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The Hospital launches 2007 Audi Channel Reel Talent Awards
Original screenplays are now being accepted for the Reel Talent short-film competition, which is the only incentive in the UK to finance and facilitate the production of its finalists' films.In conjunction with London-based creative community and member's club The Hospital, Audi's 24-hour digital television channel is hosting the awards in ...
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Bon Cop Canada 's top-grossing film for 2006
Berlin market title and bilingual buddy cop movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop was named the recipient of the 2007 Golden Reel Award, a token prize presented annually at the Genie Awards to the top-grossing Canadian film from the previous year. Nominated in ten categories including Best Picture, the film broke ...
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United 93 named best film by London critics
United 93 has been named best film and Paul Greengrass best director by the London Film Critics' Circle.But it was The Queen which dominated, winning best British film, best British director for Stephen Frears, best screenwriter for Peter Morgan and best British actress for Dame Helen Mirren. Forest Whitaker ...
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Boyle, Byrne, Thomas, and McCaul first Dublin Festival award winners
Consolata Boyle, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Thomas and Brendan McCaul to receive first four Volta Awards. The inaugural Dublin International Film Festival Volta Awards for excellence in film were launched this evening by actor Stephen Rea. Oscar nominee Consolata Boyle (Costume Design - The Queen) became the first recipient of the ...
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Iska's Journey, Konyec, Opium win top prizes at Hungarian Film Week
Opium - Diary Of A Madwoman, from director Janos Szasz, dominated the awards of the 38th Hungarian Film Week. In total the film, which stars Ulrich Thomsen as an opium-addicted psychiatrist in love with mad patient, collected four awards at the festival's closing ceremonies Feb 6. Szasz was named Best ...
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Pan's Labyrinth takes top honours at new UK regional critics awards
Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth continues its winning streak as it won top honours of Film of the Year from the new UK Regional Critics Film Awards. Del Toro was also honoured as the group's Filmmaker of the Year. ''I'm delighted that Pan's Labyrinth has won Film of the Year ...
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Lights In The Dusk and Frozen City top Finland 's Jussis
Concluding his losers' trilogy, Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki's Lights In The Dusk turned up as a winner, cashing in on three out of six nominations for the Jussis - Finland's national film prizes - winning Best Film, Best Cinematography (Timo Salminen) and Best Set Design (Markku Patila). The previous instalments ...
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Scorsese's Oscar hopes rise after DGA honour
Martin Scorsese bolstered his chances of that elusive Oscar following his first Directors Guild of America (DGA) award in Los Angeles at the weekend. Scorsese won the DGA's outstanding directorial achievement in feature film for 2006 for his gritty crime drama The Departed. The honour is a very reliable barometer ...
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Eastwood wins MPAA's inaugural Valenti Award
Clint Eastwood will receive the Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) inaugural Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award on Feb 6 in Washington DC.The award, to be presented annually to an individual in the industry whose work has reached out positively and respectfully to all countries, creeds and cultures, will be presented ...
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Golden Flower leads Hong Kong Film Awards nominations
Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower is the clear frontrunner in the 26th edition of the Hong Kong Film Awards after earning 14 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor for Chow Yun Fat and best actress for Gong Li. The lavish historical drama also garnered nods for ...
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Lapointe and Kwan share Claude Jutra Award
First-time filmmakers Julia Kwan (Eve And The Fire Horse) and Stephane Lapointe (La Vie Secrete Des Gens Heureux /The Secret Life of Happy People) were announced as the recipients of the 2007 Claude Jutra Award. It will be the first time the prize, presented annually during the Genie Awards for ...
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Feiffer receives lifetime achievement award from WGAW
Screenwriter, playwright and cartoonist Jules Feiffer will receive the Writers Guild of America, West's (WGAW) ninth annual Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement.Feiffer's credits include Little Murders (1970) and Carnal Knowledge (1971), both of which earned WGA nominations, as well as 1980's Popeye, directed by the late Robert Altman.He received ...
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Hong Kong to host region-wide Asian Film Awards
Hong Kong is set to host the first ever Asian Film Awards (AFA), recognising talent from across the region, on the first night of the 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) on March 20. Organised by the HKIFF and held in conjunction with Entertainment Expo, the awards will feature ...
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Mirren, Whitaker win SAG awards in final stages of Oscar race
Forest Whitaker and Helen Mirren confirmed their status as favourites to claim the Oscar after they won top honours at the 13 Annual Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles last night.Confirming that it is a best picture Oscar frontrunner, Little Miss Sunshine won the ensemble cast award, beating heavyweight films ...
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Volver takes best film, director, actress at Goyas in Madrid
Pedro Almodovar's Volver and Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth split the top prizes Sunday night at Spain's 21st annual Goya Awards. Almodovar was absent from the ceremony, but his film won five prizes including best film, director, original music, actress for Penelope Cruz and supporting actress for Carmen Maura. Labyrinth ...
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BBC World Cinema prize goes to The Death Of Mr Lazarescu
The fourth BBC World Cinema Award was handed out to Cristi Puiu's The Death Of Mr Lazarescu. The BBC Four award was given out Jan 25 at London 's National Film Theatre. Romanian director Cristi Puiu accepted the prize from actress Emily Watson and the awards host Jonathan Ross. Tartan ...
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Bouchareb, Ferran and Canettop Cesar nominations
Three films tied for the most mentions at this year's Cesar nominations in Paris. Oscar nominee for best foreign film, Rachid Bouchareb's Days Of Glory has receivednine Cesar nominations, as has Pascale Ferran's Lady Chatterley and Guillaume Canet's Ne Le Dis A Personne . The three are allup for best ...
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$50,000 cash prize for Latin American films launched
The 22nd Mar del Plata International Film Festival (March 8-18) is set to launch the Ernesto Che Guevara prize with a cash award of $50,000 for Best Film in a new section reserved for first and second Latin American features and documentaries, which will run parallel to the official competition. ...
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Vitus takes Best Film at 10th Swiss Film Awards
Vitus was named Best Film at this year's Swiss Film Awards which were presented for the tenth time on Wednesday evening in a gala ceremony at the Solothurn Film Days.The drama about a child piano prodigy and his grandfather was praised by the jury as 'a film full of tenderness ...
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Bon Cop, Kigali lead Jutra Award nominations in Quebec
Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Un Dimanche A Kigali (A Sunday In Kigali) each received 12 nominations as Quebec's Jutra Awards announced the contenders for the 2007 edition. Philippe Falardeau's Congorama followed with six nominations, including Best Picture, while Stephane Lapointe's La Vie Secrete Des Gens Heureux (also a Best ...