Film Festivals & Awards
La Femme International Film Festival in Los Angeles, October 16-19
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The LA Femme International Film Festival launches in its fourth year of films and festival activities. The last submission deadline is August 30 and tickets are on sale now. This is the premier film festival which supports women in [...]
Buick Riviera wins best film at the 14th Sarajevo Film Festival
The 14th annual Sarajevo Film Festival closed on Saturday, when Buick Riviera, a Croatian-Bosnian co-production filmed in the U.S. was announced as the winner.
Directed by Goran Rusinovic, Buick Riviera follows two refugees from opposite sides of the war, played by Slavko Stimac and Leon Lucev, who are unable to pull away from the aftermath of [...]
Best Latino actors honored at 23rd Annual Imagen Awards
The Hollywood stars were out last night in full force as nearly 1000 actors, entertainment industry executives, film and television studios and supporters attended the 23rd Annual Imagen Awards Gala ceremony at the nearly sold-out Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
Actors John Leguizamo, Edward James Olmos, Lupe Ontiveros, Eva La Rue and Cesar Millan, Leonor [...]
Independent Features Film Festival announces 2008 Audience Choice winners
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 [...]
Doctor Who, Stardust win at the 2008 Hugo Awards
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, The Golden Compass, Heroes Season One, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
The Hugo [...]
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 [...]
