Best Feature film: A boyfriend for Yasmina
Best Documentary: ex-aequo The one man's village and Checkpoint Rock. Songs from Palestine.
Best Fiction Short Film: The north route
Best Documentary Short Film: Stranger in my home
Best Director: Rashid Masharawi for Laila´s birthday
Best Actress Award: Suheir Hammad for Salt of this sea
Best Actor Award: José Luis García Pérez for A boyfriend for Yasmina
Television de Galicia Prize: Pommegranates and myrrh
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The Embassy of Italy, together with Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro announce a three days Italian cinema event in Podgorica.
Podgorica (Montenegro) will be the site of a three days Italian cinema event. From 8th to 10th november Podgorica will host a number of contemporary Italian movies which will be accompanied by open meetings with actors and directors, as well as conferences and food tastings to make Montenegro's public know the beauty of the terr...
Hayden Black, Steve Amato, Mike Wallen & Frank Chindamo Join Debra Kaufman to Discuss Creating Content for Mobile
On November 4, 2009, HD EXPO - Createasphere and MobilizedTV will present a real-world panel conversation with experienced mobile trendsetters including Mike Wallen (VP Creative for Fox Mobile Studios), Frank Chindamo (Fun Little Movies), Steve Amato (Founder of Omelet), and "Burbank Tonight" creator Hayden Black in a moderated conversation with respected j...
UK film WHITE LIGHTNIN' wins the INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION for the First Feature Films of Directors with a cash prize of Rs. 50 Lakh ~
LA PIVELLINA (THE LITTLE ONE) wins the Jury Grand Prize along with cash prize Rs. 25 Lakh ~
An incredible end to an exceptional start! The curtain closed on the 11th edition of Mumbai Film Festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) at Mumbai amidst the who's who of the of Indian and World cinema gracing the closure of the event ...
MEN ON THE BRIDGE
The London Turkish Film Festival (LTFF) is delighted to announce that the Festival Jury has awarded Asli Özge's MEN ON THE BRIDGE the inaugural Golden Wings Award. The prize, awarded at the Opening Gala on the evening of the 5th November, is a Digital Distribution Contract worth £15,000 and will support the film's release in the UK and Ireland.
MEN ON THE BRIDGE was chosen by the LTFF Jury ahead of other nominees Reha Erdem's MY ONLY SUNSHINE, Mahmut Fazul ...
The 7th edition of Amal ended last Saturday 31st October in the Teatro Principal with a closing ceremony in which the winners were awarded. The event was the highlight of nine days of cinema, dialogue and tolerance in the heart of Santiago de Compostela. The winners, many institutional representatives, authorities, members of the jury, directors and the media came together to celebrate Amal and to enjoy the concert of the French-Algerian musician Fayçal Salhi.
In the seven ...
A scarcity of Mexican production and the absence of exhibition platforms prompted Sarah Hoch to establish the festival Expresion en Corto twelve years ago which she has helmed ever since.
As a publicly funded film festival, Expresion en Corto had a primary focus on short films. By 2009 it has morphed into one of the most important Latin American fests offering a comprehensive program with productions drawn from many countries, a program which stands comparison to much bigger major impo...
the 27th Torino Film Festival
Torino Grand Prix
Starting this year, the Torino Film Festival presents Torino Grand Prix, an award which is given each year to filmmakers who, from the surfacing of the nouvelles vagues on, have helped renew the film language, create new aesthetic models and communicate the new trends that are the basis of the most interesting works of contemporary cinema.
This year, the prize will be given to Emir Kusturica, for the inventiveness o...
Things You Should Know About A Woman
Things You Should Know About A Woman, directed by Charles Haine, is a recent submission to ÉCU 2010's Non-European Dramatic Short category! Check out this teaser!!
Turbanology: After 7/7
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The Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has selected twenty-seven film projects that receive grants for script development, digital production, postproduction, distribution or workshops. In its Fall 2009 selection, the Fund gives 385 thousand Euro to projects from nineteen countries. The selection includes new films by acclaimed filmmakers such as Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Edwin and many first time filmmakers. (See full list below)
Six of the eight projects select...
The 52nd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film has closed with a new audience record: 34,200 visitors saw 330 productions in twelve cinemas, attended the industry events and took part in intensive discussions about the presented works as well as the future of documentary and animated film.
In comparison to 2008, when 28,000 visitors came to the festival, DOK Leipzig can, therefore, report an increase of 22 percent. With this number, even the final visitor figure o...
Coming to an end with today's screening of the closing film A Serious Man (by the brothers Ethan and Joel Coen), the Viennale can once again boast a successful outcome.
With a total of 94,800 Viennale-goers, the 2009 festival has again scored a considerable increase in the number of visitors.
The festival's attendance figures rose from 76.80% in 2008 to 79.60% at the Viennale 2009.
While the number of film showings more or less remained the same with a total of 345 screenings, the num...
North American debut of a hardcore porn film? And at the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival nonetheless... Dec. 5th at 10:30pm.
The film is entitled "Porndogs: the Adventures of Sadie" and everything you'd care or dare to know about the film can be found at www.porndogsthemovie.com.
Okay, so it's not a real porn film, but it certailnly tries hard pretending to be. You see, in Porndogs, all the actors are dogs... as in real live animals. Are you laughing? We hope so, because it...
November 5, 2009 will mark the opening night of the 9th Hungarian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The audience at the Laemmle's Monica 4-plex in Santa Monica has the honor to watch the Hungarian Oscar-entry, "Chameleon" by Krisztina Goda. The film is also in competition for the 67th Golden Globe Awards. This is an interview with the director of the film.
The fourth edition of Chris Gore's Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide is finally in stores!
Well, what's inside?
Everything you need to know to submit your film to a festival, from Sundance to the Finland Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
Invaluable, guerilla tips and tricks for marketing, selling and distributing an indie film
Candid interviews with top festival filmmakers
Full listings and contact information for more than 1,000 film festivals, plus in-depth analysis of the Big Ten ...
Lee Daniels' Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire takes Audience Choice Awards honors at 45th Chicago International Film Festival
The Centerpiece film of the 45th Anniversary Chicago International Film Festival, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire, was named the Festival's Audience Choice Award winner Friday. "Like everyone else who's seen it, I was left absolutely shattered by Precious," says founder and artistic director Michael Kutza. &qu...
25th International Short Film Filmfestival Berlin: 3-8 November 2009
The festival rundown:
Opening Ceremonies
KUKI Festival - 1 Nov - F...
French actress Béatrice Dalle will personally present Domaine, her latest film by Patric Chiha. She is widely known through works such as Betty Blue (Jean-Jacques Beineix), Night on Earth (Jim Jarmusch) or Wolfszeit (Michael Haneke). The Viennale is proud to welcome her on Tuesday, October 27. Following the screening, a discussion with the actress will take
place on the cinema stage.
Domaine
Pierre, a teen of 17, spends all his time with 40 year old mathematician Nadia. Their rapport is f...
Discovering Latin American (DLA) is proud to present the inaugural event at this years film festival, the 8th Edition of the Discovering Latin American Film Festival (DLAFF). With proceedings kicking-off officially on 26 November 2009, the pre-screening is the first chance to get a taste of the DLAFF, and an excellent opportunity to see Simn Brands multi-award winning film, Paraso Travel. The DLAFF is the UKs largest Latin American film festival, and this year will be very pleased to dona...
Chatelin Bruno 
