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That's a wrap on LFF 2023! Audience Award announced

 Drum roll… Your votes are in and we can now reveal the winners of the Audience Award categories at the 67th BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express.   We’d also like to take this opportunity to say an enormous thank you to each and every one of you who came along to this year’s Festival and made it so special.   ‘It was an absolute joy seeing audiences enthusiastically connecting to this year’s programme which was beau...

Devour! The Food Film Fest Celebrates 2023 Golden Tine Awards Winners & Reveals 2024 Change Maker Theme

Left to Right: Golden Tine Jury member Rose Schoonhoven, Michael Howell, Chef and Executive Director of Devour!, Bill Niven, Lisa Haller, Golden Tine Jury and Lia Rinaldo, Managing Partner, Devour!    Devour! The Food Film Fest awarded its 2023 Golden Tine Awards and is calling all culinary change makers and rule breakers for its 2024 theme. The 14th edition of Devour! The Food Film Fest will occur in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, from October 21st to 27th, 2024. It w...

Awards and unforgettable moments and stars at the Newport Beach Film Fest

The Newport Beach Film Festival is proud to recognize these filmmakers and films for their outstanding achievements. 24th ANNUAL NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2023 AWARDS WINNERS AUDIENCE AWARDS Best International Feature: “Radical” Best U.S. Feature: “The Holdovers & Brave the Dark (tie)” Best Action Sports Film: “One Way Ticket – The Story of Greg Lutzka” Best Culinary: “Food & Design&rdqu...

2023 Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest Award Winners

October 27th at TIFFCOM MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest 2023 Announcement of the Winners       MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest was held today at TIFFCOM (Oct. 25th-27th at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center HAMAMATSUCHO-KAN), an affiliated content market of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). Now in its sixth yea...

SCAD Savannah Film Festival announces 2023 competition award winners

    The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announced the award winners for the 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival. A key stop on the festival circuit leading up to the Academy Awards, the 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival screened 167 films, including 51 narrative feature films, 16 documentary feature films, 100 short films, and eleven world premieres and four U.S. premieres.   Out of over 2,100 submissions, nineteen awards were announ...

Hafez 2023: Complete winners list for the 22nd Hafez Awards

22nd Hafez Awards, Picture World Cinema and Television Ceremony were given to the best of cinema and television of Iran. The Abbas Kiarostami Memorial Medal was awarded to “Imagination”, directed by Ali Behrad.   The 22nd Cinema and Television Ceremony of Picture World Magazine (Hafez Awards) was held after a year break, under the direction of Omid Moalem and production of Azar Azar Memarian. The awards were given to the best of cinema and television of Iran. This year, the...

The Audience Award winners for the 28th Seattle Queer Film Festival

   L: The People’s Joker, R: Fancy Dance   CELEBRATING QUEER FILMMAKING EXCELLENCE: JURY AND AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 28TH SEATTLE QUEER FILM FESTIVAL   The People’s Joker and Fancy Dance receive top honors   Two films with Seattle-area connections win Audience Awards for Favorite Feature and Documentary Three Dollar Bill Cinema is proud to announce the Jury, Youth Jury, and Audience Award winners for the 28th Seattle Queer Film Festiv...

The film Citizen Saint wins the Grand Prix of the 16th edition of the CinEast Festival!

During the awards ceremony of the 16th edition of CinEast (Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg, 5-22 October 2023), the International Jury awarded the Grand Prix to the film Citizen Saint by Tinatin Kajrishvili and the Special Jury Prize to the film Blaga's Lessons by Stephan Komandarev. The Critics’ Prize, awarded by the Press Jury, was also awarded to the film Blaga’s Lessons by Stephan Komandarev. The Press Jury also decided to award a Special Mention to...

Announcing the 59th Chicago Film Festival Award Winners!

It is with great pleasure that we unveil the winners of the competitive award categories for the 59th Chicago International Film Festival! The Gold Hugo in the International Feature Film Competition went to Gábor Reisz's Explanation for Everything. In the New Directors Competition, the Gold Hugo was awarded to Amr Gamal from The Burdened, while the International Documentary Competition Gold Hugo went to Tatiana Huezo's The Echo. Minhal Baig's&...

San Diego Intl Film Festival Award Winners Announced!

Congratulations to this years winners!!                                  ...

Announcing the 59th Chicago International Film Festival Award Winners!

  It is with great pleasure that we unveil the winners of the competitive award categories for the 59th Chicago International Film Festival! The Gold Hugo in the International Feature Film Competition went to Gábor Reisz's Explanation for Everything. In the New Directors Competition, the Gold Hugo was awarded to Amr Gamal from The Burdened, while the International Documentary Competition Gold Hugo went to Tatiana Huezo's The Echo. Minhal Baig's We Gro...

Volker Bertelmann, Nicholas Britell and Amelia Warner among winners at 23rd World Soundtrack Awards

  Volker Bertelmann has won the Film Composer of the Year Award at the 23rd World Soundtrack Awards Ceremony & Concert on Saturday 21 October at Capitole Ghent. He had been nominated in this category once before, and has now returned victorious. Nicholas Britell received the Television Composer of the Year Award. It is the second time in a row he has won this award, the third time he has won in this category and his sixth WSAward overall. “Your Personal Trash Man Can” from&...

32nd Heartland International Film Festival Announces Winners & Presents $60,000 in Cash Prizes

  Simón" and "We Dare To Dream" win $20,000 Grand Prizes. Matthew Modine honored with Pioneering Spirit Award. Audience Choice Awards include "Brave the Dark," "Rustin," "The Lionheart" and more. INDIANAPOLIS - The 32nd Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) announced the 2023 award winners and presented more than $60,000 in cash prizes to recipients at the Awards Presentation at The Jazz Kitchen on Saturday, October 14. The 11-day...

'Los delincuentes' by Rodrigo Moreno and music from 'Poor Things' grab top prizes at 50th edition Film Fest Gent

'Los delincuentes' by Rodrigo Moreno and music from 'Poor Things' grab top prizes at 50th edition Film Fest Gent FFG2023 Argentine director Rodrigo Moreno's beguiling tragicomedy Los delincuentes has won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 50th anniversary edition of Film Fest Gent. The International Jury was taken by the unique rhythm and delicious absurdity of Moreno's enormously entertaining film. Debuting film composer's Jerskin Fendrix' ste...

Eva Longoria to be Honored with Discovery Director Award at 2023 SCAD Savannah Film Festival Following Special Screening of Flam

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announced director Eva Longoria as a recent addition to this year’s distinguished list of honored guests, featuring directors and artisans who gave us some of the most buzzworthy films of the year. The SCAD Savannah Film Festival will honor Longoria with the Discovery Director Award following a screening of her critically acclaimed feature directorial debut Flamin’ Hot at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24. The event will also feature a ...

'Slow' by Marija Kavtaradze wins Explore Award at Film Fest Gent 2023

   Slow, the sophomore feature by Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradze, has won the Explore Award by the youth jury at the 50th anniversary edition of Film Fest Gent. A Special Mention went to the picaresque odyssey The Sweet East by director Sean Price Williams and screenwriter Nick Pinkerton. Every edition, Film Fest Gent engages a number of avid cinephiles between 18 and 26 years old to immerse themselves in the films with the Explore Zone tag, a selection of films ...

The European Film Academy announces nominations in the categories European Short and Animated Feature Film

The European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the categories “European Animated Feature Film” and “European Short Film”. The committee which decided on the nominations for European Animated Feature Film was comprised of representatives of the European Film Academy and CARTOON, the European Association for Animation Film. The nomination committees will be presented on www.europeanfilmawards.eu after the publication of the nominations.   The catego...

Awards of the 39th Warsaw International Film Festival

  1. INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Jury members Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland), Nadejda Koseva (Bulgaria), Yurii Andrukhovych (Ukraine), Alejandro Torres Kennedy (Mexico)ł gave the following awards:   1.1. Warsaw Grand Prix went to THE SHADOW OF CATIRE / LA SOMBRA DEL CATIRE, dir. Jorge Hernandez Aldana (Venezuela/Mexico) The Warsaw Grand Prix includes 100,000 zlotys cash award, funded by the Mayor of Warsaw. The Jury justification: "touching and delicate, universal and p...

67th London Film Festival Award winners revealed!

This year’s winning films explore a fascinating breadth of themes and stories, including a drama about a community fighting to preserve its principles, a spirited tale of siblings enjoying the pleasures and pitfalls of life ‘home alone’, a deeply personal and joyful exploration of a filmmaker’s relationship her mother, and a poetic film that documents the experiences of queer Nigerians. And the winners are... ...

The 11th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival announces its list of winners

  CHELSEA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS 2023 WINNERS! The 11th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival announces its list of winners listed below by award category. It introduced American and foreign films to the public.  The Chelsea Film Festival (CFF) held its 2023 Edition in-person from October 12-15 at Regal Cinemas Union Square and online through FilmFestival+ until October 31st. NARRATIVE FEATURE AWARD WINNERS Grand Prix Award for Best...

Winners at Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma 52nd edition

   FEATURE FILMS AWARDS   Saturday, October 14th, the Cinéma Impérial hosted the FNC Feature Film, FNC Explore and P'tits Loups Short Film Awards. We are pleased to announce the winners of the 52nd edition of the Festival du nouveau cinéma.   INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION  The 2023 ...

Matteo Garrone’s movie “Me Captain” will receive the 2023 Capri Humanitarian Award

On December 27, Garrone will be in attendance along with the film’s performers, Sarr and Fall. Matteo Garrone’s movie “Me Captain” will receive the 2023 Capri Humanitarian Award, a special acknowledgment to be presented at the 28th edition of Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival, scheduled to unfold from December 27 to January 2. The festival is promoted by the Ministry of Culture (Film and Audiovisual Department), Campania Region, with the support ...

Co-Presented by 36th TIFF & Prime Video Amazon Prime Video Take One Award Finalists Announced

The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce the Amazon Prime Video Take One Award Finalists, whose work will premiere at the 36th TIFF. As part of an initiative to discover and nurture new talent, TIFF partnered in 2021 with Prime Video, which produces and distributes a diverse range of excellent original works in Japan and abroad. The award recognizes short films (15 minutes or less) by filmmakers living in Japan who have never participated in the production of co...

Film Threat Award This! 2023 Nominees announced ahead of December 10th, 2023 Awards Show

    Film Threat’s Award This! Announces 2023 Nominees Award This! In its 5th Year Honors Indie Filmmakers In-Person on December 10th  Film Threat’s Award This! has become a unique voice for indie film and an annual industry staple. An event with a mission — to champion independent films across a multitude of diverse categories to bring awareness to the growing number of exceptional indies available on DVD, VOD, and streaming services. Film Threat recognizes t...

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