All Other Festivals articles – Page 179
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NewsPalm Springs Shortfest kicks off 315-film programme
The 2009 Palm Springs International Shortfest kicked off its 300+ film programme last night in the California desert resort town.
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NewsGrand Rapids plans first festival in August
Grand Rapids, Michigan will host the inaugural Grand Rapids Film Festival from August 26-28.
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NewsPierre Morel to be honoured at Cinema Expo Awards
Pierre Morel is to be named International Director of the Year, for his film Taken, at the 2009 Cinema Expo Awards Ceremony tonight. The film starring Liam Neeson took $77m internationally and grossed $222m at the box office worldwide.
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NewsKarlovy Vary hosts 19 world premieres
The 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival host 19 world premieres at this year’s edition, which will run July 3 – 11.
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NewsUKFC and Nesta call on industry to exploit digital world
The UK Film Council and the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling on the film industry to expand digital distribution, seek new sources of funding and work with online audiences as publishers not just viewers, as part of series of findings from their digital innovation ...
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NewsPula Film Festival to include Almodovar retrospective
The Pula Film Festival, the oldest film festival in Croatia, has introduced a new section focusing on European directors. The first retrospective will be dedicated to Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodóvar.
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The Long Night wins Golden Tauro at Taormina Film Festival
Hatem Ali’s The Long Night (Al Layl Al-Tawil) won The Golden Tauro for best film in the Mediterranean Competition section of the 55th Taormina International Film Festival.
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NewsNew York Asian fest kicks off with world premiere of Written By
The New York Asian Film Festival will show more than 50 features this year, after opening with the world premiere of Wai Ka-Fai’s Written By.
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NewsSilhol's Dominic wins best live action prize at Toronto's CFC short festival
French director Nicolas Silhol took the C.O.R.E Digital Pictures Award For Best Live Action Short with his psychological drama, My Name Is Dominic as the 2009 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival wrapped this weekend.
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NewsThe Cove, 12 Notes Down take Silverdocs audience awards
Silverdocs, the AFI/Discovery Documentary Festival, still has one more day of festival favourite screenings today, but the audience award winners have now been announced.
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NewsPatrik, Herb & Dorothy win audience prizes in Provincetown
At the 11th annual Provincetown International Film Festival in Massachusetts, the HBO Audience Awards were presented Sunday with Ella Lemhagen’s Patrik, Age 1.5 taking the best narrative feature award.
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NewsStern says indies are hurting, but have huge opportunities online
Despite the economy, there was a slightly sunnier outlook at the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Film Financing Conference this weekend.James D. Stern, chairman and CEO of LA-based production and financing company Endgame Entertainment, struck a more positive note than 2008’s famous keynote speech by The Film Department’s Mark Gill.In his ...
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NewsOctober Country, Mugabe take top awards at Silverdocs
Silverdocs, the AFI/Discover Channel Documentary Festival, has given out $80,000 in prizes along with its top awards this afternoon.
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NewsLAFF's Fast Track includes Rodney Evans, Matthew Bissonette
Today Film Independent, the non-profit organisation that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has selected the projects for its seventh-annual Fast Track programme, sponsored by Eastman Kodak.
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NewsCinefile acquires Philippe Lioret's Welcome
Scottish-based distribution company Cinefile has acquired UK theatrical rights to Philippe Lioret’s Welcome.
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NewsAFI won't continue partnership with Dallas festival
The Dallas Film Society will continue the Dallas International Film Festival even though the American Film Institute will no longer sponsor the event.
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NewsProducer Stephen Woolley named as patron of EIFF Directors Lab
Producer Stephen Woolley has been named as patron of the Directors Lab at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) for the second year running.
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NewsActress Meera Syal to host Trailblazers masterclass at EIFF
Meera Syal, the actress and comedienne, will host a masterclass at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) as part of Skillset’s Trailblazers scheme.
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NewsMoscow celebrates golden year with greater international focus
The Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) is seeking to boost its position on the festival circuit with a 16-strong competition line-up, including world and Russian premieres.
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NewsMendes' Away We Go opens 63rd Edinburgh Film Festival
Director Sam Mendes and actors John Krasinski and Carmen Ejogo flew into Scotland for the European premiere of their gentle road movie Away We Go, which opened the 63rd Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) on last night (June 17).