The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announced the honorees for its 2025 Special Achievement Awards and 16th Annual AAFCA Awards.
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Malcolm Washington, RaMell Ross, ‘Nickel Boys’ Among African American Film Critics Association Award Honorees
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and director RaMell Ross on the set of Nickel Boys (Photo credit: L. Kasimu Harris | Amazon Content Services LLC)
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‘Conclave’ Leads Nominations for AARP Movies For Grownups Awards
Conclave (Focus Features) AARP The Magazine unveiled the official nominees for their annual Movies For Grownups (MFG) Awards, lead by Conclave with 6 nominations including Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director for Edward Berger, Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes, Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini, Best Supporting Actor for Stanley Tucci, and Best Screenwriter for Peter Straughan.
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Rich Peppiatt’s ‘Kneecap’ Tops Craft Awards for British Independent Film Awards with 4 Wins
Kneecap directed by Rich Peppiatt (Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, Rich Peppiatt’s comedy on the west Belfast hip-hop trio, topped the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) 2024 craft awards winning four honors, including Best Casting for Carla Stronge, Best Editing for Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill, Best Original Music for Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante and Best Music Supervision for Gary Welch and Jeanette Rehnstrom.
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Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Feature Films Eligible for 97th Academy Awards
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams in director Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece. (Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 97th Academy Awards.
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Kieran Culkin to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor for ‘A Real Pain’ at Palm Springs Film Awards
Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures) Kieran Culkin will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in A Real Pain.
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Viola Davis to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes
Viola Davis (Credit: AB+DM) Golden Globe winning actress Viola Davis has been named the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree for 2025 Golden Globes. Davis has been nominated for seven Golden Globes, winning as supporting actress in the 2016 film adaptation of August Wilson’s screenplay, “Fences,” in 2017 opposite Denzel Washington, who is also a DeMille winner.
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Revelation Perth Film Festival Announces Nominees for 5th WA Screen Culture Awards
Levi Miller in Before Dawn. (Photo credit Umbrella Entertainment Revelation Perth International Film Festival announced the nominees for the 5th annual WA Screen Culture Awards celebrating the local Western Australian film industry.
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‘Agent of Happiness’ ‘Black Box Diaries’ Among Nominees for 40th IDA Documentary Awards
Agent of Happiness (Film Movement) The The International Documentary Association (IDA) announced the nominations for the 40th IDA Documentary Awards.
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Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold to Receive Visionary Tribute at The Gothams for ‘A Complete Unknown’
Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of A Complete Unknown. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Visionary Tribute at the The Gothams for their collaboration on A Complete Unknown, the upcoming Bob Dylan biopic from Searchlight Pictures. The Gotham Visionary Tribute recognizes groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of storytelling in film.
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Steve McQueen’s Blitz to Receive SFFILM SF Honors Award
Saoirse Ronan and Steve McQueen on the set of Blitz. Photo courtesy of Apple Original Films. Blitz, written and directed by BAFTA and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen will be honored with a 2024 SF Honors Award at this year’s SFFILM SF Honors. The film stars Elliott Heffernan, Saoirse Ronan, and Harris Dickinson in an emotionally rich, intricately layered narrative about intersecting lives in London during World War II.
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