It is a great pleasure for the European Film Academy to present the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Isabel Coixet for her impressive contribution to the world of cinema. Born in Barcelona, Isabel Coixet started filming as a child with an 8mm camera and began working in advertising at the age of 19.
Right away, her 1989 debut feature DEMASIADO VIEJO PARA MORIR JOVEN about two friends getting by on odd jobs in Barcelona got her a first nomination for Best New Director at...
The European Film Academy launches European Film Club initiative for young people across Europe to commence the Month of European Film
Teenagers aged 12-19 can now access and discuss a catalogue of European films on the newly launched viewing platform.
European Film Club, the co-creation of the European Film Academy and young people from 25 countries, was launched this weekend across Europe, with the backing of Creative Europe MEDIA.
Several ye...
Sydney Film Festival today announced the ground-breaking appointment of acclaimed First Nations Producer Darren Dale as Board Chair of Sydney Film Festival, following the retirement of media entrepreneur, producer and philanthropist Deanne Weir in October 2023 after eight years on the Board.
A director of Blackfella Films since 2000, and an industry veteran, Darren is a leading advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content whose work has achi...
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Cillian Murphy is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for his performance as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Res...
American Riviera Award
honoring
Mark Ruffalo
Sunday, February 11th, 2024
8:00pm
Arlington Theatre,
Santa Barbara, CA
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Mark Ruffalo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Ruffalo will receive the award on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at an in-person conversation about his career, leading up to this year’s performance as Ducan Wedderburn in the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos’ “...
The winners of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)'s five competition programmes as well as the Just Film sub-festival for youth and children's films were presented with awards at the festival's award ceremony.
Misericordia wins the Grand Prix and 20 000€ for the Best Film of Official Selection Competition;
The Best Feature Film Award goes to The Moon Is Upside Down;
In the Rebels With A Cause competition p...
Saturday night Key West Film Festival celebrated our filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Thanks to Tony Armer of the Dallas Film Commission for hosting the evening, and congratulations to the KWFF 2023 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners!
Golden Key Awards
Artistic Excellence - Tom McGuane
Excellence in Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran
Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking - Sheila Nevins
Emerging Talent ...
The third edition of NEM Zagreb will welcome major companies from 6th to 8th of December at Esplanade Zagreb Hotel!
NEM ZAGREB COMPANIES 2023
All companies in alphabetical order that will contribute by supporting the event that is all about TV series & film creation can be found below
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Oscar®-winner Juliette Binoche visited Beverly Hills recently to promote her latest film, The Taste Of Things, France’s official entry, best international feature for the 96th Academy Awards.
Filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng (The Scent of Green Papaya, Cyclo) won best director for the film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, while Binoche is nominated in the best supporting performance category of the 2023 Gotham Awards.
Set in France in the late 19th century, the film...
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Filmfestivals.com will cover next Ventana Sur, Torino Film Festival and RSIFF with online dailies: take centre stage
Ventana Sur takes places November 27 -December 1; RSIFF runs November 30 till December 9, 2023.
Filmfestivals.com will be covering these markets in person with dailies and newsletters. Take center stage.... We would like to contri...
The full programme and composition of the jury for the 45th Festival des 3 Continents was announced.
The international Festival dedicated to films from Africa, Latin America, and Asia will be held in Nantes and in partner cinemas throughout the Loire-Atlantique region from November 24 to December 3, 2023.
“Beyond the attention given to contemborary cinema through the International Competition, with films by both established filmmakers and new directors, the Festival des ...
On Tuesday, 5 December, award ceremony and screening of
Dialogo tra un venditore di almanacchi e un passeggiere (1954) by Ermanno Olmi and the docufilm Il primo sguardo (2009) by Marco Manzoni.
Photo ©Gianni Berengo Gardin/Contrasto
Almost 100 works are taking part in this year's 5th edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, intended to promote short films by young directors. Fictions, documentaries, experimental films and animation, from Germany, Spain, Fra...
Shoghakat Vardanyan’s 1489 and Ariel Kuaray Ortega & Ernesto de Carvalho’s Canuto's Transformation led the way for a dazzling night of IDFA awards. Get the full overview of winners from last night's ceremony.
International Competition
1489 (Armenia) by Shoghakat Vardanyan is the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Film. The award is accompanied by a €15,000 cash prize.
"A fi...
Costa Gavras and Cristian Mungiu
The Cinema Heritage festival announces the 9 films in the International Competition after more than 500 films were viewed.
Eva Peydro, Barbara Lorey de Lacharrière and Philip Cheah, who make up the Selection Committee for the first edition of the Cinema Heritage festival, have viewed 500 films from 56 different countries and are presenting the finalists.
The I...
The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is delighted to reveal the World Premiere of HWJN (2023), directed by Yasir Al Yasiri as the Opening Night Gala of 2023. Adapted from the best-selling Young Adult fantasy novel by Ibraheem Abbas, HWJN combines Arabian folklore elements of fantasy, blended with modern themes that is sure to enthrall both regional and international audiences. A co-production from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MBC Studios and VOX Studio...
The awards ceremony of the 14th International Film Festival of Corinthia Peloponnese, "Golden Pegasus," took place yesterday at the Municipal Theater of Corinth. A crowd of people visited the art exhibition with the theme of Cinema, held in the foyer of the Municipal Theater. The exhibition featured paintings by members and friends of the Alkyonides Art and Literature Association before entering the auditorium for the Golden Pegasus Awards Ceremony. At the event, there were pre...
Maltin Modern Master Award
honoring
Robert Downey Jr.
Friday, February 9th, 2024
8:00pm
Arlington Theatre,
Santa Barbara, CA
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honored to announce that cinema icon Robert Downey Jr. will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award, its highest accolade, at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Downey Jr. will receive the prestigious award on Friday, February 9, 2024.
The ceremony will include an in-...
The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Academy Award winner and Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio and Gotham Awa...
Michel Ciment © L. Emmanuel / AFP
The great critic and writer Michel Ciment passed away yesterday at the age of 85, leaving cinema bereft of his words.The Festival de Cannes without Michel Ciment will never be quite the same. We will miss him. And so will cinema.
Michel Ciment was the Chief Editor of Positif magazine, the producer and host of the program Projection privée on France Culture until 2016, a critic for over fifty years on Le Masque et ...
Award Winners
Explore the 46th Denver Film Festival award recipients including our 2023 audience awards, juried awards, and MOFFOM.
Audience Awards
The following films were recognized as the People'...
Michel Ciment (1938-2023) pictured on the wall (shot by Jerry Schatzberg with closed eyes, quite unusual for a film critic) and with Jerry shot by Bruno Chatelin
Michel Ciment au festival Lumière, photo Paul Grandsard
Historic director of “Positif” magazine, he was a juror and expert for the Venice International Film Festival which he followed uninterruptedly from 1964 to 2021.
The President, the General Manager, the Artistic Director of the ...
Luba Balagova Kandur and filmfestivals.com founder Bruno Chatelin photographed during sunny Cannes film festival
The announcement of this year’s SIFFA UK (Nov 20-27) lineup was made by Luba Balagova Director, Screenwriter,Independent Film Festival SIFFA Founder/President. She unveileda selection of films from across the globe, including Iran, Israel, the United States, China, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Costa Rica, Romania, Australia, Colombia, and also films out...
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Filmfestivals.com will cover next Ventana Sur, Torino Film Festival and RSIFF with online dailies: take centre stage
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L to R: Jason Cassidy (Photo credit: Evan Mulling); Riley Keough (Photo credit: Jeff Vespa)
We are excited to announce that Focus Features Vice Chairman Jason Cassidy and actor, producer, and director Riley Keough have joined our Board of Directors! These Board members will help advance our mission of celebrating and nurturing independent film and media creators. Welcome!
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The Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) celebrated its 16th edition this year from October 25th – October 29th, screening over 125+ films from Brooklyn and around the world. The festival included live screenings hosted by Williamsburg Cinemas, an Opening Night Red Carpet Re...
