Check out the results of the juried competitions as well as the Audience Choice Winners!   Hawaii News Now Audience Choice Award Winners   The results are in and the audience has spoken! Here are the results of the Hawaii News Now Audience Choice Awards, announced Live on HI Now.   HIFF44 Audience Award for Narrative Feature ABOUT FAMILY (South Korea) Director: Yang Woo-suk   HIFF44 Aud...

An overview of  15 important cinema related programs (In conversation, Masterclasses and Panel discussions) to be organized during 55th International Film Festival of India IFFI Goa 2024 by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) dated 14.11.2024     At film festivals, cinéphiles gain invaluable insights from conversations, masterclasses, and panel discussions that deepen their understanding of cinema. These events provide them unfettered access to filmmakers, critics, and...

IFFI 21024, 10: Five Indian films to compete for newly instituted DEBeaUTiful film award With an aim to promote new and young talent in the country, the 55th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) has instituted a new award category: Best Debut Director of Indian Feature Film, which will showcase five remarkable debut films that highlight new perspectives, diverse narratives, and innovative cinematic styles, from across India. IFFI, scheduled to be held from November 20-28...

IFFI, 2024, 09: In an era of wars & super violent films, let’s talk about Mahatma Gandhi & peace ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal, a global award presented in partnership with (International Council for Film, Television and Audio-visual Communication (ICFT)/ Conseil International Du Cinéma, de la Télévision et de la Communication Audiovisuelle (CICT), Paris and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), will have 10 films competing fo...

Join us November 12-14 at the world famous Regal Essex Crossing for 3 amazing nights of screenings, filmmaker Q&As, networking, post-screening meetups and a closing night awards presentation where we honor some of the best indie films in town! Bowery is dedicated to discovering a new wave of renegade independent filmmakers and actors creating raw, gritty, funny, and bombastic art in one of the most culturally rich and trendy neighborhoods in New York City. Our mission is simple: to showca...

              TIFFCOM 2024 Preliminary Report TIFFCOM 2024 was held for three days from October 30 (Wed.) through November 1 (Fri.) at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center HAMAMATSUCHO-KAN. The total number of participants reached 4,088 (106% compared to last year). - TIFFCOM 2024 - Total Number of Participants (Overseas and Japan): 4,088 *TIFFCOM  2023: 3851 -> 106% increase Participants from Overseas: 1,722 *TIFFCOM 2023:...

 CRAZED FRUIT --  Kurutta Kajitsu, 1956. (狂った果実) Spending their summer on a trendy exotic beach, two brothers fall for the same beautiful girl, whose charm and looks may hide more than they they bargained for -- winding up in Murder by Motorboat!   A small postwar Japanese Masterpiece -- Perfection! "Kurutta Kajitsu"    (狂った果実 ).  1956, is a landmark of Japanese cinema that has more to say about postwar Japan and mid fifties movie...

WHEN THE PHONE RANG wins at the 34th FilmFestival Cottbus Director Iva Radivojević has been awarded the main prize at the 34th FilmFestival Cottbus. The Serbian production WHEN THE PHONE RANG was honoured with the EUR 15,000 prize. The film convinced the international festival jury and won the main prize ‘for its authentic narrative of a country falling apart and its unique, poetic film language, which sensitively balances the personal feelings of a teenage girl, collective pain and...

Check out the trailer, very simple, very classic and very smart marketing in my opinion (as a former distributor with Sony and Fox I have alligned many brands to some of the 200hundreds movies I released! My interrogation: how much did Pramount pay for this campaign? Perhaps they traded some free cars in the next Paramount release? Anyway lets have some fun watching this trailer! Bruno Chatelin Paramount Pictures is thrilled to team up with Scuderia Ferrari HP for an exclusive, one-of-a-kind...

IFFI 2024, 08: Hounouring icons, late ANR, Tapan Sinha, Mohammed Rafi and RAJ KAPOOR Doyens and maestros, late Raj Kapoor, Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR), Mohammed Rafi and Tapan Sinha will be honoured with the centenary tribute, in the 100th year of their birthday at 55th IFFI. The IFFI gala in Goa will celebrate cinematic legends by presenting restored versions of their classic films, throughout its nine-day event. The festival’s opening ceremony on November 20 will pay tribute to these...