http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker VIMOOZ.com | Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:26:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_3591" align="alignleft" width="600" caption="Golden Astor Best Film: Nora's Will, by Mariana Chenillo "][/caption] The Mexican comedy "Cinco dias sin Nora" (Nora's Will) was awarded the Golden Astor at the 24th annual Mar del Plata Intl Film Festival, in Argentina. The debut film from director Mariana Chenillo,  is about a divorced ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/noras-will-grabs-golden-astor-at-the-24th-annual-mar-del-plata-intl-film-festival/ The Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival is seeking documentary or dramatic films on themes of empowerment of working people such as through labor organizing. FILM SUBMISSIONS:  Please go to http://www.reelwork.org/submittingafilm.htm and download a submission form to submit directly to the festival.  Priority submission deadline for Reel Work 2010 is ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/reel-work-labor-film-festival-seeking-submissions/ The 2010 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival will take place in New York City from October 19 to 23. 5 days and nights of over 1,200 artists and 120,000 fans in more than 75 of the city's greatest nightclubs and theaters. Headquarters will once again be located at New ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/cmj-2010-dates-announced/ While the title of the opening night film cannot be announced until December 2nd, that isn't stopping Derby City Film Festival (DCFF) organizers from preparing for what is, "sure to be one of the greatest film events the city has ever seen." "I know it's hard to take a statement like, ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/2nd-annual-derby-city-film-festival-gets-underway-february-19th-2010-at-the-louisville-palace/ [caption id="attachment_3575" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Darby (Mandy Musgrave, left) and Kate (Hallee Hirsh) in “16 to Life”"][/caption] Now in its seventh year, the Asheville Film Festival featured 93 films and screenplays. The festival winners were announced Saturday night. "16 to Life",  the first feature from Emmy-nominated writer/director Becky Smith (Queer Eye ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/2009-asheville-film-festival-picks-winners/ [caption id="attachment_3571" align="aligncenter" width="599" caption="Best Feature: "The Things We Carry""][/caption] The 7th Wild Rose Independent Film Festival in Des Moines, Iowa culminated last Sunday with AriesWorks Entertainment's special premiere Des Moines screening of the Iowa independent feature film, Haunting Villisca, based on the unsolved 1912 Villisca Axe murders and the current ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/wild-rose-independent-film-festival-awards-top-filmmakers/ [caption id="attachment_3566" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon stars in Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood"][/caption] The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will present Morgan Freeman with the Career Achievement Award for Acting. The Festival runs January 5-18. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said, "The Palm Springs International Film Festival ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/morgan-freeman-to-be-honored-at-21st-palm-springs-international-film-festival/ [caption id="attachment_3562" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption=""Children of God" was written, directed and produced by Bahamian filmmaker Kareem Mortimer"][/caption] Kareem Mortimer's  "Children Of God" and Lee Daniels' "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire" will open and close the 6th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs Dec. 10-17 on Paradise Island ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/acclaimed-indie-dramas-children-of-god-and-precious-to-open-and-close-6th-bahamas-international-film-festival/ [caption id="attachment_3558" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="'Cars of the Revolution' (Devrim Arabalari)"][/caption] 'Cars of the Revolution' (Devrim Arabalari), a feature film by acclaimed Turkish director Tolga Ornek, will open the 2009 edition of  the Queens International Film Festival and will screen on November 12th at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. This film ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/turkish-film-cars-of-the-revolution-to-open-2009-queens-international-film-festival/ [caption id="attachment_3553" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="ENTRE NOS, President's Award Winner / Best of the Fest"][/caption] The Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2009 doesn't wrap until Wednesday but the festival award winners were announced on Sunday. Entre Nos was awarded the President's Award Winner / Best of the Fest.  In the film, Mariana ... http://www.vimooz.com/festivalticker/2009/11/2009-fort-lauderdale-international-film-festival-winners/