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Highlights and Winners 33rd International Short Film Festival Berlin 2017

33rd International Short Film Festival Berlin 2017 took place 20 - 26 November 2017 With an overall audience of 21,000 the interfilm – 33rd International Short Film Festival Berlin came to a successful close on Sunday 26 November. 500 films from 80 countries were shown in seven festival days. Prizes totalling € 32,000 were conferred in six competitions. The festival team celebrated the eclectic world of short film in four Berlin districts with 700 accredited guests, 300 of ...

The 2nd International Film Festival & Awards • Macao honours Udo Kier with Career Achievement Award

The 2nd International Film Festival & Awards • Macao (IFFAM) today announced that Udo Kier will be the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award.   Kier will be in Macao to receive the award and will also attend a Flying Daggers presentation of Brawl in Cell Block 99. The German born actor’s career has spanned over 50 years and more than 300 films. He has worked with some of the most acclaimed and controversial directors of the last five decades, includi...

Awards of The Zoom Festival, International Festival of Televised Fiction and Formats,

The Zoom Festival, International Festival of Televised Fiction and Formats, celebrated its 15th edition this year, in Igualada and Barcelona. This year’s awards list has been for: Best Film Award from the official jury Charité (República Txeca, 2016) by Sönke Wortmann is a period miniseries set in 1888 that tells stories of patients and workers of the Berlin Charité. This medical center hosts, among others, Ida Lenze, a young mainadera with acu...

The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners!

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 achiev...

11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards

42 films from 25 Asia Pacific countries and areas will be honoured across 13 exciting award categories from Best Performance by an Actress to Best Feature Film. Hosted by acclaimed Australian actor David Wenham and pop-culture-icon and journalist Lee Lin Chin, the awards are attended by the region's leading names and will celebrate this year's best in cinema. BEST FEATURE FILM Sweet Country Australia Produced by Greer SIMPKIN, David JOWSEY Co-Produced by David TRANTER ...

27th annual IFP Gotham Awards air LIVE Monday, November 27th!

  2017 IFP Gotham Awards LIVE this Monday night!                  This year's IFP Gotham Awards will be streamed live on our  official Facebook page this Monday, Nov...

11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival winners revealed

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 QING SONG JIA YU KUAI The People's Jury of the 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival has awarded the Grand Prix  of the Festival to "Free and Easy" (Hong Kong 2017) directed by Geng Jun. The 3500 euro award was founded by the Polish Film Institute. The Special Mention goes to "KFC" (Vietnam 2017) directed by Lê Bình Giang. The NETPAC Jury chose "Marlina the Murder in Four Acts" (Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/France 2017)...

“Cinderella the Cat,” the Italian animated feature film to receive the ‘Capri European Best Animated Feature of the Year' award

‘CINDERELLA THE CAT’ TO RECEIVE 2017 CAPRI EUROPEAN AWARD AS BEST ANIMATED FEATURE   ‘PENALTY’ NAMED CAPRI BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR   Films to be Presented to Hollywood Entertainment Community  At a Special Screening on November 27th    “Cinderella the Cat,” the Italian animated feature film from Mad Entertainment and Rai Cinema (Rai Com Distribution) and directed by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario ...

Winners Announced for Fall 2017 SFFILM / Rainin Filmmaking Grants

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SFFILM, in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, announced today the projects that will receive a total of $225,000 in funding in the latest round of SFFILM / Rainin Filmmaking Grants. Nine filmmaking teams were granted funding to help with the next stage of their creative process, from screenwriting to post-production. SFFILM / Rainin Filmmaking Grants are awarded twice annually to fi...

The Audience Award 2017 goes to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh

  The 28th edition of Stockholm International Film Festival wrapped up last night. Today, we have the pleasure to present the festival’s Audience Award 2017 that goes to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, directed by Martin McDonagh. The film was also one of the most seen ones throughout the festival. Each year, the Stockholm International Film Festival invites the festivalgoers to select the winner of one of the most important awards of the festival – the Audienc...

Stockholm Rising Star goes to Gustav Lindh

During the Stockholm Film Festival award ceremony Saturday evening, Gustav Lindh received this year's Stockholm Rising Star Award. The prize is awarded to a young actor or actress that has done outstanding performances on film and who is believed to have a bright future in the film industry. The prize was handed over by last year's Rising Star winner Filip Berg. Head of the jury was Anna Carlson, head of The Swedish Union for Performing Arts and Film. The other members were Jan G&o...

Award winners at the 20th annual Montreal International Documentary Festival

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) ends tomorrow, November 19. The award winners for this 20th annual RIDM were announced at this evening’s closing ceremony at Concordia University’s Alumni Auditorium (H110).   GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE The grand prize for best international feature, presented by Bell Media, went to Room for a Man by Anthony Chidiac. “The film opens doors and windows to an inner world that contains an entire privat...

Stockholm Film Festival announces 2017 Award Winners

  The jury of the 28th Stockholm International Film Festival has made their decisions. French director Léonor Seraille received the Bronze Horse at the award ceremony on Saturday evening. Below are all the winners who were awarded at the Stockholm International Film Festival Award Ceremony. STOCKHOLM XXVIII COMPETITION Best Film: Jeune Femme by Léonor Seraille. For its dynamic and astute study of a young woman perennially on the edge in modern society, featuring the...

The 11th Annual Alexandria Film Festival closed with record attendance and six award winners:

Best of Fest Award: “The Weight of Honor,” directed by Stephanie Seldin Howard Grand Jury Award: “Tale of the Kite,” directed by Michael Fallavollita Special Jury Award: “Nothing to Do,” directed by Mike Kravinsky Best of the Region Award: “Her Tango,” directed by Jason Mullis Best Foreign Language Film Award: “Saawan,” directed by Farhan Alam Audience Award: “The Things They Left Behind,&rdq...

AFI FEST 2017 Announces Award Winners

AFI today announced the films that received the Audience and Jury awards at AFI FEST 2017    “As the 31st edition of AFI FEST comes to a close, this year’s awards shine a light on international cinema that resonated with the jurors and audiences alike,” said Jacqueline Lyanga, AFI FEST Director.  “The awards celebrate the talents of exciting filmmakers at the top of their craft, whether at the beginning or in midst of their careers.” Audien...

Big Cat Fest Winners to be announced at UN Headquarters on World Wildlife Day!

  The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival have partnered once again! The International BIG CATS Film Festival creates compelling programming for local organizations to inspire public engagement and personal commitment through storytelling and media while it is still possible to save these majestic creatures and the habitat they range. Film entry is free, and so...

The Australian actor David Wenham returns to host the 11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

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For the first time, Wenham will be joined by broadcaster, journalist and face of Australia's SBS World News, Lee Lin Chin. Yesterday we announced the exciting list of actors, producers, directors and writers who will flock to Brisbane to attend the gala event on 23 November at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. We are also excited to share that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) presented a special screening of Kirsten T...

7th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival announces 2017 winners

7th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival ANNOUNCES 2017 WINNERS Lifetime Achievement Award - Jacobo Morales Humanitarian Award - Hispanic Federation Best Feature - Broche de Oro: Comienzos (Puerto Rico) Best Documentary - Títeres en el Caribe Hispano (Episode 3 - Puerto Rico)  Directors: Manuel Antonio Morán and Kristian Otero-Morán Best Short - Hasta Viejos / Till We Age (Puerto Rico)...

Check out the award-winning films of HorrorHaus Film Festival 2017.

Congrats to the award winning members of the IMBROGLIO crew—the HorrorHaus Film Festival selected Eric Ulbrich for Best Cinematography, John Fitzpatrick for Best Editing and Michael Capuano and his team at Icemen Audio (Evan Menak & David Beede) for Best Sound Design.   And the winner is...  It was an amazing weekend full of incredible talent and wonderful filmmakers. Thank you all for sharing your work and help...

The 18th International Izmir Short Film Festival announced its award winners

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  The 18th International Izmir Short Film Festival announced its award winners Saturday November 11 at Historical Havagazi Cultural Center. The award ceremony was hosted by actor Hakan Bilgin. The winning films were selected from 4 categories from international and national finalists by the Festival's jury members. The Festival received a record-breaking number of submissions from over 42 countries, the highest it has received to date, including fiction, docum...

Seville festival Awards

Palmarés GIRALDILLO DE ORO A fábrica de nada, de Pedro Pinho   GRAN PREMIO DEL JURADO Western, de Valeska Grisebach   MENCIÓN ESPECIAL DEL JURADO Zama, de Lucrecia Martel   PREMIO A LA MEJOR DIRECCIÓN Barbara, de Mathieu Amalric   PREMIO AL MEJOR GUION A Violent Life, de Thierry de Peretti   PREMIO A LA MEJOR ACTRIZ Selene Caramazza por Corazón puro   PREMIO AL MEJOR ACTOR Pio Amato por A Ciambra   PRE...

The Seville Festival presents the City of Seville Award to the actress Trine Dyrholm

The Danish actress has appeared in more than 50 titles over the course of her career in cinema and television   The Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, one of the most popular faces in European cinema, will receive the City of Seville Award during the closing ceremony of the Seville Festival. The festival recognises in this way the career of an actress who has worked in cinema, television and theatre and has appeared in more than fifty titles.   Dyrholm began in cinema in 1990 wit...

Four LUBINAS for Polish cinema at the 27th FilmFestival Cottbus

      The FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC) came to a glittering conclusion on the evening of 11th November at the Stadthalle Cottbus with the awards ceremony of the 27th edition that posted record attendance of over 21,000. Polish filmmakers and actors, in particular, had every reason to rejoice. The director Anna Jadowska emerged as the triumphant winner of the Feature Film Competition with her poignant drama WILD ROSES | DZIKIE R&Oacu...

Kathryn Bigelow, Kate Winslet, Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani Announced as SFFILM's 60th Anniversary Awards Night Honorees

Event’s New Position in the Fall Calendar and Focus on Top 2017 Titles and Artists to Better Support SFFILM’s Youth Education Programs SFFILM has announced several honorees scheduled to attend the 2017 SFFILM Awards Night (formerly Film Society Awards Night), its annual fundraising celebration honoring achievement in filmmaking craft. The historic 60th anniversary edition of ...

Vanessa Redgrave receives the Stockholm Life Time Achievement Award

This year’s Stockholms Lifetime Achievement Award goes to the Acadamy Award-winning actress and Hollywood legend Vanessa Redgrave. In connection to the screening of her debute as a director with the documentary Sea Sorrow, the actress will tonight visit Stockholm International Film Festival to receive the Bronze Horse. Motivation: This year’s winner of the Stockholm Lifetime Achievement Award has been one of the most prominent actors in the world for over five decades and has b...

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