[caption id="attachment_1924" align="alignnone"]Nostalgia for the Light [/caption]

Nostalgia for the Light was awarded the Best Feature and Poster Girl won the Best Short at the 27th annual International Documentary Association Documentary Awards.

In Nostalgia for the Light, Chilean director Patricio Guzman travels 10,000 feet above sea level to the driest desert on earth. Here, the sky is described as being so translucent that it allows astronomers to see the boundaries of our universe. Yet the Atacama Desert climate also keeps human remains intact: pre-Columbian mummies; explorers and miners; and the remains of disappeared political prisoners.

[caption id="attachment_1925" align="alignnone"]Poster Girl[/caption]

In Poster Girl directed by Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block, former cheerleader and Army Magazine cover subject Robynn Murray deals with the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder following her return from Iraq.

2011 IDA Documentary Awards

BEST FEATURE AWARD

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (Winner)
Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán
Producer: Renate Sachse
Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and WDR (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films

BETTER THIS WORLD
Directors/Producers/Writers: Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega
Producer: Mike Nicholson
Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, John Battsek, Nicole Stott, Chana Ben-Dov, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|POV)
Loteria Films, Bullfrog Films, Cat & Docs

HOW TO DIE IN OREGON
Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson
Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO)
Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes
Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films

THE REDEMPTION OF GENERAL BUTT NAKED
Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss & Daniele Anastasion
Executive Producers: Gregory Henry, David Shadrack Smith
Part2 Pictures

THE TINIEST PLACE (EL LUGAR MÁS PEQUEÑO)
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Executive Producer: Liliana Pardo, Henner Hoffman
Producer: Nicolás Celis
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica/Foprocine

BEST SHORT AWARD

POSTER GIRL (Winner)
Director/Producer: Sara Nesson
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Mitchell Block
Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO)
Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman
Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films

BROKEN DOORS
Director/Producer: Goro Toshima

MAYA DEREN’S SINK
Director/Producer/Writer: Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer Productions

MINKA
Director/Producer: Davina Pardo
Producer: Andrew Blum
Birdling Films

THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG
Director/Producer: Ruby Yang
Executive Producer: Walter & Shirley Wang
Producer: Thomas Lennon
Thomas Lennon Films, Smiley Film Distribution & World Sales, Cinema Guild

BEST LIMITED SERIES AWARD

BOOMTOWN (Winner)
Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver
Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin
Producer: Kevin Vargas
Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green

IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE
Director/Producer: Spike Lee
Executive Producer: Shelia Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Sam Pollard
Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO)
Line Producer: Butch Robinson
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks for HBO Documentary Films

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK
Director/Producer/Writer: Amber Edwards
Executive Producer: Ken Bloom
Co-Producer: Dave Davidson
Hudson West Productions, PBS

THE NATIONAL PARKS PROJECT
Directors: Brenda Kovrig, Mike Downie, David New, Sarah Goodman, Jeff Thrasher, Sean Michael Turrell, Ryan J. Noth, Geoff Morrison
Executive Producer: Michael McMahon
Producers: Joel McConvey, Kristina McLaughlin, Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Geoff Morrison, Ryan J. Noth
Writer: Joel McConvey
Primitive Entertainment Inc., FilmCAN, FilmOption International Inc.

ON SERIES
Directors: Tom Barbor-Might, Jon Brooks, Neil Edson
Executive Producers: James DuBern, James Baker
Producers: Tom Barbor-Might, Toby Lichtig
Current TV

BEST CONTINUING SERIES AWARD

POV (Winner)
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia López
VP of Programming and Production: Chris White
Series Producer: Yance Ford
Coordinating Producer: Andrew Catauro
American Documentary | POV

30 FOR 30
Executive Producers: Keith Clinkscales, John Dahl, Joan Lynch, Connor Schell, Bill Simmons, John Skipper, John Walsh
ESPN Films

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
Executive Producer: Mark Samels
Senior Producer: Sharon Grimberg
PBS

THE PASSIONATE EYE
Executive Producer: Catherine Olsen
Producers: Andrew Johnson, Carissa Neekon, Rosa Kim, Julia Nunes
CBC News Network

VANGUARD
Executive Producers: Jim Fraenkel, Adam Yamaguchi
Producers: Christof Putzel, Adam Yamaguchi, Mariana van Zeller, Darren Foster, Cerissa Tanner, Jeff Plunkett, Alex Simmons, Joanne Shen, Noreen Moustafa, Yasu Tsuji
Current TV

DAVID L. WOLPER STUDENT DOCUMENTARY AWARD
This award recognizes exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at the university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field.

GUAÑAPE SUR (Winner)
Director/Executive Producer/Writer: János Richter
Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella
Producer: Georg Zeller
ZeLIG- School for Documentary, Andanafilms, Icarus Films

HEART-QUAKE
Director/Writer: Mark Olexa
Executive Producers: Heidi Gronauer, Lorenzo Paccagnella
Producers: Georg Zeller, Nadia Caruso
ZeLIG – School for Documentary

RIVER OF VICTORY
Director/Producer: Trevor Wright
Executive Producer: Jack Emery
Producers: A. Todd Smith, Jordan Augustine
Full Mountain Pictures, Brigham Young University

SMOKE SONGS
Director/Producer/Writer: Briar March
On the Level Productions, Standford University

TRANSIT
Director/Writer: Regina Tan
Producers: Haley Quartarone, Juvia Chua, Emily Manheim
Writer: Eysham Md Ali
Chapman University Singapore, Chapman University

HUMANITAS DOCUMENTARY AWARD
The HUMANITAS Documentary Award is given to a documentarian whose film strives to unify the human family by exploring the stories of human beings who are different in culture, race, lifestyle, political loyalties and religious beliefs.

POSITION AMONG THE STARS (STAND VAN DE STERREN) (Winner)
Director/Writer: Leonard Retel Helmrich
Producer/Writer: Hetty Naaijkens – Retel Helmrich
Scarabee Films and HUMAN Broadcasting in association with HBO Documentary Films

THE CARRIER
Director/Producer/Writer: Maggie Betts
Executive Producer: Roland Betts
Producers: Ben Selkow, Joedan Okun, Benjamin Prager
Tent Full of Birds Productions

HOW TO DIE IN OREGON
Director/Producer: Peter D. Richardson
Executive Producers: Melody Korenbrot, Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Supervising Producer: Jacqueline Glover (HBO)
Associate Producers: Sophie Harris, Jordan Curnes
Clearcut Productions in association with HBO Documentary Films

THE LEARNING
Director/Producer/Writer: Ramona S. Diaz
Executive Producers: Tony Gloria for Unitel, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS), Simon Kilmurry (American Documentary|POV)
CineDiaz, POV, Women Make Movies

THE TINIEST PLACE (EL LUGAR MÁS PEQUEÑO)
Director: Tatiana Huezo
Executive Producer: Liliana Pardo, Henner Hoffman
Producer: Nicolás Celis
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica/Foprocine

ABCNEWS VIDEOSOURCE AWARD
This award is given each year for the best use of news footage as an integral component in a documentary.

THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH (Winner)
Director/Producer/Writer: Chad Freidrichs
Producers: Jaime Freidrichs, Paul Fehler, Brian Woodman
Unicorn Stencil Documentary Films

THE GREEN WAVE
Director/Writer: Ali Samadi Ahadi
Producers: Jan Krueger, Oliver Stoltz
Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduktion, Red Flag Releasing

MICHAEL FEINSTEIN’S AMERICAN SONGBOOK- EP. 2 “BEST BAND IN THE LAND”
Director/Producer/Writer: Amber Edwards
Executive Producer: Ken Bloom
Producer: Dave Davidson
Hudson West Productions, PBS

POV- “THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS”
Directors/Producers/Writers: Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
Executive Producer: Jodie Evans, Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS) Simon Kilmurry (POV)
Co-Executive Producer: Cynthia López (POV)
VP of Programming and Production: Chris White (POV)
Series Producer: Yance Ford (POV)
Coordinating Producer: Andrew Catauro (POV)
ITVS, American Documentary | POV

REAGAN
Director/Producer/Writer: Eugene Jarecki
Executive Producers: Nick Fraser, Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Co-Executive Producer: Roy Ackerman
Senior Producer: Lisa Heller
Producer: Kathleen Fournier
Co-Producers: Melinda Shopsin, Christopher St. John
Associate Producers: Daniel DiMauro, Shirel Kozak
Consulting Producer: Alexander Johnes
Charlotte Street Films in association with HBO Documentary Films

PARE LORENTZ AWARD
The Pare Lorentz Award recognizes films that demonstrates exemplary filmmaking while focusing on the appropriate use of the natural environment, justive for all and the illumination of pressing social problems.

THE LAST MOUNTAIN (Winner)
Director/Producer/Writer: Bill Haney
Executive Producers: Tim Disney, Sarah Johnson Redlich, Tim Rockwood
Producers: Clara Bingham, Eric Grunebaum
Writer: Peter Rhodes
Uncommon Productions, Dada Films, New Video

Creative Recognition Awards

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
IL CASTELLO (Winner)
Cinematography: Massimo D’Anolfi
Directors: Massimo D’Anolfi & Martina Parenti

BEST EDITING
SENNA (Winner)
Editors: Chris King & Gregers Sall
Director: Asif Kapadia

BEST MUSIC
BETTER THIS WORLD (Winner)
Composer: Paul Brill
Directors: Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega

 

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[caption id="attachment_1922" align="alignnone" width="551"]Best Feature Film – OCTUBRE [/caption]

The Peruvian film Octubre / October by Daniel and Diego Vega was the winner of the award for Best Feature Film of the Year, whilst Chilean film Nostalgia de la luz / Nostalgia for the Light by Patricio Guzmán was named Best Documentary Film at the 2nd Cinema Tropical Awards, which celebrates the best of the Latin American film production.

October, the Vega brother’s debut feature film was the Jury Prize winner at the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival 2010, and has been selected to represent Peru in the upcoming Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Film category. The film tells the story of a shabby pawnbroker whose life drastically changes when an infant is abandoned in his bed.

Mexican film El lugar más pequeño / The Tiniest Place by Tatiana Huezo won two awards for Best First Film and Best Director, Documentary Film; and Michael Rowe, also from Mexico, was awarded as Best Director, Feature Film for Año bisiesto / Leap Year.

Best Feature Film:
OCTUBRE / OCTOBER (Daniel and Diego Vega, Peru)

Best Documentary Film:
NOSTALGIA DE LA LUZ / NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (Patricio Guzmán, Chile)

Best Director, Feature Film:
Michael Rowe, AÑO BISIESTO / LEAP YEAR (Mexico)

Best Director, Documentary Film:
Tatiana Huezo, EL LUGAR MÁS PEQUEÑO / THE TINIEST PLACE (Mexico)

Best First Film:
EL LUGAR MÁS PEQUEÑO / THE TINIEST PLACE (Tatiana Huezo, Mexico)

 

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[caption id="attachment_1920" align="alignnone"]Ryan Gosling in Nicolas Winding Refn’s [/caption]

Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” and Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Drive” led the Satellite Awards nominations with seven nods each, including Best Picture and Best Director.

The nominations included many small budget and independent studio releases, accounting for 6 of the 10 Best Picture nominations.

Actress in a Motion Picture
Vera Farmiga     Higher Ground     Sony Pictures Classics
Michelle WIlliams     My Week with Marilyn     The Weinstein Company
Emily Watson     Oranges and Sunshine     Cohen Media Group
Charlize Theron     Young Adult     Paramount Pictures
Glenn Close     Albert Nobbs     Roadside Attractions
Viola Davis     The Help     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Olivia Colman     Tyrannosaur     Strand Releasing
Michelle Yeoh     The Lady     Cohen Media Group
Elizabeth Olsen     Martha Marcy May Marlene     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Meryl Streep     The Iron Lady     The Weinstein Company

Actor in a Motion Picture
Leonardo DiCaprio     J. Edgar     Warner Bros.
Ryan Gosling     Drive     Filmdistrict
Michael Fassbender     Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures
George Clooney     The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Brendan Gleeson     The Guard     Sony Pictures Classics
Michael Shannon     Take Shelter     Sony Pictures Classics
Tom Hardy     Warrior     Lionsgate
Woody Harrelson     Rampart     Millennium Entertainment
Gary Oldman     Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy     Focus Features
Brad Pitt     Moneyball     Columbia

Actress in a Supporting Role
Janet McTeer     Albert Nobbs     Roadside Attractions
Octavia Spencer     The Help     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Jessica Chastain     The Tree of Life     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Vanessa Redgrave     Coriolanus     The Weinstein Company
Rachel McAdams     Midnight in Paris     Sony Pictures Classics
Carey Mulligan     Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Lisa Feret     Mozart’s Sister     Music Box Films
Judy Greer     The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Kate Winslet     Carnage     Sony Pictures Classics
Elle Fanning     Super 8     Amblin, Paramount Pictures

Actor in a Supporting Role
Albert Brooks     Drive     Filmdistrict
Viggo Mortensen     A Dangerous Method     Sony Pictures Classics
Hugo Weaving     Oranges and Sunshine     Cohen Media Group
Kenneth Branagh     My Week with Marilyn     The Weinstein Company
Colin Farrell     Horrible Bosses     New Line Cinema, Warner Bros.
Andy Serkis     Rise of the Planet of the Apes     20th Century Fox
Nick Nolte     Warrior     Lionsgate
Jonah Hill     Moneyball     Columbia
Christopher Plummer     Beginners     Sony Pictures Classics
Christoph Waltz     Carnage     Sony Pictures Classics

Foreign Film
Mexico     Miss Bala     Fox International
Iran     A Separation     Sony Pictures Classics
Belgium     The Kid with a Bike     Sundance Selects
Hungary     The Turin Horse     Cinema Guild
Argentina     Las Acacias     
Japan     13 Assassins     Magnet Releasing
France     Mozart’s Sister     Music Box Films
Portugal     Mysteries of Lisbon     Music Box Films
Finland     Le Havre     Janus Films
Russia     Faust

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Kung Fu Panda 2     Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures
The Muppets     Jim Henson Studios, Walt Disney Pictures
Puss in Boots     Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures
Rango     ILM Animation, Paramount Pictures
Rio     20th Century Fox
The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn     Amblin, Columbia, Paramount Pictures

Motion Picture, Documentary
Project Nim     Roadside Attractions
The Interrupters     Cinema Guild
Senna     Universal
American: The Bill Hicks Story     Variance Films
My Perestroika     International Film Circuit
Cave of Forgotten Dreams     IFC Films
Under Fire: Journalists in Combat     Mercury Media
One Lucky Elephant     Own Documentaries
Pina     Sundance Selects
Tabloid     IFC Films

Director
Tate Taylor     The Help     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Alexander Payne     The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Nicolas Winding Refn     Drive     Filmdistrict
Steven Spielberg     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Michel Hazanavicius     The Artist     The Weinstein Company
Martin Scorsese     Hugo     Paramount Pictures
John Michael McDonagh     The Guard     Sony Pictures Classics
Tomas Alfredson     Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy     Focus Features
Woody Allen     Midnight in Paris     Sony Pictures Classics
Steve McQueen     Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures

Screenplay: Original
Terrence Malick     The Tree of Life     Fox Searchlight Pictures
John Michael McDonagh     The Guard     Sony Pictures Classics
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen     Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Rene Feret     Mozart’s Sister     Music Box Films
Paddy Considine     Tyrannosaur     Strand Releasing
Michel Hazanavicius     The Artist     The Weinstein Company

Screenplay: Adapted
From The Novel By Kathryn Stockett, Tate Taylor     The Help     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
From The Book By Michael Morpurgo, Lee Hall, Richard Curtis     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Based On The Story By George Moore, Glenn Close, John Banville, The Play By Gabriella Prekop     Albert Nobbs     Roadside Attractions
Adapted From The Work Of Herge, Edgar Wright, Joe Cornish, Steven Moffat     The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn     Amblin, Columbia, Paramount Pictures
Alexander Payne, Based On The Novel By Kaui Hart Hemmings, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon     The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, Story By Stan Chervin     Moneyball     Columbia

Original Score
Michael Giacchino     Super 8     Amblin, Paramount Pictures
Cliff Martinez     Drive     Filmdistrict
Alexandre Desplat     Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2     Warner Bros.
John Williams     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
James Newton Howard     Water For Elephants     20th Century Fox
Marco Beltrami     Soul Surfer     Tristar Pictures

Original Song
Lay Your Head Down     Albert Nobbs     
Man Or Muppet     The Muppets     
Gathering Stories     We Bought A Zoo     
Hello Hello     Gnomeo & Juliet     
Life Is A Happy Song     The Muppets     
Bridge Of Light     Happy Feet 2

Cinematography
Bruno Delbonnel     Faust     
Janusz Kaminski     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Emmanuel Lubezki     The Tree of Life     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Newton Thomas Sigel     Drive     Filmdistrict
Guillaume Schiffman     The Artist     The Weinstein Company
Robert Richardson     Hugo     Paramount Pictures

Visual Effects
Robert Legato     Hugo     Paramount Pictures
John Frazier, Matthew Butler, Scott Benza, Scott Farrar     Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon     Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures
Dennis Muren, Kim Libreri, Paul Kavanagh, Russell Earl     Super 8     Amblin, Paramount Pictures
David Vickery, Greg Butler, John Richardson, Tim Burke     Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2     Warner Bros.
Ben Morris     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Jeff Capogreco, Joe Letteri, R. Christopher White     Rise of the Planet of the Apes     20th Century Fox

Film Editing
Michael Kahn     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Mat Newman     Drive     Filmdistrict
Joe Walker     Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Kevin Tent     The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Aaron Marshall, John Gilroy, Matt Chesse, Sean Albertson     Warrior     Lionsgate
Chris Gill     The Guard     Sony Pictures Classics

Sound (Editing & Mixing)
Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Ben Burtt, Mark Ulano, Matthew Wood, Tom Johnson     Super 8     Amblin, Paramount Pictures
Christopher Scarabosio, Craig Berkey, Erik Aadahl, Jeremy Peirson, John Pritchett, Kirk Francis     The Tree of Life     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, Richard Hymns, Stuart Wilson, Tom Johnson     War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, Gary Summers, Greg P. Russell, Jeffrey J. Haboush, Peter J. Devlin     Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon     Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures
Dave Patterson, Lon Bender, Robert Fernandez, Victor Ray Ennis     Drive     Filmdistrict
Dave Patterson, Lon Bender, Robert Fernandez, Victor Ray Ennis     Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2     Warner Bros.

Art Direction and Production Design
Jack Fisk     Water For Elephants     20th Century Fox
Sebastian T. Krawinkel, Stephan O. Gessler     Anonymous     Sony Pictures Classics
Gregory S. Hooper, Laurence Bennett     The Artist     The Weinstein Company
Isabel Branco     Mysteries of Lisbon     Music Box Films
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo     Hugo     Paramount Pictures
Jiri Trier, Yelena Zhukova     Faust

Costume Design
Lisy Christl     Anonymous     Sony Pictures Classics
Isabel Branco     Mysteries of Lisbon     Music Box Films
Michael O’Connor     Jane Eyre     Focus Features
Mark Bridges     The Artist     The Weinstein Company
Lidiya Kryukova     Faust     
Jacqueline West     Water For Elephants     20th Century Fox

Motion Picture
Moneyball     Columbia
The Descendants     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Drive     Filmdistrict
The Artist     The Weinstein Company
Shame     Fox Searchlight Pictures
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy     Focus Features
Hugo     Paramount Pictures
War Horse     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
The Help     Dreamworks, Touchstone Pictures
Midnight in Paris     Sony Pictures Classics

Mary Pickford Award
For Outstanding Artistic Contribution To The Entertainment Industry
Mitzi Gaynor

Nikola Tesla Award
In Recognition Of Visionary Achievement In Filmmaking Technology
Douglas Trumbull

Auteur Award
Peter Bogdanovich

Humanitarian Award
Tim Hetherington (1970-2011)

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture
The Help Dreamworks/Touchstone

Best First Feature
Paddy Considine, Tyrannosaur Strand Releasing

 

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[caption id="attachment_1915" align="alignnone"]BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST [/caption]

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees that will advance in the voting process for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards.

The nominated films, listed below in alphabetical order, are:

BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

[caption id="attachment_340" align="alignnone"]BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK [/caption]

[caption id="attachment_693" align="alignnone"]PROJECT NIM [/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1916" align="alignnone"]SENNA[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_902" align="alignnone"]THE UNION[/caption]

 

Television series nominations for the 2012 Producers Guild Awards will be announced December 7, 2011. All other nominations for the 2012 Producers Guild Award categories will be announced January 3, 2012, along with the individual producers.

All 2012 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on January 21, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. This year, the Producers Guild will also award special honors to Steven Spielberg, Leslie Moonves, Don Mischer, and Stan Lee, among others. The 2012 Producers Guild Awards co-chairs are Michael Manheim and Paula Wagner.

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[caption id="attachment_774" align="alignnone"]Aasha Davis and Adepero Oduye in Pariah, NBR Freedom of Expression Winner [/caption]

The U.S. National Board of Review announced its picks for the best films and performances of 2011 on Thursday, and awarded prize for top film to Hugo and Best Director to its director, Martin Scorsese.

The top 10 independent Films (in alphabetical order) included 50/50, Another Earth, Beginners, A Better Life, Cedar Rapids, Margin Call, Shame, Take Shelter, We Need To Talk About Kevin, and Win Win

The indie films Pariah and the documentary Crime After Crime were singled out to receive the NBR Freedom of Expression.

Awards for 2011: 

Best Actor
George Clooney, The Descendants

Best Actress
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash

Best Animated Feature
Rango

Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo

Best Documentary
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

Best Ensemble
The Help

Best Film
Hugo

Best Foreign Language Film
A Separation

Best Original Screenplay
Will Reiser, 50/50

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Breakthrough Performance
Felicity Jones, Like Crazy

Breakthrough Performance
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Debut Director
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call

NBR Freedom of Expression
Crime After Crime

NBR Freedom of Expression
Pariah

Special Achievement in Filmmaking
The Harry Potter Franchise – A Distinguished Translation from Book to Film

Spotlight Award
Michael Fassbender (A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, Shame, X-Men: First Class)

Top 10 Independent Films
(in alphabetical order)
50/50
Another Earth
Beginners
A Better Life
Cedar Rapids
Margin Call
Shame
Take Shelter
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Win Win

Top 5 Documentaries
(in alphabetical order)
Born to be Wild
Buck
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim, Senna

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
(in alphabetical order)
13 Assassins
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Footnote
Le Havre
Point Blank

Top Films
(in alphabetical order)
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Ides of March, J. Edgar
The Tree of Life
War Horse

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