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A Salute to the Winners of the 60th Krakow Film Festival

    On Saturday, June 6, the first Polish online film festival ended with an awards gala, during which we met the winners of all festival competitions. The event was broadcast live on the Internet, hosted by Maciej Stuhr, and the large audience gathered in front of computer screens proved that a pandemic does not prevent true love of cinema and the festival!   The ceremony was launched by Tomasz Raczek, the editor-in-chief of the Film Magazine of the Polish Filmmakers Associ...

Tribeca Winners : Zoom chat video

The Winners Are In See who won big Tribeca founder announce the winners of our annual Juried Awards, presented by AT&T. For the first time ever, we brought the show into your home. Please join us in congratulating everyone who impressed our jurors with their incredible storytelling. Jurors Chris Pine, Gretchen Mol, Josh Hutcherson, Joel McHale, Lukas Haas, and more called up our nominees to ask them red-carpet questions — and to surprise winners with the big news. ...

SXSW 2020 awards, with video from SHITHOUSE Award Winner

The 2020 SXSW Film program (which was scheduled to happen March 13–22, 2020 Austin) comprised 135 Features, including 99 World Premieres, 9 North American Premieres, 5 U.S. Premieres, and 75 films from first-time filmmakers; 119 Shorts including 22 Music Videos; 12 Episodic Premieres; 7 Special Events; 14 Episodic Pilots in two curated programs; 30 Title Design Entries; and 27 Virtual Cinema Projects. “When we curated and announced our slate for the 20...

Announcing the 2020 GIFF Award Winning Films...

   A Peloton of One follows a Survivor of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Dave Ohlmuller, as he conducts a solo bicycle ride from Chicago to New York to raise awareness of this scourge. Along this 700-mile journey, Dave meets other Survivors abused by coaches, teachers, family members, and like Dave himself, Catholic priests. Through these interactions and common stories, Dave tries to find a way to connect and heal, mile by mile, as he heads east towards his hometown. Dave also meets ...

Visions du Réel – International Film Festival Nyon: The Awards of the 51st edition are unveiled!

The closing ceremony of the Festival took place online on Sunday night, unveiling the awardees of this one-of-a-kind edition, a first for the whole team, guests and the various audiences. Launched a little over a month ago, the ambitious challenge proved to be a success with a number of 60,500 online viewings. Discover the awardees! The Sesterce d’or la Mobilière was awarded this year to the film Punta Sacra by Francesca Mazzoleni to celebrate an emblematic wo...

Nominees announced for the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition

  128 nominees from 35 countries across 26 categories The Banff World Media Festival (BANFF) is pleased to announce the full list of nominees for the 2020 Rockie Awards International Program Competition, recognizing excellence in television and digital media from around the world. The Rockies Program Competition ceremony will stream live on Monday, June 15th.  The Rockie Awards International Program Competition is one of the largest awards programs of its kind, juried by ...

The Accolade Announces Latest Winners!

Waging Change – Abby Ginzberg Abby Ginzberg (USA), Waging Change, Doc Feature – A hard-hitting look at the challenges faced by sub-minimum wage restaurant “tip” workers and the advocates who are fighting to change the system. Featuring two-time Oscar-winner Jane Fonda, Oscar-nominee Lily Tomlin, Saru Jayaraman (President of One Fair Wage, Author of Forked) and Congressional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – who are all wor...

Venice TV Award Calling - Awarding Best Work On TV

  Deadline 30 July 2020 The TV Industry is a cornerstone of peoples live and democracy. Luckily, tech allows all of us to be miles away, but still together. The VTVA honors a medium that holds central place in the lives of millions of people. The award highlights the fact that television is a $260 billion industry worldwide, has around 38,500 TV channels in operation, and reaches 1.6 Billion households worldwide. We believe that the best work of the last twelve months deser...

Annapolis Film Festival winners announced...virtually

And the Winners are...         Annapolis Film Festival is proud to announce our short film jury award winners for 2020!     Best Narrative Short award goes to ...

Screen your film in Prague

Screen your film in Prague ⭐   Prague Film Awards is offering 40% off all submission fees until the end of March! Use the code PRG40 on FilmFreeway, an...

CINEQUEST Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg

    Cinequest will bestow its highest honor, the Maverick Spirit Award, to Jesse Eisenberg preceding a screening of the highly anticipated Resistance , a portrait of WWII hero Marcel Marceau. The event will culminate the 2020 Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival on March 15th at 6:00pm at the California Theatre in San Jose - Silicon Valley. Admission via individual event tickets or qualifying passes.  Previous Maverick Spirit A...

'1917' Dominates the BAFTA Awards with 7 out of 9 wins including Best Film, Best Director

    Sam Mendes' WWI epic received seven awards, when 'Joker' only received three (including best actor)       See the list of winners below Best Film '1917'   François Duhamel/Universal Pictures 1917 (WINNER) The Irishman Joker Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite Leading Actress Renée Zellweger in 'Judy'   Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story...

'Beware of Children' wins Dragon Award Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival 2020

Beware of Children, directed by Dag Johan Haugerud, is the recipient of the 2020 Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. Dragon Award Best Nordic Film consists of one million Swedish crowns, making it the world's largest film award. Presenting partner for the competition is Volvo Car Group who together with Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg. The Jury's motivation: A film where the characters find a way to talk to each other and where language is b...

Rob Reiner will receive the Sedona festival’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”

SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OPENS NEXT QUARTER CENTURY OF GREAT FILMS, GREAT FILMMAKERS, SPECIAL GUESTS, FEB. 22-MARCH 1 Tribute to Leslie Uggams Opens Festival; Rob Reiner to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award; Game of Thrones Writer Bryan Cogman Headlines Workshops   Coming off a record-breaking 25th anniversary celebration, the Sedona International Film Festival launches its next quarter century with nine days of compelling films, workshops, events and special gu...

"Matrix" composer Don Davis receives Lifetime Achievement Award at SoundTrack_Cologne 17

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  SoundTrack_Cologne (04.22.20 - 04.25.20) is awarding its Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 to American composer Don Davis, who is known for composing music for the "Matrix" film series, among others. Davis will receive the Life Achievement Award for his exceptional achievements in film composing on Saturday, April 25th at the SoundTrack_Cologne grand closing gala. On Friday, April 24th he will share insights into his work in a workshop discussion and comment live on his music in...

Lift-Off Season Awards 2019 Winners

Filmmakers, nominees and Network Members from all over the world joined the Lift-Off team at our home Pinewood Studios, UK, for a celebration full of awards, drinking and dancing.   Networking is something that Lift-Off are proud to support and encourage at any chance we get - the Lift-Off Season Awards is no exception. This is an exclusive evening for Network Members and some of the best filmmakers from the indie film scene to meet and form professional collaborations which could la...

Singaporean American Filmmaker Kirsten Tan to Receive Grant and Residency in Support of Her Narrative Feature Project Higher

  SFFILM ANNOUNCES WINNER OF 2020 NEW AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP San Francisco, CA – SFFILM announced today that Singaporean American filmmaker Kirsten Tan is the winner of the 2020 SFFILM New American Fellowship, supporting her current narrative feature Higher, which is in the development and screenwriting stage. The first of its kind in the US film industry, the New American Fellowship is made possible thanks to SFFILM’s collaboration with the Flora Family Foundation and provi...

'Joker,' Netflix lead BAFTA Nominations: Joker receives 11 nods

    The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020. The EE British Academy Film Awards, which recognise the very best in film of the past year, take place on Sunday 2 February at the Royal Albert Hall, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Graham Norton and will be broadcast exclusively on BBC One and BBC One HD in the UK and in all major territories around the world.     A total ...

The Golden Globes winners

1917, Renée Zellweger in Judy,  Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Taron Egerton in Rocketman, Awkwafina, The Farewell, Sam Mendes for 1917, Laura Dern in Marriage Story, Missing Link, Parasite... were th ebig winners at The 77th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and American television of 2019 Category winners are in bold. Best Motion Picture -- Drama 1917 The Irishman Joker ...

Blanca Blanco on the red carpet at the Golden Globes

  At the 77th annual Golden Globes Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel US actress Blanca Blanco was wearing Christophe Guillarmé's long dress in old pink tulle with embellished lace tone on tone on the chest, Melissa Kandiyoti  jewelry               ...

36th Tehran International Short Film Festival announces winners

The 36th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) announced winners at national and international categories. Several top cinematic officials and actors, including Hossein Entezami, the Director of the Cinema Organization of Iran, director of the festival Sadeq Mousavi, etc. were also attending the closing ceremony of the 36th TISFF was held in Milad Tower in west of Tehran on Nov 15, 2019. Addressing the gathering, Entezami underlined that TISFF is one of the most important cinemati...

The 19th edition of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival wrapped with awards on December 10th.

  The 19th edition of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival has had its final day on December 10th. During the closing night, the winners of the Audience Award in the categories of feature films, documentaries and short films have been announced: The story of the patriarchal society of India and women’s rebellion in Hellaro by Abhishek Shah, in the feature film category. The shelter offered by the Indian city of Kolhapur to the Po...

The Ermanno Olmi Awards in Bergamo

1st edition - Bergamo, December 11, 2019 The fiction short film Da-Dzma (A Sister and a Brother, Georgia/Belgium, 2019) by Jaro Minne wins the first edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, an event aiming to promote short films by young directors. Runner-up is the documentary Nacht Ueber Kepler 425b (Night over Kepler 452b, Germany 2019) by Ben Voit, and the third place goes to the animated documentary Inside me (Germany 2019) by Maria Trigo Teixeira. A special mention goes to Fame (Hung...

Winners of the ATF Animation, Chinese and Formats Pitches

Winners of the ATF Animation, Chinese and Formats Pitches were announced after a series of exciting on-stage pitches, where finalists presented their ideas to panels of elite judges – the likes of leading producers and commissioning editors, who provided their invaluable input for each of the pitched projects.   The series of pitches is part of the ecosystem that the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) has built for content creators. Apart from providing them a platform to showcase t...

Youth and Children’s Film Festival Just Film crowns Boyz in the Wood with the main prize

  Just Film, the largest youth and children's film festival in Northern Europe and a sub-festival of the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, set the audience record and handed out the Grand Prix to Ninian Doff for Boyz in the Wood. At its 19th edition Just Film screened 54 feature films and documentaries, offering a wide selection of films to kids, youngsters, parents, teachers, students and adults. During the 17-days-long festival, the audiences had the opportunity to choose films...

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