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2014 Cinema Biennale Check #4 - Italian Directors
An Italian festival without Italian directors in the competition is almost impossible to imagine so no surprise that this year there are three films in competition.Saverio CostanzoBorn on September,...
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2014 Cinema Biennale Check #5 - Made in Sweden
Sweden representation in Venezia71 goes to none other than one of the most interesting contemporary Swedish directors, one that is recognized for his very particular cinematic style and one that I...
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2014 Cinema Biennale Check #6 - Borderline European Directors
The European directors in Venezia71 competition, excluding those already preview it, come from Turkey and Russia, which we know are borderline countries as some of their territory is in Europe while...
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2014 Cinema Biennale Check #7 - Directors Born Elsewhere
There are some directors in Venezia 71 competition that were born in one country but are working in another country with films that do not have any money from their country of birth. One is in my...
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2014 Cinema Biennale Check #8 - From Asia to Venice
The last Cinema Biennale Check installment is about directors born in the East and Far East.Xiaoshuai WangBorn on May 1966 in Shanghai, China. A gifted painter that attended Beijing's Central Art...
View Article41st Telluride Film Festival Program Guide
As every year the tiny mountain village of Telluride in Colorado "triples" in size with what I consider the best film festival in North America and all the very lucky cinema enthusiasts that are able...
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2014 European Film Academy People's Choice Award
Today EFA announced the six (6) films that will compete for the 2014 People's Choice Awards and consequently opened the voting process that allows film fans across Europe to elect their favorite film....
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8th Queer Lion Award Winner
Yesterday the jury for the 2014 Queer Lion Award bestows the award for Best Film with Homosexual Issues and Queer Culture to Les nuits d'été, directed by Mario Fanfani, presented at the 11th edition...
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71st Venice Film Festival Award Winners
The ceremony is over and the live streaming finished when Roy Andersson went out to the red carpet section to receive people's cheers and photographers craziness. As soon as Rai TV uploads the award...
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27th European Film Awards - Long List
During a press conference in Riga, European Capital of Culture 2014 where this year’s 27th European Film Awards will take place, the European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the titles of...
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27th European Film Awards - Animated Feature Film Nominations
The European Film Academy proudly announces the three nominations in the category European Animated Feature Film 2014 A committee consisting of EFA Board Members Marek Rozenbaum, producer (Israel) and...
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62nd San Sebastian International Film Festival Award Winners
This year edition was a "bit" gray for me. Started with a "bit" boring opening ceremony with lots of film clips showing that I was already aware of the "interesting" films, so I lost interest. Sigh....
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27th European Film Awards - Short Film Nominations
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions are proud to present this year's short film nominations. At each of the 15 participating film festivals, an independent jury presented one European short...
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2015 Oscar Foreign Language Film Submissions Facts
Eight days after the submission deadline we have announcements from seventy-seven (77) countries which surpasses by one last year record; but it is only when AMPAS publishes the accepted submissions...
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27th European Film Awards: European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI Nominations
The European Film Academy congratulates the nominees for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2014 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director...
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87th Academy Awards Documentary Short Subject Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 87th Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight (8) films, of which three to five...
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2014 Independent Film Awards
This year will do the same as last year with only listing the winners of the three Indie Awards, two in US and one in UK. We start today with the Gotham nominations and post will become final on...
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For Your Consideration: Foreign-Language Film 2015 Oscar Category Predictions
Guessing the nine films that will make the category shortlist out of the 83 entries is no easy task especially when more than half the entries come from film festivals and many seem to be out of the...
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8th Asia Pacific Screen Award Nominations
Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today announced nominees for the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), with 36 films from 21 Asia Pacific countries and areas vying for the region’s highest accolade...
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87th Academy Awards Animated Feature Submissions
Twenty (20) animated feature films have qualified for Academy Awards consideration, triggering the possibility that when the Oscar nominations are announced, there will be as many as five nominees in...
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