South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s dark comedy, Parasite, dominated the 2019 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards winning the awards for Best International Film, Best Director for Bong Joon-ho as well as a Best Screenplay award for co-writers Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won. Parasite also made the critics Top 10 Films list.
21 short films are selected for the Ammodo Tiger Short Competition at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) with the jury consisting of Nathanja van Dijk, Safia Benhaim and Greg de Cuir Jr.
The new trailer dropped for the indie comedy Reality Queen! from director Steven Jay Bernheim, featuring Denise Richards, Mike Tyson along with the late John Witherspoon. Reality Queen! will be available on DVD and Digital as well as in select theaters across America on January 10.
Berlin International Film Festival will honor Oscar-winner Dame Helen Mirren with its Homage and award her the Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 20 films in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story was the big winner at the 29th Annual IFP Gotham Awards winning Best Feature, Audience Award, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor for Adam Driver.
The National Board of Review announced their 2019 honorees, naming The Irishman the Best Film of 2019, and honored Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, along with Al Pacino with the NBR Icon Award. Quentin Tarantino was named Best Director for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Renée Zellweger for Best Actress for Judy, and Adam Sandler for Best Actor for Uncut Gems.
The Palm Springs International Film Festival will present Antonio Banderas with the International Star Award, Actor for his performance in Pain and Glory at its annual Film Awards Gala. The 31st annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) runs January 2-13, 2020.
Ashland Independent Film Festival will open the AIFF Film Center, the newest addition to Ashland’s vibrant visual and literary arts scene on East Main Street.
The nominations were announced today for the 47th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Frozen 2 (Walt Disney Animation Studios), How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (DreamWorks Animation), Klaus (Netflix presents a Production of the Spa Studios and Atresmedia Cine), Missing Link (Laika, LLC) and Toy Story 4 (Pixar Animation Studios).
For Sama directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts was named Best British Independent Film 2019 at the 22nd British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) ceremony, becoming the first documentary to win that award.
Showtime Documentary Films announced a new limited docu-series, Gossip Starring Cindy Adams, profiling the longtime columnist whose work at the New York Post made her the reigning queen of gossip. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard are executive producing, with Emmy and BAFTA(R) nominee Jenny Carchman (The Fourth Estate) producing and directing. Scheduled to premiere in 2021, the series will be produced by Imagine Documentaries in cooperation with the New York Post.