It’s awards day! We’re here at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, for the much-anticipated 2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. We’re so excited to share the results as voted by our illustrious jurors, as well as the winners of the audience awards. us in congratulating these exceptional artists on their amazing contributions to independent film!  Watch this space; we’re updating this list live as we learn the results. ...

Alexander David's project A Mão is the winner of the €10,000 Ventura Prize   Filmmakers Athina Rachel Tsangari, Valérie Massadian, Óscar Vincentelli and Eloy Enciso won the distribution and service awards offered by the partners and collaborators of VENTURA, the new training, development and co-production platform based in Tui, Galicia The jury, which was made up of the Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues, the Spanish director and producer Llu...

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD directed by Anna Hints wins FIPADOC GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY WINNERS' LIST FIPADOC 2024 GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD Anna Hints (Estonia, , Iceland) The Grand Prix International Documentary crowns the best international film as yet unreleased in . The 5,000€ prize...

The short film jury awards of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were announced during the Shorts Awards Party in Park City. The Festival, which kicked off on January 18 and runs through January 28 in person and across the country online, has long been known as the premiere showcase of short filmmaking talent. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 53 shorts selected from 12,098 submissions, went to The Masterpiece, directed and written by Alex...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces “Oscars Season at the Academy Museum,” running January 28-March 31, which invites the public to celebrate the 96th Oscars® and immerse themselves in Academy Awards® history through rich and expansive one-of-a-kind Oscar®-centered events and activities. “Oscars Season” will see the Academy Museum campus activated for visitors to experience Oscar-winning film screenings, family workshops, in-gallery tours, O...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent There’s a reason Poor Things starring Best Oscar Actress nom Emma Stone with 11 Oscar nods charts so high among big movies, Oppenheimer with 13 nods, Barbie with eight, and Killers of the Flower Moon at 10 nominations. After #metoo and #timesup, we are officially in the Post-Ingenue Era in Hollywood. Gone is the unsophisticated often preyed-upon female lead. And this is likely why Barbie’s Margot Robbie missed the Best Actress cut th...

The Oscar nominations 2024 are in for the 96th Academy Awards.You can watch the full Oscars 2024 nominations announcement livestream on Oscar.com. The Oscars 2024 will air LIVE SUNDAY MARCH 10 on ABC and will be televised live in more than 200 territories worldwide. Read on for the complete Oscar nominations 2024 list. Best picture "American Fiction" "Anatomy of a Fall" "Barbie" "The H...

The winners from the 81st annual ceremony, hosted by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association in Los Angeles   Golden Globe   Best Motion Picture, Drama WINNER Oppenheimer       Anatomy of a Fall Anatomie d'une chute (original title) ...

Best film – drama Oppenheimer – WINNER Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Past Lives The Zone of Interest Anatomy of a Fall Best female actor in a film – drama Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon – WINNER Carey Mulligan, Maestro Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall Annette Bening, Nyad Greta Lee, Past Lives Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla Best film – musical or comedy Barbie Poor Things – WINNER American Fiction The Holdove...

Our film "When the Woodlark Sings" received two great recognitions on the Stanley Film Awards in London: AWARD WINNER in the category BEST ORIGINAL SCORE and OFFICIAL SELECTION in the category BEST SCREENPLAY! We congratulate the composer DANILO WIMMER for the splendid Award and the screenwriter ANA BILIC for the wonderful acknowledgement! ☞ Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 ☞ Watch the music-clip: https://youtu.be/sDsy_MdP4gE ☞ More in...

We are very happy to announce that the director ANA BILIC won BEST DIRECTOR at the International Motion Picture Awards in Brooklin, CANADA. The festival describes itself: “We crave to form and empower alternate and diverse motion picture society with substantial networking opportunities as an alternate solution from mainstream regulations and culture.” Great honor for both the director and the entire team! ☞ Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/oXuEJiN3rD0 ☞ Wat...

The 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) announced this year’s juried award winners on January 13. The festival took place from January 4-15, 2024 and screened 184 films from over 70 countries, including 48 premieres. The line-up includes 41 of the International Feature Film Oscar® Submissions along with Talking Pictures, New Voices New Visions, Modern Masters, Queer Cinema, True Stories, World Cinema Now, and more.  (Photo Credit: Co...

Edgar Reitz © Julia Stipsits The 2024 Berlinale Camera will be awarded to director and author Edgar Reitz, one of the most influential filmmakers of his generation. The awarding of the Berlinale Camera to Edgar Reitz  will take placeon Thursday, February 22, at 3.00 pm in the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. This will be followed by the film premiere of his latest work, Filmstunde_23. Since 1986, the Berlinale has awarded the Berlinale Camera to honour personalities and institut...

           VARIETY PRESENTS THE CREATIVE IMPACT AWARDS & “10 DIRECTORS TO WATCH” BRUNCH  AT THE 35th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL   Penélope Cruz honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Acting Award Yorgos Lanthimos honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Directing Award Eric Roth honored with the Variety Creative Impact in Screenwriting Award   WHO: Honorees Penélope Cr...

The Palm Springs International Film Awards honored this year’s biggest stars as Hollywood flocked to Palm Springs to kick off awards season.   Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese, winners of the Vanguard Award for "Killers of the Flower Moon," pose backstage during the 35th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards, at Palm Springs Convention Center on January 04, 2024 in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Palm Springs Internation...

IFFILMS 54, 06: The Golden Peacock, and other birds of the same feather On the 28th of November, when the award winners were being announced at IFFI 54, I was packing my bags to catch a flight the next morning, to Jeddah, where I was invited by the Red Sea International Film Festival (RSIFF). But it would be fitting to end my writings on IFFI 54 by listing the winners. So, here goes: Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael Douglas        &nb...

28th Capri Hollywood - International Film Festival winners: ‘Oppenheimer’ dominates with seven wins including Best Picture and Best Director. Six Awards for “Barbie” and Five to “Maestro” Matteo Garrone’s “Io capitano” has been honored as Best International Movie. The 28th ‘Capri, Hollywood - International Film Festival’  celebrated the triumph of  “Oppenheimer” which was feted with seven awards including B...

        : Rick Prickett, Competition Director 858-779-9544 BestShorts.net [email protected] The Best Shorts Competition Announces Latest Winners! La Jolla, CA, December 2023 – The Best Shorts Competition is proud to announce the latest winners. The Best Shorts Competition puts filmmakers first and provides a direct opportunity for recognition and publicity for high quality productions. It is international in scope and has granted awards to producers...

Greta Gerwig will receive the DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 5, 2024.   Actress, writer, directer Greta Gerwig will be the first American woman to head the 77th Cannes jury.  I first seeing Greta at the SXSW film festival where she appeared in a  “mumblecore film”, and credits the festival for giving her,  her start in the business.     Will this be the year of the woman?&nbs...

El Gouna Film Festival concluded its 2023 edition with an impressive awards ceremony that celebrated outstanding cinematic achievements from around the world. Despite the challenges, this year's festival showcased  90 films, captivating audiences and industry professionals alike. GFF extends heartfelt appreciation to the esteemed juries who lent their expertise to this rigorous selection process. As the curtain falls on the 2023 El Gouna Film Festival, we proudly announce the winners...

Nolan’s latest movie on the run for Oscars 2024 wIll screen Jan. 1 on Capri island. The extraordinary group of actors in Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has been awarded with the “Capri Best Ensemble Cast Award 2023”, a special prize given annually as part of the “Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival” promoted with the MiC (DG Cinema) and the Campania Region (Film Commission), together with Intesa Sanpaolo and Giv...

The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Paul Giamatti is the recipient of the Icon Award for The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024. The event will be sponsored by Entertainment Tonight and IHG Hotels & Resorts.      “In The Holdovers, Paul Giamatti inhabits a complex character who is both challenging and rewarding, and ultimately...

The Yılmaz Güney Award in Duhok IFF awarded to “Between Revolutions”   The winners of the competition categories of World Cinema and Kurdish Cinema in the 10th edition of Duhok International Film Festival have been announced.   According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The closing ceremony of the 10th round of Duhok Film Festival was held on Saturday, 16 December, 2023 at Duhok University's Congregation Ha...

45th EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DES 3 CONTINENTS AWARDS NANTES – ANCENIS – BOUGUENAIS – CLISSON – HÉRIC – LA TURBALLE – PORNIC SAINT HERBLAIN – SAINT NAZAIRE – SAINT MICHEL CHEF-CHEF – REZÉ – VERTOU   “Our spirits lifted by the gentle late-autumn sunshine, we were delighted all week long by the curiosity of Festivalgoers, who were open to all the retrospectives on offer, from the works of Safi Faye and Ann Hui...