Recognition of Asia emerging directors and remarkable film projects
Hong Kong, 21 March, 2018 - The 16th Hong Kong - Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) concluded successfully today after the three-day investment forum and awards ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event gathered filmmakers, leading film financiers and industry professionals across the world to witness the first step towards their dreams. A total of 11 awards were presented to ...
Film Fest Gent announces multiple award-winning composer Carter Burwell as central guest for 18th World Soundtrack Awards
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33rd GUADALAJARA, FILM FESTIVAL (Mexico)
MAGUEY AWARD
Públic Award
Película: “Miss Rosewood”
Director: Helle Jensen
País: Dinamarca, Estados Unidos
Maguey Award (LGB)
Film: “Tinta Bruta”
Director: Filipe Matzembacher y Marco Reolon
Country: Brasil
IBEROAIBEROAMERICAN FILM
Film: “El escarabajo al final de la calle”
$75,000 pe...
From left: Yuya ISHII, YANG Ik-june, Norio ISHII ©Asian Film Awards Academy
The 12th annual Asian Film Awards (AFA) were held at The Venetian Macao on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The awards ceremony is hosted every year by the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA), which consists of three major international film festivals in Asia, the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), the Busan International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
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The Winners Are In!
Winners include Rock My Heart, Shadow Boxer, and The Witch Hunters
TIFF Kids Young People's Jury
TIFF is proud to announce the winners of this year’s TIFF Kids International Film Festival. This weekend’s screening of Rosie & Mouss...
Congratulations to all the winners in the following competition categories. Winning film in the George Sidney, Central Coast and Audience Award categories will play this week, from Monday-Thursday at the Downtown Cinemas.
Festival passes WILL NOT be accepted, and there will not be filmmakers present. But you’ll have a chance to catch up on some of the films you might never get another opportunity to watch! All movies are $8.50 and include a med...
THE PRIZES OF THE 36TH BERGAMO FILM MEETING
COMPETITION-EXHIBITION
FIRST PRIZE BERGAMO FILM MEETING – UBI BANCA (5.000 euros)
to be a concrete help to productions that invest in young authors and indipendent cinema
ISCELITEL (SECRET INGREDIENT) by Gjorce Stavreski (Macedonia, Greece 2017)
SECOND PRIZE BERGAMO FILM MEETING
BÁBA Z LEDU (ICE MOTHER) by Bohdan Sláma (Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 2017)
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The SXSW Conference and Festivals announced the 2018 Jury and Special Award winners of the 2018 SXSW Film Festival Awards Presented by FilmStruck at the historic Paramount Theatre. The awards were hosted by actor and comedian Jim Gaffigan. Feature films receiving Jury Awards were selected from the Narrative Feature and Documentary Feature Competition categories. Films in competition categories, as well as all feature categories (with the excepti...
The SXSW Film Festival announced the Audience Awards winners from the Narrative Feature Competition, Documentary Feature Competition, Narrative Spotlight, Documentary Spotlight, Visions, Midnighters, Episodic, 24 Beats Per Second, Global, Festival Favorites, and Design Award categories. Headliners will be announced on Monday, March 19. Audience Awards results for all categories were certified by the accounting firm of Maxwell Locke & Ritter...
This year, we would like you to hear and see the voices of cinema's kick-ass women. Also, we invited two professionals that will elaborate on the art of screenplays and storyboards.. Last but not least, our full programme and timetable are online! So grab your calendar and mark the 11th until 21st of April occupied.
Kick-Ass Women at Imagine 2018
Th...
Organized by the Institute of Documentary Film, the EAST DOC PLATFORM – the largest event for documentary filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe – took place for the seventh time. From March 3 to 9, Prague hosted 350 film professionals from around the world. This unique event allows filmmakers to pitch their documentary projects in early stages to renowned experts, get valuable experience and establish important contacts and partnerships for a future career. Nearly fifty document...
Manchester Film Festival 2018 came to a close on Sunday night with a gala screening, in association with City Suites, of the powerful NONA.
Starring Kate Bosworth NONA focuses on the journey of a Honduran girl as she travels to America to reunite with her mother, however the journey is perilous when the man she trusted to help her is not all he seems.
The film was a fitting close to this year’s event, which saw MANIFF continue to grow its burgeoning reputation as a festi...
After 6 days of #PuroVoltajeFICCI58, the intensity comes down with the awarding of the India Catalina in the different categories. These are the winners.
OFFICIAL FICTION COMPETITION
Members of the Jury
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The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is excited to announce that film legend and 70’s cinema icon Pam Grier will be this year’s King Vidor Award honoree.
Pam Grier is the iconic feminine face of urban cinema in the 70s. She inspired that genre’s mainstream success, and her presence has long served as a muse and inspiration for many actors and filmmakers that followed, most notably Quentin Tarantino and his c...
The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, established and emerging, who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity. The goal of The IndieFEST is to help the winners of this coveted award achieve ...
The Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards have announced the finalist works in the nine categories of its first edition, that will take place on April 6th and 7th in the island of Tenerife (Spain). The selection has been presented this afternoon at Casa de América, in a press conference in which Mr. Oscar Graefenhain, General Director of ICAA; Mr. Roberto Varela, Director of Cultural and Scientific Relations in AECID; Mr. Carlos Alonso, President of the Cabildo de Tenerife; Mr. Albert...
The first edition of the Brussels Independent Film Festival closed on Sunday evening with the presentation of the 'Atomium Film Awards'. The filmmakers were crowned with chocolate and thus edible figurines of the Atomium, made by chocolatier Wim Vyverman.
The prize for the best narrative feature film went to 'Bad poetry Tokyo' (Japan) by Anshul Chauhan. The debut film had it's world premiere at the festival and tells the story of a 30 year old aspiring actress who makes a ...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has swept the 2018 BAFTAs, winning the award for best film in addition to the prize for outstanding British film. Frances McDormand claimed best actress for her turn as the mother out to seek justice for the unsolved murder of her daughter, while her co-star Sam Rockwell won best supporting actor.
Three Billboards, which...
Global attendance increased by 1.500 people to reach 32.500 audience members during VIFFAC's 24th edition.
Several French distribution companies inquired about possible acquisition for several titles in competition.
Several Film Festivals expressed interest for a reprisal of our Mongolian retrospective.
Vesoul's mayor announced creation of a Ressource Center ...
60+ judges screened over 300 hours to select these finalists!
The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival are excited to announce the finalists of the International Big Cats Film Festival!
The judges – professional filmmakers, big cat biologists and stakeholders f...
Cinequest Film & VR Festival Honors Award Winning Actor, Icon and Modern-Day Legend Nicolas Cage at 28th Annual Celebration of Film and Technology
Genre-Bending Cinema Legend Presented with Prestigious Award at Special Festival Event on February 28
Cinequest, a vanguard organization that fuses creativity with technological innovation to empower, improve, and transform the lives of people and communities, today announced that it will bestow its most prestigious aw...
On Saturday evening, Amateurs, directed by Gabriela Pichler, won the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. The prize is worth one million SEK, which makes it one of the world's largest film prizes. The prize is financed by Volvo Car Group, Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg.
Amateurs depicts how the small municipality of Lafors hopes to solve its ...
Adam Price, writer of the Danish TV series Ride Upon the Storm (Herrens veje), is the recipient of the 2018 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize – this was announced at a ceremony at Göteborg Film Festival tonight.
This is the second time the award for outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series, funded by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, is given out. The SEK...
