Grand JuryThe Grand Jury is presenting the Awards including the Grand Prix - Crystal Globe in the Official Selection - CompetitionClaudie Ossard, President of the Grand JuryThe career of this distinguished film producer and leading figure of French film began in advertising. As producer, she introduced the likes of Martin Scorsese and Emir Kusturica to the realm of advertising. In 1986 she gave her successful debut as a film producer with Jean-Jacques Beineix's Betty Blue, which brought her an O...

The second annual Directors Guild Awards for Outstanding Directorial Achievement will be awarded at a gala ceremony at the Curzon Mayfair in London on 20 March 2005.The Guild is delighted to confirm that the ceremony will be compered by founding member and long-standing supporter, Michael Winner. Mr Winner has hosted all of the Guild’s previous Lifetime Achievement Award ceremonies that have honoured some of the most prestigious film directors of our times, from Fred Zinnemann through Stanley...

HypeFest: A unique film festival that links independent ideas with commercial creativity.Drama, intrigue, comedy and cocktails. All this and more abounds at HypeFest,a high-energy film & video festival slated to showcase creativity in film, commercials and music videos from a diversity of filmmakers and storytellers.Providing a bridge between content creators and the independent and commercial communities, HypeFest offers a platform for filmmakers to promote their work to the commercial industry...