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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences narrowed the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 90th Academy Awards to 10 films, of which 5 will earn Oscar nominations.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Alone,” The New York Times
“Edith+Eddie,” Heart is Red and Kartemquin Films
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Stiefel & Co.
“Heroin(e),” A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production
“Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets,” Integral Film
“Knife Skills,” TFL Films
“116 Cameras,” Birdling Films
“Ram Dass, Going Home,” Further Pictures
“Ten Meter Tower,” Plattform Produktion
“Traffic Stop,” Q-Ball ProductionsAwards
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10 Documentary Short Films Make Oscar Shortlist
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Edith+Eddie[/caption]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences narrowed the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 90th Academy Awards to 10 films, of which 5 will earn Oscar nominations.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Alone,” The New York Times
“Edith+Eddie,” Heart is Red and Kartemquin Films
“Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Stiefel & Co.
“Heroin(e),” A Netflix Original Documentary in association with The Center for Investigative Reporting, A Requisite Media Production
“Kayayo – The Living Shopping Baskets,” Integral Film
“Knife Skills,” TFL Films
“116 Cameras,” Birdling Films
“Ram Dass, Going Home,” Further Pictures
“Ten Meter Tower,” Plattform Produktion
“Traffic Stop,” Q-Ball Productions
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20 Films Advance in Visual Effects Competition for 90th Academy Awards
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the 20 films that are still in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards.
The Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee determined the preliminary shortlist. Later this month, the committee will select the 10 films that will advance to nominations voting.
Nominations for the 90th Oscars will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/ 3:30 p.m. PT.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:
“Alien: Covenant”
“Beauty and the Beast”
“Blade Runner 2049
“Dunkirk”
‘‘Ghost in the Shell”
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”
“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”
“Justice League”
“Kong: Skull Island”
“Life”
“Logan”
“Ojka”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
“The Shape of Water”
“Spider-Man Homecoming”
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“Thor: Ragnarok”
“Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
“Wonder Woman”
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10 Animated Short Films Remain in the Running for 90th Academy Awards
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Dear Basketball[/caption]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today revealed the 10 animated short films that will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. Sixty-three pictures had originally qualified in the category.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“Cradle,” Devon Manney, director (University of Southern California)
“Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, director, and Kobe Bryant, writer (Glen Keane Productions)
“Fox and the Whale,” Robin Joseph, director (Robin Joseph)
“Garden Party,” Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, directors (MOPA)
“In a Heartbeat,” Esteban Bravo and Beth David, directors (Ringling College of Art and Design)
“Life Smartphone,” Chenglin Xie, director (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)
“Lost Property Office,” Daniel Agdag, director, and Liz Kearney, producer (8th in Line)
“Lou,” Dave Mullins, director, and Dana Murray, producer (Pixar Animation Studios)
“Negative Space,” Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, directors (Ikki Films)
“Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
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Nominations Announced for 45th Annie Awards, LOVING VINCENT, THE BREADWINNER and More…
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Loving Vincent[/caption]
The nominations were announced today for the 45th Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. Best Animated Feature-Independent, spotlighting features with a much smaller distribution footprint than major studio releases, include: In This Corner of the World, Loving Vincent, Napping Princess, The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales and The Breadwinner.
The Annie Awards cover 36 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature-Independent, Special Productions, Commercials, Short Subjects, Student Films and Outstanding Individual Achievements, as well as the honorary Juried Awards.
The winners will be announced at a black tie ceremony on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
Best Animated Feature
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE Production Company: DreamWorks Animation CARS 3 Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios COCO Production Company: Pixar Animation Studios DESPICABLE ME 3 Production Company: Illumination THE BOSS BABY Production Company: DreamWorks AnimationBest Animated Feature-Independent
IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD Production Company: Taro Maki, GENCO, Inc. and Masao Maruyama, MAPPA Co., Ltd LOVING VINCENT Production Company: BreakThru Films, Production Company Trademark Films, Co-Production Company NAPPING PRINCESS Production Company: Nippon TV THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES Production Company: Folivari / Panique! / Studiocanal THE BREADWINNER Production Company: Cartoon Saloon / Aircraft Pictures / Melusine ProductionsBest Animated Short Subject
DEAR BASKETBALL Production Company: Glen Keane Productions, Kobe Studios, Believe Entertainment Group HEDGEHOG’S HOME Production Company: National Film Board of Canada, Bonobostudio NEGATIVE SPACE Production Company: IKKI Films / Manuel Cam Studio SCAVENGERS Production Company: Titmouse, Inc. // Adult Swim SON OF JAGUAR Production Company: Google Spotlight Stories, Reel FXBest Animated Special Production
IMAGINARY FRIEND SOCIETY “FEELING SAD” Production Company: Hornet OLAF’S FROZEN ADVENTURE Production Company: Walt Disney Animation Studios PIG: THE DAM KEEPER POEMS Production Company: Tonko House, Inc. REVOLTING RHYMES Production Company: Magic Light Pictures TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER Production Company: Walt Disney Television AnimationBest Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
BISCOTTI. UNA STORIA BUONA Production Company: Hornet JUNE Production Company: Broad Reach Pictures/Chromosphere/Lyft LEAGUE OF LEGENDS ‘LEGENDS NEVER DIE’ Production Company: Passion Animation Studios PLEASE THE CHEESE Production Company: Psyop SAINSBURY’S ‘THE GREATEST GIFT’ Production Company: Passion Animation StudiosBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS Episode: Goofy Gas! Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation OCTONAUTS Episode: Operation Deep Freeze Production Company: Vampire Squid Productions Limited, a Silvergate Media company, in association with Brown Bag Films PEG + CAT, THE MARIACHI PROBLEM Episode: 220B, The Mariachi Problem Production Company: The Fred Rogers Company/ 100 Chickens Productions THE STINKY & DIRTY SHOW Episode: HaHaHigher / The Waiting Game Production Company: Amazon Studios THROUGH THE WOODS Episode: A Snowy Morning Production Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, The Fred Rogers Company, PIP Animation ServicesBest Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
BUDDY THUNDERSTRUCK Episode: To Protect and Swerve / Robo Truck of the Future Production Company: Stoopid Buddy and American Greetings for Netflix LOST IN OZ Episode: The Pearl of Pingaree Production Company: Amazon Studios NIKO AND THE SWORD OF LIGHT Episode: From the Cliffs of Catastrophe to the Pools of Destiny Production Company: Amazon Studios TANGLED: THE SERIES – Episode: Queen for a Day Production Company: Walt Disney Television Animation WE BARE BEARS Episode: Panda’s Art Production Company: Cartoon Network Animation StudiosBest General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
BIG MOUTH Episode: Am I Gay? Production Company: Netflix BOJACK HORSEMAN Episode: Stupid Piece of Sh*t Production Company: Tornante Productions, LLC for Netflix RICK AND MORTY Episode: 303 – “Pickle Rick” Production Company: Williams Street Productions ROBOT CHICKEN Episode: Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition Production Company: Stoopid Buddy Stoodios SAMURAI JACK Episode: XCIII Production Company: Adult SwimBest Student Film
CRADLE Studio Company: Devon Manney Students: Devon Manney ELSEWHERE Studio Company: Junyi Xiao Students: Junyi Xiao GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBUDS! Studio Company: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg GmbH Students: Director: Benedikt Hummel, Sound Design & Mix: Lena Beck, Music: Andreas Pfeiffer, Producer: Stefan Michel ONCE A HERO Studio Company: XiaLi Students: Xia Li POLES APART Studio Company: Paloma Baeza Students: Director: Paloma Baeza, Producer: Ser En Low, All Student Crew
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“CALL ME BY YOUR NAME,” “FACES PLACES,” “BPM,” “LOVELESS” Win 2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Honors
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) voted Call Me By Your Name the Best Picture of 2017, along with Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, and Best Director for Luca Guadagnino – a tie win with Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water. Best Documentary went to the Faces Places, and Best Foreign-Language Film was a tie win for BPM AND Loveless.
2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
BEST PICTURE
“CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” RUNNER-UP: “THE FLORIDA PROJECT”BEST DIRECTOR
GUILLERMO DEL TORO, “THE SHAPE OF WATER” AND LUCA GUADAGNINO, “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” (TIE)BEST ACTOR
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET “CALL ME BY YOUR NAME” RUNNER-UP: JAMES FRANCO (“THE DISASTER ARTIST“)BEST ACTRESS
SALLY HAWKINS “THE SHAPE OF WATER” RUNNER-UP: FRANCES MCDORMAND (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI“)BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
WILLEM DAFOE “THE FLORIDA PROJECT” RUNNER-UP: SAM ROCKWELL (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI “)BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
LAURIE METCALF “LADY BIRD” RUNNER-UP: MARY J. BLIGE (” MUDBOUND“)BEST SCREENPLAY
JORDAN PEELE “GET OUT” RUNNER-UP: MARTIN MCDONAGH (“THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI“)BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
DENNIS GASSNER “BLADE RUNNER” RUNNER-UP: PAUL D. AUSTERBERRY (“THE SHAPE OF WATER“)BEST EDITING
LEE SMITH “DUNKIRK” RUNNER-UP: TATIANA S. RIEGEL (“I TONYA“)BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DAN LAUSTSEN “THE SHAPE OF WATER” RUNNER-UP: ROGER DEAKINS (“BLADE RUNNER“)BEST MUSIC SCORE
JONNY GREENWOOD “PHANTOM THREAD” RUNNER-UP: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (“THE SHAPE OF WATER“)BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“BPM” AND “LOVELESS” (TIE)BEST DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM
“FACES PLACES” RUNNER-UP: “JANE”BEST ANIMATION
“THE BREADWINNER” RUNNER-UP: “COCO”NEW GENERATION
GRETA GERWIGDOUGLAS EDWARDS INDEPENDENT / EXPERIMENTAL FILM / VIDEO
LEE ANNE SCHMITT “PURGE THIS LAND”CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
MAX VON SYDOW
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2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards: LADY BIRD Voted Best Picture, FACES PLACES Wins Best Documentary
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The New York Film Critics Circle today voted Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird the Best Picture of 2017 along with Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan. Sean Baker was named Best Director for The Florida Project, along with Best Supporting Actor for Willem Dafoe for his performance in the film.
The New York Film Critics Circle Awards gala will be held on January 3, 2018.
2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Picture LADY BIRD Best Director Sean Baker THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson PHANTOM THREAD Best Actress Saoirse Ronan LADY BIRD Best Actor Timothee Chalamet CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Best Supporting Actress Tiffany Haddish GIRLS TRIP Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Cinematographer Rachel Morrison MUDBOUND Best Animated Film Coco Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary) Faces Places Best Foreign Language Film BPM (Beats Per Minute) Best First Film Jordan Peele GET OUT Special Award Molly Haskell CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
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2017 Gotham Awards- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Wins Best Feature, STRONG ISLAND Wins Best Documentary
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The Gotham Awards officially signaled the kick-off to the film awards season last night and Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino, was one of the night’s top winners grabbing two awards – Best Feature, and Breakthrough Actor award for twenty one year old Timothee Chalamet.
Jordan Peele’s Get Out took home the most awards of the night – three awards – including Best Director, Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award, and Best Screenplay.
Best Feature
Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary
Strong Island
Best Actor
James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
Atlanta
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Breakthrough Actor
Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes
Best Screenplay
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Special Jury Award For Ensemble Performance
Mudbound: presented to Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, and Jonathan Banks
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Ava DuVernay to Receive the Industry Visionary Award at 2018 American Black Film Festival Honors
American Black Film Festival Honors will return to the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 25, 2018, with actor and comedian Cedric the Entertainer as host. The awards show, created by American Black Film Festival founder Jeff Friday, celebrates individuals of African descent who have made distinguished contributions to American culture through their work, and salutes the year’s best movies and television shows.
In addition to recognizing the top television shows and films of the year, director and producer Ava DuVernay will be presented with the 2018 ABFF Honors Industry Visionary Award.
Winner of four Emmys, the Peabody Award and the BAFTA for Best Documentary, Ava DuVernay’s Academy Award nominated “13th” was one of the most critically-acclaimed films of 2016. Previously, DuVernay directed the award-winning historical drama, “Selma,” which garnered four Golden Globe nominations and two Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. Her current directorial work includes the ratings sensation “Queen Sugar” and the upcoming Disney fantasy epic, “A Wrinkle in Time.”
In 2017, she was named one of Fortune Magazine’s 50 Greatest World Leaders. A graduate of UCLA, DuVernay is the founder of ARRAY, a grassroots distribution and advocacy collective dedicated to the amplification of films by people of color and women, which was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.
Ava DuVernay will join an illustrious list of past ABFF Honors celebrants, including actors Denzel Washington, Regina King, Don Cheadle, Diahann Carroll, Queen Latifah, Issa Rae, Terrence Howard and filmmakers and producers Ryan Coogler, F. Gary Gray and Will Packer.
“I am thrilled to honor Ava DuVernay. She is the embodiment of the importance of inclusion in Hollywood and deserves recognition as a creative force, as well as a forward-thinking leader in our industry. I’m equally excited to have the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer at the helm of what will be an enlightening and entertaining show,” says Jeff Friday, ABFF Ventures CEO.
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THE DEATH OF STALIN, LADY MACBETH Among First Winners of 2017 British Independent Film Awards
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The Death of Stalin, Lady Macbeth and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, got a jump start at the 2017 – British Independent Film Awards, winning much of the the nine newly created craft award categories.
The winners of the 2017 – British Independent Film Awards, will be announced by host Mark Gatiss at the British Independent Film Awards Ceremony on Sunday December 10 at Old Billingsgate.
Best Casting
SARAH CROWE for The Death of Stalin
Best Cinematography
ARI WEGNER for Lady Macbeth
Best Costume Design
HOLLY WADDINGTON for Lady Macbeth
Best Editing
JON GREGORY for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Effects
NICK ALLDER and BEN WHITE for The Ritual
Best Make Up & Hair Design
NICOLE STAFFORD for The Death of Stalin
Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group
CARTER BURWELL for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Production Design
CRISTINA CASALI for The Death of Stalin
Best Sound
ANNA BERTMARK for God’s Own Country
The nominees in the BIFA 2017 Craft categories were:
Best Casting SHAHEEN BAIG Lady Macbeth SHAHEEN BAIG, LAYLA MERRICK-WOLF God’s Own Country * SARAH CROWE The Death of Stalin SARAH HALLEY FINN Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DEBBIE McWILLIAMS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Best Cinematography sponsored by Blackmagic Design BEN DAVIS Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DAVID GALLEGO I Am Not a Witch TAT RADCLIFFE Jawbone THOMAS RIEDELSHEIMER Leaning Into the Wind * ARI WEGNER Lady Macbeth Best Costume Design DINAH COLLIN My Cousin Rachel SUZIE HARMAN The Death of Stalin SANDY POWELL How to Talk to Girls at Parties HOLLY REBECCA I Am Not a Witch * HOLLY WADDINGTON Lady Macbeth Best Editing JOHNNY BURKE Williams DAVID CHARAP Jawbone * JON GREGORY Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri PETER LAMBERT The Death of Stalin JOE MARTIN Us and Them Best Effects * NICK ALLDER, BEN WHITE The Ritual LUKE DODD Journeyman RONALD GRAUER, BERNARD NEWTON The Death of Stalin DAN MARTIN Double Date CHRIS REYNOLDS Their Finest Best Make Up & Hair Design JULENE PATON I Am Not a Witch JAN SEWELL, MARK COULIER Breathe NADIA STACEY Journeyman * NICOLE STAFFORD The Death of Stalin SIAN WILSON Lady Macbeth Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group * CARTER BURWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri FRED FRITH Leaning into the Wind MATT KELLY I Am Not a Witch PAUL WELLER Jawbone CHRISTOPHER WILLIS The Death of Stalin Best Production Design JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS Lady Macbeth * CRISTINA CASALI The Death of Stalin JAMES MERIFIELD Final Portrait NATHAN PARKER I Am Not a Witch EVE STEWART Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Best Sound * ANNA BERTMARK God’s Own Country MAIKEN HANSEN I Am Not a Witch ANDY SHELLEY, STEVE GRIFFITHS Jawbone JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri IAN WILSON, BECKI PONTING Breathe
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

Call Me By Your Name Call Me by Your Name leads the nominations for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards with eight nods including Best Director and Best Feature.

