Pro Tools
•Register a festival or a film
Submit film to festivals Promote for free or with Promo Packages

FILMFESTIVALS | 24/7 world wide coverage

Welcome !

Enjoy the best of both worlds: Film & Festival News, exploring the best of the film festivals community.  

Launched in 1995, relentlessly connecting films to festivals, documenting and promoting festivals worldwide.

We are currently working actively to upgrade this platform, sorry for the inconvenience.

For collaboration, editorial contributions, or publicity, please send us an email here

User login

|FRENCH VERSION|

RSS Feeds 

Martin Scorsese Masterclass in Cannes

 

Filmfestivals.com services and offers

 

AWARDS

The 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) proudly announces its 2023 Festival Honors to Patricia Clarkson,Todd Haynes and more

    NBFF Honorees Include Patricia Clarkson, Eugenio Derbez, Todd Haynes, Glenn Howerton, Jack Huston, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, William Shatner and Jesse Williams   TIFF Audience Award Winner “American Fiction” Added to the Line-up   The 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) proudly announces its 2023 Festival Honors. This year’s honorees include:   ●     Patricia Clarkson (pictured above, photo by Par Joella Ma...

VENICE TV AWARD 2023 winners announced

Proving that great television knows no borders, awards for excellence went to a spread of 29 different countries, with outstanding work rewarded this year from United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Brazil, India, France, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Canada, Finland, Spain, Austria, Australia, Belgium, South Africa, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Argentina, Norway, Mexico, Switzerland, Netherlands, Malaysia, Romania, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees and thank ...

2023 World Trailer Awards : some of the happy winners with their trophy

2023 Winners Just some of the 2023 winners announced in Algarve, Portugal in 2023. Best Online Advertising - Streaming Special Treats (now Once Upon a Time)   ...

Winners Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant 2023

The IDFA DocLab and the Netherlands Film Fund proudly announce the recipients of the 2023 Film Fund DocLab Interactive Grant: Nirit Peled with (this conversation is) Off the record and Constant Dullaart and Piotr Winiewicz with their project William Quail's Pyramid. These pioneering artists have been awarded a financial grant to explore the frontiers of interactive and immersive storytelling, evolving the landscape of digital art and innovation. Both projects critically examine the impact ...

Bill Paxton Award Goes to Animated Film

For the first time the Ojai Film Festival chose an animated film to receive the Bill Paxton Award. This distinction spotlights one film in the Gold Coast series, which closes out the in-person Festival on Monday, November 6. All the films in the series come from filmmakers in Southern California, including Bill Paxton Award honoree “Driftwood” by Christopher Hills Eaton of Ojai. Eaton’s mother, Merilee Eaton, a local mosaic artist, enc...

2023 CaribbeanTales International Film Festival Awards & Highlights

On Sunday night   CTFF 2023 closed out the in-person portion of  the festival with three more amazing films: DỌLÁPỌ̀ IS FINE by Ethosheia Hylton; Behind the Blue by Kenderson Noray; Yubism:Life and Art of Yubi Kirindongo by Corry van Heijningen, and our 2023 Award Ceremony. Congratulations to all of the winners and to all of the filmmakers who have taken part in this year's festival – We are grateful. Best Feature Documentary It ...

The winner of the 35th CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award at the 80th Venice International Film Festival is “Me Captain,”

The jury, composed by Pierpaolo Saporito, President of OCCAM and President a.i. of CICT ICFT UNESCO, Jasmina Bojic, Founder and Director of the United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF), Giacomo Mazzone, Secretary-General of Eurovisioni, Tiziana Maria Di Blasio, Professor at Pontificia Università Gregoriana, and Alessandro Mandelli, Founder of Serially, is honored to announce that the winner of the 35th CICT UNESCO “Enrico Fulchignoni” Award at the 80th Venice ...

Toronto International Film Festival announces 2023 award winners

  2023 Best Canadian Feature Film Award, Amplify Voices Awards, Short Cuts Awards, Changemaker Award, People’s Choice Awards, along with FIPRESCI and NETPAC film jury awards, close the Festival The Toronto International Film Festival® ― which concluded last evening with the Closing Night screening of Thom Zimny’s Sly at the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre and Roy Thomson Hall ―  has announced its award recipients for the 48th edition...

LIVE Table Read Returns to Honor Screenplay Competition Winner

 “Long Beach Island,” by fulltime attorney Edson McClellan who wrote his first screenplay four years ago at age 49, won the Eighth Annual Ojai Film Festival Screenplay Competition. The award comes with a Live Table Read performed by professional actors. Festival organizers welcome the return of the Live component of the Table Read, presented via recording the last three years due to the pandemic. The public may attend the reading on Sunday, November 5 at 1 pm ...

Awards of The 49th edition of Deauville Festival

   The Jury of the 49th edition of the Deauville American film festival, presided over by Guillaume Canet, with Alexandre Aja, Anne Berest, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Léa Mysius, Marina Hands of the Comédie-Française, Rebecca Marder, Stéphane Bak and Maxim Nucci (Yodelice)  awarded :   ...

80th Venice International Film Festival wraps and announces the awards

VENEZIA 80 The VENEZIA 80 Jury, chaired by Damien Chazelle and comprised of Saleh Bakri, Jane Campion, Mia Hansen-Løve, Gabriele Mainetti, Martin McDonagh, Santiago Mitre, Laura Poitras and Shu Qi having viewed all 23 films in competition, has decided as follows:   GOLDEN LION for Best Film to: POOR THINGS  by Yorgos Lanthimos (UK)   SILVER LION – GRAND JURY PRIZE to: Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai (Evil Does Not Exist) by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Jap...

Collateral awards of the 80th Venice Film Festival

ARCA CinemaGiovani Award | ARCA CinemaGiovani Best Film of Venezia 780: ZIELONA GRANICA (GREEN BORDER) by Agnieszka Holland Best Italian Film in Venice: EL PARAÍSO by Enrico Maria Artale   Authors under 40 Award | dedicated to the director Valentina Pedicini by "Venezia a Napoli. Il cinema esteso" Best directing and screenwriting: LUNA CARMOON for Hoard Best directing: MIKA GUSTAFSON for Paradiset Brinn...

Awards of the 11th edition of Final Cut in Venice

For the seventh 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 Bobby Allen (MUBI), Enrico Bufalini (Cinecittà) and Sarah Chazelle (The Party Film Sales) has awarded the film: CARISSA by Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, (South Africa) Producers: Deidre Jantjies, Annemarie Du Plessis “We were entranced by this journey from modernity back to traditions and th...

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON wins top award at Venice’s Giornate degli Autori

  THROUGH THE NIGHT by Academy-award nominated Delphine Girard wins the Audience award The Giornate degli Autori, a prominent sidebar section of the revered Venice International Film Festival, has concluded with a resounding applause for two exceptional films. Giornate degli Autori Award HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON (VAMPIRE HUMANISTE CHERCHE SUICIDAIRE CONSENTANT)  by Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada) The coveted Giornate degli Autori Award, presente...

New logo for the European Film Awards Berlin 2023

  The Academy is pleased to unveil the new logo for the European Film Awards Berlin 2023!   Berlin-based designer Christin Franke used the Pantone colour of 2023 – „viva magenta“ and the concept of “blossoming” for this year‘s awards logo, indicating the celebration of films and life. From this year onwards, the Academy aims to introduce a new logo for each of the following awar...

The IndieFEST Film Awards Announces Latest Winners! August 2023

                                                                         Contact: Rick Prickett, Competition Director 858-454-9787 TheIndieFEST.com Info@TheIndieFEST.com The IndieFEST is proud to announce the latest winners. Congratulations to all the filmmakers who participated in the current season!The a...

The European Audience Film Award 2024 announced

The European Film Academy reveals the nominations for LUX – The European Audience Film Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.   The 5 nominees for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2024:  20,000 SPECIES OF BEES directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain) THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE directed by İlker Çatak (Germany) FA...

The nominees for LUX – The European Audience Film Award 2024

  The European Film Academy reveals the nominations for LUX – The European Audience Film Award, presented by the European Parliament and the European Film Academy in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.     These are the five nominated films: 20,000 SPECIES OF BEES directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren (Spain) THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE directed by İlker Çatak (Germany) FALLEN LEAVES directed...

Golden Prague 2023 Nominees Announcement

  With joy, we are pleased to announce that 31 music, dance, and theater productions proceed to the second round of the competition of 60th jubilee Golden Prague Festival. The list of the 31 nominated films (sorted by the competition numbers) emerged from the first round of evaluation by a five-member international jury. In the second round, which will take place during the festival, the jury will decide on the prize winners. The Jury awards: • The main prize of t...

SAFILM Festival wrapped with awards

    SAFILM-San Antonio Film Festival wrapped the 29th annual cinema celebration with an award ceremony for the 2023 award winners. Congratulations to the following filmmakers and honorees.  2023 WINNERS! Grand Prize: "Out There: A National Parks Story" Director Brendan Hall Jury Prize for Best Historical Documentary: “The Raaby Mystery” Director Stian Indrevoll Best Narrative Feature: "The Great Distance Delivers Crane" ...

The Awards received for Sibel's Silence so far

Festival of Cinema NYC  Best Narrative Feature Film Julien Dubuque International Film Festival  Best ensemble cast Worldwide Women's Film Festival Hong Kong Indie Film Festival Paris Lady MovieMakers Festival WRPN Women's International Film Festival Best of Festival Drama Boston Independent Film Awards Vancouver International Movie Awards Toronto International Women Film Festival Rome Independent Cinema Festival   ...

Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology 2023 Announces Ten Animation Award Winners

The festival featured 29 awards including 10 specifically for achievements in animation   August 14, 2023, Portland, Oregon - Thousands of attendees were on hand for Portland Festival of Cinema and Technology's first event at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. The event showcased 119 films, including 111 World Premieres and Regional Premieres, and 68 animated films and shorts. On Sunday August 6th, the festival awarded filmmakers for their achievements and contributions to b...

The 2023 Festival of Cinema NYC closes with Awards

The 2023 Festival of Cinema came to a close on Sunday, August 13 with awards given out in 18 categories. Enthusiastic and emotional filmmakers and attendees celebrated at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center as it concluded the 7th edition of the Forest Hills-based film festival. Aly Yeganeh’s Sibel’s Silence won Best Narrative Feature Film, and Pierre Guillet’s The Book of Harth took Best Documentary, with Althea Root’s Good Side of Bad w...

Chromaart Film Festival Winners announced

    Last Saturday was nothing short of a fairytale. Drenched in gratitude, we soared through a cosmic opening of our inaugural @chromaartfilmfest with over 1500 galactic souls, artists from galaxies near and far that visited ..... and the visionary artist and installation creators who transformed our realm. Immense thanks to @superblue.art for anchoring this celestial journey, as we usher Miami into a new dimension of artistic innovation Our transformation of t...

Links

The Bulletin Board

> The Bulletin Board Blog
> Partner festivals calling now
> Call for Entry Channel
> Film Showcase
>
 The Best for Fests

Meet our Fest Partners 

Following News

Interview with EFM (Berlin) Director

 

 

Interview with IFTA Chairman (AFM)

 

 

Interview with Cannes Marche du Film Director

 

 

 

Filmfestivals.com dailies live coverage from

> Live from India 
> Live from LA
Beyond Borders
> Locarno
> Toronto
> Venice
> San Sebastian

> AFM
> Tallinn Black Nights 
> Red Sea International Film Festival

> Palm Springs Film Festival
> Kustendorf
> Rotterdam
> Sundance
Santa Barbara Film Festival SBIFF
> Berlin / EFM 
> Fantasporto
Amdocs
Houston WorldFest 
> Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
Cannes / Marche du Film 

 

 

Useful links for the indies:

Big files transfer
> Celebrities / Headlines / News / Gossip
> Clients References
> Crowd Funding
> Deals

> Festivals Trailers Park
> Film Commissions 
> Film Schools
> Financing
> Independent Filmmaking
> Motion Picture Companies and Studios
> Movie Sites
> Movie Theatre Programs
> Music/Soundtracks 
> Posters and Collectibles
> Professional Resources
> Screenwriting
> Search Engines
> Self Distribution
> Search sites – Entertainment
> Short film
> Streaming Solutions
> Submit to festivals
> Videos, DVDs
> Web Magazines and TV

 

> Other resources

+ SUBSCRIBE to the weekly Newsletter
+ Connecting film to fest: Marketing & Promotion
Special offers and discounts
Festival Waiver service
 

gersbach.net