The Animated Dreams Animation Film Festival Awards 2011:   Grand Prix - Wooden Wolf 1000 euros The External World Germany 2010, 15' Director: David O'Reilly The film is aggressively funny and full of surprises, and invents a totally new and unique world itself.   Best Design Metachaos Italy 2...

The 18th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, the FMX 2011 and the Animation Production day transformed Stuttgart into the "Animated Capital" for an eventful six days. The extensive Festival programme was an impressive demonstration of how animation is a lot more than just light entertainment. The social relevance and the political topicality of the winning films and numerous other entries to this year's Festival are further proof of this. In total, almost 1,000 films were shown at t...

The San Francisco Film Society wrapped its 54th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21 - May 5) with 265 screenings of 193 films from 48 countries, which were attended by 278 filmmakers and industry guests from 22 countries around the globe. "I had a hell of a good time!" exclaimed Frank Pierson, recipient of this year's Kanbar Award for excellence in screenwriting. "I enjoyed the informality of spirit and the professionalism of execution of the who...

  Golden Gate Award Documentary Feature Winners Investigative Documentary Feature:   Crime After Crime, Yoav Potash (USA 2011)  · Winner receives $25,000 cash prize Documentary Feature:   Better This World, Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (USA 2011)  · Winner receives $20,000 cash prize Bay Area Documentary Feature:   Better This World, Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (USA 2011)  · Winner receives $15,000 cash p...

  Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall and Joely Richardson Join Irish Film & Television Awards Celebrations The Irish film and television industry celebrated its 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards at a gala ceremony held in Dublin's spectacular Convention Centre on Saturday 12th February. In what was a glittering night for the Irish film and television industry the IFTA Awards saw a host of filmmakers, actors and producers walking the red ...

The San Francisco Film Society presents the fifth annual San Francisco International Animation Festival (SFIAF), a four-day celebration of the Bay Area's preeminence as a hub for one of the most creative forms in cinema, November 11 - 14 at Landmark's Embarcadero Center Cinema. This year's International Animation Festival ranges from FX-based features to family-friendly cartoons and includes Hayao Miyazaki protégé Sunao Katabuchi's Mai Mai Miracle, the Decemberists-inspired Here Come the Waves...