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2019 Animation First Festival in NYC, Dedicated to French Animation Announces Lineup

Funan by Denis Do

Building on its wildly successful inaugural year, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) announced the 2019 Animation First festival, showcasing the vast history, enduring ingenuity, and diversity of France’s renowned animation studios and schools. This year’s schedule includes 17 premieres, provoking feature-length films, exciting shorts, immersive exhibits, video game demonstrations, panels with filmmakers, a special spotlight on the City of Bordeaux’s animation industry, and much more. It will take place from Friday, January 25 through Sunday, January 27, 2019, at FIAF in New York City.

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THE FAVOURITE Leads with 6 Nominations for 2018 Houston Film Critics Society Awards

Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos.ʩ 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite leads the nominations for the 2018 Houston Film Critics Society awards with six, including Best Picture, and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos.

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ROMA, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR, ISLE OF DOGS Score with Las Vegas Film Critics

Roma

Roma, Alfonso Cuaron’s personal journey that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family in Mexico City in the early 1970’s was a hit with the Las Vegas Film Critics, winning five awards including; Best Picture, Best Director and Best Foreign Film.

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FIRST REFORMED, ROMA and MINDING THE GAP Win with Vancouver Film Critics

First Reformed

Paul Schrader’s First Reformed leads the Vancouver Film Critic’s Circle international awards with three wins, including Best Director for Schrader. Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma however, picked up Best Picture along with Best Foreign Language Film, and Minding the Gap won for Best Documentary.

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ROMA and SPIDER-MAN Score with Award Honors from Utah Film Critics

Roma

Roma and Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse scored three awards with the Utah Film Critics Association, with Spider-man receiving the honors of being named Best Picture of 2018.

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THE HATE U GIVE is Loved by Indiana Film Journalists, Named Best Film of 2018

THE HATE U GIVE

“The Hate U Give,” a drama that examines contemporary race relations in America through the eyes of a culturally conflicted young woman, took three prizes at the 2018 Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) awards, including Best Film.

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ROMA and THE FAVOURITE in Record Tie for Best Film Honors from Kansas City Film Critics

Roma

Roma and The Favourite took home three Kansas City Film Critics Circle’s James Loutzenhiser Awards each, and for the first time since 1992 and the fourth time in the organization’s 53-year history tied for the top prize of Best Film. Roma also won Best Foreign Film and helmer Alfonso Cuarón collected the Robert Altman Award for Best Director.

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9 Award Categories incl. Documentary, Foreign Language Film, Short Film Shortlists Revealed for 91st Oscars

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars^® in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.

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IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Named Best Film of 2018 by Boston Society of Film Critics

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel won three award honors, including Best Picture of 2018 from the Boston Society of Film Critics.

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ROMA, THE RIDER, WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR Win 2018 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Honors

The Rider by Chloe Zhao

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the musical drama A STAR IS BORN as the best film of 2018. Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were ROMA (2), THE FAVOURITE (3), VICE (4), BLACKkKLANSMAN (5), BLACK PANTHER (6), GREEN BOOK (7), IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (8), EIGHTH GRADE (9), and CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? (10).

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Jeff Bridges to Receive 2019 Cecil B. deMille Award at Golden Globes

Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski

Golden Globe winner Jeff Bridges of such legendary films as Crazy Heart, The Big Lebowski, True Grit and The Fabulous Baker Boys, will be honored with the 2019 Cecil B. deMille Award at the 76th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 6, 2019.

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Beaufort International Film Festival Announces 2019 Finalists

In the Orchard

The thirteenth annual Beaufort International Film Festival will host thousands of film lovers from around the world starting February 19 through February 24, 2019, in the historic coastal town of Beaufort, SC.

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