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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 85th Academy Awards®.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

     “The Amazing Spider-Man”
     “Cloud Atlas”
     “The Dark Knight Rises”
     “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey”
     “John Carter”
     “Life of Pi”
     “Marvel’s The Avengers”
     “Prometheus”
     “Skyfall”
     “Snow White and the Huntsman”

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

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[caption id="attachment_2869" align="alignnone" width="550"]Silver Linings Playbook[/caption]

Actors Anna Kendrick, Zoe Saldana, and Common announced the nominations for the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning. Silver Linings Playbook and Moonrise Kingdom  led with 5 nominations each; followed by Keep the Lights On , Beasts of the Southern Wild and Middle of Nowhere   with 4 nominations each. Nominees for Best Feature include Beasts of the Southern Wild, Bernie, Keep the Lights On, Moonrise Kingdom, and Silver Linings Playbook.

Starlet was selected to receive the annual Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 23, 2013. 

The complete list of nominess

 

BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh, 7 Psychopaths
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Breakfast with Curtis, WRITER/DIRECTORPRODUCER: Laura Colella
Middle of Nowhere, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay, PRODUCERS: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes,
Mosquita y Mari, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Aurora Guerrero, PRODUCER: Chad Burris
Starlet, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
The Color Wheel, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Ross Perry, WRITER: Carlen Altman

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini, Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce, Four

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna, End of Watch
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY
How to Survive a Plague; DIRECTOR: David France; PRODUCERS: David France, Howard Gertler
Marina Abramoviæ: The Artist is Present; DIRECTOR: Matthew Akers; PRODUCERS: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre
The Central Park Five; DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
The Invisible War; DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick; PRODUCERS: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering
The Waiting Room; DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Peter Nicks; PRODUCERS: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Amour
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch

16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The 16th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
Nobody Walks PRODUCER: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie

19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The 19th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
Pincus, DIRECTOR: David Fenster
Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The 18th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
Leviathan, DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Given to one film’s director, casting director, and ts ensemble cast
Starlet, Director: Sean Baker

 

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The 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held last night in New York City at the Cipriani Wall Street, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom took the top prize for Best Feature Film and How to Survive a Plague took the best prize for Best Documentary.

Benh Zeitlin won the Best Director award for his work on the superb indie drama, “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” and Jared Leto’s documentary, “Artifact,” received the Gotham Independent Film Audience Award, voted online.

In addition the awards (see more below) Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, David O. Russell and Jeffrey Skoll received Career Tributes.

The complete list of awards:

BEST FEATURE:

“Bernie”
“The Loneliest Planet”
“The Master”
“Middle of Nowhere”
“Moonrise Kingdom”

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

“Detropia”
“How to Survive a Plague”
“Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present”
“Room 237″
“The Waiting Room”

BEST DIRECTOR:

Zal Batmanglij, “Sound of My Voice”
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, “Francine”
Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin, “Now, Forager”
Antonio Méndez Esparza, “Aquí y Allá”
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

BEST ACTOR:

Mike Birbiglia, “Sleepwalk with Me”
Emayatzy Corinealdi, “The Middle of Nowhere”
Thure Lindhardt, “Keep the Lights On”
Melanie Lynskey, “Hello, I Must Be Going”
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:

“Bernie”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“Safety Not Guaranteed”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Your Sister’s Sister”

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU:

“Kid-Thing”
“An Oversimplification of Her Beauty”
“Red Flag”
“Sun Don’t Shine”
“Tiger Tail in Blue”

 

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[caption id="attachment_2914" align="alignnone" width="550"]Steve McQueen SHAME[/caption]

At the Seville European Film Festival the European Film Academy announced the nominations for the European Film Awards 2012.

Nominated are:

EUROPEAN FILM 2012:

AMOUR (Love) 

Austria/France/Germany, 127 min

Written & directed by Michael Haneke 

Produced by Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka & Michael Katz

 

BARBARA 

Germany, 105 min

Written & directed by Christian Petzold  

Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber

 

CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die) 

Italy, 76 min

Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani 

Written by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani, in collaboration with Fabio Cavalli 

Produced by Grazia Volpi

 

INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable) 

France, 108 min

Written & directed by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano 

Produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou & Laurent Zeitoun

 

JAGTEN (The Hunt) 

Denmark, 111 min

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg 

Written by Thomas Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm 

Produced by Morten Kaufmann & Sisse Graum Jørgensen

 

SHAME 

UK, 96 min

Directed by Steve McQueen 

Written by Steve McQueen & Abi Morgan 

Produced by Iain Canning & Emile Sherman

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2012:

Nuri Bilge Ceylan for BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)

Michael Haneke for AMOUR (Love)

Steve McQueen for SHAME

Paolo & Vittorio Taviani for CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die)

Thomas Vinterberg for JAGTEN (The Hunt)

 

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2012:

Emilie Dequenne in A PERDRE LA RAISON (Our Children)

Nina Hoss in BARBARA

Emmanuelle Riva in AMOUR (Love)

Margarethe Tiesel in PARADIES: LIEBE (Paradise: Love)

Kate Winslet in CARNAGE

 

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2012:

François Cluzet & Omar Sy in INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable)

Michael Fassbender in SHAME

Mads Mikkelsen in JAGTEN (The Hunt)

Gary Oldman in TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Jean-Louis Trintignant in AMOUR (Love)

 

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2012:

Michael Haneke for AMOUR (Love)

Tobias Lindholm & Thomas Vinterberg for JAGTEN (The Hunt)

Cristian Mungiu for DUPA DEALURI (Beyond the Hills)

Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano for INTOUCHABLES (Untouchable)

Roman Polanski & Yasmina Reza for CARNAGE

 

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD 2012:

Sean Bobbitt for SHAME

Bruno Delbonnel for FAUST

Darius Khondji for AMOUR (Love)

Gökhan Tiryaki for BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia)

Hoyte Van Hoytema for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

 

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2012:

Janus Billeskov Jansen & Anne Østerud for JAGTEN (The Hunt)

Roberto Perpignani for CESARE DEVE MORIRE (Caesar Must Die)

Joe Walker for SHAME

 

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2012: 

Maria Djurkovic for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

Niels Sejer for EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (A Royal Affair)

Elena Zhukova for FAUST

 

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2012:

Cyrille Aufort & Gabriel Yared for EN KONGELIG AFFÆRE (A Royal Affair)

François Couturier for IO SONO LI (Shun Li and the Poet)

George Fenton for THE ANGELS’ SHARE

Alberto Iglesias for TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

 

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[caption id="attachment_2910" align="alignnone" width="550"]A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman[/caption]

Twenty-one features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 85th Academy Awards®.

The 21 submitted features, listed in alphabetical order by title, are:

    “Adventures in Zambezia” 
    “Brave” 
    “Delhi Safari” 
    “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” 
    “Frankenweenie” 
    “From Up on Poppy Hill” 
    “Hey Krishna” 
    “Hotel Transylvania” 
    “Ice Age Continental Drift” 
    “A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman” 
    “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” 
    “The Mystical Laws” 
    “The Painting” 
    “ParaNorman” 
    “The Pirates! Band of Misfits” 
    “The Rabbi’s Cat” 
    “Rise of the Guardians” 
    “Secret of the Wings” 
    “Walter & Tandoori’s Christmas” 
    “Wreck-It Ralph” 
    “Zarafa”

Several of the films listed have not yet had their required Los Angeles qualifying runs. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process. At least eight eligible animated features must be theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.

Films submitted in the Animated Feature Film category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 85th Academy Awards®. Fifty-six pictures had originally qualified in the category.

The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, and the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

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Nominees in the sixth annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) were announced with 34 films from 18 Asia Pacific countries and areas nominated in the region’s highest accolade in film.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the field of Documentary Short Subject contenders for the 85th Academy Awards® has been narrowed to eight films, of which three to five will earn Oscar® nominations.

The eight films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: 

 

  “The Education of Mohammad Hussein,” Loki Films 

 “Inocente,” Shine Global, Inc. 

 “Kings Point,” Kings Point Documentary, Inc. 

 “Mondays at Racine,” Cynthia Wade Productions 

 “Open Heart,” Urban Landscapes Inc. 

 “ParaÍso,” The Strangebird Company 

 “The Perfect Fit,” SDI Productions Ltd. 

 “Redemption,” Downtown Docs

The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013, at The Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.

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The European Film Academy announced the three films nominated in the category EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY DOCUMENTARY 2012. 

HIVER NOMADE (Winter Nomads)
Switzerland, 90 min
DIRECTED BY: Manuel von Stürler
WRITTEN BY: Claude Muret & Manuel von Stürler
PRODUCED BY: Elisabeth Garbar & Heinz Dill

LONDON – THE MODERN BABYLON
UK, 128 min
DIRECTED BY: Julien Temple
PRODUCED BY: Amanda Temple & Stephen Malit

LE THÉ OU L‘ELECTRICITÉ
(Tea or Electricity)
Belgium / France / Morocco, 93 min
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jérôme le Maire
PRODUCED BY: Isabelle Truc, Isabelle Mathy & Khadija Alami

The winner will be announced at the 25th European Film Awards on December 1, 2012, in Malta.

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