French actress Isabelle Huppert will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the art of film.
Film Festivals
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Actress Isabelle Huppert to be Honored at Sarajevo Film Festival
Isabelle Huppert
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Director Costa-Gavras to Receive Glory to the Filmmaker 2019 Award at Venice Film Festival
ADULTS IN THE ROOM – Director Costa Gavras Greek-born French director Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing, Music Box) is the recipient of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker 2019 award of the 76th Venice International Film Festival (August 28 – September 7, 2019), dedicated to a personality who has made a particularly original contribution to innovation in contemporary cinema.
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Cinematographer Roger Deakins to Receive Variety Artisan Award at Toronto Film Festival
Cinematographer Roger Deakins poses for a portrait at the 88th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton hotel, in Beverly Hills, Calif. 88th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon – Portraits, Beverly Hills, USA Credit: Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP/Shutterstock Academy Award-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins will be honored with the Variety Artisan Award at this year’s TIFF Tribute Gala awards event during the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. The award recognizes a distinguished filmmaker who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema.
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BLACKBIRD Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet will Open San Sebastian Festival
BLACKBIRD Starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet The European premiere of Blackbird, starring Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Mia Wasikowska and Sam Neill, will open the Official Competition at the 67th edition of the San Sebastian Festival. Directed by Roger Michell, Blackbird is a remake of Stille Hjerte / Silent Heart (2014), the drama with which the Danish filmmaker Bille August competed at the Festival and for which Paprika Steen won the Silver Shell for Best Actress.
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Toronto Film Festival’s 2019 Wavelengths Program Lineup Highlights Politics and Artistic Experimentation
Un Film Dramatique directed by Éric Baudelaire The Wavelengths program of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival consists of 37 films, comprised of four programs of experimental short films, two curated pairings, and 10 features, each contributing to a dynamic survey of some of today’s most exciting moving-image work.
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Toronto International Film Festival Rolls Out 2019 Contemporary World Cinema Lineup of Films from 48 Countries
Our Lady of the Nile directed by Atiq Rahimi The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the rich slate of films from 48 countries in the lineup for its 2019 Contemporary World Cinema (CWC) programs. The films include a wide range of thought-provoking stories that delve into cultural issues and social struggles in poetic and captivating ways. Introducing 21 works directed and co-directed by women, this year’s edition of CWC focuses on fractured families, self-exploration, female-driven narratives, and the consequences of social and political crises.
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Toronto International Film Festival Unveils 2019 Masters Lineup + World Premiere of Arturo Ripstein’s DEVIL BETWEEN THE LEGS
Arturo Ripstein’s DEVIL BETWEEN THE LEGS 11 films set in Asia, Europe, North America, and Central America will comprise the 2019 Masters program of the Toronto International Film Festival. The Masters lineup has titles that run the gamut, from dramatic true stories to dark comedies, from a black-and-white narrative to a documentary film, with a healthy dose of introspection and socio-political commentary throughout. The slate will bring two World Premieres to Toronto.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2019 Adds New Gala and Special Presentation Films
American Son by Kenny Leon Toronto International Film Festival announced the second set of films in the Gala and Special Presentations programs screening this September at the 44th edition of the Festival.
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Festival of Cinema NYC 2019 Award Winners – QUEST and THE RINGMASTER Win Top Awards
LaKeith Stanfield, Gregory Kasyan, and Tobit Raphael in Quest: The Truth Always Rises Festival of Cinema NYC announce the winners of its 3rd annual event at the Awards Gala on Sunday. From a pool of nearly 450 film submissions, the festival presented 125 remarkable films from 25 countries with the top awards going to “Quest – The Truth Always Rises” directed by Santiago Rizzo for Best Feature Narrative, and “The Ringmaster” directed by Molly Dworsky and Dave Newberg for Best Documentary.
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New York Film Festival Announces 2019 Projections Section Lineup
Trouble directed by Mariah Garnett The Projections section of the 57th New York Film Festival is comprised of six features, seven shorts programs, and two videos that will be looped in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center Amphitheater Drawing on a broad range of innovative modes and techniques, including experimental narratives, avant-garde poetics, crossovers into documentary realms, and contemporary art practices, Projections brings together a diverse offering of short, medium, and feature-length work by some of today’s most essential and groundbreaking filmmakers and artists.
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14 Student Short Films will Compete in Nest Film Students at San Sebastian Festival 2019
I WAS STILL THERE WHEN YOU LEFT ME directed by MARIE MC COURT (BELGIUM) The XVIII edition of Nest Film Students, the international film students meeting taking place in the framework of the San Sebastian Festival’s 67th edition, has selected fourteen short films from Argentina, Belgium, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Portugal, Russia and the UK.
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11th Architecture & Design Film Festival Returns to NY in Fall Reveals Sneak Preview of Films
The New Bauhaus The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) will return to New York this fall for its 11th season. ADFF:NY is the festival’s anchor event that takes place annually during Archtober – New York City’s Architecture & Design month.