The Grand Prize award at the 17th annual New Zealand Mountain Film and Book Festival went to directors Alastair Lee and past festival speaker Leo Houlding for their film Spectre Expedition – To the End of the Earth. The winners of the Grand Prize award receive $1,000USD; the film was also awarded the Best Adventure Sports and Lifestyles Film.
Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München) honored talented young filmmakers with the coveted German Cinema New Talent Award, with the award for best director going to Jan-Ole Gerster for his film “Lara” and Martin Lischke (“Leif in Concert“) received the award for best producer. Two awards went to people who worked on “I Was, I Am, I Will Be“: Nils Mohl and Ilker Çatak were honored for best screenplay, while the award for best actor went to Oğulcan Arman Uslu.
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão, directed by Karim Aïnouz won the first-ever €100,000 CineCoPro Award at the Munich International Film Festival (Filmfest München).
Popcorn Frights Film Festival rolled out the second wave of 73 horror genre films, including 10 world premieres, from 16 countries, for its fifth year taking place from August 8 to 16.
A total of 33 projects were screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) Eastern Promises 2019, the festival’s Industry section, with the exciting mission of being a bridge between talented filmmakers from the East and their potential Western partners, festivals and audiences. The juries announced the winners at the ceremony that closed the festival’s industry program in Little Versailles in Karlovy Vary.
NY/LA-based arthouse genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures has acquired world sales rights for neo-noir Blood On Her Name, the debut feature from Matthew Pope.
On July 11, GLIDE’s Legacy Committee of young professionals will host its third GLIDE Social Justice Film Festival. The festival is an evening of thought-provoking documentary shorts, filmed and produced by local artists, that demonstrate the resilience and grace of the human spirit and reflect GLIDE’s 50-year legacy of serving, uplifting and advocating for the most marginalized among us. The film festival will take place at PianoFight in San Francisco’s Tenderloin. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased on Eventbrite.
The ten films which make up the Official Selection of the 2019 edition of the LUX Prize Competition was unveiled at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
The 42nd Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF42) taking place July 25 to August 3 in New York City, announced its full film lineup of 12 narrative features, 9 documentary features, and 67 short films, from 19 countries.
The TIFF Tribute Gala, an annual awards fundraiser will take place Monday, September 9 at the Fairmont Royal York during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival and will introduce the new TIFF Impact Award. Participant Media will receive the inaugural award, which will be accepted by Founder and Chairman Jeff Skoll and CEO David Linde, marking an incredible 15 years of social action through storytelling.
British filmmaker Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje took the top prize, the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film at the 73rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, for his directorial debut Farming, which received its UK Premiere at the Festival.
Traverse City Film Festival released the 2019 program marking the 15th Anniversary Year with a “Cinema Saves The World” theme, and featuring over 200 films and events. The Festival opens with BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON; AFTER THE WEDDING as Centerpiece; and closes with BLINDED BY THE LIGHT.