Month: August 2008

European Film Academy announces People’s Choice Award nominees

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The European Film Academy has released the list of the nominees for this year's People's Choice Awards. The movies cover a pretty wide range of genres, from fantasy (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) and horror ([Rec], The Orphanage) to epic (Arn: The Knight Templar) and period drama (Atonement). Film fans will be able to vote for their favourite 2008 European movie between September 1 and October 31 on the awards website. Here are the 12 films nominated for the People's Choice [Read more...]

Fox to stream premieres of Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe to on-campus students

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In an unprecedented event, FOX will stream the premieres of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and FRINGE exclusively for on-campus college students at www.fox.com. Only students on college campuses accessing through a college internet domain (.edu) will have the opportunity to watch the episodes online simultaneously with their primetime premieres. TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES will premiere both on FOX and on college campuses online at www.fox.com/terminator/college on [Read more...]

Independent Features Film Festival announces 2008 Audience Choice winners

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Independent Features Film Festival has revealed the winners in the Audience Choice categories. The competition included twenty-three films from 7 countries. The Independent Features Film Festival is the only festival in which film selection is done online via a web-based competition. The festival featured three action packed days of parties, shows, and of course the films. In only two short years the Independent Features Film Festival has grown into one of the most unique film festivals in [Read more...]

Captain Abu Raed wins two top honors at the Traverse City Film Festival

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Award winning Jordanian feature film CAPTAIN ABU RAED was awarded two top honors yesterday at the 4th Traverse City Film Festival, garnering the Audience Award - Best Fiction Film and Best of Fest - Fiction Film. Fimmaker and writer Amin Matalqa said, “From the beginning, I wanted Captain Abu Raed to be a Jordanian film for American audiences as much as anything else. I was blown away by the way it was received here in the Midwest. Experiencing it in Traverse City with 1000 people laughing [Read more...]