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Grand Jury & Audience Award Winners announced at 26th Sonoma International Film Festival

                                                       Stolman Audience Award, Best Feature | JULES starring Ben Kingsley A 3 Audience Award, Best Documentary | Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection The McNeely Audience Award, Best Short Film | Nina & Irena Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature | Burning Days Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature | The Gr...

A day with Nicole Kidman at La Rochelle Festival

  Photo : Eyes Wide Shut Stanley Kubrick © Warner For this 51st  edition, FEMA gives the place of honor to an Australian actress who, under the porcelain surface of a Hollywood stunner with the air of an ice queen — To Die For directed by Gus Van Sant, unforgettable in Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut and Jane Campion’s The Portrait of a Lady — never ceases to amaze with her choice...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 50

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1047 // 1049 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :           With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly share our knowledge of the c...

La Semaine de la Critique unveils the poster of its 62nd edition

  Scottish director Charlotte Wells’ first feature, AFTERSUN, was discovered last year at La Semaine de la Critique, and has since found phenomenal success, moving audiences throughout the world.  Photographer and artist Sarah Makharine captures a warm embrace between the protagonists, Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. A moment out of time, intimate and graceful, a simple gesture that envelops and reassures. Both a discovery and an encounter: two stunning actors meet acros...

SFFILM Announces Full Lineup for 66th San Francisco International Film Festival

Program Features Selections from 37 Countries, and Spotlights New Work from Bay Area Filmmakers  11 Days of Film and Events Exclusively in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Oakland Theaters  Today, SFFILM announced the full lineup for the 66th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM Festival), the longest-running film festival in the Americas. This year’s program, curated from over 5,000 submissions and invitations, will screen exclusively in theaters across San Francisc...

The 2023 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival announces film lineup for 29th edition (April 25-May 7)

      Matt Johnson’s BLACKBERRY is the Opening Night  selection and Marvin Samel’s IMORDECAI  is the Closing Night selection   SLO Film Fest’s’s special screenings, events, and programs include  Hunter S. Thompson Tribute, Surf Nite at the Fremont,  MicroHorrors, Cal Poly Shortcuts, E.T., Roman Holiday, and  Oliver Stone’s Nuclear Now        BlackBerry,&n...

Le Prix du passage is the winner of the First Prize BFM 41!

  Le Prix du passage/The Channel by Thierry Binisti (France, Belgium, 2022) is the winner of the main competition Mostra Concorso of the 41st edition of Bergamo Film Meeting. Chosen by the audience, the film will receive the Bergamo Film Meeting Prize, worth 5,000 €. The international jury, led by Nerina Kocjančič (Slovenian Film Centre), along with Simone Bachini (Apapaja Produzioni Cinematografiche) and Iva Hejlíčková (Uherské Hradiště Summer Film S...

Séries Mania announces Doctor Who: Flux BBC as the winner of the first “Series Mania’s Creative Campaign Award”

SERIES MANIA FORUM ANNOUNCES WINNER AND JURY SPECIAL MENTION OF “SERIES MANIA’S CREATIVE CAMPAIGN AWARD”   Award part of “Marketing of Series & Innovation” strand  as part of Series Mania Forum ­ ­ Having announced the creation of the award last November, Laurence Herszberg, Founder and General Director of Series Mania, today announced the winner of the first annual “Series Mania’s Creative Campaign Award...

UNIFRANCE looks back at Berlinale boasting with 18 prizes awarded to French films

The 73rd edition of the Berlinale ended on February 26 with a prize list that honored French cinema in its plurality. The Year of the Documentary in France opens wonderfully with the Golden Bear awarded to the remarkable film by Nicolas Philibert, On the Adamant (to be released in France on April 19). And it was another, singular documentary, Orlando, My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado, which received four awards, including the Special Jury Prize – Encoun...

The 2023 American Film Market® (AFM®) moves to Santa Monica’s Le Méridien Delfina on Pico

The American Film Market®(AFM®) has chosen Santa Monica’s Le Méridien Delfina, located at 530 Pico Blvd., as its new headquarters, replacing the Loews which closed for lengthy renovations in early March.  Though that 30-year era has ended, we are delighted that our new location means you will be returning to the same sunny beachside city for AFM 2023, to familiar places and faces, and that you will be part of this exciting n...

Annecy Festival Jury Members announced

From Sunday 11th June, 18 esteemed international figures (including 3 from Mexico) will get together to celebrate animation and to reward the best of the Official Selection’s 6 categories. Discover them all here: FEATURE FILMS ...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 49

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1047 // 1048 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :           With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly share our knowle...

Oscar Awards revealed

Congratuilations to "Everything Everywhere All at Once" which took the major industry awards at the 95th Academy Awards Sunday night: Oscars for best picture and best director, and cast members earning individual acting awards.     WINNERS & NOMINEESACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE WINNER BRENDAN FRASER The Whale   ...

Oxford Film Festival 2023 announces filmmaker awards for 20th Anniversary edition

THE 2023 OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS   Mike Cheslik’s HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS wins Best Narrative Feature, and G.B. Shannon’s SHOW BUSINESS IS MY LIFE (BUT I CAN’T PROVE IT) wins Best Documentary Feature   Michael Stevantoni and Strack Azar’s THE BANALITY, and Kelly Duane de la Vega and Zandashé Brown’s IN THE BONES tied for Best Mississippi Feature     THE BANALITY, IN THE BONES Oxford, MS (March 11, ...

The biggest MIPTV in years returns to Cannes in a month to celebrate the 60th

  Get your Spring content and co-production deals done. Register today!   ...

VIDEO: watch the World Trailer Awards 2023

2023 WORLD WINNERS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS AND NOMINEES ENJOY THE SHOW         ...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 48

  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1047 // 1046 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :           With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly sha...

Honor Awards to three prolific individuals on Opening Night of SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival on March 16

Gale Anne Hurd SRFF2023 the 10th-anniversary edition of SR Socially Relevant™Film Festival NY, SRFF 2023, red carpet opens March 16, at the Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater at 5:30 PM. The Opening Ceremony, and Honor Awards at 6:00 PM. The honorees are Gale Anne Hurd (Award-winning Film and TV Producer), Tonya Lewis Lee (producer, film director, writer, entrepreneur, and women's health advocate), and Robert Schenkkan (Pulitzer and Emmy Award-winning author). The Van...

Barbara Wurm Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum

Barbara Wurm Appointed as New Head of the Berlinale Forum   As of August 1, 2023, the author and curator Barbara Wurm will be taking over as head of the Forum section, which has been part of the Berlinale since 1971 and is independently curated and run by Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art. Wurm succeeds Cristina Nord, who is returning to the Goethe-Institut after four years. Anna Hoffmann will provide support as the section and programme manager. Uli Ziemons ...

FANTASPORTO closes 2023 Batalha edition with Awards

MEGALOMANIAC AND THE PORTUGUESE INCUBUS WINNERS OF THE FANTASY SECTION AND NARCOSIS OF THE DIRECTOR’S WEEK The new Multiplex BATALHA received this year the 43rd edition of the iconic and just finished Fantasporto – Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto. The International Jury of the fantasy section was LAWRENCE TROTT, MÁRTA BÉNYEI, SANDRA HENRIQUES and LUÍS ROSALES and decided to divide their awards between European and Asian Films.  PORTUGUESE...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 47

  THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1043 // 1044 Documenting the festivals experience since 1995, reaching over 166 000 subscribers.   FOLLOW US :           With other 11 000 festivals worldwide which we cover: no wonder we have reached the '1000' mark for our newsletters count. We proudly sha...

The CESAR Award Winners

The Night of the 12th Dominik Moll, Carole Scotta, Caroline Benjo, ... Film Benoît Magimel Pacifiction Actor Virginie Efira Paris Memories Actress Nadia Tereszkiewicz Forever Young Promising Actress Bastien Boui...

Ruben Östlund, President of the Jury of the 76th Festival de Cannes

50 years after fellow citizen Ingrid Bergman, Swedish director Ruben Östlund, a two-time winner of the Palme d'or, will preside over the Jury of the 76th edition of the Festival de Cannes to be held from May 16 to 27. « I am happy, proud, and humbled to be trusted with the honor of Jury president for this year's Competition at the Festival de Cannes. Nowhere in the film world is the anticipation as strong as when the curtain rises on the films in Competition at the Festival...

Windrush Caribbean Film Festival Appoints Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE and Ansel Wong CBE to its team

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The Windrush Caribbean Film Festival is proud to announce that two cultural icons are joining its team as it gears up to mark the 75th Anniversary of Windrush in June.    Emmanuel Anyiam-Osigwe MBE is joining the Windrush Caribbean Film Festival (WCFF) as Artistic Director. Emmanuel is well known in the film and wider cultural communities as the Founder of British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) which launched in 2005 as the only showcase for urban indep...

Mike Downey to receive The Stockfish Honorary Award

Stockfish 2023 will confer an honorary award for “An outstanding contribution to the film industry,” an approach to bestow prominent professionals from the academic, production, distribution, market and film festival scenes. The 2023 Stockfish Award will go to Mike Downey.   Mike Downey founded the UK-based independent production house Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME) in 2000 as part of an IPO on the Frankfurt DAX...

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