The jury declares that this year’s competition presents a broad range of films whose central aim consists in exploring ways to further the interpretation and understanding of important topics of our time.
Therefore the jury has decided to award prizes to those efforts which achieve a balance between the political statement and the poetic form.
Golden Bear for the Best Film
La teta asustada (The Milk Of Sorrow) by Claudia Llosa
Silver Bear - The Jury Grand Prix
Alle...
The jury declares that this year’s competition presents a broad range of films whose central aim consists in exploring ways to further the interpretation and understanding of important topics of our time.
Therefore the jury has decided to award prizes to those efforts which achieve a balance between the political statement and the poetic form.
Silver Bear - Best Actor
Sotigui Kouyate in London River by Rachid Bouchareb
Silver Bear - Outstanding Arti...
Director: Simon Bergman.
A man enters the Moebius queue. An allegory about the time-space continnum, based on the Möbius strip.
The International Jury, presided over by Tilda Swinton,(Burn After Reading, Julia... ), will decide who is to take home the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears and the Alfred Bauer Prize in the Competition of the Berlinale 2009.
The other members of the Jury are Spanish director Isabel Coixet, director Gaston Kaboré (Burkina Faso), Swedish best-selling author Henning Mankell, director Christoph Schlingensief (Germany), director Wayne Wang (USA) and food activist and author Alice ...
The Central Florida Film Festival intends to use independent film to create a community of cultural experience and creative art education throughout the region. We are open to
Documentary, Narrative Shorts and Feature length films.
Seventh annual festival of films & videos from around the world on issues of peace, environmental sustainability and more...
Monthly film competition with a planned annual festival. Two options for entry:
1) Any short film that can use a mobile medium (most short films) OR
2) Any short film SHOT on a mobile medium
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IndiaVIDFEST.com is an internet portal where aspiring media and movie producers can showcase their talent, gain recognition, and compete to win worthwhile prizes for their efforts.
For four days Downtown Orlando becomes a juxtaposition of artists with originations in music, film, design and visual arts. Short films under 25 minutes & Music Videos under 10 minutes accepted. All Genres!!!
Filmfights is a free internet film festival that takes place every 10 days. All films must adhere to two specific guidelines - a set title and a set genre. Entries are viewed by up to 4000 people a day.
line-up of films selected for the Documentary and Narrative Feature Film categories of the American Independent Competition for the 19th Annual Florida Film Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University. Three second U.S. screenings and nine East Coast premieres were selected, with 11 filmmakers making their feature directorial debuts and eight female directors represented among the 10 narrative films and 10 documentaries.
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The first titles for the Competition programme of the 59th Berlin International Film Festival have been confirmed. They include films from Algeria, China, Greece, Great Britain, Sweden, the USA, and Germany. This means that in addition to the opening film, the world premiere of Tom Tykwer’s The International (which is screening out of competition, as announced in the press release on Nov. 28, 2008), another ten films have been selected, four of which will be celebrating their world premieres a...
Haydenfilms Presenting Short Films Showcase in Orlando Featuring Michael Attardi’s Award-Winning Christmas Film, Special Guest Tim CurryBeing Awarded Haydenfilms Lifetime Achievement AwardThursday, December 11 First-Class VIP Event Being Staged by Red Rope Screening; Will Benefit Special Olympics of Florida Kutztown, Pa.—Haydenfilms LLC, headquartered here, announced that it will present a Short Films Showcase in Orlando, Florida, on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008, featuring the multi-award-winni...
The Scottish actress Tilda Swinton will be President of the International Jury at the Berlinale 2009.
Tilda Swinton is one of the most prominent and versatile acting talents of her generation. She has received numerous international film awards for her exceptional work – most recently the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Michael Clayton.
Also this year, she founded, co-curated and produced a film festival in her hometown of Nairn, Scotla...
Berlinale 2009: Academy Award-Winner Tilda Swinton will be Jury President The Scottish actress Tilda Swinton will be President of the International Jury at the Berlinale 2009. Tilda Swinton is one of the most prominent and versatile acting talents of her generation. She has received numerous international film awards for her exceptional work – most recently the 2008 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Michael Clayton. Also this year, she founded, co-curated and produced ...
2008 Judges at the Miami Shortfilmfestival November 17-23
M. Evelina Galang is the author of two books of fiction, HER WILD AMERICAN SELF, a collection of short stories and the novel, ONE TRIBE. Galang is the recipient of numerous awards, among them, the 2004 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights, the 2004 AWP Prize in the Novel and the 2007 Global Filipino Award in Literature for ON...
Peter Fonda is Jury President at the 4th Zurich Film FestivalFestival Programme announcement: 2 World Premieres in the International CompetitionThe festival administration announced the programme and the members of this year’s jury at their press conference on September 11, 2008. The 4th Zurich Film Festival will present selected films by young filmmakers from around the world in the cinemas corso and Le Paris. In order to encourage the creation of new films, The Zurich Film Festival will pres...
WCBF has today announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program. A total of 40 entries have been selected by the independent judging panel from 12 categories to go forward to the final stages of the judging process. Listed by category, the finalists for the 2008 Global Six Sigma & Business Improvement Awards program are: Best Achievement of Organizational Business Improvement in Financial ServicesANZBMO Financial GroupCanadian Imperial Ban...
Create Chaos 2008 announces its daily keynote speakers. The event will include expert speakers, plus a panel on the final day addressing the changing landscape of the creative industries. The "create-a-palooza," taking place in Orlando, FL on Oct. 13-17, 2008, serves to connect, inform, inspire and educate creative professionals on the eve of a new Renaissance.The star-studded line-up of creative industry veterans at this inaugural conference includes:Bob Kodzis, creative catalyst and the Presid...
Monday, April 28-------Last evening at the fab Hotel QT off Times Square, the oranges were out in force in the Big Apple for the annual fete presented by Film Florida, a non-profit organization representing a variety of Florida film commissions, industry associations and labor organizations. The Apples And Oranges Party was set around the indoor pool of the Hotel QT, bringing a bit of Florida sunshine to the somewhat gloomy weather of New York in late April.Film Florida is promoting the Sunshine...
ENZIAN announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, March 28 through April 6, with screenings at Enzian Theater and Regal Cinemas Winter Park Village 20. This year 10 separate programs showcase 109 short films representing 16 countries from 800 submissions by U.S. and international filmmakers. Submissions include 18 world premieres and five North American and U.S. premieres. "This year our patrons will experience a broad scope of work ...
Friday, November 16-------Although every Friday sees a glut of film openings making their way to film theaters, the truth is that a large number of worthy films never find traditional theatrical distribution. That is one of the reasons that the brave new worlds of internet downloads and other non-traditional distribution methods hold such promise. However, until these new methodologies take hold in such a way that they can generate the same or similar revenue, theatrical distribution remains t...
The International Fest of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) announces an upcoming event at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Washington, DC on October 15th and 16th. Festival projects include short comedies, dramas, animations, experimental films, music videos and documentaries and are from independent filmmakers from a variety of countries. Countries with films represented at the upcoming DC event include the U.S., U.K., Canada, Sweden, Ireland, Norway, France, Italy, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Switz...
