Awards

Academy President Tom Sherak announced today that Academy Award®-winner Brian Grazer will be the replacement for Brett Ratner as the producer of the 84th Academy Awards. This will be the first time Grazer has produced the Oscar® telecast.

“Brian Grazer is a renowned filmmaker who over the past 25 years has produced a diverse and extraordinary body of work,” said Sherak. “He will certainly bring his tremendous talent, creativity and relationships to the Oscars®.”

“I am thrilled to welcome Brian Grazer as my partner and that we will be  collaborating to produce an outstanding show,” echoed co-producer Don Mischer.

“It’s very gratifying to be part of a show that honors excellence in the medium to which I have devoted so much of my career,” said Grazer. “Don is a legend, and I am excited to work with him.”

“I too am delighted that Brian will join Don in producing the Academy Awards and I am looking forward to our producers delivering the movie event of the year,” commented Academy CEO Dawn Hudson.

Grazer has earned four Academy Award nominations. He won a Best Picture Oscar in 2001 for “A Beautiful Mind.” In 1984, Grazer was nominated in the writing category for “Splash,” and he received Best Picture nominations in 1995 and 2008 for “Apollo 13” and “Frost/Nixon,” respectively.  His other film credits include “Spies Like Us,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “The Nutty Professor,” “Liar Liar,” “8 Mile” and “Cinderella Man.”  His current projects include the about to be released “J. Edgar” and the just released “Tower Heist.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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One day after Brett Ratner, quit as producer of the 84th Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Tom Sherak announced that Eddie Murphy has withdrawn as host of the 84th Academy Awards. “I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well,” said Sherak.

In the statement, Murphy said, “First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party’s decision with regard to a change of producers for this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I’m sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job.”

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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Brett Ratner has resigned as a producer of the 84th annual Academy Awards after reportedly using the homophobic F-word at an event on Sunday night. He reportedly said “Rehearsal is for f*gs,” in response to a question at the event.

In a statement issued later today, the Academy said, This morning, Brett Ratner submitted his resignation as a producer of the 84th annual Academy Awards to Academy President Tom Sherak. Ratner then issued an open letter to the entertainment industry in which he explained his decision. “He did the right thing for the Academy and for himself,” Sherak said. “Words have meaning, and they have consequences. Brett is a good person, but his comments were unacceptable. We all hope this will be an opportunity to raise awareness about the harm that is caused by reckless and insensitive remarks, regardless of the intent.”

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[caption id="attachment_1623" align="alignnone" width="550"]MELANCHOLIA[/caption]

The nominations for the European Film Awards 2011 were announced at the Seville European Film Festival.  MELANCHOLIA, directed by Lars von Trier lead the nominations, with the film nominated in all the top categories including European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter, European Actress, Cinematography, Editor and Composer.  The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on December 3rd, 2011, in Berlin.

Nominated are: 

 

EUROPEAN FILM 2011
THE ARTIST, France
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Michel Hazanavicius
PRODUCED BY: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat

LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
PRODUCED BY: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti

HÆVNEN (In a Better World), Denmark
DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier
WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen
PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen

THE KING’S SPEECH, UK
DIRECTED BY: Tom Hooper
WRITTEN BY: David Seidler
PRODUCED BY: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin

LE HAVRE, Finland/France/Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Aki Kaurismäki
PRODUCED BY: Aki Kaurismäki & Karl Baumgartner

MELANCHOLIA, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Lars von Trier
PRODUCED BY: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth


EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2011
Susanne Bier for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Béla Tarr for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA


EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2011:
Kirsten Dunst in MELANCHOLIA
Cécile de France in LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)
Charlotte Gainsbourg in MELANCHOLIA
Nadezhda Markina in ELENA
Tilda Swinton in WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN


EUROPEAN ACTOR 2011:
Jean Dujardin in THE ARTIST
Colin Firth in THE KING’S SPEECH
Mikael Persbrandt in HÆVNEN (In a Better World)         
Michel Piccoli in HABEMUS PAPAM      
André Wilms in LE HAVRE

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2011:
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for LE GAMIN AU VELO (The Kid with a Bike)           
Anders Thomas Jensen for HÆVNEN (In a Better World)
Aki Kaurismäki for LE HAVRE
Lars von Trier for MELANCHOLIA

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2011:
Manuel Alberto Claro for MELANCHOLIA
Fred Kelemen for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)
Guillaume Schiffman for THE ARTIST
Adam Sikora for ESSENTIAL KILLING

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2011:
Tariq Anwar for THE KING’S SPEECH
Mathilde Bonnefoy for DREI (Three)
Molly Malene Stensgaard for MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2011:
Paola Bizzarri for HABEMUS PAPAM     
Antxón Gómez for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Jette Lehmann for MELANCHOLIA


EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2011:
Ludovic Bource for THE ARTIST
Alexandre Desplat for THE KING’S SPEECH
Alberto Iglesias for LA PIEL QUE HABITO (The Skin I Live in)
Mihály Vig for A TORINOI LO (The Turin Horse)

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[caption id="attachment_1787" align="alignnone"]Chico & Rita[/caption]

Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.

The 18 submitted features are:

“The Adventures of Tintin”

“Alois Nebel”

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”

“Arthur Christmas”

“Cars 2”

“A Cat in Paris”

“Chico & Rita”

“Gnomeo & Juliet”

“Happy Feet Two”

“Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”

“Kung Fu Panda 2”

“Mars Needs Moms”

“Puss in Boots”

“Rango”

“Rio”

“The Smurfs”

“Winnie the Pooh”

“Wrinkles”

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

 

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[caption id="attachment_1785" align="alignnone" width="550"]Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy [/caption]

Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Tyrannosaur, led the nominations for the 14th annual Moët British Independent Film Awards with seven nods.  All three films are battling for the Best British Film Award, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor or Actress awards.  We Need to Talk About Kevin and Kill List each receive six nominations with Submarine following closely with five.

Tilda Swinton received a nomination for Best Actress for her performance in We Need To Talk About Kevin, along with Rebecca Hall (The Awakening), Mia Wasikowska (Jane Eyre), MyAnna Buring (Kill List), and Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur). Brendan Gleeson (The Guard), Neil Maskell (Kill List), Michael Fassbender (Shame), Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur) were all nominated for Best Actor award.

The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, which will take place on Sunday 4 December 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

Sponsored by Moët & Chandon

SENNA

SHAME

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

TYRANNOSAUR

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST DIRECTOR

Sponsored by The Creative Partnership

Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST

Steve McQueen – SHAME

Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR

Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]

Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios

Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK

Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS

John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD

Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE

Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR



BEST SCREENPLAY

Sponsored by BBC Films

John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD

Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST

Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME

Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE

Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST ACTRESS

Sponsored by M.A.C

Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING

Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE

MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST

Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR

Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST ACTOR

Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD

Neil Maskell – KILL LIST

Michael Fassbender – SHAME

Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR



BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS

Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS

Carey Mulligan – SHAME

Sally Hawkins – SUBMARINE

Kathy Burke – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Michael Smiley – KILL LIST

Tom Hardy – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Benedict Cumberbatch – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Eddie Marsan – TYRANNOSAUR

Ezra Miller – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL

Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS

John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK

Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE

Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE

Tom Cullen – WEEKEND



BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION

Sponsored by Deluxe142

KILL LIST

TYRANNOSAUR

WEEKEND

WILD BILL

YOU INSTEAD



BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA

Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME

Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME

Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN



BEST DOCUMENTARY

HELL AND BACK AGAIN

LIFE IN A DAY

PROJECT NIM

SENNA

TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE



BEST BRITISH SHORT

0507

CHALK

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

RITE

ROUGH SKIN



BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM

ANIMAL KINGDOM

DRIVE

PINA

A SEPARATION

THE SKIN I LIVE IN



THE RAINDANCE AWARD

Sponsored by Exile Media

ACTS OF GODFREY

BLACK POND

HOLLOW

LEAVING BAGHDAD

A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP



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

Sponsored by Working Title

To Be Announced



THE VARIETY AWARD

To Be Announced



THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

Announced at the Moët British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 4 December.

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[caption id="attachment_1671" align="alignnone" width="550"]THE ARTIST by Michel Hazanavicius[/caption]

European Film Academy announced the 45 films in this year’s EFA Selection, the list of films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2011. With 32 countries represented, from A(ustria) to U(nited Kingdom), the list also covers a wide range of genres and themes from comedies about love, friendship, immigration and kidnapping to dramas about childhood, dysfunctional families and national traumas, from portraits of flawed leaders, surrealist animation and historical epics to an almost silent film in black & white.

The EFA Selection 2011

ALMANYA – WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND / ALMANYA
by Yasemin Samdereli
Germany/Turkey, 101 min.

AMÉRICA / AMERICA
by João Nuno Pinto
Portugal/Spain/Brazil/Russia, 111 min

THE ARTIST
by Michel Hazanavicius
France, 100 min.

AS IF I AM NOT THERE
by Juanita Wilson
Ireland/FYR Macedonia/Sweden, 109 min.

ATTENBERG
by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Greece, 95 min.

AVE
by Konstantin Bojanov
Bulgaria, 86 min.

BALADA TRISTE DE TROMPETA / THE LAST CIRCUS
by Alex de la Iglesia
Spain, 107 min.

BELI BELI SVET / WHITE WHITE WORLD
by Oleg Novkovic
Serbia/Germany/Sweden, 121 min.

CIRKUS COLUMBIA
by Danis Tanovic
Bosnia & Herzegovina/France/UK/Germany/Slovenia/Belgium, 113 min.

CIRKUS FANTASTICUS / SILENT SONATA
by Janez Burger
Slovenia/Ireland, 75 min.

[DREI / THREE.intern] europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/fi…
by Tom Tykwer
Germany, 119 min.

ELDFJALL / VOLCANO
by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Iceland/Denmark, 95 min.

????? / ELENA
by Andrey Zvyagintsev
Russia, 109 min.

ESSENTIAL KILLING
by Jerzy Skolimowski
Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary, 84 min.

LE GAMIN AU VÉLO / THE KID WITH A BIKE
by Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Belgium/France/Italy, 84 min.

HABEMUS PAPAM
by Nanni Moretti
Italy/France, 104 min.

HÆVNEN / IN A BETTER WORLD
by Susanne Bier
Denmark, 113 min.

HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE / STOPPED ON TRACK
by Andreas Dresen
Germany, 110 min.

HITGANVUT YEHIDIM / INFILTRATION
by Dover Kosashvili
Israel/France, 116 min.

THE KING’S SPEECH
by Tom Hooper
UK, 118 min.

LE HAVRE
by Aki Kaurismäki
Finland/France/Germany, 93 min.

LIDICE
by Petr Nikolaev
Czech Republic, 123 min.

LOVERBOY
by Catalin Mitulescu
Romania, 93 min.

MAJKI / MOTHERS
by Milcho Manchevski
FYR Macedonia, 123 min.

MELANCHOLIA
by Lars von Trier
Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany, 130 min.

NEDS
by Peter Mullan
UK, 124 min.

NOI CREDEVAMO / WE BELIEVED
by Mario Martone
Italy/France, 170 min.

OSLO 31. AUGUST / OSLO, AUGUST 31st.intern]europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/fi…
by Joachim Trier
Norway, 95 min.

??C???? (OVSYANKI) / SILENT SOULS
by Alexey Fedorchenco
Russia, 75 min.

PA NEGRE / BLACK BREAD
by Agustí Villaronga
Spain, 109 min.

LA PETITE CHAMBRE / THE LITTLE ROOM
by Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond
Switzerland/Luxembourg, 87 min.

LES PETITS MOUCHOIRS / LITTLE WHITE LIES
by Guillaume Canet
France, 154 min.

LA PIEL QUE HABITO / THE SKIN I LIVE IN
by Pedro Almodóvar
Spain, 118 min.

PLAY
by Ruben Östlund
Sweden, 113 min.

PREŽÍT SVUJ ŽIVOT / SURVIVING LIFE
by Jan Švankmajer
Czech Republic/Slovakia, 109 min.

RUNDSKOP / BULLHEAD
by Michaël R. Roskam
Belgium/the Netherlands, 123 min.

SALA SAMOBÓJCÓW / SUICIDE ROOM
by Jan Komasa
Poland, 110 min.

SVINALÄNGORNA / BEYOND
by Pernilla August
Sweden/Denmark/Finland, 96 min.

TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA / EVEN THE RAIN
by Icíar Bollaín
Spain, 99 min.

TILVA ROŠ
by Nikola Ležaic
Serbia, 95 min.

TIRZA
by Rudolf van den Berg
The Netherlands, 102 min.

TOMBOY
by Céline Sciamma
France, 84 min.

A TORINÓI LÓ / THE TURIN HORSE
by Béla Tarr
Hungary/France/Switzerland/Germany, 146 min.

DIE UNABSICHTLICHE ENTFÜHRUNG DER FRAU ELFRIEDE OTT / THE UNINTENTIONAL KIDNAPPING OF ELFRIEDE OTT
by Andreas Prochaska
Austria, 112 min.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
by Lynne Ramsay
UK, 111 min.

 

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[caption id="attachment_1762" align="alignnone" width="550"]Best Feature Nominee – Meek’s Cutoff[/caption]

The IFP’s Gotham Independent Film Awards™ nominations were announced today; twenty four films will compete in six competitive categories for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.

The nominees for the 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards are:
Best Feature

Beginners

Mike Mills, director; Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda de Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features)

The Descendants

Alexander Payne, director; Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Meek’s Cutoff

Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, producers (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Take Shelter

Jeff Nichols, director; Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)

The Tree of Life

Terrence Malick, director; Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Documentary

Better This World

Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega, directors; Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Mike Nicholson, producers (Loteria Films, Picturebox, Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures; ITVS in association with American Documentary | POV)

Bill Cunningham New York

Richard Press, director; Philip Gefter, producer (Zeitgeist Films)

Hell and Back Again

Danfung Dennis, director; Mike Lerner, Martin Herring, producers (Docurama Films)

The Interrupters

Steve James, director; Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James, producers (The Cinema Guild)

The Woodmans

C. Scott Willis, director; Neil Barrett, Jeff Werner, C. Scott Willis, producers (Lorber Films; Kino Lorber, Inc.)

Best Ensemble Performance

Beginners

Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos (Focus Features)

The Descendants

George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Margin Call

Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi (Roadside Attractions)

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Take Shelter

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisagay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet (Sony Pictures Classics)

Breakthrough Director

Mike Cahill for Another Earth (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground (Sony Pictures Classics)

Evan Glodell for Bellflower (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Dee Rees for Pariah (Focus Features)

Breakthrough Actor

Felicity Jones in Like Crazy (Paramount Vantage)

Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Harmony Santana in Gun Hill Road (Motion Film Group)

Shailene Woodley in The Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Jacob Wysocki in Terri (ATO Pictures)

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same

Madeleine Olnek, director; Laura Terruso, Madeleine Olnek, producers

Green

Sophia Takal, director; Lawrence Michael Levine, producer

The Redemption of General Butt Naked

Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion, directors and producers

Scenes of a Crime

Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock, directors and producers

Without

Mark Jackson, director; Mark Jackson, Jessica Dimmock, Michael Requa, Jaime Keeling, producers

New this year, IFP will present the inaugural euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumnus of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.

The nominees are:

Jenny Deller, director, FUTURE WEATHER

Lucy Mulloy, director, UNA NOCHE

Rola Nashef, director, DETROIT UNLEADED

The 2nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award will be voted on again by the independent film community, 230,000 film fans worldwide. To be eligible, a U.S. film must have won an audience award at one of the top 50 U.S. or Canadian film festivals from November 2010 through October 2011. Voting begins today at http://gotham.ifp.org/audience_award. The nominees will be announced November 7th and the winner will be revealed at the Gotham Awards ceremony.

The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street. In addition to the competitive awards, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman will each be presented with a career tribute.

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[caption id="attachment_1730" align="alignnone" width="550"]First time entrant New Zealand – The Orator directed by Tusi Tamasese[/caption]

Sixty-three countries, including first-time entrant New Zealand, have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 84th Academy Awards®.

The 2011 submissions are:
Albania, “Amnesty,” Bujar Alimani, director;
Argentina, “Aballay,” Fernando Spiner, director;
Austria, “Breathing,” Karl Markovics, director;
Belgium, “Bullhead,” Michael R. Roskam, director;
Bosnia and Herzegovina,”Belvedere,” Ahmed Imamovic, director;
Brazil, “Elite Squad: The Enemy Within,” José Padilha, director;
Bulgaria, “Tilt,” Viktor Chouchkov, Jr., director;
Canada, “Monsieur Lazhar,” Philippe Falardeau, director;
Chile, “Violeta Went to Heaven,” Andrés Wood, director;
China, “The Flowers of War,” Zhang Yimou, director;
Colombia, “The Colors of the Mountain,” Carlos César Arbeláez, director;
Croatia, “72 Days,” Danilo Serbedzija, director;
Cuba, “Havanastation,” Ian Padrón, director;
Czech Republic,”Alois Nebel,” Tomás Lunák, director;
Denmark, “Superclásico,” Ole Christian Madsen, director;
Dominican Republic,”Love Child,” Leticia Tonos, director;
Egypt, “Lust,” Khaled el Hagar, director;
Estonia, “Letters to Angel,” Sulev Keedus, director;
Finland, “Le Havre,” Aki Kaurismäki, director;
France, “Declaration of War,” Valérie Donzelli, director;
Georgia, “Chantrapas,” Otar Iosseliani, director;
Germany, “Pina,” Wim Wenders, director;
Greece, “Attenberg,” Athina Rachel Tsangari, director;
Hong Kong,”A Simple Life,” Ann Hui, director;
Hungary, “The Turin Horse,” Béela Tarr, director;
Iceland, “Volcano,” Rúnar Rúnarsson, director;
India, “Abu, Son of Adam,” Salim Ahamed, director;
Indonesia, “Under the Protection of Ka’Bah,” Hanny R. Saputra, director;
Iran, “A Separation,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
Ireland, “As If I Am Not There,” Juanita Wilson, director;
Israel, “Footnote,” Joseph Cedar, director;
Italy, “Terraferma,” Emanuele Crialese, director;
Japan, “Postcard,” Kaneto Shindo, director;
Kazakhstan, “Returning to the ‘A,’” Egor Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky, director;
Lebanon, “Where Do We Go Now?” Nadine Labaki, director;
Lithuania, “Back to Your Arms,” Kristijonas Vildziunas, director;
Macedonia, “Punk Is Not Dead,” Vladimir Blazevski, director;
Mexico, “Miss Bala,” Gerardo Naranjo, director;
Morocco, “Omar Killed Me,” Roschdy Zem, director;
Netherlands, “Sonny Boy,” Maria Peters, director;
New Zealand,”The Orator,” Tusi Tamasese, director;
Norway, “Happy, Happy,” Anne Sewitsky, director;
Peru, “October,” Diego Vega and Daniel Vega, directors;
Philippines, “The Woman in the Septic Tank,” Marlon N. Rivera, director;
Poland, “In Darkness,” Agnieszka Holland, director;
Portugal, “José and Pilar,” Miguel Gonçalves Mendes, director;
Romania, “Morgen,” Marian Crisan, director;
Russia, “Burnt by the Sun 2: The Citadel,” Nikita Mikhalkov, director;
Serbia, “Montevideo: Taste of a Dream,” Dragan Bjelogrlić, director;
Singapore, “Tatsumi,” Eric Khoo, director;
Slovak Republic,”Gypsy,” Martin Sulík, director;
South Africa,”Beauty,” Oliver Hermanus, director;
South Korea,”The Front Line,” Jang Hun, director;
Spain, “Black Bread,” Agusti Villaronga, director;
Sweden, “Beyond,” Pernilla August, director;
Switzerland, “Summer Games,” Rolando Colla, director;
Taiwan, “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale,” Wei Te-sheng, director;
Thailand, “Kon Khon,” Sarunyu Wongkrachang, director;
Turkey, “Once upon a Time in Anatolia,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;
United Kingdom,”Patagonia,” Marc Evans, director;
Uruguay, “The Silent House,” Gustavo Hernández, director;
Venezuela, “Rumble of the Stones,” Alejandro Bellame Palacios, director;
Vietnam, “The Prince and the Pagoda Boy,” Luu Trong Ninh, director.

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012; and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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[caption id="attachment_1728" align="alignnone" width="550"]The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement[/caption]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 84th 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 company.

“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement,” Purposeful Productions, Inc.
“God Is the Bigger Elvis,” Documentress Films
“In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution,” Downtown Docs
“Incident in New Baghdad,” Morninglight Films
“Pipe Dreams,” Leslie Iwerks Productions
“Saving Face,” Milkhaus/Jungefilm
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom,” Supply & Demand Integrated
“Witness,” Buche

The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, 2012; and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, 2012.

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Eleven films from six countries have been named as finalists for the 2012 Cinema Eye Honors for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking.  This is the second year that Cinema Eye has presented an award for Nonfiction Short Filmmaking.  Last year the award went to The Poodle Trainer, directed by Vance Malone.

2012 Cinema Eye Honors Short Film Finalists:

Bathing Micky (MICKY BADER) (Sweden/Denmark)
Directed by Frida Kempff

Diary (United Kingdom)
Directed by Tim Hetherington

Guanape Sur (Italy)
Directed by János Richter

Il Capo (The Chief) (Italy)
Directed by Yuri Ancarani

Incident by a Bank (Sweden)
Directed by Ruben Östlund

Minka (USA)
Directed by Davina Pardo

Out of Reach (POZA ZASIEGIEM) (Poland)
Directed by Jakub Stozek

Poster Girl (USA)
Directed by Sara Nesson

Ray’s Birds (USA)
Directed by Deborah Stratman

This Chair is Not Me (United Kingdom)
Directed by Andy Taylor Smith

Tussilago (Sweden)
Directed by Jonas Odell

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