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Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury

Prizes awarded by La Semaine de la Critique's Jury Sylvie Pialat, jury president Ben Croll, Iris Kaltenbäck, Virginie Surdej, Eliane Umuhire Grand Prize Simon de la montaña (Simon of the mountain) by Federico Luis French Touch Prize of the Jury Blue Sun Palace by Constance Tsang  Louis Roederer Foundation Rising Star Award Ricardo Teodoro for Baby by Marcelo Caetano Leitz Cine ...

The 2024 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to : THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG

The 2024 Ecumenical Jury awards its Prize to : THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof Iran / Allemagne / France (Official Competition) When religion is associated with political power and patriarchy, it can destroy the most intimate relationships and the dignity of individuals, as this Iranian family drama embodies. The jury was impressed by the film’s rich symbolism, its generous and hopeful ending, its touches of humour and its heartbreaking tension. The...

PIERRE ANGÉNIEUX TRIBUTE to SANTOSH SIVAN and ANGÉNIEUX SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT to KADRI KOOP (Estonia)

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  Friday May 24, 2024 at 8.15PM Buñuel Theater, Palais des Festivals       On May 24 2024, on the last evening before the closing of the Cannes Film Festival, Angénieux, the world-renowned optical manufacturer and flagship of the French lenses industry, celebrated the Pierre Angénieux Tribute.     ...

The 77th Festival de Cannes winners

After 11 days of an exceptional edition, the Jury of the 77th Festival de Cannes, chaired by American director, screenwriter and actress Greta Gerwig, surrounded by Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino, Japanese director Kore-eda ...

Colored awarded for Best Immersive Work of the 77th Festival de Cannes

    MAY 23, 2024  at the Plage des Palmes, the Jury of the Immersive Competition of the 77th Festival de Cannes awarded the prize for Best Immersive Work, presenting one winner among the eight in-competition virtual reality, augmented reality, video projection and holographic works. The Jury, chaired by French filmmaker and screenwriter Marie Amachoukeli, included French writer, director and producer Mathias Chelebourg, American producer, writer, and director Vassiliki Kho...

Studio Ghibli Honorary Palme d'or of the 77th Festival de Cannes In the presence of Gorō Miyazaki

The 77th Festival de Cannes is delighted to celebrate Studio Ghibli, legendary Japanese animation studio. On Monday, May 20, at 3.30pm, film director and Creative Development Director of the Ghibli Park Gorō Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki' son, will take to the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière to receive the Honorary Palme d'or, on behalf of the entire Studio Ghibli including the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka and Ghibli Park, from Festival President Iris Knobloch and Gener...

The 31st Victoria Film Festival award winners

2025 Victoria Film Festival   The 31st Victoria Film Festival featured: 91 feature films 30 shorts 37 screenings with a guest a record 40 sold out screenings 27 guests at the SpringBoard industry event  7 venues 1 trivia night and vampire zombies. As well, there are seven award winners! Check them out below!   ...

Winners Announced for the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award at 75th Berlinale

Today were announced the winners of the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Awards at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. Recognizing exceptional artistry and storytelling in independent cinema, the CICAE Arthouse Cinema Awards are given at major international festivals by an international jury of arthouse cinema exhibitors and programmers, and aim at bringing high-quality films to the arthouse cinemas. The Jury is composed of arthouse cinema exhibitors and members of the association, who apply thr...

Awards of the Berlinale Official Juries

Golden Bear for Best Film  awarded to the film’s producers of Drømmer (Dreams (Sex Love)) by Dag Johan Haugerud Produced by: Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum   Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize   O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro   Silver Bear Jury Prize   El mensaje (The Message) by Iván Fund   Silver Bear for Best Director Huo Meng ...

Prizes at Generation Kplus

Berlinale 2025: Prizes at Generation Kplus Clockwise from top left: Maya, donne-moi un titre (Maya, Give Me a Title) © Partizan Films; Zirkuskind (Circusboy) © Julia Lemke / Flare Film; Down in the Dumps; Little Rebels Cinema Club   Berlinale 2025: Crystal Bears at Generation Kplus   Crystal Bears    The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus – Bonnie Lou Severin, Lenja Utecht, Jim ...

Awards of the Berlinale Independent Juries

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PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY Members of the Jury: Juan Carlos Carrillo Cal y Mayor, Peter Ciaccio, Valérie de Marnhac, Christian Olding, Dr. Brigitta Rotach, Dr. Stefanie Schardien Competition O último azul (The Blue Trail) by Gabriel Mascaro Jury Statement: This Brazilian dystopic fable follows an unlikely hero in a search for freedom. A 77 years-old woman escapes from a future that has been written for her by an authoritarian state...

The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Sorda and Die Möllner Briefe

Sorda © Nuria Jean; Die Möllner Briefe © inselfilm produktion The audience has voted: The 27th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Sorda by Eva Libertad, Die Möllner Briefe by Martina Priessner wins in the category Panorama Dokumente. The prizes are awarded by the Berlinale section Panorama together with radioeins and rbb television (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg).   The award-...

Berlinale 2025: Prizes at Generation 14plus

Clockwise from top left: Sunshine; Hora do recreio (Playtime); Atardecer en América (Sunset over America); Wish You Were Ear © Mirjana Balogh   Crystal Bears and Prizes of the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education) at Generation 14plus   Crystal Bears   The members of the Youth Jury Generation 14plus – Nour Ibrahim, Zeynep Atay, Tyler Kurokhtin, Jil Baalmann, Rohan Yadav – have a...

Global Entertainment Awards and Women In Cloud Partner to Empower Women in Entertainment

  The Global Entertainment Awards (GEA) and Women In Cloud (WIC) today announced an innovative partnership aimed at fostering collaboration between the technology and entertainment industries, with a specific focus on empowering women in both sectors.   The partnership will take a two-pronged approach to achieve its goals: firstly, by empowering marketing and distribution creatives with access to AI tools from Women In Cloud via the Global Entertainment Awards AMD Emerging Talent ...

Awards from the 32nd edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival

  The Jury of the 32nd edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, chaired by Vimala Pons with Vladimir Cauchemar, Jérémy Clapin, Clotilde Hesme, William Lebghil, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel gave the following awards: Grand Prize Supported by la Région Grand Est IN A VIOLENT NATURE by Chris Nash (Canda)  (French distribution : Mediawan Rights / Insomnia)  ...

Awards from the 32nd edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival

  The Jury of the 32nd edition of the Gérardmer International Fantastic Film Festival, chaired by Vimala Pons with Vladimir Cauchemar, Jérémy Clapin, Clotilde Hesme, William Lebghil, Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel gave the following awards: Grand Prize Supported by la Région Grand Est IN A VIOLENT NATURE by Chris Nash (Canda)  (French distribution : Mediawan Rights / Insomnia)  ...

SBIFF 2025 wrapped with Awards

2025 SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARD WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED Awards were announced at a ceremony this morning hosted by El Encanto, a Belmond Hotel, in Santa Barbara with Jury and Filmmakers in attendance.   “It's an undeniable pleasure to celebrate such a diverse and wonderful array of winning films," said Claudia Puig, SBIFF Programming Director. " We have been so excited to showcase storytelling from 60 countries around the world in our slate of ...

Berlinale 2025: Honorary Golden Bear for Tilda Swinton

The 75th Berlin International Film Festival awarded Scottish actor Tilda Swinton the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. The award was presented at the Opening Ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on February 13, 2025. Pictured: Tilda Swinton with Berlinale new chief Tricia Tuttle, photo by Laurent Hou. “The range of Tilda Swinton’s work is breathtaking. To cinema she brings so much humanity, compassion, intelligence, humour and style, and she expands our ideas of the ...

EFM Distributor Award Goes to Huub Roelvink from Cherry Pickers Film Distribution

EFM Distributor Award Winner Huub Roelvink © Seth Carnill The inaugural EFM Distributor Award is being presented to a European distributor whose commitment to arthouse distribution has impressed a three-member jury composed of renowned industry professionals. The European Film Market is very pleased to announce the winner of the first EFM Distributor Award: Huub Roelvink from Cherry Pickers Film Distribution (The Netherlands). The award, endowed w...

IFFR Pro Award winners for 2025

Drawing the IFFR Pro Days 2025 to a close, nine awards were handed out to projects presented at the 42nd edition of IFFR’s co-production market CineMart and work-in-progress platform Darkroom, including four new awards exclusively for Darkroom projects. Head of IFFR Pro, Marten Rabarts, said: "We're delighted and proud to see the recognition the juries have given to the awarded projects which will only add to the momentum from CineMart and the Darkroom presence which all pr...

Rotterdam Tiger and Big Screen awards revealed

    Fiume o morte! and Raptures take IFFR 2025’s top awards   The winners of the top IFFR 2025 prizes are here! Alongside the Tiger Award and Big Screen Award, the Tiger Special Jury, FIPRESCI, NETPAC, and Youth Jury awards were announced during the ceremony tonight in 'de Doelen'. The festival doesn't end here though – there's still plenty to catch over the closing weekend, including Mouly Surya's HBF-backed closing film&nbs...

The 39th Academy Awards of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Spain

                      For the first time in the history of the Goyas, the Goya for Best Feature Film, was awarded to two films: the historical drama set in 1970s Barcelona, The 47 directed by Marcel Barrena and the thriller set in the Basque Country Undercover, directed by Arantxa Echevarría. The award winners:                           ...

SBIFF Variety Artisans Award Recipients

VARIETY ARTISANS AWARD honoring Judy Becker – The Brutalist: Production Design Kris Bowers – The Wild Robot: Original Score Clement Ducol and Camille – Emilia Perez: Original Song Nick Emerson – Conclave: Editing Jomo Fray – Nickel Boys: Cinematography Tod Maitland – A Complete Unknown: Sound Pierre-Olivier Persin – The Substance: Hair/Makeup Paul Tazewell – Wicked: Costume Design Erik Winquist – Ki...

Winners of Chandler International Film Festival announced

CIFF 2025 has officially ended, but the past 10 days have been unforgettable. Thank you again for watching, submitting, and participating in our 9th annual festival.  Congratulations to all the winners, nominees, and official selections! WHAT A FESTIVAL!!!   ...

Awards of the seventh Fipadoc international documentary festival in Biarritz

The closing ceremony of the seventh Fipadoc international documentary festival was held this evening, Friday 31 January 2025, in Biarritz. The Grand Prix for International Documentary goes to Black Box (Black Box Diaries) by Shiori Itô (Japan)     ...
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