Film Festivals & Awards
Doctor Who, Stardust win at the 2008 Hugo Awards
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Doctor Who episode Blink beat out Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood and Star Trek New Voyages to win a Hugo Award for “Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form,” while Stardust won in the “Long Form” category, where it was nominated alongside Enchanted, [...]
Captain Abu Raed wins two top honors at the Traverse City Film Festival
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 [...]
Imagen Foundation to present top honours to Tony Plana, Rodrigo Garcia and Ligiah Villalobos
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 with the Lifetime Achievement Award, director/producer Rodrigo Garcia (HBO’s In Treatment) will be given the [...]
Danish crime drama wins Karlovy Vary top prize
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 to Nan T. Achnas for The Photograph, while Alexey Uchitel was honored as best director [...]
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 [...]
