
The 44th Cleveland International Film Festival which runs March 25 to April 5, 2020 at Tower City Cinemas, announced its feature film juried competitions. Thirty films are included in three competitions, with $30,000 in cash prizes available.

The 44th Cleveland International Film Festival which runs March 25 to April 5, 2020 at Tower City Cinemas, announced its feature film juried competitions. Thirty films are included in three competitions, with $30,000 in cash prizes available.

Richard Hobert’s The Birdcatcher’s Son won the the top prize – Audience Choice Award at the 35th Santa Barbara International Film Festival which wrapped over the weekend. Fatos Berisha’s The Flying Circus won the Jeffrey C. Barbakow award for Best International Feature Film, and the Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema went to William Nicholson’s Hope Gap.

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of over 200 movies including 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25, 2020. Kicking off the festival is opening night film – the U.S. premiere of Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, a female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.
