The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 97th Academy Awards.
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Academy Reveals Animated, Documentary and International Feature Films Eligible for 97th Academy Awards
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams in director Morgan Neville’s Piece by Piece. (Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features)
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Dekanalog Acquires Laurynas Bareiša’s ‘Drowning Dry’ Lithuania’s Oscar Submission, for 2025 Release
Drowning Dry (Dekanalog) Dekanalog has acquired Drowning Dry (Sesės), the sophomore feature film by Lithuanian filmmaker Laurynas Bareiša selected as Lithuania’s official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards. The haunting family drama celebrated its world premiere at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, where the film won the Best Director prize for Bareiša, and the Best Performance Award was shared by its ensemble cast.
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‘Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story’ Trailer – Peacock Docuseries Investigates Joe Francis’ Notorious Franchise
Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story (screenshot / Peacock) Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story is a new three-part documentary series on Peacock that delves into the infamous adult entertainment franchise Girls Gone Wild and its controversial founder, Joe Francis. The series includes interviews with Francis’s former employees, victims, and his first in-depth, in-person interview in nearly a decade.
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‘The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies, and the FBI’ Trailer – FBI Translator Falls in Love with Rapper Turned ISIS Member in Chris Moukarbel’s Documentary
The Honey Trap: A True Story of Love, Lies and the FBI (screenshot / Showtime) The Honey Trap is a true crime documentary from Emmy-nominated filmmaker Chris Mourkarbel that follows the bizarre love story between former Berlin rapper turned ISIS member Denis Cuspert and an FBI translator who went rogue to marry Cuspert.
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‘Parthenope’ Trailer – Gary Oldman and Celeste Dalla Porta Star in Paolo Sorrentino’s Naples Drama
Parthenope (screenshot / A24) Academy Award-winning director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty, The Hand of God) returns with Parthenope, a coming-of-age drama exploring the love life of a young woman set against the picturesque backdrop of Naples. The film premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and also screened at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the 38th AFI Fest.
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Kieran Culkin to Receive Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor for ‘A Real Pain’ at Palm Springs Film Awards
Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures) Kieran Culkin will receive the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor at the Palm Springs International Film Awards for his performance in A Real Pain.
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‘Bring Them Down’ Teaser Trailer – Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Star in Christopher Andrews’ Irish Thriller
Bring Them Down (credit Nick Cooke | MUBI) MUBI debuted the first look teaser clip for Christopher Andrews’ directorial debut Bring Them Down, the drama of two feuding farming families in present-day rural Ireland, starring Christopher Abbott (Poor Things and TV’s Girls) and BAFTA-winner and Barry Keoghan (Bird, The Banshees of Inisherin, Saltburn).
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Viola Davis to Receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes
Viola Davis (Credit: AB+DM) Golden Globe winning actress Viola Davis has been named the Cecil B. DeMille Award honoree for 2025 Golden Globes. Davis has been nominated for seven Golden Globes, winning as supporting actress in the 2016 film adaptation of August Wilson’s screenplay, “Fences,” in 2017 opposite Denzel Washington, who is also a DeMille winner.
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Revelation Perth Film Festival Announces Nominees for 5th WA Screen Culture Awards
Levi Miller in Before Dawn. (Photo credit Umbrella Entertainment Revelation Perth International Film Festival announced the nominees for the 5th annual WA Screen Culture Awards celebrating the local Western Australian film industry.
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Dawn Porter’s Luther Vandross Documentary ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Premieres on CNN on New Years Day
Luther: Never Too Much (screenshot |CNN Films) Directed by award-winning filmmaker Dawn Porter (John Lewis: Good Trouble), Luther: Never Too Much, the documentary examining the captivating story of the iconic Luther Vandross will premiere on January 1, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT on CNN.
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Marie Clements’ Canadian Drama ‘Bones of Crows’ Premieres on Hulu for Native American Heritage Month | Trailer
Bones of Crows (Photo Credit Farah Nosh) Bones of Crows, the dramatic feature film written and directed by award-winning Métis and Dene filmmaker Marie Clements will be available to audiences in the US, premiering on Hulu on November 19th, 2024 in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
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Frank Marshall’s Fleetwood Mac Documentary in Production at Apple Orginal Films
Fleetwood Mac. (Apple Originals Films) Helmed by five-time Oscar-nominated director and Thalberg Memorial Award-winner Frank Marshall (The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, The Beach Boys: An American Family), a new documentary about Grammy-winning and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Fleetwood Mac is in the works at Apple Original Films.