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The European Film Academy Board has chosen 30 films to be part of the Academy´s Feature Film Selection 2022 for the European Film Awards. The Feature Film Selection includes films that the Board of the Academy recommends to all Academy members for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2022. In a second part, 10-15 further titles for the Feature Film Selection will be announced in September.
Actress Anne Heche, known starring in films Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog, Six Days, Seven Nights and in Gus Van Sant’s remake of the horror film Psycho, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. She was 53.
The Irish-Language coming-of-age drama The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) has been selected as Ireland’s entry for the Oscars® Best International Feature Film category at the upcoming 95th annual Academy Awards.
Michael Koch’s A Piece of Sky (Drii Winter) has been selected by Switzerland to represent the country in the International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards. The film which tells a fictional story with a documentary approach, celebrated its world premiere in the International Competition at Berlin International Film Festival and was honored with a Special Mention by the International Jury.
Actor Paul Sorvino, known for staring as Paulie Cicero in the gangster film Goodfellas, and father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino, died today of natural causes. He was 83.
Award-winning director Jafar Panahi, winner of Berlin Golden Bear for “Taxi,” was arrested in Iran on Monday, becoming the the third Iranian film-maker to be arrested in less than a week. Mehr news agency reported that he was held after going to Evin prison to ask prosecutors about Mohammad Rasoulof, who was arrested last Friday along with Mostafa Aleahmad for supporting protests.
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, winner of the Berlinale Golden Bear for There Is No Evil, along with documentary filmmaker Mostafa Al-Ahmad have been arrested in Iran for posting a statement on social media urging members of the Iranian security forces to lay down their weapons..
Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement today, calling for the acquittal of filmmaker and 2022 festival juror Tsitsi Dangarembga who was apprehended in July 2020 at a protest in Harare, Zimbabwe. She has since been released on bail, but in a trial, now taking place before the Anti-Corruption Court in Harare, the decision will be made on whether to drop the case or seek a verdict.
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.
