Awards

 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.

The Moët British Independent Film Awards announced the following nominees for this year’s awards:

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

Metro Manila
Philomena
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up
Le Week-end

BEST DIRECTOR

Jon S Baird – Filth
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Sean Ellis – Metro Manila
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
David Mackenzie – Starred Up

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Charlie Cattrall – Titus
Tina Gharavi – I Am Nasrine
Jeremy Lovering – In Fear
Omid Nooshin – Last Passenger
Paul Wright – For Those in Peril

BEST SCREENPLAY

Jonathan Asser – Starred Up
Clio Barnard – The Selfish Giant
Steven Knight – Locke
Hanif Kureishi – Le Week-end
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan – Philomena 

BEST ACTRESS

Judi Dench – Philomena
Lindsay Duncan – Le Week-end
Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
Felicity Jones – The Invisible Woman
Saoirse Ronan – How I Live Now

BEST ACTOR

Jim Broadbent – Le Week-end
Steve Coogan – Philomena
Tom Hardy – Locke
Jack O’Connell – Starred Up
James McAvoy – Filth

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Siobhan Finneran – The Selfish Giant
Shirley Henderson – Filth
Imogen Poots – The Look Of Love
Kristin Scott Thomas – The Invisible Woman
Mia Wasikowska – The Double

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

John Arcilla – Metro Manila
Rupert Friend – Starred Up
Jeff Goldblum – Le Week-end
Eddie Marsan – Filth
Ben Mendelsohn – Starred Up

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Harley Bird – How I Live Now
Conner Chapman / Shaun Thomas – The Selfish Giant
Caity Lotz – The Machine
Jake Macapagal – Metro Manila
Chloe Pirrie – Shell

 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

A Field in England
Filth
Metro Manila
The Selfish Giant
Starred Up 

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Shaheen Baig – Casting – Starred Up
Johnnie Burn – Sound Design – Under the Skin
Amy Hubbard – Casting – The Selfish Giant
Mica Levi – Music – Under the Skin
Justine Wright – Editing – Locke

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Pussy Riot – A Punk Prayer
The Great Hip Hop Hoax
The Moo Man
The Spirit of ’45
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

BEST BRITISH SHORT

L’Assenza
Dr Easy
Dylan’s Room
Jonah
Z1

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

Blue is the Warmest Colour
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
The Great Beauty
Wadjda

THE RAINDANCE AWARD

Everyone’s Going to Die
The Machine
The Patrol
Sleeping Dogs
Titus

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film)

To Be Announced

THE VARIETY AWARD

To Be Announced

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Announced at the Moët British Independent Film Awards on Sunday December 8th, 2013

 

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“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.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

“FERAL,” Daniel Sousa, director, and Dan Golden, music and sound design (Daniel Sousa) (pictured above)

“GET A HORSE!” Lauren MacMullan, director, and Dorothy McKim, producer (Walt Disney Feature Animation)

“GLORIA VICTORIA,” Theodore Ushev, director (National Film Board of Canada)

“HOLLOW LAND,” Uri Kranot and Michelle Kranot, directors (Dansk Tegnefilm, Les Films de l’Arlequin and the National Film Board of Canada)

“THE MISSING SCARF,” Eoin Duffy, director, and Jamie Hogan, producer (Belly Creative Inc.)

“MR. HUBLOT,” Laurent Witz, director, and Alexandre Espigares, co-director (Zeilt Productions)

“POSSESSIONS,” Shuhei Morita, director (Sunrise Inc.)

“REQUIEM FOR ROMANCE,” Jonathan Ng, director (Kungfu Romance Productions Inc.)

“ROOM ON THE BROOM,” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)

“SUBCONSCIOUS PASSWORD,” Chris Landreth, director (National Film Board of Canada with the participation of Seneca College Animation Arts Centre and Copperheart Entertainment)

The Academy’s Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting at screenings held in New York and Los Angeles. Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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 FROZEN

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

The 19 submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:

“CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2”
“THE CROODS”
“DESPICABLE ME 2”
“EPIC”
“ERNEST AND CELESTINE”
“THE FAKE”
“FREE BIRDS“
“FROZEN”
“KHUMBA”
“THE LEGEND OF SARILA”
“A LETTER TO MOMO”
“MONSTERS UNIVERSITY”
“O APÓSTOLO”
“PLANES”
“PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA THE MOVIE – REBELLION”
“RIO: 2096 A STORY OF LOVE AND FURY”
“THE SMURFS 2”
“TURBO”
“THE WIND RISES”

Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying runs. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. At least eight eligible animated features must be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.

Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

 

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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 ACT OF KILLING
Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min
DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer
PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen

Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers dancing their way through musical numbers, twisting arms in film noir gangster scenes, and galloping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. 

L’ESCALE (STOP-OVER)
Switzerland/France, 100 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Kaveh Bakhtiari
PRODUCED BY: Elisabeth Garbar & Heinz Dill

In Athens, Amir, an Iranian immigrant, has a modest flat which has become a place of transit for migrants who, like him, have chosen to leave their country.

L’IMAGE MANQUANTE (THE MISSING PICTURE)
France/Cambodia, 90 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Rithy Panh 
PRODUCED BY: Catherine Dussart 

For many years, I have been looking for the missing picture: a photograph taken between 1975 and 1979 by the Khmer Rouge when they ruled over Cambodia… 

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 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).

The five nominated films in the Best Short category are THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN (Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady), THE FLOGSTA ROAR, NINE TO NINETY (Alicia Dwyer), SLOMO (Josh Izenberg), and VULTURES OF TIBET (Russell O. Bush).

The IDA Creative Recognition Awards honor excellence in cinematography, composing, editing, and writing in documentary feature films. The recipients of these awards represent the highest achievements in their respective crafts, and highlight the importance of their work in compelling documentary storytelling.  PABLO’S WINTER (cinematography by Julian Schwanitz) will be recognized with the award for Best Cinematography; LET THE FIRE BURN (edited by Nels Bangerter) will receive the Best Editing award; NARCO CULTURA (original music by Jeremy Turner) will be presented with the Best Music award; and HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS (written by Matthew Cooke) will receive the Best Writing award.

In addition to recognizing the year’s best in documentary filmmaking and nonfiction programming, the 2013 IDA Documentary Awards will be honoring director, producer and writer Alex Gibney with the organization’s Career Achievement Award. Producer Geralyn Dreyfous will receive the Amicus Award, which acknowledges friends of the documentary genre who have contributed significantly to our industry, and Laura Poitras will receive IDA’s Courage Under Fire Award in recognition of “conspicuous bravery in the pursuit of truth.”

Each year IDA also recognizes the achievements of a filmmaker who has made a significant impact at the beginning of his or her career in documentary film. This year IDA will honor Zachary Heinzerling, the producer, director and cinematographer of one of the year’s most-acclaimed films Cutie and the Boxer, with the 2013 Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award.

2013 IDA Documentary Awards

BEST FEATURE AWARD

THE ACT OF KILLING
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producers: Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Executive Producers: Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, Torstein Grude, André Singer, Joram ten Brink, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Drafthouse Films

BLACKFISH
Directors: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Producer: Manuel V. Oteyza
Writers: Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Eli Despres
Executive Producers: Judy Bart, Erica Kahn
Magnolia Pictures

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

STORIES WE TELL
Director/Writer: Sarah Polley
Producer: Anita Lee
Roadside Attractions

BEST SHORT AWARD

THE EDUCATION OF MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN
Directors: Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
Producers: Heidi Ewing; Rachel Grady; Sadia Shepard; Sara Bernstein (for HBO)
Executive Producers: Sheila Nevins (for HBO)
HBO Documentary Films

THE FLOGSTA ROAR
Director/Producer: Johan Palmgren
Writer: Johan Palmgren and Åsa Blanck
Strix Television AB, Swedish National Television

NINE TO NINETY
Director: Alicia Dwyer
Producer: Juli Vizza
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

SLOMO
Director: Josh Izenberg
Producer: Amanda Micheli
Executive Producer: Neil Izenberg
Big Young Films, Runaway Films

VULTURES OF TIBET
Director: Russell O. Bush
Producer: Elisabeth Oakham
Executive Producer: Gary Newsom
Bushfilm

BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD

180 DAYS: A YEAR INSIDE AN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL
Directors/Producers: Jacquie Jones, Garland McLaurin
Executive Producer: Jacquie Jones
NBPC/PBS

INSIDE COMBAT RESCUE
Producers: Jared McGilliard, John Collin, Jr.
Executive Producers: Jerry Decker, Ted Duvall, Richard J. Wells.
National Geographic Channel

INSIDE MAN
Producers: Kristen Vaurio, Lisa Kalikow, Shannon Gibson, Suzanne Hillinger, Lara Benario
Writers: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock
Executive Producers: Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, Morgan Spurlock
CNN

VIEWFINDER: LATIN AMERICA
Directors: Manuel Contreras, Russ Finkelstein, Alfonso Gastiaburo, Juan Pablo Rojas, Paola Gosalvez, Luciana Freitas Silva, Susanna Lira, Fernanda Polacow and Juliana Borges
Producers: Rodrigo Vazquez, Patricia Boero
Writer: Ingrid Falck
Executive Producers: Flora Gregory
Series Producer: Jean Garner
Al Jazeera English

WITNESS
Directors:David Frankham, Abdallah Omeish
Producers: Ike Martin, Allison Kunzman, Youree Henley, Julie Herrin, Josiah Hooper
Co-Producer: Ra’uf Glasgow
Executive Producers: Michael Mann, David Frankham
Blue Light Productions and Little Puppet Productions with HBO Entertainment and HBO Documentary Films

BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD

30 FOR 30
Producers: Libby Geist, Andy Billman, Kyle Godwin, Brian D’Ostilio, Jenna Anthony, Erin Leyden, Deirdre Fenton
Executive Producers: Connor Schell, John Dahl, Bill Simmons
ESPN

CURIOSITY
Producers: Geoff Deehan, Christine Weber
Executive Producers: Erik Nelson, Simon Dickson, Sanjay Singhal, Dave Harding, Mike Masland, Howard Swartz, Simon Andreae
Discovery Channel

INDEPENDENT LENS
Producer: Lois Vossen
Executive Producers: Sally Jo Fifer
Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with PBS

POV
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia López
VP of Programming & Production: Chris White
Series Producer: Andrew Catauro
American Documentary | POV in association with PBS

REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL
Producer: Joe Perskie
Executive Producers: Rick Bernstein
HBO Sports

DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD

This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field.

BETWEEN LAND AND SEA
Directors/Producers/Writers: Sarah Berkovich, J. Christian Jensen
Stanford University

MY SISTER SARAH
Directors/Producer: Elizabeth Chatelain
University of Texas at Austin

OME: TALES FROM A VANISHING HOMELAND
Director/Producer: Raul O. Paz Pastrana
Producer: Emily Parkey
MFA Social Documentary Film Department at the School of Visual Arts

SODIQ
Directors/Producers/Writer: Adeyemi Michael
National Film & Television School, UK

WHY WE RACE
Directors: Kiley Vorndran, Ryan Westra, Andrew Evers, Ben Fischinger
Producer: Kiley Vorndran
Chapman University / Dodge College of Film and Media Arts

HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD

This award is given to a film that explores the hopes and fears of human beings who are very different in culture, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs in order to break down the walls of ignorance which separate us.

ANTONS RIGHT HERE
Director: Lyubov Arkus
Producers: Konstantin Shavlovsky , Aleksandra Golutova
Writers: Lyubov Arkus
Executive Producers: Sergey Selyanov
INTERCINEMA Agency

BLOOD BROTHER
Director: Steve Hoover
Producer: Danny Yourd
Writers: Steve Hoover, Phinehas Hodges, Tyson VanSkiver
Executive Producers: Steve Hoover, Michael Killen, Kathy Dziubek, Jim Kreitzburg, Leigh Blake, John Carlin
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE SQUARE
Director: Jehane Noujaim
Producer: Karim Amer
Noujaim Films

PARE LORENTZ AWARD

The Pare Lorentz Award recognizes films that demonstrates exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justice for all and the illumination of pressing social problems.

A PLACE AT THE TABLE
Directors/Producers: Lori Silverbush and Kristi Jacobson
Producers: Julie Goldman, Ryan Harrington
Magnolia Pictures

The Pare Lorentz Committee acknowledges A RIVER CHANGES COURSE (director Kalyanee Mam) with a Special Mention.

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD

This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary.

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN REVISITED
Director/Producer: Peter Schnall
Executive Producers: Robert Redford, Andy Lack, Laura Michalchyshyn
Writers: Chana Gazit, Patrick Prentice
PARTISAN PICTURES in Association with SUNDANCE PRODUCTIONS

FREE ANGELA AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS
Director/Producer/Writer: Shola Lynch
Producers: Sidra Smith, Carole Lambert, Carine Ruszniewski
Overbrook Entertainment

LET THE FIRE BURN
Director/Producer: Jason Osder
Executive Producer: Andrew Herwitz
The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs

THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI
Director: Bill Siegel
Producers: Bill Siegel, Rachel Pikelny
Executive Producers: Justine Nagan, Gordon Quinn, Leon Gast, Kat White
Independent Television Service (ITVS), Kino Lorber

WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS
Director/Producer/Writer: Alex Gibney
Producer: Marc Shmuger
Focus World

Creative Recognition Award Winners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

PABLO’S WINTER
Cinematographer: Julian Schwanitz
Director: Chico Pereira

BEST EDITING

LET THE FIRE BURN
Editor: Nels Bangerter
Director: Jason Osder

BEST MUSIC

NARCO CULTURA
Original Music By: Jeremy Turner
Director: Shaul Schwartz

BEST WRITING

HOW TO MAKE MONEY SELLING DRUGS
Writer/Director: Matthew Cooke

 

 

 

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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.

European Cinematographer 2013 – Prix Carlo di Palma:
Asaf Sudry
for LEMALE ET HA’HALAL (FILL THE VOID)
Israel
 … for his intuitive camerawork, both realistic and poetic, studying the characters with tenderness in an environment unknown to most of us – by sensitively lighting them he provides us with deep insight into their psychology and emotions.

European Editor 2013:
Cristiano Travaglioli
for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)
Italy/France

THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA)

… for an editing which continuously stimulates the senses and creates a weave of endless meanings in the storytelling.

European Production Designer 2013:
Sarah Greenwood
for ANNA KARENINA
UK

ANNA KARENINA

… for a production design that acts as if it were a character itself – dramaturgically integrated and contributing essentially to the film’s story and style.

European Costume Designer 2013:
Paco Delgado
for BLANCANIEVES
Spain/France

BLANCANIEVES

… for a costume design combining meticulous research of Spanish tradition and craft with the freedom of a gothic fairy tale.

European Composer 2013:
Ennio Morricone
for THE BEST OFFER
Italy

THE BEST OFFER

… for proving once again his extraordinary capacity of always renewing his style while remaining faithful to the style of the director and the film – a universal composer, indeed, and a true master.

European Sound Designer 2013:
Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for PARADIES: GLAUBE (PARADISE: FAITH)
Austria/Germany/France

PARADISE: FAITH (PARADIES: GLAUBE)

… for creating a sound design, pure and radical – like a music score that transforms every day sound into a composition.

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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. 

In addition to the competitive awards, Gotham Award Tributes will be given to actor Forest Whitaker, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Katherine Oliver, and director Richard Linklater.   The Gotham Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street.in New York City.

The 2013 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations are:

Best Feature
12 YEARS A SLAVE
Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon
Milchan, Anthony Katagas, producers. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS
David Lowery, director; Tony Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Kaufman,
Cassian Elwes, producers (IFC Films)
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch, producers
(Sony Pictures Classics)
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors; Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, producers (CBS Films)
UPSTREAM COLOR
Shane Carruth, director; Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Ben LeClair, producers. (erbp)

Best Documentary
THE ACT OF KILLING
Joshua Oppenheimer, director; Signe Byrge, Joshua Oppenheimer, producers (Drafthouse Films)
THE CRASH REEL
Lucy Walker, director; Julian Cautherly, Lucy Walker, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Alan Berliner, director and producer (HBO Documentary Films)
LET THE FIRE BURN
Jason Osder, director and producer (Zeitgeist Films)
OUR NIXON
Penny Lane, director; Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, producers (Cinedigm and CNN Films)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for FRUITVALE STATION (The Weinstein Company)
Adam Leon for GIMME THE LOOT (Sundance Selects)
Alexandre Moors for BLUE CAPRICE (Sundance Selects)
Stacie Passon for CONCUSSION (RADiUS-TWC)
Amy Seimetz for SUN DON’T SHINE (Factory 25)

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (Relativity Media)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (Cinedigm)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color (erbp)
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (A24)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight (The Film Arcade and Cinedigm)
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Robin Weigert in Concussion (RADiUS-TWC)

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 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.

Nominated are:

ÄTA SOVA DÖ (Eat Sleep Die)
Sweden, 104 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Gabriela Pichler
PRODUCED BY: China Åhlander

CALL GIRL

CALL GIRL
Sweden/Norway/Ireland/Finland, 133 min
DIRECTED BY: Mikael Marcimain
WRITTEN BY: Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten
PRODUCED BY: Mimmi Spång 

MIELE

MIELE
Italy/France, 90 min
DIRECTED BY: Valeria Golino
WRITTEN BY: Francesca Marciano, Valia Santella & Valeria Golino
PRODUCED BY: Riccardo Scamarcio, Viola Prestieri, Anne-Dominique Toussaint & Raphaël Berdugo

OH BOY

OH BOY
Germany, 83 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster
PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

LA PLAGA (The Plague)

LA PLAGA (The Plague)
Spain, 85 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Neus Ballús
PRODUCED BY: Pau Subirós 

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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.

The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

“CAVEDIGGER,” Karoffilms
“FACING FEAR,” Jason Cohen Productions, LLC
“JUJITSU-ING REALITY,” Sobini Films
“KARAMA HAS NO WALLS,” Hot Spot Films
“THE LADY IN NUMBER 6: MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE,” Reed Entertainment
“PRISON TERMINAL: THE LAST DAYS OF PRIVATE JACK HALL,” Prison Terminal LLC
“RECOLLECTIONS,” notrac productions
“SLOMO,” Big Young Films and Runaway Films

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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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. 

TV One will air live broadcasts of the Image Awards and red carpet arrivals in 2014. In addition, the network will provide promotional support on TV One, Radio One and Reach Media, Interactive One, and via a multi-platform marketing campaign.  In addition, to elevate the historic organization’s initiatives, there will be dedicated coverage on News One Now, TV One’s new daily news and information program,

“We are truly honored to be partnering with the NAACP and becoming the new home for the Image Awards,” said Liggins of TV One. “Today’s announcement is a game changer for TV One and our loyal viewers across the country. As we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of TV One’s 2004 launch, I can think of no greater opportunity to thank this audience than by providing them with access to the preeminent awards show that showcases the incredible achievements of Black Americans and by creating an ongoing opportunity for dialogue around social justice issues on TV One.”

There are many well-deserving actors, authors, directors, writers, performing artists, as well as television, motion picture, recording, and literary projects that are recognized during theNAACP Image Awards.  Submissions are now being accepted until Friday, November 15, 2013 – information is available at www.naacpimageawards.net.

Nominations for the “45th NAACP Image Awards” will be announced next January.

 

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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:

Afghanistan, “Wajma – An Afghan Love Story,” Barmak Akram, director; 
Albania, “Agon,” Robert Budina, director; 
Argentina, “The German Doctor,” Lucía Puenzo, director;
Australia, “The Rocket,” Kim Mordaunt, director; 
Austria, “The Wall,” Julian Pölsler, director; 
Azerbaijan, “Steppe Man,” Shamil Aliyev, director; 
Bangladesh, “Television,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director; 
Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen, director; 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, “An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker,” Danis Tanovic, director; 
Brazil, “Neighboring Sounds,” Kleber Mendonça Filho, director; 
Bulgaria, “The Color of the Chameleon,” Emil Hristov, director; 
Cambodia, “The Missing Picture,” Rithy Panh, director; 
Canada, “Gabrielle,” Louise Archambault, director; 
Chad, “GriGris,” Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, director; 
Chile, “Gloria,” Sebastián Lelio, director; 
China, “Back to 1942,” Feng Xiaogang, director; 
Colombia, “La Playa DC,” Juan Andrés Arango, director; 
Croatia, “Halima’s Path,” Arsen Anton Ostojic, director; 
Czech Republic, “The Don Juans,” Jiri Menzel, director;
Denmark, “The Hunt,” Thomas Vinterberg, director; 
Dominican Republic, “Quien Manda?” Ronni Castillo, director; 
Ecuador, “The Porcelain Horse,” Javier Andrade, director; 
Egypt, “Winter of Discontent,” Ibrahim El Batout, director; 
Estonia, “Free Range,” Veiko Ounpuu, director; 
Finland, “Disciple,” Ulrika Bengts, director; 
France, “Renoir,” Gilles Bourdos, director; 
Georgia, “In Bloom,” Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, directors; 
Germany, “Two Lives,” Georg Maas, director; 
Greece, “Boy Eating the Bird’s Food,” Ektoras Lygizos, director; 
Hong Kong, “The Grandmaster,” Wong Kar-wai, director; 
Hungary, “The Notebook,” Janos Szasz, director; 
Iceland, “Of Horses and Men,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director; 
India, “The Good Road,” Gyan Correa, director; 
Indonesia, “Sang Kiai,” Rako Prijanto, director; 
Iran, “The Past,” Asghar Farhadi, director; 
Israel, “Bethlehem,” Yuval Adler, director; 
Italy, “The Great Beauty,” Paolo Sorrentino, director; 
Japan, “The Great Passage,” Ishii Yuya, director; 
Kazakhstan, “Shal,” Yermek Tursunov, director; 
Latvia, “Mother, I Love You,” Janis Nords, director; 
Lebanon, “Blind Intersections,” Lara Saba, director; 
Lithuania, “Conversations on Serious Topics,” Giedre Beinoriute, director; 
Luxembourg, “Blind Spot,” Christophe Wagner, director; 
Mexico, “Heli,” Amat Escalante, director; 
Moldova, “All God’s Children,” Adrian Popovici, director; 
Montenegro, “Ace of Spades – Bad Destiny,” Drasko Djurovic, director; 
Morocco, “Horses of God,” Nabil Ayouch, director; 
Nepal, “Soongava: Dance of the Orchids,” Subarna Thapa, director; 
Netherlands, “Borgman,” Alex van Warmerdam, director; 
New Zealand, “White Lies,” Dana Rotberg, director; 
Norway, “I Am Yours,” Iram Haq, director; 
Pakistan, “Zinda Bhaag,” Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, directors; 
Palestine, “Omar,” Hany Abu-Assad, director; 
Peru, “The Cleaner,” Adrian Saba, director; 
Philippines, “Transit,” Hannah Espia, director; 
Poland, “Walesa. Man of Hope,” Andrzej Wajda, director; 
Portugal, “Lines of Wellington,” Valeria Sarmiento, director; 
Romania, “Child’s Pose,” Calin Peter Netzer, director; 
Russia, “Stalingrad,” Fedor Bondarchuk, director; 
Saudi Arabia, “Wadjda,” Haifaa Al Mansour, director; 
Serbia, “Circles,” Srdan Golubovic, director; 
Singapore, “Ilo Ilo,” Anthony Chen, director; 
Slovak Republic, “My Dog Killer,” Mira Fornay, director; 
Slovenia, “Class Enemy,” Rok Bicek, director; 
South Africa, “Four Corners,” Ian Gabriel, director; 
South Korea, “Juvenile Offender,” Kang Yi-kwan, director; 
Spain, “15 Years Plus a Day,” Gracia Querejeta, director; 
Sweden, “Eat Sleep Die,” Gabriela Pichler, director; 
Switzerland, “More than Honey,” Markus Imhoof, director; 
Taiwan, “Soul,” Chung Mong-Hong, director; 
Thailand, “Countdown,” Nattawut Poonpiriya, director; 
Turkey, “The Butterfly’s Dream,” Yilmaz Erdogan, director; 
Ukraine, “Paradjanov,” Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova, directors; 
United Kingdom, “Metro Manila,” Sean Ellis, director; 
Uruguay, “Anina,” Alfredo Soderguit, director; 
Venezuela, “Breach in the Silence,” Luis Alejandro Rodríguez and Andrés Eduardo Rodríguez, directors.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

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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.

THE CONGRESS

Israel/Germany/Poland/ Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman
ANIMATION: Yoni Goodman 
Hollywood actress Robin Wright receives an unexpected offer …

JASMINE

France, 70 min
DIRECTED BY: Alain Ughetto
WRITTEN BY: Alain Ughetto & Jacques Reboud, with the collaboration of Chloé Inguenaud
ANIMATION: Alain Ughetto
A story of love and revolution emerging from plasticine…

PINOCCHIO
Italy/Luxembourg/France/ Belgium, 84 min
DIRECTED BY: Enzo d’ AIò
WRITTEN BY: Enzo d’ AIò & Umberto Marino
ANIMATION: Marco Zanoni 
Carpenter Geppetto builds a puppet and names it Pinocchio. 

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