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It has been an intense week, with a lot of cinema, great weather, and more than interesting press conferences.
My impressions have been varied, just like the movies I have seen. There has been quite a bit of European cinema on my list, and not much from across the pond, but more Japanese cinema than usual. I have been able to enter the theater about 30 times during these days, and it has always been a challenge. That's what I l...
Day 14 • Closing Night • February 26, 2024 • 3 Screenings
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Dublin International film Festival 2024: Discovery Awards, Short Film and Documentary category winners, as well as the Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Award.
Over the Festival’s more than two-decade history a very important and defining ethos has been the celebration and recognition of both new and established industry talent, the creative lifeblood that assures its future.
Prior to the awards, Amy Huberman, Irish Actor, Writer and Tanqueray Brand Am...
New York Festivals® Television & Film Awards will honor trailblazing sports journalist, Olympic champion, and award-winning broadcasting pioneer, Donna de Varona with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.
The New York Festivals Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes prominent industry leaders, innovators, and driving forces in the broadcast industry whose accomplishments have advanced their field and made a lasting impression on the industry. The Lifetime Achievement Award...
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Film at Lincoln Center, 2024
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Unifrance and Film at Lincoln Center announce the lineup for the 29th edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema.
From February 29 through March 10, this hotly attended annual festival showcases the creativity, breadth and versatility of contemporary French cinema.
The 2024 Opening Night selection is Thomas Cailley’s French box office hit The Animal Kingdom, recently nominated ...
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Berlinale 2024: Prizes at Generation Kplus
Clockwise from top left: It's Okay! (Es ist okay!); Young Hearts (Junge Herzen) © Thomas Nolf; Sukoun (Amplified / In die Stille) © Baha’ Slieman, Madd Moshawas; Papillon (Butterfly / Schmetterling)
Berlinale 2024: Crystal Bears at Generation Kplus
Crystal Bears
The members of the Children’s Jury Generation Kplus – Elisabeth Christenfeldt, Frederik Hammer, Kali Marsh, Roza Papastefanou, Paula...
PRIZES OF THE INDEPENDENT JURIES
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
Members of the Jury: Karin Becker, Jacques Champeaux, Anita Nemes, Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Marta Romanova-Jēkabsone, Sr. Francesca Šimuniová Competition Keyke mahboobe man (My Favourite Cake) by Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha Panorama endowed with €2,500 Sex by Dag Johan Haugerud Forum endowed with €2,500 Marijas klusums (Maria‘s Silence) by Dāvis Sīmanis Sp...
PRIZES OF OFFICIAL JURIES
PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY Members of the Jury: Lupita Nyong‘o (Jury President), Brady Corbet, Ann Hui, Christian Petzold, Albert Serra, Jasmine Trinca, Oksana Zabuzhko
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film‘s producers) Dahomey by Mati Diop produced by Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy, Mati Diop
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE Yeohaengjaui pilyo (A Traveler‘s Needs) by Hong Sangsoo
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE L’ Empire (The E...
(A still of Thinley Lhamo from Shambhala by Min Bahadur Bham, © Aditya Basnet / Shooney Films)
By Lindsay R. ''Lulu'' Bellinger
Shambhala is a glorious exploration of womanhood, being true to one's self and determination. Thinley Lhamo's riveting and subtle portrayal of Pema is so gentle yet strong. I would not be at all disappointed if she won the Silver Bear for best leading performance. Pema becomes the wife of Tashi and his two ...
Memorias de un cuerpo que arde (Memories of a Burning Body) © Substance Films; No Other Land © PSE, NOR 2024, Panorama
Berlinale 2024: The Panorama Audience Awards Go to Memorias de un cuerpo que arde (Memories of a Burning Body) by Antonella Sudasassi Furniss and No Other Land by Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
The audience has voted: The 26th Panorama Audience Award for the best feature film goes to Memor...
Clockwise from top left: Last swim © Caviar, Pablo & Zeus; Kai Shi De Qiang (She Sat There Like All Ordinary Ones) © CHN 2024, Generation; Cura sana © ESCAC Films; Lapso (Lapse) © Nathalia Cordeiro.
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 – E...
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Opening and closing films of the Inaugural Khuma Film Festival announced
16 February 2024-South Africa-Sebabatso Media is pleased and proud to announce the opening and closing films for its inaugural, Khuma Film Festival scheduled to take place from the 21st to the 24th of February 2024. This four-day film festival will showcase a diverse range of films from both emerging and established filmmakers, in celebration of the art of storytelling through the medium of film.
The first nigh...
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It's time to bring the 14th edition of MyFrenchFilmFestival to a close. From January 19 to February 19, 2024, festival-goers from all over the world were able to discover 26 films that testify to the diversity and vivacity of French-speaking cinema. Discover the complete list of winners of this 14th edition.
The Grand Prize
Composed of Moroccan filmmaker and actor Faouzi Bensaïdi; Italian actor Pierfrancesco Favino; Italian-Braz...
Miami Film Festival’s 41st edition will announce the line-up in early March, with tickets going on sale to Film Society members on Tuesday March 5 at 9am. Ticket sales will be available to the public on Thursday March 7 at 9am.
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"The inspiration for the poster was to capture Miami's native wildlife in a behind-the-scenes moment. I wanted each animal to have their own role in the filmmaking magic." - Gabriel Alcala, Artist...
The Tanzanian film director Cece Mlay commenting on her new documentary "The empty grave" she coproduced with Agnes Lisa Wegner about the bloody history of German collonial killing in Tanzania.
The film team of “The Emoty Grave” at the @berlinale world premiere!
Priscilla Mlay (better known as Cece by her creative family) is a passionate storyteller who has been a part of creative teams that bring stories to life on various media platform...
Katja Riemann talks about her role in the new film by German director Kilian Riedhof. In "Stella.a life"
by Alice Kanterian
Riemann plays the mother of Stella Goldschlag and the action is based in the 40 in Nazi Germany. It is the true story of Jewish jazz enthusiast Stella Goldschlag (Paula Beer) who is denouncing other Jews in order to save her parents who are also musicians from deportation to Auschwitz. The film is based on researches and is also questioning says Rie...
By Alice Kanterian: On the occasion of the Berlinale the MFG Baden-Württemberg is organising one of the most wanted events, the Thomas Strittmatter Award Ceremony at their impressive "embassy" in Berlin the Baden-Württemberg State Representation. This is an event not to miss, as who is who of the German film industry gets together.
MFG is short for Medien and Filmgesellschaft, which translates as Media and Film Society.
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by Alice Kanterian during Berlinale / EFM 2024
The reception at the Swiss Embassy was dedicated to Swiss Films lead by Mr. Ruffo, the new Director of Swiss Films but an also an internationally well connected media expert. Among the highlighted films was "Les paradis de Diane-Paradises of Diane" which runs in the prestigious Panorama section. Alice Kanterian also spoke with co-director Carmen Jaquier.
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German actress Gabrielle Scharnitzky stars in the new TV series Those About To Die, executive produced and co-directed by Roland Emmerich. The series, described as a story of freedom and destiny, explores a side of Rome never before told - the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most - blood and sport.
Scharnitzky’s plays the role of Drusilla, who was captured by pirates and sold as a slave to the household of a wealthy couple, Con...
Another buzzing edition comes to a close at the European Film Market 2024 and one of its main locations, the Gropius Bau © EFM 2024 / Angela Regenbrecht
Big Crowds and High-Turnover Deals at the First Film Fair of the Year – The European Film Market 2024 Sets New Records
A record number of over 12,000 trade visitors from 143 countries means the European Film Market at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, which ended yesterday, can draw a remarkab...
The 9th edition of Filming Italy Los Angeles Festival, honoring the absolute best of Italian cinema and furthering the collaborative relationship between Hollywood and Italy, has set its kick-off event for Monday, February 26th at Aero Theater in Santa Monica with a special screening of Django, starring legendary actor Franco Nero, who will be in attendance.
“For the ninth year in a row, we are honored to further fuel this partnership by highlighting the be...
The highly acclaimed and well-known programme PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, which is financially supported by the European Union's Creative Europe - Media Programme and the participating European national film promotion institutes (EFP's member organisations), is open again to 20 producers from 20 different European countries.
The nomination of each national participant is made by the respective national EFP member organisation. The final selection of the 20 participants is based on a points...
