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Join us for our Women in Film Panel on May 9th at 7:15 PM! We have an incredible line-up of panelists including Jan Eliasberg, Jenifer Westphal, Danelle Eliav, and Afia Nathaniel!This year's panel takes place at the Helen Mills Theater. For more info and tickets visit our website: https://www.nycindieff.com/event/women-in-film-panel ...

The 14th edition of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival has come to an end and the winner is...

The 14th edition of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival has come to an end. We screened 80 of the world's best independent films, giving our audience a great insight on independent cinema. Creativity has been a key word to the festival and we couldn't be more glad to announce the main winners!       Best Independent Film 2019 Title: Piggy Dir. Carlota Martínez Pe...

UK LGBT Film Distributor TOM ABELL presented with inaugural Iris Fellowship

Directors, actors, producers, industry professionals and LGBT+ activists gathered at the Ministry in London to congratulate the much-loved LGBT+ champion “British audiences would be starved of LGBT+ content if it were not for the work of this amazing, kind man,” Tom Abell, Managing Director and owner of Peccadillo Pictures, has been presented with the inaugural Iris Prize Fellowship. Honouring those who have made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ film industry, the fellowsh...

Film Projects and Young Talents Awarded at Meeting Point – Vilnius

The 10th audiovisual industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius awarded the best in-development films and young talents. Taking place during Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, the event attracted hundreds of film professionals looking for the next big name in cinema. The 10th audiovisual industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius (MPV) awarded the best in-development films and young talents. Taking place during Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris, the event attracted hundreds ...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Announces 2019 Award Winners

One Child Nation wins Grand Jury Award GIVE and Obon win Jury Award for Best Short       Award winners for the 2019 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival were announced at the festival’s annual Awards Barbecue today. Full Frame is a qualifying event for nominations for t...

Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI) and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Announce Annual Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2019 Grantees

    Filmmakers from Venezuela, Mexico, Jamaica, Colombia, Chile & Nepal will receive grants totaling $150,000   Sloan to Host Panel Discussion with Julianna Margulies, Liam Cunningham and more, following the world premiere of the “The Hot Zone” during the Tribeca Film Festival     Tribeca Film Institute® (TFI) and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced their annual TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund 2019 Grantees...

The Garden State Film Festival Asbury Park, wrap and awards

  The Garden State Film Festival took place in Asbury Park, March 27-31 That's A Wrap....   2019 GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL CELEBRATED HONOREES, WINNERS AND THE FILM FESTIVAL’s 17th ANNIVERSARY    Thousands of people attended the Garden State Film Festival’s 17th annual celebration in Asbury Park last weekend (March 27-31, 2019). The spectacular event spanned FIVE DAYS for the first time in the Festival’s history, and welcomed ov...

Sharkwater Extinction wins three prizes at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards

Sharkwater Extinction has proceeded to the Finalist level in the 2019 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.  With entries from over 40 countries, this year’s TV & Film Awards presented a strong competition, so once again, congratulations. In the current phase of the judging process, your work may be promoted to a Gold, Silver or Bronze World Medal level. If your work does not achieve Medal status, it will remain a Finalist and will receive a Finalist Certificate Award.&n...

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[english below] [PT] O Festival Caminhos do Cinema Português tem sido, desde 1988, um dos principais referentes no panorama cinematográfico nacional. Apresentando-se como o único festival dedicado ao cinema português em todas as suas vertentes (projetos finais de escolas de cinema, animação, documentário, curta-metragem e longa-metragem), mostra-se como a derradeira montra das obras cinematográficas que anualmente são p...

Miracle in East Texas wins Platinum Remi Award for best romantic comedy

Kevin and Sam Sorbo received their Platinum Remi Award for best romantic comedy from Festival director Hunter Todd. The filmmakers were flying to Europe and could not stsay for the closing awards ceremony. ...

VIDEO: The Amdocs 2019 Award for Best International Short Documentary goes to “Cricket Liu,” by Julia Cheng

  Julia Chen won best short doc at Amdocs, on her world premiere, she was shocked, thrilled, happy, emotional and even spoke some chinese recommending chinese filmmakers to attend AMDOCS...   Cricket Liu CHINA / Zhu Cheng / 18 min. WORLD PREMIERE Sun. March 31, 11:00 am,  Camelot  PROGRAM 18 ...

AMDOCS Awards 2019

The winner of the Sadie Katz Award for Hustle is  MD Silverstein of  The Weight Of Success.   “Defend, Conserve, Protect” wins Best International Feature Documentary. Best National Feature Documentary goes to “KIFARU” and that guy hambone. Seeing the Bigger Picture Award goes to @FilmmakerJulie, co-director of the Oscar-nominated @RBGmovie. This AmDocs honor goes annually to a filmmaker who’s made significant contributions to soc...

Get tickets: TV PILOTS!

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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest is presenting over 250 amazing indies! This includes: TV PILOTS! Get tickets to our TV Pilots session happening on May 7 at 8:30 pm!   For more info on all our selections visit our website!   ...

22nd Annual Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) Awards

 The 2019 Sonoma International Film Festival (SIFF) kicked off 22 years of film, food, wine, and spirits with the announcement that it was named the #8 film festival in the country, and the only California festival, in a USA TODAY readers poll released on March 22. SIFF showcased 123 films from 24 countries from Wednesday, March 27 - Sunday, March 31, 2019 at intimate venues, all walkable from Sonoma Plaza.   “In many ways, it was the best film festival ever,” said F...

Manaki Brothers Fest honored with The Cristal Eye by IMAGO cinematographers association

At  this year's first press conference from the International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers", the festival director Gena Teodosievska informed the attendees of the grand accolade given to the festival – The Cristal Eye of IMAGO, an award given to the festival by the International Cinematographers' Association – IMAGO, for extraordinary contribution to promotion of film art.   "The significance of the awards of IMAGO is confi...

John Carpenter to receive the Carosse d'or during Cannes - Director's fortnight

The Carrosse d’Or will be awarded to John Carpenter during the 51st Directors’ Fortnight Opening Ceremony   ...

The first Budapest Debut Film Forum concluded on Wednesday

  The first Budapest Debut Film Forum concluded on Wednesday. The professional jury chose Slovakian film plan Victim by director Michal Blaško and producer Jakub Viktorín  as the most promising project.   Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival organised the first Budapest Debut Film Forum, which took place on March 26–27 with the participation of the creators of the 8 selected projects and an international group of tutors &n...

Get Tickets: WEB SERIES

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The 10th Annual NYC Indie Film Fest is presenting over 250 amazing indies! This includes: WEB SERIES!   Get tickets to our webseries sessions happening on May 9 (4:45 PM) and May 12 (1:45 PM).   For more info on all our selections visit our website! ...

Pasadena Festival PIFF 2019 Nominees & Award Winners

​ BEST FEATURE FILM Cruel Hearts - WINNER Wheels Northwood Pie ​ BEST SHORT FILM Mr. Sushi It’s a Mess Pusher The Invention - WINNER Eli Waiting Game Diwa 2 Wrongs Modern Slave Broken Paper Birds Foxes   BEST DIRECTOR Paul Osborne (Cruel Hearts) Leo McGuigan (The Invention) Jon Sumple (Extraordinary: The Seeding) Joshua Sallach (Mr. Sushi) LeAndre Thomas (Mirror) - WINNER ​ BEST ACTOR ...

Rob Stewart wins the DCEFF Shared Earth Foundation Award for Advocacy with a 10.000$ cash prize

Established for the 2014 Festival, this award recognizes a film that inspires advocacy in response to a compelling environmental challenge. The award includes a $10,000 cash prize. "I am so proud that Rob Stewart's film has earned this award from one of the largest green festivals in the world. So much hard work and passion to deliver the strong message on screen. My sincere warmest thanks to the festival for recognizing the value of his vision and for the amazing tribute to ...

2019 Sun Valley Film Festival, Presented by Ford, Award Winners.

Meg Ryan, Aaron Paul, Alex Ross Perry and Fisher Stevens receive SVFF Award Honors   Long Shot receives Audience Award   Running with Beto wins Producer’s Vision Award and Audience Award Finalist The Flip and Mariana van Zeller win Nat Geo Prizes The Flip and Mariana van Zeller win Nat Geo Prize Candice Pate (SVFF Festival Director), Meg Ryan and Teddy Grennan (SVFF Executive Director at the Sun Valley Film Festival V...

Sochi Film Festival awards Sharkwater Extinction at gala in London, on the eve of its release in the UK

THE GLAMOROUS Sochi International Film Festival and Awards’ (SIFFA) UK Gala Night in the decorous interior of top global law firm Pinsent Masons proved a Box Office hit with the City lawyers and Anglo-Russian movie makers and shakers last night (21/3/2019). A full house of 150 specially selected guests from the legal and film worlds donned gowns and black tie for the SIFFA’19 UK Gala celebrations, which are held shortly after the main event in the Russian Black Sea coastal resort ...

Socially Relevant Film Festival Brave Documentarian Award to M.A. Taylor for The Creepy Line

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 SR Socially Relevant Film Festival 2019(SRFF 2019) wrapped up its Sixth Edition at Cinema Village on March 21, 2019, revealing the winners of its various competition categories. Stand-out awards were the Empowering Women and Girls Award, given to Laura Hinman for her doc short, California Girls, this short that depicts indigenous California women was picked by the festival for the Vanya Exerjian award, in memory of festival founder Nora Armani's cousin. The Grand Prize Narrat...

2019 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Announces Competition Winners

   As the 16th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival heads into its closing weekend, thousands of fans have taken in an exceptional program of nonfiction films, with more to come in the final days. 35 of the 181 films in the festival competed in four different categories, and the following films were announced as the 2019 winners at the Awards event on Friday, February 22. The 2019 competition featured 16 world premieres and six North American premieres. The four comp...

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