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The festival delivered a classic ceremony for the 36th edition of the FFM.
The audience and media seem to share the views of the jury, Wings was th emost controversial of the award winners
"The Flower Square", my personal favorite, was awarded a "freedom of speech award".
Krsto Papic 's the croatian master suffered from political controversy around his message on the corruption of the croatian authorities and the mafia.
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Looking to embark on a spiritual journey, Pierre Masson, a 61-year-old retired Quebec university professor, ends up making a short, unsettling trip around Okinawa with Junko, a 40-year-old runaway wife. The unprepared intellectual would rather not get involved with this unlikely and passionate lover, especially in an unfamiliar and disorienting cultural context. The confused, unwilling sexagenarian decides nevertheless to follow his destiny, unsure of where it (she?…) wil...
The WORLD COMPETITION includes world and international premieres. The international official Jury will award the various prizes for the feature films of his section: Grand Prix of the Americas, Special Grand Prix of the Jury, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Artistic Contribution, Innovation Award. This same Jury will award two prizes for the short films of this section.
Australian actress Greta Scacchi will preside over an international jury of film ...
Ted Hope, one of the film industry’s most respected and prolific figures, has been named executive director of the San Francisco Film Society (SFFS), effective September 1, 2012. In a surprise move, the veteran film producer and one of the most influential individuals in independent film will embark upon a new chapter in his professional life, leaving New York City, where he produced independent films through his companies Good Machine, This is that corporation and Double Hope Films, t...
The 36th Montreal World Film Festival announces that it will honour Mel Hoppenheim with its Grand Prize of the Americas. "There are few men in our cinema with the Mel Hoppenheim's stature," declared MWFF president Serge Losique. "He is among the men most responsible for the concrete development of Quebec and Canadian film industries. As a builder and entrepreneur but also as a generous philanthropist, Mel was a prime mover in the establishment of a true domestic film industry....
The 15th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival announced the winners of the jury awards for five competitive categories of the festival program: Best First or Second Narrative Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short, and Hecho en Tejas. Audience Awards were also announced for Narrative Feature, Documentary Feature, and Youth Films.
The Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Film went to Las malas intenciones(The Bad Intentions) a life...
Rachel Rosen, director of programming for the San Francisco Film Society, Benoit Jacquot, director of FAREWELL, MY QUEEN, and Melanie Blum, SFFS interim executive director, arriving at Opening Night of the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 19, 2012. Photo © Pamela Gentile, courtesy of San Francisco Film Society
The longest-Running Film Festival in the Americas Enjoys a Spectacular Year with Superb Programming, Numerous Spe...
Director: Eric Patrick.
An animated collage of photographs and audio fragments from WWII era radio dramas combine to critique the classic American televisual nuclear family.
American Debut for the 4TH Edition of A SHADED VIEW ON FASHION FILM Festival at ART/ BASEL/ MIAMI BEACH in collaboration with ACRIA
Just over one month since its Centre Pompidou Paris launch, ASVOFF 4 has already made its way across the globe to Tokyo, and will now travel West making its American debut at the 10th Edition of Art Basel/Miami Beach December 1st-4th, the most prestigious art show in the Americas. The ASVOFF 4 Miami screenings, in collaboration with the Morgan Hotel Gr...
8th Dubai International Film Festival runs December 7 to 14,• 46 world premieres, 25 international premieres and 78 Middle East premieres • Award-winning films and A-list talent from the Americas, Europe, Asia Africa and the Arab world • 89 films vie for prestigious Muhr Awards with total prize money of over US$600,000 The eighth Dubai International Film Festival, held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler o...
The Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) and FIAPF-International Federation of Film Producers Associations announced today that Chinese film producer and director Zhang Yimou will be the 2011 recipient of the FIAPF Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film in the Asia-Pacific region.
The honour will be awarded at the fifth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards ceremony on Australia's Gold Coast on November 24.
One of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers, Zhang Yimou's films have open...
Nominations for the 39th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 21, 2011 at the Hilton New York Hotel.Nominations span a record 20 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, M...
EVEN THE RAIN (2011) screens at the 8th annual Reykjavik International Film Festival (RIFF) 2011, where environmental concerns seem to underline this year's festival focus. EVEN THE RAIN was directed by Iciar Bollaín and written by award winning screenwriter Paul Laverty. The film takes place in the village of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000. The premise was to make an epic film about Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It is a fiction film in the style of a documentary about ...
AWARDS OF THE WORLD FILM FESTIVAL – MONTRÉAL 2011
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President : VICENTE ARANDA, director (Spain)
KATHARINA MARIE SCHUBERT, actress (Germany)
LAURENT HEYNEMANN, director (France)
LI QUINKUAN, director (China)
DINO GENTILI, script-writer and director (Italy)
BERNARD SEGUIN-POIRIER, painter and sculptor (Canada)
CARMEN GAGNON, representing the general public (Canada)
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix des Americas:
(COME AS YOU ARE) HASTA LA VISTA by Geoffrey E...
JURY
Président : VICENTE ARANDA, director (Spain)
KATHARINA MARIE SCHUBERT, actress (Germany)
LAURENT HEYNEMANN, director (France)
LI QUINKUAN, director (China)
DINO GENTILI, script-writer and director (Italy)
BERNARD SEGUIN-POIRIER, painter and sculptor (Canada)
CARMEN GAGNON, representing the general public (Canada)
FEATURE FILMS
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The seventh edition of Fantastic Fest, will be happening September 22-29 in Austin, Texas.
This batch of 20 films spans the globe from Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong, Korea and of course the USA. We're debuting digital restorations of Italian horror classics and a stunning 3D epic with more objects flying in your face than Michael Bay and James Cameron combined. With favorite Fantastic Fest veterans returning with new projects and a new slate of debut directors, 2011 is ...
Doroteya Droumeva's German short Der Brief / The Letter, about a pregnant woman's mysterious letter, was chosen as the winner at the 2011Cannes Film Festival's Cinéfondation Awards during a ceremony held at the Buñuel Theatre.The Cinéfondation and Short Films Jury — Julie Gayet, Jessica Hausner, Corneliu Porumboiu, João Pedro Rodrigues and President Michel Gondry — awarded the runner-up prize to Kamal Lazraq's Drari (France). The third prize went to Son Tae-gyum's Fl...
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EVEN THE RAIN (Spain, 2010) screens at Copenhagen Film Festival 2011.
EVEN THE RAIN was directed by Iciar Bollaín and written by award winning
screenwriter Paul Laverty. The film takes place in the village of
Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000. The premise was to make an epic film about
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It is a fiction film in
the style of a documentary about this film crew and its director,
Sebastián (Gael García Bernal), and his...
EVEN THE RAIN was directed by Iciar Bollaín and written by award winning screenwriter Paul Laverty. The film takes place in the village of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000. The premise was to make an epic film about Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It is a fiction film in the style of a documentary about this film crew and its director, Sebastián (Gael García Bernal), and his producer (Luis Tosar) as they attempt to show Columbus, exploiter of the indigenous people of Bolivia...
EVEN THE RAIN was directed by Iciar Bollaín and written by award winning screenwriter Paul Laverty. The film takes place in the village of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2000. The premise was to make an epic film about Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It is a fiction film in the style of a documentary about this film crew and its director, Sebastián (Gael García Bernal), and his producer (Luis Tosar) as they attempt to show Columbus, exploiter of the indigenous people of Bolivia...
Renaissance Austin Hotel welcomes film students and professionals to premiere Latin American International Film Festival.
From April 21 to April 28, the city of Austin welcomes some of the best Latin American filmmakers and international film lovers. The eight day Cine Las America International Film Festival showcases both modern and classic films, many of which offer English subtitles. This year, festival goers can expect to see award winning films like También la lluvia (Even the Rain), Ani...
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Korean filmmakers, musicians, and actors, make up the 5th Annual KAFFNY happening THIS weekend in New York! 5 Full length features, 5 Talks, 29 Shorts, 6 films from Retrospective honoree, Dai Sil Kim-Gibson, and much more await you this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 18-20th!
You don’t have to travel hours by airplane to get an education in Korean art, culture and film! Hop the subway to Chelsea Clearview Cinema, located at 260 West ...
Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running
film festival in the Americas. Held each spring for two weeks, the
International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and
innovation in the country’s most beautiful city, featuring some 150 films and
live events with more than 100 filmmakers in attendance and nearly two dozen
awards presented for cinematic excellence. The Festival attracts an annual
audience of more than 80,000.
“Few festivals are more suited to their city than the International. It’s clearly a
festival programmed by those who love film for people who love film.” — Alex
Romanelli, editor, Variety
Highlights include Coffee with Oscar®-winner Vilmos Zsigmond; and a Panel on Shooting Low-Budget Features on Film
Kodak will once again give its full support to the independent filmmaking community at the Slamdance and Sundance Film Festivals, which will run concurrently in Park City, Utah, beginning January 20.
Kodak will present an extended Q&A with Oscar®-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC and producer Jack Robinette following the screening of the...
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