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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‘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)
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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.
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‘Bloody Axe Wounds’ Trailer – Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Billy Burke Star in Matthew John Lawrence’s Slasher Comedy
Bloody Axe Wound (screenshot / RLJE Films) Shudder and RLJE Films unveiled the official trailer for Bloody Axe Wounds, the latest slasher-comedy film from genre director Matthew John Lawrence. With a concept of “What if Jason Voorhees has a daughter?” the film follows the teenage daughter of a serial killer, trying to follow her disfigured father’s footsteps while navigating the normal struggles of growing up.
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Anora and ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Lead Nominations for 40th Spirit Awards
Anora (Neon), I Saw the TV Glow (A24) Anora and I Saw the TV Glow lead the nominations for the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards with six each.
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NY Film Critics Circle Awards – The Brutalist, Adrien Brody, Nickel Boys, Janet Planet Win Top Honors
Adrien Brody in The Brutalist (Credit: Lol Crawley | A24) The New York Film Critics Circle voted Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist as Best Film of 2024, along with Best Actor honors for Adrien Brody for his performance in the film as visionary architect László Toth who emigrates to America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage.
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Colman Domingo to Receive Prestigious Montecito Award at Santa Barbara Film Festival
Colman Domingo in Sing Sing (Credit: Dominic Leon, A24) Colman Domingo will receive the prestigious Montecito Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival for his “powerhouse performance” in Greg Kwedar’s Sing Sing as Divine G. This announcement follows Domingo’s win at last night’s Gotham Awards, where he took home the honor for Outstanding Lead Performance.
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The Gothams Winners – ‘A Different Man’ Wins Best Feature, Sing Sing’s Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin Win Performance Awards
(L-R) Vanessa McDonnell, Aaron Schimberg, Adam Pearson, Gabriel Mayers, Sebastian Stan and Mike Marino attend the Gothams 34th Annual Film Awards (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute ) Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man was crowned Best Feature at the 34th The Gothams awards held tonight in New York City. Best International Feature went to Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light and the Palestinian film No Other Land directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal won for Best Documentary Feature.
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Ted Danson to Receive Carol Burnett Award at Golden Globes
Ted Danson in A Man on the Inside (Colleen E. Hayes / Netflx) Three-time winner of Golden Globes Ted Danson has been named the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025.
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Timothée Chalamet to Receive Chairman’s Award for ‘A Complete Unknown’ at Palm Springs Film Awards
Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown. (Macall Polay, Searchlight Pictures.) Timothée Chalamet will receive the Chairman’s Award for his performance in James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown, at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
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Sophie Okonedo to Receive Richard Harris Award at British Independent Film Awards
Sophie Okonedo in WIld Rose (Entertainment One) Actress Sophie Okonedo will be honored with the Richard Harris Award at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).
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Runt, ‘Genocide in the Wildflower State’, ‘Stubbornly Here’ Win at WA Screen Culture Awards
courtesy WA Screen Culture Awards Runt, the Australian family film by John Sheedy, following ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, as they attempt to win the Dog Show so they can save the family farm, dominated Western Australian WA Screen Culture Awards (WASCA) taking home all four of its nominations. The film won Innovation in Narrative Feature Film with a budget over $1m and Outstanding Achievement in Writing, Production Design and Original Music.
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‘Aftershock’ First Look Teaser – Richard T. Jones, Richard Lawson Star in Series Based on 2006 NYPD Killing of Sean Bell
Aftershock (screenshot / Faith Media Distribution) Telling the tragic true story of Sean Bell, a young man who got killed by the NYPD just hours before his wedding, Aftershock is a three-part series made in collaboration with Bell’s fiancée, Nicole P. Bell, who also served as a producer in the film.