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Czech documentary Rene wins Prix ARTE
The European Film Academy has announced that Rene, by Czech director Helena Trestikova, will receive the 2008 Prix ARTE for documentary film.The recipient of the award is chosen by an independent jury, which this year was made up of Danish producer Karoline Leth, Moscow Film Festival programme director Kirsi Tykkyläinen, ...
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Fatih Akin's Soul Kitchen, begins shooting in Germany
Shooting began today (October 15) in Hamburg on Soul Kitchen, Fatih Akin's first feature film since his European Film Award 2007 winning The Edge Of Heaven. The Match Factory will be handling international sales.The film tells the story of beleaguered bar owner Zinos' attempts to keep his restaurant in business. ...
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Hoffman, Brolin, Scott Thomas to be honoured at Hollywood Awards
In the latest round of honourees announced by the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, Dustin Hoffman will receive the career achievement award while Josh Brolin is named actor of the year and Kristin Scott Thomas is feted as actress of the year.Hoffman won two Oscars for Kramer ...
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Penelope Cruz to receive Santa Barbara's top award in Jan 2009
Penelope Cruz will receive the 24th Santa Barbara International Film Festival's (SBIFF) Outstanding Performer Of The Year Award on January 31, 2009.Cruz is currently filming Nine for the Weinsteins and starred this year in Woody Allen's comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona and the Philip Roth adaptation Elegy.She was nominated for an ...
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Danish film Dancers opens competition for 50th edition of Nordic Film Days
The Nordic Film Days main competition programme will open with Danish director Pernille Fischer Christensen's Dancers.The event is the world's largest showcase of Nordic and Baltic cinema and will celebrate its 50th anniversary when it runs in Lübeck, Germany between Oct 29-Nov 2.Other films in competition include: Finnish director Aku ...
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Celluloid picks up international rights to Sex My Life
Celluloid Dreams has acquired international rights to Bahman Motamedian's feature Sex My Life. The film, which debuted in Venice last month, is a mix of documentary and fiction that follows seven transsexuals living in modern-day Tehran.The subjects' journey to finding their true identity is demonstrated as they seek acceptance from ...
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Episode 3 by Renzo Martens opens 21st edition of IDFA in Amsterdam
The 21st International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is to open next month with the world premiere of Episode 3 by Renzo Martens.IDFA runs from 20 to 30 Nov.The film is the third in a series of three films in which Martens questions the role of filmmakers and photographers in ...
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Romanian CNC awards $7.2m for production and development
The Romanian Film Board (CNC) has awarded nearly $7.2m (Euros 5.3m) in production and development funding, including grants, to new projects from Un Certain Regard winner Cristi Puiu, Camera d'Or laureate Corneliu Porumboiu, and actress Fanny Ardant on her directorial debut.The single largest award, $569,000 (Euros 417,000), went to Aurora, ...
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Prix Eurimagesaward to be made at European Film Awards
Award highlighting European co-production to be made to Dogville and Manderlay co-producers Vibeke Windeløv and Bettina Brokemper. The Prix Eurimages will be presented for the second time at this year's European Film Awards.The prize acknowledges the importance of co-production within the European film industry. It is presented by Eurimages, the ...
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A Perfect Day opens Antalya's Eurasia Film Festival
The festival has programmed more than 60 Turkish premieres of international titles including The Wrestler, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Genova, RocknRolla, and The Palermo Shooting.The International Competition, which includes Uberto Pasolini's Machan, Claire Denis' 35 Rhums, Karim Dridi's Khamsa and Christian Petzold's Jerichow, will be decided by a five-person jury presided ...
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IFC Entertainment picks up the gothic horror film Sauna
IFC Entertainment has acquired North American rights to AJ Annila’s gothic horror film Sauna.
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Ghent Festival honours Richard Jenkins
Veteran actor Richard Jenkins will be honoured at the 35th Ghent International Film Festival with their Special Achievement Award.It will be presented after the Benelux premiere of The Visitor in Ghent, Belgium on Oct 7. Jenkins, along with co-stars Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira will attend the screening.In Overture's The ...
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IDA honours Werner Herzog's documentary career
The International Documentary Association (IDA) will bestow its prestigious 2008 Career Achievement Award on legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog.The award is given to a filmmaker who has made a major impact on the documentary genre through a long and distinguished body of work.Although the German director is equally well known for ...
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Stiller, Tomei join Hollywood Awards lineup on Oct 27
Ben Stiller will be honoured with the Hollywood Comedy Of The Year Award, while Marisa Tomei will be named supporting actress of the year, the cast of The Secret Life Of Bees ensemble of the year and Robert Pattinson newcomer of the year at the Hollywood Awards ceremony on Oct ...
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Dvortsevoy's Tulpan takes Discovery of the Year award at Reykjavik
Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan has picked up the Golden Puffin award for Discovery of the Year at the Reykjavik International Film Festival (Sept 25-Oct 5).The film, which took the top prize in Un Certain Regard at Cannes earlier this year, tells the story of a man trying to build a new ...
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Rodrigo Prieto wins Golden Camera 300 in Macedonia for Lust, Caution
Rodrigo Prieto won the Golden Camera 300, at the 29th International Cinematographers' Film Festival in Macedonia (Sept 27-Oct 4) for his work on Ang Lee's Lust, Caution.Jolanta Dylevska received the Silver Camera 300 for Sergey Dvortsevoy's Tulpan, and the Bronze Camera 300 was awarded to Yuri Klimenko for his work ...
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Cheadle, Swinton, Frears join Penn in Britannia Awards lineup
Don Cheadle will receive the BAFTA/LA Humanitarian Award, Tilda Swinton the Britannia Award For British Artist Of The Year and Stephen Frears the John Schlesinger Britannia Award For Artistic Excellence In Directing at the 17th Annual BAFTA/LA Britannia Awards on November 6 in Los Angeles.Cheadle's humanitarian efforts include co-founding Not ...
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James Earl Jones to receive SAG lifetime achievement award
James Earl Jones will receive SAG's most prestigious accolade the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award For Career achievement And Humanitarian Accomplishment at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 25 2009 in Los Angeles.SAG presents the annual award to a recipient it feels embodies the 'finest ideals ...
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Clint Eastwood named director of the year at Hollywood Awards
Clint Eastwood will receive the Hollywood Director Of The Year Award at the 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival's Hollywood Awards Gala on October 27 in Beverly Hills.'Just when you think Clint Eastwood is about to take a breath, he shoots two films in a year and starts prepping a third ...
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Slovaks submit Blind Loves for Oscar
The Slovak Film and Television Academy will submit Juraj Lehotsky's documentary Blind Loves for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.Blind Loves, which screened in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, follows four blind people as they experience love in their everyday lives. The film also screened at London BFI, ...