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Golden Orange Film Festival Winners Announced

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We Will See Good Days The awarded films of the 48th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival were announced at the festival's glorious closing gala on 14th October. ‘And the Women touched the World’ main themed festivals, all women consisted juries awarded the ‘Best of 2011’. Thirteen feature films competed during the week of 8th-14th October – nine of which were directors’ debuts. It was a significant night for M.Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay’s ‘ZENNE DANCER...

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Actor Gerard Depardieu at ADFF 2010 to present POTICHE (2010). He called the man in white, 'Jesus'. photo by Vanessa McMahon 

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Actor Gerard Depardieu at ADFF 2010 to present POTICHE (2010). He called the man in white, 'Jesus'. photo by Vanessa McMahon

What's cooking at Roma Fest 6th edition?

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Fifteen films in competition for the Official Selection of the sixth edition of the International Rome Film Festival (27th October - 4th November) featuring productions from all over the world.  Among many others, the scheduled films include Hotel Lux by Leander Haußmann, Babycall by Pål Sletaune, Hysteria by Tanya Wexler, Poongsan by Juhn Jaihong, The Eye of the Storm by Fred Schepisi with Geoffrey Rush and Charlotte Rampling, Une vie meilleure by Cédric Kahn with Guillaume Canet, Magic V...

The awards ceremony of the trinidad+tobago film festival 2011

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The awards ceremony of the trinidad+tobago film festival 2011 was held Oct 4 at the Little Carib Theatre in Woodbrook.   Image: A still from Jean Gentil (Israel Cárdenas & Laura Guzmán)   Here is a list of all the winners. Jury awards Best narrative feature: Jean Gentil, Israel Cárdenas & Laura Guzmán Best documentary feature: Hit Me with Music, Miquel Galofré Best short film: 10 Ave Maria, Juan Francisco Pardo & Ryan Oduber Spe...

NYFF 2011 Premiere of The Skin I Live In (La Piel Que Habito) in Theaters October 14

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By Maria Esteves – October 13, 2011 The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of THE SKIN I LIVE IN, directed by Pedro Almodovar was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 12:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Pedro Almodovar, casts members Antonio Banderas, and Elena Anaya moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena. Questions posed by Richar...

Lazar Ristovski at the Golden Orange Film Festival

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  The famous Serbian director, actor, producer and writer Lazar Ristovski is at the 48th International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the special screening of his latest film, ‘WHITE LIONS’. Ristovski who has become world-renowned actor,  after appearing the award-winning Emir Kusturica film, “Underground”, will  get together with the audience for the Q&A session after the screening of his film.  Ristovski will also hold a worksho...

The Scream Award Nominations

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The Scream Awards, sponsored by Scream Magazine, have announced their Official Nominations today!   These Awards will be presented at the close of the British Horror Film Festival on Saturday October 15th at the Empire, Leicester Square. With the ceremony starting at 10.45pm. THE SCREAM AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST DIRECTOR ANDY THOMPSON - KILL KEITH MARTIN KEMP - STALKER SUSAN JACOBSON - THE HOLDING BEST ACTOR MARC PICKERING - KILL KEITH VINCENT REGAN - THE HOLDING BEN...

The Star Casino Loves Leonardo DiCaprio and Models, Casino King By Eva Rinaldi

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The Star Casino Loves Leonardo DiCaprio And Models; Casino King, by Eva Rinaldi Leonardo DiCaprio Media and insider reports state Leonardo DiCaprio is dating at least two Sydney based models. This contradicts earlier reports that Leo "wasn't interested in Australian women". Maybe Leo's strategy was to portray himself as "hard to get" (if not impossible). Whatever the case, Leo hasn't lost his touch with the ladies. We heard a little something ...

Buffalo Niagara Film festival Awards 2011

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BNFF SEPT 2011 AWARD WINNERSGRAND JURY AWARDSBEST FEATURE FILM – David Mazzoni/Faust Checho for “The Fields”BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM – John Hannon for “Hockey Courage”BEST SHORT FILM – Valerie Jensen for “ShakeSPHERE: Romeo and Juliet”BEST STUDENT FILM – Nicole Favale for “A Window Into Willard”BEST SCREENPLAY – Steven Lipkin for “Betrayals”GENRE AWARDSBEST COMEDY – Joanne Hock for “Redneck Roots”BEST SUSPENSE IN A SHORT FILM – John Stead for “The Waking”AU...

In case you missed the South East European Film Festival in LA last May...

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For those who didn’t see the 2011 South East European Film Festival (SEE FEST) last May, I thought I’d recap a few of my favorite films. Me, My Gypsy Family, and Woody Allen was a humorous and moving 2009 documentary about the Halilović family’s move from caravans into a permanent apartment, and the daughter Laura’s intent on being a filmmaker rather than getting married at 18, as her mother and relatives expected. Halilović’s family had lived in caravans in Italy sin...

The Iris Prize Winners 2011

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And the winner is: ·       I Don’t Want To Go Back Alone  (directed by Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil) - Iris Prize And the other winners are:  ·        The Red Bike (directed by Andrew Steggall) – Best UK Short ·        August (directed by Eldar Rapaport)- Iris Prize Best Feature Award ·        Murray Bartlett (Troy in August) Best Actor in a Feature ·        Allison Lane (Candy in Going Down In La-La Land) Best Actress in a Feature A short film about ...

A tribute to John Wayne from The Jules Verne Festival

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Jules Verne Festival creators Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne (http://www.julesverne.org) proudly announce the official tribute to John Wayne, welcoming to the stage the Wayne family, the cast of True Grit, the film that won him his Oscar, and special celebrity guests, among them actress and costar Kim Darby, a.k.a. Mattie Ross in True Grit and harmonica player Tommy Morgan (Rio Bravo, The Cowboys, Dances with Wolves, and more). Sons Patrick Wayne and Ethan Wayne will accept the...

49th New York Film Festival Premiere of George Harrison: Living in the Material World Red Carpet Photos

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By Maria Esteves – October 7, 2011 The 49th New York Film Festival 2011(NYFF 2011) premiere of George Harrison: Living in the Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese commenced Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 6:30pm at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. Presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the HBO documentary airs Wednesday, October 5, and Thursday, October 6, 9:00PM ET. Red carpet arrivals at the premiere included Adrian Grenier, Eric Idle, Helen Morris, Margaret Bodde, Martin ...

What's Your Number' sex comedy with Anna Faris wows, by Eva Rinaldi

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 What's Your Number' sex comedy with Anna Faris wows: by Eva Rinaldi What a year of raunch. Enter No Strings Attached (Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher) and then Friends with Benefits (Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis), now What's Your Number, another sexy and fun Hollywood comedy centered on a platonic relationship between two 20 year olds.   Anna Faris stars opposite Chris Evans, last seen on the big screen as Captain America. The two good lookers nurture their friendship, ha...

Alison Chernick Wins Best Short Screenplay of Films at Broad Humor Film Festival

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Alison Chernick, the director and writer of "The Couple" has won the Best Short Screenplay Award of the produced films at the 2011 Broad Humor Film Festival (www.broadhumor.com) The 6th Annual Broad Humor Film Festival took place Sept. 29-Oct. 2 at the Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. Broad Humor is the only film festival dedicated to woman-created humor. "When we started the festival, there wasn't a lot of recognition for women who wrote and directed comedic films," says founder and festival dire...

Britain’s Critics' Circle Film Awards set for january 19

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Britain’s leading film critics have today announced that their 32nd awards ceremony will be held on 19 January 2012, bringing the annual event earlier in the awards calendar than in previous years. The awards will be held at BFI Southbank, hosted by¬¬¬¬ broadcaster and Chairman of The Critics' Circle Film Section Jason Solomons, and are expected to attract a host of well-known British and international film talent.Since its first edition in 1980, these awards have become one of the most an...

How to Attract Above-the-line Players to Your Festival

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A International Film Festival Summit Fireside Chat with Matthew Modine: How to Attract Above-the-line Players to Your Festival Hosted by: Robin Bronk, CEO The Creative Coalition Laurie Kirby, Executive Director of the International Film Festival Summit, has announced that Award-winning actor Matthew Modinewill be joining the 8th annual event and participating in a special ‘Fireside Chat’ – How To Attract Above-the-Line Players to Your Festival, a dialogue with IFFS participants to provide ...

The Clearwater Film and Music awards

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WAVECREST AWARD WINNERS   Best Feature Film New Year by Phil Borg CANADA Best Short Film 21 by Csaba Bene Perlenberg  SWEDEN Best Documentary Film Chasing Water by Peter McBride USA Best Animated Film The Happets: In The Kingdom Of The Sun by Alex Colls  SPAIN Best Actor Aaron Salgado in Ashley Lynn USA Best Actress Joanna Douglas in New Year CANADA Best Director Csaba Bene Perlenberg - 21 SWEDEN Best Film Scor...

Jean Gentil takes top prize at T&T Film Festival

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The story of a Haitian man looking for spiritual peace has taken the main prize at the trinidad+tobago film festival 2011 (ttff/11), presented by Flow. The Festival, in its sixth annual edition, ran from 21 September to 04 October. The awards were presented at a ceremony on Sunday 02 October. Jean Gentil, directed by Israel Cárdenas of Mexico and Laura Guzmán of the Dominican Republic, took the jury prize for the overall best narrative feature film. A documentary about t...

The Turin Horse Q and A with Bela Tarr at RIFF

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still from the film THE TURIN HORSE (2011) THE TURIN HORSE (2011), the last film by celebrated Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr, screened in Reykjavik tonight at the 8th Reykjavik Film Festival (RIFF). The film is 2 ½ hours long but despite its hard subject matter and rough arthouse style, it holds onto its full audience from beginning to end. At the end of the screening the master filmmaker himself attended a Q and A for inquiring indie film buffs. This is a difficult film to work through and wh...

The Golden Egg Winner was "Auf wiedersehen papa" by Sandra Nedeleff

"Auf wiedersehen papa".The Golden Egg Winner was "Auf wiedersehen papa" by Sandra Nedeleff: "An everyday drama that navigates from stone cold reality into a fairytale and back again, throwing in a few twists along the way. This is a beautiful and elegantly realized film, shot on location in Berlin and is only the second film from this actor turned director. Auf Wiedersehen papa is a wonderful

The Golden Egg Winner was "Auf wiedersehen papa" by Sandra Nedeleff

"Auf wiedersehen papa".The Golden Egg Winner was "Auf wiedersehen papa" by Sandra Nedeleff: "An everyday drama that navigates from stone cold reality into a fairytale and back again, throwing in a few twists along the way. This is a beautiful and elegantly realized film, shot on location in Berlin and is only the second film from this actor turned director. Auf Wiedersehen papa is a wonderful

Beefeater In edit festival highlights

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The 9th edition of the BEEFEATER IN-EDIT FESTIVAL, Barcelona's International Music Documentary Film Festival, which takes place from October 27th to November 6th, announces its complete programme .   Following the first confirmations revealed during the press conference, among which, special emphasis was given to the homaged director -in this edition Murray Lerner-, it is a pleasure for the organization to announce the complete programme for this year's festival.    ...

Slovenian films a great success in LA

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Los Angeles was recently treated to “Slovenia Begs to Differ,” a unique retrospective of Slovenian films, 1945-present. The film series took place over three weekends in September 2011 at the Hammer Museum’s 295-seat Billy Wilder Theater, which was consistently full or 2/3 full every night. Many film aficionados showed up to see films shown from archival 35mm prints. The films were curated by Vera Mijojlic, artistic director of the South East European Film Festival, and Shannon Kel...
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