All Festivals articles – Page 796
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NewsSundance Institute announces 12 annual doc film Fellows
The Sundance Institute has named its 12 documentary film Fellows and the six projects for the sixth Documentary Film Edit and Story Laboratory from June 21–28 in Utah.
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NewsMike Plante named Cinevegas director of programming
Mike Plante has been promoted to director of programming at the CineVegas Film Festival, set to run from June 10-15 in Las Vegas.
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NewsKarlovy Vary to honour John Malkovich
John Malkovich will receive a Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (July 3–11).
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NewsOutfest adds Funny Girl sing-along, Prayers For Bobby to line-up
Organisers at Outfest 2009: The 27th Los Angeles Gay And Lesbian Film Festival have added an outdoor sing-along screening of Funny Girl.
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NewsHollywood Je T’Aime, The Big Gay Musical bookend QFest
Jason Bushman’s feature debut Hollywood Je T’Aime will kick off this year’s Philadelphia QFest on July 9 while the world premiere of Casper Andreas and Fred M Caruso’s The Big Gay Musical will close the even on July 20.
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NewsBlue, The Tenant among Hollywood Black Film Festival winners
Ryan Miningham’s redemption tale Blue and Llewellyn Smith’s documentary Herskovits At The Heart Of Blackness took top jury honours at the 10th Annual Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF).
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NewsOsian’s Cinefan film festival changes dates to October
The organisers of the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, which takes place annually in New Delhi, have announced that this year’s edition has changed its dates to October 24-30.
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NewsChildren Of Invention, Way We Get By take honours in Newport
Tze Chun’s Children Of Invention and Aron Gaudet’s The Way We Get By won jury narrative and documentary prizes as the 12th annual Newport International Film Festival wrapped on Sunday [June 7].
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NewsLa Mission, Dare bookend LA Outfest 2009
Peter Bratt’s drama La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt and Adam Salky’s debut feature Dare starring Emmy Rossum, Alan Cumming and Zach Gilford bookend Outfest 2009.
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NewsPhiladelphia gay & lesbian festival relaunches as Philadelphia QFest
In its 15th year the Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival has been rebranded the Philadelphia QFest as organisers announced other changes ahead of the July 9-20 event.
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NewsBAFTA/LA to honour Blunt with Britannia Award
BAFTA/LA will honour Emily Blunt with the Britannia Award for British Artist of the Year.
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NewsLos Angeles Film Festival to host US premiere of Transformers sequel
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen will have its US premiere on June 22 as part of the Los Angeles Film Festival.
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NewsCineVegas to honour Voight, Dafoe and Kuchars
Actors Jon Voight and Willem Dafoe and homemade movie pioneers George & Mike Kuchar will be among the Vanguard Award honorees at CineVegas 2009.
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Sarasota's Kielbasa heads to Virginia Film Festival
Jody Kielbasa has been named as the new director of the Virginia Film Festival.
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NewsScherfig, Otto join Sydney competition jury
Danish director Lone Scherfig and Australian actress Miranda Otto have joined the judging panel for the official competition of this year’s Sydney Film Festival (June 3-14).
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NewsNewport festival to kick off June 3 with In The Loop
The 12th annual Newport International Film Festival will open June 3 with Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop, and will close on June 7 with Pierre Marcel’s new documentary Tabarly.
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NewsMacDowell, Lau and Im join Shanghai juries
Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has announced actress Andie MacDowell and Infernal Affairs director Andrew Lau will join the Jinjue Awards jury.
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NewsTop Un Certain Regard prize goes to Dogtooth
Un Certain Regard sidebar honoured Dogtooth by Greece’s Yorgos Lanthimos with its Fondation Groupama Gan For Cinema prize on May 23 in Cannes.
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NewsEcumenical jury awards Looking for Eric
Ken Loach’s Looking For Eric took top prize of the Ecumenical jury while special mention went to Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon.
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NewsHolland’s Doku.Arts Festival reveals 2009 programme
The Doku.Arts Festival has revealed a programmed of 23 features and 10 shorts for this year’s edition, which runs from June 11 – 14.