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TIFF Tribute Award Honouree, musical guest, and presenter lineup announced

Buffy Sainte-Marie to receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media Toronto's Mustafa to perform musical set Award presenters include Olivia Colman, Sarah Polley, Jason Reitman, and more...   Photo credit: Stephen Paniccia and Blair Johannes     Cameron Bailey, CEO of TIFF, is delighted to announce that Academy Award®–winning Buffy Sainte-Marie will receive the Jeff Skoll Award in Impact Media presente...

Screenplay Winner Drops Out of the Jane Austen Cinematic Universe

Judges for the Seventh Annual Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition recently selected this year’s winner. “Very little separated the top choices from the rest of the semifinalists this year,” Bruce Novotny, the competition’s director, said. “The competition was tight and our judges made a difficult choice.” A sharp-witted comedy of manners titled “Pride and Prudence” came out of the Jane Austen Cinematic Universe by way of writer Fran...

AWARDS 10th edition of the FINAL CUT IN VENICE 2022 (3 - 5 Sept)

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  79 th Venice International Film Festival Workshop to support films in post-production from Africa and Arab countries (Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria).   For the sixth year, La Biennale di Venezia gives a cash award of € 5,000 to support the Best Film in post-production. La Biennale di Venezia Prize Jury, composed of Claire Diao (Sudu Connexion), Rasha Salti (ARTE France) and Gaetano Maiorino (True Colours) has awarded the film: INSHALLAH A BOY / INSHALLAH WALLAD,...

Two Arab films won the Arab Cinema Center partners awards at Final Cut in Venice Workshop

5000 USD and in-kind awards presented by MAD Solutions and El Gouna     At the 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival, two partners of the Arab Cinema Center announced their awards for Arab film projects at Final Cut in Venice Workshop. Feature film project INSHALLAH A BOY by  Jordanian director Amjad Al-Rasheed won financial support from El Gouna Film Festival worth 5000 USD. MAD Solutions announced the feature film project BLACKLIGHT by Algerian director Kar...

Eddie Redmayne, will be recognised for his career achievements during the 18th Zurich Film Festival with a Golden Eye

  The actor and Academy Award winner, Eddie Redmayne, will be recognised for his career achievements during the 18th Zurich Film Festival. He will accept the Golden Eye Award in person on September 25 prior to the European premiere of his new film - Tobias Lindholm's thriller THE GOOD NURSE.     His portrayal of Stephen Hawking in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING earned him an Aca...

Paul Schrader received today the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

The honour to the director and screenwriter will be awarded on 3 September at 9:30 pm, followed by the screening of Master Gardener (Out of Competition). The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 79th Venice International Film Festival (August 31 – September 10, 2022) has been awarded to the American director (The Card Counter, First Reformed, Cat People, American Gigolo) and screenwriter (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Obsession, The Yakuza...

Cinequest In Person / Feature Film Premieres and AWARDS

CINEQUEST FESTIVALS WRAP & ANNOUNCE AWARDS Cinequest Virtual + In Person 2022 Award Wiinners   Renowned as the future of film and a bastion of film & media-tech discovery, Cinequest wrapped its In-Person Film Festival in the Silicon Valley. Previously this year, Cinequest's groundbreaking virtual event called Cinejoy served the globe online. Combined the Cinequest Festivals presented 107 Feature & 108 Short World & U.S. Film Premieres with 701 artists presenting, and ...

Venice Film Festival Audience Award - Armani beauty

La Biennale di Venezia 79th Venice International Film Festival Audience Award - Armani beauty for Best Film in the Orizzonti Extra section   The Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia will again present the Audience Award to the best film in the Orizzonti Extra section, now in its second year, with the support of the main sponsor of the Festival, Armani beauty.   The winner of the Audience Award  - Armani beauty will be decided by the votes cast by ...

Return to Eden by Jeff Gross wins the Audience Award

3rd International Crete Film Fiction Festival Awards 2022 https://issuu.com/liontomitsos/docs/programma-2022-festival-ierapetras-kriti ...

Look who WON the Santa Barbara International Summer Screenplay Awards

Announcing the 2022 Summer Competition Winners! In another very competitive season, these three writers have won cash prizes, engraved trophies, free memberships at Inktip, Moviebytes, and SellingYourScreenplay.com...     ...

THIS IS SHORT awards main prize to White Shadow

Festival streaming platform THIS IS SHORT awards main prize to British-Swiss production White Shadow Urgent social issues prevail at the platform’s online competition New Point of View – Second prize to French film How to order online With almost two weeks left to go, THIS IS SHORT announced the winners of the competition at the heart of the streaming platform, New Point Of View. The only short film competition organized by four film festivals together ...

Hollyshorts 18 announced the Awards Winnerd

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THE OSCAR QUALIFICATIONS GO TO... Three films from HollyShorts Film Festival’s 18th edition are moving on to be qualified for Oscar® gold in 2023. The festival took place this week in-person at the TCL Chinese Theatres, Japan House LA and various locations throughout Hollywood. The online edition of the festival will be available on Bitpix TV, the festival’s digital platform until August 28, 2022. If you missed a screening block or simpl...

‘Sublime’, the movie directed by Mariano Biasin, to receive the tenth Sebastiane Latino Award

  The award given by the Gehitu association goes to the Latino film best representing sexual and gender diversity Once again, the Ibero-American LGBTIQA+ festivals will hold their meeting in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival       The movie Sublime, directed by the Argentinian filmmaker Mariano Biasin, will receive the tenth Sebastiane Latino Award decid...

"Drive My Car", by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, to receive the FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2022 for the Best Film of the Year

Drive My Car, directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, has won the FIPRESCI Grand Prix after having been chosen Best Film of 2022 by the members of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI. The vote had the participation of 646 critics from all over the world, who chose this Japanese production from amongst all films released after 1 July 2021.     The other four finalists were Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog (Be...

Audience Award - Be Part of the Jury!

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All selected short films will participate in the competition for the Audience Award after they are uploaded on the Cittador International Film Festival´s website. The award is determined by Internet viewers using a voting tool. The film in each category with the highest number of voting will receive the Audience Award. Be part of the public voting jury - visit our website, watch films and vote on: https://iff.cittador.com You can submit your short film!   ...

Docu Talents from the East 2022 Awards

DOCU TALENT AWARDS 2022 WENT TO DAD’S LULLABY AND BETWEEN REVOLUTIONS Photos/ docu talent 2022 award ceremony  martichka bozhilova - jarmila outratova - lesia diak-s/ Dads-Lullaby / Between_revolutions EAST WEST INDEX 2022 SURVEY & EMERGING PRODUCERS 2023 PRESENTED IN SARAJEVO   Nine outstanding documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe in post-production – Docu Talents from the East 2022 – were presented yesterday by the Ji.hlava IDFF at the Saraje...

2022 Screenplay Competition Finalists Announced

Three scripts went on to Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition judges for their final determination of this year’s winner. “Pride and Prudence” by Fran Evelyn Ervin of Los Angeles CA “Prizrack” by Jeff Kaufman of Studio City CA “The Prison Club” by Catherine B. Owens of Hillsborough NC Award-winning writer and filmmaker Fran Evelyn Ervin’s distinctions include Project Greenlight Finalist, Creative Screenwriting CS ...

Announcing APSA 2022 dates, award categories and nominations council

SAVE THE DATE: 9-13 NOVEMBER 2022 The 15th edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) ceremony, the region’s highest accolade in film, will take place Friday 11 November at Home of The Arts (HOTA) on the Gold Coast, alongside the 4th edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Forum and public screening programme 9 – 13 November.     ...

The 6th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC wraps with awards

  The 6th Annual Festival of Cinema NYC wraps  Its return to in-person screenings with Filmmaker awards celebration   Casey Nelson and Marchelle Thurman’s Black, White and the Greys  leads winners, taking Best Feature Film Narrative and  Audience Choice for Best Feature Film   Cory Choy (Esme, My Love) wins Best Director, Nate Washburn (Behind the Wall) gets Breakthrough Male Performance and  Nicole Stua...

Thandiwe Newton to receive the Deauville Talent Award

A renowned actress known for block­busters, series, the­ater and art­house films, Thandi­we New­ton is also a ded­i­cat­ed pro­duc­er, activist and philanthropist.  She won an Emmy Award for her per­for­mance in the series West­world in 2018, and has worked under the direc­tion of such pres­ti­gious film­mak­ers as Ron Howard (Solo: A Star Wars Sto­ry), Xavier Dolan (The Death & Life ...

Last Dance and Annie Colère win the Prix du Public UBS and Variety Piazza Grande Award

The audience in Piazza Grande selected Delphine Lehericey’s film for the Prix du Public, while the seventies drama by Blandine Lenoir clinched the award given by the prestigious U.S. trade magazine.     The Locarno prize list is now fully complete with the awards for films screened in Piazza Grande. As a follow-up to the Pardo d’oro and other prizes awarded by official juries, the audience members in the Festival’s legendary open-air theater had th...

Locarno75 Pardo d’oro goes to Regra 34

Wrapping up 11 days of celebration, numerous special initiatives, and extraordinary participation by the audience, the festival is reaching its conclusion with the Pardo d’oro being awarded to Julia Murat’s Regra 34 (Rule 34), which will be presented on the Piazza Grande during tonight’s closing ceremony.   PHOTO © Locarno Film Festival - Ti-Press - Massimo Pedrazzini Since August 3, the entire city of ...

Locarno Pro Announces First Look and Alliance 4 Development Winning Projects for 2022

The eleventh edition of First Look – the Locarno Film Festival initiative showcasing films in post-production – has concluded with the announcement of its winning projects for 2022. This edition’s focus on the German cinema of the future gave the members of the jury, all of whom are the directors of major international film festivals, the chance to preview six German works-in-progress   ...

2022 Maui Film Festival Audience Award Winners

 CONGRATULATION TO ALL MAUI FILM FESTIVAL 2022 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS!       ...

GTA22 Nominees Announced

The full nominations are below. Best Action “Bullet Train” – Sony/Columbia Pictures, Ignition Creative “Red Notice” – “Teamwork”, NETFLIX, JAX “The Batman” – Warner Bros., BOND “The Matrix Resurrections” – “Free”, Warner Brothers Pictures, Big Picture Entertainment “Top Gun: Maverick” – “Back”, Paramount Pictures, AV Squad Best Animation/Family “CO...
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