The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awarded OSCAR® qualifying film festival status to the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF).
Film Festivals
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Krakow Film Festival Selects First Films for 2020 Fest
My Father and Me” directed by Nick Broomfield Krakow Film Festival, announced the first titles of the next year’s 60th anniversary program including “Sunless Shadows” by Mehrdad Oskouei, the opening film of the IDFA festival in Amsterdam and the documentary film “My Father and Me” by British film-maker, Nick Broomfield.
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WAVES, AFTER PARKLAND Among Winners of 2019 Key West Film Festival
WAVES directed by Trey Edward Shults; and starring Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, and Alexa Demie Key West Film Festival announced the winners of the 8th edition of the festival which ran November 20-24, 2019. Waves directed by Trey Edward Shults which closed the festival was voted winner of the Audience Award. After Parkland by Emily Taguchi & Jake Lefferman won for Best Documentary Feature, A Name Without A Place by Kenny Riches won for Best Florida Feature and Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Celine Sciamma won for Best LGBT Feature.
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Hikari’s 37 SECONDS Wins Best Film at 18th Rome Independent Film Festival
37 Seconds by HIKARI Japanese director Hikari’s “37 Seconds” was awarded the Best Film prize at the 18th edition of the RIFF – Rome Independent Film Festival. “Japan. In a world that seems to be hundreds of miles away from the European life, the film offers in a delicate and touching way, evergreen topics: trying to position itself in a competitive society. “
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IDFA 2019 Opens with Call for Gender Parity and Inclusion
21-year-old Canadian-Vietnamese director Carol Nguyen at opening night of 32nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) – PHOTO AND COPYRIGHT ROGER CREMERS The youngest filmmaker of the 32nd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) – the 21-year-old Canadian-Vietnamese director Carol Nguyen – opened the 2019 festival with a call for diverse representation in the film industry.
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Martin Scorsese to Receive the Sonny Bono Visionary Award at Palm Springs International Film Festival
Martin Scorsese Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Martin Scorsese with the Sonny Bono Visionary Award for The Irishman at its annual Film Awards Gala at the upcoming 31st edition of the annual festival. The event, presented by American Express, sponsored by AT&T and Entertainment Tonight and hosted by Mary Hart, is scheduled for Thursday, January 2 at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The festival runs January 2-13, 2020.
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YELLOW ROSE and THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM Win Audience Awards at 2019 Hawai‘i International Film Festival
Still from Diane Paragas’s “Yellow Rose” with Eva Noblezada and Dale Watson – Photo by August Thurmer The 39th annual Hawai‘i International Film Festival has ended on Oahu and the HIFF39 Audience Award have been collected, counted, and tabulated. Yellow Rose directed by Diane Paragas was voted winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature and The Australian Dream directed by Daniel Gordon won for Best Documentary Feature.
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28th St. Louis International Film Festival Announces Award Winners. JUST MERCY Voted Best Film
JUST MERCY by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, After screening screened over 300 films from 63 countries, the 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), concluded with the closing-night awards presentation. “We Believe in Dinosaurs” directed by Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross won the award for Best Documentary Feature and “Sorry We Missed You” directed by Ken Loach won the award for Best Narrative Feature. “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton was voted Best Film by the audience.
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Indie Social-Horror Film DO NOT REPLY to Premiere at New York City Horror Film Fest
Do Not Reply, created by son-father directing duo Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz The psychological social horror film Do Not Reply, created by son-father directing duo Daniel Woltosz and Walt Woltosz, will have its New York premiere at the New York City Horror Film Fest on December 6.
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Santa Barbara International Film Honors Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as Outstanding Performers of the Year
Marriage Story For their critically acclaimed work in Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver will receive the Outstanding Performers of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Johansson and Driver will be honored at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA on Friday, January 17th.
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Berlinale Classics 2020 to Open with 1924 Silent Film Classic WAXWORKS
Waxworks by Paul Leni Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Wilhelm Dieterle and Werner Krauß. Source: Deutsche Kinemathek The Berlinale Classics series of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival will celebrate its opening on February 21, 2020 at the Friedrichstadt-Palast with a screening of the 1924 silent film classic Waxworks directed by Paul Leni. Accompanied by new music from the Ensemble Musikfabrik from North Rhine-Westphalia, with Swiss-Australian conductor Elena Schwarz at the podium, this digital restoration under the aegis of the Deutsche Kinemathek and Cineteca di Bologna will be shown onscreen for the first time at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
