The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Honorary Awards to Euzhan Palcy, Diane Warren and Peter Weir, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Michael J. Fox. The four Oscar® statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 13th Governors Awards on Saturday, November 19, 2022, in Los Angeles.
The documentary Summer of Soul (…Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson won the Arts award at the 82nd Peabody Awards. In the concert documentary film Summer of Soul, musician and debut director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson puts us in the front row of a seminal event that should be as legendary as Woodstock but had been relegated to the dusty and neglected storage bins of history: the Harlem Cultural Festival in the summer of 1969. The film weaves together interviews with attendees and cultural commentators for context with astonishing footage of festival performances from the likes of Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson, B.B. King, and many more.
Greek-French director Costa-Gavras will be honored with the Pardo alla carriera Ascona-Locarno achievement award at the 75th edition of the Locarno Film Festival taking place August 3-13 2022.
Quo Vadis, Aida? by Jasmila Žbanić has been voted the winner of the second LUX Audience Award.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC announced the 95th Oscars® will take place on Sunday, March 12, 2023. The show will air live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide from the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
The Peabody Awards announced the 60 nominees representing the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2021.
The indie darling CODA won Best Picture at the 94th annual Academy Awards along with Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur and Adapted Screenplay for Siân Heder. The film is a first on many levels, the first film by a streaming platform – Apple, and Sundance Film Festival debuting film to win the award for Best Film.
CODA continued its impressive underdog awards run, winning the award for Adapted Screenplay and Exposing Muybridge won for Documentary Screenplay at the 74th Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards.
CODA won the top prize, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures at the 33rd Producers Guild of America (PGA) awards. Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) won the Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.
Kenneth Branagh won Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups for Belfast, at AARP The Magazine’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards, explaining that it’s a memoir of a sort, about growing up during the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog won Best Picture at the 27th annual Critics Choice Awards along with Best Director and Adapted Screenplay prize for Campion.