Wicked won Best Feature and The Brutalist nabbed Best Director for Brady Corbet, at the 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
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Wicked, ‘The Brutalist’ ‘Colman Domingo’ Among Winners of Washington DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA) Awards
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (credit: Dominic Leon, A24)
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Emilia Pérez Leads 82nd Golden Globe Awards Nominations
Emilia Pérez (Netflix) Emilia Pérez leads the nominations for the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards with 10 nominations including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Non-English Language. Also recognized are Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Karla Sofía Gascón; Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña; Best Director and Best Screenplay Motion Picture for Jacques Audiard; Best Original Score – Motion Picture, NS Best Original Song – Motion Picture for “el Mal” and “Ii Camino”
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Anora Named Best Picture, Mikey Madison, Yura Borisov Win Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
Anora (Courtesy of NEON) Sean Baker’s Anora nabbed Best Picture at the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards, along with Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison in a tie with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths; and Best Supporting Performance Yura Borisov also in tie with Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.
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Kneecap Wins Big with 7 Awards, Best British Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards
Kneecap (credit: Ryan Kernaghan. Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, Rich Peppiat’s comedy following the west Belfast hip-hop trio won the award for Best British Independent Film at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film won seven BIFAs in total, including Best Debut Screenwriter for Peppiatt and Best Joint Lead for trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh along with the four craft awards.
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37th European Film Awards Winners – ‘Emilia Pérez’ Wins Best Film, Director for Jacques Audiard, Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón
(Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA) Emilia Pérez dominated at the 37th European Film Awards winning the top prize of best European Film, along with Director and Screenwriter honors for Jacques Audiard, Actress award for Karla Sofía Gascón, along with Editing award for Juliette Welfling.
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Robbie Williams’ Better Man’ Tops with Record 16 Nominations for Australia’s 2025 AACTA Awards
Jonno Davies as “Robbie Williams” in Better Man from Paramount Pictures. (courtesy AACTA) Better Man, the Robbie Williams-inspired biopic drama received a record-breaking 16 nominations in the film categories for Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) 2025 AACTA Awards.
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‘No Other Land’ Wins Best Feature and Best Director at 40th IDA Documentary Awards
No Other Land (Anipode Films) No Other Land won the top prize of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th IDA Documentary Awards along with Best Director for Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor. The documentary was also honored with the Courage Under Fire Award.
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‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’ Trailer – Docu-concert Film Gets a 2025 Release Date
Becoming Led Zeppelin (screenshot / Sony Pictures Classics) Sony Pictures Classics will release the documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin directed by Bernard MacMahon (American Epic), exclusively in IMAX on February 7, 2025, in almost 200 theaters. Ahead of the release, IMAX Theatres will hold one night only early access screenings on February 5, 2025 in eighteen markets.
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Tom Tykwer’s The Light ( Das Licht) to Open 75th Berlin Film Festival
The Light (Das Licht) directed by Tom Tykwer (Frédéric Batier / X Filme) Tom Tykwer’s The Light (Das Licht) will world premiere as the opening film of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on February 13, 2025. The Light (Das Licht) will be presented as a Berlinale Special Gala out of competition.
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Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Kieran Culkin, Conclave Lead National Board of Review 2024 Winners
Daniel Craig, Queer; Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24) The National Board of Review (NBR) has named their 2024 honorees, with top awards going to Wicked for Best Film; Jon M. Chu for Best Director for Wicked; Daniel Craig for Best Actor for Queer; and Nicole Kidman for Best Actress for Babygirl. In addition to winning Best Film, the NBR will present the NBR Spotlight Award to Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande for their creative collaboration in Wicked.
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Director Jacques Audiard to Receive Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award
Jacques Audiard on the set of Emilia Perez. (credit: Shanna Besson/PAGE 114 – WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS – PATHÉ FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINÉMA) Emilia Pérez director Jacques Audiard will be honored with Variety’s Creative Impact in Directing Award at the 2025 Palm Springs International Film Festival as part of Variety’s annual 10 Directors to Watch and Creative Impact Awards brunch.
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Ariana Grande to Receive Rising Star Award at Palm Springs Film Awards for Wicked
Ariana Grande in Wicked (Photo; Giles Keyte | Universal Pictures) Ariana Grande has been named the recipient of the Rising Star Award at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Awards for her performance in Universal Pictures’ Wicked. The Film Awards will take place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025.