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The movie made a big splash at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival before landing two Gotham Award wins and an Indie Spirit Award for supporting actress Mya Taylor.
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Actress Mya Taylor and «Tangerine» director Sean Baker are soaking in the buzz about their iPhone - shot film.
Actress Mya Taylor arrives at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted by Graydon Carter at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.
Magnolia Pictures is acquiring worldwide distribution rights to director Sean Baker's «Tangerine,» which stars trans actresses Mya Taylor and Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as two working girls in search of a wayward pimp on a fateful Christmas Eve in Hollywood.
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Caitlyn Jenner showed her support for the film, Tangerine, and one of its stars, Mya Taylor, by lending her voice to the first - ever Oscar campaign for a transgender actress.
Magnolia will be trumpeting newcomer Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in the best actress category and Mya Taylor, who Baker met at a LGBT center just as she was transitioning, for best supporting actress.
Offering transgender actresses Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor their break - out roles, Tangerine swells with emotion thanks in large part to the pair's naturalistic, amusing and occasionally heartbreaking performances — performances that suggest these are much more seasoned actors than they really are.
There were some rumblings last fall about the possibility that Vega could crack the best actress race, marking the second time in recent years (following a campaign for «Tangerine» breakout Mya Taylor) that a trans woman faced serious awards prospects.
It landed expected nominations in Feature, Director and for both of its actresses; Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in Lead and Mya Taylor in Supporting.
Ditto Sundance break - out «Tangerine,» though a nomination today for Mya Taylor in the breakthrough field (cited alongside co-star Kitana Kiki Rodriguez) will embolden the first ever Oscar campaign for a transgender actress.
Breakthrough Actor for Mya Taylor — Gotham Awards Best Supporting Actress for Mya Taylor — San Francisco Film Critics Circle Audience Award — Gotham Awards Russell Smith Award — Dallas - Fort Worth Film Critics Unsung Film of the Year — Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics
Magnolia effortlessly mounted the first Oscar campaign for a transgender actress, and in many ways we wish Mya Taylor would be at the Dolby Theater in February.
It was a good year for women in general with the ICS with The Assassin and Mad Max: Fury Road picking up seven mentions apiece and Tangerine, the trans comedy from Sean Baker, which picked up Picture and Director nominations as well as one for Mya Taylor in Supporting Actress.
Who won: Mya Taylor in «Tangerine» Who needed it: Either «Tangerine» actress.