The Sarasota Film Festival celebrates its 10th Anniversary April 4-13th 2008. What began as a three-day festival with a handful of events has grown over a decade into one of the leading regional festivals is North America. As previously announced, this year the festival is thrilled to have as its honorary chairs, Governor Charlie Crist, United Artists CEO Paula Wagner and Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Co-Chairman Rick Nicita. They are all expected to attend the 10th Anniversary Ball, where th...

La 60ème édition du festival aura été marquée par un éclairage important offert à la production américaine et des chois consacrés du festival, auteurs fétiches du festival, multi palmés... Nombreux au départ, peu nombreux à l'arrivée: les habitués du festival n'ayant pas impressioné le jury.Certains regretteront les quelques concessions au star système, les cannois et les medias eux s'en sont réjouis et les montées de marches de Brad Pitt et Angelina Jolie, ou de l...

The awards ceremony concluded a fortnight of sunny star crowded Croisette. Power block busters came to make an impression along with glamourous stars, while the competition films from non commercial cinematographies made an impact with the critics.The Roumanian 4 months... Palme D'Or Winner and Persepolis were among the ones much discussed after their official screening.INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION JURY Palme d’Or: "4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days," Cristian Mungiu, (Romania)Grand Prix : "The Mournin...

11th Lyon Asian Film Festival7 - 14 november 2005 - LYON FRANCEPUBLIC AWARD FOR BEST FILM 1st : MARATHON by Chung Yoon-chul (South Korea)2nd : BLACK by Sanjay Leela Bhansali (India)3rd : PERTH by Djinn (Singapore)PUBLIC AWARD FOR NEW ASIAN CINEMA SECTION1st : PERTH by Djinn (Singapore)2nd : NAVARASA by Santosh Sivan (India)3rd : OUTSIDE by Wang Jianjun (China)PUBLIC AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM :1st : NITABOH by Nishizawa Akio (Japan)PUBLIC AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM :1st : G23 by Anthon...