Film Festivals
The 17th Sarajevo Film Festival wrapped up after it’s run from July 22nd thru 30th, 2011, and handed out awards for 2011. The big highlight of the festival was the presentation of the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo award to actress and humanitarian worker, Angelina Jolie along with Jafar Panahi and Emil Tedeschi. Jolie was in attendance to accept the award. COMPETITION PROGRAMME – FEATURE FILM The Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film:BREATHING / ATMENDirector: […]
Damsels in Distress, the new comedy film from American director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, Barcelona, The Last Days of Disco) is the Closing night film (Out of Competition) at the 68th Venice International Film Festival to run August 31 thru September 10, 2011. Damsels in Distress, written, produced and directed by Whit Stillman, stars Greta Gerwig, Carrie MacLemore, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Analeigh Tipton, Hugo Becker, Ryan Metcalf, and Billy Magnussen. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics and produced […]
Labor Day weekend (September 2-5, 2011), the city of Ocoee, Florida, for the third consecutive year will host the Central Florida Film Festival (CENFLO) at the West Orange 5 Cinemas (McGuire Avenue & RT #50). This four day event is where new and veteran film makers alike showcase their work. CENFLO will screen more than seventy films from nine foreign countries and nineteen states during the Labor Day weekend. Film attendees will see Indie feature films, shorts and documentaries. […]
The 32nd edition of the Durban International Film Festival last night announced its award-winners. Winner of the Best Feature Film award, Nader and Simin, A Separation (Iran), directed by Asghar Farhadi, was lauded by the International Jury as a “masterpiece” with “astonishing performances from the ensemble cast”. The Best South African Feature Film was awarded to Skoonheid (France/South Africa), directed by Oliver Hermanus. The jury commended the film as revealing a director on a “remarkable […]
Roman Polanski’s ‘Carnage’ will open the upcoming 49th New York Film Festival scheduled to run September 30 – October 16, 2011. Based on Yasmina Reza’s “God of Carnage”, the 2009 Tony Award-winner for Best Play, ‘Carnage’ follows the events of an evening when two Brooklyn couples are brought together after their children are involved in a playground fight. Produced by Said Ben Said, the Sony Pictures Classics release stars Academy Award winners Jodie Foster, Kate […]
The little known Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival that runs alongside the larger Comic Con convention from July 21-24, announced its 2011 winners. The festival featured mainly short films and handed out 8 awards determined by judges Michael Gross, Eric Vespe, and Kevin Walsh. The complete list of winners for 2011 Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival Best Action Adventure FilmThe Debt Collector Best Animated FilmPaths of Hate Best Comics-Oriented Film:Secret Identity Best DocumentaryGahan Wilson: Born […]
The official line-up of the 68th Venice Film Festival was announced earlier today Thursday July 28th. The official selection of the festival includes the sections, Venezia 68 (In Competition), Out of Competition, Orizzonti and Controcampo Italiano, alongide a retrospective section and two autonomous sections (International Critics’ Week and Venice Days). The 68th Venice International Film Festival will take place from August 31st to September 10, 2011. In addition to George Clooney’s “The Ides of March”, […]
The Ides of March, the new film written & directed by George Clooney, will be the opening film – in Competition – at the 68th Venice International Film Festival scheduled to take place from August 31st to September 10, 2011. Based on Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North, screenplay written by George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon, The Ides of March is set in the near future, in the world of American politics during […]
Following the trend set by Sundance Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival, the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival will also open on September 8 with a documentary film, – the world premiere Gala Presentation of From the Sky Down – Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim’s documentary about Irish band U2. “For the first time in 36 years the Toronto International Film Festival will open with a documentary,” said Cameron Bailey, Co-Director of the Toronto International […]
The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a selection of films in the 2011 Galas and Special Presentations programmes. Running from September 8 to 18, 2011, this year’s Festival presents the world premieres of films from directors Bruce Beresford, Luc Besson, Rémi Bezancon, Cameron Crowe, Terence Davies, Mathieu Demy, Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, Roland Emmerich, Julian Farino, Jim Field Smith, Francis Ford Coppola, Marc Foster, Rodrigo Garcia, Lasse Hallstrom, Huh Jong-ho, Cédric Kahn, Jonathan Levine, […]
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 […]
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 […]