On Tuesday 17 January, actors Daniel Radcliffe and Holliday Grainger will join BAFTA’s Chairman Tim Corrie to announce the nominations for the 2012 Orange British Academy Film Awards.
BAFTA Chief Executive Amanda Berry, Chair of the Film Committee Nik Powell and Pippa Harris Deputy Chair of the Film Committee will also be in attendance.
The Orange British Academy Film Awards, hosted by Stephen Fry, will take place on Sunday 12 February 2012.
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Michael Fassbender – Shame[/caption]
The Irish Film and Television Academy announced the nominees for the 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards, which takes place on Saturday 11th February 2012 .
Academy CEO, Aine Moriarty stated that: “The Irish Film & Television Awards is Ireland’s showcase to the world of what our small but outstanding film and television community has to offer: excellent and challenging feature films and dramas; entertaining television and engaging factual content. The Irish industry consistently delivers world-class standards of work that is watched by a global audience. Ireland’s economic struggles have been well documented, but against this pressure it’s heartening to see how Ireland’s hard-working creative community continues to punch above its weight and really deliver.”
The features nominated for Best Film at IFTA 2012 are the period drama Albert Nobbs, Irish psychological thriller Charlie Casanova, black comedy The Guard, and rural drama Stella Days. Screenwriters for all four of the Best Film contenders – John Banville, Glenn Close & Gabriella Prekop , John Michael McDonagh, Terry McMahon and Antoine O’Flaherta – have been nominated for Script Film whilst McDonagh and McMahon join fellow debut director Rebecca Daly (The Other Side of Sleep) and IFTA winner Thaddeus O’Sullivan (Stella Days) in the category for Best Film Director.
In the feature film acting categories, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy star Ciaran Hinds receives an IFTA nomination alongside The Guard actor Brendan Gleeson. Michael Fassbender has been nominated for his performance in Steve McQueen’s drama Shame and Martin Sheen, an Irish citizen, has also been nominated for his role as Irish priest Fr. Daniel Barry in the Irish production Stella Days. Sheen’s Stella Days co-star Marcella Plunkett has also been nominated with Antonia Campbell Hughes (The Other Side of Sleep) included for the first time in the Lead Actress category following her Rising Star nomination in 2011. Newcomer Aoife Duffin is also nominated for her performance in Behold the Lamb. IFTA winning actress Saoirse Ronan has been IFTA nominated for her lead turn in Hanna. Albert Nobbs star Glenn Close and The Guard actor Don Cheadle have both been included in the International categories for their performances in these Irish features.
NOMINEES FOR THE 9TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST FILM
Albert Nobbs- Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn and Glenn Close (Parallel Film Productions)
Charlie Casanova- Terry McMahon (Source Productions)
Stella Days- Jackie Larkin& Leslie McKimm (Newgrange Pictures)
The Guard- Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
DIRECTOR FILM
Rebecca Daly – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Terry McMahon – Charlie Casanova (Source Productions)
Thaddeus O’Sullivan – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
SCRIPT FILM
John Banville, Glenn Close & Gabriella Prekop – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Terry McMahon – Charlie Casanova (Source Productions)
Antoine O’Flaherta – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM
Michael Fassbender – Shame (Momentum Pictures)
Brendan Gleeson – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Ciarán Hinds – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Focus Features)
Martin Sheen – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM
Aoife Duffin – Behold The Lamb (Dumbworld Productions)
Antonia Campbell Hughes – The Other Side of Sleep (Fastnet Films)
Marcella Plunkett – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
Saoirse Ronan -Hanna (Focus Features)
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM
Liam Cunningham – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Brendan Gleeson – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Ciarán Hinds – The Debt (Universal Pictures)
Chris O’Dowd – Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A FEATURE FILM
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Fionnula Flanagan – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Brenda Fricker – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Amy Huberman – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Bernadette; Notes on a Political Journey- Lelia Doolan, (Digital Quilts)
Knuckle- Ian Palmer, (RISE Films)
Men of Arlington- Enda Hughes, (Hotshot Films)
Off The Beaten Track- Dieter Auner, (Ikandi Productions)
SPECIAL IRISH LANGUAGE AWARD
Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes (Magamedia)
Mobs Cheanada – Dathai Keane (Abú Media)
Ray McAnally – M’Athair – Brian Reddin (Dearg Films)
Seacht – Colin O’Donnell (Stirling Film & Television)
ANIMATION
23 Degrees 5 Minutes – Darragh O’Connell (Brown Bag Films)
The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O’ Rourke (Igloo Films)
The Last Train – Alex Sherwood (Giant Creative)
Origin – James Stacey (Souljacker)
PHILIPS SHORT FILM AWARD
The Boy In The Bubble- Kealan O’ Rourke (Igloo Films)
Cluck- Michael Lavelle (Tilted Productions)
Downpour- Claire Dix (Zucca Films)
Foxes- Lorcan Finnegan (Lovely Productions)
The Shore- Terry George (All Ashore)
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES
INTERNATIONAL FILM
Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)
Drive (Eclipse Pictures)
Senna (Universal Pictures)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Focus Features)
INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Don Cheadle – The Guard (Element Pictures / Reprisal Films)
Leonardo DiCaprio – J Edgar (Warner Bros Pictures)
Ryan Gosling – Drive (Eclipse Pictures)
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Focus Features)
INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Kirsten Wiig, Bridesmaids
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Comes A Bright Day[/caption]
A total of 58 short and full-length films from 32 countries have been selected for the Generation Kplus and Generation 14plus competitions for 2012 Berlin International Film Festival.
Eleven children from Berlin between the ages of eleven and 14 as well as seven young adults have been invited to be on the Children’s and Youth Juries. They will award Crystal Bears for the best short and feature-length films.
Generation 14plus
Comes A Bright Day (Great Britain, by Simon Aboud) – Against the backdrop of an armed robbery at a London jewellers, much more is at stake than money. Where diamonds are involved, love is not far. Cast: Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall and others. World Premiere
Lal Gece (Night of Silence, Turkey, by Reis Çelik) – When the groom lifts the bride’s veil, he is looking into the face of a 14-year-old girl. As tradition has it, a night in the bridal chamber seals the marriage. Cast: Ilyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt and others. World Premiere
Maori Boy Genius (New Zealand, by Pietra Brettkelly, documentary) – A young Maori, Ngaa Rauuira, is the chosen one. He fights with all his heart for the cultural concerns of his people. And they see Aotearoa’s (New Zealand’s) next Premiere Minister in him. World Premiere
Nosilatiaj. La Belleza (Beauty, Argentina, by Daniela Seggiaro) – Yolanda is a housemaid for a “Criolla” family. In the Wichi culture from which the girl comes, beautiful long hair has great meaning. The film tells about a painfully cutting experience. World Premiere
Snackbar (Netherlands, by Meral Uslu) – Ali’s snack bar is a refuge for a gang of local youth of Moroccan descent. They quarrel, laugh and fight there every day. When it gets out of hand, Ali intervenes. World Premiere
Two Little Boys (New Zealand, by Robert Sarkies) – Friends since early childhood, nothing can separate Deano and Nige, not even death. Until the tragic accident with a Norwegian football star. Cast: Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake and others. World Premiere
Una Noche (One Night, USA/Cuba/Great Britain, by Lucy Mulloy) – Florida is their last hope. Only 90 miles separate life in Havana from the freedom they long for. Elio and Raul build a raft, but then Lila joins them. That was not the plan. World Premiere
As announced earlier, the programme also includes the following films:
Electrick Children (USA, by Rebecca Thomas) – WP
Joven & Alocada (Young & Wild, Chile, by Marialy Rivas) – EP
Kronjuvelerna (The Crown Jewels, Sweden, by Ella Lemhagen) – IP
Magi I Luften (Love Is In The Air, Denmark/Sweden, by Simon Staho) – IP
Mustafa’s Sweet Dreams (Greece/Great Britain, by Angelos Abazoglou) – WP
ORCHIM LeREGA (Off White Lies, Israel/France, by Maya Kenig) – EP
Un Mundo Secreto (A Secret World, Mexico, by Gabriel Mariño) – WP
Wandeukyi (Punch, Republic of Korea, by Han Lee) – EP
Generation Kplus
ARCADIA (USA, by Olivia Silver) – In Arcadia, California, everything is going to be fine, Tom promises his children. He loads them into the car and travels across the entire country. More than anything else, 12-year-old Greta hopes to see her mother again. Cast: Ryan Simpkins, John Hawkes and others. World Premiere
GATTU (India, by Rajan Khosa) – The sky is full of kites and none flies as high or fast as Kali. In order to beat the black kite, Gattu has to reach for the sky. International Premiere
Isdraken (The Ice Dragon, Sweden, by Martin Högdahl) – Whales cry when they lose their herds. Banished by the youth welfare office to northern Sweden, Mike knows the feeling. It’s only when he meets the very cool Pi that the ice begins to melt. World Premiere
Kikoeteru, furi wo sita dake (Just Pretended to Hear, Japan, by Kaori Imaizumi) – Her spirit will protect you! After her mother’s death, Sachi’s only hope is spiritual comfort. But what if there’s no such thing as ghosts? International Premiere
Pacha (Bolivia/Mexico, by Hector Ferreiro) – A shoeshine boy gets caught up in the turmoil of the Bolivian “gas war”. In the streets the Indigenous population is protesting for their rights, while in his dreams the boy is walking the paths of his culture. World Premiere
Zarafa (France/Begium, by Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie, animation) – Maki has only just made friends with Zarafa, when the orphaned baby giraffe is given to the King of France as a gift. A richly illustrated adventure, from Africa to Paris. International Premiere
As announced in the first press release, the programme also includes the following films:
Kauwboy (Netherlands, by Boudewijn Koole) – WP
Die Kinder vom Napf (The Children from the Napf, Switzerland, by Alice Schmid) – IP
Lotte ja kuukivi saladus (Lotte and the Moonstone Secret, Estonia/Latvia, by Janno Põldma and Heiki Ernits) – IP
The Mirror Never Lies (Indonesia, by Kamila Andini) – EP
Nono (Philippines, by Rommel Tolentino) – EP
Patatje Oorlog (Taking Chances, Netherlands, by Nicole van Kilsdonk) – IP
Out of Competition
Vierzehn (Fourteen, Germany, by Cornelia Grünberg, documentary) – Soon their lives revolve around diapers, not parties. Four 14-year-old girls and their babies. An exciting new phase is beginning before they have had time to live out the last one. World Premiere
The Monkey King – Uproar in Heaven 3D (People’s Republic of China, by Da Su and Chen Zhihong) – 130,000 hand-painted water colours and voices from the Peking Opera are brought back to life in the elaborately restoration of this famous classic. A wonderfully entertaining animation film: now in 3D. International Premiere
Short Films Generation 14plus
663114 (Japan, by Isamu Hirabayashi, Berlinale Shorts 2010: Aramaki) – GP
Banga Inte (Unruly, Sweden, by Fanni Metelius) – IP
Berlin Recyclers (Germany, by Nikki Schuster) – WP
Broer (Brother, Netherlands, by Sacha Polak) – IP
CRAZY DENNIS TIGER (Germany, by Jan Soldat, Berlinale Shorts 2010: Geliebt) – WP
Hiljainen Viikko (All Hallow’s Week, Finland, by Jussi Hiltunen) – GP
Jeunesses Françaises (French Kids, France, by Stephan Castang) – IP
Kiss (Australia, by Alex Murawski) – GP
Lambs (New Zealand, by Sam Kelly) – WP
Levis hest (Levi’s Horse, Norway, by Torfinn Iversen) – IP
Meathead (New Zealand, by Sam Holst) – GP
Nani (USA, by Justin Tipping) – IP
Supermarket Girl (Great Britain, by Matt Greenhalgh) – WP
The Wilding (Australia, by Grant Scicluna) – WP
Short Films Generation Kplus
Bara lite (Just a Little, Sweden, by Alicja Björk Jaworski) – WP
Bardo (Macedonia, by Marija Apchevska) – WP
Being Bradford Dillman (Great Britain, by Emma Burch) – IP
B I N O (Australia, by Billie Pleffer) – WP
Caochang (Playground, People’s Republic of China, by Qi Wang) – IP
Chinti (Russian Federation, by Natalia Mirzoyan) – WP
Corrida (Latvia, by Janis Cimermanis) – WP
Der kleine Vogel und das Blatt (The Little Bird and the Leaf, Switzerland, by Lena von Döhren) – WP
Hazenpad (The Path of a Hare, Netherlands, by Lotte van Elsacker) – IP
Hjältar (Heroes, Sweden, by Carolina Hellsgård) – WP
Julian (Australia, by Matthew Moore) – WP
L (Brazil, by Thais Fujinaga) – EP
Layla Bahir (Bright Night, Israel, by Li At Glik) – WP
Papa’s Tango (Netherlands, by Michiel van Jaarsveld) – IP
The Quiet One (Sweden, by Emelie Wallgren, Ina Holmqvist, documentary) – GP
Rising Hope (Germany, by Milen Vitanov) – WP
Snow in Paradise (New Zealand, by Justine Simei-Barton, Nikki Si’ulepa) – WP
WP = World Premiere, IP = International Premiere, EP = European Premiere, GP = German Premiere
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Jimmy by Martin Smith[/caption]
Glasgow Short Film Festival announced the selection for the 2012 competitions. Sixty-nine films will screen across International and Scottish competitions, including five Scottish films which have been selected for both competitions. The selection includes seven World Premieres, one International Premiere, three European Premieres, twenty-one UK Premieres and twenty Scottish Premieres.
Amongst the selected films are two films by Scottish musicians: John Maclean (The Beta Band) presents Pitch Black Heist, featuring Michael Fassbender, and Douglas Hart (The Jesus & Mary Chain) presents his fiction debut Long Distance Information, featuring Peter Mullan. Anarchic American animator Bill Plympton presents Guard Dog Global Jam, an extraordinary remake of his 2005 film Guard Dog, for which he enlisted seventy animators via the internet, each recreating a shot in their own style.
Audience favourite and multi-award winning Las Palmas, by Swedish filmmaker Johannes Nyholm, features a toddler interacting with puppets to hilarious effect. Belgian filmmaker Rachel Lang presents the UK Premiere of her film White Turnips Make It Hard To Sleep, which recently won the prestigious Ingmar Bergman Award at Uppsala Short Film Festival. Kirkcaldy Man, Julian Schwanitz’s haunting documentary in search of champion darts player Jocky Wilson, makes its debut UK screening.
Each competition will be judged by an international jury of filmmakers, curators and writers, who will select the film they consider the most innovative and outstanding work in each programme. Audiences attending competition programmes will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite to win the Audience Award in each competition.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
15 Summers Later
Scottish Premiere / Perdo Collantes / Spain / 2011 / 5 min / Fiction
663114
UK Premiere / Isamu Hirabayashi / Japan / 2011 / 8 min / Animation
910712 Heejung
UK Premiere / Yoo Won-Sang / South Korea / 2010 / 17 min / Fiction
Asylum
Joern Utkilen / UK / 2010 / 17 min / Fiction
Birth of a Nation
UK Premiere / Daya Cahen / Netherlands / 2010 / 10 min / Experimental
Come To Harm
Scottish Premiere / Börkur Sigþórsson / Iceland / 2011 / 18 min / Fiction
Decapoda Shock
Scottish Premiere / Javier Chillon / Spain / 2011 / 9 min / Fiction
The Factory (A Fábrica)
UK Premiere / Aly Muritiba / Brazil / 2011 / 15 min / Fiction
Fini
Scottish Premiere / Jacob Secher Schulsinger / Denmark / 2010 / 29 min / Documentary
Ghosts (Fantasmas)
UK Premiere / André Novais Oliveira / Brazil / 2010 / 11 min / Experimental
Goodbye Mandima (Kwa Heri Mandima)
UK Premiere / Robert-Jan Lacombe / Switzerland / 2010 / 11 min / Documentary
Green Crayons
Scottish Premiere / Kazik Radwanski / Canada / 2010 / 10 min / Fiction
Guard Dog Global Jam
Scottish Premiere / Bill Plympton / USA / 2011 / 6 min / Animation
Huma, Bird of Fortune (Homayeh Saadat)
UK Premiere / Alireza Rofougaran / Iran / 2010 / 4 min / Documentary
I’m Not The Enemy
UK Premiere / Bjørn Melhus / Germany / 2011 / 13 min / Experimental
I’m So Happy (Soy tan feliz)
UK Premiere / Vladimir Duran / Argentina/Colombia / 2011 / 14 min / Fiction
Jimmy
Martin Smith / UK / 2011 / 12 min / Documentary
Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys
UK Premiere / Jens Assur / Sweden / 2011 / 24 min / Fiction
Kin
UK Premiere / L’Atelier Collectif / Belgium / 2010 / 11 min / Animation
Las Palmas
Scottish Premiere / Johannes Nyholm / Sweden / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
Long Distance Information
Scottish Premiere / Douglas Hart / UK / 2011 / 8 min / Fiction
The Making of Longbird
Scottish Premiere / Will Anderson / UK / 2011 / 15 min / Animation
Maria
European Premiere / Erik Bostedt / UK / 2011 / 15 min / Fiction
Now Follows (Nun Sehen Sie Folgendes)
Scottish Premiere / Erik Schmitt & Stephan Müller / Germany / 2010 / 5 min / Fiction
A Piece of Summer (Kawalek Lata)
Scottish Premiere / Marta Minorowicz / Poland / 2010 / 25 min
Pioneer
Scottish Premiere / David Lowery / USA / 2011 / 16 min / Fiction
Possessed
UK Premiere / Fred Worden / USA / 2010 / 9 min / Experimental
Power!
UK Premiere / Christina Ebelt & Mischa Leinkauf / Germany / 2010 / 28 min / Fiction
Proposal
International Premiere / Chris King / USA / 2011 / 16 min / Fiction
Repressed (Förträngd)
Scottish Premiere / Jimmy Olsson / Sweden / 2010 / 15 min / Fiction
River Rites
UK Premiere / Ben Russell / USA/Suriname / 2011 / 11 min / Experimental
Sergeant (Narednik)
UK Premiere / Nikola Ljuca / Serbia / 2011 / 21 min / Fiction
Shirin
World Premiere / Stephen Fingleton / UK / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
Silent River (Apele Tac)
Scottish Premiere / Anca Miruna Lazarescu / Germany/Romania / 2011 / 30 min / Fiction
The Stranges Ones (Deux Inconnus)
Scottish Premiere / Lauren Wolkenstein & Christopher Radcliff / France / 2011 / 15 min / Fiction
Three Walls
UK Premiere / Zaheed Mawani / Canada / 2011 / 26 min / Documentary
Tidy Up
European Premiere / Satsuki Okawa / Japan/USA / 2011 / 15 min / Fiction
To Make a Prairie
UK Premiere / James Nares / USA / 2010 / 13 min / Experimental
Tumult
Johnny Barrington / UK / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
We, the Masses
UK Premiere / Eoghan Kidney / Ireland / 2011 / 13 min / Animation
Where Are They Now?
Joanna Coates / UK / 2011 / 14 min / Fiction
White Turnips Make it Hard to Sleep (Les Navets Blancs Empêchent de Dormir)
UK Premiere / Rachel Lang / France/Belgium / 2011 / 27 min / Fiction
The Wind is Blowing On My Street (Dar Kouche Baad Miayad)
Scottish Premiere / Saba Riazi / Iran / 2010 / 15 min / Fiction
SCOTTISH COMPETITION
Asexual Healing
European Premiere / Martha Appelt / UK / 2010 / 15 min / Fiction
Asylum
Joern Utkilen / UK / 2010 / 17 min / Fiction
Bird
World Premiere / Alasdair Bayne / UK / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
A Cuillin Rising
Catriona MacInnes / UK / 2011 / 20 min / Fiction
Dogged
Scottish Premiere / Jo Shaw / UK / 2011 / 9 min / Experimental
Egg & Fag
Rose Hendry / UK / 2011 / 2 min / Experimental
Étude
Ania Hazel Leszczynska / UK / 2011 / 4 min / Animation
The Fisherman’s Daughter
Tom Chick / UK / 2011 / 7 min / Fiction
Five, Six, Seven, Eight!
World Premiere / Felipe Bustos Sierra / UK / 2012 / 10 min / Fiction
Fixing Luka
Jessica Ashman / UK / 2011 / 11 min / Animation
The Golden Bird
Cat Bruce / UK / 2011 / 12 min / Animation
Guilt
UK Premiere / Hákon Pálsson / UK / 2011 / 14 min / Fiction
James Dean
Lucy Asten Elliott / UK / 2011 / 8 min / Fiction
Jimmy
Martin Smith / UK / 2011 / 12 min / Documentary
Joking Apart
World Premiere / Ronald Forbes / UK / 2011 / 5 min / Experimental
Kirkcaldy Man
UK Premiere / Julian Schwanitz / UK / 2011 / 18 min / Documentary
The Lady with the Lamp
World Premiere / Duncan Cowles / UK / 2011 / 4 min / Documentary
Long Distance Information
Scottish Premiere / Douglas Hart / UK / 2011 / 8 min / Fiction
The Making of Longbird
Scottish Premiere / Will Anderson / UK / 2011 / 15 min / Animation
Night Shift
Ruth Reid / UK / 2011 / 9 min / Documentary
No More Shall We Part
Scottish Premiere / Shaun Hughes / UK / 2011 / 25 min / Fiction
The Perfect Fit
Tali Yankelevich / UK / 2011 / 9 min / Documentary
Philippa & Nancy
World Premiere / Paul White, Ciara Barry, Claire McInnes & Nora Smyth / UK / 2011 / 8 min / Fiction
The Phone Box
Ian Robertson / UK / 2011 / 5 min / Fiction
Pitch Black Heist
Scottish Premiere / John Maclean / UK / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
Pouncer
Scottish Premiere / Louis Paxton / UK / 2011 / 15 min / Fiction
The Rule of Thumb
Gregor Johnstone / UK / 2011 / 18 min / Fiction
Saved
Stuart Elliott / UK / 2011 / 11 min / Fiction
Three-Legged Horses
World Premiere / Felipe Bustos Sierra / UK / 2011 / 20 min / Fiction
Tumult
Johnny Barrington / UK / 2011 / 13 min / Fiction
Wind Over Lake
Jeorge Elkin / UK / 2010 / 34 min / Fiction
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy[/caption]
The authors and screenwriters of A Dangerous Method; The Descendants; Jane Eyre; Moneyball; and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy have been named finalists for the 24th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award.
The 2012 finalists, in alphabetical order by film title, are: screenwriter Christopher Hampton for A Dangerous Method, adapted from the nonfiction book A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr and the 2002 stage play The Talking Cure by Hampton; screenwriters Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash for The Descendants, adapted from Kaui Hart Hemmings’ novel (itself an expansion of her first published short story, “The Minor Wars”); screenwriter Moira Buffini for Jane Eyre, adapted from the 1847 book by Charlotte Brontë; screenwriters Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin for Moneyball, based on Michael Lewis’ book, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game; and screenwriters Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan and author John le Carré for the thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
Established by the Friends of the USC Libraries in 1988, Scripter honors the screenwriter(s) of the year’s most accomplished cinematic adaptation as well as the author(s) of the written work upon which the screenplay is based.
The winning writers and screenwriters will be announced at a black-tie ceremony to be held Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 in the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library on the campus of the University of Southern California. Academy Award winners Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford return this year as honorary dinner chairs.
Paul Haggis—a 2005 Scripter winner for his screenplay for Million Dollar Baby and the recipient of two Oscars for his film Crash—will be honored with the 2012 USC Scripter Literary Achievement Award.
“I am deeply honored to be receiving this award,” said Haggis of his selection as the Scripter Literary Achievement honoree. “If I have a gift, a big part of it is in choosing great material to adapt, and being fortunate enough to collaborate with truly great filmmakers.”
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The Artist[/caption]
Guillaume Schiffman, AFC (The Artist), Jeff Cronenweth, ASC (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Robert Richardson, ASC (Hugo), Hoyte van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), and Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (The Tree of Life) have been nominated in the feature film category of the 26th Annual American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Outstanding Achievement Awards. The winner will be announced at the ASC Awards celebration at the Hollywood and Highland Grand Ballroom on February 12.
“These five cinematographers have created works of art that serve the story and director’s vision in unique and engaging ways,” says ASC Awards Committee Chairman Richard Crudo. “Their talent for translating the script and performances to the screen demonstrates the phenomenal power of the visual image.”
This is the second consecutive ASC Award nomination for Cronenweth who was recognized last year for The Social Network.
Richardson earns his 10th nomination. He was previously acknowledged for Inglourious Basterds (2010), The Good Shepherd (2007), The Aviator (2005), Snow Falling on Cedars (2000), The Horse Whisperer (1999), Heaven & Earth (1994), A Few Good Men (1993), JFK (1992), and Born on the Fourth of July (1990).
Lubezki won the ASC Award in 2007 for Children of Men, and was also nominated in 2000 for Sleepy Hollow.
Schiffman and van Hoytema are both first-time ASC nominees.
“Every year, the nominees in this category have expanded the boundaries of cinematography with their consummate artistry and their mastery of the technological tools required to achieve their vision,” says ASC President Michael Goi. “In an intensely competitive field, these are the best of the best.”
Last year, Wally Pfister, ASC, BSC won the ASC feature film award for Inception, and went on to take home the Oscar as well.
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The silent film “The Artist” won Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Best Costume Design and Best Score at the 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. Other award winners included Best Suppporting Actor for Christopher Plummer in the “Beginners,” Best Foreign-Language Film for “A Separation” and Best Documentary Feature for the HBO film “George Harrison: Living in the Material World.”
The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards are bestowed annually by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest in cinematic achievement.
The Awards have closely match the Oscars for the last few years, with voters predicting four of the last five Best Picture winners, and correctly predicting every single acting winner for the last two years.
The 2012 Critics’ Choice Movie Awards winners: Best Picture: “The Artist” Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius — “The Artist” Best Actor: George Clooney — “The Descendants” Best Actress: Viola Davis — “The Help” Best Suppporting Actor: Christopher Plummer — “Beginners” Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer — “The Help” Best Young Actor/Actress: Thomas Horn — “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” Best Acting Ensemble: The cast of “The Help” Best Original Screenplay: Woody Allen — “Midnight in Paris” Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian and Stan Chervin — “Moneyball” Best Cinematography: (tie) “War Horse” and “The Tree of Life” Best Animated Feature: “Rango” Best Action Movie: “Drive” Best Comedy: “Bridesmaids” Best Foreign-Language Film: “A Separation” Best Documentary Feature: “George Harrison: Living in the Material World” Best Song: “Life’s a Happy Song” from “The Muppets” Best Art Direction: “Hugo”
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Sean Mc Manus and Josh Welsh[/caption]
The Film Independent Board Chairman Bill Condon announced that Senior Director Sean Mc Manus and Director of Artist Development Josh Welsh have been appointed to newly created positions of Co-Presidents. They succeed Executive Director Dawn Hudson, who departed in June to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as CEO. In their new positions, Mc Manus and Welsh will work together to lead the organization and run its year-round programs that nurture independent filmmakers and expand the audience in which their work can be appreciated.
“The Board of Directors and staff are delighted to have Sean and Josh as Co-Presidents. They are a seasoned team whose skills and expertise complement one another beautifully. They collectively possess 25 years of experience, in every area of the organization, and it’s clear they have a shared vision that will take Film Independent to its next level of growth. We’re confident they will build upon the solid foundation Dawn established and will successfully usher Film Independent into the future,” said Condon.
“Josh and I are incredibly passionate about Film Independent and its mission, and we are eager to step into our new roles and jointly lead the organization’s robust portfolio of programs. We are also deeply appreciative of Dawn and her 20-year legacy of creating a uniquely warm and welcoming organizational culture. Dawn instilled core values in us and in Film Independent, especially freedom of expression, artistic excellence, inclusiveness and accessibility. We are honored to follow in her footsteps and are ready to move full steam ahead,” said Mc Manus.
“Sean and I have a long track-record developing and administering programs together, so this will be a very natural transition for us and for the staff,” said Welsh. “We’ve inherited a thriving organization with a strong, committed team in place on the Board and on the staff. I’m so excited to work with Sean in this capacity as we continue to expand existing programs and develop new ways in which Film Independent can provide vital support to the independent film community.”
“Selecting a new permanent leader for Film Independent one of the most important decisions our Board has ever made. We took it very seriously and explored many candidates. We found ourselves uniquely inspired by Sean and Josh’s complimentary talents, their complete dedication, and their combined potential to strengthen Film Independent’s existing programs while developing new initiatives to serve filmmakers’ needs. It became clear to the Search Committee that creating a shared leadership position was the best possible way to expand the organization’s reach and carry it into the future,” said Search Committee Co-Chair and Board of Directors member Alan Poul.
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Beatrice Dalle stars in Patric Chiha’s DOMAIN, opening February 3 at SF Film Society Cinema. [/caption]
The French drama film, Domain (Domaine), that explores the perversely close relationship between a magnetic and alcoholic woman and her 17-year-old nephew who is coming to terms with his sexuality, opens an exclusive San Francisco engagement February 3 at SF Film Society Cinema.
This moody, contemplative drama explores the unusually intimate relationship between an aunt and her nephew. Nadine (Betty Blue’s Béatrice Dalle), a single mathematician in her 40s, is struggling with alcoholism. She’s worldly, educated, wild and mischievous and she dazzles young Pierre with captivating stories from her past on their daily walks through the park. With suspenseful restraint, first-time filmmaker Patric Chiha reveals the story, allowing room for silence, facial expressions and body language to do their work. Dalle is mesmerizing throughout, matched by newcomer Isaïe Sultan’s compelling work as Pierre. Selected by John Waters as his favorite film of 2010. Written by Patric Chiha. Photographed by Pascal Poucet. With Béatrice Dalle, Isaïe Sultan, Alain Libolt, Sylvie Rohrer. In French with subtitles. 108 min. Distributed by Strand Releasing.
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Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13; ballots received after that deadline will not be counted.
The 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences must return their completed Oscar nominations ballots to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, January 13. Ballots received after that deadline will not be counted.
In the majority of the categories, PwC will tabulate the ballots using the preferential voting system.
The 84th Academy Awards® nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 24, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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Jonathan Erland[/caption]
Visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland will receive the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony on Saturday, February 11, 2012.
Visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland has been voted the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The award – a medallion – will be presented at the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 11, at the Beverly Wilshire.
Erland began his professional training in the entertainment industry studying theater at the Central School in England and film at the London Film School. His knowledge of theater technology made him a desirable asset to the team building the audio-animatronic puppet theaters for the I.B.M. Pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
After moving to Los Angeles, Erland maintained dual careers in both the entertainment and the industrial exhibit design fields. He joined the newly created Industrial Light & Magic to work on the visual effects for the 1977 film “Star Wars.” He continued in the burgeoning visual effects field as director of research and development for Apogee Productions, where he received patents for a reverse bluescreen traveling matte process, the Blue-Max flux projector and a method for making front projection screens. The innovations, along with the development of a digital traveling matte system, also earned Academy Scientific and Technical Awards.
In 2007 Erland received an Award of Commendation for “his leadership and efforts toward identifying and solving the problem of High-Speed Emulsion Stress Syndrome in motion picture film stock.”
An Academy member since 1984, Erland was instrumental in establishing Visual Effects as a separate Academy branch in 1995. He has served 11 years on the Academy’s Board of Governors and many years on the Executive Committees of both the Visual Effects Branch and the Scientific and Technical Awards. He also is a founding member of the Academy’s Science and Technology Council.
Named in honor of the late director of special projects at Warner Hollywood Studios, the John A. Bonner Medal is awarded for “outstanding service and dedication in upholding the high standards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.”
Portions of the Scientific and Technical Awards presentation will be included in the Oscar® ceremony.
Academy Awards® for outstanding film achievements of 2011 will be presented on Sunday, February 26, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries worldwide.
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The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentaries for the year 2011.
“The remarkable documentaries made by this year’s nominees take audiences on a journey, whether casting light on injustice or exploring the human condition in all of its nuance, cruelty, creativity and triumph,” said Hackford. “Our nominees represent the best in documentary filmmaking and I congratulate each of them on a job well done.”
The winners will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, January 28, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. The DGA Awards will be hosted by director/actor/producer Kelsey Grammer.
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2011 are (in alphabetical order):
JOE BERLINGER & BRUCE SINOFSKY
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JOE BERLINGER & BRUCE SINOFSKY – Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory[/caption]
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Radical Media, HBO Documentary Films
This is the third DGA Award nomination for Mr. Berlinger and Mr. Sinofsky and all in this category. They won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Brother’s Keeper in 1992. They were also nominated for Paradise Lost in 1996.
STEVE JAMES
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Steve James – The Interrupters[/caption]
The Interrupters
Kartemquin Films, WGBH/Frontline, The Independent Television Services, BBC Storyville, Rise Films
This is Mr. James’ third DGA Award nomination in this category. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary for Hoop Dreams in 1994. He was also nominated (along with Peter Gilbert) for At the Death House Door in 2008.
JAMES MARSH
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JAMES MARSH – Project Nim[/caption]
Project Nim
Red Box Films, Passion Pictures, HBO Documentary Films, Roadside Attractions, BBC Films, UK Film Council
This is Mr. Marsh’s second DGA Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category for Man on Wire in 2008.
RICHARD PRESS
Bill Cunningham New York
First Thought Films, Zeitgeist Films
This is Mr. Press’ first DGA Award nomination.
MARTIN SCORSESE
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George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Sikelia Productions, Spitfire Pictures, Grove Street Pictures
This is Mr. Scorsese’s tenth DGA Award nomination. He is also nominated this year in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film category for Hugo. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006 for The Departed, and was previously nominated in that category for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Aviator (2004). Mr. Scorsese won the DGA Award last year for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Television for Boardwalk Empire. In 1999, Mr. Scorsese was presented with the Filmmaker Award at the inaugural DGA Honors Gala, and he was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.