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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...

Ojai Film Festival 2023 Awards

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Bubjan Nicholas Mihm Honorable Mention Carpenter Xelil Sehragerd BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Space, Hope and Charity Sandy Cummings Honorable Mention Called to the Mountains Josh Goleman & Robert H. Dyar Jr. Honorable Mention Wine, Women and Dementia Kitty Norton BEST NARRATIVE SHORT The Fourth Johnny Kirk Honorable Mention After This Kaitlyn Clare Honorable Mention Bienvenidos a Los Angeles Lisa Cole B...

42nd FIMLSCHOOLFEST MUNICH: The award-winners

This Saturday evening, the Award Ceremony of the 42nd FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH brought the festival to a close. The jury presented the festival’s top award to the moving short film THE VOICE OF OTHERS (France) by Fatima Kaci. The Audience Award went to THE FUSE by Kevin Haefelin (USA).  The festival jury (Aslı Özge, Younès Ben Slimane, Aida Begović, Mathias Barkhausen), the audience, and three other juries chose the award-winners from among 40 films this year. ...

Cillian Murphy to receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award

  The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Cillian Murphy is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for his performance as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. 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 & Res...

Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction Win 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Audience Award

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announced the inaugural SCAD Savannah Film Festival Audience Award winners, as selected by festival attendees.     Salbturn was the year’s top pick, with Academy Award-winning writer, director, and producer Emerald Fennell on hand to receive the Spotlight Director Award in front of a sold-out audience. American Fiction was the runner-up, continuing its festival run of receiving ...

2024 SBIFF American Riviera Award honoring Mark Ruffalo announced!

American Riviera Award honoring Mark Ruffalo Sunday, February 11th, 2024 8:00pm Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Mark Ruffalo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Ruffalo will receive the award on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at an in-person conversation about his career, leading up to this year’s performance as Ducan Wedderburn in the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos’ “...

PÖFF27 awards have been announced!

The winners of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)'s five competition programmes as well as the Just Film sub-festival for youth and children's films were presented with awards at the festival's award ceremony. Misericordia wins the Grand Prix and 20 000€ for the Best Film of Official Selection Competition;  The Best Feature Film Award goes to The Moon Is Upside Down; In the Rebels With A Cause competition p...

Key West Film Festival Awards announced

Saturday night Key West Film Festival celebrated our filmmakers and special guests in a joyful Awards Ceremony at The Studios of Key West. Thanks to Tony Armer of the Dallas Film Commission for hosting the evening, and congratulations to the KWFF 2023 Golden Key and Golden Conch Award Winners!  Golden Key Awards Artistic Excellence - Tom McGuane  Excellence in Costume Design - Jacqueline Durran Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking - Sheila Nevins Emerging Talent ...

Announcing the finalists of the Ermanno Olmi Award - 5th Edition.

On Tuesday, 5 December, award ceremony and screening of Dialogo tra un venditore di almanacchi e un passeggiere (1954) by Ermanno Olmi and the docufilm Il primo sguardo (2009) by Marco Manzoni. Photo ©Gianni Berengo Gardin/Contrasto Almost 100 works are taking part in this year's 5th edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, intended to promote short films by young directors. Fictions, documentaries, experimental films and animation, from Germany, Spain, Fra...

1489 wins Best Film in the International, and Canuto's Transformation wins Best Film in the Envision

  Shoghakat Vardanyan’s 1489 and Ariel Kuaray Ortega & Ernesto de Carvalho’s Canuto's Transformation led the way for a dazzling night of IDFA awards. Get the full overview of winners from last night's ceremony.  International Competition 1489 (Armenia) by Shoghakat Vardanyan is the winner of the IDFA Award for Best Film. The award is accompanied by a €15,000 cash prize. "A fi...

5th Film Threat Award This! 2023 complete list of nominees

Film Threat Award This! 2023 complete list of nominees for its fifth year with a live in-person, in-theater event on Sunday, December 10th  at non-profit arthouse cinema the Frida Cinema to honor the best and brightest in independent film. Film Threat’s Award This!   has become an independent film industry staple celebrating the best in independent cinema. This years’ vastly differing nominees have offered unique views with a horro...

The awards of the 14th International Film Festival of Corinthia Peloponnese: "Golden Pegasus"

The awards ceremony of the 14th International Film Festival of Corinthia Peloponnese, "Golden Pegasus," took place yesterday at the Municipal Theater of Corinth. A crowd of people visited the art exhibition with the theme of Cinema, held in the foyer of the Municipal Theater. The exhibition featured paintings by members and friends of the Alkyonides Art and Literature Association before entering the auditorium for the Golden Pegasus Awards Ceremony.  At the event, there were pre...

SBIFF Maltin Modern Master Award honoring Robert Downey Jr.

  Maltin Modern Master Award honoring Robert Downey Jr. Friday, February 9th, 2024 8:00pm Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honored to announce that cinema icon Robert Downey Jr. will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award, its highest accolade, at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Downey Jr. will receive the prestigious award on Friday, February 9, 2024.   The ceremony will include an in-...

And the Denver Film Festival Award Goes to…

Award Winners Explore the 46th Denver Film Festival award recipients including our 2023 audience awards, juried awards, and MOFFOM. Audience Awards The following films were recognized as the People'...

PÖFF Shorts 2023 winners announced

  The international short film and animation festival announced the winners of its 2023 edition this Saturday, November 11 at the PÖFF Shorts Award Ceremony. The closed award ceremony claimed as the 'shortest in the world' took place en route to the Award Ceremony afterparty in Paavli Kultuurivabrik, was directed and produced by Siim Tõniste, Monika Tomingas and Heinrich Sepp. The PÖFF Shorts European Film Academy candidate for the Best Short Film and the Reb...

2023 WA Screen Culture Awards Nominees Revealed

Celebrating the achievement, innovation and ambition of our local industry, the WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCAs) embrace all forms from new, established and emerging screen practices.  Now in its fourth year the WASCAs will be held on Sunday 26 November at Luna Cinemas Leederville hosted by comedian and YouTuber Ethan Marrell AKA Ozzy Man Reviews.    “The WASCAs are dedicated to acknowledging innovation and achievement across the entire screen sect...

The 16th Annual Bushwick Film Festival Announces Award Winning Films

AWARDED $10,000 THROUGH STAND FOR THE ARTS AWARDS  BY SPECTRUM AND OVATION TV   FEATURED ON NY1, DEADLINE, HYPERALLERGIC, GOTHAMIST, BROOKLYN MAGAZINE, BK READER, NEWS 12 BROOKLYN,  PIX 11, NBC-4 AND MORE The Bushwick Film Festival (BFF) celebrated its 16th edition this year from October 25th – October 29th, screening over 125+ films from Brooklyn and around the world. The festival included live screenings hosted by Williamsburg Cinemas, an Opening Night Red Carpet Re...

The 3rd annual Golden Key Award for Emerging Talent will be presented to Thomasin McKenzie

THOMASIN MCKENZIE TO RECEIVE AWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING OF “EILEEN” The Key West Film Festival announced today the recipient of its 3rd annual Golden Key Award for Emerging Talent. The Golden Key for Emerging Talent, given to actors and directors who will be destined to grace our screens for years to come, will be presented to Thomasin McKenzie for her breakout role in the NEON Rated release of EILEEN,  also starring Anne Hathaway a...

Five years of arab critics’ awards for european films

  The Arab Critics' Awards, initiated by European Film Promotion and the Arab Film Center, is now in its fifth round. 85 of the most prominent and influential Arab film critics from 15 Arab-speaking countries are currently viewing the 25 nominated recent European films. In a first step, they will choose their three favourites for the shortlist and finally the winning film. Since the Cairo International Film Festival as hitherto host of the award ceremony has been postponed indefinitely...

21st annual Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Award Winners

  Congratulations to the 21st annual Tallgrass Film Festival Audience Award Winners with over 4,000 who voted as of October 30!    Audience Favorite Documentary Feature ...

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