Joseph Wairimu, who plays Mwas, won best actor at the Durban International Film Festival, in July.
Our movie, The Flats premiered at the country's largest movie fest, the Seattle International Film Festival.
Midnight's Children was also screened at the recent opening of the ongoing International Film Festival of Kerala.
The Edge of Love, by Glasgow-born playwright Sharman MacDonald, will open the Edinburgh International Film Festival on Wednesday night.
The 76-year-old Hull-born actor accepted the award at the National Media Museum during the Bradford International Film Festival (BIFF).
It was screened again days later at the Toronto International Film Festival.
At the screening, part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, Pacino was awarded the Volta Festival Tribute Award.
In 2002, she attended the Pyongyang International Film Festival, and returned in 2004.
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An annual international film festival so impressed Quentin Tarantino that the American director named a character after the town.
Three awards have been reinstated at the Edinburgh International Film Festival after they were dropped during last year's scaled-back programme.
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One of his major achievements -- the now-noted Palm Springs International Film Festival -- is to begin its ninth year Thursday.
Singapore's international film festival earlier this year premiered three new local works.
Mr. Dinerstein showed "Black Rock" at local film festivals, such as the Louisiana International Film Festival and the Tampa Bay International Film Festival.
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"We're in more of a fitness-obsessed Hollywood, an extreme-fitness-obsessed Hollywood, " says Colin Geddes, a martial-arts-movie expert and programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival.
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She has written a screenplay for the Africa Script Development Fund (Harare) and is currently an Executive Director of the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Meanwhile, there was some good news for Minghella's Cold Mountain, which has been chosen as the opening film for the 54th Berlin International Film Festival.
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The veteran actor will be in Edinburgh for 10 days over the summer to attend the Edinburgh International Film Festival, of which he is a patron.
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Academy members flipped for the thriller at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, but then went on a serial infatuation bender with almost every other eventual Best Picture player.
Indonesian director Garin Nugroho, who served as a judge at this year's international film festival, says he often flies in from Jakarta because facilities are much better in the city-state.
The 202-room Shangri-La Toronto opened in August 2012, just in time to host the stars and starlets in town for the annual Toronto International Film Festival, which takes over the city each September.
Gavin Miller, CEO of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, was asked directly whether he could see the festival - which has been in June for the past two years - return to August.
When it was first released in 1982, "Himala" was picked for the official selection at Berlin International Film Festival, as well as a number of other festivals, and Nora Aunor was nominated for Best Actress.
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There is also aggressive promotion and support for such activities as the Singapore International Film Festival, now in its 10th year, and the Festival of Asian Performing Arts -- showcases for both local and regional talent.
While still small in comparison to marquee film festivals like the Toronto International Film Festival, which draws about 400, 000 attendees each year, attendance at the New Orleans festival has more than doubled to 17, 000 in the past three years.
It has been picking up awards since winning the Golden Bear at its world premiere at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival and is one of the front-runners for best foreign language film at the upcoming Academy Awards.
The meeting will be introduced by Stefan Kitanov, Director of the Sofia International Film Festival, and opened by Todor Chobanov, Deputy Mayor of Sofia, Mitko Todorov, Deputy Minister of Culture, and Francesco Bandarin, UNESCO Assistant-Director General for Culture.
Following a first introductory week at the Zanzibar International Film Festival aiming to encourage the interaction with the regional audiovisual community, the group moved to Nairobi's Kenya College of Communications Technology for four weeks of training and production.
At a moderated conversation between Mehta and Sir Salman in the previous edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, the two key figures behind the film revealed that they had originally approached A-list Bollywood stars for the key roles.
Jurors said the film, which picked up the best first feature award at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, "offers us a transcendent tale of hope and perseverance in a world that few Westerners ever have the chance to see".
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And, as if more proof were needed that Korea aspires to become a player on the global screen scene, the first Pusan International Film Festival, last August, displayed some of the trappings normally associated with major movie celebrations in the West.
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