Awards

The Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) celebrated its 22nd edition with a program featuring nearly 200 films, including Mexican and international premieres and retrospectives. The festival was held from October 18th to 27th in the city of Morelia, Michoacán.

AARP The Magazine announced today that Glenn Close will receive this year's Movies for Grownups® Career Achievement Award. Close—critically acclaimed actress of stage and screen with eight Academy Award nominations, two AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Tony Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Critics Choice Award, a People's Choice Award, and three GRAMMY Award nominations—will be honored at the annual Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards ceremony on Saturday, January 11, 2025, in Beverly Hills, California.

Nikon Inc. is pleased to announce that entries for the Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 will be accepted beginning at 12:00 a.m. on October 30, 2024 EDT.

The Cordillera International Film Festival (Cordillera) is proud to announce it has been named, for the second year in a row, to the "MovieMaker Magazine" list of "Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World for 2024", selected from among 12,000+ film festivals worldwide. This designation puts Cordillera on the same list as Tribeca, Sundance and multiple other Oscar®-qualifying film festivals that have been running for decades.

The Property Masters Guild (PMG) announced the winners of the inaugural PMG MacGuffin Awards, the only awards show to celebrate the significant artistic achievements of Property Masters, held on Sept 14, at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles. The Motion Picture MacGuffin Awards were presented to "Oppenheimer" (Guillaume Delouche, PMG), "Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part 1" (David Cheesman, PMG), and "Poor Things" (Balázs M. Kovács).

The NVISION Latino Film & Music Festival announces its premier sponsors for the 2024 event, which takes place from October 10 to 12 at Palm Springs Art Museum. With support from top organizations in media, finance, transportation, music and the arts, these valued partnerships solidify the vital role that Latino representation and recognition plays in the entertainment industry.

Ellie Goulding was announced as this year's recipient of The Perfect World Foundation Award, following in the footsteps of previous recipients such as Sir David Attenborough, Dr. Jane Goodall, and HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco.

At 74, Pedro Almodóvar, Spain's legendary filmmaker, has finally claimed his first major victory at a film festival, winning the prestigious Golden Lion at Venice for his English-language debut, The Room Next Door. It’s a case of better late than never, though this might not be his crowning achievement.

The Avon Theatre - Deborah & Chuck Royce Cinema Arts Center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is proud to announce that acclaimed actor, producer and Academy Award® winner Michael Douglas will be the recipient of its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. The award ceremony will occur on Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at the Avon Theatre in Stamford, CT, with a private after-party at Towne Parlor, a few blocks down from the theater.