Cannes, France — The 61st Cannes Film Festival came to a close on Saturday with the announcement of this years’ competition winners. Keep an eye out for the following films because you’re bound to find some of them at film festivals in the US. This years’ jury consisted of Sean Penn (as President) and jurors Jeanne Balibar, Alexandra Maria Lara, Natalie Portman, Marjane Satrapi, Rachid Bouchareb, Sergio Castellitto, Alfonso Cuarón and Apichatpong Weerasethakul who picked the following award winners: more…

New York, NY — The seventh annual Tribeca Film Festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff, and presented by American Express, announced the winners of its competition categories last night at the Target-Tribeca Filmmaker Lounge in New York City. more…

New York, NY — The GENART film festival is a fun-filled week long event which features a short film, a feature and an after party every night. If you didn’t have a chance to make it out there, you can find more info their event here. The award winners of this years GENART Film Festival New York are: more…

New York, NY — The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, on Tuesday announced the line-ups for its World Narrative and World Documentary Feature Film Competitions as well the films it has chosen to present in the Encounters section for the seventh annual Festival. The Festival will take place April 23 — May 4, 2008 in Lower Manhattan. more…

SXSW, Austin — The debut feature of Alex Cannon, Michael Lerman and Paul Cannon observes the intense relationship between David and Cara, who are so consumed with each other they’re oblivious to the fact it ultimately has no chance of working. more…

SXSW, Austin — Yesturday SXSW announced the winners of this years’ film festival, but don’t worry, there’s still three days left! So make sure to stick around to find out what other great films are just hitting the scene. Below are the winners of the 2008 film festival: more…

SXSW, Austin — Negin Farsad’s debut documentary feature takes us along the first tour of the grandfather of Nerdcore hip-hop MC Frontalot – introducing viewers to the origins of Nerdcore and the man who spawned a new genre of hip-hop via the internet. more…

SXSW, Austin — After the success of their first film The Puffy Chair, Jay and Mark Duplass return to SXSW with their second feature Baghead. This humorous thriller follows four struggling actors, who spend a long weekend in the woods trying to write a feature script that will jump-start their careers. more…

SXSW, Austin — Most people can relate to painfully-long airport shuttle rides, but throw in a couple of dead bodies, a psychotic businessman, pepper it with a little kidnapping and you’ll end up with Edward Anderson’s tense debut feature Shuttle. more…

SXSW, Austin — With it’s world premiere at SXSW, The Upsetter brings a portrait of an artist who’s genius influenced the growth of a number of music genres and music superstars like Bob Marley. more…