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Guadalajara's Maguey Award

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • March 23, 2013 3:30 PM
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Maguey, pronounced Ma Gay -- the plant from which Tequila is distilled here in the State of Jalisco and the City of Guadalajara -- is the perfect name for the Gay Prize of the Festival International de Cine de Guadalajara (FICG).

Jews in the News: Sherry Lansing to Receive Lifetime Award at Israel Film Festival

  • By Todd Cunningham
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  • March 8, 2013 3:30 PM
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Sherry Lansing will be honored with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening-night gala of the 27th annual Israel Film Festival, organizers announced Thursday.

Mitchell Block Direct: Short Films -- Oscar-Expectations

  • By Mitchell Block
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  • February 28, 2013 1:00 PM
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The Last 11 Years of Live Action Short Film Nominations and Short Films Branch Memories

IFFR 2013 Tiger Topics Daily #10

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • February 3, 2013 9:30 AM
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Sundance contenders Soldier Jane, Stoker and Il Futuro have gone on to take awards at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

LatinoBuzz: The Winners of the 3rd Annual Cinema Tropical Awards Are...

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • January 23, 2013 9:30 AM
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The winners of the 3rd Annual Cinema Tropical AWARDS will be announced on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 at a special event at the New York Times headquarters in New York City.

When Are Films Political? This is Not a Film

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • January 4, 2013 9:30 AM
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After a successful theatrical run that began with exclusive engagements in late February at New York's Film Forum and Laemmle's Music Hall in Los Angeles, This is Not a Film, co-directed by Jafar Panahi and Motjaba Mirtahmasb, remains one of the best-reviewed films of the year and is now the Official Documentary Shortlist for the 2013 Academy Award.

Mitchell Block Direct: Vol. I Issue 4: Alex Gibney, Paperman, and The Academy Awards Animation Shorts Nominations

  • By Mitchell Block
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  • January 3, 2013 9:30 AM
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Mitchell Block examines Oscar winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, Paperman, and the 85th Academy Awards Animation Shorts nominations.

LatinoBuzz: Chile Goes for the Bronze, A Look Back at the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • January 2, 2013 9:30 AM
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If NO gets enough votes it will be the first time a Chilean film is nominated in the Foreign Language Film category. What are Chile’s chances? To find out, we take a look back at the Latin American nominees and winners of the Best Foreign Language Film Award.

Oscar Short List of Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • December 29, 2012 6:45 PM
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The Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.

PLUS CAMERIMAGE- Film Festival Competition Winners

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • December 21, 2012 9:30 AM
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Competition winners for PLUS CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, were revealed in grand fashion as the milestone 20th anniversary edition came to a close at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz.

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