The Venice Film Festival honored veteran director John Woo at a star-filled celebration on Friday night, awarding him with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

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Several members of the city’s Film Commission are looking to draw up a long-term vision for the future of the film industry in San Francisco, which was once bright, then all but died with the occasional bit of good news.

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‘An Unfinished Film’ annotates footage shot by a Nazi propaganda crew, creating a cinematic witness to Nazi horror.

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The Venice Film Festival yesterday celebrated Chinese action film master John Woo, bestowing him with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award. “I was shocked, then I thought he was kidding,” said Woo, describing when festival director Marco Muller called him to inform him of the award.

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Venice, Italy – The Venice Film Festival on Friday celebrated Chinese action film master John Woo, bestowing him with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement award.

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Venice, Italy – This year’s Venice Film Festival was set Friday to hand out its first award, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, to Hong-Kong-born action-film master, John Woo.

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HORROR DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER GETS FREAKYLegendary horror director John Carpenter to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from the FREAK SHOW Horror Film .

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The leads may be few and far between, but Mitchell has delivered quality input on film and television for the last two decades. She’s a genre girl at heart – an amiable trait about this Australian character actress

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Film Experience Blog: Take Three: Radha Mitchell

The big screen needs drama, humour and heart, not a technological quick-fix.

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Veteran Kiwi film -maker Vincent Ward is to leave New Zealand because he says the Film Commission is reluctant to support established talent.

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