The Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Docfest), has introduced a new initiative designed to match documentary makers'  ideas with national and international executives at this year's festival from 30 October - 5 November 2006. Get your applications in - the deadline for the scheme is September 11.

The tenth Méliès d'Or award, which is presented to the best European fantastic film 2006, has been awarded to the Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen's film Adam's Apples at the Espoo Ciné International Film Festival. The story depicts a battle of minds between a clergyman and a neo-Nazi, the film made its way through to the Méliès d'Or competit…

  Ricky Gervais, Dame Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons and Richard Curtis were among Brits honoured at the prestigious Emmy awards. BBC drama The Girl In The Cafe picked up three of the US awards last night, and Channel 4`s Elizabeth I scooped nine, more than any other show. The 58th Annual Prime Time Emmy Awards, held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, are considered to be the "Osc…

  Toronto International Film Festival released its full 352-film lineup, including the latest films from Paul Verhoeven, Ridley Scott, Anthony Minghella, Douglas McGrath and Patrice Leconte. Toronto will unspool 352 films from 61 countries over its Sept. 7-16 run, well up on the 335 films screened last year. This year's crop includes 261 features, most of which are world, inter…

With just four months to the Sheffield DocFest 2006, the festival is delighted to announce a sneak preview of this year’s programme. Now in its 13th year, the festival is the UK ’s must attend event for anyone working in documentary and factual film and television. This year’s film programme showcases some of the greatest international talent working in the documentary…

  Every film festival has to kick off with a good party and Times film correspondent Wendy Ide found that the EIFF is on the up.... Edinburgh had started as it clearly meant to go on, with an opening-night party for The Flying Scotsman that blew spots off previous years' events. A new location offered an expansive open-air courtyard and an unusually balmy evening had revellers…

  John Hurt Named as Jury Chair   Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), the longest continually running film festival in the world has announced the members of the Michael Powell Award jury that will preside over the landmark 60th edition. The 2006 jury includes award winning actor John Hurt, who will serve as Jury Chair, Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig, Irish wri…

  Hope That Film's Debts May Be Paid   The Flying Scotsman film, detailing the troubles and triumphs of Scots cycling champion Graeme Obree, opened the Edinburgh International Film Festival last night, after union leaders cancelled a planned boycott. Broadcasting union BECTU had threatened to picket the film's red-carpet premiere in a show of anger over &pou…

  - And Village Pump Chainsaw Massacres Not the type who goes for lush romance or lavish musical numbers? Good news. That may be the stuff that inspired Bombay Dreams, but Indian cinema has also given us frank depictions of the human condition - as well as ancient monsters menacing horny teenagers. The seventh annual South Asian Film Festival concludes today with four offerin…