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Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival Kicks Off Tonite

Traverse City Film Festival (TCFF), founded by documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, kicks off the 2011 edition of the festival, now in its seventh record-breaking year, tonight, Tuesday July 26, and runs thru July 31. Moore, the Academy Award-winning director of “Bowling for Columbine” and “Capitalism: A Love Story,” launched the Traverse City Film Festival in 2005, aiming to bring often-undistributed national and international films to film lovers from the northern Michigan community and around the […]

Cinemalaya 2011 winners; Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank and Bisperas are big winners

The 7th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival handed out its awards last night and the big winners are Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank (for the New Breed Full-Length Category) and Bisperas (Directors’ Showcase Category) – each winning five awards including the much coveted title “BEST FILM” in their respective categories. The complete list of Cinemalaya 2011 winners: New Breed (Full-Length) Category Best Film – Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank Best Director – Marlon Rivera (Ang Babae […]

Chesapeake Film Festival Announces Its Lineup for 2011

The 4th Chesapeake Film Festival (CFF), running from September 23-26, 2011, announced its lineup of independent films to be screened this year at venues in Chesapeake College Wye Mills, Easton, Cambridge and Chestertown on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The CFF will open with The Last Rites of Joe May, written and directed by Joe Maggio, whose film Bitter Feast also showed at CFF in 2010. The drama, starring Dennis Farina, is about an aging hustler who […]

The Highest Pass directed by Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald to open 2011 Topanga Film Festival

The world premiere of The Highest Pass directed by Slamdance co-founder Jon Fitzgerald will open the 2011 Topanga Film Festival in Topanga, California. Starting in Rishikesh, the birthplace of Yoga, this documentary takes us on a motorcycle journey through the Himalayas of India and over the highest motorable road in the world, following a dare devil yogi that leads seven Americans to make decisions about life and death while traversing steep, icy cliffs and the […]

Helen Mirren + winners of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival

The winners of the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival were announced earlier this month after the festival wrapped its June 23rd to July 7th, 2011 run. ”Viewers’ sympathy” award was given to “MONTEVIDEO, TASTE OF A DREAM” (MONTEVIDEO, BOG TE VIDEO) by a Serbian director Dragan Bjelogrlic. FIPRESCI jury awarded a film by Alberto Morais “THE WAVES” (LAS OLAS). “Kommersant” magazine gave its prize to “HEART’S BOOMERANG” (SERDTSA BUMERANG) by Nikolay Khomeriki. For the second […]

Fantastic Fest Adds 20 films to its 2011 Film Lineup

Fantastic Fest announced the first wave of programming for the seventh edition happening September 22-29, 2011 in Austin, Texas. This batch of 20 films spans the globe from Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong, Korea and of course the USA. “Fantastic Fest is the high-point of my year. Every year old friends return and strangers become friends. Fantastic Fest is my extended dysfunctional family; each of us completely obsessed by the wildest and weirdest films […]

Keenen Ivory Wayans and the Complete List of Winners of the 15th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF)

The 15th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which took place in South Beach Miami July 6-9, honored Emmy Award-winning producer/director Keenen Ivory Wayans at the closing night ceremony, aka ABFF Honors, with the Entertainment Icon Award in recognition of his success in the film and television industry for nearly 25 years. The festival also announced the complete list of ABFF Honors Awards: HBO® Short Film Competition – FIG, written by Alex George Pickering and […]

Star-Studded Lineup For 2011 Hollyshorts Film Festival

From August 12-18, 2011, the 7th HollyShorts is showcasing 300 short form projects including short films, music videos, web series, and commercials. The full lineup has been released and includes the premiere of acclaimed writer Jamie Linden (Dear John, We Are Marshall) short film “The Envelope in the Glovebox” which he used to pitch into the star-studded feature film adaptation Ten Year, that stars Channing Tatum, Kate Mara, Rosario Dawson, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, […]

LA Shorts Fest 2011 Opening Night Film Program includes shorts from Hollywood Stars, Eva Mendes, Jessica Biel and Rachel Weisz

The 15th LA Shorts Fest running July 21 – 29, 2011 at Laemmle Sunset 5 Hollywood kicks off next Thursday and features a stellar Opening Night Film Program of 6 films, from some big name stars including Eva Mendes, Jessica Biel, newly married Rachel Weisz, Terry Gilliam and the North American Premiere of Pixar’s La Luna. Opening Night Film Program The Wholly FamilyFamily / Italy / 20 min An American couple and their son […]

Ti West’s The Innkeepers to open 2011 Sidewalk Film Festival

The South Eastern premiere of Ti West’s The Innkeepers will serve as the Opening Night Film of the 2011 Sidewalk Film Festival and will screen at the beautiful 2,200 seat Alabama Theatre. Described as one of the most exciting and original filmmakers on the independent scene today, Ti West (The Roost, Trigger Man and The House of the Devil) directs, edits and co-produces his original screenplay about two employees of a soon-to-be-closed hotel, who get […]

Country singer Chely Wright coming-out Documentary among winners at 2011 San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival

The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday, June 26, 2011 and announced the Frameline35 Awards. Frameline35 Outstanding Documentary Feature was presented to Wish Me Away from directors Bobbie Birleffi & Beverly Kopf; the touching film follows the coming-out story of country singer Chely Wright, the first country music star to ever come out as openly gay. Other awards include Frameline35 Outstanding First Feature awarded to the French film The Evening Dress […]

10 Films To Take Top Honors at 2011 Artivist Film Festival

The 2011 Artivist Film Festival announced its 2011 film awards in five categories: Human Rights, Children’s Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, Animal Advocacy and Artivist Spirit. The awards will be presented to the filmmakers at the Closing Night Awards Program of the 2011 Artivist Film Festival in Los Angeles, August 18-20. In a first-of-its-kind program for film festivals, all ten films will be showcased in a series of preview screenings in six U.S. cities, July 8-10: Atlanta, […]

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