Building on the research, passion, and sometimes daredevil first-person investigative, Sharkwater Extinction follows the fight by Stewart and others to halt the hunting of sharks, which are often killed just for their fins. One of the world's oldest and most important predators are in more danger than ever, due to a thriving pirate industry, legal loopholes, and widespread corruption. Over 100 million sharks are killed every year. The world's shark population has decrea...
In the east bay of San Francisco, the 2018 Epic ACG Fest has completed its two days of animation films screening, comic art show, game playing and Cosplay contest. It’s award ceremony leading by a long red carpet with the Masquerade show, and the performances by the local young artists from multicultural background. The industry VIPs opened the jury committee’s envelops and announced the 2018 Winners as followed:
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While the AFM was buzzing at Loews, Merigot, Fairmont and all other hotspots, filmfestivals.com took a break from the market to attend the closing of Cinema at the Edge Independent Film Festival.
It was in full swing yesterday Nov 4th with another full day of screenings wrapping with an awards ceremony and reception at the Edgemar Center at 7pm.
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Award winners were announced today!
Competition
Tokyo Grand Prix/The Governor of Tokyo Award went to "Amanda" (France)
Best Screenplay Award by WOWOW went to "Amanda" (France)
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Quotes from winners
at Ceremony
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at press conference
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Held Nov 1 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Media Access Awards Presented by Easterseals pay tribute to entertainment industry professionals who tirelessly advance public awareness, inclusion and accessibility for people with disabilities, as well as call out for positive and accurate depictions of characters with disabilities in film and television. One-in-four Americans (25%) live with a disability, making it today’s largest minority population. But just 1.7% of TV and 2.7%...
AWARDS:
International Competition
JURY: Agnès Godard, Leo Goldsmith, Mariana Gaivão, Mike Hoolboom, Yael Bartana
City of Lisbon Award for best international competition film (8.000€)
GREETINGS FROM FREE FORESTS, Ian Soroka (USA, Slovenia, Croatia)
Portuguese Authors Society International Competition Jury Award (2.000€)
THE GUEST, Sebastian Weber (Poland)
Portuguese Competition
JURY: Madeleine Molyneaux, Rui Catalão, Virginia Garci...
Best Doc: She Who Must Be Loved & Best Short: The Art of the Game
Three Adelaide Film Festival FUND projects have picked up top prize in the Rising Sun Pictures Audience Awards at the 2018 ADL Film Fest. Last chance sessions #YOUMUSTSEE continue today and tomorrow!
Best Film, 2018 ADL Film Fest: Hotel Mumbai
Hotel Mumbai tells the astonishing story of those trapped in the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in the 2008 attacks. Stars...
Il vizio della speranza (The Vice of Hope) by Edoardo De Angelis is the winner of the "BNL People's Choice Award" at the 13th Rome Film Fest. The "BNL People's Choice Award", in collaboration with BNL Group BNP Paribas, Main Partner of Rome Film Fest, was awarded by the viewers: the audience cast its vote for the films in the Official Selection using myCicero, the official app "RomeFilmFest" (developed by Pluservice), and on the website www.romacinemafest....
International Uranium Film Festival in Berlin 2018 honors filmmakers and personalities that reveal the history and risks of the Atomic Age.
Films from USA, UK and the Marshall Islands received awards in Berlin.
The 7th International Film Festival in Berlin ended last Sunday, October 14th in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium with filmmakers and special guests from USA, Scotland, England, Denmark, Japan, Portugal, the Marshall Islands and Germany. Six films received the...
2018 CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL
AWARD WINNERS
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The 41st Denver Film Festival will run October 31–November 11, 2018
Jason Reitman will appear in-person with his new film The Front Runner and be presented with the award onstage at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Thursday, November 8.
The Denver Film Festival (DFF), p...
The Slemani International Film Festival wrapped up with an awards ceremony and several acclaimed Iranian artists including Jafar Panahi, Majid Majidi and Navid Mohammadzadeh won the main awards of the event, held from October 10-16 in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan.
Presided by Foad Jalal and organized by Masti Film Company and Mullah Bakhtiar the official in charge of supporting the festival, the closing ceremony of the festival was attended by several well-known Iranian artists includi...
With high acclaim for the selection and quality of films that made up the Official Selection for the 12th Byron Bay Film Festival, Director J’aimee Skippon-Volke released the full line-up of winning films taking home the coveted awards.
Woman at War – the Cannes award-winning follow-up to Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson's Of Horses and Men – took both Best Dramatic Feature and Best Film. In true Byron style, the film wa...
The European Film Academy proudly announces the nominations for the award categories EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2018 and EUROPEAN COMEDY 2018.
The nominations for the category COMEDY were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Members Angeles González-Sinde (Spain), Henning Kamm (Germany) and Ada Solomon (Romania), director Hannes Holm (Sweden) and distributor Hrvoje Laurenta (Croatia).
As for ANIMATED FEATURE FILM, the committee consisted of EFA Board Dep...
From Unrestricted Grants to Custom-Tailored Support, Documentary Film Program Celebrates Innovative Approaches to Nonfiction Filmmaking
Top, L–R: Deborah Stratman, Sky Hopinka, Leilah Weinraub. Middle, L–R: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Natalia...
check his masterclass in Cannes
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Isabelle Huppert Photocall - 13th Rome Film Fest
Isabelle Huppert attends a photocall during the 13th Rome Film Fest at Auditorium Parco Della Musica on October 20, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) Isabelle Huppert
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Eric Roberts
The closing ceremony of the IV International Motivational Film and Sports Festival BRIDGE of ARTS took place on October 14, 2018 in Multiplex Gorizont CINEMA&EMOTION in Rostov-on-Don. The names of main and short film competitions’ winners were announced at the event. The ceremony was hosted by Marat Basharov.
“It was the best festival I have ever visited and trust me – I have visited a lot of them. This one was the best and the merriest,” the statem...
Winning films will receive a 4 day theater run at Stuart Cinema & Café.
Best Feature: A Sense of Purpose: Fighting For Our Lives
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9XyxN76JzA
Best Music Video: Together
Music Video: https://vimeo.com/199503135
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· Three Centimetres, by Lebanese director Lara Zeidan wins international Iris Prize
· Beyond ‘There’s always a black issue, dear’ wins Best British Award
· Best Feature Film win for AIDS drama 1985
IRIS PRIZE
Three Centimetres, directed by Lebanese filmmaker Lara Zeidan, has been announced the win...
WINNERS OF THE 47TH EDITION
After Thuesday's Short Films Awards (take a look at the winners here), yesterday was the moment to give the features and VR works awards.
COMPÉTITION INTERNATIONALE – FEATURES
The International Competition (feature films) jury is composed of Fanny Britt, Alanis Obomsawin and François-Pier Pelinard-Lambert.
Louve d'or - Presented by Quebecor
GENÈSE / GENESIS by Phillipe Lesage
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UNAFF celebrates the power of films dealing with human rights, environmental themes, women’s issues, protection of refugees, homelessness, racism, children, disease control, universal education, war and peace.
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The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2018 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of EFA Board Member Katriel Schory (Israel), festival programmers Mihai Chirilov (Romania) and Azize Tan (Turkey) as well as film critics Isabelle Danel (Fra...
