Helen Reddy, the Australian-born singer known worldwide for her hit song “I Am Woman” making her a feminist anthem and the subject of the biopic of the same title, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 78.
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BFI London Film Fest: Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award
Cathy Brady, Aleem Khan and Francis Lee Shortlisted for Filmmaker Award Three British filmmakers – Cathy Brady, writer/director of her debut feature Wildfire, Aleem Khan, writer/ director of his debut feature After Love and Francis Lee, writer/director of his sophomore feature Ammonite – are shortlisted for the IWC Schaffhausen Filmmaker Bursary Award which will be announced at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival.
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SUMMER OF 85, ANOTHER ROUND, THE BIG HIT Among 6 Films Completing European Film Awards Feature Film Selection 2020
THE BIG HIT (UN TRIOMPHE) directed by Emmanuel Courcol The European Film Academy has added six more film titles for the second part of this year’s EFA Feature Film Selection. Due to Covid-19 and the related restrictions, the EFA Feature Film Selection 2020 was announced in two steps: 32 films were already announced in August, with the six titles added today, the list is now complete. Together, the 38 films from part 1 and 2 form the EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature-length fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2020.
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Toronto Film Festival and International Film Organizations Call for Release of Sudanese Filmmaker Hajooj Kuka
Hajooj Kuka Toronto International Film Festival and the International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk (ICFR*) and its founding institutions, the European Film Academy, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and International Film Festival Rotterdam have issued calls for the Sudanese authorities to release filmmaker Hajooj Kuka and the four artists imprisoned with him.
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RIP Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Dies At 87
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in RBG by Betsy West and Julie Cohen Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and profiled in the 2018 award winning documentary RBG died Friday. She was 87. The Supreme Court announced her death, saying the cause was complications from metastatic cancer of the pancreas.
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IF/Then Shorts Selects 6 Finalists for Inaugural North Shorts Program
FLATBUSH! FLATBUSH! directed by Alex Mallis IF/Then Shorts announced the finalists for the inaugural North Shorts Program, a fellowship and fund in partnership with Points North Institute, LEF Foundation, and ScreeningRoom.
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APOLLO 11, THE CAVE, and AMERICAN FACTORY Win at 72nd Primetime Emmys
APOLLO 11 directed by Todd Douglas Miller The documentary Apollo 11 won 3 Emmys on night one of the 2020 Creative Arts ceremonies of the 72nd Primetime Emmy® Awards. The film won in the sound categories for nonfiction/reality programming and also won outstanding picture editing for a nonfiction program.
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European Film Academy and Berlin Film Festival Calls for Release of Iranian Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh The European Film Academy and the Berlin International Film Festival issued a statement calling for the immediate and unconditional release of writer, human rights lawyer, and activist Nasrin Sotoudeh.
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2020 Louisiana Film Prize Reveals 20 Finalists Competing for $25,000 Grand Prize
GREEN’S ALLEY directed by Abigail Kruger The 2020 Louisiana Film Prize announced the 20 finalists who will compete for a $25,000 grand prize (the world’s largest cash prize for a narrative short film). The 9th edition of the award-winning Louisiana Film Prize will be take place virtually this year with viewing and voting online open, for the first time ever, to an international audience. The grand prize winner will be determined, as in past years, via a rare combination of voting from audience members and judges comprised of film and industry veterans, tastemakers, and celebrities.
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PARASITE Leads Nominations for 14th Asian Film Awards
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho The Asian Film Awards Academy (“AFAA”) announced the nominations for the 14th Asian Film Awards (“AFA14”) lead by Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite with 10 nominations, followed by So Long, My Son by Wang Xiaoshuai and A Sun by Chung Mong-hong, which have both been nominated in 7 categories.
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Academy Announces Representation and Inclusion Standards for Oscars Eligibility in Best Picture Category
The cast and crew of “Parasite” accept the Oscar® for Best Picture during the live ABC Telecast of The 92nd Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 9, 2020. | Blaine Ohigashi / ©A.M.P.A.S. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative.
