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Apart from the fact that the Oscar Awards telecast on 24 February averaged the lowest number of viewers (29.16 million)..

With all the hoo-haa and fanfare of Oscar weekend, it’s easy to overlook t the Independent Spirit Awards, the Holy Grail of independent filmmaking, which took place on 23 February in Santa Monica, the night before the Oscars. "Juno' was the big winner, with awards for best film, best actress (Ellen Page) and best original screenplay (new Oscar winner Diablo Cody). Best director went to Julian Schnabel for the French language film, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly', which also won best cinematography. The Irish production "Once' was best foreign film. Philip Seymour Hoffman took home the best actor award for "The Savages' and Chiwetel Ejiofor got the best supporting nod for "Talk to Me'. Cate Blanchett’s turn as Bob Dylan in "I’m not there' won her the best supporting actress award. Best screenplay was Tamara Jenkins’ "The Savages', with "Crazy Love' the best documentary and best first feature "The Lookout'.

Just when you thought it was safe to go to the cinema again comes a film about a person (played by Hayden Christiansen)..

Joel and Ethan Coen’s "No Country for Old Men' has won four Oscars, presented on 24 February in Los Angeles, including best film and best director..

"Taxi to the Dark Side', one of the films made for the South African coordinated, global documentary project..

Top-notch Iranian films will be shown at this year’s Iranian Film Festival, which runs at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson in Brooklyn, Tshwane..

Children aged 6 to18 years and living in Africa who have made any moving image (film, video, television programme, computer game, animated photographs, etc.)

A new bill on intellectual property entered into law in Russia on 1 January 2008. Part 4 of the Russian Civil Code was signed into law by President Putin in December 2006..

Eddie Mbalo, CEO of the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF), interviewed in a Q&A article on the Foundation’s website, revealed that it was planned

To reduce its exposure to the volatile advertising market, Reed Elsevier is to sell its business-to-business magazine division, which includes such media and entertainment industry titles..