AwardsWatch - Film Festivals

Cate Blanchett to receive Outstanding Performer of the Year Award from Santa Barbara Film Festival

Erik Anderson November 8, 2022

Cate Blanchett will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 38th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Blanchett will be honored on Friday, February 10,... Read More

2022 AFI FEST announces Oscar-eligible Documentary, Animated and Live Action Short festival winners

Erik Anderson November 8, 2022

The Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action Short, Documentary Short and Animated Short from 2022 AFI FEST have been announced, making them all eligible... Read More

Austin Butler, Danielle Deadwyler, Nina Hoss, Ke Huy Quan among Virtuosos Award recipients from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Erik Anderson November 1, 2022

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is one of the hottest stops on the Oscar campaign trail every year, and this season will be no... Read More

‘Aftersun,’ ‘Corsage,’ ‘Close,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ win top Montclair Film Festival awards

Erik Anderson October 31, 2022

The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the winners of the festival’s 2022 film competitions where Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun won the Fiction Feature Prize, with Corsage... Read More

Jamie Lee Curtis to receive Maltin Modern Master Award from Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Erik Anderson October 27, 2022

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival is honored to announce cinema icon Jamie Lee Curtis will be receiving the Maltin Modern Master Award at the... Read More

2022 Napa Valley Film Festival ‘Film, Food and Wine Showcase’ to honor Laura Dern, Janelle Monáe, Luis Guzmán, Stephanie Hsu and more

Erik Anderson October 24, 2022

The Napa Valley Film Festival (NVFF) today announced its NVFF 2022 Film, Food and Wine Showcase programming and honors, to take place at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Copia on November 10... Read More

‘Swallowed,’ ‘The Blue Caftan’ win top NewFest LGBTQ+ Film Festival awards

Erik Anderson October 22, 2022

NewFest, New York’s leading LGBTQ+ film and media organization and one of the world’s most respected LGBTQ+ film festivals, has announced the recipients for the... Read More

Vanessa Burghardt, Ty Simpkins, Anna Diop among Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big SCAD honorees

Erik Anderson October 21, 2022

The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) today announces Entertainment Weekly’s Breaking Big honorees as well as additional honorees and guests for the 25th... Read More

‘Devotion,’ ‘Turn Every Page’ win Middleburg Film Festival Audience Awards

Erik Anderson October 19, 2022

The Middleburg Film Festival announced today the Audience Award winners for Best Narrative Film and Best Documentary Film following the conclusion of the 10th anniversary edition of the... Read More

‘TÁR’ wins Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award; ‘The Whale,’ ‘Close’ receive top awards

Erik Anderson October 18, 2022

TÁR, Todd Field’s return to cinema, and featuring a celebrated, tour-de-force performance by two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, has won the 2022 Mill Valley... Read More