Category: Film Festivals & Awards

The Imagen Foundation, an organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging positive and accurate portrayal of Latino characters and production storylines in film and television, will present special awards to three prominent industry insiders this year.

Actor Tony Plana will be honoured …

Danish crime drama Terribly Happy won the main prize at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which closed over the weekend. The film is based on a novel by Erling Jepsen.

The festival jury gave the special prize and $20,000 …

Independent Features reveals the official selections for the 2008 Independent Features Film Festival which includes twenty-three films from 7 countries. The festival, which occurs July 25 – 27, 2008 at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City, is the …

Aspiring filmmakers 14 years old and above have one more chance to take advantage of the opportunity to tell the world why they love New York and have their work judged by a star-studded celebrity panel. Filmmakers — professional, student, …

The independent television movement is taking Hollywood by storm with high quality post sound companies and now celebrities, too, jumping on board. James Cromwell stars and Executive Produces Hitfactor; John Leguizamo and Nick Cannon both lend their talents to the …

The 62nd annual Edinburgh International Film Festival closed over the weekend. 130 films were screened over the 12 days that the fest lasted and Shane Meadows took home the main prize.

Here is the list of the winners:

Michael Powell Award for …

The 30th Moscow International Film Festival closed after a ten-day run over the weekend. Here are the winners of the main awards:

GOLD ST. GEORGE for best film
As Simple as That, director Reza Mir Karimi (Iran)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
The Simple Heart, director …

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films presented the 34th annual Saturn Awards on Tuesday, June 24 in Universal City. The awards ceremony was hosted by Jeffrey Ross.

Here are all the winners:

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Cloverfield

BEST FANTASY FILM
Enchanted …

The annual Maui Film Festival closed last week with an awards ceremony. This year’s edition of the festival drew 20,000 people. Festival director Barry Rivers said:

“From the constellation of stars that were honored to the overwhelming attendance at films, this …

The Hollywood Film Festival, presented by STARZ, will mark its return on October 22, 2008, to the state-of-the-art ArcLight Theatres in Hollywood for a twelfth annual, weeklong series of screenings, seminars, competitions, awards and a special presentation of “Genre Cinema.”

Together …