AwardsWatch - Film Festivals

‘Joker’ wins Best Film at 2019 Venice International Film Festival Awards

Erik Anderson September 7, 2019

The awards for the 76th Venice International Film Festival were handed out this evening and Todd Phillips’ vivid and dark DC Comics origin story Joker... Read More

42nd Mill Valley Film Festival Lineup: ‘Waves,’ ‘Ford v Ferrari,’ ‘Just Mercy’ plus spotlights on Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and more

Erik Anderson September 5, 2019

Highlights include JUST MERCY, THE IRISHMAN, HARRIET, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, PARASITE, WAVES, FORD v FERRARI, JOJO RABBIT, THE LIGHTHOUSE, HONEY BOY, and MARRIAGE STORY The Mill... Read More

New films from Kelly Reichardt, Fernando Meirelles and the Safdie Brothers highlight 46th Telluride Film Festival lineup

Erik Anderson August 28, 2019

Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announced its official program selections for the 46th edition of the Telluride Film Festival. TFF’s... Read More

Telluride Film Festival: What We Can Expect to See

Erik Anderson August 28, 2019

The Telluride Film Festival notoriously doesn’t announce its lineup until the day before the three-day mountain excursion but once we know what’s playing at Venice,... Read More

‘Queen & Slim’ to open AFI Fest 2019

Erik Anderson August 27, 2019

AFI Alumna Melina Matsoukas’s Feature Film Directorial Debutto Launch 33rd Edition of Festival on Thursday, November 14 AFI FEST announced today that the debut feature... Read More

‘Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo’ doc hits Mill Valley Film Festival

Erik Anderson August 23, 2019

The Mill Valley Film Festival has announced a Special Presentation of the US & International Premiere of INMATE #1: THE RISE OF DANNY TREJO, featuring an... Read More

‘Just Mercy’ to open Hamptons Film Festival; ‘Ford v Ferrari’ set as Centerpiece

Erik Anderson August 23, 2019

The 27th annual edition of the festival will be held October 10-14 The Hamptons Film Festival is set to kick off with the true life... Read More

TIFF In Conversation with Michael B. Jordan & Jamie Foxx, Antonio Banderas, Allison Janney, and Kerry Washington

Erik Anderson August 20, 2019

The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival ® unveiled today its In Conversation With… slate honoring five remarkable, multi-talented industry heavyweights, this year’s lineup stands out... Read More

Cannes winner Mati Diop (Atlantics) to receive inaugural Mary Pickford Award at TIFF Tribute Gala

Erik Anderson August 20, 2019

Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, today announced director Mati Diop as the inaugural recipient of the Mary Pickford Award supported by MGM,... Read More