The IFI French Film Festival opens today with a stirring mix of a first look at the best new French films and a look at some classic films from the past. The opening gala screening of Micmacs is completely sold out but there are still tickets for many films in the Festival including Séraphine, winner of seven César awards; Bellamy, featuring Gérard Depardieu and a stunning new documentary on Henri-George Clouzot's unfinished masterpiece Inferno and much more.
Round Da Way; (27th and...
Werner Herzog, one of the most important filmmakers of Auteur Cinema, will be the President of the International Jury at the Berlinale 2010.
As one of the most significant personalities of New German Cinema, he has influenced an entire generation of filmmakers. In his almost 50-year career, Herzog has made over 50 films, which include not only his well-known feature films, but an array of impressive documentary films as well. He has also made a name for himself as an opera director, write...
27TH TORINO FILM FESTIVAL - THE AWARDS
TORINO 27
The Jury of Torino 27 - Feature Film Competition of the 27th Torino Film Festival, composed of Sandro Petraglia (President, Italy), Anna Biller (United States), Rui Nogueira (Portugal), Maya Sansa (Italy), György Szomjas (Hungary) awards the following prizes:
Best Film (25,000 euros) to: LA BOCCA DEL LUPO by Pietro Marcello (Italy, 2009, 67')
Jury Special Award (10,000 euros) ex-aequo to:
CRACKIE by Sh...
Day 9 Recap:
Granted, the Starz Denver Film Festival in its entirety is a celebration in their honor, but we at the Denver Film Society literally toasted the talents who make all this possible during the Independent Filmmakers' Reception at the Postmodern last night, where the Lillet flowed like the chocolate atop the made-to-order treats from Crêpes 'n Crêpes. We didn't just put them in the spotlight, however-we also put a few of them on the spot during the Indie Film Roulette panel, as fe...
The jury of the International Competition Section of the 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
Theo Angelopoulos, Director (Greece), President
Lissy Bellaiche, Sales agent for the I/S Danish Film Producers (Denmark)
Mirjana Karanovic, Actress (Serbia)
Eugenio Caballero, Production designer (Mexico)
Lav Diaz, Director (Philippines)
Gyorgi Palfi, Director (Hungary) and
Amos Poe, Director (USA)
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (40.000...
A highlight of SoundTrack_Cologne 6.0, the Cologne Congress for Music and Sound in Film and Media, was the prize-giving ceremony on Saturday, 21st of November 2009. There were prizes for melodious TV music, for Rising Stars, and one for a legend: Irmin Schmidt was, for his life's work, awarded the SoundTrack_Cologne Lifetime Achievement Award.
In the context of the competition of SoundTrack_Cologne, the European Film Music Prize "New Sound in European Film" was awarded for...
The program part ‘Competitions' will bring two novelties during this year`s festival. Besides the Competition of Feature Films the festival will also offer Competition of Documentary Films and Competition of Short Films. The aim of the festival is to fill up the empty space in Slovak distribution, to present the best of the international documentary works, and also give space to young talents.
The 11th IFF Bratislava enriches its program by two competitive sections - Competit...
Celebrating African Talent in frontof and behind the camera during the 2009 African Diaspora Film Festival
This year was FESPACO year, the festival was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasofrom February 28 to March 7, 2009. The Golden Yennenga Stallion went to "Teza"by Haile Gerima and the Silver Yennenga Stallion was awarded to "Nothing butthe Truth" by internationally recognized, multiple award-winningSouth African actor/director John Kani.
In "Saturday Night in th...
For the eleventh year, the Nihilist Cultural Foundation presents the Nihilist International Film Festival. This year's evening of films will be presented at the Echo Park Film Center. The show will start at 7:30 pm on Sunday, December 20. The festival includes two hours of short films from around the country and around the world. The films range from troubling to hilarious, from profound to completely silly. Pretty much, something for everyone (except children and clergy).
Festival Di...
13th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) published today the competition programme.
EurAsia competition programme which takes place sixth year presents 21 movies.
Official competition programme EurAsia:
MOON / Dir: Duncan Jones / Great Britain
NEM VAGYOK A BARATOD / I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND / Dir: György Palfi / Hungary
ENTER THE VOID / Dir: Gaspar Noe / France, Germany
KASI AZ KORBEHAYE IRANI KHABAR NADAREH / NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS / Dir: Bah...
Acknowledged filmmakers, French Nicolas Philibert and Polish Marcel Lozinski, will be attending DocPoint Festival as honoured guests. The 9th DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival takes place on the 26th-31st of January 2010.
The festival programme will include a comprehensive retrospective of Lozinski's work. Academy Award nominated Marcel Lozinski has been a productive filmmaker since 1972. In his documentaries Lozinski potrays people living under socialism and quest...
The 24th Israel Film Festival, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States will open on Saturday, December 5, 2009 and continue through December 13 at the SVA Theater (333 W. 23rd St.).
Opening night will find celebrated actor Elliott Gould on hand to receive the 2009 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his tremendous achievements and body of work. This Academy Award® Nominee has over 200 film and television credits to his name, and is easily re...
The European Film Academy (EFA) is proud to have won a group of distinguished personalities from the world of European film to co-operate with for the promotion of European cinema and the European Film Awards. In close co-ordination with the European Film Academy, these renowned filmmakers will represent EFA and the European Film Awards at various prestigious events.
The European Film Academy takes great pleasure in welcoming as EFA Ambassadors:
Moritz Bleibtreu, actor, Germany
On...
The deadline for submitting works to participate in the 9th Edition of the RIFF (Roma Independent Film Festival) that will take place in Rome in April 8/16 2010 is December 15th, 2009.
All information to apply and the official Call for Entry are available on the website: http://www.riff.it/ http://www.riff.it/
Since the beginning, the RIFF has distinguished itself for the strong International calling presenting to the public in Rome works coming from more than seventy Countries, with Europ...
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Feast your eyes on the latest successes from the French box office. Launched in the presence of the great French actor Vincent Perez amongst others, and followed by a gourmet buffet catered by the Maitres Cuisiniers de France, this prestigious French cinematographic weekend event will take place on December 4th, 5th and 6th...
Mark Hamill * Batman: Arkham Asylum * LA Comedy Shorts Festival
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10th Student and Short Films Festival Sleepwalkes took place between 12.-15. November in 2009 in Von Krahl Theatre and Kinomaja. https://webmail.zone.ee/zjs/fckeditor/editor/dialog/www.poff.ee/sleepwalkers
10th Sleepwalkers is over. Main awards are from Kodak, Digital Film Finland and Finnlab. Best Estonian short film will receive a prize from Overall AS.
Jury awards for international student film competition programme:
Grand Prix - For best student film regard...
Just South and Sideways of Sundance in the Cowboy Wine Country town of Paso Robles, California, promoter Benford Standley is bringing back his unique independent film festival for a second-year run. Last year's festival was honored to host actor-director Clint Eastwood, Oscar-winning film editor Joel Cox, producer Nigel Sinclair, and a wide slate of fantastic independent films and filmmakers. Four days of films and music in 2008 featured greats like Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Johnny Rivers, Eagl...
Director of the Perspektive Deutsches Kinosection Alfred Holighaus will be taking on new tasks this coming year: inJanuary he will join the management of the Deutsche Filmakademie e.V., though he will still carry out his curatorial duties at the Berlinale 2010.
In summer2001, Holighaus was appointed the Berlin International Film Festival'scommissioner for German film by Festival Director Dieter Kosslick. In autumn of the same year, he became the curator ofPerspektive Deutsches...
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