The 26th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the winners of the 2011 festival competition at a Press Conference and Sunday morning brunch at the famed Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort. To the joy and surprise of both patrons and industry professionals, the festival's 26th season managed to surpass even the great success of last year's silver anniversary. Throughout the past 11 days, cinephiles from around the globe packed the theaters of State Street, creating one of...

The motion picture arts program at Interlochen Center for the Arts is seeking film submissions for its Second Annual Future of Cinema International Film Festival. The festival is open to all high school students. The priority submission deadline is February 28, 2009. The three-day festival will take place at the DeRoy Center for Film Studies on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts, from May 1 to 3.   Future of Cinema Film Festival   The festival provid...

The motion picture arts program at Interlochen Center for the Arts is seeking film submissions for its Second Annual Future of Cinema International Film Festival. The festival is open to all high school students. The priority submission deadline is February 28, 2009. The three-day festival will take place at the DeRoy Center for Film Studies on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts, from May 1 to 3. Future of Cinema Film FestivalThe festival provides a setting for high school filmmakers ...

+HOLLYWOOD POST ALLIANCE AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCEDTop Post Production Talent to be Feted November 1st Nominees for the Hollywood Post Alliance Awards have been announced. The awards recognize top talent in a number of categories which are critical to creative and technical post production for motion pictures, television and commercials.In announcing the awards, Leon Silverman, President of the HPA, noted “The entire creative process requires collaboration, often in the extreme. And, it comes...

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST BRINGS PLATINUM POWER TO 20TH ANNIVERSARYSanta Barbara, CA – Star power and a slew of notable films combined to create a year at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival worthy of a platinum celebration. The 20th anniversary of the Fest was marked by ten days filled with more than 140 films, five panel discussions, four award events, and a smattering of “Conversations With” actors, all drawing crowds of film fans and stargazers into the community...