Actor and filmmaker Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award in recognition of his career at the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Festival, where he will present the film Falling, his directorial debut.
Film Festivals
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Actor Viggo Mortensen to receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival
Actor and filmmaker Viggo Mortensen will receive a Donostia Award at San Sebastian Festival, and also present the film Falling, his directorial debut.
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AFI DOCS 2020 Awards – TRANSHOOD and DO NOT SPLIT Win Top Prizes
TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese AFI DOCS 2020 concluded its five-day online festival with the Audience Award for Best Feature going to TRANSHOOD, directed by Sharon Liese and the Audience Award for Best Short going to BLACKFEET BOXING: NOT INVISIBLE, directed by Kristen Lappas and Tom Rinaldi.
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Palm Springs ShortFest 2020 Announces Juried Award Winners. ‘Matriochkas’ Wins Best of Fest
Matriochkas directed by Bérangère Mc Neese. The 2020 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its juried award winners from the 332 shorts films that were part of the Official Selection and made available online to screen from June 16-22. The top prize, Best of the Festival Award went to Matriochkas directed by Bérangère Mc Neese.
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11 Short Films Selected to Compete in Cannes Film Festival 2020
2019 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Palme d’or winner: The Distance Between Us and The Sky by Vasilis Kekatos (Greece). 11 short films from 12 countries will encompass the Official Selection of short films in Competition at the 2020 Cannes Film Festival. Five female directors are also featured in the 2020 Official Selection.
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Ashland Independent Film Festival 2020 Announces Winners
Fernando Frias’s I’m No Longer Here Ashland Independent Film Festival wrapped up its virtual 19th annual edition, with the awards celebration. Fernando Frias’s I’m No Longer Here, which had been selected for the original festival in April but, at the request of its distributor, Netflix, was not included in the virtual festival, won the award for Best Narrative Feature. A decision was made by AIFF not to penalize filmmakers whose films could not be screened online, and all original selections remained in the jury award competitions. Only virtually screened films, however, were eligible for the audience awards.
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LGBTQ Film Festivals: Frameline, Inside Out, NewFest and Outfest Announce New Alliance
The premiere North American LGBTQ film festivals: Frameline (San Francisco), Inside Out (Toronto), NewFest (NYC), and Outfest (Los Angeles), today announced their commitment to supporting LGBTQ film and filmmakers across their markets through the formation of NAQFA: the North American Queer Festival Alliance. This alliance will work collaboratively to produce, present and expand initiatives and programming while offering support to the LGBTQ film festival sector in the US and Canada. The announcement was made today by the Executive Directors of each festival, James Woolley of Frameline, Andria Wilson of Inside Out, David Hatkoff of NewFest and Damien S. Navarro of Outfest.
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2020 Dance on Camera Festival Goes Online, Announces Lineup. Opens with Evocative MAGUY MARIN: TIME TO ACT
MAGUY MARIN: TIME TO ACT With a program lineup that travels the globe from Ireland to Argentina to Kazakhstan, the 48th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival, running July 17-20, 2020, will be presented digitally for the first time,
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332 Short Films Selected for 2020 Palm Springs International ShortFest
Jay Ellis in Thirsty Palm Springs International ShortFest has selected 332 short films in their Official Selection of the 26th edition that will be eligible for jury award consideration. These films represent 69 countries and were selected from more than 6,000 submissions received this year. While ShortFest will not hold an in-person event, a number of the official selection films will be available to screen for free online from June 16-22, 2020.
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American Black Film Festival 2020 Goes Virtual
American Black Film Festival The 24th annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) set for August 21-30, 2020 will take place online at abff.com. The ABFF Online Edition will continue the tradition of the live festival, featuring the best of independent black cinema, studio premieres, conversations and panels, business of entertainment seminars, along with virtual networking events.
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IDFA 2020 Sets November Dates for Return to Cinemas
Award Winners of 2019 International Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) With Dutch cinemas now re-opening, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is looking to hold the 33rd edition of the festival in theaters from November 18th to 29th, with potentially reduced capacity. The festival’s competitions will remain intact, to be presented in cinemas and extended with limited virtual cinema screenings and events.
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Hong Kong International Film Festival Announces New 2020 Dates
Actor Aaron Kwok reprises his role as HKIFF44’s Festival Ambassador The Hong Kong International Film Festival which was postponed due to the COVID19 pandemic today announced that the 44th edition of the festival (HKIFF44) will now take place from August 18-30, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for ME AND THE CULT LEADER, Documentary on Tokyo Sarin Gas Attack
Me and the Cult Leader Ahead of the world premiere as part of Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Digital Edition in the Ghosts and Apparitions selection, the documentary Me and the Cult Leader debuted the new trailer. In the film, director Atsushi Sakahara chronicles his intimate journey of confronting the doomsday cult behind the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo metro system on March 20th, 1995.