Film Festivals & Awards

European Film Academy announces selections for 2008 European Film Awards

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The European Film Academy (EFA) has released the list of the potential nominees for this year's European Film Awards. The list includes 44 films from 27 countries, with France,  the U.K., and Germany leading the pack with multiple nominations. The official list of nominated films will be announced on November 8 at the Sevilla European Film Festival, after EFA's 1,800 members have had a chance to vote for the nominees in a number of categories. The 21st annual European Film Awards ceremony [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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 $20,000 to Nan T. Achnas for The Photograph, while Alexey Uchitel was honored as best director for The Captive. Two Czech actors - Martha Issova and Jiri Madl - picked up the acting prizes for their performances in Night Owl, a drama that deals with misdirected [Read more...]