The competition sections of the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express are a celebration of the most exciting, innovative new films and cinematic storytelling; creative, beautiful and often provocative, the films showcase an incredible range of talent from across the world.   This year's winning films chosen by four juries - led by jury presidents Alexandre O. Philippe (Official Competition), Dionne Edwards (First Feature Com...

  All We Imagine As Light, Holy Curse, Bhangaar, A Nice Indian Boy, A Dream Called Khushi, Loop Line, Gold Medal, A Lullaby for Yellow Roses, Pink, Katlaa Curry, Dr. B.R. Amebedkar: Now and Then win top awards at the 19th Edition Tasveer Film Festival  Request to Interview Festival Director Rita Meher The 19th annual Oscar®-qualifying Tasveer Film Festival concluded on a high note, with the announcement of the 2024 Audience Choice Awards, and Juried Competition Award winn...

It is with great excitement that we unveil the winners of the competitive award categories for the 60th Chicago International Film Festival! The Gold Hugo for International Feature Competition goes to Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio! In the New Directors Competition, the Gold Hugo was awarded to Mo Harawe from The Village Next to Paradise while the International Documentary Competition Gold Hugo went to Elizabeth Lo’s Mistress Dispeller. In the OutLook Compe...

  The 12th Annual Edition of Chelsea Film Festival announces its list of winners listed below by award category. It introduced American and foreign films to the public from October 16-20 at Regal Cinemas Union Square and online through FilmFestival+ until October 31st. NARRATIVE FEATURE AWARD WINNERS Grand Prix Award for Best Picture – THE CITY by Amit Ulman Best Director – THE CITY by Amit Ulman Best Actress – Moira Akous in...

Official awards of the 28th Busan International Film Festival have been announced and a grand prize of USD 30,000 was awarded to “The Land of Morning Calm” and to “MA – Cry of Silence”.   According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The closing ceremony of the 29th Busan International Film Festival was held in the Busan Cinema Center in Busan, South Korea, with the presence of of the jury of differen...

Today the European Film Academy revealed the nominees of the European Short Film category. With the announcement the Academy enters a partnership with Vimeo, the innovative video experience platform for creators and enterprises. The cooperation aims to encourage a cultural dialogue and showcases the layered richness of European cinema. Vimeo will serve as the exclusive title sponsor of the European Short Film category, renaming it to “EUROPEAN SHORT FILM – Prix Vimeo”. Fu...

The winners of the 2024 Venice TV Award have been revealed, showcasing the best of global television content as it competed for the prestigious Gold Medals. The Venice TV Award continues its proud tradition of recognizing and celebrating the most outstanding achievements in television. Two weeks after the Venice Film Festival, this annual event brings together an international jury in the iconic city to honour television masterpieces from around the world. ed by the International Music...

  On Wednesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Gotham announced the winners of the inaugural Gotham Week Honors. Winning the U.S. Features in Development honor was Here for the Weekend, written and directed by Jane Casey Modderno. The raunchy rom-com follows three transgender best friends chasing love, success, and connection in Palm Springs, while trying desperately to keep their found-family together. Winning the U.S. Shorts to Features honor was Thirstygirl,&nb...

  On Wednesday at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Gotham announced the winners of the inaugural Gotham Week Honors. Winning the U.S. Features in Development honor was Here for the Weekend, written and directed by Jane Casey Modderno. The raunchy rom-com follows three transgender best friends chasing love, success, and connection in Palm Springs, while trying desperately to keep their found-family together. Winning the U.S. Shorts to Features honor was Thirstygirl,&nb...

 Cate Blanchett in San Sebastian The Australian actress and producer Cate Blanchett received the first Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival's 72nd edition this evening at the gala in the Kursaal Centre, where she considered it an "honour" to receive the event's highest accolade and gave an imioned defence of the "desire to know". Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, for whom Blanchett has just worked on the miniseries Disclaimer, presente...

                     The director Pedro Almodóvar received the second Donostia Award of the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition from Tilda Swinton in the Kursaal Auditorium, where 44 years after his debut in the New Filmmakers section, he made a ionate defence of freedom, in fiction and in reality. The ceremony was followed by the screening of The Room Next Door, winning movie of the Golden Lion at the Venice Mostra....

   The feature film Tardes de soledad (Spain--Portugal), directed by Albert Serra, has bagged the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian Festival's 72nd edition, whose official jury gave the Silver Shell for Best Director ex aequo to debutants Laura Carreira and Pedro Martín Calero for their respective work in On Falling (UK-Portugal) and El llanto / The Wailing (Spain-Argentina-). The Silver Shell for Best Leading Perf...

visibility and a tribute to european films in the arab world A total of 22 European films, including nine Oscar submissions to be considered for Best International Feature Film, are competing for the Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which is tly hosted by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) for the six time. All of the 22 films which were nominated by EFP’s , the national film promotion institutes from throughout Europe, have premiered ...

visibility and a tribute to european films in the arab world A total of 22 European films, including nine Oscar submissions to be considered for Best International Feature Film, are competing for the Arab Critics' Awards for European Films, which is tly hosted by European Film Promotion (EFP) and the Arab Cinema Center (ACC) for the six time. All of the 22 films which were nominated by EFP’s , the national film promotion institutes from throughout Europe, have premiered ...

    The winners of the Golden Prague Festival have been announced. The Grand Prix goes to a revolutio...

The 16th Annual Hola Mexico Film Festival, presented by the "2025 Toyota Camry,"  announced the 2024 winners of this year’s Audience Award, “Soy Lo Que Nunca Fui” by Director Rodrigo Alvarez Flores and the Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today Audience Award, “Onnamusha" by Director Ryan Lopez. Both films have achieved the top position by garnering the maximum points in the audience award vote, confirming their popularity and appreciation among the ...

Cate Blanchett, one of contemporary cinema’s leading actors, will receive a Donostia Award at the San Sebastian Festival’s 72nd edition as well as featuring on the official poster of. The image of the poster is the work of graphic designer José Luis Lanzagorta based on a photograph by Gustavo Papaleo. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Blanchett has racked up more than 200 acknowledgements and accolades, including two Academy Awards (and another six nominations...

The Marché du Film is thrilled to announce the winner of the first-ever Goes to Cannes Award: "Don’t Let the Sun (Catch You Crying)," directed by Jacqueline Zünd and produced by Louis Mataré and David Fonjallaz. Selected by Goes to Cannes Partner Festival Solothurn Film Festival, this delicately dystopian drama is set in a place of unbearable heat, where people are desperate for human warmth. Jacqueline Zünd‘s remarkable storytelli...

The winners of the Docs-in-Progress Awards have been revealed. Through collaboration with partnering organizations, these prestigious awards honor the most promising documentaries in the final stages of production and are highly esteemed within the documentary filmmaking industry. Every year, Cannes Docs collaborates with global institutions to showcase meticulously chosen documentaries in their final stages of production, poised to enter the circuit within weeks or months. Across eight...

    Executive Producers Rakesh Tammabattula and Dr. Jacqueline Nguyen Photo: Tshombe Sampson     A Fragile Flower, the first ever Vietnamese feature film produced entirely in the United States, has received top honors at the 2024 New Delhi Film Festival. A Fragile Flower was named Top 3rd Feature Film, International Competition at the festival’s awards ceremony held on March 28 in New Delhi. The film was the only Vietnamese film awar...

Make Believe: Year Two was one for the books, and we want to thank all of the volunteers, filmmakers, and audiences who helped make it so special. This year we are unveiling our SPIRITUS AWARD, which is our version of a Golden Lion or Palme d’Or, which best represents the spirit of the fest. Including our Fangoria, Mindbreaker & Spiritus Awards!͏ MAKE BELIEVE: YEAR TWO AWARD WINNERS     SHORTS     ...

Radical by Christopher Zalla,  Asmae El Moudir’s The Mother of All Lies win Grand Jury Awards at  Movies that Matter Festival 2024 Other winners include Mediha by Hasan Oswald and Mediha Ibrahim Alhamad; Kix by Bálint Révész and Dávid Mikulán; Eddyʼs oorlog by Joost van der Valk; and Mast-del by Maryam Tafakory On Wednesday, 27 March the Movies that Matter Festival announced the winners of its 16th edition during the award ceremony at The...

The 11th Edition of the SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival in-person section closed on March 18, at the National Arts Club in New York. The Festival opened at the Maysles Cinema on March 13 and ran at MRHS and Cinema Village. The festival covers social issues totaling 53 films this year. The Official Selection is accessible online through the festival website. The main themes are 100 Years of Armenian Cinema, Black History, BIPOC films, Aging and Disability, Women, LGBTQI+,...

PROFESSIONAL PLATFORM  CINÉLATINO 2024 FILM IN PROGRESS 43  & FILM IN DEVELOPMENT 19 AWARDS   Film in progress proposes to contribute, with pragmatism and efficiency, to the completion of the selected films, and exposes these films to international visibility in the professional environment in order to facilitate their circulation and distribution.     ...

  SERIES MANIA : We've had another fantastic week in Lille, both at the festival and at Séries Mania Forum. The figures are almost in, and we've already exceeded 98,000 spectators - a 15% increase on last year!   As for the Forum, 4,200 professionals from 72 countries gathered at Lille Grand Palais.   This year, new countries took to the festival's red carpet (Latvia, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan), and international stars such as Patrici...