Jonathan Ogilvie’s post-punk coming-of-age comedy Head South will open the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) on Thursday 25 January 2024, with the festival running until Sunday 4 February.
Film Festivals
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Jonathan Ogilvie’s ‘Head South’ to Open 53rd IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam
Head South directed by Jonathan Ogilvie courtesy: International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)
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Mark Ruffalo to Receive American Riviera Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Mark Ruffalo in Poor Things. Credit: Yorgos Lanthimos | Searchlight Pictures Emmy winner and three-time Academy Award® – nominee Mark Ruffalo will be honored with the American Riviera Award at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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‘The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award at Palm Springs International Film Awards
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb in Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. Credit: Seacia Pavao | Focus Features Da’Vine Joy Randolph will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for her performance in The Holdovers. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
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Michael Sarrow’s ‘Smile As You Kill’ and Lana Pavic’s ‘Opera Selecta’ Win Top Awards at San Pedro Film Festival Fall 2023
Smile As You Kill directed by Michael Sarrow Michael Sarrow’s Smile As You Kill won Best Narrative Feature and Lana Pavic’s Opera Selecta took the prize for Best Documentary Feature at the San Pedro International Film Festival (SPIFF) 2023 Fall Edition
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Cillian Murphy to be Honored at Palm Springs Film Awards for Performance in Oppenheimer
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (Universal | Courtesy Everett Collection Cillian Murphy will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance as physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
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‘Poor Things’ Emma Stone to Receive Achievement Award, Actress at Palm Springs International Film Awards
Emma Stone in Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures) Emma Stone will be honored with the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress, for Searchlight Pictures’ Poor Things at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024 at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the Palm Springs International Film Festival running through January 15, 2024.
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Oppenheimer’s Robert Downey Jr. to be Honored at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Robert Downey Jr. in Oppenheimer (Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Picture) Santa Barbara International Film Festival will honor Robert Downey Jr. with the Maltin Modern Master Award, its highest accolade, at the 39th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Downey Jr. will receive the prestigious award on Friday, February 9, 2024.
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Palm Springs International Film Awards Honors ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ with Vanguard Award
Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+) The cast and director of Killers of the Flower Moon is the recipient of the Vanguard Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s cast and director in recognition of their collective work on an exceptional film project. The award will be presented to Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, Academy Award winner and Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio and Gotham Award nominee Lily Gladstone, all of whom will be in attendance.
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Juliette Binoche’s ‘The Taste of Things’ to Open 36th AFI European Union Film Showcase Lineup
The Taste of Things (The Pot-au-feu) [Carole Bethuel] 51 films representing all 27 EU member gets the spotlight at this year’s 36th AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place November 30–December 19, 2023, at the American Film Institute’s historic theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Tia Kouvo’s ‘Family Time’ Wins Top Prize at 65th Nordic Film Days Lübeck
(c) Olaf Malzahn The Finnish-Swedish Christmas drama “Family Time” (“Mummola”) by Tia Kouvo won the NDR Film Prize, at 12,500 euros, the award with the highest cash prize, at the 65th Nordic Film Days Lübeck.
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Dylan K. Narang’s Tapawingo Opens Dances With Films NYC 2023 Lineup
Tapawingo Dances With Films returns to New York City for the second time, November 30-December 3, with a film lineup nearly three times the size of last year’s NYC debut. DWF alum Dylan K. Narang’s Tapawingo is the Opening Night selection, and Nicholas Gyeney’s psychological thriller The Activated Man will make its world premiere in the Closing Night slot.
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Ryan Gosling to Receive Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Ryan Gosling in Barbie. (Warner Bros. Pictures) Ryan Gosling seen in this year’s critically acclaimed cinematic standout, Barbie will receive the 16th annual Kirk Douglas Award For Excellence in Film at Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This marks the second time since the passing of screen legend Kirk Douglas that the honor will be awarded.