DON'T LET ME DROWN (Cruz Angeles, USA) Filmmakers, industry mavens, film critics and local film buffs gathered last evening at the historic Backstage Productions Arts and Entertainment Complex in Kingston, NY for the awards ceremonies of the 10th edition of the Woodstock Film Festival. The film event closes today, celebrating 10 years of exceptional independent film, panels, concerts, events and parties, with the best of the best in the indie film world. Emceed by actor/dire...

Award-winning producer Ted Hope, one of the most respected independent producers in the film industry, will be honored with the honorary Trailblazer Award at the 10th Anniversary edition of the Woodstock Film Festival, which opened today. Hope is a true indie pioneer who has shepherded dozens of American indie films over the past three decades. He will be honored at the WFF Gala Awards Ceremony on Saturday night, October 3rd. Hope enjoys a reputation as an unparalleled spotter o...

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Official selection Jury Members THE INTERNATIONAL JURY at the 57th SAN SEBASTIAN FILM FESTIVAL, made up of the members Mr. LAURENT CANTET (France) (President) Mr. BONG JOON-HO (Korea) Mr. DANIEL GIMÉNEZ CACHO (Spain) Mr. JOHN MADDEN (United Kingdom) Ms.LEONOR SILVEIRA (Portugal) Ms. PILAR LÓPEZ DE AYALA (Spain) Ms. SAMIRA MAKHMALBAF (Iran) at a meeting on 25th September 2009, has decided by majority to grant the following awards: JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SCREENPLAY t...

  The 10th International Bitfilm Festival for Digital Film will reach its climax on October 1st when the award ceremony will take place at the Cinematheque Tel Aviv.   For six weeks internet users from all over world could vote for the 66 nominated films which competed for a total prize money of 10,000 Euros and the Bitfilm robot trophies. Bitfilm's director Aaron Koenig will disclose the winners in a public award show in Israel's economic and cultural metropolis. The show wi...

  by Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Dailies Editor Although the Toronto International Film Festival does not have a official Competition Section (which distinguishes it from events in Cannes, Berlin, Venice and San Sebastian), there are a few awards announcements to close out the 12 day event. CADILLAC PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS The Cadillac People's Choice Award is voted on by Festival audiences. This year’s award went to Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel “Push...

http://www.GoingGreenFilmFestival.com twitter.com/goinggreenfest SUBMIT YOUR FILM NOW; ALL Genres Welcome!  With the motto “REthink, REplenish, REcommit”, the GOING GREEN FILM FESTIVAL encourages green filmmaking by rewarding filmmakers who have lessened their carbon footprint on the planet during production, used alternative transportation within the storyline of their films, or have created a film whose subject includes the environment, third world issues, etc. Please note, tha...

  THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER (Bulgaria) by Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Dailies Editor    FORBIDDEN FRUIT, a comedic-drama about two religious girls who flaut their strict Christian fundamentalist community rules forbidding the pleasures of television, music, drinking and dancing, won the Gold Dolphin Award as Best Film at this year’s FESTROIA Official Competition. The Finnish film, written by Aleksei Bardy...

  by Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Dailies Editor    ENTRE NOS, a hard-hitting and emotionally involving drama about the struggles of an illegal immigrant to make a life for herself and her children on the mean streets of New York City, was chosen as the Best Film in the North American Independents Competition of the 25th edition of FESTROIA: The Troia International Film Festival. The Festival, the oldest and largest in Portugal, ran from September 4 to 1...

BEST FILM: Mannen Med Kulorna by Hans Montelius HONORARY MENTION: E Finita La Commedia by Jean-Julien Collette BEST DIRECTOR: Stephen Keep Mills for Liminal BEST ACTOR: Cedric Eeckhout from E Finita La Commedia BEST WISCONSIN FILM: How To Not Kill Everyone by Kathy Fischer and Drew Foerster AUDIENCE FAVORITE: Open your Eyes by Susan Cohen. Even going up against the Packers and Bears we did allright, overall attendence was up from last year. So we thank all who support and sponsor us,...

The 66th Venice International Film Festival concluded with the presentation of the Golden Lion Award for best film to Lebanon by Samuel MAOZ (Israel, France, Germany). The festival ran 2nd to 12th September 2009.The Venezia 66 Jury, chaired by Ang Lee and comprised of Sandrine Bonnaire, Liliana Cavani, Joe Dante, Anurag Kashyap, Luciano Ligabue, Sergei Bodrov, having viewed all twenty-five films in competition, has decided as follows: Silver Lion for Best Director to: Shirin NESHAT ...

Alex van Warmerdam's THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK (De Laatste Dagen van Emma Blank) a Dutch/Belgian co-production, has been awarded the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film in the Giornate degli Autori/Venice Days section of the Venice Film Festival, it was announced today by a jury of four Europa Cinemas exhibitors - the sixth year the Label has been awarded in the section.   THE LAST DAYS OF EMMA BLANK will now receive the support of the Europa Cinemas exhibitors who commit ...

THE NOMINEES AND WINNERS FROM INDIE FEST USA 2009 ARE: Gary Bryan host of the KEARTH 101 FM morning show again joined Indie Fest USA as our emcee and the awards were handed out August 28, 2009 by great celebrity friends of Indie Fest USA; Noel G., Lou Pizarro, Matt Burch, Froy Tercero, Rich Stuart, Joshuin Barker, Duke Gonzales, Joey Buttafuoco, Giovanni Leiva Sponsors Choice Award 1: WINNER "THE TRIUMPH OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON" Sponsors Choice Award 2: WI...

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia - 2009 Edition Venue Announcement & Sponsor Info   Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Cambodia’s first internationally recognized independent movie festival, CAMBOFEST: Film and Video Festival of Cambodia will commence its 3rd season on December 4th, 2009, running through December 6th (with sneak previews anticipated on December 3rd - including some Best Of CamboFest 2007/2008 Movies)   This year’s CamboFest will unspool near Cambodia...

THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2009: THE SELECTION - It is with great pleasure that the European Film Academy and EFA Productions gGmbH announce the titles of the 48 films on this year's selection list, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2009! With 25 countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema. In the 20 countries with the most EFA Members, these members have voted one national film directly into the ...

Sunday 6th of September final day at AsoloArtFilmFestival. At 16.00 in the theatre Eleonora Duse will be screened the extra movie "Terra Madre" by Ermanno Olmi and later on the director Giuseppe Taffarel will get the award for the career Flavia Paulon, which in the last years as been assigned to many famous people as Mario Verdone and Ugo Gregoretti. At 18.30, the happening continued, still in the theatre Duse, with the proclamation of the winning movies, this year for the first tim...

      Potenza IFF 2009 >> CALL FOR ENTRIES!!! Submit your film - not later than November 1st 2009 - to one of these competitions: > International FEATURE FILMS > International DOCUMENTARIES > International SHORT FILMS > BASILICATA SHORTS > UNIVERSITY SHORTS > MOBILE PHONE FILMS Awards: 30.000 euros in goods and services!!! Rules and entry form on: www.potenzafilmfestival.it >>> TELL US YOUR STORIES! ...

Somebody to Love wins 'Best Short Film' at Yellow Fever Film Festival!       Hey Everyone, It's been far too long since I've done an entry. So I'm pleased to say I have a new entry and something worth writing about too! Somebody to Love recently won 'Best Short Film' at the Yellow Fever Film Festival! The festival was organised by George Clarke a man very much after my own heart. There were some great films shown so it was an honour to be ch...