AwardsWatch - Film Festivals

Inaugural Rom Com Fest announces 2019 award winners

Erik Anderson June 24, 2019

The winners of the inaugural Rom Com Fest were announced yesterday in Los Angeles at the Downtown Independent Theater following a special 20th anniversary screening... Read More

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2019 Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival Winners

Erik Anderson June 2, 2019

June 2, 2019 (Toronto, Canada) – The winners of the 2019 Inside Out LGBT Film Festival were announced today in Toronto at the annual awards... Read More

SFFILM Festival Awards: Olivia Wilde’s ‘Booksmart’ is Audience favorite

Erik Anderson April 22, 2019

On Sunday, SFFILM announced the winners of its Audience Awards and juried awards for the fests’ Golden Gate Award competition. Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, the... Read More

A still from Knock Down The House by Rachel Lears, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Rachel Lears
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2019 Sundance: ‘Knock Down the House’ wins Overall Festival Favorite

Erik Anderson February 5, 2019

All 121 Features Screened Eligible for Award The Sundance Institute today announced Knock Down the House as the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by... Read More

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Santa Barbara Film Fest to honor Sam Elliott, Steven Yeun, Elsie Fisher, Yalitza Aparicio and more

Erik Anderson December 11, 2018

CLAIRE FOY, RICHARD E. GRANT, THOMASIN HARCOURT MCKENZIE, JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON ALSO TO BE HONORED WITH THE VIRTUOSOS AWARD AT 34TH ANNUAL SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM... Read More

Winners announced for Fall 2018 SFFILM Westridge Grants

Erik Anderson November 20, 2018

SFFILM, in partnership with the Westridge Foundation, announced today the projects that will receive a total of $100,000 in funding in the latest round of SFFILM Westridge Grants. Five... Read More

‘Green Book’ wins top Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award; ‘The Hate U Give,’ ‘Boy Erased’ grab US Cinema honors

Erik Anderson October 15, 2018

Fresh off its People’s Choice Award win at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, Peter Farrelly’s Green Book is now the Overall Favorite of... Read More

Toronto Film Festival Winners: ‘Green Book’ drives into the Oscar race

Erik Anderson September 16, 2018

The Peter Farrelly race relations road comedy Green Book, starring Academy Award winner Mashershala Ali (Moonlight) and Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises, Captain... Read More

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Director Alfonso Cuaron holds the Golden Lion Best Film award for 'Roma' at the closing ceremony of the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy
Film Festival 2018 Awards Ceremony, Venice, Italy - 08 Sep 2018

Venice Film Festival Winners: ‘ROMA,’ Olivia Colman, Willem Dafoe – The Full List

Erik Anderson September 8, 2018

Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA has won the Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival, the second year in a row the top prize has gone to... Read More

‘I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians’ wins Karlovy Vary Film Festival's top prize

‘Barbarians,’ Robert Pattinson among 53rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival Winners

Erik Anderson July 7, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Romanian meta-drama I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians is the Grand Prize winner of the... Read More