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Samuel Maoz’ Lebanon wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival

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The 66th annual Venice Film Festival ended with the awards ceremony earlier today. Here are this year's winners across the categories: GOLDEN LION FOR BEST FILM Lebanon, by Samuel Maoz SILVER LION FOR BEST DIRECTOR Shirin Neshat, for Women Without Men SPECIAL JURY PRIZE Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTOR Colin Firth, for A Single Man COPPA VOLPI FOR BEST ACTRESS Kseniya Rappoport, for La doppia ora MARCELLO MASTROIANNI AWARD FOR BEST NEW YOUNG [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...]