All Other Festivals articles – Page 180
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NewsNew BAMcinemaFEST kicks off with Don't Let Me Drown
New York City’s newest film festival, BAMcinemaFEST, kicks off tonight in Brooklyn with the opening night presentation of Cruz Angeles’ Brooklyn-based love story Don’t Let Me Drown.
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NewsRevenant takes CineVegas audience prize
The 11th annual CineVegas Film Festival has announced the winners of its audience awards, with Kerry Prior’s The Revenant winning best narrative and Ben Steinbauer’s Winnebago Man winning best documentary.
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NewsTelluride picks Payne as guest director for 2009 festival
Alexander Payne will serve as the guest director for the 36th Telluride Film Festival, which will run September 4-7.
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NewsGhent festival plans Asian focus including Anime exhibit
The 36th Ghent International Film Festival (October 6-17) will have a continent-specific themed programme for the first time, focusing on Asia.
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NewsSharon Gless, Chad Allen among honourees at upcoming QFest
The Philadelphia Cinema Alliance has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards that will collect their prizes at the upcoming 15th Philadelphia QFest from July 9-20.
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NewsVolchok debutants snap up three top Kinotavr prizes
Vasili Sigarev’s directorial debut Volchok scooped The Grand Prize at Russia’s 20th Kinotavr Open Film Festival, which wrapped yesterday (June 14).
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NewsJoe Wright to head up Edinburgh’s Michael Powell jury
Atonement and Pride And Prejudice director Joe Wright has been named as president of the Michael Powell jury for best British film at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
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NewsThe Other Bank awarded Grand Jury prize in Seattle
George Ovashvili’s Georgian-Kazakh drama The Other Bank won the 35th Seattle International Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize as Barbara Schroeder’s US entry Talhotblond took documentary honours.
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NewsEasier With Practice wins top CineVegas prize
Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s Easier With Practice won the 11th Annual CineVegas Film Festival’s grand jury prize as the festival came to a close on June 14.
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NewsTilda Swinton’s film festival gets funding from EventScotland
Tilda Swinton, organiser of Swinton Pilgrimage: A Scottish Road Movie Film Festival, is to receive an investment of $15,000 (£9,000) from EventScotland, the national events agency.
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NewsSmall Crime to open Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
The third annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival will open on June 25 with Christos Georgiou’s Small Crime and close on June 28 with Alexis Kardaras’ Guinness.
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NewsMumbai fest changes dates, increases prize money
The International Film Festival of Mumbai has changed its dates and introduced a series of cash prizes totalling $200,000.
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NewsWhatever Works, Peter And Vandy bookend Provincetown
Woody Allen’s Whatever Works and Jay DiPietro’s Peter And Vandy bookend the Provincetown International Film Festival, set to run in Massachusetts from June 17-21.
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NewsOpen Road, Whiskey to premiere at Munich FilmFest
Michael Meredith’s The Open Road and German Film Award-winner Andreas Dresen’s latest feature Whisky With Vodka are among over 30 world premieres at this year’s Munich Filmfest.
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NewsPiFan unveils five projects for KOFIC development lab
Korea’s Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) has announced the five projects that will take part in the KOFIC Filmmakers’ Development Lab (FDL), which this year will take place during the festival.
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NewsLocarno selects 12 Chinese projects for Open Doors
The Locarno Film Festival has selected 12 projects for its Open Doors co-production lab which this year is devoted to Greater China.
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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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NewsEFP doubles support for films at Shanghai fest
European Film Promotion (EFP) is doubling the number of films that it is supporting at the upcoming Shanghai International Film Festival (June 13-21) by backing the marketing campaigns of 13 European titles.
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NewsPIFF launches $20,000 award for non-Asian directors
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has created the $20,000 Flash Forward Award for first or second-time directors from non-Asian countries.