The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival wrapped up its seventh year with record attendance resulting in sixteen sold-out screenings and events. The number of passes issued this year was 1520 compared to last year's 1000. Tickets also exceeded last year's totals. By Saturday evening, 12,495 tickets had been issued; at that point last year the festival had issued 11,670. As of Sunday's Award Barbecue, tickets issued climbed to 13,278 and, with the balance of Sunday's afternoon and evening scree...

As recently as four years ago, the New Mexico film festival marketplace featured a slug fest between the long running Taos Talking Picture Festival (TTPIX) and the upstart Santa Fe Film Festival (SFFF). Both possessed a unique niche, mountain town settings, and devoted audiences. For indie film festival freaks in the area, life was good. Alas, things never stay the same for long in this volatile business.Locals were stunned at the news last month that the nine year old Taos Talking Picture Festi...

eThekwini Feature Film Awards   BEST FEATURE FILM: Ararat directed by Atom Egoyan    BEST SOUTH AFRICAN FEATURE FILM Shooting Bokkie directed by Rob de Mezieres   AUDIENCE PRIZE:  The Magdalene Sisters directed by Peter Mullan   BEST FIRST FILM Samsara directed by Pan Nalin   BEST DIRECTOR: Atom Egoyan for Ararat   BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Katsumi Yanagishima for Dolls   BEST ACTRESS: A...