Awards

  • ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Tops Nominations for 3rd Hollywood Critics Association Awards

    Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino
    Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino

    Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon in Hollywood tops the nominations list for the 3rd Annual Hollywood Critic Awards (previously known as The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society) with a total of eleven nominations, while Netflix’s The Irishman and A24’s Waves each earn nine. Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which premiered at Sundance back in January, scored a total of seven nominations. Todd Phillips’ controversial Joker received quite a bit of love from the members of the HCA with a total of seven nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Noah Baumbach’s widely praised Marriage Story received six nominations, including Best Actor for Adam Driver and Best Actress for Scarlett Johansson.

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  • Nominees Announced for AARP 19th Movies for Grownups Awards

    A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD directed by Marielle Heller
    A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD directed by Marielle Heller

    AARP The Magazine today announced the nominees for the upcoming 19th Annual Movies for Grownups Awards, with A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Bombshell, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Farewell, The Irishman, and The Two Popes contending for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category.

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  • Chinonye Chukwu, Marielle Heller and Lulu Wang Among 2019 SFFILM Award Honorees

    Chinonye Chukwu Marielle Heller Lulu Wang
    Chinonye Chukwu Marielle Heller Lulu Wang

    SFFILM announced some of the film luminaries receiving honors at the 2019 SFFILM Awards Night. The honorees receiving prestigious awards for film include Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency, NEON) will receive the inaugural SFFILM Special Award for Breakthrough Directing, Marielle Heller (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Sony Pictures Entertainment) will receive the Irving M. Levin Award for Film Direction, and Lulu Wang ;(The Farewell, A24) will receive the Kanbar Award for Storytelling.

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  • Adam Driver to Receive SFFILM Award for Acting

    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story
    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story

    Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Adam Driver will receive the SFFILM Award for Acting (formerly the Peter J. Owens Award) at SFFILM Awards Night, the organization’s annual fundraising celebration honoring achievement in filmmaking craft. This year’s edition of the dinner and awards presentation event takes place Tuesday, December 3 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Center.

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  • THE LIGHTHOUSE and UNCUT GEMS Lead 35th Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations

    Uncut Gems
    Uncut Gems

    The Lighthouse and Uncut Gems lead the nominations for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards with 5 nominations each. The Lighthouse is nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Male Lead, and Best Supporting Male; and Uncut Gems is nominated for Best Director, Best Editing, Best Feature, Best Male Lead, and Best Screenplay. Other nominees for Best Feature included A Hidden Life, Clemency, The Farewell, and Marriage Story. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Santa Monica beach-adjacent award show.

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  • 7 Documentary Films Nominated For 2020 Producers Guild Awards

    American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert
    American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

    The Producers Guild of America (PGA) revealed its 2020 Documentary Motion Picture nominees that will advance to the final voting process for the 31st Annual Producers Guild Awards. The Guild’s awards have been established as a bellwether for the Academy Awards, as PGA winners often predict the winners at the Oscars.

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  • THE FAVOURITE and PAIN AND GLORY Among First 2019 European Film Awards Winners

    The Favourite
    The Favourite

    THE FAVOURITE dominated the first awards at this year’s 2019 European Film Awards in the technical categories – winning for CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, COSTUME DESIGN and HAIR & MAKE-UP. Other winners include PAIN AND GLORY for PRODUCTION DESIGN; TWELVE-YEAR NIGHT for SOUND and ABOUT ENDLESSNESS for VISUAL EFFECTS

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  • APOLLO 11 Wins Top Awards at 4th Critics’ Choice Documentary Award

    APOLLO 11 directed by Todd Douglas Miller
    APOLLO 11 directed by Todd Douglas Miller

    Apollo 11 took home the most prestigious award for Best Documentary Feature as well as Best Editing for Todd Douglas Miller, Best Score for Matt Morton, Best Archival Documentary, and Best Science/Nature Documentary at the fourth annual Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards earlier this week.

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  • 159 Documentary Feature Films Submitted for 2019 Oscar Race

    DAVID HOGG in AFTER PARKLAND by Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman
    DAVID HOGG in AFTER PARKLAND by Emily Taguchi and Jake Lefferman

    One hundred fifty-nine features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.

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  • Robert De Niro to Receive 2019 SAG Life Achievement Award

    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro

    Academy Award-winning actor, producer and director Robert De Niro has been named the 56th recipient of SAG-AFTRA’s highest tribute: the SAG Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment. De Niro will be presented the performers union’s top accolade at the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards which will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 at 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT).

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  • Pedro Almodóvar’s PAIN AND GLORY and Roman Polanski’s J’ACCUSE Lead European Film Awards 2019 Nominations

    J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) directed by Roman Polanski
    J’Accuse (An Officer and a Spy) directed by Roman Polanski

    Pedro Almodóvar’s Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) and An Officer and a Spy (J’accuse) directed by Roman Polanski lead the nominations for the 32nd European Film Awards with 4 nominations each including Best European Film and Best European Director.

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  • AMERICAN FACTORY and APOLLO 11 Lead 2020 Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

    American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert
    American Factory by Steve Bognar and Julia Reichert

    American Factory, the latest verite documentary feature from Oscar-nominated filmmakers Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, and Apollo 11, Todd Douglas Miller’s recounting of the US space program through previously undiscovered archival footage, led 2020 Cinema Eye Honors nominations with 5 apiece, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature.

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