2013 Udaya Film Awards – winners

Udaya TV in the south-Indian state of Karnataka presented the gala for the 2013 Udaya Film Awards for Kannada-language films at the Palace Grounds in Bangalore.

The historical biopic Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna by Naganna topped the night by claiming the Best Film prize. It also won for Best Action (Stunts). That, however, was its only other win.

AP Arjun's romance Addhoori (or Addhuri) came away with the night's biggest haul. It won a total of four awards. In addition to Best Director for Arjun, it won Best Actress (Radhika Pandit), Best Debutante Actor (Dhruva Sarja) and Best Music.

The Best Actor trophy went to Upendra for Kalpana. It was his third time winning the award. The comedic horror film also won for Best Editor.

Hot Docs announces 28 films for Special Presentations program

Toronto, March 6, 2013 – Hot Docs is pleased to announce 28 documentary features that will be a part of this year’s Special Presentations program, a high-profile collection of world and international premieres, award-winners from the recent international festival circuit, and works by master filmmakers, and featuring some star subjects. These films will screen as part of the 2013 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, running April 25 to May 5.

The full selection of films to screen at Hot Docs 2013 will be announced on March 19, including the 2013 opening night film.

“We are thrilled to be announcing this year's Special Presentation films,” says Hot Docs director of programming Charlotte Cook. “We are especially proud to be announcing three fantastic world premieres: CAUCUS is AJ Schnack's intimate and fascinating behind the scenes look at the Republican candidates of the Iowa caucus, PREPARE FOR THE WORST is Barry Avrich's portrait of comedy icon David Steinberg, and Gus Holwerda's THE UNBELIEVERS, which follows renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss as they spread the message of the importance of science and the power of reason.”

2013 MTV Movie Awards – nominations

The MTV Movie Awards are just around the corner on April 14, but the nominations are right here, right now!

Leading the pack at this year's Movie Awards is Quentin Tarantino's Western epic Django Unchained, which garnered an impressive seven nominations, including the coveted Movie of the Year; the same can be said for Ted, which also received seven total noms, including Best Female Performance for Mila Kunis. Ranking third with six total nominations is Silver Linings Playbook, starring Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence.

Free screening tonight of Chasing Ice

Chasing Ice Environmental Documentary FREE Screening + Discussion Event

From the producer of the Academy Award-winning Documentary "The Cove", Chasing Ice is the story of National Geographic's award-winning photographer James Balong's mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of climate change.

Using time-lapse cameras, his videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.

Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły 2013, Eagle Awards for Polish film – winners

Tonight, the Polska Akademia Filmowa (Polish Film Academy) held its gala ceremony at the Teatrze Narodowym (National Theatre) in Warsaw for the 15th edition of the Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły 2013 (Eagle Awards).

The top winner was the World War II drama Obława (Manhunt) by Marcin Krzyształowicz with four awards including Best Film. It had led the field with ten nominations. Although nominated for each of the acting categories, its remaining awards were in the craft categories of Cinematography, Costume Design and Sound.

The Best Director prize went to Roman Polański for his English-language four-handed drama Carnage (Rzeź). That was its only win.

Český lev 2012 (Czech Lion Awards) – winners

This weekend, the Česká filmová a televizní akademie (Czech Film and Television Academy) hosted the awards ceremony for the 20th Annual Český lev (Czech Lion Awards) for Czech film and television at the Velkém sále Lucerny (Great Hall, Lucerna) in Prague. The evening was hosted by Jan Budař.

David Ondříček's Ve stínu (In the Shadow) swept the night with 9 awards. Including its two previously announced awards, its total Czech Lion Awards haul was 11 trophies, tying the record set by Vladimír Michálek's Je třeba zabít Sekala (Sekal Must Die) in 1998. Its wins included Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Actor (Ivan Trojan).

Čtyři slunce (Four Suns) by Pavel Strnad and Petr Oukropec had also been in the running with 12 nominations, but came away with only a single win for Best Supporting Actress (Klára Melíšková).

PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2013 – winners

This weekend, the PTC channel presented the 3rd Annual PTC Punjabi Film Awards at the Multipurpose Sports Stadium, sector-78, Mohali. The event was hosted by actor/singer Diljit Dosanjh and comedian Kapil Sharma.

Two films shared the top honours with six trophies each. Anurag Singh's romantic comedy Jatt and Juliet was named winner of Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Diljit Dosanjh), Best Actress (Neeru Bajwa), Best Supporting Actress (Upasana Singh) and Best Screenplay.

Smeep Kang's comedy Carry on Jatta took the critics' awards for Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Performance in Comic Role (Jaswinder Bhalla and Binnu Dhillon), Best Spporting Actor (Gurpreet Ghuggi), Best Editing and Best Dialogues.

Canadian Screen Awards 2013 – winners pt 3

Inaugural Canadian Screen Awards presented in film and television at CBC Broadcast

Toronto, ON – The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is pleased to announce tonight’s 37 Canadian Screen Awards Winners at this evening’s Broadcast Gala on CBC Television, which included winners in film and television programming. Comedian Martin Short hosted the inaugural star-studded event, which took place at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto.

Kim Nguyen's Oscar-nominated film Rebelle (War Witch) swept the night with ten wins. It won the top prize of Best Motion Picture and also took Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Rachel Mwanza) and Best Supporting Actor (Serge Kanyinda), Best Art Direction/Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Overall Sound and Best Sound Editing.

RVCQ 2013 Awards – winners

The 31st edition of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (RVCQ) came to a close today with a presentation of the awards. The ceremony was held at the Cinémathèque québécoise in the presence of many artists, artisans and film professionals. In all, eight films from Quebec, a French-Canadian work and a student critique were honoured by the festival and its partners.

The winner of the Prix Gilles-Carle and a cash prize of $ 5,000 for best first or second feature film was Roméo Onze (Romeo Eleven). The Prix Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault for best first or second documentary feature went to Le cosaque et la gitane (The Cossack and the Gypsy), with La cité des âmes errantes (The City of Lost Souls) receiving a special mention.

Premiile Gopo 2013 awards for Romanian film – nominations

The Asociaţia Pentru Promovarea Filmului Românesc (Association for Romanian Film Promotion) has announced the nominees for their 7th Annual Premiile Gopo (Gopo Awards) for Romanian cinema.

As with last year's Premiile Gopo when Cristi Puiu declined to submit Aurora (and as with this year's Österreichischen Filmpreis where Michael Haneke didn't submit Amour), Cristian Mungiu requested that his award-winning film După dealuri (Beyond the Hills) not be considered for awards contention. But whereas last year they nominated Aurora anyhow (and it ended up winning the top prizes), this time they chose to honour Mungiu's request. However, with its actresses Cosmina Stratan and Cristina Flutur removed (they had shared the Best Actress Award at Cannes), the jury decided that there weren't enough Best Actress options and so that category was dropped.

Silviu Purcărete's Undeva la Palilula (Somewhere in Palilula) led the field with 11 nominations.
Next were Radu Jude's Toată lumea din familia noastră (Everybody in Our Family) and Gabriel Achim's Visul lui Adalbert (Adalbert's Dream), each with 9 mentions. Tudor Giurgiu's comedy Despre oameni şi melci (Of Snails and Men) followed with eight nominations. All four leaders received nominations for Best Film and Best Director.

2013 Subhanahongsa Awards for Thai film – winners

The สมาพันธ์สมาคมภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ (Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand) hosted the 22nd Annual รางวัลภาพยนตร์แห่งชาติ สุพรรณหงส์ (Thailand National Film Awards) or สุพรรณหงส์ (Supannahong, Subhanahongsa or "Golden Swan") Awards at the National Theatre in Bangkok tonight.

The evening's top prize-winner was ความรัก ความสุข ความทรงจำ (Home: Love, Happiness, Memories) by ชูเกียรติ ศักดิ์วีระกุล (Chookiat Sakveerakul). The relationship drama in three parts won Best Picture and Best Director. However, that was the extent of its wins.

The transgender romance ไม่ได้ขอให้มารัก (It Gets Better) by ธัญญ์วาริน สุขะพิสิษฐ์ (Tanwarin Sukkhapisit) had led with nine nominations. It won Best Supporting Actor which went to ปรมะ อิ่มอโณทัย (Parama Imanothai), and also took Best Art Direction and Costume Design.

British Academy of Rubbish Films and Terrible Acting (BARFTA) Awards – "winners"

The British Academy of Rubbish Films and Terrible Acting or BARFTA have announced the "winners" of their inaugural BARFTA Awards.

The British answer to the Golden Raspberry or Razzie Awards, they gave their highest accolades to the British comedy Keith Lemon: The Film. It won for Best Worst Film, Acting Performance – Female and Dialogue. Based on a television character, the film received scathing reviews and has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The winner for Best Worst Hollywood Film was the rom-com This Means War with Reese Witherspoon. Nicolas Cage won for Best Worst Acting Performance – Male for Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance.

Call for submissions: Connect the Docs

A call for submissions has been announced by the Cuban Hat Project in conjunction with the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for transmedia and interactive documentary projects to pitch at the upcoming edition of Hot Docs.

Connect the Docs is open to all Canadians with an idea for a documentary that uses non-traditional media. Applicants can submit a 3-minute video pitch online. Selected participants will receive the opportunity to present their idea at Hot Docs, as well as possibly win cash plus goods and services.

The deadline for submissions is March 22. A pre-selection committee will then select 12 projects that will be put online from March 29 to April 12 for viewing and public voting. The top five teams will then be given a free accreditation to attend the Hot Docs Industry Conference and will pitch their projects live to an audience of delegates and industry professionals.

Call for submissions: CFF Super Channel Screenplay Accelerator

SCREENWRITING COMPETITION - $50,000 UP FOR GRABS!

The Canadian Film Fest and Super Channel are proud to partner on this unique opportunity for screenwriters. Writers, if you want to fast track your brilliant screenplay to production, this award can help you do that.

The CFF Super Channel Screenplay Accelerator is open to Canadian screenwriters who’ve written a feature-length screenplay they’d love to see broadcast on Super Channel. To the winning script, Super Channel will provide a broadcast pre-license of $30,000-$50,000. The final pre-license amount will be negotiated dependent on the budget and will be paid to the production when the film airs on Super Channel. This pre-license will help the winning writer attract producers and financing to their project, greatly accelerating the chances of the project making it all the way through to production.

Jameson Empire Awards 2013 – nominations

Empire Online has announced the nominations for the Jameson Empire Awards 2013.

Skyfall leads the pack with six nominations, followed by The Avengers Assemble and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, both with five. Sightseers has four nods, while Life Of Pi, Django Unchained, The Dark Knight Rises and Dredd all have 3.

The public can vote for their favourites at http://www.empireonline.com/awards2013/. Winners will be revealed on Sunday, March 24.