Louis C.K. today released the following statement addressing the allegations of sexual misconduct that were published in yesterday’s New York Times article. In the wake of the report, the release of his upcoming film I Love You, Daddy was canceled by the distributor, The Orchard.
I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not.
These stories are true. At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my (penis) without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your (penis) isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.
I have been remorseful of my actions. And I’ve tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions. I learned yesterday the extent to which I left these women who admired me feeling badly about themselves and cautious around other men who would never have put them in that position.
I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it.
There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for. And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.
I wish I had reacted to their admiration of me by being a good example to them as a man and given them some guidance as a comedian, including because I admired their work.
The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them. I’d be remiss to exclude the hurt that I’ve brought on people who I work with and have worked with who’s (sic) professional and personal lives have been impacted by all of this, including projects currently in production: the cast and crew of Better Things, Baskets, The Cops, One Mississippi, and I Love You Daddy (sic). I deeply regret that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused. I’ve brought anguish and hardship to the people at FX who have given me so much The Orchard who took a chance on my movie and every other entity that has bet on me through the years.
I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother.
I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.
Thank you for reading.News
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Louis C.K. Admits “These stories are true”
Louis C.K. today released the following statement addressing the allegations of sexual misconduct that were published in yesterday’s New York Times article. In the wake of the report, the release of his upcoming film I Love You, Daddy was canceled by the distributor, The Orchard.
I want to address the stories told to the New York Times by five women named Abby, Rebecca, Dana, Julia who felt able to name themselves and one who did not.
These stories are true. At the time, I said to myself that what I did was okay because I never showed a woman my (penis) without asking first, which is also true. But what I learned later in life, too late, is that when you have power over another person, asking them to look at your (penis) isn’t a question. It’s a predicament for them. The power I had over these women is that they admired me. And I wielded that power irresponsibly.
I have been remorseful of my actions. And I’ve tried to learn from them. And run from them. Now I’m aware of the extent of the impact of my actions. I learned yesterday the extent to which I left these women who admired me feeling badly about themselves and cautious around other men who would never have put them in that position.
I also took advantage of the fact that I was widely admired in my and their community, which disabled them from sharing their story and brought hardship to them when they tried because people who look up to me didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t think that I was doing any of that because my position allowed me not to think about it.
There is nothing about this that I forgive myself for. And I have to reconcile it with who I am. Which is nothing compared to the task I left them with.
I wish I had reacted to their admiration of me by being a good example to them as a man and given them some guidance as a comedian, including because I admired their work.
The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else. And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them. I’d be remiss to exclude the hurt that I’ve brought on people who I work with and have worked with who’s (sic) professional and personal lives have been impacted by all of this, including projects currently in production: the cast and crew of Better Things, Baskets, The Cops, One Mississippi, and I Love You Daddy (sic). I deeply regret that this has brought negative attention to my manager Dave Becky who only tried to mediate a situation that I caused. I’ve brought anguish and hardship to the people at FX who have given me so much The Orchard who took a chance on my movie and every other entity that has bet on me through the years.
I’ve brought pain to my family, my friends, my children and their mother.
I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.
Thank you for reading.
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26 Animated Feature Films Submitted for 90th Academy Awards
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Twenty-six features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 90th Academy Awards. Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category also may qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture.
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.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
The Boss Baby
The Breadwinner
Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie
Cars 3
Cinderella the Cat
Coco
Despicable Me 3
The Emoji Movie
Ethel & Ernest
Ferdinand
The Girl without Hands
In This Corner of the World
The Lego Batman Movie
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Loving Vincent
Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Moomins and the Winter Wonderland
My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea
Napping Princess
A Silent Voice
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Star
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
Window Horses The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
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The Orchard No Longer Releasing Louis C.K.’s I LOVE YOU, DADDY
The Orchard will has dropped Louis C.K.’s latest film I Love You, Daddy, after the publication of yesterday’s disturbing bombshell New York Times report where five women accuse the comedian of inappropriate behavior, including the disturbing allegation that he masturbated in front of them. Last night’s premiere, along with a scheduled appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was also canceled.
The distributor’s statement read: “The Orchard will not be moving forward with the release of I Love You, Daddy.”
I Love You, Daddy, written, directed, produced and starring Louis C.K., premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival in September. The film was acquired by The Orchard for a reported $5 million and was scheduled to be released in theaters on November 17.
Shot on 35mm in black and white, Louis C.K.’s I Love You, Daddy was filmed entirely in secret.
“Everything that’s difficult,” Louis C.K. once said, “you should be able to laugh about.” Don’t say you weren’t warned.
Written, directed, and edited by the comic genius The New York Times called a “stand-up Houdini,” I Love You, Daddy features the deft, conceptual acrobatics C.K.’s fans know best, but also a dive into moral hot water guaranteed to raise the temperature of any film lover. This is an edgy comedy pitched partway between the sharp social observation of his Horace and Pete series and the gasp-inducing laughs of his stand-up. And the less you know going in, the better.
As with Horace and Pete, I Love You, Daddy was made in secret, entirely off the film industry grid of development meetings, international financiers, studio production notes, and test screenings. It is pure, unfiltered Louis C.K., and shows him to be a ruthless observer of showbiz behind the scenes and human nature behind the masks. In addition to taking a central role, he has brought together a dream cast that includes Chloë Grace Moretz, Helen Hunt, Edie Falco, Rose Byrne, Pamela Adlon, Charlie Day, Ebonee Noel, and, in a role that may become one of his signatures, John Malkovich.
I Love You, Daddy also shows C.K. to be quite a cinephile. In an old-school stroke, he shot the film on 35mm, but not just any 35mm. This up-to-the-minute satire was shot on rich, timeless black-and-white film, in a throwback to the classics that inspired it. We don’t see this kind of movie anymore. As for the actions of the characters on display here, we’ll continue to see them so long as artists pursue their visions, and people their desires. [ Toronto International Film Festival]
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ON BODY AND SOUL and THE SQUARE Lead Nominations for European Film Awards
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Ildikó Enyedi’s ON BODY AND SOUL and Ruben Östlund’s social satire THE SQUARE, lead the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards with four nominations each, including Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Screenwriter, as well actress Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL and actor Claes Bang in THE SQUARE.
Two films have garnered three nominations each: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s LOVELESS, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ family drama THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. LOVELESS is nominated for European Film, as well as Zvyagintsev for directing and together with Oleg Negin as screenwriter. Yorgos Lanthimos is nominated for director and, shared with co-author Efthimis Filippou, as screenwriter. Colin Farrell is nominated as actor in the film.
Aki Kaurismäki’s refugee melodrama THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is nominated for European Film and directing. The remaining film nominated for European Film is Robin Campillo’s AIDS drama BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE), actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart received a nomination as well.
Nominees for Best Documentary include AUSTERLITZ by Sergei Loznitsa (Germany); COMMUNION (Komunia) by Anna Zamecka (Poland); LA CHANA by Lucija Stojevic (Spain, Iceland, USA); STRANGER IN PARADISE by Guido Hendrikx (the Netherlands) and THE GOOD POSTMAN by Tonislav Hristov (Finland, Bulgaria).
The winners will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.
European Film Awards 2017 Nominations
EUROPEAN FILM 2017
BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE France 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robin Campillo PRODUCED BY Marie-Ange Luciani & Hugues Charbonneau LOVELESS НЕЛЮБОВЬ (NELYUBOV) Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 127 min DIRECTED BY Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITTEN BY Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov & Gleb Fetisov ON BODY AND SOUL TESTRŐL ÉS LÉLEKRŐL Hungary 116 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ildikó Enyedi PRODUCED BY Mónika Mécs, András Muhi & Ernö Mesterházy THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN Finland, Germany 100 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Aki Kaurismäki THE SQUARE Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe BoberEUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2017
AUSTERLITZ Germany 94 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Sergei Loznitsa COMMUNION KOMUNIA Poland 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Anna Zamecka PRODUCED BY Anna Wydra, Anna Zamecka, Zuzanna Krol, Izabela Lopuch & Hanka Kastelicová LA CHANA Spain, Iceland, USA 86 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lucija Stojevic PRODUCED BY Lucija Stojevic, Greta Olafsdottir, Deirdre Towers & Susan Muska STRANGER IN PARADISE Netherlands 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Guido Hendrikx PRODUCED BY Frank van den Engel THE GOOD POSTMAN Finland, Bulgaria 80 min DIRECTED BY Tonislav Hristov WRITTEN BY: Tonislav Hristov, Lubomir Tsvetkov PRODUCED BY Kaarle Aho & Kai NordbergEUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2017
Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Aki Kaurismäki for THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Yorgos Lanthimos for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESSEUROPEAN ACTRESS 2017
Paula Beer in FRANTZ Juliette Binoche in BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL Isabelle Huppert in HAPPY END Florence Pugh in LADY MACBETHEUROPEAN ACTOR 2017
Claes Bang in THE SQUARE Colin Farrell in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Josef Hader in STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE Nahuel Pérez Biscayart in BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) Jean-Louis Trintignant in HAPPY ENDEUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2017
Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESS Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE François Ozon for FRANTZ
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Lady Macbeth Leads with 15 Nominations for 2017 British Independent Film Awards | Complete List
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Lady Macbeth topped the list of nominations for the 2017 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with 15 nominations including Best British Independent Film. The Death of Stalin, I Am Not a Witch follow with 13 nominations each; and God’s Own Country and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri each nominated 11 times. Overall, debut features dominate the nominations list, with the first-time writers, producers and directors of Lady Macbeth, I Am Not a Witch and God’s Own Country all recognized in the three newcomer categories – Debut Screenwriter, Breakthrough Producer and The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director – as well as Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best British Independent Film.
Past BIFA winners Armando Iannucci and Martin McDonagh are the writer-directors of this year’s other two Best British Independent Film nominees, The Death of Stalin and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Both films have two nominees in the Best Supporting Actor category, with The Death of Stalin’s Simon Russell Beale and Steve Buscemi taking on Three Billboards’ Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Frances McDormand is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Three Billboards and Andrea Riseborough for Supporting Actress for The Death of Stalin. Both films also have nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay.
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool has four nominations including two for past BIFA winners Jamie Bell and Julie Walters, nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Gary Oldman will receive The Variety Award at the ceremony.The Variety Award recognizes a director, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and helped to focus the international spotlight on the UK. Past winners include Kate Winslet, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Greengrass, Jude Law, Kenneth Branagh, Liam Neeson, Sir Michael Caine, Naomie Harris, Daniel Craig, Helen Mirren and Richard Curtis.
Winners will be announced by host Mark Gatiss at the British Independent Film Awards Ceremony on Sunday December 10 at Old Billingsgate.
Best British Independent Film
The Death of Stalin God’s Own Country I Am Not a Witch Lady Macbeth Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriBest International Independent Film
The Florida Project Get Out I Am Not Your Negro Loveless The SquareBest Director
Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth)Best Screenplay
Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin (The Death of Stalin) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch)Best Actress
Emily Beecham (Daphne) Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Margaret Mulubwa (I Am Not a Witch) Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) Ruth Wilson (Dark River)Best Actor
Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool) Paddy Considine (Journeyman) Johnny Harris (Jawbone) Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country) Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country)Best Supporting Actress
Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) Patricia Clarkson (The Party) Kelly MacDonald (Goodbye Christopher Robin) Andrea Riseborough (The Death of Stalin) Julie Walters (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool)Best Supporting Actor
Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) Steve Buscemi (The Death of Stalin) Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Ian Hart (God’s Own Country) Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)Most Promising Newcomer sponsored by The London EDITION
Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) Harry Gilby (Just Charlie) Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) Harry Michell (Chubby Funny) Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion)The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)
Deborah Haywood (Pin Cushion) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Thomas Napper (Jawbone) Rungani Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth)Debut Screenwriter
Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) Gaby Chiappe (Their Finest) Johnny Harris (Jawbone) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Rungani Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch)Breakthrough Producer
Gavin Humphries (Pin Cushion) Emily Morgan (I Am Not a Witch) Brendan Mullin, Katy Jackson (Bad Day For The Cut) Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Lady Macbeth) Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson (God’s Own Country)The Discovery Award
Even When I Fall Halfway In Another Life Isolani R My Pure LandBest Documentary
Almost Heaven Half Way Kingdom Of Us Uncle Howard WilliamsBest British Short Film
1745 Fish Story The Entertainer Work Wren BoysBest Cinematography
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 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 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) Effects team (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 (Breathe) Nadia Stacey (Journeyman) Nicole Stafford (The Death of Stalin) Sian Wilson (Lady Macbeth)Best Music
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) Sound team (Breathe)
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2017 Directors Guild of Canada Awards – “Luk’Luk’I” Wins Discovery Award
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The 2017 Directors Guild of Canada Awards were presented last night in Toronto, and emerging filmmaker Wayne Mapeemukwa won the 2017 DGC Discovery Award for his film Luk’Luk’I.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV1734KZvIA
Bruce McDonald won the award for Best Feature Film director for his film the Weirdos; and Fred Peabody won the award for Best Documentary Film director and Best Picture Editing for All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone.
The Awards were presented at the annual event on Saturday, October 28, 2017, and all the presenters for the evening were all female directors working in the industry today.
“Part of the DGC’s mandate is to celebrate excellence,” stated Tim Southam, National President, DGC. “And these women and men have worked together to inspire and create exceptional works. It is especially important now to showcase Canada’s successes and I am proud to work side by side with these talented filmmakers.”
2017 Directors Guild of Canada Awards
DGC LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Don Shebib DON HALDANE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Anne Sirois OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FEATURE FILM Bruce McDonald – Weirdos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXeBAw53X0 OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES Holly Dale – Mary Kills People OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES Helen Shaver – Vikings OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES Aleysa Young – Baroness Von Sketch Show OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN FAMILY SERIES Dean Bennett – Heartland ALLAN KING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DOCUMENTARY All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone – Fred Peabody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_cKC0_sGu0 BEST PICTURE EDITING – DOCUMENTARY Jim Munro – All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and The Spirit of I.F. Stone BEST SHORT FILM (tie) Gatekeeper Tuesday 10:08 A.M. BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM Awakening the Zodiac – Lisa Soper BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES Rob Gray – Cardinal BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TELEVISION SERIES John Dondertman – Orphan Black, Human Raw Material BEST PICTURE EDITING – FEATURE FILM Ron Sanders/Sandy Pereira – Mean Dreams BEST PICTURE EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES Teresa De Luca – Cardinal BEST PICTURE EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES Donald Cassidy – Vikings – In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning BEST SOUND EDITING – FEATURE FILM Ratchet & Clank – Nelson Ferreira, J.R. Fountain, Dashen Naidoo, John D. Smith BEST SOUND EDITING – MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND MINI-SERIES Cardinal – Claire Dobson, Nelson Ferreira, Paul Germann, David McCallum, Jane Tattersall BEST SOUND EDITING – TELEVISION SERIES Vikings, The Last Ship – Claire Dobson, Andrew Jablonski, David McCallum, Steve Medeiros, Brennan Mercer, Dale Sheldrake, Jane Tattersall
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4 Animation Films and 4 Comedies Nominated for European Film Awards 2017
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The European Film Academy announced the four nominations for the award categories European Animated Film 2017 and European Comedy 2017.
The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA Members to elect the winner.
The European Comedy 2017 and the European Animated Feature Film 2017 will then be presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 9, in Berlin.
FILMS NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017:
ETHEL & ERNEST UK, Luxembourg 94 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Roger Mainwood PRODUCED BY Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding & Stephan Roelants ANIMATION: Peter Dodd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1DXpgaN2zA LOUISE BY THE SHORE LOUISE EN HIVER France, Canada 75 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jean-François Laguionie PRODUCED BY Jean-Pierre Lemouland & Galilé Gauvin-Marion ANIMATION: Lionel Chauvin & Joahanna Bessière https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni9k7b2aBVo LOVING VINCENT Poland, UK 94 min DIRECTED BY Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman WRITTEN BY Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman & Jacek Dehnel PRODUCED BY Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart & Sean Bobbitt ANIMATION: Piotr Kolski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy0RVDM1sNA ZOMBILLÉNIUM France, Belgium 80 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Arthur de Pins & Alexis Ducord PRODUCED BY Henri Megalon & Léon Pérahia ANIMATION: David Nasser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fosbwa_zhb8FILMS NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017:
KING OF THE BELGIANS Belgium, Netherlands, Bulgaria 94 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jessica Woodworth & Peter Brosens PRODUCED BY Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, François Touwaide, Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Laurette Schillings, Mira Staleva & Stefan Kitanov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG9vmzUIOSk&t=10s THE SQUARE Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKDPrpJEGBY VINCENT AND THE END OF THE WORLD VINCENT Belgium, France 121 min DIRECTED BY Christophe van Rompaey WRITTEN BY Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem PRODUCED BY Dries Phlypo, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem, Emmanuel Giraud & Aurélie Bordier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBZ7TTqNHg WELCOME TO GERMANY WILLKOMMEN BEI DEN HARTMANNS Germany 116 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Simon Verhoeven PRODUCED BY Quirin Berg, Max Wiedemann, Michael Verhoeven & Stefan Gärtner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RflLJPlq7SM
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Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s VR “CARNE y ARENA” Awarded Special Oscar
Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s virtual reality installation, “CARNE y ARENA (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible),” has been given a Special Award – an Oscar statuette – in recognition of a visionary and powerful experience in storytelling.
“The Governors of the Academy are proud to present a special Oscar to ‘CARNE y ARENA,’ in which Alejandro Iñárritu and his cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki have opened for us new doors of cinematic perception,” said Academy President John Bailey. “‘CARNE y ARENA,’ Iñárritu’s multimedia art and cinema experience, is a deeply emotional and physically immersive venture into the world of migrants crossing the desert of the American southwest in early dawn light. More than even a creative breakthrough in the still emerging form of virtual reality, it viscerally connects us to the hot-button political and social realities of the U.S.-Mexico border.”
“CARNE y ARENA,” currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Fondazione Prada in Milan, and Tlatelolco Cultural Center in Mexico City, is a collaboration between Iñárritu, Lubezki, producer Mary Parent, Legendary Entertainment, Fondazione Prada, ILMxLAB, and Emerson Collective. Katie Calhoon executive produced.
In recognition of this achievement, an Oscar will be presented to “CARNE y ARENA” at the Academy’s 9th Annual Governors Awards on Saturday, November 11, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland Center.
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6 Indie Film Producers Selected for Film Independent 2017 Producing Lab, HOUSE OF TOMORROW Wins Sloan Grant
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6 indie film producers have been selected for Film Independent’s 17th annual Producing Lab. This intensive program helps filmmakers develop skills as creative, independent producers. In the Lab, selected Fellows develop strategies and action plans for bringing their feature projects to fruition. The Lab also helps to further the careers of the Producing Fellows by introducing them to film professionals who can advise them on both the craft and business of independent producing.
“Creative Producers play such an integral role in the independent film landscape today but often remain the unsung heroes in an exceedingly challenging industry,” said Jennifer Kushner, Director of Artist Development at Film Independent. “Film Independent makes it a priority to champion and support independent producers and we are thrilled to welcome this exceptional group of visionary storytellers into the Lab. We are also very excited to welcome back past Producing Lab Fellows Rebecca Green, Jim Young and Steven Berger now as mentors to the next generation of creative producers. Thanks to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation we are able to award $110,000 annually to writers, directors and producers making compelling films and television series grounded in science.”
This year’s Producing Lab lead mentor is Rebecca Green (It Follows, I’ll See You in My Dreams). Additional Creative Advisors and Guest Speakers include: Steven J. Berger (The Feels, Inheritance), Amanda Marshall (Swiss Army Man, The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Hannah Minghella, President of TriStar Pictures, Jordana Mollick (Hello, My Name is Doris) and Jim Young (The Man Who Knew Infinity).
On October 20, 2017 at the annual Film Independent Forum, Film Independent awarded a total of $90,000 in grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. A $10,000 development grant was awarded as part of Film Independent’s inaugural Episodic Lab to Michael Kogge, for his project Age of Reptiles. The 11th annual Sloan Producers Grant, a $30,000 production grant, was awarded to producer Lena Vurma for her feature film project Adventures of a Mathematician. Finally, the 3rd annual Sloan Distribution Grant, a $50,000 grant to help maximize the distribution for a film, was awarded to The House of Tomorrow written and directed by Peter Livolsi and produced by Tarik Karam and Danielle Renfew Behrens. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Nick Offerman, Asa Butterfield, Alex Wolff and Maude Apatow and will be released in early 2018. Film Independent also awards an annual $20,000 Sloan Grant through the Fast Track Finance Market during the LA Film Festival.
For the past 11 years Film Independent and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have worked hand in hand to increase public understanding of science and technology and challenge stereotypes of scientists, engineers and mathematicians through compelling artist-driven films made by new, independent voices. Past recipients of Film Independent’s Alfred P. Sloan Grants include the Spirit Award-nominated Valley of Saints; The Man Who Knew Infinity starring Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel, which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival; and Michael Almereyda’s Experimenter, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Winona Ryder, which received Film Independent’s inaugural Alfred P. Sloan Distribution Grant.
Recent projects developed through the Producing Lab include Chloé Zhao’s Spirit Award Nominated Songs My Brothers Taught Me produced by Angela C. Lee and Mollye Asher; Clay Liford’s Slash produced by Brock Williams which premiered at the 2016 South by Southwest Film Festival; Joseph Wladyka’s Spirit Award nominated Manos Sucias produced by Elena Greenlee and Márcia Mayer and Sian Heder’s Tallulah produced by David Newsom, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
2017 Producing Lab Filmmakers and Projects
Title: Adventures of a Mathematician Producer: Lena Vurma Logline: After immigrating to the US in the 1930s, gregarious Jewish mathematician Stan Ulam experiences the joy of love and discovery along with the pain of loss and homesickness, while playing a fundamental role in creating both the hydrogen bomb and the first computer. Title: College Girl Producer: Julie Hook Logline: While attending a living skills program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a young woman with Down syndrome questions her place in the world in the face of impending motherhood. Title: Death of Nintendo Producer/Writer: Valerie Martinez Logline: Set in 90’s suburban Manila, when video games were still a novelty, four 13-year-old friends take us on a journey through their colorful world where they face the horrors of pop-culture obsession, first loves and circumcision. Title: Mickey and the Bear Producer: Lizzie Shapiro Logline: In rural Montana, teenager Mickey Peck must break out of her oppressive relationship with her unstable, veteran father in order to forge her own independent identity as a woman. Title: Noor Producer: Avril Z. Speaks Logline: Caught in the throes of grief following her brother’s unsolved murder outside of a Brooklyn bodega, a black woman develops an unexpected physical connection to the Arab man who works there, causing their worlds to collide and forcing them to choose between passion and loyalty. Title: The Strays Producer: Liz Cardenas Franke Logline: After being kicked out of her home and forced to survive on her own, a 15-year-old girl finds beauty in her harsh reality when she experiences her first love with her brother’s girlfriend.
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GODLESS, LADY MACBETH, SUMMER 1993 Among 5 Films Nominated for 2017 European Film Awards European Discovery
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Five films have been nominated for the EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented as part of the European Film Awards to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film.
The European Discovery 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI will be presented at the 30th European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, December 9, in Berlin.
BLOODY MILK
PETIT PAYSAN
France
90 min
DIRECTED BY Hubert Charuel
WRITTEN BY Claude Le Pape & Hubert Charuel
PRODUCED BY Stephanie Bermann & Alexis Dulguerian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0xM1ox-tJc
GODLESS
БЕЗБОГ (BEZBOG)
Bulgaria, Denmark, France
99 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ralitza Petrova
PRODUCED BY Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen & Laurence Clerc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFsohECLkE
LADY MACBETH
UK
89 min
DIRECTED BY William Oldroyd
WRITTEN BY Alice Birch
PRODUCED BY Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDhZI4WiQ78
SUMMER 1993
ESTIU 1993
Spain
96 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Carla Simón
PRODUCED BY Valérie Delpierre, Stefan Schmitz & Maria Zamora
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxWQ5CpDqoA
THE EREMITES
DIE EINSIEDLER
Germany
110 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ronny Trocker
PRODUCED BY Paul Zischler & Susanne Mann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2bI6Vj2tU

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Three films – Viktor Jakovleski’s
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One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December.
Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.
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 Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Aida’s Secrets
Al Di Qua
All the Rage
All These Sleepless Nights
AlphaGo
The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
And the Winner Isn’t
Angels Within
Architects of Denial
Arthur Miller: Writer
Atomic Homefront
The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Bang! The Bert Berns Story
Bending the Arc
Big Sonia
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Birthright: A War Story
Bobbi Jene
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Born in China
Born to Lead: The Sal Aunese Story
Boston
Brimstone & Glory
Bronx Gothic
Burden
California Typewriter
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story
Casting JonBenet
Chasing Coral
Chasing Trane
Chavela
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City
City of Ghosts
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Cries from Syria
Cruel & Unusual
Cuba and the Cameraman
Dawson City: Frozen Time
Dealt
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Destination Unknown
Dina
Dolores
Dream Big: Engineering Our World
A Dying King: The Shah of Iran
Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends)
Earth: One Amazing Day
11/8/16
Elian
Embargo
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Escapes
Everybody Knows… Elizabeth Murray
Ex Libris – The New York Public Library
Extraordinary Ordinary People
Faces Places
The Farthest
The Final Year
Finding Oscar
500 Years
Food Evolution
For Ahkeem
The Force
The Freedom to Marry
From the Ashes
Gaga: Five Foot Two
A German Life
Get Me Roger Stone
Gilbert
God Knows Where I Am
Good Fortune
A Gray State
Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Hearing Is Believing
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Human Flow
I Am Another You
I Am Evidence
I Am Jane Doe
I Called Him Morgan
Icarus
If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
The Incomparable Rose Hartman
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power
Intent to Destroy
Jane
Jeremiah Tower The Last Magnificent
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Karl Marx City
Kedi
Keep Quiet
Kiki
LA 92
The Last Dalai Lama?
The Last Laugh
Last Men in Aleppo
Legion of Brothers
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982 – 1992
Let’s Play Two
Letters from Baghdad
Long Strange Trip
Look & See
Machines
Man in Red Bandana
Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance
Motherland
Mully
My Scientology Movie
Naples ’44
Neary’s – The Dream at the End of the Rainbow
Night School
No Greater Love
No Stone Unturned
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Nowhere to Hide
Obit
Oklahoma City
One of Us
The Paris Opera
The Pathological Optimist
Prosperity
The Pulitzer at 100
Quest
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman
The Rape of Recy Taylor
The Reagan Show
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan
Risk
A River Below
Rocky Ros Muc
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Santoalla
School Life
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Served Like a Girl
The Settlers
78/52
Shadowman
Shot! The Psycho Spiritual Mantra of Rock
Sidemen: Long Road to Glory
The Skyjacker’s Tale
Sled Dogs
Soufra
Spettacolo
Step
Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex-Trafficking
Strong Island
Surviving Peace
Swim Team
Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton
Take My Nose… Please!
They Call Us Monsters
32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide
This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous
Tickling Giants
Trophy
Twenty Two
Unrest
Vince Giordano – There’s a Future in the Past
Voyeur
Wait for Your Laugh
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
Water & Power: A California Heist
Whitney. Can I Be Me
Whose Streets?
The Work