The Cinema Audio Society consisting of Sound Mixers and Associates from the Film and Television Industries announced the 47th Annual CAS Awards honorees and winners.
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47th Cinema Audio Society CAS Awards Honorees and Winners
Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld star in True Grit.
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61st Annual ACE Eddie Award Winners
Exit Through the Gift Shop American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners for the 61st Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Christopher Nolan received the ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, while Career Achievement honors were bestowed on veteran film editors Michael Brown, A.C.E. and Michael Kahn, A.C.E. Director Joe Sargeant presented to Brown, with Steven Spielberg presenting to Kahn.
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RIP: Walter Seltzer, Hollywood producer
Actor Charlton Heston feeds Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green one of seven movies Heston made with producer Walter Seltzer who died Friday. Walter Seltzer, a Hollywood producer who made seven films with Charlton Heston, has died. He was 96.
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2011 Derby City Film Festival awards
Louisville native Greg King and New Albany, Indiana filmmaker Ray Cart are among the winners of the top prizes at the 2011 Derby City Film Festival which was held February 18th through the 20th. Greg King and David Teague’s “Our House” took home Best Documentary and Cart’s “Queens of the Dead” won the Audience Choice award for favorite film.
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Legendary San Francisco Punk Rock Video Collective Target Video At The 2011 Sarasota Film Festival
The Sarasota Film Festival (SFF), April 7-17, 2011 in Sarasota, FL, and legendary San Francisco based punk rock video collective Target Video announced a collaboration today that will see the Sarasota Film Festival present a program of Target’s legendary performance videos. Entitled Futility Is Resistance: Treasures From The Target Video Archive (1977-84), the program features three nights of Target’s seminal, rarely seen punk rock performances. Shot by members of Target Video between 1977 and 1984, these videos, interview segments and live performances have long been sought after by underground video traders and music fans around the world. Target Video and The SFF will present three separate programs, featuring over 60 bands and four and a half hours of music, all presented on the big screen at the festival’s main screening venue, The Regal Hollywood 20.
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2011 Oxford Film Festival Winners; Mississippi Innocence Voted Overall Audience Favorite
Audience Favorite Winner: Mississippi Innocence The 2011 Oxford Film Festival came to a close last weekend, and Mississippi Innocence, the non-competition documentary by filmmaker Joe York, took home the top prize for overall audience favorite. Two years in the making and produced with Tucker Carrington and the Mississippi Innocence Project at the UM School of Law, Mississippi Innocence tells the compelling story of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two men who combined spent over thirty years behind bars for crimes they didn’t commit.
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The The Dam Short Film Festival 2011 Winners
The Dam Short Film Festival in Boulder City, Nevada just wrapped its 7th edition and announced the 2011 winners. The festival The 2012 Dam Short Film Festival screened over 100 short films from all corners of the world with 38 film crews traveling to Boulder City. The next/upcoming – 2012 festival is scheduled for February 8-11, 2012.
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Texas Frightmare Weekend 2011 Add AUDITION star Eihi Shiina and TOKYO GORE POLICE director and special effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura
AUDITION star Eihi Shiina Texas Frightmare Weekend announced AUDITION star Eihi Shiina and TOKYO GORE POLICE director and special effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura are confirmed to attend this year’s edition of the popular horror and genre convention (April 29 – May 1). This will mark the first time that Shiina has made an appearance of this nature in the United States.
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8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Competition Awards
The Best Feature prize was awarded to THIS WAY OF LIFE The judges of the 8th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival have announced this year’s award winning films in the four competitive categories: Best Feature, Big Sky Award, Best Short Film and Best Mini Doc (under 15 minutes). The awards were announced Thursday evening at a ceremony at The Loft in downtown Missoula. The Feature Category winner will receive $1000, while the films in the other three categories will receive a cash prize of $500, courtesy of The Documentary Channel.
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Sedona Film Festival Slates 145 Films For 2011 Event; “Sedona, The Motion Picture” Will Premiere; Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise To Attend
With the strongest field of foreign films in its 17-year history and a diverse lineup of shorts, documentaries, animations and full-length features, the Sedona International Film Festival will screen 145 films – including “Sedona, The Motion Picture” – at three venues from Feb. 20-27.
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Sony Classics to distribute Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the rights in North America, Australia and New Zealand to Vera Farmiga’s directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND. Academy Award(R) nominee Vera Farmiga also stars in the film, alongside Academy Award(R) nominee John Hawkes, Donna Murphy, and Joshua Leonard. Carolyn S. Briggs and Tim Metcalfe penned the script based on Briggs’ memoir “This Dark World: A Memoir of Salvation Found and Lost.” HIGHER GROUND was in US dramatic competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.
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Winners of the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards
DUBLIN IRELAND – FEBRUARY 12: Actor Pierce Brosnan winner of the Best Actor in a supporting role for The Ghost at the Irish Film and Television Awards at Dublin Convention Centre on February 12 2011 in Dublin Ireland. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Imagtes for IFTA) *** Local Caption *** Pierce Brosnan The winners of the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards were honored at a gala ceremony held at Dublin’s Convention Centre Saturday 12th February 2011. Broadcasting live on Irish television, 37 IFTA Awards were announced in categories across feature film and television.