Slamdance has unveiled The Indie Awards, a new annual award show dedicated to celebrating independent filmmaking. The inaugural ceremony will take place on December 9, 2024, at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by comedians and actors Nic Novicki (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos) and Steve Way (Ramy).
Atikamekw Suns by Chloé Leriche won the coveted Grand Chameleon and the Best Narrative Feature awards at the 27th edition of the Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) which wrapped up on Sunday, June 9th. Impossible Town by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris took home the award for Best Documentary Feature.
The 10th Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced the juried and audience award winners at the Closing Night Award Ceremony in Mammoth Lakes on Sunday, May 26, 2024.
Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced the film lineup of 12 narrative features and 10 documentary features, for its 27th edition, Immersion. The 2024 edition will also present 40 narrative shorts, 24 documentary shorts, 28 animations, and 24 experimental films. Furthermore, 20 films will be shown, online only, as part of kidsfilmfest, now in its 20th year.
This year’s tenth anniversary edition of Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) taking place in-person from May 22-26, 2024, at venues across Mammoth Lakes, California, opens on May 22 with the California Premiere of Never Look Away, directed by Lucy Lawless.
The 48th annual Atlanta Film Festival + Creative Conference (ATLFF) will take place Thursday, April 25 – Sunday, May 5, 2024 at the Plaza Theatre and Tara Theatre in Atlanta and virtually.
The 39th edition of Santa Barbara International Film will run February 7 to 17, 2024 showcasing 45 world premieres and 77 U.S. premieres from 48 countries.
Atikamekw Suns (Soleils Atikamekw) directed by Chloé Leriche won the top prize, the Borsos Award for Best Canadian Feature at the 2023 Whistler Film Festival (WFF). The film also won Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film along with the EDA Award for Best Female Directed Feature for Chloé Leriche, and Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film for the Ensemble cast