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Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film crowns Boyz in the Wood with the main prize

  Just Film, the largest youth and children's film festival in Northern Europe and a sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, set the audience record and handed out the Grand Prix to Ninian Doff for Boyz in the Wood. At its 19th edition Just Film screened 54 feature films and documentaries, offering a wide selection of films to kids, youngsters, parents, teachers, students and adults. During the 17-days-long festival, the audiences had the opportunity to choose films...

Dolemite is my name, starring Eddie Murphy to receive the ‘Best Comedy of the Year Award’ at Capri, Hollywood

EDDIE MURPHY STARRER ‘DOLEMITE IS MY NAME’ TO GET ‘BEST COMEDY OF THE YEAR AWARD’ AT THE 24TH ANNUAL CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD – THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   DIRECTOR PAUL FEIG TO RECEIVE INAUGURAL ‘KING OF COMEDY’ AWARD   The Italian Film Festival To Take Place December 27th - January 2, 2020   The year-end awards contender “Dolemite Is My Name” starring Eddie Murphy in the title role has been selected to receive...

2020 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS The complete list

        Best Motion Picture – Drama “The Irishman” (Netflix) “Marriage Story” (Netflix) “1917” (Universal) “Joker” (Warner Bros.) “The Two Popes” (Netflix) Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Cynthia Erivo (“Harriet”) Scarlett Johansson (“Marriage Story”) Saoirse Ronan (“Little Women”) Charlize Theron (“Bombshell”) ...

IFFI 50: Mini movie maniacs awarded

IFFI 50: Mini movie maniacs awarded Here are the winners of the 72 hours Mini Movie Mania challenge, held in conjunction with the 50th IFFI, Panaji, Goa, 2019. A total of about Rs. 9 lakh (0.9 million) were distributed as prizes. MINI MOVIE MANIA – AWARDS (National Level) Awards Awardee Name of the Film Best Film PRASAD PANDURANG MAHEKAR Film : ADAGAL Best Dir...

Quentin Tarantino and Sony Pictures’ Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood will receive the Best Ensemble Cast Award in Capri

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Quentin Tarantino and Sony Pictures’ Once Upon a Time…in  Hollywood  will receive the Best Ensemble Cast Award at the 24th edition of Capri Hollywood - The International Film Festival.  The annual cinematic event, which takes place here between December 27 and January 2, has become an important stop for films on the road to year-end awards and accolades.  ''Leonardo Di Caprio, Brad Pitt and  Margot Robbie are the leading members of an outs...

Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film crowns Boyz in the Wood with the main prize

Just Film, the largest youth and children's film festival in Northern Europe and a sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, set the audience record and handed out the Grand Prix to Ninian Doff for Boyz in the Wood. At its 19th edition Just Film screened 54 feature films and documentaries, offering a wide selection of films to kids, youngsters, parents, teachers, students and adults. During the 17-days-long festival, the audiences had the opportunity to choose films from a c...

IPA Jumpstarts Awards Race with Ford v Ferrari, Joker, Marriage Story & 1917

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent DECEMBER 3, 2019  |  BY QUENDRITH JOHNSON LOS ANGELES, CA (UPDATED): With James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari tying the nominations count with Warner Bros JOKER, and a tie between Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Sam Mendes’ 1917, The International Press Academy (IPA) jump-started Awards Season by lining up the finest films of 2019 for the official 24th Satellite Awards Nomin...

Rose d’Or Gala Award Ceremony 2019: the winners are...

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HBO and Sky Atlantic’s breakout limited drama series Chernobyl was the big winner at last night's Rose d’Or awards in London, claiming two prizes. The surprise success of 2019, Chernobyl took home the prestigious Golden Rose trophy and was also named best drama at the event, which was hosted by actor, comedian and diversity campaigner Sir Lenny Henry. Telling the inside story of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster, the five-parter was made by Sister Pictures, The Mi...

RIFF Award for the best international documentary goes to “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time” by Barbara Bentree

RIFF Awards 2019: winners of the XVIII edition announcedRome Independent Film Festival on the New Cinema Aquila directed by Fabrizio Ferrari have been announced. Our jury that has had the important task of decreeing the winners this year was made of Ukrainian journalist and film critic Nadia Zavarova, the German consultant for international festivals Bernd Brehmer, the Romanian journalist and writer Tatiana Covore, the American-Argentine musician and journalist Diego Petreco...

IFFI 50: Winners all

IFFI 50: Winners all Here is a list of award winners at IFFI 2019, Panaji, Goa, India, November 20-28, 2019: Golden Peacock: Particles, Directed by Blaise Harrison and Producer Estelle Fialon, also a cash prize of Rs 40 lakh (4 million)    Best Debut Film/Silver Peacock: Monsters, by Marius Olteanu and Abou Leila by Amin Sidi-Boumediene (tie). Award also carries prize money of Rs. 10 lakh (1 million). IFFI Best Actor Award (Male): Seu Jorge, for his role in Marighella. A Sil...

Nominees for the 24th Annual Satellite Awards, celebrating achievements in Film, Television

   INTERNATIONAL PRESS ACADEMY THE 24TH ANNUAL SATELLITE AWARDS™ With James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari leading the nominations count up against a tie between Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Sam Mendes’ 1917, The International Press Academy (IPA) jump-started Awards Season today by lining up the finest films of 2019 for the official 24th Satellite Awards Nominations announcement. Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox) starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, cloc...

Awards of the 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Asian cinema emerges victorious at the Award Ceremony of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with the Grand Prix going to Japanese Kontora and the Best Director award to Filippino filmmaker Jun Robles Jana for Kalel (15). In the festival’s premiere competition programme, the Official Selection - Competition Japanese film Kontora, directed, produced and written by Anshul Chauhan emerged victorious, nabbing the festival’s Grand Prix and the Best Music award that was hande...

Israel Film Festival in LA Awards $190K for Audience Choice Awards

The  Audience Choice Awards of the 33rd ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States, presented in a tie vote both Incitement, directed by Yaron Zilberman, Israel’s Official Selection to the 2019 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film and Forgiveness, directed by Guy Amir and Hanan Savyon, with the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film and Picture of his Life directed by Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin with the Audienc...

The winners of Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Awards announced

Yesterday Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event rewarded the best projects after a week full of presentations, networking, screenings, meetings and panel discussions attracting more than 600 guests from 54 different countries.  Marge Liiske, the Head of Industry@Tallinn and Baltic event said that it has been exciting five days of masterclasses, discussions, meetings, pitchings and networking. “74 projects - short films, features and TV drama series included - had over 500 pre-arr...

Tallinn Black Nights awarded Andrei Konchalovsky with the Lifetime Achievement Award

Russian film director Andrei Konchalovsky was awarded the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award last night at the screening of his latest film Sin (Il Peccato). This is the second time after Andrei Konchalovsky visits Tallinn Black Nights, the first time being in 2002 when he attended the screening of House of Fools, which was also screened at the festival yesterday, with him and his wife, the film's star Julia Vysotskaya in attendance. His latest film Sin, was shot fully...

Award winners of Just Film Works in Progress and Script Pool TV revealed

Yesterday evening Industry@Tallinn & Baltic event announced the first winners of this year’s industry awards: Just Film Works in Progress Award and Script Pool TV Award. Just Film Works in Progress is a newly introduced category at Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event Works in Progress focusing on children and youth film projects with five projects competing for the award. Just Film Works in Progress Award was handed out for Durim Kryeziu’s project “Family&r...

Key West Film Festival : winners of the 8th edition of the festival (November 20-24, 2019)

<a data-cke-saved-href="https://mailchi.mp/78061830 KEY WEST FILM FEST 2019 WINNERS Key West Film Festival has announced the winners of the 8th edition of the festival which ran November 20-24, 2019.     Waves directed by Trey Edward Shults, which closed the festival, was voted winner of the Audience Award. After Parkland by Emily Taguchi & Jake Lefferman won for Best Documentary Feature, A Name Without A Place  by Kenny Riches...

Finalist filmmakers selected for the 16 Days 16 Films initiative.

                         MODERN FILMS AND THE KERING FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE FINALISTS FOR SHORT FILM INITIATIVE: 16 DAYS 16 FILMS     Inspired by the UN Women campaign 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, 16 DAYS 16 FILMS is a short film initiative that focuses on filmed content addressing violence against women. Today Modern Films, in partnership with The Kering Foundation, are pleased to announce the 1...

EFP and ACC Announce the Winner of the First Arab Critics' Award for European Films

Labina Mitevska (producer and actress of God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya) with Sonja Heinen (EFP) and Alaa Karkouti (ACC) Cairo, 23 November 2019. EFP (European Film Promotion) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) proudly present the winner of the first Arab Critics' Award for European Films God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya by Teona Strugar Mitevska. 42 film critics from 13 Arab countries selected the best European film out of 24 nominations submitted by national film promotion institutions ...

Award winners at the 22nd annual Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

    The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) ends tomorrow, November 24. The award winners for this 22nd edition were announced during the closing ceremony that took place this evening at the Concordia University's Alumni Auditorium.   GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE presented by Bell Media Present.Perfect. by Shengze Zhu   “A complex, cinematic work, a testament to the deep social, political and interpersonal impacts create...

Framing the Future Award Winners in Munich

FRAMING THE FUTURE: THE 2019 AWARD-WINNERS   The grand prize of the 39th FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH goes to the short feature film “Last Call” by Hajni Kis (University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest, Hungary). The audience favorite and recipient of the Wolfgang Längsfeld Award is the Israeli film “Fine” by Maya Yadlin. Altogether, 10 awards were presented this evening, including a total of 38,500 euros in prize money. On Saturday, No...

BERNARD, FILMED ALEX QUIROGA FILM IN PÁTZCUARO, WINS THE JURY AWARD AT THE LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL OF TRIESTE 34 2019

    Official Section of the 34th Festival of Latin American Cinema of Trieste, to the Spanish film "Bernard" by Alex Quiroga, was awarded the Special Jury Prize given that it sensitizes on the need to include all persons considered "diverse."XXXIV Trieste Latin American Film Festival. This was decided by the jury, composed of Tonino Pinto, Luciano Sovena, Fernando Spiner, Valentina Ripa, who chose him for having "built as a dramatic fable, which...

RIFF Awards 2019: winners of the XVIII edition announced

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Best Film is “37 Seconds” by Hikari For International Documentaries winner is “Dave Grusin: Not Enough Time” by Barbara Bentree about the Oscar-winning composer Tootsie Best Italian Documentary “Pastrone!” by Lorenzo De Nicola on the director of Cabiria Best Italian short films “Oltre Il Fiume” by Luca Zambolin; “Vittoria per tutti” by Elia Bei wins the RAI Cinema Channel Award   Best Film is "37 Seconds&q...

Awards and prizes of the XVI Festival of Cinema and Human Rights of Barcelona

The Barcelona Film and Human Rights Festival announces the winners of the XVI edition of the contest. The awards are chosen by a professional jury composed of different personalities of Human Rights and the world of cinema. They will be released and announced at the closing ceremony to be held tonight (Friday, November 22) in the Texas Cinemas (note seized until today at 9pm).   Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, a film that follows the research of an international group of scienti...

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