Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood
World Awards®
Celebrating World
Cinema in Hollywood
Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood
World Awards®
HOLLYWOOD WORLD FILM FESTIVAL™
HOLLYWOOD WORLD AWARDS®
SELECTION COMMITTEE:
CO-CHAIRS:
CARLOS DE ABREU - U.S.
HFF Founder
MIKE GOODRIDGE - U.K.
U.S. Editor, "Screen International"
DAN FAINARU - Israel
Film Critic
HOWARD FEINSTEIN - U.S.
Film Critic, Screen International & Programmer, Sarajevo Film Festival
SANDRA HEBRON - U.K.
Artistic Director, The Times BFI London Film Festival
ALLAN HUNTER - U.K.
Film Critic, "The Daily Express," "Screen International"
DEREK MALCOLM - U.K.
Film Critic, "The Evening Standard"
LEE MARSHALL- Italy
Film Critic
DESPINA MOUZAKI - Greece
Director, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
JACOB NEIIENDAM - Denmark
Director,CPH:PIX - Copenhagen Film Festival
JONATHAN ROMNEY - U.K.
Film Critic
CLARE STEWART - Australia
Director, Sydney Film Festival
SELECTED NOMINEES: ONLY
feature films.
THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX - Germany
CAPTAIN ABU RAED - Jordan
Film critic, "Screen International," "Globes Daily" & "Cinematheque Magazine"
THE CLASS - France WINNER
DEPARTURES - Japan
EVERLASTING MOMENTS - Sweden
GOMORRAH - Italy
MEXICO TEARS ITS HEART OUT - Mexico
NECESSITIES OF LIFE - Canada
TULPAN - Kazakhstan
WALTZ WITH BASHIR - Israel
The nominees are
culled from films completed within the calendar year, from the global creative community. The ten (10) feature
films selected as nominees were:
"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days" (Romania) directed by Cristian Mungiu; "Alexandra" (Russia) directed by Aleksandr Sokurov; "The Band's Visit" (Israel) directed by Eran Kolirin; "Control" (UK) directed by Anton Corbijn; "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (France) directed by Julian Schnabel; "The Edge of Heaven" (Germany/Turkey) directed by Fatih Akin; "Import/Export" (Austria) directed by Ulrich Seidl; "Persepolis" (France) directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi; "Secret Sunshine" (South Korea) directed by Chang-dong Lee; and "Silent Light" (Mexico) directed by Carlos Reygadas.
Prior Winner Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood World Award® winner was
"4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS" by Cristian Mungiu.
<Prior Winner Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood World Award® winner was
"VOLVER" by Pedro Almodovar.
Prior Winner Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood World Award® winner was
"MRS. HENDERSON PRESENTS" by Stephen Frears.
Prior Winner Hollywood World Film Festival™
Hollywood World Award® winner was"THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES" by Walter Salles.
PRIOR NOMINEES SELECTION COMMITTEE:
CO-CHAIRS:
PAULA WAGNER - U.S.
Producer
CARLOS DE ABREU - U.S.
HFF Founder
MIKE GOODRIDGE - U.K.
U.S. Editor, "Screen International"
SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
IRENE BIGNARDI - Switzerland
Artistic Director, Locarno Film Festival
DAN FAINARU - Israel
Film critic
SANDRA HEBRON - U.K.
Artistic director, The Times BFI London Film Festival
ALLAN HUNTER - U.K.
Film critic, "Screen International" and "The Daily Express"
TOBIAS KNIEBE - Germany
Film critic, "Sued-deutsche Zeitung"
DEREK MALCOLM - U.K.
Film Critic, "Screen International" & "The Evening Standard"
LEE MARSHALL
JACOB NEIIENDAM - Denmark
Film critic, FIPRESCI and "Screen International"
JONATHAN ROMNEY - U.K.
Film critic, "Screen International" & "The Independent On Sunday"
CRITERIA:
The criteria is based on the quality of filmmaking
in all its different disciplines.
HFF
SUCCESS STORIES
Our film finalists and winners have been acquired by companies like
HBO, IFC, Indican, Miramax, Seventh Art Releasing and Starz among
other distributors, and have secured directing jobs, as well as agents
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HOLLYWOOD AWARDS®
Honorees and presenters at
the Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony have included
Anthony Hopkins, Goldie Hawn, George Lucas, Scarlett
Johansson, Richard Gere, Janet Jackson, Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, Orlando Bloom, Ellen
DeGeneres, Ron Howard, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton,
Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Sydney Pollack, Alison
Lohman, David Foster, Laurence Fishburne, Neve
Campbell, Amy Pascal, Haley Joel Osment, Paula
Wagner, Charlize Theron, Sandra Bullock, Susan Sarandon, John Travolta, Mel Gibson, Annette Bening, Leonardo DiCaprio, Warren Beatty, Will Smith, Michael Mann, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Jamie Foxx, Jake Gyllenhaal, Joaquin Phoenix, Rachel McAdams, Keira Knightley, and Harrison Ford among others.
Hollywood Film Festival
Sets Pace for Oscar® Race
HOLLYWOOD AWARDS®
   
   
Previous
Festival Winners:
Johnny Depp, Diane Lane, Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe,
Steven Spielberg,
Nicole Kidman, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston
HOLLYWOOD
AWARDS® GALA CEREMONY
HFF presenters have included
Mike Myers, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Warren Beatty,
Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, Janet Jackson, Danny DeVito, Cameron Diaz,
Colin Farrell, Will Ferrell, Matthew McConaughey, Drew Barrymore,
Harrison Ford, Billy Crystal, Lucy Liu, Benicio
Del Toro, Hans Zimmer, Ashton Kutcher, Estella
Warren, Kieran Culkin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Kate Beckinsale, Rupert Everett, and Keanu Reeves
among many others.
For more information please
contact:
Hollywood World Film Festival™
awards@hollywoodawards.com
433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Tel. 310.288.1882
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