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Palm Springs International Film Awards To Present The Fabelmans With The Vanguard Award

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that The Fabelmans is the recipient of the Vanguard Award. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film's cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to director Steven Spielberg and cast members Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle and Judd Hirsch who are all expected to attend. The Film Awards will take place in-person on Jan...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 39

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1037 // 1038 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...

Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2022 CATEGORY WINNERS

  We’re into the third week of the 12th Wildlife Conservation Film Festival 2022.  With one week to go, there is still plenty of time to view amazing films celebrating wonderful species and the powerful efforts to conserve their habitats and ecosystems.    This week we’re delighted to announce the WCFF 2022 Category Winners. All the films in the festival have important messages to communicate. Sometimes the themes are challenging, but ultimately ...

The nominees for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize 2023 are revealed!

  Five Nordic drama series are nominated for the NOK 200,000 (€20,000) Nordic drama series screenwriting award, presented at Göteborg Film Festival´s TV Drama Vision. For the seventh consecutive year, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond funded award for outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series will be presented during TV Drama Vision, Göteborg Film Festival’s conference event and series market. Five drama series from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden ...

$70,000 in fellowships has been awarded to filmmakers Temi Ojo and Mark Ingber for uplifting science in narrative films

SFFILM SLOAN SCIENCE IN CINEMA INITIATIVE SFFILM AND THE ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION CELEBRATE SCIENCE IN CINEMA WITH THE 2022 SFFILM SLOAN FELLOWS $70,000 in fellowships has been awarded to filmmakers Temi Ojo and Mark Ingber for uplifting science in narrative films in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the nation’s leading philanthropic grantor for science and the arts—has announced the recipients of fellowships from their signature program, the SFFILM Sloan Scien...

Producers Guild of America announces key dates for “The PGA Innovation Award” for 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards

Award Honors Outstanding Entertainment Endeavors Across VR, AR, Experiential and Other Emerging Media   The Producers Guild of America (PGA) today announced the application period is now open for the PGA Innovation Award and the deadline for submission is January 10, 2023. The PGA Innovation Award will be bestowed upon the production of a noteworthy, impactful new media program that significantly elevates the audience’s viewing experience. The winning submission will challenge the...

MyFrenchFilmFestival back in January 2023

MYFRENCHFILMFESTIVAL, 13th EDITION will run from 13 January to 13 February 2023  MyFrenchFilmFestival, the first online French-language film festival, will be back in exactly one month. All over the world, fans of French and Francophone cinema can enjoy a selection of feature and short films from the most prestigious international film festivals, including some that are unreleased in many countries. This is an emblematic proposal of the plurality and creativity of French and French-...

THE FESTIVAL BEAT ! N°1000 and 38

THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Weekly newsletter N°1037 // 1036 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...

The winners of the European Film Awards 2022

Here come the winners of the European Film Awards 2022 European Film Awards 2022: The winners on stage at Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík. Photo: Sebastian Gabsch Tonight, the European Film Awards celebrated their 35th edition of Europe’s most prestigious and renowned award honouring the best of European cinema. The winners were being revealed during the grand gala show at Reykjavík’s Harpa concert hall in front of 1,250 international guests. With four awards T...

Awards of the 42nd Annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival announced

And that's a wrap for the 42nd Annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival! The HIFF Team wants to send a huge Mahalo to all those Audience Members & Filmmakers who joined us during the festival.   We also would like to thank and acknowledge our Board of Directors, Donors, Sponsors, and Volunteers who are a huge part of the continued success of the Festival.   We look forward to seeing you all once again during our next events in 2023!       ...

Announcing the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Program: Feature Films

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  The wait is over! Our 2023 Festival program is here, and we have a powerful lineup of feature films across 10 categories. View the full program live now on our site and join us on Instagram Live today at 1pm PT/2pm MT/ 4pm ET (presented by Entertainment Weekly), to learn more about the program with Sundance Institute Senior Programmers Kim Yutani and Basil Tsiokos. Then stay tuned for Tuesday, December 13 when we announce our Indie Episodic and Short Film programs! Haven&rsqu...

Palm Springs International Film Awards To Present Viola Davis With The Chairman's Award

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Viola Davis is the recipient of the Chairman’s Award recognizing her work as an actress and producer for The Woman King. The Film Awards will take place in-person on January 5, 2023 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 16, 2023. The event will be presented by American Express and sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.   “Whether as an actress or...

Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces 2023 Lineup with Opening Night World Premiere "80 for Brady"

Fest to Open on January 6 with the World Premiere of Paramount Pictures’ “80 For Brady” with Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Rita Moreno and Lily Tomlin Scheduled to Attend;     Fest to Close with “The Lost King,” Screen World Premiere of “Shot in the Arm,” and Films Featuring Juliette Binoche, LeVar Burton, Eugenio Derbez, Colin Farrell, Jim Gaffigan,  Luca Guadagino, Mia Hansen-Løve, Lasse Hal...

RSIFF22 it's a wrap: we have winners!

Check our festival coverage from Jeddah for the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival Watch some of our videos on our youtube channel. --------------------------------------- BREAKING NEWS : WINNERS ANNOUNCED   VIDEO: Winners of the Red Sea competition sections Actor Jackie Chan poses with the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) CEO Mohammed al-Turki and chairwoman Jomana al-Rashid on the Red Carpet during the closing ceremo...

The Chopard Young Rising Star awarded to Sara Taibah at RSIFF 22

Chopard official partner to the Red Sea International Film Festival crafted the ‘Young Rising Star Award’ to be given to Sara Taibah  Already very involved in the world of cinema, Chopard is proud to demonstrate its love of the seventh art by being official partner of the Red Sea International Film Festival, currently being held in Jeddah from December 1st to 10th. Together with Vanity Fair, Chopard along with partner Attar United, co-hosted the Women in...

VIDEO: Winners of the Red Sea competition sections

Actor Jackie Chan poses with the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF) CEO Mohammed al-Turki and chairwoman Jomana al-Rashid on the Red Carpet during the closing ceremony of the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF), in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022.    The second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival (RedSeaIFF), taking place from 1-10 December 2022, today announced the winners of the Red Sea competition section...

Red Sea Souk Awards winners were announced today in Jeddah

Red Sea Souk Awards winners were announced today during the ongoing Red Sea International Film Festival (Red Sea IFF) in Jeddah. Aimed at fostering co-production, worldwide distribution, and new business prospects, the Red Sea Souk is a film market created to support the thriving Saudi, African and Arab industries and promote talent. Distributors, sales representatives, and producers looking to expand their regional reach attend it.   This year, the four-day souk attracted a larger crow...

Red Sea International Film Festival closes a very busy Souq Market: time to recap

  Extensive coverage from Jeddah for the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival Watch some of our videos on our youtube channel. VIDEO: RSIFF 22 Red Carpet interview with Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khanon     ... MORE VIDEOS/ Red Carpet interviews with Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khanon Shah Rukh Khan honored on opening ceremony Priyanka Chopra on Opening red carpet Akshay Kumar dancing at RSI...

VIDEO: a classic day at the Festival (with soccer closing at my hotel)

Everything is bigger and nicer for this second edition of the festival, the main venue (Ritz Carlton) is absolutely spectacular, with everything at hand, screenings, VR, The Gardens, and massive souk venues and meeting spots. Salute to the choice the festival made, also so very conveniently located next to Crowne Plaza where many of us are staying.     ...

The Red Sea International Film Festival hosted the first ‘Celebration of Women in Cinema’ gala

The Red Sea International Film Festival hosted the first ‘Celebration of Women in Cinema’ gala this week in partnership with Vanity Fair and Chopard at the Park Hyatt, Jeddah to celebrate visionary female talent both on and behind the camera from around the world.   At a gala event hosted alongside the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival, the event brought together working at the heart of the film industry.    The RSIFF continues to suppo...

VIDEO Interview with the director of the Qisah London Festival

Qisah International Film Festival provides a single platform for films from across the Muslim world enabling filmmakers, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to represent these local worlds in all their cultural diversity, nuance and depth. By Muslim world we mean not only Muslim majority countries but also those with significant Muslim minorities and the Muslim diaspora in Europe, North America and elsewhere. In bringing local film-maker’s representation of their life-worlds the festival aims to...

Egyptian cinema icon Yousra received the GOLD YUSR Honorary Award at the opening ceremony

The Red Sea International Film Festival honored the Egyptian cinema icon Yousra with a GOLD YUSR Honorary Awards at the opening ceremony of the Festivals’ second edition in Jeddah on the Eastern shore of the Red Sea.     Along with acclaimed British director Guy Ritchie and the legendary Indian actor and producer Shah Rukh Khan, the Festival honored the three outstanding talents to recognize their exceptional contribution to the film industry. The Festival is set to run ...

Goa Festival Controversy over "The Kashmir Files"

By  Alex Deleon   Leading Israeli filmmaker, Nadav Lapid (47) has touched off a gigantic controversy in India with critical remarks over the Bollywood entry,  "The Kashmir Files" at the  53rd International Film Festival of  India (IFFI), which ended on November 28 in the resort city  of Goa. Lapidus presided  over the jury and made his remarks at the closing ceremony describing the already contentious film as  "vulgar propaganda" &n...

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