The 63rd Sydney Film Festival tonight awarded Aquarius, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, the prestigious Sydney Film Prize, out of a selection of 12 Official Competition films. 

The $63,000 cash prize was awarded at the Festival’s Closing Night Gala awards ceremony and event: the Australian premiere screening of Whit Stillman’s Love & Friendship, held at the State Theatre. 

Sydney filmmaker Dan Jackson was awarded the Documentary Australia Foundation Award for Australian Documentary, a $15,000 cash prize, forIn the Shadow of the Hill; with a special mention going to Destination Arnold directed by Sascha Ettinger Epstein.

The Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films were announced; awarding Slapper, directed and written by Luci Schroder, The Dendy Live Action Short Award; The Crossing, directed and written by Marieka Walsh, TheYoram Gross Animation Award; and Goran Stolevski, the Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director, for You Deserve Everything.

The Event Cinema Australian Short Screenplay Award was awarded to Spice Sisters, written and directed by Sheila Jayadev, who received a $5,000 cash prize, with a special mention to Matthew Vesely for MyBest Friend Is Stuck On The Ceiling.

The new annual Sydney UNESCO City of Film Prize was awarded to Ms Lynette Wallworth, who received $10,000 prize awarded by Screen NSW, presented by Margaret Pomeranz AM.

Sydney Film Festival CEO Leigh Small said, “Cinemas were full again this year with an average of 73% capacity across all sessions and more sellouts than ever before. Final attendance figures will exceed last year and reach almost 180,000. We were particularly proud to present even more filmmaker and curator hosted screenings; and to see the introduction of the Lexus Short Film Fellowships.”

Sydney Film FestivalDirectorNashen Moodley said: “The Festival has been bolstered with an incredible line up of important films and filmmakers from around the world, with a strong selection direct from Cannes, including the winning film Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Aquarius, Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World, Oscar winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s Julieta, Singaporean Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice, and American filmmaker Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic,  French director Jean-François Richet’s Blood Father starring Oscar-winning filmmaker and actor Mel Gibson; American filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s Gimme Danger, Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s fantasy adventure The BFG; prolific contemporary Indian director Anurag Kashyap’s Psycho Raman; Korean director Park Chan-wook’s sensual, twist-filled tale The Handmaiden and Jim Jarmusch’s popular Cannes hitPaterson.

“Important voices for Australian cinema also received their world premieres at the Festival including Ivan Sen with Goldstone, Abe Forsythe’s Down Under, Stephen Sewell’s Embedded and Craig Boreham’s Teenage Kickswhich screened to critical acclaim.”

“Other highlights included hosting multi Academy Award winning documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy who presented the Australian premiere of her most recent films A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, and A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers with co-director Geeta Gandbhir, to a standing ovation. On the final weekend, the festival hosted another Oscar winner, Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom), with his latest music-inspired documentary The Music of Strangers – Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble.”

“The Festival also announced the inaugural four Lexus Australia Short Film Fellowship fellows: Anya Beyersdorf, Brooke Goldfinch, Alex Murawski and Alex Ryan at the world premiere of Australian actor and filmmaker Damian Walshe-Howling’s short film MESSiAH, at the State Theatre, followed by the Australian Premiere of Blood Father, where Mel Gibson introduced his film, and the next day was in-conversation at a free public talk at the Festival Hub,” he said. 

ABOUT SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 

From Wednesday 8 June to Sunday 19 June 2016, the 63rd Sydney Film Festival offers Sydneysiders another exciting season of cinema amidst a whirlwind of premieres, red-carpet openings, in-depth discussions, international guests and more. Each year the Festival’s programming team curates 12 days of cinema sourced from world-famous film festivals, including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto and the Berlinale; as well as Australia’s finest productions.

Sydney Film Festival also presents an Official Competition of 12 films that vie for the Sydney Film Prize, a highly respected honour that awards a $60,000 cash prize based on the decision of a jury of international and Australian filmmakers and industry professionals. Previous Sydney Film Prize winners are: Arabian Nights (2015); Two Days, One Night (2014); Only God Forgives (2013); Alps (2012); A Separation (2011); Heartbeats (2010); Bronson (2009); and Hunger (2008).

The Festival takes place across greater Sydney: at the State Theatre, Event Cinemas George Street, Dendy Opera Quays, Dendy Newtown, Skyline Drive-In Blacktown, Art Gallery of NSW, Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace Cremorne, Casula Powerhouse, the Festival Hub at Sydney Town Hall and SFF Outdoor Screen.

The Festival is a major event on the New South Wales cultural calendar and is one of the world’s longest-running film festivals. For more information visit: www.sff.org.au.

The 63rd Sydney Film Festival is supported by the NSW Government through Screen NSW and Destination NSW, the Federal Government through Screen Australia and the City of Sydney. The Festival’s Strategic Partner is the NSW Government through Destination NSW. 

Thank you to everyone who attended the 14th Santa Cruz Film Festival at the Tannery Arts Center this month. We are proud that we were able to bring the work of 75 filmmakers to Santa Cruz audiences at the new Colligan Theater, Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center, and Radius Gallery.

We rely on community support in order to showcase the work of these brilliant digital storytellers during the 5-day festival. We need to raise $20,000 to cover the costs of producing a high-quality viewing experience again next year. If you liked what you saw, will you consider a donation to keep us going strong into our 15th year? Anything you can contribute is very much appreciated.

Click here to make a contribution to support the Santa Cruz Film Festival, a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your support.

Here are the award winners, chosen from the incredible films we screened this year:
Audience Award: Janey Makes a Play, Director Jared Callahan
Best Animated Work: Hansel + Gretel, Director Soyeon Kim
Best Documentary Feature: In Pursuit of Silence, Director Patrick Shen
Best Experimental Feature: The Open, Director Marc Lahore
Best Experimental Short: Simon, Director Camille de Galbert
Best Locally-Produced Work: Pussywillow Dirtbags, Director Pedro Delbrey
Best Narrative Feature: West of Her, Director Ethan Warren
Best Narrative Short: Silver Dogs, Director Erin Drake-Prior
Best Short Documentary: Adi | At The Confluence, Director Joor Baruah
Best Student-Produced Work: Out of Sight, Filmmakers: Michael Anderson, Rose Chang, Jonny Clugston, Tim Dutton, Melissa Frederickson, Spencer Jay, Olivia Johansen, Diana Joves, Steve Mendoza, Ben Olivas, Regina Ortanez, Jared Pockalny, Yarely Ramirez, Zackery Ramos-Taylor, Meadow Rhodes, Graham Smith, Nicole Stachniuk, Kevin Ulibarri, Sophia Wang
Director’s Award for Artistic Merit: Mele Murals, Director Tadashi Nakamura
EarthVision Environmental Feature Award: The Anthropologist, Directors Daniel A. Miller, Seth Kramer, Jeremy Newberger
EarthVision Environmental Short Award: Butterfly Town, USA, Director Dorothy Fadiman
Evan Kuhn Youth Film Award: Producing Hope, Director Morgan Shirk
Spirit of Action Prize (Feature): UnSlut: A Documentary Film, Director Emily Lindin
Spirit of Action Prize (Short): Freedom Sleepers, Director Israel Dawson

IMZ: CONNECTING FILMMAKERS AND BROADCASTERS

The IMZ as international business network for film and TV professionals in the arts sector again provided a large part of industry experts among attendants: Both established and aspiring filmmakers took advantage of exclusive networking options with producers, distributors and the major international broadcasting stations.

DANCESCREEN: AWARDING EXCEPTIONAL DANCE FILMS

dancescreen is designed to add the major international brands in the art film production, distribution and broadcasting sector to local dance film festivals. It is both competition programme and industry conference providing international recognition of awarded film productions as well as the immediate connection and utilisation through the broadcasting industry.

2016 dancescreen partnered up with FRAME: The London Dance Film Festival, hosted by the BalletBoyz. The stunning live performance by the BalletBoyz made a final chord like a drumbeat along with the dancescreen highlight: the award ceremony.

DANCESCREEN JURY: EXPERTS IN DANCE, MEDIA AND FILM

Out of over 300 participating films from 47 countries the following were honoured in their respective categories by Jan Younghusband / BBC, Judy Flannery / San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Pegah Farahmand / Channel 4, Dieter Schneider / ZDF/ARTE and Alistair Spalding / Sadlers's Wells:

dancescreen Award for Best Film
£ 1.000

LITTLE DREAMS
Producer Wilkie Branson


dancescreen Award for Best Student Film
£ 500

SINTONIÌA
Director Mario Cirillo


dancescreen Award for Technical Innovation (Muybridge Award)
£ 1.000

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS "WIDE OPEN"
Producer John Madsen
(special mention goes to SOLO FINALE, Director Ingo Putze)


A. Live performance relay and camera re-work

A SWAN LAKE
Producer Adrienne Liron & Anne Rothing


B. Animation

LITTLE DREAMS
Producer Wilkie Branson
(special mention goes to THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS "WIDE OPEN", Producer John Madsen)


C. Screen choreography
C1) up to 5 minutes

TAILORED
Producer Augenblick


C2) up to 15 minutes

SOLO FINALE
Director Ingo Putze


C3) over 15 minutes

THE WAKE
Producer Zlata Filipovic & Oonagh Kearney
(special mention goes to SYMMETRY, Producer Pavel Ananich)


D. Documentary

RUDOLF NUREYEV DANCE TO FREEDOM
Producer IWC Media

Art for Art: The dancescreen 2016 awards were designed and created by Austrian based artist Niko Wahl.

Our special thanks go to our cooperation partners BalletBoyz and the whole FRAME Festival Team! We also want to thank the funders, jury members, panellists and industry experts. Just the same we thank all participants of the dancescreen 2016 competition for their excellent contribution to dance!

The 29th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival concluded June 11 with dual screenings in downtown Hartford at Spotlight Cinemas and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. During the Festival’s nine-day run, audiences enjoyed more than 50 films from 17 countries and had the opportunity to interact with actors, directors, screenwriters and producers.

“Like all Americans, the committee of the Connecticut LGBT Film Festival woke on June 12 to the shocking news that 49 of our LGBT brothers and sisters had been murdered in Orlando,” said Festival Co-Directors Shane Engstrom and Laura Williams. “We are profoundly saddened that such a terrible tragedy occurred just hours after our closing night celebration ended. Horrible events like this underscore the need for and importance of LGBT festivals of all kinds. Yes, we continue to grieve. But we must seize every opportunity to come together to embrace and celebrate the diversity and beauty of our community, to educate people outside our community about who we are, and to affirm our dignity and worth as citizens with full rights to life and liberty. That will continue to be our mission.

“With heavy hearts at this terrible moment in our history, but also with deep gratitude for all of the film makers who contributed their work and their art to the 29th Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, we announce the following Audience and Jury Award winners.”

Audience Award - Best Feature

Winner:

S&M Sally

Runner Up:

That’s Not Us

Special Mention:

Summertime (La Belle Saison)

Audience Award - Best Documentary
Winner:

An Act of Love

Runner Up:

Strike a Pose

Special Mention:

Women He’s Undressed

Jury Award - Best Short

Winner:

Trembling (Trémulo)

Runner Up:

Dawn

Special Mention:

Xavier

Trembling succeeded in telling a delicate story of budding love in a unique setting, with incredible acting and gorgeous cinematography to round it out.

Jury Award – Best Feature

Winner:

Closet Monster

The Jury felt that Closet Monster reached beyond the traditional coming out story to tell a multi-layered story of trauma, dysfunctional families and sexual exploration with a good dose of humor and luscious scenery mixed in.

Jury Award – Best Documentary

Winner:

Strike a Pose

The Jury selected Strike a Pose for its ability to connect with the audience by reaching into the souls of its subjects to draw out the raw emotion of their deeply intimate stories of fame, loss and fear, but also brotherhood and resiliency in the aftermath of the HIV/AIDS crisis. 

Director’s Award

Michelle Ehlen (S&M Sally)

This year’s Director’s Award goes to Michelle Ehlen who has entertained our audiences with her wry humor both on the screen and in person for many years now, culminating with this year’s screening of S&M Sally, the final chapter in her three part comedic series.

Out Film CT, which organizes the Festival, is a nonprofit cultural organization dedicated to presenting outstanding LGBT cinema and other theatrical events throughout the year, culminating in the nine-day Connecticut LGBT Film Festival. Connecticut's longest-running film festival holds a special place in our state’s cultural landscape, bringing the community together to introduce, celebrate and rediscover the ideas and values that make the LGBT community unique. Out Film CT also presents the EROS Film Festival each fall and the Second Thursdays Cinema series, with screenings at Cinestudio on the second Thursday of the month. www.outfilmct.org

Kino Otok – Isola Cinema has created a true festival community in just five days and for the twelfth time

The 12th international film festival Kino Otok – Isola Cinema concluded on Sunday with the screening of the film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors at the Manzioli open-air cinema. A selection of films has moved with the programme Otok to Ljubljana to Kinodvor and Slovenska kinoteka.

Director of the festival Tanja Hladnik and film programme selector Varja Močnik accompanied the epic film Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors to the screen; the public got a chance to see the film through a 35-mm projector. Besides finishing the 12th international film festival Kino Otok – Isola Cinema, we also commemorated the 20th anniversary of Kinoteka’s activity. Its first director and one of the first island’s godfathers Silvan Furlan has a section dedicated to him, Silvan’s bay.

Since the grand opening on Wednesday, the 1st of June, screenings from different places and times, different contents, genres, sings and forms, took place at the festival programme. One of the films that impressed the most at this year’s island’s edition are without a doubt For One More Hour with You from the Italian master documentary maker Alina Marazzi and films Fish Tail and What now? Remind me from the Portuguese director Joaquim Pinto.

We hosted directors and other makers of feature films or short films from the programme and many authors of short films from the section Video on the beach at the 12th edition of the international film festival Kino Otok – Isola Cinema. Alongside Pinto and Marazzi we also hosted the Italian director Guiseppe Gaudino, the first Ethiopian director to be presented in Cannes Yared Zeleke, Austrian master of black-and-white glimmering look Peter Schreiner, legendary Serbian “črnovalovec” Želimir Žilnik, Serbian producer Sarita Matijević, producer of Alina Marazzi’s films Gianfilippo Pedote, Latvian master of the seventh art Laila Pakalnina, Spanish documentary maker EloyDomínguez Serén, Slovenian experimental film maker Davorin Marc, Italian director Luca Chinaglia, Latvian director RaitisĀbele and godfathers of films Mate Dolenc (godfather of Fish Tail), Breda Pečan (godmother of Lamb), Nataša Tič Ralijan (godmother of Mountain) and Metod Pevec (Godfather of Anna). Alongside films we also hosted creators from other film festivals, Admir Ćulumarević, manager of the leading festival of musical documentary film in southeast Europe – Solo Positivo from Opatija, and Paola Bristot, programme manager of the Piccolo festival dell’animazione festival of animated film in Trieste.

Young film enthusiasts were impressed at the Submarine by Saturday’s and Sunday’s Fresh Film Catch where students from primary and high school featured their work. The auditorium was fully packed at the screening of the Ethiopian film Lamb, which was presented in the Manzioli open-air cinema by the festival guest Yared Zeleke – young viewers awarded him with a loud applause at the end of the film.

Great energy united festival guests, visitors and the team in a unique space of meetings; film creators – attendants of TorinoFilmLab and Re-Act workshops joined them at Manzioli palace and in Isola’s galleries. When the night fell, Lighthouse connected all of them into a festival community with a musical programme.

Unstable weather did not infringe the execution of the programme nor had a major effect on the visit, because the island’s team is ready for grey sky every year. Film events were moved to substitute locations: from Manzioli square to Isola’s House of Culture, Manzioli palace offered shelter to short meterage section Video on the beach, and a tent was set up for nights on the Lighthouse which was willing to accept all those visitors wishing for a good music. The Thursday’s night of the second section of Video on the beach kept the audience of a fully packed room on their seats for three hours, despite the move to the dry Manzioli palace.  


Films from the festival programme in Ljubljana until Tuesday

Sunday’s conclusion represented the last act of Isola’s part of the festival, but the opportunities for viewing of certain films continue. Under the section of the programme called Otok in Ljubljana, Ljubljana’s Kinodvor screened a sweetheart of Island’s audience Fish Tail from Joaquim Pinto and Nuno Leonel, and in Slovenska kinoteka İlker Savaşkurt’s film Balad of exiles: Yilmaz Güney was screened yesterday alongside Pinto’s debut film from 1987 Tall stories. Coming up are Argentinian documentary essay Toponymy by Jonathan Perel (9th of June at 19.00) and Alina Marazzi’s For One More Hour with You (14th of June at 18.30) which is well known to Isola’s public.

Official Competition
A GOOD WIFE by Mirjana Karanovic (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia)
BLIND SUN by Joyce A. Nashawati (France, Greece)
CALLBACK by Carles Torras (Spain, USA)
COUPLE IN A HOLE by Tom Geens (UK, France)
EL OLIVO by Iciar Bollain (Spain-Germany)
LAZAR by Svetozar Ristovski (Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, France)
PIKADERO by Ben Sharrock (Spain, UK)
SUNTAN by Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Greece)
THE STUDENT by Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade (Germany, Austria) 
VIVA by Paddy Breathnach (Ireland)
WE ARE NEVER ALONE by Petr Vàclav (Czech Republic, France)
 
 
Official Jury
Natali Broods (actress – Belgium NL)
Emanuele Crialese (director – Italy)
Pierre Dherte (actor – Belgium FR)
Derek De Lint (actor – The Netherlands)
Ivona Juka (director – Croatia)
 
  

Golden Iris Award
Official competition.
Best film - value 10.000 € to the right holder (distributor September Film).
TONI ERDMANN
by Maren Ade  (Germany/Austria)
 
 
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White Iris Award
Official competition. Best 1st film.
Value 10.000 € by Panavision
A GOOD WIFE
by Mirjana Karanovic (Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia)
 
 
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Jury Award
Official competition.
7.000€ to the director of the film for a next post production. Sponsored by Dame Blanche.
CALLBACK
by Carles Torras (Spain/USA)
 
 
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Cinelab Award for Best Photography
Official competition.
3.000€ offered for a next production. Sponsored by Cinelab.
 
Giorgos Arvanitis for the film BLIND SUN
by Joyce A. Nashawati (France/Greece)
 
3.000 € offered as support in Digital-Cinema lab’s services:  conform - colorgrading - DCP mastering & versioning in Cinelab studios in Brussels, as part of a next production The award recognizes the photographic quality of the projected image, this is why it is granted to the DOP.
The prize is not transferable (except production), and is valid for 2 years from the date of delivery.
 
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AWARDS > OTHER JURYS

 
Best Screenplay Award
Official Competition.
2.000€ to the scriptwriter. Sponsored by SABAM
 TONI ERDMANN
by Maren Ade  (Germany/Austria)
 
ASA Jury
Laurent Brandenbourger
Vincent Guillemot
 
 
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Cineuropa Award
Official Competition. Promotion award, value 5.000€.
PIKADERO
by Ben Sharrock (Spain/UK)
 
Cineuropa Jury
Matt Boas
Valerio Caruso
David Gonzalez
Laura Nanchino
 
 
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UPS Cinephile Award
Official Competition. Helps to send the film all over the world. Value 3.000€.
SUNTAN
by Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Greece)
 
The prize was delivered by Fabrice Theberge, UPS.
 
UPS Jury
5 young cinema lovers
 
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AWARDS > LONG FEATURE FILM – ALL SECTIONS
 

Audience Award
supported by Brussels Airlines
All sections.
 EL OLIVO (The Olive Tree)
by Iciar Bollain (Spain/Germany)
 
Brussels Airlines offers 2 return tickets for a European destination to 2 cinema lovers chosen by lot.
 
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RTBF TV Prize of Best Film
Distribution support 10.000€ - All sections.
10.000€ to the right holder for Belgium (distributor or seller or producer).
TONI ERDMANN
by Maren Ade  (Germany/Austria)
 
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BeTV Prize of Best Film
Distribution support 5.000€ - All sections.
5.000€ to the right holder for Belgium (distributor or seller or producer)
 EL OLIVO (The Olive Tree)
by Iciar Bollain (Spain/Germany)
 
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AWARDS > SHORT FILMS – NATIONAL COMPETITION
 

STUDIO L’EQUIPE AWARD - PRESS AWARD
Supported by Studio L’Equipe (value 2.000€)
 DE BROERS VAN BOMMEL
by Laurens Jans (Belgium)
 
UPCB-UBPF/UCC-UFK JURY
Jelle Brans
Thibault Van de Werve
Jeroen Van Rossem
 
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CINELAB Award for Best Cinematography
Sponsored by Cinelab (value 1500€, offered for a next production)
Fiona Braillon for the photography
of the film DROLE D’OISEAU by Anouk Fortunier

1.500 € offered as support in Digital-Cinema lab’s services: conform - colorgrading - DCP mastering & versioning in Cinelab studio, as part of a next production. The award recognizes the photographic quality of the projected image, this is why it is granted to the DOP. The prize is not transferable (except production), and is valid for 2 years from the date of delivery.

JURY : Benoît Derval - Cinelab

PALMARES 2016

French actor Jean Reno will be a guest at this year’s 51st Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where he will receive the Festival President’s Award. He will receive the award on July, 4 at 10:30pm in the Grand Hall at the Hotel Thermal, where Luc Besson’s film Léonwill be screened to his honor.

This distinctive actor achieved international popularity thanks to his collaboration with director Luc Besson. Reno was nominated for a César Award for his performance in The Big Blue (Le Grand bleu, 1988), he appeared in La Femme Nikita (1990), and he received a second César nomination for Léon: The Professional(Léon, 1994). Based on this success, he soon appeared in Hollywood blockbusters such as Mission: Impossible(1996), Ronin (1998), Godzilla (1998), and The Da Vinci Code (2006).

Jean Reno has successfully alternated tough-guy roles in action films – two parts of the crime series The Crimson Rivers (Les Rivières pourpres, 2000, 2004),Empire of the Wolves (L’Empire des loups, 2005), andThe Sweeney: Paris (Antigang, 2015) – with comic roles, in particular in the film series The Visitors (Les Visiteurs). In fact, Reno’s third César nomination was for the role of Godefroy, a medieval knight who accidentally lands in the present day. Jean Reno is also a recipient of the European Film Academy Achievement in World Cinema Award.

Photo by Faye Sadou

The Academy of Canadians in Sports and Entertainment - Los Angeles (ACISE-LA) just held the second edition of the Golden Maple Awards at Mohawk Bend in Silverlake, Los Angeles on Canada Day, July 1, 2016.

The event was hosted by actress Natasha Henstridge.

Missy Peregrym was honored with the 2016 Maple of Excellence for Outstanding Acting Achievement Award,
model/actor/ social media celebrity Nick Bateman with the 2016 Maple of Excellence for Outstanding Social Media Achievement Award,
Pop TV president Brad Schwartz with the 2016 Maple of Excellence for Outstanding TV Executive Award.  

Members of ACISE-LA had the opportunity to vote for the winners in the following categories:

Best Actor in a TV series broadcasted in the US

Best Actress in a TV series broadcasted in the US

Newcomer of the year in a TV series broadcasted in the US.

The winner is:  Ricky Mabe, "Gigi Does It," IFC

for BEST

ACTOR IN A TV SERIES BROADCASTED IN THE US

Other nominees were:

Ben Hollingsworth, "Code Black," CBS

Brandon Jay McLaren, "Graceland,' USA

Byron Mann, "Hell on Wheels," AMC

Christopher Heyerdahl, "Hell on Wheels," AMC

David Sutcliffe, "Proof," TNT

Giacomo Gianniotti, "Grey's Anatomy," ABC

Jonathan Keltz, "Reign," The CW

The winner is:  Natalie Brown, "The Strain," FX

for BEST ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES BROADCASTED IN THE US

Other nominees were:

Amanda Crew, "Silicon Valley," HBO

Britne Oldford, "Hunters," Syfy

Emily Hampshire, "12 Monkeys," Syfy

Emily Hampshire, "Schitt's Creek," PopTV

Erin Karpluk, "The Riftworld Chronicles," Geek & Sundry

Laura Vandervoort, "Bitten," Syfy

Lindy Booth, "The Librarians," TNT

The winners are: Amanda Crew, "Silicon Valley," HBO

for NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR IN A TV SERIES BROADCASTED IN THE US:

Other nominees were:

Ennis Esmer, "Red Oaks," Amazon Studios

Christopher Heyerdahl, "Hell on Wheels," AMC

Giacomo Gianniotti, "Grey's Anatomy," ABC

Gregory Smith, "Rookie Blue," ABC

Wins by US network:

Argyris Papadimitropolis’s SUNTAN today received the Best International Feature Film Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  The film also scooped the UPS Cinephile Award, given by the Youth Jury at the Brussels Film Festival, rounding out a successful week for the Greek production.

Papadimitropoulos’s third feature, SUNTAN stars Makis Papadimitriou as Kostis, the new doctor of Antiparos, a tiny Greek holiday island. He finds it hard to connect with anyone until he meets Anna, a young, beautiful traveller with whom Kostis’s unlikely flirtation becomes infatuation and ultimately, his obsession.

The Edinburgh jury described SUNTAN as “a compelling and unflinching portrait of one man’s journey from infatuation to desperation, marked out by a truly great performance from its lead actor.”

Alongside Papadimitriou is Elli Tringou as Anna. The supporting cast members include Dimi Hart, Hara Kotsali, Marcus Collen and Dutch actress and model Milou van Groessen.   Papadimitropolis’s previous credits include the 2011 Rotterdam opener Wasted Youth and the 2008 Greek box office hit Bank Bang.

Commenting on the Edinburgh award, Papadimitropolis says:  “Back in the late ‘90s I was a student in the UK. All the films that were awarded in the Edinburgh Film Festival were part of the conversation among us. We would go and watch everything with an Edinburgh laurel on the poster. Little did I know that 15 years later I would be so honoured as to be the recipient of such an Award.  I can’t wait to print new posters. Thank you to the lovely people of the Festival and the amazing Jury, I could not be happier for this award.”

Producer Phaedra Vokali of Marni Films adds: "What an amazing honour and joy to be part of the great company of films awarded in the Edinburgh Film Festival. Suntan is a rare breed of a film, made by a restless, hyper-talented director who was bold enough to trust me, and I could not be happier that the first movie I have produced has been recognized by such a prestigious institution. Thank you Edinburgh!"

SUNTAN received its World Premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival.  Visit Films are handling worldwide sales excluding Greece and Cyprus.

The awards go to those filmmakers, television producers and videographers who produce fresh, standout entertainment and compelling documentaries. The Accolade is an international awards competition that honors those who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity.

~ Best of Show ~

Brett Michael Innes  – SINK – Feature Film

Brett Michael Innes (South Africa), Sink, Film Feature – Sometimes the things we cannot change, change us. Rachel, a Mozambican domestic worker living in Johannesburg, is forced to make a life-changing decision after her daughter tragically dies whilst under the care of her employers; return to poverty stricken Mozambique or continue working for the people responsible for her child’s death. Things become even more complicated when she finds out that her employers are expecting their first baby.  A heartbreaking exploration of entrapment, loss and forgiveness with honest, emotional and nuanced performances with sleek visuals and production design adding to the mood.  Stars Anel Alexander (Semi-Soet, Discreet), Shoki Mokgapa (Life is Wild, HBO’s The Prisoner) and Jacques Bessenger(Erfsondes, Donkerland).  Deftly directed by Brett Michael Innes and produced by Johan Kruger(Winnie Mandela, Revolt).

~ Award of Excellence Special Mention ~

Jon Bowermaster (USA), Dear President Obama, Doc Feature – Producer Mark Ruffalo, takes a cross-country look at oil drilling, highlighting its contaminants, the victims’ stories, the false promise of economic boom, and focuses on clean energy solutions. A compelling case punctuated by scientists, health professionals and whistle blowers. Thought provoking, inspiring and illuminating.

Lluis Quilez (Spain), Graffiti, Film Short – An apocalyptic world. One last survivor. Edgar learned to survive by avoiding contaminated areas created by the “incident” that destroyed life as we knew it. His routine is disrupted by new graffiti by his bed. One word reveals the presence of another survivor.  Stars Oriol Pla (Animals, Truman) Beautifully crafted, unexpected and deeply profound.

Bob van de Gronde (Netherlands), Chapter One, Doc Feature – With travel, personal stories and thrilling stunts Pete Cabrinha and Robby Naish join epic entrepreneur and kite-boarder Richard Branson, along with world champions, in a global adventure to explore the thrills of Kiteboarding.  Stunningly and creatively shot with amazing scenery and even more astonishing talent!

Sergei Mokritskiy (Ukraine), Battle for Sevastopol, Film Feature – A true story, it chronicles a young Soviet woman, Lyudmila Pavlichenko (aka Lady Death), one of the deadliest Red Army snipers in WWII.  Stars Yulia Peresild (The Edge) Joan Blackham (Bridget Jones’s Diary).  Post production by POSTMODERN. Screened at Cannes and picked up for international distribution.

Alex Merkin (USA), This Modern Man is Beat, Film Short – In a world of confusion Habib pawns his guitar to reconcile with his wife. A tale of self-deception and a heart-breaking  exceptional performance from Emmy-winner Jordi Vilasuso (Guiding Light, Graceland). With Sheena Colette (Black Widow) and Brad Greenquest (Water for Elephants, The Lone Ranger).

Rainy Kerwin (USA), The Wedding Invitation, Film Feature – Three best friends endure heartbreak, humiliation & hangovers to find a date to the wedding of a lifetime requiring them to break all the rules. A fun yet poignant romp from a talented all-women crew!  Stars Rainy Kerwin, Eoin Macken(Merlin), Camille Guaty (Cake, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) and Christina Ulloa.

Rain Li (Canada), Bejing / New York, Film Feature – What if you are caught between two cities but call both home? What if you are caught between two men who you love? A truthful and thrilling look into the journey to find true happiness with beautiful cinematography and honest performances.  Stars Richard de Klerk (Stargate), Liu Ye (The Last Supper) and Lin Chi-ling (Red Cliff).

MacDara King (USA), America’s Diplomats – Doc Feature – Narrated byOscar-nominee Kathleen Turner, it explores the role of diplomats in shaping America, through the eyes of those on its front lines. From Ben Franklin to Benghazi, it shows the sacrifices of those working behind the scenes to change the world. Aired on PBS with candid interviews of their struggles and dramas.

~ Award of Excellence ~ 

Alan Williams (USA), Moving Art: Underwater, Original Score (Moving Art: Underwater, composed by Alan Williams)

Alex Merkin (USA), THIS MODERN MAN IS BEAT, Actor: Leading (Jordi Vilasuso as Habib bin Habib al Fulan)

Alexis Chaviaras, A. Chaviaras Productions Ltd. (Cyprus), Agrinoui, Animation, Pilot Program / Series, Set Design

Artem Litvinenko (Ukraine), The Sniffer, Drama Program / Series

Aza Declercq (Belgium), DEATH OF CUPID, Film Short

Christine Parker (United Kingdom), The Carer, Film Short

David Flint (USA), Dysgenesis, Film Short

Dennis Cahlo (USA), The Weekend, Film Short

Dennis Ho (USA), A Better Place, Film Feature, Direction, Actress: Leading (Mary Ann Raemisch as Jess)

Dragos Teglas and Anda Teglas (United Kingdom), 13 Shades of Romanian, Documentary Feature

Duellmann Filmproduktion, Tor Iben (Germany), Where are you going, Habibi?, LGBT

Eva Daoud (Bahrain), The Light Thief, Film Short, Women Filmmakers, Actress: Supporting (Maria Pedroviejo as Soleen), Direction, Art Direction, Original Score (The Light Thief)

Gaetano Naccarato (France), Chabloz orthopedie, Commercial / Infomercial

Hans (Tsung- Yen) Tsai (USA), KNOB, Animation (Student)

John La Raw (Korea), The Confession, Christian (Student)

Klaus Naumann, Naumann Film (Germany), Sonepar Innovation Lab, Corporate / Employee Communication, Direction, Cinematography, Animation, Concept, Editing * AND * TII-Group Corporate Film, Corporate / Employee Communication, Sales / Branding / Product Demonstration, Direction, Cinematography, Editing, Lighting

Krysten Resnick (United Kingdom), Nothing Gold, Women Filmmakers (Student)

Lisa Cawthorne and Chiraag Parmar, Fable Fox Films Ltd (United Kingdom), Inside M, Sales / Branding / Product Demonstration, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery, Videography

Matt Wechsler and Annie Speicher (USA), Sustainable, Documentary Feature, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Mele Mason (USA), I Dream of an Omaha Where . . ., Documentary Short

Michael Worth, Digital Jungle Pictures (USA), Broken Memories, Actor: Leading (Rance Howard as Jasper), Original Score (Composed by David C. Williams)

New Tang Dynasty Asia Pacific Television (Taiwan), HeavenKid: Time-Space Door, Animation

Nikolaos Mandarakas (Greece), Forever, Film Short (Student)

Paul Forrest (United Kingdom), Capsule, Cinematography (Felix Forrest), Lighting (Felix Forrest), Concept (Paul Forrest and Andrew Martin)

Ron Chapman (Canada), The Forbidden Shore, Documentary Feature

The Magnificent Itch (Australia), SGCH – Morgans’ Story, Commercial / Infomercial * AND * EPA Air Pollution, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Valeriy Kozlitinov and Stepan Grebenko (Ukraine), The Stronghold, Movie Trailer

Vishal Furia and Jitendra Patil, Midas Touch Movies (India), Lapachhapi (Hide-N-Seek), Film Feature, Cinematography (Chandan Kowli), Direction (Vishal Furia), Script / Writer (Vishal Kapoor), Original Score (Tony Basumatary, Ranjan Patnaik and  Utkarsh Dhotekar), Dramatic Impact

Vivek Kumar and Barkha Madan (USA/India), SURKHAAB, Film Feature, Actress: Leading (Barkha Madan as Jeet Kaur)

 ~ Award of Merit Special Mention ~

Adam J. Hardy, Justice Creative (USA), DROP IT, Film Short

Avinash More (USA), Adventures of Appu & Gappu, Animation

Aza Declercq (Belgium), DEATH OF CUPID, Actress: Leading (Aza Declercqas Gabriella)

Bjarki Thomsen (Faroe Islands), En Dårlig Dag, aka A Bad Day, Film Short

David Fugett (USA), THE HIKE, Actor: Supporting (David Fugett as Delroy Grady)

Dennis Ho (USA), A Better Place, Editing

Donna Trousdale (USA), The Shickles, Film Feature

Emmet Sheerin and Bryan Gerard Duffy (Ireland), Sumud (Everyday Resistance), Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Espina Blanca Productions LLC, FTD/Shari’s Berries (USA), Holiday Help Desk, Commercial / Infomercial

Hanching Howard Zheng (USA), Bloom of Youth, Film Short (Student)

Inchakkad Balachandran, Vedha Communications (India),NAROPANISHATH, Liberation / Social Justice / Protest

Justin Connor (USA), THE GOLDEN AGE, Actor: Leading (Justin Connor as Maya O’Malley)

Kemmy and Julie Moran (USA), Miss Beverly Hills Ghost, Webisode

Lance Larson (USA), Cuckold Picasso, Actor: Leading (Micah Fitzgerald as Artemis)

Mark Walsh (USA), Gary the Gull, Animation

Michael Worth, Digital Jungle Pictures (USA), Broken Memories, Film Feature

New Realm Studios Inc. (Canada), Big Shorts – Season one: Episode 08: Axing American Dramas with Broadswords * AND * Episode 10: Purging Big Shorts TV * AND * Season two Episode 03: Undercover Mission, Episode 07: Organ Transplant –  Webisode

Paul Andrew Kimball (Canada), Exit Thread, Film Feature, Actress: Supporting (Crystal Allen as Laura Carlisle)

Ralph Thomas Vituccio, Paul Goodman and Tom Clancy (USA), Shipbreakers, Documentary Feature

Reza Safa (USA), A Faceless Faith, Documentary Short

Steven Karageanes (USA), Needlestick, Film Feature

William Leon (USA), Attached at the Soul, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

 ~ Award of Merit ~ 

Alberto Martín-Aragón (Spain), HANGOVER, Experimental

Alvise Tedesco and Liudmila Zhiltsova (Italy), Sergei Rachmaninov – Margaritki / ??????????, Op. 38 N° 3, Music Video * AND * Richard Strauss – Ich schwebe, Op. 48 N° 2, Music Video

Amy Lee-Suits (USA), To Bee or Not to Bee, Animation (Student)

Andrea Gavazzi and Elmo Kebour (Italy/Ethiopia), The Farthest Apple from the Tree, Film Short (Student)

Ben van Bergen (USA), Mobfathers: Permanent Rehab, Film Feature

Bing Wang (USA), The Ability Exchange, Documentary Feature

Bob Sly, Bigsly Enterprises (USA), Make It Home: A Story of Resettlement, Documentary Short

Bryce Cyrier (USA), Kansuksa, Documentary Short (Student)

Carlo Alberto Orecchia (USA), Cheatin, Music Video

Charlie Wuppermann (USA), Kedi, Film Feature

Chengcheng Feng (USA), Scent of Love, Animation (Student)

Chris Flook (USA), George and Frances Ball Foundation: History of George and Frances, History / Biographical, Research * AND * George and Frances Ball Foundation: Arts and Culture, Cinematography, Editing

Christoforos Diakoulakis (United Kingdom), Lena Laki – Craving, Music Video

Clemence Amiot (France), There will only be stars left, Film Short

Colin Everall (Canada), Waiting For Sunday “The Love Is Gone”, Music Video

Colin Sprigg (USA), The Pitch, Children / Family Programming (Colin Sprigg), Cinematography (Deland Nuse), Actor: Leading (Patrick Mulderrig as Coach), Actress: Leading (Madelyn Sprigg as Madison Halley), Actress:Supporting (Belinda Gosbee as Mom), Original Score (The Pitch, Composed by Colin Sprigg)

David Fugett (USA), THE HIKE, Film Feature

Djanis Bouzyani (France), BURQARNAQUE, Film Short

Edward King III, Matthew Woodward, Chistina Jo’Leigh and Vincent Pascoe (USA), 30 Days to Say Goodbye, Film Short, LGBT

Fawzia Afzal-Khan, Nishtha Jain and Beverly Peterson (USA), Siren Song of Pakistan: Women’s Voices of Resistance, Islamic

Federico Olivetti (Italy), Sottoterra, Film Short, Children / Family Programming (Student)

Gabriel Alicto Chavez (USA), More than Words, Actress: Leading (Samm Wiechec as Rachel Newcomb)

Hugo Teugels, TVP services Video Art Productions (Belgium), THE QUEEN, Film Short

Jacob Kirby (USA), At Ease, Film Short (Student)

James Christopher (USA), DisAssociationVille, Film Feature

James Cotton, Wolf359 Productions (USA), The Tell-Tale Heart, Film Short, Actress: Leading (Stefani Cronley as Woman)

Jaswant Dev Shrestha (USA), It’s The Journey With Jaz, Television – Pilot Program

Jeremy Pion-Berlin and Adam Linkenhelt (USA), Passports, Film Short

Jesper Skoubølling (Denmark), X, Film Short, Actor: Leading (Xaver Hutter as X), Script / Writer (Jesper Skouboelling), Cinematography (Andrew Grant-Christensen)

Jing Sun (USA), The Old Man and The Pears, Animation (Student)

Jose Antonio Pérez Ramírez (Spain), 1 1/2 HORA, Film Feature

Jose Escamilla (USA), UFO: The Greatest Story Ever Denied III – UFOs From Outer Space, Documentary Feature

Joud Kashgari (USA), Clearance, Islamic (Student)

Justin Connor (USA), THE GOLDEN AGE, Film Feature

Katy Lueck (USA), Last Night, Women Filmmakers

Ken Yoshioka (Japan), Umishu, Film Short

Kim Sønderholm (Denmark), Bad Karma Santa, Actor: Leading (Kim Sønderholm as Santa)

Lance Larson (USA), Cuckold Picasso, Film Short

Luke Tooker (USA), Nature Napped, Television – Pilot Program

Madeleine Falk (USA), I’m Gabrielle, Film Short

Mark Birnbaum (USA), Remembering Tracy Hicks, Documentary Short

Max Bartoli (USA), The Secret of Joy, Film Short, Children / Family Programming

Michael Helmuth Hansen (Denmark), Digital Romance, Animation

Michael McQuown, Nicola Odeku, Haldane Morris, Amon Mahmud, Vincent J. Guastini, Thunder Road Inc. (USA), The Dark Tapes, Film Feature

Michael Worth, Digital Jungle Pictures (USA), Broken Memories, Actress: Supporting (Kassi Crews as Carla)

Mike Pusateri, Richard Diaz, Erin Breen, Jennifer Cudahy (USA), Ella Gets a Promotion?, Film Short

Miles Nera and Ranjit Arul-Singh (USA), Adeline, Web Tube Length Video (Student)

Nadia Talel (USA), Shit Head Monica, Women Filmmakers (Student)

Nate Townsend (USA), The Lipinski, Film Short

Ned Thanhouser (USA), The Monkey and Her Driver, Documentary Short

New Realm Studios Inc. (Canada), Outlaws of the Marsh Revisited – season Three Episode 08: My Brother’s Keeper: Li Kui Returns to Mou, * AND * Outlaws of the Marsh Revisited – season Three Episode 13:Out of Extreme Misfortune Comes Bliss; Moun, – Webisode

Nic Barker (Australia), Dead Sharks, Film Short, Actress: Supporting (Fiona Norman as Paige), Direction

Nikolas Ibrahim (Germany), Xie Xie, Film Short

PH Vishwanath, Deeya Communications (India), Suli (The Whirlpool), Film Feature

Paul Andrew Kimball (Canada), Exit Thread, Actor: Leading (Anthony Shuster as Tom Decker), Actress: Leading (Hilary Connell as Abby Scott), Actor: Supporting (Robert G. Slade as Rev. Ezekiel Hartt), Direction

Philipp J. Pamer (Germany), Nesseltal, Film Feature

Pietro A. Lombardo (USA), OHMAWING, Documentary Short

Rebecca Hardy, edge21 (United Kingdom), DisPossess – Web Series, Web Series

Rohit Gupta, Dot and Feather Entertainment (USA), MIDNIGHT DELIGHT, Film Feature, Actor: Leading (Michael Laguerre as Mike), Humor / Humorist, Post-Production Overall

Ryan LaPine (USA), Pushing, Film Short

Ryan P. Dean (USA), Magical Mystery Cure, Film Short

Ryan Slattery (USA), Square One, Special Purpose Productions

Ryuichi Ogata (USA), Another Sky, Documentary Short (Student)

S.Mansour Bani Hashemi (Canada), Dawn, Animation

Sarah Downey (USA), Tunnel Vision, Women Filmmakers

Serge Goldwicht (Belgium), Hitch & Blotch, Experimental

Steffen Geypens (Belgium), Hold Back, Film Short

Stephen Krystek (USA), Fearing the Walking Dead in Los Angeles, CA, Webisode

Todd Kortte  (USA), Eureka Dreams, Nature / Environment / Wildlife

Tudor Munteanu and Amy Tofte (USA), Other Side, Film Short

Tyna Ezenma (USA), Theatre Of Hate, Women Filmmakers

Vincent Chenzy Graziano (USA), Monday, Film Short (Student)

Vivien Pieper and Johannes Bünger (Germany), Home is… village life – Diahren, Documentary Feature

William Leon (USA), Attached at the Soul, Film Short (Student)

Yoshimi Itazu (Japan), Pigtails, Animation

~ Award of Recognition ~

Adi Spektor (USA), How to Rob a House, Web Tube Length Video

bellopropello (Switzerland), another day in paradise, Animation

Brooke Butterworth (USA), BLANK, Film Short (Student)

Brooke Jacoby and Ashley Jacoby (USA), He Said What Now?, Women Filmmakers

Chris Flook (USA), George and Frances Ball Foundation: History of George and Frances, Direction, Cinematography, Editing

Chris Flook (USA), George and Frances Ball Foundation: Arts and Culture, Lighting, Direction

Chris Love, Xylon Productions L.L.C. (USA), Cassandra’s Castle Teaser Trailer, Movie Trailer

Dan Tonkin (United Kingdom), Last Light, Film Short

Daniel Dou (Spain), Anima, Experimental

David Smith (USA), THE CANADA GOOSE a humorous homage to the honkers, Children / Family Programming

David Watkins (USA), HEART: Flatline to Finish Line, Disability Issues

Dayla Soul (USA), It Ain’t Pretty, Documentary Feature

Dean Watts (USA), A Short Film About Short Films, Film Short

Dominykas Duda (USA), The Rowboat, Film Feature

Eduardo Rufeisen (USA), It Was Dali, Film Short

Elham Madani (Canada), Voice of Voiceless, Actress: Leading (Elham Madani as Ava)

Flynn Donovan (USA), NEAR THE MOUNTAIN, Documentary Short

Gopi Peenya, Naveen Krishna & Lakshmi, Aryan Motion Pictures & Latitude (India/USA), Fresh Water, Film Feature

Gregory Alosio (USA), Death and Life, Documentary Short

Jacob Hood (USA), Flying, Animation (Student)

James Cotton, Wolf359 Productions (USA), The Tell-Tale Heart, Actress: Supporting (Lisa Ewers as Old Woman)

Jay Rao (Canada), Unforgettable, Film Short

Jeff Adachi (USA), America Needs a Racial Facial, Documentary Short

Jennifer Vallance and Derek Price (Canada), Perception, Film Short

Jerry Keys (USA), Dark Resonance, Film Feature

Joao Pedro Oliveira (Brazil), Aphâr, Experimental

John Vollmer (USA), Joy! Blue Moon, Animation

Jonathan Lawrence  (USA), The Traveler, Actor: Leading (Anthony Bradford as Tristan Azure)

Junyi Xiao (USA), Last Judgment, Animation (Student)

Kiel Thorlton (USA), 12:12, Christian (Student)

Margie Kelk (Canada), Substratae, Animation

Mark A. France (USA), Scarecrow, Film Feature

Matt Chapman (USA), Growing Up Guide Pup, Special Purpose Productions

Max Bartoli (USA), The Secret of Joy, Special Purpose Productions

Michael Evan Deitzler (USA), Don’t Watch Me Dancing, Film Short (Student)

Michael J. Rhodes and Chris Parsons (USA), Marking Out, Documentary Feature

Michelle Davidson (USA), The Perfect Note, Women Filmmakers

Miriam Duarte (Canada), Flowers, Animation (Student)

Morgan Shirk (USA), Producing Hope, Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger

Nadia Dean  (USA), CAMERON, Special Purpose Productions

New Realm Studios Inc. (Canada), Outlaws of the Marsh Revisited – season Two Episode 01: With Filial Piety and Righteousness, Xiaohai, Television – Program / Series * AND *  Two Episode 10: Beating the Enemies at Their Own Game, Song, Television – Program / Series

Nikita Kalugin (Canada), Lucky, Film Short (Student)

Robin Bain (USA), NOWHERELAND, Women Filmmakers, Dramatic Impact, Script / Writer, Direction

Rohit Gupta, Dot and Feather Entertainment (USA), MIDNIGHT DELIGHT, Concept, Direction

Ryan Kibby (USA), Boomer Hogs, Film Short

Saptarshi Dey (India), Save Little Shelley, Animation

Sherwin Lau (USA), Turning Point: Choices, Public Service Programming / PSA

Sophia Dagher (USA), As the Tide Goes By | Scott Taylor 2016 Single Music Video, Music Video

Talia Cohen-Vigder (USA), Holiday of Holidays, Documentary Short (Student)

Timothy Collins and Jillian Kibler (USA), Kiss of Death, Film Short, Direction, Editing, Cinematography (Student)

Yasuhiro Tamura (Japan), RUN TOMORROW – LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, Disability Issues

Zachary Sharma (USA), Grandma, Documentary Short (Student)

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) is pleased to reveal the nominees for 55th annual Rose d’Or Awards which honour the best in international radio, television and online entertainment.

The winners of the biggest and most influential entertainment awards event will be decided at a ceremony in Berlin on 13 September.

Over 400 programmes from more than 130 broadcasters and production companies in 33 different countries were submitted for this year’s Rose d’Or awards. Programme makers are competing to take home a coveted Rose d’Or Award in 11 categories. There are six categories for television and online video – Reality & Factual Entertainment, Game Show, Comedy, Sitcom, Entertainment and, new for 2016, Drama Series. Five Radio awards will be given for best Comedy, Talk Show, Music Show, Event of the Year and, also new for 2016, Audio Stories.

“The response from across the entertainment world has been incredible,” said EBU Head of Television and Rose d’Or organiser Jeroen Depraetere. “With such high levels of creativity on show this year our juries have had a tough job selecting the nominees competing to win a Rose d’Or trophy in Berlin. The EBU is proud that once again the Rose d’Or Awards can provide a platform for the world’s best entertainment programme makers.”

Three finalists have been selected for each of the categories, with the exception of the ‘Event of Year’ radio category where the jury only selected one nominee.

For the first time in 2016, the shortlisted nominees will present their programmes to their peers ahead of the Rose d’Or Award ceremony and have a say in who takes home the coveted trophies at the Rose D’Or Award ceremony itself at Axica in Berlin on Tuesday 13 September.

To attend the Rose d’Or, register online here. Watch clips from the nominated shows on our Eurovision Showcase platform here (TV) and here (Radio).


List of nominees for Television

Comedy

• Inside No. 9 - BBC (United Kingdom)
• Pyjama Party - Yellow Film & Comp. TV – (Finland)
• Tatortreiniger – Pfirsichmelba -  Norddeutscher Rundfunk – (Germany)

Sitcom

• Episodes - Hat Trick Productions Ltd – (United Kingdom)
• Mum - Big Talk Productions – (United Kingdom)
• Raised by Wolves - Big Talk Productions – (United Kingdom)

Game Show

• Baking in the Dark – DR – (Denmark)
• Pick Me! – ITV – (United Kingdom)
• The Getaway Car – BBC – (United Kingdom)

Reality and Factual Entertainment

• How to Change the World - Insight Production Company Ltd. – (Canada)
• The Gym Teacher – SVT – (Sweden)
• The Real Marigold Hotel – BBC – (United Kingdom)

Entertainment 

• Adele at BBC – BBC – (United Kingdom)
• Mordkomission Berlin - Wiedemann & Comp; Berg Television Gmbh & Comp; Co. KG (Germany)
• Eurovision Song Contest 2016 – SVT – (Sweden)

Drama Series

• Happy Valley – BBC – (United Kingdom)
• River Program – Kudos – (United Kingdom)
• This is England 90’ – Channel4 – (United Kingdom)

List of Nominees for Radio

Comedy

• Charles is a Hell of a King - CR (Czech Republic)
• The Celebrity Voicemail Show – BBC (United Kingdom)
• Paul Sinha's History Revision – BBC (United Kingdom)

Event of the Year

• European Dawn Chorus – RTE (Ireland)

Talk Show

• Kvallspasset – Sveriges Radio (Sweden)
• Marja Hintikka Live – YLE (Finland)
• The Museum of Curiosity – BBC (United Kingdom

Music Show

• Amazing Grace – BBC (United Kingdom)
• Le Week-End: The Music of Formula One – ORF (Austria)
• A Very Merry Mooney Tunes – RTE (Ireland)

Audio Stories

• The Abuse Trial - Prison Radio Association (United Kingdom)
• An Open Verdict – RTE (Ireland)
• Honey – RTE (Ireland)

New York Asian Film Festival 2016  has record anniversary year

Kankuro Kudo's anarchic Japanese comedy Too Young to Die! is the Audience Award Winner of the 15th New York Asian Film Festival, announced the festival's executive director Samuel Jamier today. The event came to a close on Saturday night after screening 51 films over 18 days at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the SVA Theatre in Manhattan.

Too Young to Die!, which had its North American premiere at the festival, stars Ryunosuke Kamiki as a student sent to Buddhist hell after his whole class dies in a freak bus accident. There, he makes a pact with guitar-shredding demon Killer K, played by Tomoya Nagase, to be reincarnated and reunite with his high school crush. International sale of the film is handled by Toho Co Ltd.

Second- and third-placed in the audience vote were two South Korean thrillers, Woo Min-ho's Inside Men and Lee Il-hyeong's A Violent Prosecutor. Both films were major box office hits in South Korea. Lee Byung-hun, the star of Inside Men, attended the festival to receive one of three Star Asia Awards. Both films are productions of South Korea's Showbox Corporation, which also handles international sales.

Two Southeast Asian films came fourth and fifth in the audience vote: Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit's offbeat romantic comedy Heart Attack from Thailand, and Mario Cornejo's surfing relationship drama Apocalypse Child from the Philippines. Another film from the Philippines, Erik Matti's thriller Honor Thy Father, was placed eighth in the audience vote.

The NYAFF 2016 Box office grew 20%, setting a new record for the festival. Attendance was particularly strong for films from China, the Philippines and Japan. The festival closed with a sell-out screening of the international premiere of Adam Tsuei's Taiwan thriller The Tenants Downstairs, ahead of its mid-August domestic release.

15TH NYAFF AUDIENCE AWARDS RESULTS

1. Too Young to Die! [Japan]

2. Inside Men [South Korea]

3. A Violent Prosecutor [South Korea]

4. Heart Attack [Thailand]

5. Apocalypse Child [Philippines]

6. The Throne [South Korea]

7. Dongju: Portrait of a Poet [South Korea]

8. Honor Thy Father [Philippines]

9. 10 Years [Hong Kong]

10. Fourth Place [South Korea]

Guests in attendance included Star Asia Awards honorees: Hong Kong’s Miriam Yeung, the Philippines’ John Lloyd Cruz, and South Korea’s Lee Byung-hun; Lifetime Achievement Award honoree: Iwai Shunji; Screen International Rising Star Asia Awards honorees:China’s Jelly Lin, Japan’s Ayano Go, and the Philippines’ Teri Malvar; Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema: China's Yue Song. Also in attendance: from China, director Wang Yichun; from Hong Kong, director Adam Wong; from Japan, producer Yoshinori Chiba and directors Hideo Sakaki and Kazuya Shiraishi; from Malaysia, director Shanjhey Kumar Perumal; from the Philippines, actors Sid Lucero and Annicka Dolonius; from South Korea, director Lee Joon-ik, producer/screenwriter Shin Yeon-shick, and director Kim Jin-hwang; from Taiwan, director/producer Adam Tsuei and actresses Ivy Shao and Li Xing; from Thailand, actress Apinya Sakuljaroensuk.

The festival's executive director Samuel Jamier said, "This year, we set out to prove there was a New York audience for the cinemas of China and Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines. We're thrilled that they represent the best performing films at the festival this year with sell-out screenings. We didn't play safe in our anniversary year; we are proud that our audience is continuing to support us in pushing boundaries."

The selection of films and guests at the 15th edition were curated by executive director Samuel Jamier, senior programmer Stephen Cremin, and programmers Rufus de Rham and Claire Marty.

NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (NYAFF)

Now in its 15th year, the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema, which The Village Voice called “the best film festival in New York” last year, and The New York Times has called “one of the city’s most valuable events.” Launched in 2002 by Subway Cinema, the festival selects only the best, strangest, and most entertaining movies to screen for New York audiences, ranging from mainstream blockbusters and art-house eccentricities to genre and cult classics. It was the first North American film festival to champion the works of Johnnie To, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike, and other auteurs of contemporary Asian cinema. Since 2010, the Festival has been produced in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

ABOUT FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER

Founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, the Film Society of Lincoln Center works to recognize established and emerging filmmakers, support important new work, and to enhance the awareness, accessibility, and understanding of the moving image. The Film Society produces the renowned New York Film Festival, a curated selection of the year’s most significant new film work, and presents or collaborates on other annual New York City festivals including Art of the Real, Dance on Camera, Film Comment Selects, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York African Film Festival, New York Asian Film Festival, New York Jewish Film Festival, Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, and Scary Movies. In addition to publishing the award-winning Film Comment magazine, the Film Society recognizes an artist’s unique achievement in film with the prestigious Chaplin Award, whose 2016 recipient was Morgan Freeman. The Film Society’s state-of-the-art Walter Reade Theater and the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, located at Lincoln Center, provide a home for year-round programs and the New York City film community.

The Film Society receives generous, year-round support from American Airlines,The New York Times, HBO, Stella Artois, The Kobal Collection,Variety, Loews Regency Hotel, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.org and follow @filmlinc on Twitter.

ABOUT SUBWAY CINEMA

Subway Cinema is America’s leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the exhibition and appreciation of Asian popular film culture in all forms, building bridges between Asia and the West. With year-round festivals and programs, the organization aims to bring wide audience and critical attention to contemporary and classic Asian cinema in the U.S. In 2002, Subway Cinema launched its flagship event, the annual New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which is North America’s leading festival of popular Asian cinema. Subway cinema’s other events and initiatives include Old School Kung Fu Fest (OSKFF).