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 Cutie and the Boxer

Forty feature films and six shorts are among the nominees for the 7th Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking.  Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer led all films with six nominations, while The Act of Killing received five. Heinzerling and the directing duos from two films nominated for Outstanding Feature –Leviathan‘s Castaing-Taylor & Paravel and After Tiller‘s Shane and Wilson – all led individual nominees with four nominations apiece. Making Cinema Eye history with his nomination in the feature film category, Lucien Castaing-Taylor becomes the first person to be nominated for Outstanding Feature after having been previously nominated for Outstanding Debut (he was nominated in 2011 for Sweetgrass).

 “AQUEL NO ERA YO (THAT WASN’T ME),” Esteban Crespo, director

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 10 live action short films that will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards®.  One hundred twenty pictures had originally qualified in the category. 

Actor and comedian Patton Oswalt will serve as host for the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The 29th annual awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 1st with the premiere broadcast airing later that evening at 10:00 pm ET/PT exclusively on IFC. 

 STARRED UP

STARRED UP led the nominations for the 16th annual Moët British Independent Film Awards with 8 nods including Best British Independent Film, Best Director for David Mackenzie, Best Screenplay for Jonathan Asser, Best Actor for Jack O’Connell, and two Best Supporting Actor nominations for Rupert Friend and Ben Mendelsohn. THE SELFISH GIANT picked up 7 nominations and Filth, Metro Manila and Le Week-end all picked up 5 nominations each.  The winners will be announced at the 16th awards ceremony which will be hosted by actor and BIFA Patron, James Nesbitt, who returns for his eighth year on Sunday December 8, 2013, at the Old Billingsgate in London.

“FERAL” directed by Daniel Sousa

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 86th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.

 FROZEN

 Nineteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.

STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE)

Three documentaries – THE ACT OF KILLING, STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE) and THE MISSING PICTURE (L’IMAGE MANQUANTE) have been nominated for the European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 category.  The European Documentary 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

 THE SQUARE directed by Jehane Noujaim

The International Documentary Association announced all of the nominees for the 29th annual IDA Documentary Awards ceremony, to be held Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Director’s Guild in Los Angeles.  The five films nominated in IDA’s Best Feature category include THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer), BLACKFISH (Gabriela Cowperthwaite), LET THE FIRE BURN (Jason Osder), THE SQUARE (Jehane Noujaim), and STORIES WE TELL (Sarah Polley).

FILL THE VOID (LEMALE ET HA’HALAL)

The European Film Academy announces the first winners in the categories cinematography, editing, production design, costume design, composer and sound design who will be honored at this year’s 26th European Film Awards. The 26th European Film Awards Ceremony. will take place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

12 YEARS A SLAVE

The nominees for the 23rd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP were announced today and 12 YEARS A SLAVE lead with three nominations followed by BLUE CAPRICE, CONCUSSION, FRUITVALE STATION, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, and UPSTREAM COLOR with two nominations each.  The Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. For 2013, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Best Actor, Best Documentary, the Audience Award, Breakthrough Actor, and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director. 

 Eat Sleep Die (ÄTA SOVA DÖ)

Five debut films have been nominated for the European Film Academy, EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI award, which is presented annually to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. The European Discovery 2013 – Prix FIPRESCI will then be presented at the European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7 , 2013.

THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 86th Academy Awards has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar nominations.