The Brutalist leads the Hawaii Film Critics Society Best Of List for 2024 winners with four awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Adrien Brody
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The Brutalist Wins Best Picture, Adrien Brody, The Substance, Demi Moore Win 2024 Hawaii Film Critics Awards
Adrien Brody in The Brutalist (courtesy A24)
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‘I’m Still Here’, Zoe Saldaña, ‘No Other Land’ Win Jury Awards at 36th Palm Springs Film Festival
I’m Still Here directed by Walter Salles (courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics) The Brazilian Oscar entry I’m Still Here won the FIPRESCI Prize for Best International Feature Film at the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF). Directed by Walter Salles, the film stars Fernanda Torres and Fernanda Montenegro as Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children coping with the forced disappearance of her husband, the dissident politician Rubens Paiva, during the military dictatorship in Brazil in the 1970s.
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No Other Land Wins Top Awards at 2025 Cinema Eye Honors
No Other Land (courtesy Antipode Films) The documentary No Other Land made by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers won three awards, including the top prize for Outstanding Nonfiction Filmmaking at Cinema Eye Honors 2025 Awards.
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South Korean Horror Film ‘Exhuma’ Leads Nominations for 18th Asian Film Awards
Exhuma directed by Jang Jae-hyun (courtesy Overlook Film Festival) The South Korean horror film Exhuma leads the nominations for the 18th Asian Film Awards in 11 categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Newcomer, Best Screenplay, Best Original Music, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound.
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Jacques Audiard, Sean Baker, Ramell Ross and More Nominated for DGA Awards in Feature Films and Documentary
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and director RaMell Ross on the set of Nickel Boys (Photo credit: L. Kasimu Harris | Amazon Content Services LLC) Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film, Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2024.
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Rumours, Shepherds, ‘Universal Language’ Among TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten Films of 2024
Danielle Fichaudas “Monsieur Castonguay” in Universal Language. Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories TIFF announced Canada’s Top Ten, the top 10 Canadian feature films and top 10 Canadian shorts of 2024.
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The Piano Lesson Leads Nominations for 56th NAACP Image Awards
The Piano Lesson (David Lee/Netflix) Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson leads in motion picture categories for the 56th NAACP Image Awards with 14 nods including Outstanding Motion Picture.
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48th Göteborg Film Festival Unveils Lineup, Opens with World Premiere of Eirik Svensson’s ‘Safe House’
Safe House (Før mørket), directed by Eirik Svensson (Graham Bartholomew, Fantefilm Fiksjon) The 48th Göteborg Film Festival taking place January 24 to February 2, 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden, unveiled the program lineup featuring 270 films from 83 countries
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‘Nickel Boys’ Named Best Picture of 2024 by National Society of Film Critics
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor in RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys (Photo credit: Courtesy of Orion Pictures) RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys has been named the Best Picture of 2024 by the National Society of Film Critics along with the honor of Best Cinematography for Jomo Fray.
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Jeff Baena, Indie Filmmaker – ‘The Little Hours’ and Aubrey Plaza’s Husband, Dead at 47
Jeff Baena (screenshot / SundanceTV / YouTube) Jeff Baena, an indie filmmaker and husband of actress Aubrey Plaza has died at 47.
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2025 BAFTA Unveiled the Longlists for all 25 Categories – Best Film, Director and More
(dp) BAFTA unveiled the longlists for all 25 categories including Best Film, Director, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the performance categories, and a new Children’s & Family Film category, continuing through to Round Two of voting for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
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