For her commanding performance in Anora, as a young sex worker from Brooklyn, Mikey Madison will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Palm Springs International Film Awards.
Awards
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Kneecap, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Lead Nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024
Kneecap (Helen Sloan | Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
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Emilia Pérez, ‘The Room Next Door’ Lead Nominations for 37th European Film Awards
Karla Sofía Gascón and Adriana Paz in Emilia Pérez (Shanna Besson/Netflix) Emilia Pérez and The Room Next Door lead the nominations for the 37th European Film Awards with four nominations including the top honor of European Film. Emilia Pérez also received nominations for European Director and European Screenwriter for Jacques Audiard, and European Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón.
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Rory Kennedy to Receive Pennebaker Award at Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Rory Kennedy (Critics Choice Documentary Awards) Documentarian Rory Kennedy will receive the Pennebaker Award at the Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards on Sunday, November 10, 2024. The late Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award winner D. A. Pennebaker inspired the name of the award, and Chris Hegedus, Pennebaker’s producing partner and widow, will present it.
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ ‘Porcelain War’ Win Top Film Awards at 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) Bob Trevino Likes It directed by Tracie Laymon took both the Best Narrative Feature award and the Audience Choice Award, Narrative at the 22nd New Hampshire Film Festival (NHFF). The film stars Barbie Ferreira as a young woman who searches for her estranged father, Bob Trevino, online and forms a bond with a different man of the same name played by John Leguizamo.
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‘My Dead Friend Zoe’ ‘Porcelain War’ ‘Brooklyn, Minnesota’ Are Big Winners at 25th Woodstock Film Festival
My Dead Friend Zoe (Briarcliff Entertainment) Wrapping up on October 20th, the 25th edition of the Woodstock Film Festival announced the winners for this year’s jury award. My Dead Friend Zoe, directed by Kyle Hausmann Stokes won the Gigantic Pictures Award For Best Feature Narrative, along with the Haskell Wexler Award For Best Cinematography, and an Honorable Mention for the Best Narrative Editing Award.
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‘Armand’ and ‘Viktor’ Take Top Prizes at 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival
Armand (Cannes Film Festival) Armand directed by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel won the Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival. Viktor, directed by Olivier Sarbil, received the Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Slamdance Unveils Nominations for Inaugural The Indie Awards – The People’s Joker, Israelism, Atikamekw Suns Among Nominees Israelism
The People’s Joker by Vera Drew Slamdance has unveiled The Indie Awards, a new annual award show dedicated to celebrating independent filmmaking. The inaugural ceremony will take place on December 9, 2024, at the Directors Guild of America Theater in Los Angeles, hosted by comedians and actors Nic Novicki (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos) and Steve Way (Ramy).
