The Edinburgh International Film Festival today announced the winners in the twelve competition categories for both feature and short films. The awards were presented by EIFF Artistic Director Hannah McGill, Deputy Artistic Director Diane Henderson and Patrons Sir Sean Connery and Seamus McGarvey on the closing day of the Festival at a public ceremony in Filmhouse. This year’s winners are:Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film, sponsored by the UK Film CouncilMOON – Directed ...

Today the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), announced 2009’s Michael Powell Jury in addition to the other five juries deliberating across the Festival’s awards. President of this year’s Michael Powell Jury is director Joe Wright (ATONEMENT; PRIDE & PREJUDICE). Joining him on the Jury are journalist, broadcaster and author Janet Street-Porter; USA Today film critic Claudia Puig; Academy Award® Best Actor nominee and Broadway legend Frank Langella (FROST/NIXON; GOOD NIGHT AND GO...

"Dear Friend of The Silent Film Festival,We are thrilled to announce the lineup for The 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival, taking place at the Castro Theatre on July 10-12. Tickets are on sale now for the foremost celebration of silent cinema in the Americas!In the space of a mere three days audiences will have the chance to experience the breathtaking vitality and depth of the silent era with 12 programs of classic films and rediscoveries—complete with live musical accompaniment ...

  The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival, which will be held in Schull, West Cork, launched Thursday, 16th April 2009 with a Cinematographer's Party at the Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city.   The Festival, in its inaugural year, will celebrate the short film genre through screenings from experienced and budding film-makers from Thursday, 14th to Sunday, 17th May 2009. Michael Barry, of Barry & Fitzwilliam, importers of Corona Extra said, "Corona Extra as a ...

Houston World Fest will run April 17 - 26, 2009 WorldFest was founded 49 years ago as Cinema Arts, an International Film Society in August, 1961. WorldFest became the third competitive international film festival in North America, following San Francisco and New York. WorldFest is the oldest Independent Film & Video Festival in the World. It evolved into a competitive International Film Festival in April, 1968. It was founded by award-winning producer/director Hunter Todd to present a quality fi...

The festival closed with a high note and the closing ceremony delivered hommages to Paul Schrader and Wim Wenders (both were in attendance to pick up the award) and the awards of the three competitions The Jury decided to award Idiots and Angels best film at the Fantastic competition, a film that plays to the bright part of human beeing rather than the dark side of it. Bruno Chatelin on stage handing award to Antonio Reyes The idiot becomes an angel, grows win...