The 2009 Starz Denver Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, November 22. Many thanks to all the filmmakers, speakers, volunteers, venues and sponsors who made the Festival such a success. Juried Award Winners:Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature Film - PROTECTOREmerging Filmmaker Award - THE VICIOUS KINDMaysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary Film - THE GOOD SOLDIERSpike Lee Student Filmmaker Award - GAINING GROUNDASIFA-Colorado Prize for the Best Animated Short Award - THE NECKTIEStarz...

Seventeen films to compete for the Kutxa-New Directors Award Directors from 13 countries will contend with their first or second movies for this award carrying 90,000 euros 8/11/2009 Seventeen films from 13 countries will compete for the Kutxa-New Directors Award at the 57th San Sebastian Festival. Fourteen of these titles compose the Zabaltegi-New Directors section, while the other three, 11’e 10 kala / 10 to 11, La mujer sin piano and Yo también (Me too), will participate in...

PICTURE EUROPE! The Best of European Cinema – the European film event in Munich, Copenhagen, and Madrid A European Voyage of Discovery: Picture Europe!Film programme for Madrid now completeThe film programme for “PICTURE EUROPE! The Best of European Cinema 2008” in Madrid is complete. 13 current box-office hits from the neighbour countries will appear here on the screen from April 11 – 17. Director Jan Sverák will personally introduce the absolute top hit from the ...

INTRODUCING EUROPE’S NEWEST FILM STARSShooting Stars, an initiative of the pan-European promotion organization European Film Promotion (EFP), again used its berth at the Berlin Film Festival to introduce a host of young acting talent from across Europe.This year, twenty-one young actors and actresses were feted and introduced to the press at one of the Berlinale’s most prized events. EFP, which represents the national film boards of almost all the countries of the EU, has presented this focu...