Other film awards went to Laurie Metcalf, supporting actress for «Lady Bird,» beating out odds - on Oscar favorite Allison Janney in «I Tonya»; Greta Gerwig, best director for «Lady Bird»; Sally Hawkins, best actress for «The Shape of Water»; «BPM (Beats Per Minute),» foreign film; Jordan Peele, screenplay, for «Get Out»; «Faces Places,» documentary; «The Shape of Water,» visually striking film of the year; «God's Own Country,» unsung film; and «Mother,» campy flick of the year.
It looks like they're spinning their Oscar wheels again over at
that other film awards haven of mine.
Not exact matches
Fast - casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill added some spice to its long - running «Food With Integrity» sustainable farming campaign by teaming with Academy
Award - winning design firm Moonbot Studios for The Scarecrow, an animated short
film and accompanying mobile game created to increase consumer awareness of animal confinement, synthetic growth hormones, toxic pesticides and
other fixtures of industrial food production.
Sometimes,
films leak straight from the studios, which send out hundreds of pre-release DVD «screeners» to
awards guilds, reviewers and
other industry professionals; these can be used to create high - quality bootlegs.
But, along with an additional
award for cinematography, the
film only won three Academy
Awards on the night despite topping all
other films with 12 total nominations.
The movie, from Time Warner's (TWX) Warner Bros., won
awards in categories such as costume and production design, as well as makeup and two sound categories on its way to scoring more total Oscars than any
other film Sunday night.
Nominated for
awards at both the Pan African
Film Festival, Bronzelens
Film Festivals, and
others, it's no wonder TV One, the network dedicated to delivering real life and entertainment programming from the African American point of view, has decided to acquire and air this historical
film on Saturday, January 9, 2016.
Empire State Development Corp. recently
awarded a $ 12 million state grant to build a new Rochester
film production hub that will include a state - of - the - art soundstage and
other facilities to produce
films and interactive games.
Then two
other Ghanaian
films: Cursed Treasure and Daggers of Life (Agbe Fe Akumehewo) were both nominated for Ousmane Sembene AMAA 2016
Award For Best Film In An African Language.
Finally, Rosalie Burgher, who recently received a state Senior of the Year
award for her years of service to the Olive Free Library and
other community organizations, nominated local engineer, former
film technician and anti-fracking organizer Jim Sofranko, with a second from his wife.
Other speakers at the briefing included
award - winning conservationist Jim Toomey, who created the comic strip Sherman's Lagoon, filmmaker Jon Bowermaster, an
award - winning writer and filmmaker recently named one of a dozen Ocean Heroes by the National Geographic Society, and Luke Creswell, who co-directed the
award - winning large - format
films Wild Ocean and The Last Reef: Cities Beneath The Sea.
Irena Salina, director of the
award - winning documentary
film, FLOW, about the world's dwindling water supplies, thinks it can be done if world leaders, international banks, the United Nations and
other governmental organizations establish cooperative agreements for the use of bodies of water, including groundwater, and economic mechanisms to make sure those who need access to water can get it.
Note that most
other awards organizations treated Damien Chazelle's Whiplash script as an original screenplay, but the Academy considered it to be an adapted screenplay for reasons known only to the Academy (Chazelle has previously released a single Whiplash scene as a short
film to raise funds to complete the full movie, which is apparently the source of the problem).
Take away The Wind Rises, which was briefly screened in 2013 only to qualify for
awards (which it did, collecting an Oscar nomination for best animated
film), and Disney's 2013 average drops to 53.4 (the studio's lowest average since 2010), though that was still higher than four
other major distributors last year.
Danes»
other film credits include Matthew Vaughn's STARDUST opposite Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer; Lajos Koltai's EVENING, opposite Toni Collette, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Natasha Richardson, and Vanessa Redgrave; Thomas Bezucha's THE FAMILY STONE, opposite Diane Keaton and Sarah Jessica Parker; Jonathan Mostow's TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nick Stahl; Stephen Daldry's Academy
Award ® winning drama THE HOURS, opposite Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, and Toni Collette; Jonathan Kaplan's BROKEDOWN PALACE, opposite Kate Beckinsale; Bille August's LES MISERABLES; Theresa Connelly's POLISH WEDDING; Francis Ford Coppola's THE RAINMAKER, opposite Danny DeVito and Matt Damon; Oliver Stone's U TURN, opposite Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, and Joaquin Phoenix; Michael Pressman's TO GILLIAN ON HER 37th BIRTHDAY, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter Gallagher; Jocelyn Moorhouse's HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT, opposite Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, and Ellen Burstyn; Billy Hopkins» I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU NOT, opposite Jude Law; Jodie Foster's HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, opposite Robert Downey Jr., Holly Hunter, and Anne Bancroft; and Gillian Armstrong's LITTLE WOMEN, opposite Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Kirsten Dunst.
For all her roles on television and
film, DeWitt has maintained a connection to theatre, having starred as Masha in Chekov's THREE SISTERS, originated the role of Fanny in Craig Lucas» SMALL TRAGEDY (for which the cast won an Obie
Award), the revival of John Patrick Shanley's DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, among
others.
Winners, announced at a red - carpet event May 10, hosted by United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, are
awarded industry mentorships; the opportunity to screen their
film at the Los Angeles - based HollyShorts
Film Festival (August 9 - 18), an Academy
Award - qualifying competition; $ 1,000 grants provided by Universal
Filmed Entertainment Group towards their next production; and
other prizes, including Dell computers and a Nike gift bag with assorted products, including a pair of shoes from the new FlyEase line!
Tilly's
other feature
film credits include Bound, The Getaway, Made inJennifer received an Academy
Award ® nomination and an American Comedy
Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive in Bullets Over Broadway.
He's the former chairman and chief executive of 20th Century Fox
Filmed Entertainment, he oversaw the video release of «Fantasia» and
other animated classics for Disney, he co-produced «Coraline» (2005) and Terrence Malick's «The New World» (2005), and in 2010 he co-produced the Academy
Awards show.
Café Society isn't going to an
awards triumph like
other Allen
films recently, but has picked up three nominations.
Much in the way Scott Rudin has owned the Oscar circuit for sometime, Gardener and Kleiner have established themselves as an
awards magnet for their
films as seen by their two previous Best Picture winners («Moonlight» and «12 Years a Slave») and their three
other nominations for «The Tree of Life,» «Selma,» and «The Big Short.»
The Underdog: Mudbound, which, despite favorable reception and
other accolades (the Robert Altman
Award at the Independent Spirit
Awards and a special Gotham Jury
Award for the
film's ensemble), still must contend with the Netflix of it all.
The Spirit
Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors,
film festival programmers and
other working
film professionals.
Media Mikes own Mike Smith will join
other Kansas City area
film critics this Wednesday night, February 26, as they declare their choices for the upcoming Academy
Awards at the Screenland Crown Center Theatre.
Much like Universal's
other prominent
awards hopeful Unbroken (which was covered in our previous installment), a trailer for Get On Up has been released, which provides us some insight on the tone of the
film and how it will portray Brown.
However, the only
other actor with a real chance on this shortlist is The Master's Joaquin Phoenix, who had some momentum when the
film was first released but who lost charm as Day - Lewis gained strength during this
award season.
Descriptions of the seven
other films nominated for this year's IDFA EDA
Award can be found on the IDFA Website.
The
film, as well as Adams, received praise from critics throughout its festival run, also earning two Golden Globe and nine BAFTA
Award nominations, among
other accolades.
It's an Oscar story to love, tied to a
film that, oddly enough, actually deserves whatever
other awards are headed its way.
Daniels had a massive hit with his previous
film «Precious,» which premiered here in 2009 and went on to earn six Oscar nominations with two wins, and countless
other awards worldwide.
However, this is just the start of the
awards season and many of these
films may still play at
other fests, too.
«This a fresh and original
film from Gianni Zanasi about accepting yourself and
others — dramatic, amusing and entertaining with a twist of mystery,» said a jury of four European exhibitors, adjudicating the
award.
Several
other highly lauded
films taking part in the three - week showcase includes Hou Hsiao - hsien «s Cannes
award - winning
film The Assassin, John Crowley «s romantic drama Brooklyn, as well as Centerpiece screening Steve Jobs.
«Neruda» will first hope to come out on top this Sunday at the Critics» Choice
Awards, where the
film is nominated alongside two
other submissions from Academy favorites — Pedro Almodóvar's «Julieta» and Asghar Farhadi's «The Salesman.»
The same would hold true of a Lead Actor bid for Boseman — though James Brown is an enormously compelling real - life figure whose life is replete with the material that wins actors
awards, the Best Actor race more than any
other acting category is closely tied to the Best Picture race, and Boseman will likely struggle against competitors in stronger
films overall.
However, it is very possible that the
award will serve to give at least some love to one of the
other films.
EDA
Awards presented at Festivals are often a
film's first
award, and boosts industry and public awareness of the winner, often leading to sales,
other festival appearances and funding for the filmmaker's future projects.
I admit my outrage with the
film grew in direct proportion to the accolades it got, so when I saw her get the
award, I just had had enough (correction: that was when the Academy snubbed 86 - year - old Emmanuelle Riva to give the Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence, but that's a whole
other story).
Perhaps the best transgender
film we've seen to date, on a whole
other level of excellence above even the Academy
Award - winning A Fantastic Woman.
In addition to presenting our Annual
Awards and Top Ten List, members of the Indiana
Film Journalists Association stay active throughout the year serving on
film festival juries, attending and sponsoring special screenings, appearing at
film and genre - specific conferences, and speaking to civic groups, schools, media outlets and many
other places.
Leo, Wilkinson and Nicolas Cage have so little to do here that we would never guess they had won
awards in
other films.
Other films receiving more than one
award were «Capote» (best actor to Philip Seymour Hoffman and best adapted screenplay to first - time screenwriter Dan Futterman) and «Crash» (best original screenplay to Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco and best ensemble acting).
The
film received three
other awards from the OFCS including Best Director for George Miller, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.
The biggest beneficiary is The Big Short, which climbed all the way up to lock status on the strength of being the only
film other than Spotlight to sweep all the important industry
awards.
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience, NEXT < = > and
other special
awards of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon - Levitt in Park City,
awards of the 2013 Sundance
Film Festival at the feature
film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon - Levitt in Park City,
Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon - Levitt in Park City, Utah.
Other films eligible for the
award included Ridley Scott «s «The Martian,» Stephen Frears ««The Program,» Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's «Anomalisa,» Cary Fukanaga's «Beasts of No Nation,» Scott Cooper «s «Black Mass,» John Crowley's «Brooklyn,» Tom Hooper «s «The Danish Girl,» Marc Abraham «s «I Saw the Light,» Denis Villeneuve «s «Sicario,» Laszlo Nemes» «Son of Saul,» Michael Moore «s «Where to Invade Next,» Jay Roach «s «Trumbo» and James Vanderbilt «s «Truth.»
Bening and eight
other international celebrity jurors will hand out the
awards at the festival, including the Golden Lion for best
film and Silver Lion for best director and the grand jury prize.
Among
other things, the filmmaker spoke about where he came up with the inspiration for «Citadel,» how having a limited budget and short shooting schedule place restrictions on what he could shoot for the
film and how he reacted when he heard he won the Midnighter Audience
Award at the 2012 SXSW
Film Festival.
And the performance immediately kicked off
awards chatter as did the
others in the
film, particularly Sam Rockwell whose racist mama's boy police officer rides an arc to redemption.
The Los Angeles
film critics also gave Guadagnino the Best Director
award for Call Me By Your Name in a tie, with the
other winner being Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape Of Water.