AwardsWatch - Film Festivals

San Francisco Film Festival Announces Golden Gate Award Narrative Feature Competition

Erik Anderson March 6, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] San Francisco, CA — SFFILM today announced the films in competition for the Golden Gate Awards (GGAs), which will distribute nearly $40,000 in total prizes... Read More

Berlin Film Festival Wrap-up: Our Top 10 Favorite Films

Erik Anderson February 27, 2018

Over the past 12 days, we’ve watched over 25 films at the Berlin Film Festival, a wonderful opportunity to enjoy some of the most daring,... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners: ‘Touch Me Not,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘The Heiresses’ and more

Erik Anderson February 24, 2018

Touch Me Not (above), the debut film Romanian director Adina Pintille and about the graphic sexual awakening of a 50-something woman, won the Berlin International Film... Read More

Berlin Film Festival: The Critics Grid Scores So Far – Which Films are the Best Reviewed So Far?

Erik Anderson February 18, 2018

With a third of the Berlinale Competition already behind us, here’s where the competition stands on the Screen International Jury Grid: Isle of Dogs leads... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Synopsis: In Japan, after a wave of dog-flu hits the city’s dogs, they are all exiled to trash island. Meanwhile, one of the dog’s owners... Read More

‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post,’ ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ win 2018 Sundance Film Festival Awards

Erik Anderson January 27, 2018

The future is female for the 2018 Sundance Film winners as the top top awards went to women film makers. Desiree Akhavan’s The Miseducation of... Read More

2017 AFI FEST Special Preview: 3 Foreign Language Film Underdogs You Shouldn’t Miss

Erik Anderson November 8, 2017

The 2017 AFI FEST kicks off tomorrow and promises a wide range of American and international films with fascinating stories, characters and themes. And since... Read More

Mudbound, Call Me By Your Name, All the Money in the World set for AFI Fest 2017

Erik Anderson October 24, 2017

AFI Fest 2017 will be the world premiere of Ridley Scott’s second film this year, the Getty-kidnapping drama All the Money in the World starring... Read More

MUDBOUND Wins 2017 Mill Valley Film Festival Audience Award

Erik Anderson October 16, 2017

Dee Rees’s post-World War II drama Mudbound has won the Overall Audience Award at the 40th Mill Valley Film Festival. The festival has Audience Favorite... Read More

Call Me By Your Name and I, Tonya plus Tributes to Michael Shannon, Nancy Meyers Topline 7th Napa Film Fest

Erik Anderson October 3, 2017

Seventh Annual Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Film Line-Up Including The Shape of Water, The Current War and Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool plus... Read More

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