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The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce that NOGAMI Teruyo will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th TIFF, in recognition of her extraordinary career and contributions to Japanese film.
Nogami first worked with KUROSAWA Akira on his film Rashomon as a script supervisor in 1950, and went on to participate in all his films after Ikiru in a variety of roles. This year, as TIFF revives the Kurosawa Akira Award, we are thrilled to honor...
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce that the 2022 Kurosawa Akira Award will go to Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and Japanese director FUKADA Koji.
As announced earlier, the Kurosawa Akira Award has returned to TIFF this year after 14 years. Honoring the renowned auteur’s legacy and ongoing influence, the award is presented to filmmakers who are making extraordinary contributions to world cinema and are expected to h...
Yesterday, the 2022 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) continued with its Saturday Centerpiece of events. The day began with NBFF’s Icon Award honoree Eddie Redmayne, who sat down with Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg for an ‘Awards Chatter’ at The Resort at Pelican Hill. The day continued with guests Colson Baker (Taurus), Ryan Phillippe (American Murderer), Kathy Ireland (Anxious Nation) and many more. We wanted to share some photos from the event for considera...
The AFM Sessions to Feature 100 Industry Leaders, Including Roadside Attractions’
Howard Cohen, Picture Perfect Federation’s Ashley Stern, Constantin Film’s Martin Moszkowicz,
Legion M’s Jeff Annison, Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein,
Protagonist Pictures’ George Hamilton & Many More
LocationEXPO to Feature Film Commissions, Agencies and Production Service Companies from 30 Countries
The American F...
With so many recent changes in the business, The AFM Sessions will explore experiences and perspectives on the landscape of our industry – from script to screen. Along with the of 30+ conference sessions and 100 speakers -- leading film executives, producers, decisionmakers, and experts from around the globe -- to our two stages in the Loews Hotel. Speakers from future-oriented companies and organizations, including: Bleecker Street, FilmNation, Lion Forge Animation, Millennium Med...
Hello! My name is Lauren Spohn. I’m a Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar, private pilot, and PhD candidate in Intellectual History at Oxford. I write about people, airplanes, and ideas.
Lauren Spohn is an American writer and director from Texas. She graduated from Harvard College in 2020 and is pursuing a doctorate in intellectual history at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. An essayist, scholar, and private pilot, she writes about philosophy and literature in a number o...
By Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
When Nikki Finke died on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, it was the Hunter’s Moon, a full moon in Hollywood.
That’s all Nikki, who died at 68, was, a hunter of scoops. With that famous TOLDJA word she coined, for the revenge reveal after the fact. Yes, okay, she was a journalist by trade, show biz news analyst, ground-breaking digital media pioneer founder of Deadline, now owned by Jay Penske’s PMC. But that’s not the whole ...
Eight jurors coming from different nations and four continents alongside the President of the Jury by Paolo Sorrentino, to award the Étoile d'or, at the end of the Festival
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The 38th Alexandria Film Festival of Mediterranean Countries and its director Al Amir Abaza honored actress and filmmaker Nora Armani at the opening ceremony of the festival's Mahmoud Hemeda edition at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt.
Nora Armani with her Award
Actress Nora Armani was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of the Alexandria Film Festival's 38th edition on Wednesday, October 5, at the Bibliot...
Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" was selected on the Couch Film Festival in Toronto, Canada and ANA BILIC is the AWARD WINNER in the category Best Writer. The actress Valentina Himmelbauer received the NOMINEE in the category Best Actress. That was great news and we are overjoyed!
Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0
More information: https://heidelerche-film.cittador.com
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL WELCOMES FRANCES WALLACE AS OUR NEW CEO
Sydney Film Festival today announced the appointment of Frances Wallace as its new Chief Executive Officer. Ms Wallace is a global arts leader who has worked in film festivals and cultural organisations in Melbourne, San Francisco and New York. She will be returning to Australia after 20 years offshore, including six years spent as Executive Director of San Francisco's Frameline film festival....
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Filippo Ticozzi (director), Diana Cardani (head of the animated film and Kino Club Bergamo Film Meeting sections), Donatella Palermo (film producer), Andrea Zambelli (director, screenwriter and photography director) and Erika Ponti (film producer) have been appointed as the jury of the fourth edition of the Ermanno Olmi Award, established to promote short films by young directors.
Promoted by the City of Bergamo, the award is open to filmmake...
The Ojai Film Festival spotlights filmmaking in the Ojai Valley, and surrounding areas, with the Gold Coast series which ties up the four days of in-person screenings on Monday, November 7. This year’s Bill Paxton Award goes to Travis Greer, whose narrative feature “Time Capsule” will screen that evening at 7 p.m..
Storytelling talent springs from the soil in this part of California, which sounds impressive, but the results largely remain unsung. The Gold...
Mexican filmmaker Juan Garrafa’s debut short film “NORA” (2022) is a Sci-Fi story set in a world where women are becoming extinct; “Nora” could be the last. Written by screenwriters Brenda Medina and Samuel Sanchéz Tual, produced and directed by Juan Garrafa and starring Jime Ferrari, Diego Garza and Tavo del Valle, the film won the Best Sci-Fi and Audience Awards at the French Riviera Film Festival.
In a recent interview with Garrafa, here is what he had ...
Mexican filmmaker Juan Garrafa’s debut short film “NORA” (2022) is a Sci-Fi story set in a world where women are becoming extinct; “Nora” could be the last. Written by screenwriters Brenda Medina and Samuel Sanchéz Tual, produced and directed by Juan Garrafa and starring Jime Ferrari, Diego Garza and Tavo del Valle, the film won the Best Sci-Fi and Audience Awards at the French Riviera Film Festival.
In a recent interview with Garrafa, here is what he had ...
Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, directors of the Vesoul International Asian Cinema Festival, represented France at the 14th Tashkent International Film Festival (Uzbekistan).
The 14th Tashkent International Film Festival (Uzbekistan) took place from September 14 to 18, 2022. More than two hundred films made up the selection. Forty national delegations were present.
Martine and Jean-Marc Thérouanne, director and general delegate of the Vesoul Internation...
The filmmaker David Cronenberg received the award from Gaspar Noé and Viggo Mortensen sent him a congratulatory video
The Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg received the second Donostia Award of San Sebastian Festival’s 70th edition at a gala held this evening in the Victoria Eugenia Theatre, where the French filmmaker Gaspar Noé presented him with the Festival’s highest honorary award. The gala was followed by the screening of Cronenberg’s la...
The filmmaker Carlos Saura, who had planned to present his latest film, Las paredes hablan / The Walls Can Talk, at the Festival, will not be able to travel due to a fall suffered at the last minute. Fortunately, the mishap had no serious consequences, but it has prevented him from travelling to San Sebastian.
Tomorrow, Wednesday 21st, one of the RTVE Galas will host a special screening at the Kursaal 2, Las paredes hablan, the eagerly-awaited new documentary by Carlos Saura on the origin of ...
Hamed Soleimanzadeh, an Iranian critic, researcher, instructor, and filmmaker, has been appointed as a jury member of 2023 Golden Globe Awards.
The first Iranian critic to be a Golden Globe Awards voting member in the category of motion pictures, Soleimanzadeh has previously been on the jury panel in several prestigious festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Göteborg, Oberhausen, and Istanbul.
The invitation has been sent by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) whi...
THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
TIFF 2022
With director Vera Drew
By Emmanuel Itier
Who am I? What am I, truly and really? Would the World accept me as such? These are crucial question asked by brilliant and inspired director Vera Drew. Whether you are a transgender or not, like me, one can only applaud the initiative endeavor of her film, ‘The People’s joker’, giving you the faith, the force, the power to follow your destiny, to achieve the vision you ha...
Isabel Coixet and Gaspar Noé to present the Donostia Award to Juliette Binoche and David Cronenberg, respectively
French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Løve, Mexican director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Irish writer John Banville join the list of personalities who will be visiting the 70th San Sebastian Festival over the next few days.
After having competed with Eden in the Official Selection (2014) and being selected for Perlak with L’avenir /&nb...
Today, September 14, the San Sebastian Festival presented an honorary Silver Shell to the company SADE Cines in recognition of its collaboration with the Festival down through the years.
The Sociedad Anónima de Deportes y Espectáculos, popularly known by its acronym, the SADE, was born on 28 December 1925, result of the merger between the companies Vicente Mendizábal e hijos and Príncipe Films. In 1953, when the Festival held its first edition, the SADE was a...
The US actress will not be able to travel to San Sebastian due to a family emergency
The actress Glenn Close has had to cancel her visit to San Sebastian Festival at the last minute due to a family emergency. The Argentinian producer Matías Mosteirín will be the president of the jury.
Close conveyed to the Festival her regrets for not being able to attend a duty to which she felt very committed. Just last week, the star of Fatal Attraction and Dangerous Liaisons posted a video ...
Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) revealed that the world-renowned film director Béla Tarr will be receiving its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award during the festival’s 44th edition (13 – 22 November).
Hussein Fahmy, President of Cairo International Film Festival, commented: “Béla Tarr is heralded as one of the cinematic world’s greatest innovators whose extensive repertoire includes several master piece fi...
And thank You Alberto!
Alice Kanterian (filmfestivals.com correspondant in Venice) on the red carpet with festival director Alberto Barbera at the closing of the Venice International Film Festival.
With Alice Diop:
Such a huge pleasure to receivethis award from Julianne Moore (Golden Lion Grand Jury Prize)
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