Film Festivals & Awards
Danish crime drama wins Karlovy Vary top prize
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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 [...]
Independent Features Film Festival announces 2008 line-up
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 only one in which a global public selects all of the films via a web-based competition.
Due to [...]
“I Love New York” short film competition - last call for submissions
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, and amateur — may submit their :60 second entries for Empire State Development’s “I LOVE [...]
Independent Television Festival announces official selections
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 hip-hop theater documentary Something Out of Nothing and Jodie Sweetin stars in the dark comedy [...]
Edinburgh Film Festival 2008 closes
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 Best New British Feature Film sponsored by the UK Film Council
Somers Town, drector Shane Meadows
PPG [...]
Moscow International Film Festival 2008
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 Marion Lane (France)
SILVER ST. GEORGE for best director
Javor Gardev, Zift (Bulgaria)
BEST ACTOR
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
BEST [...]
Saturn Awards 2008 - the winners
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
BEST HORROR FILM
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
300
BEST ACTOR
Will [...]
Maui Film Festival - winners
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 was one of our best film festivals yet. Our screenings were more popular than ever [...]
Hollywood Film Festival celebrates genre cinema
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 with Film Threat and Chris Gore, the festival announces the “Call for Entries” for this [...]
Seattle International Film Festival 2008 award winners
The 34th annual Seattle Film Festival closed on Sunday after running for 25 days. This year’s edition of the festival saw almost 200 feature films from 69 countries screened and more than 70,000 ballots cast by the audiences.
Here are all the winners:
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Film
“Cherry Blossoms — Hanami,” directed by Doris Dörrie (Germany)
Best Documentary
“The Wrecking Crew,” [...]
