Category: Film Festivals

 Juno, a quirky coming-of-age comedy about a pregnant teenager was named best feature film at yesterday’s Independent Spirit Awards which honor the best independent films.
Made on shoestring budget of $6.5 million, “Juno” was the only nominee for best picture to pass $100 million at the box office and has been embraced by supporters of independent […]

The Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was presented to TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal.  An aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, armed with a video camera, show what survival means when they are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, and seize a chance for a new beginning.
The Grand Jury […]

 
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
The People’s Choice Award is voted on by the film festivals audiences. This year’s award goes to David Cronenberg’s EASTERN PROMISES. Cronenberg reunites with his A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE leading man Viggo Mortensen for a new thriller. EASTERN PROMISES is a film which follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Mortensen), a Russian gangster […]

With almost six months to go until Hollywood’s biggest party, the Academy Awards are already on everyones minds in Tinseltown as films festivals season gets into full-swing. Not many will admit that the thought of winning Oscar gold crosses their mind, though.
“Pass” - Oscar winner Cate Blanchett said with a laugh, declining to discuss the […]

Telluride, Colo. - New films from Sean Penn and Julian Schnabel earned high marks at the 2007 Telluride Film Festival during the Labor Day weekend, while the absence of a “wow” movie and lengthy lines dampened some moviegoers spirits.
Last year’s breakout film was the German spy drama “The Lives of Others,” which rode its Telluride […]

Seattle International Film Festival Winners
Golden Space Needle Awards (audience-voted)
Best Film:
1. “Outsourced,” directed by John Jeffcoat
2. “Vitus,” directed by Fredi M. Murer
3. “La Vie en Rose,” directed by Olivier Dahan
4. “The Bubble,” directed by Eytan Fox
5. “Sex and Death 101,” directed by Daniel Waters
Best Documentary:
1. “For the Bible Tells Me So,” directed by Daniel Karslake
2. “King […]

The 9th Annual CineVegas Film Festival which had opened with Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s Thirteen” and wraps up this evening with John Dahl’s comedy “You Kill Me” - awarded its filmmaking honors today in a ceremony headed by Artistic Director Trevor Groth, festival President Robin Greenspun and Chairman of the Creative Advisory Board Dennis Hopper. Festival […]

 
CANNES - A graphic movie about an illegal abortion took the Palme d’Or last night at the closing of the 60th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Titled 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a realistic drama Romanian director Cristian Mungiu said he almost didn’t make due to lack of ideas and funds won the […]