THE ACT OF KILLING that features former Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting their crimes was honored by the Denver Film Critics Society as the Best Documentary of 2013. THE ACT OF KILLING emerged top doc over other nominees that included BLACKFISH, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, and STORIES WE TELL. THE GRANDMASTER, the new film by director Wong Kar-wai which spans the five first decades of the 20th Century in China, and depicts the life of legendary kung fu master Ip Man, portrayed by Tony Leung won for Best Foreign Language Film. Other nominees for Best Foreign Language Film include THE GREAT BEAUTY, THE HUNT, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN.
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THE ACT OF KILLING and THE GRANDMASTER Among Films Honored by Denver Film Critics Society as Best Films of 2013
THE ACT OF KILLING that features former Indonesian death squad leaders re-enacting their crimes was honored by the Denver Film Critics Society as the Best Documentary of 2013. THE ACT OF KILLING emerged top doc over other nominees that included BLACKFISH, 20 FEET FROM STARDOM, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, and STORIES WE TELL. THE GRANDMASTER, the new film by director Wong Kar-wai which spans the five first decades of the 20th Century in China, and depicts the life of legendary kung fu master Ip Man, portrayed by Tony Leung won for Best Foreign Language Film. Other nominees for Best Foreign Language Film include THE GREAT BEAUTY, THE HUNT, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR, and THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN.
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Complete List of 2014 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards were announced this morning and although there were quite a few snubs, films like DALLAS BUYERS CLUb and NEBRASKA received multiple nominations including Best Picture. There were not many surprises in the Documentary category, with THE ACT OF KILLING, CUTIE AND THE BOXER, DIRTY WARS, THE SQUARE and 20 FEET FROM STARDOM grabbing nominations. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar® Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.
Nominations for the 86th Academy Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role- Christian Bale in “American Hustle”
- Bruce Dern in “Nebraska”
- Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Chiwetel Ejiofor in “12 Years a Slave”
- Matthew McConaughey in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
- Barkhad Abdi in “Captain Phillips”
- Bradley Cooper in “American Hustle”
- Michael Fassbender in “12 Years a Slave”
- Jonah Hill in “The Wolf of Wall Street”
- Jared Leto in “Dallas Buyers Club”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
- Amy Adams in “American Hustle”
- Cate Blanchett in “Blue Jasmine”
- Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”
- Judi Dench in “Philomena”
- Meryl Streep in “August: Osage County”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
- Sally Hawkins in “Blue Jasmine”
- Jennifer Lawrence in “American Hustle”
- Lupita Nyong’o in “12 Years a Slave”
- Julia Roberts in “August: Osage County”
- June Squibb in “Nebraska”
Best animated feature film of the year
- “The Croods” Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson
- “Despicable Me 2” Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri
- “Ernest & Celestine” Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner
- “Frozen” Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho
- “The Wind Rises” Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Achievement in cinematography
- “The Grandmaster” Philippe Le Sourd
- “Gravity” Emmanuel Lubezki
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Bruno Delbonnel
- “Nebraska” Phedon Papamichael
- “Prisoners” Roger A. Deakins
Achievement in costume design
- “American Hustle” Michael Wilkinson
- “The Grandmaster” William Chang Suk Ping
- “The Great Gatsby” Catherine Martin
- “The Invisible Woman” Michael O’Connor
- “12 Years a Slave” Patricia Norris
Achievement in directing
- “American Hustle” David O. Russell
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón
- “Nebraska” Alexander Payne
- “12 Years a Slave” Steve McQueen
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Martin Scorsese
Best documentary feature
- “The Act of Killing”Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
- “Cutie and the Boxer” Zachary Heinzerling and Lydia Dean Pilcher
- “Dirty Wars” Richard Rowley and Jeremy Scahill
- “The Square” Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer
- “20 Feet from Stardom” Nominees to be determined
Best documentary short subject
- “CaveDigger” Jeffrey Karoff
- “Facing Fear” Jason Cohen
- “Karama Has No Walls” Sara Ishaq
- “The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed
- “Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall” Edgar Barens
Achievement in film editing
- “American Hustle” Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
- “Captain Phillips” Christopher Rouse
- “Dallas Buyers Club” John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- “12 Years a Slave” Joe Walker
Best foreign language film of the year
- “The Broken Circle Breakdown” Belgium
- “The Great Beauty” Italy
- “The Hunt” Denmark
- “The Missing Picture” Cambodia
- “Omar” Palestine
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
- “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” Stephen Prouty
- “The Lone Ranger” Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
- “The Book Thief” John Williams
- “Gravity” Steven Price
- “Her” William Butler and Owen Pallett
- “Philomena” Alexandre Desplat
- “Saving Mr. Banks” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
- “Alone Yet Not Alone” from “Alone Yet Not Alone”
Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel- “Happy” from “Despicable Me 2”
Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams- “Let It Go” from “Frozen”
Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez- “The Moon Song” from “Her”
Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze- “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”
Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson
Best motion picture of the year
- “American Hustle” Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison and Jonathan Gordon, Producers
- “Captain Phillips” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca, Producers
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter, Producers
- “Gravity” Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman, Producers
- “Her” Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay, Producers
- “Nebraska” Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa, Producers
- “Philomena” Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward, Producers
- “12 Years a Slave” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas, Producers
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Nominees to be determined
Achievement in production design
- “American Hustle” Production Design: Judy Becker; Set Decoration: Heather Loeffler
- “Gravity” Production Design: Andy Nicholson; Set Decoration: Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
- “The Great Gatsby” Production Design: Catherine Martin; Set Decoration: Beverley Dunn
- “Her” Production Design: K.K. Barrett; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
- “12 Years a Slave” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Alice Baker
Best animated short film
- “Feral” Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden
- “Get a Horse!” Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim
- “Mr. Hublot” Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares
- “Possessions” Shuhei Morita
- “Room on the Broom” Max Lang and Jan Lachauer
Best live action short film
- “Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn’t Me)” Esteban Crespo
- “Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just before Losing Everything)” Xavier Legrand and Alexandre Gavras
- “Helium” Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson
- “Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)” Selma Vilhunen and Kirsikka Saari
- “The Voorman Problem” Mark Gill and Baldwin Li
Achievement in sound editing
- “All Is Lost” Steve Boeddeker and Richard Hymns
- “Captain Phillips” Oliver Tarney
- “Gravity” Glenn Freemantle
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Brent Burge
- “Lone Survivor” Wylie Stateman
Achievement in sound mixing
- “Captain Phillips” Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith and Chris Munro
- “Gravity” Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
- “Inside Llewyn Davis” Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland
- “Lone Survivor” Andy Koyama, Beau Borders and David Brownlow
Achievement in visual effects
- “Gravity” Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould
- “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
- “Iron Man 3” Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick
- “The Lone Ranger” Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier
- “Star Trek Into Darkness” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton
Adapted screenplay
- “Before Midnight” Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
- “Captain Phillips” Screenplay by Billy Ray
- “Philomena” Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
- “12 Years a Slave” Screenplay by John Ridley
- “The Wolf of Wall Street” Screenplay by Terence Winter
Original screenplay
- “American Hustle” Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- “Blue Jasmine” Written by Woody Allen
- “Dallas Buyers Club” Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
- “Her” Written by Spike Jonze
- “Nebraska” Written by Bob Nelson
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DGA Announces 5 Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2013
The Directors Guild of America announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries 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.
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
Zachary Heinzerling
CUTIE AND THE BOXER
Cutie and the BoxerJehane Noujaim
THE SQUARE
THE SQUAREJoshua Oppenheimer
THE ACT OF KILLING
THE ACT OF KILLINGSarah Polley
STORIES WE TELL
STORIES WE TELLLucy Walker
THE CRASH REEL
THE CRASH REEL
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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.
http://youtu.be/BCni8utWHB8
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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), 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.
Paolo Sorrentino’s THE GREAT BEAUTY (LA GRANDE BELLEZZA)http://youtu.be/fJfvX6zPAuQ
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.
http://youtu.be/2SSlMVumDRw
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45th NAACP Image Awards Nominees; FRUITVALE STATION Gets Many Noms Including Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
FRUITVALE STATIONThe 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
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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 JamesOutstanding Achievement in Direction
Sarah Polley
Stories We Tell
Presented by Heidi Ewing and Rachel GradyOutstanding Achievement in Editing
Nels Bangerter
Let the Fire Burn
Presented by Thelma SchoonmakerAudience Choice Prize
Sound City
Directed by Dave Grohl
Presented by John Flansburgh and Robin “Goldie” GoldwasserOutstanding Achievement in Production
Signe Byrge Sørensen
The Act of Killing
Presented by Jennifer Fox and Ross KauffmanOutstanding 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 BernsteinOutstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
A Story for the Modlins
Directed by Sergio Oksman
Presented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius MarderOutstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
Leviathan
Presented by Kirsten Johnson and Darius MarderHeterodox Award
Post Tenebras Lux
Directed by Carlos Reygadas
Presented by Jeremy Saulnier and Angela TuckerOutstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score
Yasuaki Shimizu
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah ZamanSpotlight Award
The Last Station
Directed by Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara
Presented by Jeff Reichert and Farihah ZamanOutstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation
Art Jail
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane NoujaimOutstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Zachary Heinzerling
Cutie and the Boxer
Presented by Chris Hegedus and Jehane NoujaimLegacy Award
Harlan County, USA
Directed and Produced by Barbara Kopple
Presented by Kristi JacobsonHell Yeah Prize
Josh Fox
Gasland and Gasland, Part 2
Presented by AJ Schnack
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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 STATIONThe 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. LeeBEST 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 ButlerBEST ACTRESS
Halle Berry The Call
Danai Gurira Mother of George
LisaGaye Hamilton Go for Sisters
Nia Long The Best Man Holiday
Kerry Washington PeeplesBEST 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 ButlerBEST 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 ButlerBEST 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 SlaveBEST 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 HolidayBREAKOUT 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 SlaveARTIST 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)
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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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