The Robbie Williams biopic Better Man won Best Film, and its Australian director Michael Gracey was honored with the Award for Best Direction in Film at the 14th Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) International Awards. ( see the nominations)
Magnet Releasing revealed the official trailer for Sister Midnight, the Mumbai-set oddball comedy horror film starring Radhika Apte as a woman who is trapped in an unhappy arranged marriage.
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (His House, Gangs Of London) is set to star in Akinola Davies Jnr’s feature directorial debut My Father’s Shadow. MUBI has pre-bought all rights for release in North America, UK, Ireland, and Turkey.
A24 revealed the official trailer for Friendship, a “laugh-until-you-cry nightmare comedy about male bonding gone awry” starring Tim Robinson, Kate Mara, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Paul Rudd.
Music Box Films debuted the official trailer for Eephus, a sports-comedy-drama film from debuting director Carson Lund. The film starring Keith William Richards, Frederick Wiseman, Cliff Blake, Ray Hryb, and Bill “Spaceman” Lee, tells the story of two amateur baseball teams coming together for one final game before their field is demolished to make way for a new school.
All We Imagine as Light emerged victorious at the 22nd International Cinephile Society Awards winning the top prize of best picture along with best director for Payal Kapadia and best ensemble cast.
Circusboy (Zirkuskind) by German film directors Julia Lemke and Anna Koch will celebrate its world premiere in the competition program of the Berlinale Generation section / Kplus at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival taking place February 13-23, 2025.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has completed the designated Oscar nominees that were yet to be determined in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and Best Picture categories at the time of the 97th Oscars nominations announcement on Thursday, January 23.
Directed by filmmaker Andrew Abrahams (Academy Award shortlisted films ‘Under Our Skin’ and ‘American Justice on Trial,’ Emmy nominee ‘Bubbeh Lee & Me,’ National PBS’ ‘The Grove,’ the Sundance Channel’s ‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers’), the feature documentary Complicated tells the story of kids with the devastatingly complicated connective-tissue disease Ehler’s-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The film looks at parents who risk losing them if they go too far to help (including potentially losing their parental rights).
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter’s documentary The Stand will have its US premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which takes place February 14 to 23 in Missoula, Montana.
Sean Baker’s Anora continued its front-runner status, winning him the 2024 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film.
The Wild Robot won Best Feature at the 52nd Annie Awards, taking home 9 prizes including Annie for Best FX- Feature (Derek Cheung, Michael Losure, David Chow, Nyoung Kim, Steve Avoujageli), Best Character Animation – Feature (Fabio Lignini), Best Character Design – Feature (Genevieve Tsai), Best Direction – Feature (Chris Sanders), Best Music – Feature (Kris Bowers), Best Production Design – Feature (Raymond Zibach, Ritchie Sacilioc) Best Voice Acting – Feature (Lupita Nyong’o as Roz) and Best Editorial – Feature (Mary Blee, Collin Erker, Orlando Duenas, Lucie Lyon, Brian Parker).