22nd Far East Film Festival - Report 2
By Moira Sullivan
Golden Mulberry and Audience Award
Derek Tsang's Better Days
The 22nd Far East Film Festival ended July 4 after 9 days and it was a huge online success with over 3000 card holders and 25,000 visits to the website where films were screened for accredited patrons. The festival works with the public because the organizers are so thoroughly prepared for this event directed by Sabrina Baracetti and Thomas Bertacche. It is a ...
22nd Far East Film Festival Opens Online in Udine
Victim(s) Layla JI (Malaysia 2020) ©FEFF
Reprinted from © Movie Magazine International , San Francisco
By Moira Jean Sullivan
The 22nd Far East Film Festival (FEFF) located in UDINE ITALY is held online this year using the same platform as the Cannes Film Market (Marché du Film) at the end of June. 46 films are to be screened June 26 - July 4, 2020 (4 ...
KVIFF Eastern Promises, the festival's Industry section, has the exciting mission of being a bridge between talented filmmakers and their potential partners, festivals and audiences. This year, a total of 41 film projects were screened on the 5 platforms dedicated to feature films, documentaries and new cinematographic forms in development.
Works in Progress TRT Award
Jury:
Gabor Greiner, COO, Films Boutique Faruk Güven, Head of Co-Productions, Turkish Radio and TV...
The Cesar will be thoroughly restructured
The new César statutes were adopted at the CNC this Thursday, July 9, 2020.
They make it possible to reform in depth the composition and governance of the Association which organizes the Caesars.
Before the beginning of September, all the voting members of the Académie des César (4,313 to date) will be able to apply and vote to appoint their 170 representatives, spread o...
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, Parag...
Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood came together with the UNESCO Center for Peace to endorse the 2nd annual Karl Bardosh Humanitarian Cellphone Cinema Awards at Marche du Film and congratulate Founder (HRH Princess) Angelique Monet for hosting the event and supporting the worldwide movement of mobile phone filmmaking
New Generation In Action's AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profit 501(c)(3) Non Government Organization which holds Consultative Status to the United Natio...
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of its first-ever online student film festival showcasing the work of local high school and college students.
The event was created to address the fact that area student filmmakers were going to miss out on screening their films publicly due to the coronavirus pandemic, and to give these students a platform to do just that.
“We are thrilled with how our first online student film festival ...
His We Are Living Things is
a China/US/Italy co-production.
Press release for 3 July 2020
For immediate publication/release
UDINE – The fifth edition of FOCUS ASIA, the industry section of the Far East Film Festival, concluded this year with a rigorously virtual awards ceremony. Thanks to its collaboration with 108 MEDIA, it offered a prize of $20,000 in international distribution this year to the best project selected in the new Far East in Progress section. Competi...
Kenya Film Commission (KFC) has announced the winners of My Kenya My Story mobile phone film competition. For the second year in a row, David Waronja scooped the top prize of Ksh 200,000 courtesy of his film Automedic. The film 2024 by Mandela Midamba emerged second winning a cash prize of Ksh 150,000 while Mmoja by Omar Hamza Hassan was third and got a cash prize of Ksh 100,000.
Muzzled by Sammy Mwaura and Covid 19 by Paul Gaturu scooped Ksh 25,000 each as Jury Special Mentions;...
Breaking record numbers of viewers, the 7th The Americas Film Festival NY Announced The Americas Award Winners in Its First Ever Virtual Closing Night Ceremony, followed by the online Premiere of Powerful Documentary SISTERS RISING, in Partnership with the National Museum of the American Indian
Directors Willow O’Feral and Brad Heck, and Producer Jaida Grey Eagle in Digital Attendance to the audience via Livestream after the Screening
Best Experimental: CAM...
LORIK is the winner of the Grand Prize - Award Winners Announced by SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival NY 2020 - ONLINE
-- Narrative Feature Grand Prize goes to International Jury favorite 'Lorik' -
-- 'A Call for Peace', Juan C. Borrero and Melodie Carli production on the Colombian peace process, wins best documentary
-- 'Mother, Daughter, Sister' wins Vanya Exerjian- Empowering Women & Girls Award
SR Socially Relevant Film F...
World Peace and Tolerance Smartphone Gala Live@Cannes took place Jun 26, 2020 07.00 PM London
filmfestivals.com Bruno Chatelin joined as jury to Karl Bardosh Cell Phone Cinema Humanitarian Award, second AFI World Peace , the awards ceremony was live on Zoom!
Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19" will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organizati...
All the film nominated for the 11th Annual Indie Awards!
Best Short Sketch Comedy
The Nominees are:
Tarka Wolf Presents: Save the Scooter
SlapNuts Comedy – Dad Dome
Avenue WTF
...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is proud to announce commitments from 19 partner companies in its fourth year of Academy Gold, an entertainment industry internship enhancement and mentorship program for students and young professionals from underrepresented communities. Participating partners include AMC Networks, Bron Studios, Circle of Confusion, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Walt Disney Company, Dolby Laboratories, DTS (part of Xperi Corporation), FotoKem, HBO, Los ...
The International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA) In Collaboration For The Second Year With The Marché Du Film Presents A 10,000€ Prize For Documentary Works-In-Progress At The Marché’s Virtual Doc Corner
Prize Awarded To HOLY CRAFT
Directed by: Joseph Mangat
Presented as part of the Showcase PHILIPPINES
The Monaco-based International Emerging Film Talent Association (IEFTA), in the second year of its Docs-In-Progress collaboration wi...
The North American actor will present ‘Falling’, his directorial debut, at the Festival’s 68th edition
The actor and filmmaker Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, where the North American star will present the film Falling, his directorial debut.
The movie, which closed the Sundance Festival and is one of those selected for the Festival de Cannes, will have its European premiere at San...
Friday we will hosting the Zoom awards ceremony live from Marche du Film Online at 2 pm and 7 pm UK time via zoom virtual conference. With a few words from the esteemed jury members.
Humanitarian smart phone films and smart phone films highlighting "COVID - 19" will have a voice during Marché du Film through a United Nations supported organization for the second year
New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, a not for profi...
Kyiv Film Festival®
Event date: June 26-27, 2020
Event address: Henerala Vatutina Ave, 2 2 Henerala Vatutina Avenue Kyiv, Kyiv city Ukraine
The goal of Kyiv Film Festival is to encourage emerging movie makers for new film making by appreciating their work.
We accept all genres of films from all over the world.
Our mission is to support filmmakers, recognize their hard work, and Award them so that they are more inspired to keep telling amazing stories.
...
2020 ROCKIE AWARDS INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is proud to announce the winners of the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Hosted by Aurora Browne, Carolyn Taylor and Jennifer Whalen of the award-winning Canadian sketch comedy Baroness von Sketch Show, the virtual edition of the Rockie Awards International Program Competition was streamed live celebrating excellence in television and digital media content...
FIFOG’S TEAM SUCCESSFULLY HELD THE FIGOG 2020 ONLINE EDITION
Phase 2 of FIFOG 2020 VS COVID-19, held online from June 8th-14th 2020, has just ended with immense success. The thousands of interactions of Internet users recorded on the Facebook page of the FIFOG, the statistics of fifog.com as well as the connections to the Viméo platform, which hosted the movies in free access, inform us about the royal welcome reserved to the public for this online edition which ...
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS
The 67th Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded Descent by Nays Baghai the prestigious Documentary Australia Film Foundation Award for Best Australian Documentary, out of a selection of 10 films.
The $10,000 cash prize was awarded to Nays Baghai at the Festival’s Virtual Edition Awards Presentation.
Accepting the award, Nays Baghai said: “Wow! I cannot describe how honoured, grateful and ecstatic I feel having received this ama...
23rd BROOKLYN FILM FESTIVAL (May 29 – June 7, 2020) WINNERS:
INTO THE STORM Wins The Grand Chameleon Award and Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Feature – OUR OWN
Brooklyn Film Festival’s 23rd edition: TURNING POINT (aka Relearn How to be Human), which in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic began showing films for free online on Friday, May 29th and wrapped up Sunday, June 7th, announced the winners of the festival’s awards over the...
WorldFest was founded over 53 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the Whole Wide World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968.
WorldFest was founded by award-winning producer/director Hunter Todd to present a quality film festival for th...
WorldFest was founded over 53 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the Whole Wide World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968.
WorldFest was founded by award-winning producer/director Hunter Todd to present a quality film festival for th...
