Bahiya & Mahmoud Receives Best of Festival Award; UMOJA: No Men Allowed Receives Panavision Grand Jury Award; Tsuyako Receives Future Filmmaker AwardThe 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest, the largest short film festival and market in North America, announced its Festival award winners on Sunday, June 26, 2011. 331 short films screened throughout the Festival along with more than 3,000 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. A total of $128,800 in prizes, including $14,000 i...

The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival closed Wednesday, February 23, with an awards celebration honoring three films picked to carry the titles "Best Short", "Best Feature" and "Big Sky Award Winner." Three additional filmmakers were awarded Artistic Vision Awards as Special Jury Prizes. The seven-day event screened non-stop, 10 am to midnight at Missoula's Historic Wilma Theater and featured seventy-six films from more than 15 countries, with classics running side-by-side with world premiers. T...

A story of family against the backdrop of a career as a Harlem Globetrotter was the big winner at this year's Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival.Hardwood, the first film for director Hubert Davis walked away with four awards, including the coveted Golden Sheaf of Excellence as the Festival's top film.The film also earned Davis a Golden Sheaf for best direction in a non-dramatic film, as well as for editing and documentary short subject.The success at Yorkton was gratifying, said Davis."It wa...