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CIFF | Calgary International Film Festival announces the winners

CIFF is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 CIFF Jury Awards. These films are recognized as the best of the festival by our esteemed Jury of film industry members from across North America, including some CIFF alumni. Audiences, don't miss your chance to see these exceptional films at this year's festival, online or in the cinema.  Here are the winners... ---------- RBC Emerging Canadian Artist Award & $10,000 CAD: Madeleine Sims-Fe...

San Sebastian Orona - Nest Award to CatDog and special mention to the Speech

  Francy Fabritz (Germany) Tomás Paula Marques (Portugal) Viktor van der Valk (Iceland) They decided to award the following short films with:     ORONA - NEST AWARD The award carries 10,000 euros. For its bold but intimate storytelling capable of suggesting the depth of fictional and also real power games.   ...

Ojai Film Festival Announces Winning Screenplay for 2020

“Immigrants,” a richly detailed story of family struggle and survival from Nazi Germany to the melting pot of New York, won Best Screenplay for the upcoming Ojai Film Festival. The honor includes a Zoom-style table read by professional actors directed by Valerie Alexander, on Sunday, November 8. The historical setting of “Immigrants” resonates in this country today as our nation continues to grapple with issues of immigration and the way we view “the other.” ...

The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners!

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, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paragu...

Mountainfilm Announces 2020 Commitment Grant Winners

  Mountainfilm is delighted to announce the 2020 Commitment Grant recipients. The 14 winners, selected by a jury, were chosen from hundreds of applicants working on projects in various stages of production that embody Mountainfilm’s mission to inspire audiences to create a better world. “I’m so impressed by the slate of films that are being supported through the Commitment Grant,” says Festival Director Suzan Beraza. “It’s a testament to t...

SUBMISSION START NOW IISFF - CINEMASCOPE AWARDS 2020

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!! SUBMISSION START NOW !! 2nd Indian International Short Film Festival CINEMASCOPE AWARDS 2020 The competition will be held on the online premiere screening, from 10 am to 7 pm. Date - 16th to 24th December. Mail Id – cinemascopeawards@gmail.com  Ph No – +91 9748275141 / +91 7044298663 /+91 9875615399   Please send your film details AND share your film link by Google Drive/We Transfer/YouTube Link for online submission.   Entry F...

2020 French Riviera Film Festival Announces Winning Shorts

Jezlan Moyet, Yasmine Al Massri, Nicole Muj, Brandt Andersen, Shalini Vadhera Potts, Tony Potts The second annual French Riviera Film Festival announced its 2020 winners at a star-studded, virtual awards ceremony held live from The Beverly Hills Hotel on September 19. “Due to the pandemic, we could not hold our festival and awards this year live in Cannes,” comments festival co-founder Nicole Muj. “We were delighted to partner with the legendary Beverly ...

The Toronto International Film Festival® 2020 full list of Awards

The Toronto International Film Festival® is delighted to announce its award recipients for 2020. TIFF will also unveil the slate of awards and winners via all social media channels. The 45th edition of TIFF wrapped last night with the Closing Night Presentation of Mira Nair’s A Suitable Boy at the RBC Lakeside Drive-In at Ontario Place. “TIFF 2020 was a year we won’t soon forget,” said Cameron Bailey, TIFF Artistic Director and Co-Head. “Over the ...

FIPRESCI and NETPAC juries select TIFF 2020 Award Winners

  Thee Toronto International Film Festival, alongside the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema (NETPAC), announced award winners for work screened at TIFF 2020.   “This year’s Official Selection had a truly stellar collection of international films,” said Diana Sanchez, Senior Director of Film at TIFF. “During such a unique year, TIFF is so grateful to global film criticism and apprecia...

The Awards of the 18th Matsalu Nature Film Festival

The festival wrapped with awards on the saturday closing ceremony, I missed attending but enjoyed the winning films very much, here they are revealed: GRAND PRIX OKAVANGO: RIVER OF DREAMS, SOUTH AFRICA Directors: Dereck Joubert & Beverly Joubert JURY: A film that employs a mesmerising pictorial language and executed with technical skill, containing memorable episodes and moments that stay with the viewer for a long time.   1ST PRIZE (NATURE) NOMADS, MEXIC...

Receiving an award from Paris Shark Fest for Rob Stewart

Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewart's final film was selected to screen in  Paris for the first edition of the festival. An hommage was offered to Rob on stage, accepted by Bruno Chatelin from Fabien Delage festival founder at Club de l'Etoile Cinema Sunday September 20th at 10 pm.   ...

18 students voted winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards®

ACADEMY REVEALS 2020 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted 18 students as winners of the 47th Student Academy Awards® competition.  This year, the Student Academy Awards competition received a total of 1,474 entries from 207 domestic and 121 international colleges and universities.  The 2020 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, Spike Lee, Trey...

TIFF Tribute Awards - aired on CTV and streamed internationally by Variety

The TIFF Tribute Awards ceremony is an annual fundraiser to support both TIFF’s year-round programming and the organization’s core mission to transform the way people see the world through film. The Awards honour the film industry’s outstanding contributors and their achievements, recognizing leading industry members, acting talent, directorial expertise, new talent, and a below-the-line artist and creator. Watch it on facebook The 2020 TIFF Tribute Award recipient...

VIDEO: French Riviera Film Festival Gala Virtual Awards Ceremony on Sep 19, 5 PM PST: you are invited!

You are invited to the Awards Ceremony/ Live from the Beverly Hills Hotel https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/highest_honour_for_juliette_binoche_at_zurich_film_festival Join our host EverTalk TV’s Jezlan Moyet, along with presenters Tony Potts & Shalini Vadhera Potts, and Emmy-winning actor Vincent De Paul, for the French Riviera Film Festival Virtual Awards Ceremony. Presented live from The Beverly Hills Hotel, the event will feature special musical performances by Gotta,...

Awards from the 46th Deauville Fes­ti­val

Vanes­sa Par­adis, pres­i­dent of the Jury of the 46th edi­tion of the Deauville Amer­i­can Film Fes­ti­val, and jury mem­bers Zita Han­rot, Del­phine Horvilleur, Mou­nia Med­dour, Sylvie Pialat, Yann Gon­za­lez, Vin­cent Lacoste, Bruno Poda­ly­dès & Oxmo Puc­ci­no have award­ed the fol­low­ing films:   Grand Prize THE NEST by Sean Durkin (Dis­tri­b­u&sh...

Russian films win two major prizes on the Lido

    The 77th Venice film festival took place at Lido from 2 to 12 September 2020. It was the first major international event for the film industry since the coronavirus pandemic began. Andrey Konchalovsky’s “Dear Comrades” won the Special Jury Prize, and Fillip Yuryev’s “Whaler boy” took the Directors Award of the parallel competition “Venice Days”.   On Saturday an international jury led by Oscar-winning actress Cat...

The press conferences by JURIES and WINNERS of the 77th Venice International Film Festival

The Venezia 77 Jury, chaired by Cate Blanchett, and comprised of Matt Dillon, Veronika Franz, Joanna Hogg, Nicola Lagioia, Christian Petzold and Ludivine Sagnier, having viewed all 18 films in competition, has decided as follows:   GOLDEN LION for Best Film to: NOMADLAND by Chloé Zhao (USA)   SILVER LION - GRAND JURY PRIZE to: NUEVO ORDEN (NEW ORDER) by Michel Franco (Mexico, Fran...

Collateral awards of The 77th Venice Film Festival

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  Independently awarded by associations of film critics, clubs and cultural associations, and cinema professionals. SHARE THIS PAGE ONCOLLATERAL AWARDS ARCA CinemaGiovani Award | ARCA CinemaGiovani Best Film of Venezia 77: PIECES OF A WOMAN by Kornél Mundruczó Best Italian Film in Venice: NOTTURNO by Gianfranco Rosi   Brian Award | UAAR (Unione degli Atei e d...

Filmmaker Marjane Satrapi and actress Ángela Molina amongst this year’s recipients of the annual EMIFF Honours

    International film festival Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival (EMIFF) announced today that it plans to host its 9th edition in its usual, physical form, on the Spanish island of Mallorca, but with some virtual elements within its expanded program anticipated.   Guests expected to travel to Mallorca for the festival, which runs from October 23rd - 29th, will include Ángela Molina and Marjane Satrapi, who have been announced today as the recipients of the...

Terence Blanchard receives the Campari Passion for Film award 2020

Terence Blanchard  World renowned Oscar nominated and six-time Grammy-winning composer, trumpeter and jazz musician Terence Blanchard, composer of the original scores for a wide range of films by Spike Lee including most recently Da 5 Bloods which was released by Netflix this summer, is the recipient of the Campari Passion for Film Award of the 77th Venice International Film Festival (September 2 - 12, 2020). The award, instituted two ye...

77. Mostra del Cinema - Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award to Abel Ferrara

Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award to Abel Ferrara 5 September 2020 Palazzo del Cinema, Lido di Venezia   ...

BZN Awards announced: you can now view them online

You are invited to the unique virtual experience that is the Third Annual BZN International Film Festival, August 27 – Sept 5th   Join us online for a 10-day event celebrating independent filmmaking, creative expression, and emerging and established voices. The BZN international Film Festival showcases films that educate, encourage and inspire audiences to get involved and take action to protect our planet. Over 70 films from three rich years of tradi...

French Riviera Film Festival Partners With PlayPlay.TV To Take 2020 Festival Online

  French Riviera Film Festival (FRFF) and PlayPlay.tv, premier digital video streaming service for the performing arts,  have partnered to present the second annual installment of the festival online. Official Poster "We're delighted to partner with PlayPlay.tv as we take our festival online this year, due to the pandemic,” comments FRFF co-founder Nicole Goesseringer Muj. “Film lovers from around the world will now be able to enjoy th...

The Accolade Global Film Competition Announces Latest Winners!

The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition that honors those who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity.   https://accoladecompetition.org/   ~ Best of Show - Fiction ~  Antony Ginnane, FG Film Productions – Never Too Late              &nbs...

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