Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. In her latest film, “Maria” she portrays the iconic opera singer Maria Callas.
Film Festivals
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Angelina Jolie to Receive Maltin Modern Master Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Angelina Jolie (Photo Credit: Alexei Hay)
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Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ Wins Top Audience Favorite Award at 47th Mill Valley Film Festival
Conclave (Focus Features) Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ took the top prize of the MVFF Overall Audience Favorite at 47th Mill Valley Film Festival which wrapped after screening 132 films.
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‘Cold Wallet’ and ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Awards at Inaugural Boise Film Festival
Cold Wallet directed by Cutter Hodierne Cutter Hodierne’s Cold Wallet won Best Narrative Feature award, while Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev’s Porcelain War received the prize for Best Documentary at the inaugural Boise Film Festival.
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37th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) Unveils Main Competition Lineup, Opens with Piotr Winiewicz’s ‘About a Hero’
About a Hero by Piotr Winiewicz (courtesy IDFA) Celebrating its 37th edition, the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) held in Amsterdam from November 14-24, 2024, revealed the main competition lineup.
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Delaney Buffett to Receive Golden Key Award at Key West Film Festival for ‘Adult Best Friends’
Delaney Buffett (courtesy Key West Film Festival) Delaney Buffett will be awarded the 4th annual Golden Key Award for Emerging Talent at Key West Film Festival for her breakout role in front of the camera and direction behind it, in Adult Best Friends. The film will screen as a Spotlight title at the festival.
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‘Men of War;’ ‘Blitz’ ‘A Real Pain’ Headline 25th Woodstock Film Festival Lineup
Men of War by Jen Gatien and Billy Corben (Neon) Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Woodstock Film Festival will kick off on opening night with Men of War by Billy Corben and Jen Gatien, Blitz directed by Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen will screen as centerpiece film, and A Real Pain directed by Jesse Eisenberg as closing night film.
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Bobby Cannavale and Margaret Qualley to be Honored at Newport Beach Film Festival
Bobby Cannavale (Ezra | Bleecker Street) and Margaret Qualley (The Substance | MUBI) Bobby Cannavale (Ezra) will be honored with the Artist of Distinction Award and Margaret Qualley (The Substance) will be honored with the Spotlight Award at the 25th Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF). Both Cannavale and Qualley will be honored at the Festival’s annual Awards brunch taking place on Sunday, October 20.
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‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ and ‘Black Box Diaries’ Win Golden Eye Awards at 20th Zurich Film Festival
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Black Box Diaries On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, the second directorial work by Rungano Nyoni won the Golden Eye award in the Feature Film Competition at the 20th Zurich Film Festival. Black Box Diaries by Shiori Itō won he Golden Eye award in the Documentary Competition along with Audience Award.
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Destry Allyn Spielberg’s ‘Please Don’t Feed The Children’ Starring Michelle Dockery and Giancarlo Esposito Premieres at Sitges Film Festival
Please Don’t Feed The Children (Shane Sigler) The horror-thriller film Please Don’t Feed The Children, the feature film directorial debut of Destry Allyn Spielberg, daughter of Steven Spielberg, will world premiere at the Sitges International Film Festival (the 57th Annual Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya), on Friday, October 11, 2024.
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Sinead O’Shea’s ‘Blue Road–The Edna O’Brien Story’ Launches 15th DOC NYC Lineup
Blue Road–The Edna O’Brien Story directed by Sinead O’Shea (TIFF) Celebrating its 15th edition, the 2024 DOC NYC will screen over 110 feature-length documentaries from November 13-21, 2024 at IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika in New York City, continuing online until December 1, 2024.
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Argentine Trans Author Camila Sosa Villada’s ‘Thesis on a Domestication’ to World Premiere at Chicago Film Festival
Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticación) Thesis on a Domestication (Tesis sobre una domesticación) by award-winning writer-director Javier Van de Couter and based on the homonymous novel written and adapted by the film’s lead, acclaimed Argentine trans author Camila Sosa Villada, will world premiere at the 60th Chicago International Film Festival.
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Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary Edition Across Three Cities
Devo directed by Chris Smith In a three-city presentation, this year’s 25th Anniversary edition of Sound Unseen Film + Music Festival will take place November 13-17 in Minneapolis, December 5-8 in Rochester, and December 12-14, 2024 in Austin.