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Barbie Leads Critics Choice Nominations with 18 nominations. Gerwig will receive the Best director award at the Palm Springs

Greta Gerwig will receive the DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 5, 2024.   Actress, writer, directer Greta Gerwig will be the first American woman to head the 77th Cannes jury.  I remember first seeing Greta at the SXSW film festival where she appeared in a  “mumblecore film”, and credits the festival for giving her,  her start in the business.     Will this be the year of the woman?&nbs...

El Gouna Filmfestival revealing winners across multiple categories

El Gouna Film Festival concluded its 2023 edition with an impressive awards ceremony that celebrated outstanding cinematic achievements from around the world. Despite the challenges, this year's festival showcased  90 films, captivating audiences and industry professionals alike. GFF extends heartfelt appreciation to the esteemed juries who lent their expertise to this rigorous selection process. As the curtain falls on the 2023 El Gouna Film Festival, we proudly announce the winners...

The cast of Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” will receive “Capri Best Ensemble Cast Award 2023”

Nolan’s latest movie on the run for Oscars 2024 wIll screen Jan. 1 on Capri island. The extraordinary group of actors in Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has been awarded with the “Capri Best Ensemble Cast Award 2023”, a special prize given annually as part of the “Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival” promoted with the MiC (DG Cinema) and the Campania Region (Film Commission), together with Intesa Sanpaolo and Giv...

Palm Springs International Film Awards to present Paul Giamatti with the Icon Award

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Paul Giamatti is the recipient of the Icon Award for The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.      “In The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti inhabits a complex character who is both challenging and rewarding, and ultimately...

10th Duhok International Film Festival Winners Announced

The Yılmaz Güney Award in Duhok IFF awarded to “Between Revolutions”   The winners of the competition categories of World Cinema and Kurdish Cinema in the 10th edition of Duhok International Film Festival have been announced.   According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The closing ceremony of the 10th round of Duhok Film Festival was held on Saturday, 16 December, 2023 at Duhok University's Congregation Ha...

The Awards of the 45th edition of the Festival des 3 Continents

45th EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS AWARDS NANTES – ANCENIS – BOUGUENAIS – CLISSON – HÉRIC – LA TURBALLE – PORNIC SAINT HERBLAIN – SAINT NAZAIRE – SAINT MICHEL CHEF-CHEF – REZÉ – VERTOU   “Our spirits lifted by the gentle late-autumn sunshine, we were delighted all week long by the curiosity of Festivalgoers, who were open to all the retrospectives on offer, from the works of Safi Faye and Ann Hui...

Robby Müller Award 2024 goes to Grimm Vandekerckhove

The 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam will run 5 January 4 February 2024! Tiger juries announced with Cinema Regained and more premieres in Limelight & Harbour    International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) announces the recipient of its fifth annual Robby Müller Award: Belgian cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove, renowned for his delicate, humanist work with filmmaker Bas Devos, amongst others. The award pays homage to the craft of artists workin...

The 23rd edition of the River to River Florence Indian Film Festival wrapped with Awards

Here announced are the winners of the three categories FEATURE FILMS, SHORT FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES.  WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT   For the FEATURE FILM category the winner is: Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani by Karan Johar In this exciting Bollywood film, Rocky’s and Rani’s lives get entwined by chance. Two opposing personalities that are attracted to each other, despite the obstacles set on them by their families. A film with a bubbling so...

Winners of the 36th European Film Awards

The 36th European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy to recognize achievements in European filmmaking, took place at Arena Berlin in Berlin on 9 December 2023. It was the twenty-second time that the awards ceremony took place in Germany. The full list of nominations was revealed on 7 November 2023. The french film by Justine Triet: "Anatomy of a fall" has been awarded with 5 top prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Sandra Hülle...

Poitiers Film Festival Award Winners announced

  It's time to know who the winners are!  Watch all the awarded films at the TAP Castille cinema on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of December! Jury's Grand Prize                           ...

VIDEO : Red Sea IFF Yusr Award Winners Revealed, Nicolas Cage Receives Honourary Award

THE RED SEA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023  CLOSING NIGHT AND AWARDS  Festival Celebrates Biggest Edition to Date, Dream Scenario Announced As Final Festival Gala    The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) marked the closing of its third edition with a screening of Micheal Mann’s Ferrari, a Red Sea International Film Financing project, and revealed the winners of its highly anticipated Yusr Awards. The festival also welcomed Hollywood icon Nicola...

DOC NYC 2023

DOC NYC has remained the largest and most important North American documentary festival. Held in person this year from November 8th to the 16th alongside streaming selected productions from the 8th to the 26th, DOC NYC once again displays its well-earned reputation for excellent curatorial program choices reiterated by the significant number of featured documentaries that have nominated for and received Oscars. DOC NYC 2023 selected 114 feature length documentaries and 129 short films. The pro...

DOC NYC 2023

DOC NYC has remained the largest and most important North American documentary festival. Held in person this year from November 8th to the 16th alongside streaming selected productions from the 8th to the 26th, DOC NYC once again displays its well-earned reputation for excellent curatorial program choices reiterated by the significant number of featured documentaries that have nominated for and received Oscars. DOC NYC 2023 selected 114 feature length documentaries and 129 short films. The pro...

Ermanno Olmi Award - 5th Edition

  Bergamo, Auditorium di Piazza della Libertà   Štarter by Péter Dóczé (Hungary, 2022) wins the Ermanno Olmi Award, an event aiming to promote short films by young directors.     The short film Štarter by Péter Dóczé (Hungary, 2022) wins the fourth Edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, an event aiming to promote short films by young directors. Second place goes to Things Unheard Of by Ramazan Kıl...

Three finalists announced for the arab critics’ awards for european films

  Three films have been shortlisted for this year's Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which were launched by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) five years ago.   Io Capitano by Matteo Garrone (Italy) / Fallen Leaves by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland) / Lost Country by Vladimir Perišić (Serbia) From a total of 25 submitted European films, the three finalists are coming from Finland (Fallen Leaves), Italy (Io Capitano) and Serbia (Lost ...

The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF), announcing the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards worth 710 000$

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The Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) is delighted to announce the winners of the Red Sea Souk Awards - vital funding and in-kind grants to develop and boost new talent from Saudi, Arab and African directors. Three juries deliberated to finally select nine winning feature ideas and two TV series, whose creative visions will now benefit from generous prizes awarded by the Red Sea Fund and its award partners.   A total of 24 new film projects screened as part of the Red Sea ...

The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners! November 2023

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rick Prickett, Competition Director 858-454-9787 TheIndieFEST.com Info@TheIndieFEST.com La Jolla, CA, November 2023 - The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The awards go to those filmmakers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The IndieFEST is a top-tier international awards competition. It honors professionals, es...

VIDEO Ukrainian film La Palisiada-Best Film at Torino International Film Festival

  Actor and assistent director of the film Novruz Hikmet presented the film in Turin while his friend director Philip Sotnychenko remained in Kiew and not able to attend the TFF because it's not so easy these days, because of the war Novruz told me. Novruz Hikmet is born in Baku and currently based in Cologne/Germany. La Palisiada is Philip Sotnychenko’s debute feature film and the winner of the 41st Turin Film Festival. The world premiere took pl...

Award winners of the 26th edition the Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM)

The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) ends tomorrow, Sunday, November 26. The winners of this 26th edition were revealed during the awards ceremony which took place this evening at the Cinémathèque québécoise.   GRAND PRIZE FOR INTERNATIONAL FEATURE COMPETITION Knit's Island by Guilhem Causse, Ekiem Barbier and Quentin L’helgoualc’h (France)   “Through their ability to immerse us in an unlikely community and bear...

Announcing the Winners of the 2023 WA Screen Culture Awards

Lights, camera, celebration! The curtain has fallen on the 2023 WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs), an ode to the creative spirit of screen practitioners in Western Australia. Held at Luna Cinemas Leederville on Sunday 26 November, and hosted by the hilarious YouTuber and comedian Ethan Marrell – AKA Ozzy Man Reviews, the WASCAs are a vibrant tribute to our local industry.   Organised by the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, the WAS...

72nd IFFMH: Announcing the Award-Winners

In Flames‹ by Zarrar Kahn has received the 30,000-euro International Newcomer Award for the best film in the competition.‌ The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award for the best screenplay, which was raised to 15,000 euros this year, goes to Nick Pinkerton for ›The Sweet East, directed by Sean Price Williams. The Student Jury has honoured ›Without Air‹ by Katalin Moldovai with the 5,000-euro Student Award.  An Endless Sunday‹ by Alain Parroni has received...

Mallorca Celebrates Record-Breaking Festival and Winners

Special guests Erik Messerschmidt, ASC, Isabel Coixet and Daniel Brühl with Festival Director Sandra Lipski during the Opening Night 2023 in Palma de Mallorca. The 12th Mallorca International Film Festival has concluded with record-breaking success!   We thank everyone for attending and participating. Special thanks to our sponsors and partners for their unwavering support. We're thrilled to announce that this year's festival has broken all records in submissions, f...

Ventana Sur Awards 2023

Boosting Latin American Documentary Films DocSur offers a space for showcasing Latin American Documentary Films and Projects with the goal of reaching sales agents, creative producers, support funds and international programmers. During 2023 DocSur fosters this space for meeting and promoting the documentary creation through three Sections: DocSur in postproduction Latin American documentary films in their post-production stage.   Doc Sur S...

Ventana Sur Blood Window Lab winners 2023

Blood Window LAB Sitges, Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia One project will be selected to participate in the industry program of the next edition of FAN PITCH at Sitges, International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia. The prize includes the invitation of one representative (Director or Producer) of the project to attend the event. Depending on the budgetary possibilit...

European Achievement in World Cinema Award for Spanish Director Isabel Coixet

  It is a great pleasure for the European Film Academy to present the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Isabel Coixet for her impressive contribution to the world of cinema. Born in Barcelona, Isabel Coixet started filming as a child with an 8mm camera and began working in advertising at the age of 19. Right away, her 1989 debut feature DEMASIADO VIEJO PARA MORIR JOVEN about two friends getting by on odd jobs in Barcelona got her a first nomination for Best New Director at...

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