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The NAACP Image Awards is moving to a new TV home.  Under a new five-year contract, TV One becomes the television home for the association’s awards show, beginning with the live airing of the “45th NAACP Image Awards” in February 2014.  The NAACP Image Awards describes itself as the nation’s premier event celebrating the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors. 

Afghanistan, “WAJMA – AN AFGHAN LOVE STORY,” Barmak Akram, director

A record 76 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.  Moldova and Saudi Arabia are first-time entrants; Montenegro is submitting for the first time as an independent country.

The 2013 submissions are:

PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò

Three films are nominated in the category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2013 for the 2013 European Film Academy. The films are THE CONGRESS directed by Ari Folman; JASMINE directed by Alain Ughetto; and PINOCCHIO directed by Enzo d’ AIò. The European Animated Feature Film 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.

Catherine Deneuve will be honored with the LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD by the European Film Academy for “her outstanding body of work.”  Catherine Deneuve will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7th, 2013, in Berlin. Catherine Deneuve has starred in over 100 films, among them DANCER IN THE DARK by Lars von Trier, 8 FEMMES (earning her a Silver Bear in Berlin and a European Film Award) and POTICHE by […]

The European Film Academy will honor director Pedro Almodóvar with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA for his outstanding body of work.  Pedro Almodóvar will be an honorary guest at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony on December 7, 2013 in Berlin. “I am very thankful for this award. From its creation, the European Film Academy has been very generous with me and my closest collaborators,” stated Pedro Almodóvar upon receiving the news, “I […]

 “I’M SO EXCITED!” “HANNAH ARENDT”

46 films have been selected for the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2013.  The nominations will be announced on 9 November at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain, with the 26th European Film Awards presentation of the winners taking place in Berlin on 7 December.

The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Angela Lansbury, Steve Martin and Piero Tosi, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Angelina Jolie.  All four awards will be presented at the Academy’s 5th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 16, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.

3 Danish films – “THE HUNT”, “THE ACT OF KILLING” and “NORTHWEST” have made the shortlist to be the film submitted as the Danish candidate in the Foreign Language Film category for the Academy Awards. The films have been selected by a committee set up by the Danish Film Institute and film industry organizations. The final candidate is expected to be announced on Thursday, 26 September.

The Academy announced today that Ellen DeGeneres will return to host the Oscars® for a second time. DeGeneres hosted the 79th Academy Awards in 2007, for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.”  The Academy Awards® will be broadcast live on OscarSunday, March 2, 2014, on the ABC Television Network.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced category submission deadlines for 86th Academy Awards consideration.

Sixteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored last night, June 8, and received medal placements, as winners of the 40th Student Academy Awards. The ceremony was hosted by writer-director and 1978 Student Academy Award® winner Bob Saget, and writer-director Kimberly Peirce and actors Clark Gregg, Jason Schwartzman and Quvenzhané Wallis presented the awards.