandez hit the red carpet alongside Director Erin Elders, DP Jeff Tomcho, and Editor Matt Prekop. The Cleaner releases October 12. “We are so thrilled to be back on the island after last year’s hiatus,” said Festiv...

VIDEO: Toronto International Film Festival announces 2021 Award winners

The Toronto International Film Festival® has announced its award recipients for the 46th edition of the Festival, which concluded tonight with screenings of Zhang Yimou’s One Second at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall. “2021 brought an exceptional selection of films that excited Festival audiences around the world,” said Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, TIFF Co-Heads. “Our lineup showcased beloved auteurs alongsid...

FIPRESCI and NETPAC juries select TIFF 2021 Award winners

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The Toronto International Film Festival, alongside the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC), announced award winners for work screened at TIFF 2021.   “We are thrilled to announce that Anatolian Leopard has received the 2021 FIPRESCI Jury Award,” said Diana Sanchez, Senior Director, Film, TIFF. “Every year we are amazed at the creativity and audaciousness of the filmmakers in our l...

TIFF AWARDS announced

Thank you for joining us for the 46th Toronto International Film Festival on September 9–18, 2021. The awards were revealed this saturday september18th   PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD Belfast, dir. Kenneth Branagh   PEOPLE’S CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARD The Rescue, dirs. E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin   PEOPLE’s CHOICE MIDNIGHT MADNESS AWARD Titane, dir. Julia Ducournau   TIFF TRIBUTE ACTOR AWARDS Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye...

Pamela Abdy to receive the Game Changer Award at Zurich Festival

  Pamela Abdy, President of MGM's Motion Picture Group © Courtesy of MGM Studios   Pamela Abdy, MGM’s Motion Picture Group President to be honored with the Game Changer Award during the Zurich Summit industry conference at the 17th Zurich Film Festival. It pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change in the industry but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has stood for since it’s inven...

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