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Daniel Patrick Carbone’s HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES from 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Gets a March 2014 Release Date | VIDEO: Watch Trailer

Daniel Patrick Carbone’s directorial debut HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES, which was recognized recently with the “Best Film Still Awaiting U.S. Distribution” from the National Society of Film Critics Awards will be released after all. Tribeca Film will release HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES beginning March 25, 2014 on cable/telco and satellite video-on-demand and digital platforms, followed by a theatrical release beginning March 28, 2014. Written and directed by Carbone, the film played to rave reviews when it premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival, and received the New Directors Award at the Starz Denver Film Festival.

A dreamlike portrait of adolescence, HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES explores rural American life through the distorted lens of youth. Unfolding over one hot, hazy summer, the film follows two young brothers — nine-year-old Tommy (Ryan Jones) and 14-year-old Eric (Nathan Varnson) — as they come to terms with the mysterious death of one of Tommy’s friends.

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Italian Film THE GREAT BEAUTY Wins Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film

Paolo Sorrentino’s THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA)
Paolo Sorrentino’s THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA), beat France’s Blue is the Warmest Color; Denmark’s The Hunt; Iran’s The Past; and the Japanese animated film The wind Rises to win the award for Best Foreign Film at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards. Set in Rome, the 2013 THE GREAT BEAUTY follows Jep Gambardella, played by actor Toni Servillo, a hedonistic socialite who is forced to examine his party-filled life after his 65th birthday.
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Complete List of Winners of 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards

MOTION PICTURES

Picture, Drama: “12 Years a Slave.”

Picture, Musical or Comedy: “American Hustle.”

Actor, Drama: Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Actress, Drama: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine.”

Director: Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity.”

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Adams, “American Hustle.”

Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club.”

Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle.”

Foreign Language: “The Great Beauty.”

Animated Film: “Frozen.”

Screenplay: Spike Jonze, “Her.”

Original Score: Alex Ebert, “All Is Lost.”

Original Song: “Ordinary Love” (music by Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. and Brian Burton, lyrics by Bono), “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.”

TELEVISION

Series, Drama: “Breaking Bad.”

Actor, Drama: Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad.”

Actress, Drama: Robin Wright, “House of Cards.”

Series, Musical or Comedy: “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Actress, Musical or Comedy: Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation.”

Actor, Musical or Comedy: Andy Samberg, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

Miniseries or Movie: “Behind the Candelabra.”

Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Elisabeth Moss, “Top of the Lake.”

Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Michael Douglas, “Behind the Candelabra.”

Supporting Actress, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, “Dancing on the Edge.”

Supporting Actor, Series, Miniseries or Movie: Jon Voight, “Ray Donovan.”

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award: Woody Allen.
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Sam Berns, Featured in LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM Documentary Dies at 17

Sam Berns, who battled the rare and fatal genetic condition that accelerates the aging process and was the subject of the award winning documentary LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM, has died. He was 17. Berns died Friday due to complications from Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, commonly known as progeria. Berns was diagnosed with progeria when he was 22 months old.

In the documentary LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM, directed by by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, which premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film explores Progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease, exemplified by accelerated aging in the children who are afflicted by it. There is no treatment. There is no cure. Enter Doctors Leslie Gordon and Scott Berns. When their son, Sam, was diagnosed with progeria at age two, the prognosis was grim—the couple were simply told to enjoy the few years they had left with their only son—but they weren’t willing to give up that easily. They spearheaded a campaign to save Sam and the other children in the world who share this devastating illness. In a little more than a decade, their extraordinary advances have led not only to identifying the gene that causes progeria and testing the first experimental drug to treat it but also to the amazing discovery that it is linked to the aging process in all of us.

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Comedy LOVE & AIR SEX Gets A February 2014 Release Date and Launches 10 City Road Show | VIDEO: Watch Trailer

Bryan Poyser’s LOVE & AIR SEX (f/k/a The Bounceback) which world premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival, is headed to theaters this February with a day-and-date VOD and Theatrical release that will begin on demand February 4th and in theaters beginning February 7th. In LOVE & AIR SEX, when brokenhearted Stan (Michael Stahl-David, Cloverfield) flies to Austin for the weekend in hopes of “accidentally” running into his ex-girlfriend Cathy (Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism I & II), he arrives to find their best friends Jeff (Zach Cregger, “The Whitest Kids U Know”) and Kara (Sara Paxton, The Innkeepers) in the middle of their own vicious breakup. Before too long, battle lines are drawn – and with the Air Sex World Championships in town, anything can go down.

What is Air Sex? It’s Air Guitar meets karaoke meets mime meets perversion. Contestants get on stage and act out a wild sexual scenario to a song of their choosing, completely by yourself and (usually) completely clothed. Imported from Japan by Tim League and Henri Mazza at the Alamo Drafthouse Theaters, it’s since become a national phenomenon. It’s also a major plot point in Love & Air Sex, and the routines the characters come up with have to be seen to be believed.

“We’ve had such a blast sharing this fun, raucous movie with festival audiences,” said director Bryan Poyser. “We’re thrilled to partner with Tribeca to bring the film to theaters, along with the ‘Air Sex’ competitions featured in the film, offering audiences an ‘expanded’ cinematic experience they won’t soon forget.”

The film will also launch a 10-City “Air Sex” Road Show, featuring in-person appearances by filmmakers and cast, live “Air Sex” competitions, and shows by Austin bands featured in the film’s soundtrack.

LOVE & AIR SEX ROAD SHOW TOUR DATES
February 7 – New York, NY: Opening at Cinema Village

Guests include stars Ashley Bell, Michael Stahl-David, Sara Paxton, director Bryan Poyser, producer Trace Sheehan, and Air Sex Emcee Chris Trew among others.

February 14 – Austin, TX: Opening at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema – Slaughter Lane

Guests include director Bryan Poyser and star Sara Paxton among others.

February 20 – Dallas, TX: Opening at Texas Theater (one night only)

Guests include director Bryan Poyser and writer Steven Walters among others.

February 21- San Francisco, CA: Opening at Roxie Theater

Guests include star Michael Stahl-David and director Bryan Poyser among others.

March 1 -Los Angeles, CA: Opening at Crest Theater (one night only)

Guests include stars Zach Cregger, Sara Paxton, Michael Stahl-David, director Bryan Poyser, and producer Trace Sheehan among others.

April 19 –Seattle, WA: Opening at SIFF Cinema Uptown (one night only)

Special guests TBA.

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45th NAACP Image Awards Nominees; FRUITVALE STATION Gets Many Noms Including Outstanding Independent Motion Picture

FRUITVALE STATION

The nominees for the 45th NAACP Image Awards were announced today and The Weinstein Company lead with 17 nominations, followed by Fox Searchlight Pictures with seven nominations. The awards will be presented during the two-hour TV One telecast on Saturday, February 22. Nominees include The Weinstein Company’s FRUITVALE STATION up for numerous awards include Outstanding Motion Picture, Outstanding Independent Motion Picture, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture for Michael B. Jordan, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture for Octavia Spencer. Other films up for the award for Outstanding Independent Motion Picture include BLUE CAPRICE, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB, THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE, and THE TRIALS OF MUHAMMAD ALI.

Following is a list of categories and nominees for the 45TH NAACP Image Awards:

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture
• “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)
• “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill
Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision
Entertainment)
• “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
• Chadwick Boseman – “42” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Forest Whitaker – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• Idris Elba – “Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé,
Videovision Entertainment)
• Michael B. Jordan – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG
Project)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
• Angela Bassett – “Black Nativity” (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Mavin Pictures/Wonderful Films)
• Halle Berry – “The Call” (TriStar Pictures)
• Jennifer Hudson – “Winnie Mandela” (Ma-Afrika Films (PTY) LTD and Equinoxe Films Inc.)
• Kerry Washington – “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples” (Lionsgate)
• Nicole Beharie – “42” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
• Cuba Gooding Jr. – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• David Oyelowo – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• Morris Chestnut – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)
• Terrence Howard – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• Terrence Howard – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
• Alfre Woodard – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Lupita Nyong’o – “12 Years A Slave ” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Naomie Harris – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé,
Videovision Entertainment)
• Octavia Spencer – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)
• Oprah Winfrey – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
• “Blue Caprice” (Sundance Selects)
• “Dallas Buyers Club” (Focus Features)
• “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)
• “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete” (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate/iDeal Partners/State Street)
• “The Trials of Muhammad Ali” (Kartemquin Films)

Outstanding International Motion Picture
• “Call Me Kuchu” (Lindy Hop Pictures LLC)
• “High Tech, Low Life” (Argot Pictures)
• “La Playa D.C.” (Burning Blue)
• “Lion Ark” (ADI Films)
• “War Witch” (Item 7)

DOCUMENTARY

Outstanding Documentary – (Theatrical)
• “20 Feet from Stardom” (Tremolo & Gil Friesen Productions)
• “Call Me Kuchu” (Lindy Hop Pictures LLC)
• “Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” (Codeblack Films/Lionsgate)
• “Girl Rising” (The Documentary Group)
• “The New Black” (Promised Land Film)

Outstanding Documentary – (Television)
• “Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream” (HBO)
• “Dark Girls” (OWN)
• “Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic ” (Showtime)
• “Venus Vs.” (ESPN)
• “Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley” (HBO)

WRITING

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television)
• Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón – “Gravity” (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Brian Helgeland – “42” (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
• Danny Strong – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• John Ridley – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Ryan Coogler – “Fruitvale Station” (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker’s Significant Productions, OG Project)

DIRECTING

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television)
• Jono Oliver – “Home” (The Home Film Group)
• Justin Chadwick – “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures,
Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)
• Lee Daniels – “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin
Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
• Malcolm D. Lee – “The Best Man Holiday” (Universal Pictures)
• Steve McQueen – “12 Years A Slave” (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)

See full list of nominations here

THE ACT OF KILLING, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, STORIES WE TELL Among 2014 Cinema Eye Winners

THE ACT OF KILLING, that features former Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting their crimes, took the top prize – the award for Outstanding Feature at the 7th Annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. Sarah Polley was named the year’s Outstanding Director for STORIES WE TELL, her personal exploration of memory and storytelling. Zachary Heinzerling’s CUTIE AND THE BOXER, a portrait of the relationship between two New York artists, received three honors, including Outstanding Debut for Heinzerling, Outstanding Graphics and Animation for Art Jail and Outstanding Original Score for Yasuaki Shimizu. Dave Grohl’s SOUND CITY won the Audience Choice Prize, voted on by the public and the Legacy Award was presented to the landmark 1976 film HARLAN COUNTY, USA, about a brutal coal strike in Kentucky.

The following is a complete list of Cinema Eye Honors winners for 2014:

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking

The Act of Killing
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen
Presented by Steve James

Outstanding Achievement in Direction

Sarah Polley
Stories We Tell
Presented by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

Outstanding Achievement in Editing

Nels Bangerter
Let the Fire Burn
Presented by Thelma Schoonmaker

Audience Choice Prize

Sound City
Directed by Dave Grohl
Presented by John Flansburgh and Robin “Goldie” Goldwasser

Outstanding Achievement in Production

Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Act of Killing
Presented by Jennifer Fox and Ross Kauffman

Outstanding Nonfiction Film for Television

The Crash Reel
Directed by Lucy Walker
Produced by Julian Cautherley and Lucy Walker
For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins and Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking

A Story for the Modlins
Directed by Sergio Oksman
Presented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius Marder

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography

Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
Leviathan
Presented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius Marder

Heterodox Award

Post Tenebras Lux
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Presented by Jeremy Saulnier and Angela Tucker

Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score

Yasuaki Shimizu
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman

Spotlight Award

The Last Station
Directed by Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman

Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation

Art Jail
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film

Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane Noujaim

Legacy Award

Harlan County, USA
Directed and Produced by Barbara Kopple
Presented by Kristi Jacobson

Hell Yeah Prize

Josh Fox
Gasland and Gasland, Part 2
Presented by AJ Schnack

Documentary WATERMARK Wins Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2013 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award | VIDEO

WATERMARK, directed by Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky, described as a mesmerizing portrait of the planet’s lifeblood, won the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2013 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. Also nominated for the award were Gabrielle, directed by Louise Archambault, and The Dirties, directed by Matt Johnson. The $100,000 value of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award makes it by far the richest annual arts prize in Canada. As runners-up, Archambault and Johnson each received $5,000

Watermark is a feature documentary from multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky, marking their second collaboration after Manufactured Landscapes in 2006. The film brings together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use it and the consequences of that use. We see massive floating abalone farms off China’s Fujian coast and the construction site of the biggest arch dam in the world – the Xiluodu, six times the size of the Hoover. We visit the barren desert delta where the mighty Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean, and the water-intensive leather tanneries of Dhaka.We witness how humans are drawn to water, from the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach to the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, where thirty million people gather for a sacred bath in the Ganges at the same time. We speak with scientists who drill ice cores two kilometers deep into the Greenland Ice Sheet, and explore the sublime pristine watershed of Northern British Columbia. Shot in stunning 5K ultra high-definition video and full of soaring aerial perspectives, this film shows water as a terraforming element, as well as the magnitude of our need and use. In Watermark, the viewer is immersed in a magnificent force of nature that we all too often take for granted- until it’s gone.

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ABFF Hollywood Awards Nominations, FRUITVALE STATION Earns Multiple Nods

FRUITVALE STATION

The ABFF Hollywood Awards an online platform created to recognize the work of persons of African descent in the motion picture industry and outstanding films portraying the Black experience announce the nominees for the 2014 award season. FRUITVALE STATION is up for multiple awards including Movie of the Year, Best Actor for Michael B. Jordan, Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer, Best Screenplay, and Best Director for Ryan Coogler. Other films receiving nominations include MOTHER OF GEORGE grabbed Best Actress for Danai Gurira, and Best Screenplay for THE INEVITABLE DEFEAT OF MISTER & PETE.

Voting will take place January 15 through January 22, online at at www.abffhollywoodawards.com, and the winners will be revealed online February 19.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

12 YEARS A SLAVE (Fox Searchlight Pictures) produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan and Anthony Katagas
FRUITVALE STATION (The Weinstein Company) produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker
LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (The Weinstein Company) produced by Pam Williams, Laura Ziskin, Lee Daniels, Buddy Patrick and Cassian Elwes
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM (The Weinstein Company) produced by David M. Thompson and Anant Singh
THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (Universal Pictures) produced by Sean Daniel and Malcolm D. Lee

BEST ACTOR

Morris Chestnut The Best Man Holiday
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years A Slave
Idris Elba Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station
Forest Whitaker Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST ACTRESS

Halle Berry The Call
Danai Gurira Mother of George
LisaGaye Hamilton Go for Sisters
Nia Long The Best Man Holiday
Kerry Washington Peeples

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Cuba Gooding, Jr. Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Terrence Howard The Best Man Holiday
Samuel L. Jackson Oldboy
David Oyelowo Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Nicole Beharie 42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Naomie Harris Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Sanaa Lathan The Best Man Holiday
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave
Octavia Spencer Fruitvale Station
Oprah Winfrey Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST DIRECTOR

Ryan Coogler Fruitvale Station
Lee Daniels Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Antoine Fuqua Olympus Has Fallen
Malcolm D. Lee The Best Man Holiday
Spike Lee Oldboy
Steve McQueen 12 Years A Slave

BEST SCREENPLAY

12 Years A Slave (written by: John Ridley)
Black Nativity (written by: Kasi Lemmons)
Fruitvale Station (written by: Ryan Coogler)
The Best Man Holiday (written by: Malcolm D. Lee)
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (written by: Michael Starrbury)

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Baggage Claim
Black Nativity
Fast & Furious 6
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
The Best Man Holiday

BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Chadwick Boseman 42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Skylan Brooks The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Michael B. Jordan Fruitvale Station
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave

ARTIST OF THE YEAR for an artist (male or female) in recognition of their collective body of work for the year.

Idris Elba (appeared in: Pacific Rim, Thor: The Dark World, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Kevin Hart (appeared in: Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, This Is The End, Grudge Match; produced: Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain)
Dwayne Johnson (starred in: Snitch, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Pain & Gain, Fast & Furious 6)
Tyler Perry (appeared in: Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, wrote, directed and produced: Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor and Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas; produced: Peeples)
Forest Whitaker (appeared in: Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Black Nativity, Out of the Furnace; produced: Fruitvale Station)

STUDIO OF THE YEAR for a motion picture studio in recognition of the distribution of quality films directed by, written by, produced by or featuring in a leading role, a person(s) of African descent.

Lionsgate/Codeblack/Summit Entertainment: (Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas, Peeples, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete)
The Weinstein Company (Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Fruitvale Station, Scary Movie 5)
Twentieth Century/Fox Searchlight Pictures (12 Years A Slave, Baggage Claim, Black Nativity)
Universal Pictures (Fast & Furious 6, The Best Man Holiday, Riddick)

Indie Comedy MARVIN, SETH AND STANLEY Starring Alex Karpovsky, Sets Release Date | VIDEO

The road trip comedy MARVIN, SETH AND STANLEY, by writer/director Stephen Gurewitz, who also co-stars with Alex Karpovsky and Marvin Gurewitz heads to theaters in February, after a digital release on January 28 on cable VOD, iTunes, Amazon VUDU, X-Box, Sony Playstation and other digital outlets.

The film joins the quarreling Greenstein brothers Seth (Karpovsky) and Stanley (Gurewitz) when they reluctantly agree to join their father, Marvin, for a weekend trip in rural Minnesota. Estranged from each other, the threesome of inept outdoorsmen rediscover repressed grudges as the weekend comically devolves into a series of daytime drinking episodes and botched outdoor pursuits . A serious comedy of deceit and stilted emotions, the sharp relationships in Marvin, Seth and Stanley are buffered by the warmth of an autumnal Midwestern landscape authentically captured through 16mm color cinematography.

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THE HUNT, THE ACT OF KILLING Among Winners of Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards; THE DIRTIES Dominate Canadian Awards

THE DIRTIES

Thomas Vinterberg’s THE HUNT was named Best Foreign Film, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s THE ACT OF KILLING was selected as Best Documentary at the 14th Annual Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards. THE DIRTIES, desribed as a conceptually daring story of two film geeks plotting a high school shooting, led all winners in the Canadian section. Matt Johnson’s debut feature earned accolades for Best Canadian Film and Best First Film by a Canadian Director (a new VFCC award this year). Johnson also picked up Best Actor in a Canadian Film for his efforts in front of the camera. Best Canadian Documentary was awarded to Chelsea McMullan’s My Prairie Home, an evocative portrait of transgender musician Rae Spoon.

A complete list of winners follows.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave

BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Hunt

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing

CANADIAN AWARDS

BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Dirties

BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Matt Johnson, The Dirties

BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Sophie Desmarais, Sarah Prefers to Run

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Alexandre Landry, Gabrielle

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Lise Roy, Tom at the Farm

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Jeff Barnaby, Rhymes for Young Ghouls

BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY
My Prairie Home

BEST FIRST FILM BY A CANADIAN DIRECTOR
The Dirties

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Down River

IAN CADDELL AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Al Sens

AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT
Corinne Lea

THE ACT OF KILLING, BLACKFISH Among Films Nominated for EE British Academy Film Awards in 2014

THE ACT OF KILLING

The nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2014 were announced this morning in London and THE ACT OF KILLING received two nominations for Film Not in the English Language and Documentary. Also nominated in the Documentary category are: THE ARMSTRONG LIE, BLACKFISH, TIM’S VERMEER, and WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, THE GREAT BEAUTY, METRO MANILA and WADJDA are nominated alongside THE ACT OF KILLINg to complete for Film Not in the English Language. The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 16 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

BEST FILM
12 YEARS A SLAVE Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
AMERICAN HUSTLE Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
PHILOMENA Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
PHILOMENA Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
RUSH Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
SAVING MR. BANKS John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
THE SELFISH GIANT: Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
COLIN CARBERRY (Writer), GLENN PATTERSON (Writer) Good Vibrations
KELLY MARCEL (Writer) Saving Mr. Banks
KIERAN EVANS (Director/Writer) Kelly + Victor
PAUL WRIGHT (Director/Writer), POLLY STOKES (Producer) For Those in Peril
SCOTT GRAHAM (Director/Writer) Shell

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
THE GREAT BEAUTY Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
METRO MANILA Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
WADJDA Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

DOCUMENTARY
THE ACT OF KILLING Joshua Oppenheimer
THE ARMSTRONG LIE Alex Gibney
BLACKFISH Gabriela Cowperthwaite
TIM’S VERMEER Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
WE STEAL SECRETS: THE STORY OF WIKILEAKS Alex Gibney

ANIMATED FILM
DESPICABLE ME 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
FROZEN Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY Dan Scanlon

DIRECTOR
12 YEARS A SLAVE Steve McQueen
AMERICAN HUSTLE David O. Russell
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Paul Greengrass
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Martin Scorsese

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
AMERICAN HUSTLE Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
BLUE JASMINE Woody Allen
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
NEBRASKA Bob Nelson

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
12 YEARS A SLAVE John Ridley
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Richard LaGravenese
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Billy Ray
PHILOMENA Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Terence Winter

LEADING ACTOR
BRUCE DERN Nebraska
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR 12 Years a Slave
CHRISTIAN BALE American Hustle
LEONARDO DICAPRIO The Wolf of Wall Street
TOM HANKS Captain Phillips

LEADING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS American Hustle
CATE BLANCHETT Blue Jasmine
EMMA THOMPSON Saving Mr. Banks
JUDI DENCH Philomena
SANDRA BULLOCK Gravity

SUPPORTING ACTOR
BARKHAD ABDI Captain Phillips
BRADLEY COOPER American Hustle
DANIEL BRÜHL Rush
MATT DAMON Behind the Candelabra
MICHAEL FASSBENDER 12 Years a Slave

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
JENNIFER LAWRENCE American Hustle
JULIA ROBERTS August: Osage County
LUPITA NYONG’O 12 Years a Slave
OPRAH WINFREY The Butler
SALLY HAWKINS Blue Jasmine

ORIGINAL MUSIC
12 YEARS A SLAVE Hans Zimmer
THE BOOK THIEF John Williams
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Henry Jackman
GRAVITY Steven Price
SAVING MR. BANKS Thomas Newman

CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 YEARS A SLAVE Sean Bobbitt
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Barry Ackroyd
GRAVITY Emmanuel Lubezki
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKA Phedon Papamichael

EDITING
12 YEARS A SLAVE Joe Walker
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Christopher Rouse
GRAVITY Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
RUSH Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Thelma Schoonmaker

PRODUCTION DESIGN
12 YEARS A SLAVE Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
AMERICAN HUSTLE Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Howard Cummings
GRAVITY Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

COSTUME DESIGN
AMERICAN HUSTLE Michael Wilkinson
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Ellen Mirojnick
THE GREAT GATSBY Catherine Martin
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN Michael O’Connor
SAVING MR. BANKS Daniel Orlandi

MAKE UP & HAIR
AMERICAN HUSTLE Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
BEHIND THE CANDELABRA Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
THE BUTLER Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
THE GREAT GATSBY Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

SOUND
ALL IS LOST Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
GRAVITY Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
RUSH Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
GRAVITY Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
IRON MAN 3 Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
PACIFIC RIM Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
EVERYTHING I CAN SEE FROM HERE Bjorn-Erik Aschim, Friederike Nicolaus, Sam Taylor
I AM TOM MOODY Ainslie Henderson
SLEEPING WITH THE FISHES James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa

BRITISH SHORT FILM
ISLAND QUEEN Ben Mallaby, Nat Luurtsema
KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Megan Rubens, Michael Pearce, Selina Lim
ORBIT EVER AFTER Chee-Lan Chan, Jamie Stone, Len Rowles
ROOM 8 James W. Griffiths, Sophie Ven

THE EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
DANE DEHAAN
GEORGE MACKAY
LUPITA NYONG’O
WILL POULTER
LÉA SEYDOUX

Directors Guild of America Announces 2013 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

Directors Guild of America announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2013. The winner will be named at the 66th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

ALFONSO CUARÓN
Gravity

PAUL GREENGRASS
Captain Phillips

STEVE McQUEEN
12 Years A Slave

DAVID O. RUSSELL
American Hustle

MARTIN SCORSESE
The Wolf of Wall Street