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22nd Sarajevo Film Festival Awards, ALBUM and A MERE BREATH Win Top Film Awards
The Turkish film ALBUM (ALBÜM) directed by Mehmet Can Mertoğlu has won the Heart Of Sarajevo For Best Feature Film at the 22nd Sarajevo Film Festival.
Blood Stripe, HEIS (chronicles) and Political Animals Among Winners of 2016 LA Film Festival Awards
Blood Stripe, HEIS (chronicles) and Political Animals are among the big winners of the 2016 LA Film Festival awards. The fest ran June 1 to 9, 2016.
8 New Films + 1 Restoration Added to 63rd Sydney Film Festival Lineup
Eight new films and one restoration will screen as part of the 63rd Sydney Film Festival, taking place June 8 to 19, 2016 in Sydney, Australia.
Shahrbanoo Sadat’s WOLF AND SHEEP Wins Director’s Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival
Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat is the winner the 2016 Director’s Fortnight’s top prize, the Art Cinema Award, at the Cannes Film Festival for her debut feature WOLF AND SHEEP.
‘HONEY BUDDIES’ ‘THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK’ ‘DRIFTWOOD’ Win Top Awards at Slamdance Film Festival
The 22nd Slamdance Film Festival announced the feature and short film recipients of this year’s Sparky awards in the Audience, Jury, and Sponsored Categories. The Audience Award for Narrative Feature went to HONEY BUDDIES by Alex Simmons (pictured), and the Audience Award for Documentary Feature went to THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK by Brian Golden David. THE MILLION DOLLAR DUCK by Brian Golden David also won the Jury Award for Documentary Feature, and DRIFTWOOD by Paul Taylor […]
“Son of Saul” Wins Top Award at 2015 Zagreb Film Festival
The 2015 Zagreb Film Festival Golden Pram Award went to the Hungarian film Son of Saul by Lászlo Nemes. Son Of Saul, the winner of Grand Prix at the Cannes, Film Festival is the directorial debut of Lászlo Nemes. October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is a Hungarian member of Sonderkommando – the Jewish prisoners’ unit isolated from the rest of the camp. They are in charge of taking other prisoners to gas chambers and burning corpses. While […]