AwardsWatch - Film Festivals

AFI FEST to feature conversations with casts and crews of ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ ‘The White Tiger,’ ‘The Witches’

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi will feature extended clips and in-depth conversations with filmmakers from three... Read More

Indie Memphis Film Festival: ‘Minari,’ ‘One Night in Miami’ are Centerpiece and Closing Night films

Erik Anderson October 13, 2020

Screenings of David Cronenberg’s CRASH (1996) and Ephraim Asili’s THE INHERITANCE Also Added to the Festival Roster Indie Memphis Film Festival, presented by Duncan-Williams, Inc.,... Read More

AFI FEST adds ‘One Night in Miami…’ as additional Centerpiece drive-in screening

Erik Anderson October 9, 2020

Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that the 34th edition of AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi has added a Centerpiece Drive-in screening to... Read More

Montclair Film Fest announces cast for Stephen Colbert’s ‘Sometimes Live’ project including Dana Carvey, Sheryl Crow, Keegan-Michael Key

Erik Anderson October 9, 2020

Montclair Film today announced the full cast for Stephen Colbert’s LOST PILOT PROJECT: SOMETIMES LIVE reading event, premiering online for one night only, Sunday, October... Read More

18th San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival goes online and free October 23-25

Erik Anderson October 7, 2020

From art-house classics to documentaries, from innovative and experimental visions to cutting-edge Bollywood, 3rd i Films highlights diverse images of South Asians through independent film... Read More

Montclair Film Festival announces ‘Over the Moon’ roundtable conversation

Erik Anderson October 6, 2020

The Montclair Film Festival today announced a special Roundtable Conversation with the artists and performers behind the new breakthrough animated feature Over the Moon. The... Read More

Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) tributes and spotlights: Viola Davis, Sophia Loren, Delroy Lindo, Regina King and more

Erik Anderson October 5, 2020

The 43rd Annual Mill Valley Film Festival and DocLands Documentary Film Festival (previously postponed) to Run in Tandem October 8-18 Mark Fishkin, Founder/ Director of the... Read More

Middleburg Film Festival to honor Chloé Zhao, George C. Wolfe, the cast of ‘Minari’ and more

Erik Anderson October 5, 2020

Festival to also honor composer Kris Bowers, Academy Award-winning writer/director Aaron Sorkin; Academy Award-winning actress Sophia Loren to Receive Legacy Tribute Award The Middleburg Film... Read More

The 2020 Cannes Film Festival is back…sort of

Erik Anderson September 28, 2020

In a surprise announcement today, it was revealed that the Festival will be at Cannes in this after all, a smaller version of it, that... Read More

43rd Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) full lineup announced; tributes to Viola Davis, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Kate Winslet

Erik Anderson September 26, 2020

Spotlight Program and Conversations include Delroy Lindo, Clare Dunne and Aaron Sorkin Mark Fishkin, Founder/Executive Director of the California Film Institute and Zoë Elton, MVFF... Read More