The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative.
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Academy Announces Representation and Inclusion Standards for Oscars Eligibility in Best Picture Category
The cast and crew of “Parasite” accept the Oscar® for Best Picture during the live ABC Telecast of The 92nd Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 9, 2020. | Blaine Ohigashi / ©A.M.P.A.S.
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Watch First Teaser Trailer for NOMADLAND, Starring Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand in the film NOMADLAND. Photo Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2020 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved Ahead of its premiere at Venice, Toronto, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals in the Fall, Searchlight Pictures released the first official teaser trailer for Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland starring Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand. Nomadland will be released in theaters this Fall.
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Cinedigm Releases SAVIORS, Christopher Greenslate’s Award-Winning Indie Film
SAVIORS directed by Christopher Greenslate Cinedigm in partnership with Glass House Distribution released the award-winning independent film Saviors, winner of the Jury Award at the Madrid International Film Festival and the Beverly Hills Film Festival Audience Choice Award. Saviors starring Megan Johnson, Nathaniel Stroud, and Joe Cadiff is now available on Digital and DVD.
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BREAKING FAST to Open, AHEAD OF THE CURVE will Close, 2020 Reeling, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival
BREAKING FAST Reeling, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ film festival will celebrate its 38th anniversary this fall with a new virtual edition, showcasing 30 features, 54 shorts across eight shorts programs from 21 countries. Over the course of 11 days – from September 24 to October 4 – new titles will be premiered each day of the festival on Reeling’s online platform.
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Watch Trailer for YELLOW ROSE, Starring Grammy-Winner Eva Noblezada
Still from Diane Paragas’s “Yellow Rose” with Eva Noblezada and Dale Watson – Photo by August Thurmer Sony Pictures released the trailer for the award winning film Yellow Rose which opens in theaters on October 9, 2020. Yellow Rose is the timely story of a Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between staying with her family or leaving the only home she has known.
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64th BFI London Film Festival Unveils Lineup of 58 Films
Honeymood directed by Talya Lavie The 64th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) today announced a vibrant program of 58 films from around the world showcased at the reimagined 2020 festival that will be delivered both virtually and via physical screenings.
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Calgary International Film Festival 2020 Announces Lineup of 175+ Films – In Cinema and Online
Sigourney Weaver, Margaret Qualley in My Salinger Year by Philippe Falardeau With over 175 films and 40+ countries represented, Calgary International Film Festival announced the 2020 lineup of much of the year’s most groundbreaking and must-see movies. The hybrid festival rolls out with 90+ in-cinema feature films and shorts package screenings and 160+ films that you can watch online. This will be first time the festival will be accessible by audiences outside Calgary – with streaming available across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba from September 24 to October 4, 2020.
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Faith Based Film MY BROTHERS’ CROSSING Released In Theaters
My Brothers’ Crossing “My Brothers’ Crossing” is a spiritually uplifting film that depicts a true story about a black pastor that unintentionally has a head on collision with his car into a motorcycle killing a white couple shortly after the Missouri riots in August 2014. The movie will play in select Regal and AMC theaters throughout the US starting Thursday September 3rd.
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RIP: Jiri Menzel, Oscar-Winning Czech Director of “Closely Watched Trains” Dies at 82
Jiri Menzel Czech director Jiri Menzel, winner of the Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 1967 for “Closely Watched Trains”, died on Saturday, September 5, his wife, Olga Menzelova, announced on her Facebook page. He was 82.
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Fernando Trueba’s FORGOTTEN WE’LL BE Will Close 68th San Sebastian Festival
Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos), directed by Fernando Trueba The international premiere of the Colombian film Forgotten We’ll Be (El olvido que seremos), directed by Fernando Trueba and starring Javier Cámara, will close, out of competition, the Official Selection at the San Sebastian Festival’s 68th edition. The film, an adaptation of Héctor Abad Faciolince’s homonymous novel, is part of the Official Selection of Cannes 2020, cancelled due to the pandemic.
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Uma Thurman Narrates THE AGE OF NATURE, PBS Nature and Wildlife DocuSeries
The Age of Nature The Age of Nature, a three-part documentary series, explores how an increased awareness of the natural world is leading to a new chapter in the story of both humanity and the planet. With stunning photography, the series focuses on the resiliency of Earth’s ecosystems through stories of success, as scientists, citizens and governments act to fix past mistakes and restore the environment. With the current pandemic exposing the fragility and vulnerability of humankind, the balance of nature and our relationship with it is more important than ever. Narrated by Uma Thurman, The Age of Nature premieres Wednesdays, October 14-28, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET..
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Watch Trailer for ALIEN ADDICTION, Shae Sterling’s Award-Winning Sci-fi Comedy
Alien Addiction Gravitas Ventures debuted the official trailer for the award-winning sci-fi comedy Alien Addiction directed by Shae Sterling.