Awards, 3/19.

"Rodrigo Pla's intense drama, The Desert Within, dominated prizes handed out at close of the 23rd Guadalajara fest," reports Robert Koehler at the Circuit, where he's got a full, annotated list of winners. And at filmjourney.org, he's got more on the state of Mexican cinema - and on highlights of the festival overall.

"Born out of anger, to use the words of filmmaker Jason Kohn, the inaugural Cinema Eye Honors for documentary films awarded three prizes to Manda Bala (Send A Bullet) on Tuesday night in New York City," reports indieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez.

AJ Schnack has the at-a-glance list; more from Nell Boase, Michael Tully, Reeler ST VanAirsdale and the IFC's Alison Willmore.

"South Korea dominated the Asian Film Awards for the second year running, with Secret Sunshine, a tragic movie about death and faith, taking home three top prizes including best picture." The AFP reports. More from Peter Martin at Cinematical.

Posted by dwhudson at March 19, 2008 11:50 PM