Awards

2021 Writers Guild Awards Winners – ‘The Dissident’ Wins for Documentary Screenplay

“The Dissident” directed by Bryan Fogel

At the joint 2021 Writers Guild Awards virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21 hosted by actor Kal Penn, the documentary The Dissident, written by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel won the award for Documentary Screenplay. From the Academy Award-winning director of Icarus, Bryan Fogel, the film tells the untold story of the murder that shook the world. Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was critical of his beloved Saudi Arabia and of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s policies. On October 2, 2018, Khashoggi entered the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and never came out.

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MINARI Wins Big at Austin Film Critics Association’s 2020 Awards

Minari

Minari dominated the Austin Film Critics Association’s 2020 awards, winning 6 prizes including Best Film, Best Foreign-Language Film, Best Director for Lee Isaac Chung, and Best Ensemble. Youn Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.

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Phoenix Critics Circle 2020 Awards – MINARI Named Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film

Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari

Minari was a hit with the Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) earning the honor of best picture of 2020, along with best foreign language film and best supporting actress for Youn Yuh-jung.

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Director Shaka King Named 2021 Spirit Awards Honorary Chair + Announces Award Grant Winners

Filmmaker Shaka King on the set of Judas and the Black Messiah. Glen Wilson/2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc

Film Independent named Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker Shaka King as its Honorary Chair for the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. In his capacity as Honorary Chair, King helped announce the winners of three unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grants given to emerging filmmakers: the Someone to Watch Award, the Producers Award and the Truer Than Fiction Award.

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93rd Oscars Nominations Announced – Frances McDormand, Yuh-Jung Youn, ‘Another Round’

NOMADLAND

Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas and singer, songwriter and actor Nick Jonas announced the 93rd Oscars^® nominations today.

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‘Bye Bye Morons’ ‘Another Round’ ‘Two Of Us’ Win César Awards, Actress Corinne Masiero Strips in Protest

Bye Bye Morons (Adieu Les Cons)

The French comedy film Bye Bye Morons (Adieu Les Cons) dominated the 46th César Awards, wining Best Film along with Best Director for Albert Dupontel, Best Supporting Actor for Nicolas Mairé, Best Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design.

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‘Nomadland’ ‘Another Round’ ‘Time’ Win Georgia Film Critics 2020 Awards

Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved

Nomadland took the top honors of 2020 at the Georgia Film Critics Association 2020 awards, winning Best Picture along with Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao; and Best Cinematography for Joshua James Richards.

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‘Collective’ and ‘Boys State’ Win Top Prizes at 14th Cinema Eye Honors Awards

Steven Garza appears in Boys State by Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine.| photo by Thorsten Thielow.

Alexander Nanau’s “Collective” won the top prize for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking and Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ Boys State took the Audience Choice Prize at the 14th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony, held virtually last night.

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Directors Guild Announces Nominations ‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’ ‘Minari’ ‘Boys State’

THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION: RADHA BLANK (WRITER, DIRECTOR) as RADHA. Cr. JEONG PARK/NETFLIX ©2020

The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film and Documentary for 2020.

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‘Night of the Kings’ ‘All In: The Fight For Democracy’ Win African American Film Critics 2020 Awards

Stacey Abrams in ‘All In: The Fight For Democracy” Courtesy of Amazon Studios

“Judas and the Black Messiah” was named the year’s Best Film of 2020 by the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA), the world’s largest group of Black film critics. Night of the Kings won the honor of Best Foreign Film and Best Documentary went to All In: The Fight For Democracy.

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‘Nomadland’ and ‘Rocks’ Lead BAFTA Film Awards Nominations 2021

ROCKS directed by Sarah Gavron

Nomadland and Rocks lead the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2021, with seven, followed by The Father, Mank, Minari and Promising Young Woman with six each.

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‘Nomadland’ ‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ ‘Minari’ Win Detroit Film Critics 2020 Honors

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Nomadland took the top honors of Detroit Film Critics Society nabbing best picture of 2020, along with best director for Chloe Zhao, best actress for Frances McDormand and best adapted screenplay.

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