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 May 9, 2008 iW NEWS | Participant Media and Pangea Day Announce Winners
Participant Media, as part of its involvement with Pangea Day, a global event showcasing short films from around the world on May 10, 2008, has announced the five films whose filmmakers will receive $5,000 grants in the "Outstanding Filmmakers Awards Program." One winner from each continent was announced at a filmmakers retreat in Santa Monica Thursday night: From Africa, Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza's "Dear Mandela;" from Asia/Australia, Zeina Aboul Hosn's "I Remember Lebanon;" from Europe, Saleyha Ashan's "My Mother's Daughter;" from North America, Ari Kushnir's "Moving Windmills;" from South America, Jaoquin Baldwin's "Papiroflexia." In addition, Participant is sponsoring the "Filmmaker Development Grant Program," in which all 34 filmmakers whose films will be broadcast on television and/or posted on the Pangea Day website are eligible to submit a treatment for a feature film or documentary. These filmmakers will also compete for the grand prize of $20,000 to continue the development of the treatment and a non-binding first look deal with Participant for the treatment. [Peter Knegt]  [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] iW NEWS | Golden Trailer Awards Announced
Thursday night at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, the 9th Annual Golden Trailer Awards were handed out in a ceremony hosted by comedian Sinbad. The upcoming "The Dark Knight" won best action trailer, while "Iron Man" won the best overall for summer 2008. "In Bruges" was named the most original, while "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" and "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" won for best music and best voice-over, respectively. "No Country For Old Men" was awarded the best dramatic trailer, "Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?" best documentary, and "Day Night Day Night" for best independent. The awards will be televised on May 26, 2008 on MyNetworkTV, which will include the winner of the publicly voted "trailer of the year." All other winners were deciphered by a jury that included Joss Whedon, Jonathan D. Krane, Morgan Spurlock, Eli Roth, Gary Meyet and Claudia Puig. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Awards Watch, Honors ] May 8, 2008iW NEWS | Seattle To Honor Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley has been named the recipient of the 2008 Golden Space Needle for Outstanding Achievement in Acting at the 34th Seattle International Film Festival. The award will be given at a tribute event at the Egyptian Theatre in Seattle on May, 25, 2008, and will be followed by the North American premiere of Isabel Coixet's "Elegy," which Kingsley stars in. After the screening, Kingsley will take the stage again for an interview moderated by David Poland. Three other Kingsley films, a special screening of "Sexy Beast" and two Seattle premieres, Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" and Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian" will also play during the festival, which runs from May 22 through June 15. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] May 6, 2008iW NEWS | "Heaven," "Chris & Don" Top Miami Gay & Lesbian Winners
The 10th Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival closed for business, announcing a series of juried and audience awards presented at the Gala Closing night party at the Miami Art Space. Fatih Akin's "The Edge of Heaven" won the jury's fiction feature award, while Guido Santi and Tina Mascara's "Chris & Don: A Love Story" won the juried documentary award. Audience awards were handed out to Shamim Sarifis's "The World Unseen" for favorite feature, Scott Bloom's "Call Me Troy" for documentary, and Jesse Peretz's "Who I Am" for short. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors, Queer Cinema ] May 4, 2008iW NEWS | "War Child" Wins Tribeca Audience Prize
Tribeca Film Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. C. Karim Chrobog's' "War Child" won The Cadillac Award, receiving a $25,000 cash prize after being named the audience favorite at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. The event, which concludes today in Manhattan, presented jury prizes earlier in the week, naming Tomas Alfredson's "Let the Right One In" (Lat den ratte komma in) the best narrative feature, while Gini Reticker's "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" won best documentary feature prize. Complete coversage of the festival is available in indieWIRE's special section.[permalink] [ filed under Honors, New York ] April 30, 2008iW NEWS | Foreign Finalists Announced For Student Oscar
Five finalists were selected from 45 entries representing 29 foreign countries to compete for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2008 Honorary Foreign Film award in the 35th Annual Student Academy Awards competition. The finalists include Martin Duda's "I Am Bigger and Better (Czech Republic), Sergi Perez's "New Dress" (Spain), Reto Caffi's "On the Line" (Germany), Lior Geller's "Roads" (Israel), Matev Luzar's "Vucko" (Slovenia). The winning student filmmaker will be brought to Los Angeles, along with U.S.-based Student Academy Award winners, to participate in a week of industry-related activities and social events that will culminate in the awards presentation ceremony on June 7 in Beverly Hills. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] iW NEWS | Tribeca Film Institute Announces Fellowships
The Tribeca Film Institute announced the recipients of its 2008 Media Arts Fellowships Tuesday. The fellowships, founded and supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, recognize the artistic excellence of 20 film, video and new media artists in the United States with cash awards of $35,000 each. The program also awards two additional Fellowships of $7,500 each to emerging film and video artists. "These 22 artists represent some of the most talented and forward-thinking artists creating independent media today" said Jane Rosenthal, Co-Chair of the Tribeca Film Institute in a statement. "We look forward to their lasting and substantial contribution to independent film and arts." The film and video fellows are Julianna Brannum, Andrew Bujalski, Daniel Carrera, Cherien Dabis, Jacqueline Goss, Judith Helfand, Braden King, Billy Luther, Shirin Neshat, Hugo Perez, Laura Poitras, Dee Rees, Jennifer Reeves, Naomi Uman, Lauren Woods, and Jessica Yu. The new media fellows are Sharon Daniel, Joe Davis, Josh On, C.E.B. Reas, Michael Rees, and Paul Vanouse. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] April 29, 2008iW NEWS | Filmaka Announces Competition Winner
Filmaka, a global digital entertainment studio and online creative community, announced that Nuru Rimington-Mkali is the winner of its first annual feature film competition with his short "And I Refuse To Forget." Filmaka will reward Rimington-Mkali by producing his first feature film. Filmaka, founded by producer Deepak Nayar and led by industry executive Sandy Grushow is committed to "inspiring, celebrating, and rewarding creativity and talent by providing a variety of professional opportunities for undiscovered filmmakers and writers from all corners of the world." It launches its 2nd competition Tuesday, go to their website for details. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] April 28, 2008iW NEWS | Hot Docs Leaps In Attendance, Awards "Root"
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival finished up Sunday, with a record-breaking attendance of 85,000, a 25% increase over last year. The 11 day festival screened 172 films from 36 countries. "The success of this year's Festival is a testament to our audiences," said Executive Director Chris McDonald in a statement. "Their passion for docs and investment in the Festival is inspiring. Filmmakers love screening their work in this city." The festival announced most of its juried awards Friday, but two awards were announced Sunday, including the Hot Docs Audience Award, which was awarded to Lisa Merton and Alan Dater's "Taking Root: The Vision of the Wangari Maathai." Runners-up were Benson Lee's "Planet B-Boy" and Kurt Kuenne's "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father." The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Prize for best Canadian documentary was also announced, going to Pierre Mignault and Helene Magny's "Shock Waves." The CIDA Award comes with a $5,000 prize. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Documentary, Festivals, Honors ] iW NEWS | "Amal" Takes Indian Film Festival
The 6th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles announced its winners, with Richie Mehta's "Amal" winning the Grand Jury Prize for best narrative feature. Yunus Vally's "The Glow of White Women" was given the jury's best documentary prize, while special mentions were awarded to Shivajee Chandrabhushan's "Frozen" (in narrative) and Liz Mermin's "Shot in Bombay" (in documentary). Atul Sabharwal's "Midnight Lost and Found" won for best short. Audience awards were given to Manish Acharya's "Loins of Punjaab Presents in narrative and Christopher Mitchell's "Super 30." [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors ] April 26, 2008iW NEWS | "English Surgeon," "Junior" Top Winners at Hot Docs
The winners of the 15th Annual Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival were announced Friday night at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto. Ten awards and $30,000 in cash and prizes were presented. Geoffrey Smith's "The English Surgeon" won for best international feature documentary, with the jury commenting in a statement: "Polished and shameless, in the best sense of combining two seemingly contradictory elements and shaping them into a satisfying and penetrating whole." Isabelle Lavigne and Stephane Thibault's hockey doc "Junior" won the award for best canadian feature documentary. Special jury prizes were awarded to Tamar Yarom's "To See If I'm Smiling" in the international category, and Nik Sheenan's "Flicker" in the Canadian category. The new HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award was presented to Boris Despodov for "Corridor #8." The festival continues until Sunday, and the winners for both the audience award and CIDA Award for best Canadian film will be announced Monday, April 28. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors ] iW NEWS | "$Free.99," "Stuart Hornsley," "Matador," and "Bardos" Win All Access Awards in Tribeca
Tribeca Film Festival coverage sponsored by Stella Artois. The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, along with the Tribeca Film Institute, announced the winners of the fifth annual Tribeca All Access Creative Promise Awards. Tribeca All Access (TAA) is a program designed to help "foster relationships between film industry executives and filmmakers from traditionally underrepresented communities." The winners were announced earlier this evening at a ceremony at Budakkan in New York City. Pete Chatmon won the narrative section prize for his current screenplay, "$Free.99," co-written by Candice Sanchez McClaren. The emerging narrative section prize went to Leigh Dana Jackson for "The Infinite Life of Stuart Hornsley," with producer Moira Griffin." Gemma Cubero and Celeste Carrasco won the documentary section award for their work-in-progress, "She Wants to Be A Matador," while Anslem Richardson won the screenwriting section prize for "Bardos. The winners were selected from 31 eligible projects. The first three come with $12,000 prizes, while the latter is awarded $8,500. "We continue to be impressed at the caliber of our Tribeca All Access filmmakers," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Institute, in a statement. "In just five years the TAA program has proved to be a vibrant marketplace at the Festival where strong narrative, documentary and screenwriting is presented year after year." [Peter Knegt][permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors, New York ] April 22, 2008iW NEWS | Recipient of Maryland Filmmakers Fellowship Announced
The Sundance Institute and the Maryland Filmmakers Fellowship announced the recipients of their joint fellowship Tuesday. John Morgan and Meg La Fauve, for their feature film project "The Cavanaughs were presented with a $10,000 grant to help move the project forward. "The Cavanaughs" details the story of an evangelical woman who suddenly rejects her faith and family and falls in love with a woman, sending the rest of her family into chaos. Presented in partnership with the Maryland Film Office, the fellowship was created in 1993 by independent producer Jed Dietz. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] iW NEWS | Nantucket Fest To Honor Apatow, Ryan
The 13th Annual Nantucket Film Festival announced that Judd Apatow will receive the Suzanne and Bob Wright Screenwriter's Tribute Award during the fest, while Meg Ryan will be honored with the Compass Rose Acting Tribute Award. Ryan will be on hand to present the second Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award, which gives a cash prize to a promising female writer/director at the festival. Additionally, the festival announced its programming, with Brad Anderson's "Transsiberian opening the fest and Jonathan Levine's "The Wackness" closing it. For a full list of programming, please visit the festival's website. The festival runs June 19-22, 2008. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Honors ] April 21, 2008iW NEWS | "Red Like The Sky" a Winner in Palm Beach
The 13th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival handed out its awards this week, with Christiano Bortone's "Red Like The Sky" (Rosso Come II Cielo) taking the jury's best feature film and best director awards. The film recounts the true story of the early life of blind sound editor Micro Mencacci. Other awards went to the ensemble cast of "Kings," which includes Colm Meaney and Brendan Conroy, for achievement in acting, while Lauzanne Xavier's "With One Voice" (D'une Suele Voix) won the jury's award for best documentary feature. Shalini Kantaya's "A Drop of Life" won the short film award. Audience awards went to Lynn Roth's "The Little Traitor for best feature film, and Jody Lambert's "Of All Things" for best documentary feature. "This year, for me, it was refreshing and inspiring to have had the honor to discover so many wonderful filmmakers from the corners of the earth," said PBIFF Director Randi Emerman in a statement. The festival closed with a screening of "Young@Heart." [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] April 15, 2008iW NEWS | NYU's First Run Fest Announces Winners
New York University's 66th annual First Run Film Festival, which screens the work of student films from the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television at the Tisch School of the Arts, announced their award winners at a ceremony at the Cantor Film Center Monday night. This year's festival screened 105 films, videos, multimedia, and animation projects, and six films were singled out for over $50,000 in cash prizes. The first prize winners of the Charles and Lucille King Family Foundation Awards for Excellence in Filmmaking were Andrew MacLean for "Sikumi" in the Graduate Division, and Benedict Campbell for "Lloyd Neck" in the Undergraduate Division. MacLean and Campbell also both won their divisional awards for the screenwriting and directing, totaling $15,000 in prizes for each. They join past recipients Spike Lee, Ang Lee and Nancy Savoca, among others. A panel of industry professionals selected the winning films from a group of 14 finalists. [Peter Knegt] [permalink] [ filed under Festivals, Film School, Honors ] April 14, 2008VAR | 'Warlords' dominates HK film awards
Peter Chan's "The Warlords" was the big winner at the Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday, reports Variety. [permalink] [ filed under Honors, World Cinema ] March 26, 2008iW NEWS | MMI to Honor Schamus, Blank
The Museum of the Moving Image will honor Focus Features CEO James Schamus and Showtime Networks CEO Matt Blank at the organization's annual black-tie benefit, to be held on April 30th at The St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan. [Eugene Hernandez] [permalink] [ filed under Awards Watch, Honors ] March 21, 2008AP: "Chocolate Rain" claims a YouTube award
Tay Zonday morphed from an unknown musician to an Internet superstar who got booked on national TV shows after his song "Chocolate Rain"-- an amateur clip of his baritone crooning -- went viral last year. Now he's among the 12 winners of the second annual YouTube Video Awards, recognizing the top user-created videos of 2007. Erin Carlson reports. [permalink] [ filed under Honors ] March 18, 2008Reuters: Korean film scoops top prizes in Asian Film Awards
South Korean film "Secret Sunshine" won a clutch of awards including best film at Monday's second pan-Asian film awards in Hong Kong, which seeks to recognize the region's diverse film talent. Reuters reports. 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