This Is Home: A Refugee Story which world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, will make its television debut on the premium pay television network EPIX, later in 2018.
Directed by Alexandra Shiva (How to Dance in Ohio), This is Home is an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in America and struggling to find their footing. Displaced from their homes and separated from loved ones, they are given eight months of assistance from the International Rescue Committee to become self-sufficient. As they learn to adapt to challenges, including the newly imposed travel ban, their strength and resilience are tested.
After surviving the traumas of war, the families arrive in Baltimore, Maryland and are met with a whole new set of challenges. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must “learn America” – everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles.
This Is Home goes beyond the statistics, headlines, and political rhetoric to tell deeply personal stories, putting a human face on the global refugee crisis.-
“This Is Home: A Refugee Story,” to Air on EPIX in 2018 Following World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
This Is Home: A Refugee Story which world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, will make its television debut on the premium pay television network EPIX, later in 2018.
Directed by Alexandra Shiva (How to Dance in Ohio), This is Home is an intimate portrait of four Syrian refugee families arriving in America and struggling to find their footing. Displaced from their homes and separated from loved ones, they are given eight months of assistance from the International Rescue Committee to become self-sufficient. As they learn to adapt to challenges, including the newly imposed travel ban, their strength and resilience are tested.
After surviving the traumas of war, the families arrive in Baltimore, Maryland and are met with a whole new set of challenges. They attend cultural orientation classes and job training sessions where they must “learn America” – everything from how to take public transportation to negotiating new gender roles.
This Is Home goes beyond the statistics, headlines, and political rhetoric to tell deeply personal stories, putting a human face on the global refugee crisis.
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Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is 2018 Recipient of Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is the 2018 recipient of the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship – an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was made today at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
For the third consecutive year, Sundance Institute has identified an Indigenous filmmaker from a global pool of nominees to award a cash grant and provide a year-long continuum of support with activities including a trip to the Sundance Film Festival, access to strategic and creative services offered by Sundance Institute artist programs, and mentorship opportunities.
Tailfeathers is a filmmaker, writer, and actor. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia in First Nations and Indigenous Studies with a Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her award-winning works are often community-focused and rooted in social justice.
Tailfeathers is a recipient of the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Award and a Kodak Image Award for her work as an emerging filmmaker and a Canadian Screen Award for her performance in On the Farm. Her short documentary, Bihttoš (2014) was included in the TIFF Top Ten Canadian Shorts and was also nominated for a Canadian Screen Award and a Leo Award for Best Short Documentary. Bihttoš also won the grand jury prize at the Seattle International Film Festival for Best Short Documentary. Most recently, she directed a feature-length documentary, cesnaʔem: the city before the city – in collaboration with the Musqueam First Nation – which premiered at the 2017 Vancouver International Film Festival.
Tailfeathers is currently directing a feature-length documentary about the opiate crisis and addiction in her home community of Kainai First Nation (Blood Reserve). She is also in pre-production on a narrative-feature, which she is co-writing and co-directing with Kathleen Hepburn. Tailfeathers is an alumna of the Berlinale Talent Lab, the Sámi Film Institute’s Indigenous Film Fellowship, and a recipient of the Hot Docs Cross Currents Fund.
“Now in its third consecutive award year, this Fellowship pays tribute to the immense artistic contributions and memory of our beloved colleague and friend Merata Mita, who was an activist, documentarian and the first and only Māori woman to write and direct a dramatic feature,” said N. Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache), director, Sundance Institute Native American and Indigenous Film Program. “The Merata Mita Fellowship reflects Sundance Institute’s ongoing commitment to supporting Indigenous artists globally. The selection of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers as the 2018 recipient exemplifies the creative work and the efforts that Merata championed throughout her life.”
Merata Mita (Ngai te Rangi/Ngati Pikiao) was New Zealand’s first Indigenous female filmmaker. She served as an advisor and artistic director of the Sundance Institute Native Lab from 2000 to 2009, where she championed emerging Indigenous talent. The Fellowship is supported by the Consulate General of Canada, Indigenous Media Initiatives, Anonymous, Fenton Bailey and Billy Luther (Diné/Hopi/Laguna Pueblo), and Sarah Luther (Diné).
Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Film Program champions Native American and Indigenous independent storytelling artists through residency Labs, Fellowships, public programming, and a year-round continuum of creative, financial, and tactical support. The Program conducts outreach and education to identify a new generation of Native and Indigenous voices, connecting them with opportunities to develop their storytelling projects, and bringing them and their work back to Native lands. At its core, the Program seeks to inspire self-determination among Native filmmakers and communities by centering Native people in telling their own stories.
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TEHRAN TABOO, Animated Drama on Sexual Hypocrisy in Iran, Sets US Release Date | Trailer
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Ali Soozandeh’s Tehran Taboo is an animated dramatic feature that juggles multiple stories to explore the sexual double-standard behind the hypocrisy of life in contemporary Iran. Living in exile in Germany since age 25, Iranian-born Soozandeh cannily uses animation to solve the problem of not being able to film in Tehran.
Kino Lorber will release Tehran Taboo on Wednesday, February 14, at New York’s Film Forum; in San Francisco, CA, on March 2 (Roxie Theatre) and in Los Angeles, CA, on March 9 (at Laemmle’s Town Center 5 and Music Hall 3). The film had its world premiere at the prestigious Cannes Critics’ Week before segueing to a competition slot at the Annecy Intl. Animated Film Festival.
Blending multiple narratives into a complex picture of contemporary life in Iran’s most populous city, Tehran Taboo follows a young woman in need of an operation to “restore” her virginity; a divorce judge (in the Islamic Revolutionary Court) who extorts favors from a prostitute; a pregnant woman desperate to work for a living so she may live independently; and young women (purportedly virgins) being sold to Dubai for large sums of money.
The result is a complicated portrait of a social order in which women are at the bottom rung of a ladder built on religion, the law, and plain old misogyny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUnSemNTycE
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Berlinale 2018: More Films Added to Competition and Berlinale Special Lineup
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Another five films, including Steven Soderberg’s Unsane, and Gael García Bernal in Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Museum, have been added to the Competition lineup of the 68th Berlin International Film Festival; and a further six films have been invited to participate in the Berlinale Special Program.
The 68th Berlin International Film Festival will take place from February 15 to 25, 2018. The complete program will be presented on February 6, 2018.
Competition
7 days in Entebbe USA / United Kingdom By José Padilha ( The Elite Squad, Garapa ) With Rosamund Pike, Daniel Brühl, Eddie Marsan, Lior Ashkenazi, Denis Menochet, Ben Schnetzer, Angel Bonanni, Juan Pablo Raba, Nonso Anozie World Premiere – Out of competition Ága Bulgaria / Germany / France By Milko Lazarov ( Otchuzhdenie ) With Mikhail Aprosimov, Feodosia Ivanova, Galina Tikhonova, Sergey Egorov, Afanasiy Kylaev World premiere – Out of competition Season of the Devil (Ang panahon ng halimaw) Philippines By Lav Diaz ( A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery ) with Piolo Pascual, Shaina Magdayao, Pinky Amador, Bituin Escalante, Hazel Orencio, Joel Saracho, Bart Guingona, Angel Aquino, Lilit Reyes, Don Melvin Boongaling World premiere Museum (Museo) Mexico By Alonso Ruizpalacios ( Güeros ) With Gael Garcia Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris, Alfredo Castro, Simon Russell Beale, Bernardo Velasco, Leticia Breedy, Ilse Salas, Lisa Owen World premiere Unsane USA By Steven Soderbergh ( Traffic, The Good German ) With Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, Amy Irving World premiere – Out of competitionBerlinale Special
Berlinale Special Gala at the Friedrichstadt-Palast The Happy Prince Germany / Belgium / Italy By Rupert Everett With Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Rupert Everett’s European Premiere – First Feature Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid) Sweden / Germany / Denmark By Pernille Fischer Christensen ( A Soap, A Family, Someones You Love ) With Alba August, Trine Dyrholm, Magnus Krepper, Maria Bonnevie, Henrik Rafaelsen World premiereBerlinale Special at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele
AMERICA Land of the Freeks – Documentary Form Germany By Ulli Lommel ( Tenderness of the Wolves, The Boogey Man, Absolute Evil ) With Ulli Lommel, Tanner King Barklow, Nola Roeper, Gil Kofman, Chris Kriesa, Lilith Stangenberg, Tatjana Lommel, Max Brauer World Premiere Tribute to Ulli Lommel RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY – Documentary USA / Japan By Stephen Nomura Schible ( Ryūichi Sakamoto: Coda ) International premiereBerlinale Special at Kino International
The Interpreter Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria By Martin Šulík ( The Garden , Landscape , Gypsy ) With Peter Simonischek, Jiří Menzel, Zuzana Mauréry, Attila Mokos and Anna Rakovská World premiere Usedom – The Sea View – Documentary Germany By Heinz Brinkmann ( The Carbide Factory, Come Into The Garden, The Boehme Case – The Wondrous Life Of A Left-Handed Man )Competition
3 Days in Quiberon ( 3 Tage in Quiberon ) by Emily Atef (Germany / Austria / France) 7 Days in Entebbe by José Padilha (USA / United Kingdom) – Out of competition AGA by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria / Germany / France) – Out of competition Season of the Devil (Ang panahon ng halimaw) by Lav Diaz (Philippines) Black 47 by Lance Daly (Ireland / Luxembourg) – Out of competition Damsel by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner (USA) Do not Worry, He Will not Get Far on Foot by Gus Van Sant (USA) Dovlatov by Alexey German Jr. (Russian Federation / Poland / Serbia) Eldorado by Markus Imhoof (Switzerland / Germany) – Documentary, out of competition Eva by Benoit Jacquot (France) Figlia mia ( Daughter of Mine ) by Laura Bispuri (Italy / Germany / Switzerland) The Heiresses (Las herederas) by Marcelo Nessi Marti (Paraguay / Germany / Uruguay / Norway / Brazil / France) – First Feature In the Aisles (In den Gängen) by Thomas Stuber (Germany) Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson ( United Kingdom / Germany) – Entertainment Pig (Khook) by Mani Haghighi (Iran) My brother’s name is Robert, and He is an Idiot (Mein Bruder heißt Robert und ist ein Idiot ) by Philip Gröning (Germany / France / Switzerland) Museo ( Museum ) by Alonso Ruizpalacios (Mexico) La prière ( The Prayer ) by Cédric Kahn (France) The Real Estate (Toppen av ingenting) by Måns Månsson and Axel Petersén (Sweden / United Kingdom) Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie (Romania / Germany / Czech Republic / Bulgaria / France) – First Feature Transit by Christian Petzold (Germany / France) Mug (Twarz) by Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland) Unsane by Steven Soderbergh (USA) – Out of competitionBerlinale Special
AMERICA Land of the Freeks by Ulli Lommel (Germany) – The Bookshop by Isabel Coixet ( Spain / United Kingdom / Germany) The Happy Prince by Rupert Everett (Germany / Belgium / Italy) Gurrumul by Paul Williams (Australia) – Documentary, debut movie The Interpreter by Martin Šulík ( Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Austria ) Monster Hunt 2 by Raman Hui (People’s Republic of China / Hong Kong, China) RYŪICHI SAKAMOTO: async AT THE PARK AVENUE ARMORY by Stephen Nomura Schible (USA / Japan) – Documentary The Silent Revolution (Das schweigende Klassenzimmer) by Lars Kraume (Germany) Becoming Astrid (Unga Astrid) by Pernille Fischer Christensen (Sweden / Germany / Denmark) Usedom – The clear sea view by Heinz Brinkmann (Germany) – Documentary A Journey to the Fumigated Towns (Viaje a los Pueblos Fumigados) by Fernando Solanas (Argentina) – DocumentaryBerlinale Special – Berlinale Series
Bad Banks – Director: Christian Schwochow – Head writer: Oliver Kienle, based on a concept by Lisa Blumenberg (Germany / Luxembourg) Home Ground (Heimebane) – Creator: Johan Fasting – Director: Arild Andresen (Norway) Liberty – Creator: Asger Leth – Director: Mikael Marcimain (Denmark) The Looming Tower – Creators: Dan Futterman, Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright – Director: Alex Gibney – Written by Dan Futterman, based on the book by Lawrence Wright (USA) Picnic at Hanging Rock – Director: Larysa Kondracki (episodes 1-3) – Written by Beatrix Christian, Alice Addison (Australia) Sleeping Bears – Creator and director: Keren Margalit (Israel) The Terror – Showrunners: David Kajganich and Soo Hugh – Director: Edward Berger (episodes 1-3), (USA)
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“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” is Big Winner of 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards presented its coveted Actor statuettes at the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, hosted by Kristen Bell. Honored with individual awards were Frances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Allison Janney and Sam Rockwell for performances in motion pictures, with the Actor for a motion picture cast performance going this year to “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.”
Rita Moreno presented Morgan Freeman with the 54th Life Achievement Award, following a filmed salute to the Academy Award winning actor, producer, voice actor and activist, which mirrored when Freeman presented Moreno with the 50th Life Achievement Award. Felicity Huffman introduced a filmed “In Memoriam” tribute to the SAG-AFTRA members lost during 2017. In keeping with the SAG Awards tradition of highlighting the work of SAG-AFTRA members, SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris introduced a montage that illustrated the union’s diversity and the wide range of its members’ professional skills.
The complete list of recipients for the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows:
The 24th ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS®RECIPIENTS
The Theatrical Motion Picture Recipients are:
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role FRANCES McDORMAND / Mildred – “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” (Fox Searchlight) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role GARY OLDMAN / Winston Churchill – “DARKEST HOUR” (Focus Features) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role ALLISON JANNEY / LaVona Golden – “I, TONYA” (Neon) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role SAM ROCKWELL / Dixon – “THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI” (Fox Searchlight) Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Fox Searchlight) ABBIE CORNISH / Anne PETER DINKLAGE / James WOODY HARRELSON / Willoughby JOHN HAWKES / Charlie LUCAS HEDGES / Robbie ŽELJKO IVANEK / Desk Sgt. CALEB LANDRY JONES / Red Welby FRANCES McDORMAND / Mildred CLARKE PETERS / Abercrombie SAM ROCKWELL / Dixon SAMARA WEAVING / PenelopeThe Television Recipients are:
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series NICOLE KIDMAN / Celeste Wright – “BIG LITTLE LIES” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD / Perry Wright – “BIG LITTLE LIES” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series CLAIRE FOY / Queen Elizabeth II – “THE CROWN” (Netflix) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series STERLING K. BROWN / Randall Pearson – “THIS IS US” (NBC) Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Selina Meyer – “VEEP” (HBO) Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series WILLIAM H. MACY / Frank Gallagher – “SHAMELESS” (Showtime) Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series THIS IS US(NBC)ERIS BAKER / Tess Pearson ALEXANDRA BRECKENRIDGE / Sophie STERLING K. BROWN / Randall Pearson LONNIE CHAVIS / Young Randall JUSTIN HARTLEY / Kevin Pearson FAITHE HERMAN / Annie Pearson RON CEPHAS JONES / William Hill CHRISSY METZ / Kate Pearson MANDY MOORE / Rebecca Pearson CHRIS SULLIVAN / Toby Damon MILO VENTIMIGLIA / Jack Pearson SUSAN KELECHI WATSON / Beth Pearson HANNAH ZEILE / Teenage Kate Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series VEEP(HBO) DAN BAKKEDAHL / Roger Furlong ANNA CHLUMSKY / Amy Brookheimer GARY COLE / Kent Davison MARGARET COLIN / Jane McCabe KEVIN DUNN / Ben Cafferty CLEA DUVALL / Marjorie Palmiotti NELSON FRANKLIN / Will TONY HALE / Gary Walsh JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Selina Meyer SAM RICHARDSON / Richard Splett PAUL SCHEER / Stevie REID SCOTT / Dan Egan TIMOTHY SIMONS / Jonah Ryan SARAH SUTHERLAND / Catherine Meyer MATT WALSH / Mike McLintock Image: Actor Frances McDormand (4th from L, at microphone) and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ castmates accept the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award onstage during the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. 27522_013 (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Frances McDormand;Sam Rockwell;Darrell Britt-Gibson;Woody Harrelson;Abbie Cornish;Lucas Hedges;Zeljko Ivanek;John Hawkes;Samara Weaving;Sandy Martin;Amanda Warren
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Sundance 2018: See New Poster for Nicolas Pesce’s PIERCING Starring Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska
Here is the poster for Piercing, written and directed by Nicolas Pesce, that World Premiere in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Piercing stars Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, Laia Costa, Marin Ireland, Maria Dizzia, and Wendell Pierce
Reed (Christopher Abbott) is going on a business trip. He kisses his wife and infant son goodbye, but in lieu of a suitcase filled with clothes, he’s packed a toothbrush and a murder kit. Everything is meticulously planned: check into a hotel and kill an unsuspecting victim. Only then will he rid himself of his devious impulses and continue to be a good husband and father. But Reed gets more than he bargained for with Jackie (Mia Wasikowska), an alluring call girl who arrives at his room. First, they relax and get in the mood, but when there’s an unexpected disruption, the balance of control begins to sway back and forth between the two. Is he seeing things? Who’s playing whom? Before the night is over, a feverish nightmare will unfold, and Reed and Jackie will seal their bond in blood.
Based on the critically acclaimed cult novel by Ryu Murakami, Director Nicolas Pesce (THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, Sundance 2016) blends psychological horror with comedy and stylish neo-noir, resulting in a sly take on the fantasy of escape and the hazards of modern romance.
2018 Sundance Film Festival Screenings:
World Premiere: Saturday, January 20th at 11:59pm (PC Library)
Public Screening #2: Sunday, January 21st at 8:30pm (Egyptian, PC)
Public Screening #3: Wednesday, January 24th at 8:30pm (The MARC)
Public Screening #4: Friday, January 26th at 11:59pm (Broadway 6, SLC)
Public Screening #5: Saturday, January 27th at 11:59pm (PC Library)
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“Call Me by Your Name,” “Lady Bird,” “A Fantastic Woman” Among Nominees for 29th GLAAD Media Awards
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Actress Trace Lysette and actor Wilson Cruz announced the nominees for the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards live on GLAAD’s Facebook page from Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will be held in Los Angeles on April 12, 2018 at The Beverly Hilton, and in New York on May 5 at the New York Hilton Midtown.
Among the nominees: Golden Globe winner Lady Bird; Golden Globe nominees Call Me By Your Name, The Shape of Water, and A Fantastic Woman. GLAAD announced a Special Recognition Award for Jay-Z’s song and music video “Smile” featuring his mother Gloria Carter who used the song to come out as a lesbian. A Special Recognition Award was also given to the animated short film In A Heartbeat.
“What people see in the media has a powerful impact on how they treat others and the GLAAD Media Awards raise the bar for media to tell LGBTQ stories that accelerate acceptance,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “At a time when anti-LGBTQ policies and harassment are on the rise, it is imperative that Hollywood and news media tell more LGBTQ stories that reflect the community’s rich diversity – and build understanding that brings all communities closer together. This year’s nominees showcase stories that span races, genres, ages, and geographies, challenge misconceptions, and broaden understanding and acceptance of LGBTQ people across the globe.”
29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Nominations
Outstanding Film – Wide Release Battle of the Sexes Fox Searchlight Call Me by Your Name Sony Pictures Classics Lady Bird A24 Professor Marston and the Wonder Women Annapurna Pictures The Shape of Water Fox Searchlight Outstanding Film – Limited Release BPM The Orchard A Fantastic Woman Sony Pictures Classics God’s Own Country Samuel Goldwyn Films/Orion Pictures Thelma The Orchard The Wound Kino Lorber Outstanding Comedy Series The Bold Type Freeform Brooklyn Nine-Nine FOX Crazy Ex-Girlfriend The CW Modern Family ABC One Day at a Time Netflix One Mississippi Amazon Superstore NBC Survivor’s Remorse Starz Transparent Amazon Will & Grace NBC Outstanding Drama Series Billions Showtime Doubt CBS The Handmaid’s Tale Hulu Nashville CMT Sense8 Netflix Shadowhunters Freeform Star FOX Star Trek: Discovery CBS All Access This Is Us NBC Wynonna Earp Syfy Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBTQ character) “Chapter 8” Legion FX “Grace” Pure Genius CBS “Lady Cha Cha” Easy Netflix “The Missionaries” Room 104 HBO “Thanksgiving” Master of None Netflix Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series American Horror Story: Cult FX Feud: Bette and Joan FX Godless Netflix Queers BBC America When We Rise ABC Outstanding Kids & Family Programming Andi Mack Disney Channel “Chosen Family” Danger & Eggs Amazon “The Emergency Plan” Doc McStuffins Disney Channel Steven Universe Cartoon Network The Loud House Nickelodeon Outstanding Scripted Television Series (Spanish Language) Las chicas del cable Netflix La doble vida de Estela Carrillo Univision Ingobernable Netflix Outstanding Documentary Chavela Music Box Films Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric National Geographic Kiki Sundance Selects “Real Boy” Independent Lens PBS This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous YouTube Red Outstanding Reality Program Gaycation with Ellen Page Viceland I Am Jazz TLC RuPaul’s Drag Race VH1 Survivor: Game Changers CBS The Voice NBC Outstanding Music Artist Miley Cyrus, Younger Now RCA Records Halsey, Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Astralwerks Records Honey Dijon, The Best of Both Worlds Classic Music Company Kehlani, SweetSexySavage TSNMI/Atlantic Records Kelela, Take Me Apart Warp Records Perfume Genius, No Shape Matador Records Sam Smith, The Thrill of It All Capitol Records St. Vincent, MASSEDUCTION Loma Vista Recordings Wrabel, We Could Be Beautiful Epic/Sony Records Kesha, Rainbow Kemosabe/RCA Records Outstanding Comic Book America, by Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones, Ming Doyle, Stacey Lee, Ramon Villalobos, Walden Wong, Jen Bartel, Annie Wu, Aud Koch, Flaviano, Joe Rivera, Paolo Rivera, José Villarrubia, Jordan Gibson, Tamra Bonvillain, Brittany Peer, Rachelle Rosenberg, Travis Lanham (Marvel Comics) The Backstagers, by James Tynion IV, Rian Sygh, Walter Baiamonte, Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios) Batwoman, by Marguerite Bennett, James Tynion IV, Steve Epting, Jeromy N. Cox, Stephanie Hans, Renato Arlem, Adriano Honorato Lucas, Fernando Blanco, John Rauch, Deron Bennett (DC Comics) Black Panther: World of Wakanda, by Roxane Gay, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Yona Harvey, Rembert Browne, Alitha E. Martinez, Manny Mederos, Joe Bennett, Afua Richardson, Roberto Poggi, Tamra Bonvillain, Rachelle Rosenberg, Virtual Calligraphy, Joe Sabino (Marvel Comics) Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love, by Sarah Vaughn, Lan Medina, Phillip Hester, José Villarrubia, Janice Chiang (DC Comics) Goldie Vance, by Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Brittney Williams, Noah Hayes, Sarah Stern, Jim Campbell (BOOM! Studios) Iceman, by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Ibraim Roberson, Edgar Salazar, Edgar E. Tadeo, Robert Gill, Rachelle Rosenberg, Joe Sabino (Marvel Comics) Lumberjanes, by Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters, Carolyn Nowak, Ayme Sotuyo, Maarta Laiho, Aubrey Aiese (BOOM! Studios) Quantum Teens are Go, by Magdalene Visaggio, Eryk Donovan, Claudia Aguirre, Zakk Saam (Black Mask Comics) The Woods, by James Tynion IV, Michael Dialynas, Ed Dukeshire (BOOM! Studios) Outstanding Daily Drama The Bold and The Beautiful CBS Days of Our Lives NBC The Young & the Restless CBS Outstanding Talk Show Episode “Australia Marriage Equality” Last Week Tonight with John Oliver HBO “Danica Roem” The Opposition with Jordan Klepper Comedy Central “Laila and Logan Ireland, Transgender Military Couple” The Ellen DeGeneres Show syndicated “Laverne Cox and Gavin Grimm” The View ABC “Trans Veterans React to Ban” The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Comedy Central Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine “A Boy Named Lucas” 20/20 ABC “China Queer” The Naked Truth Fusion “Gay Purge?” Nightline ABC “The Pulse of Orlando: Terror at the Nightclub” Anderson Cooper 360 CNN “Trans Youth” VICE on HBO HBO Outstanding TV Journalism Segment “The Abolitionists Face the Love Army” KAPP-KVEW Local News KAPP-35/KVEW-42 [Tri Cities/Yakima, Wash.] “DJ Zeke Thomas Goes Public” Good Morning America ABC “Murders Raise Alarm for Transgender Community” NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt NBC “Transgender Murders in Louisiana Part of Disturbing Trend” CBS Evening News CBS “Transgender Rights under Fire in Trump Era” AM Joy MSNBC Outstanding Newspaper Article “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Journey of a Transgender Man” by Lauren McGaughy The Dallas Morning News “Lesbian College Coaches Still Face Difficult Atmosphere to Come Out” by Shannon Ryan Chicago Tribune “Pulse Victims’ Families in Puerto Rico: ‘We Have to Cry Alone'” by Jennifer A. Marcial Ocasio Orlando Sentinel “Revised Guidance on HIV Proves Life-Transforming” by Lenny Bernstein The Washington Post “The Silent Epidemic: Black Gay Men and HIV” [series] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Outstanding Magazine Article “America’s Hidden H.I.V. Epidemic” by Linda Villarosa The New York Times Magazine “Beyond ‘He’ or ‘She’: The Changing Meaning of Gender and Sexuality” by Katy Steinmetz Time “Forbidden Lives: The Gay Men Who Fled Chechnya’s Purge” by Masha Gessen The New Yorker “Free Radical” by Nathan Heller Vogue “Trans, Teen, and Homeless” by Laura Rena Murray Rolling Stone Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage The Advocate Billboard People Teen Vogue Time Outstanding Digital Journalism Article “The Ballad of Bobby Brooks, the First Gay Student-Body President of Texas A&M” by Lauren Larson GQ.com “For Those We Lost and Those Who Survived: The Pulse Massacre One Year Later” by James Michael Nichols HuffPost Queer Voices “‘I Am a Girl Now,’ Sage Smith Wrote. Then She Went Missing.” by Emma Eisenberg Splinter “Meet the Transgender Student Who Fought Discrimination at His Maryland High School (and Won)” by Nico Lang INTO “Why Bisexual Men Are Still Fighting to Convince Us They Exist” by Samantha Allen Splinter Outstanding Digital Journalism – Multimedia “Former Patriots and Chiefs Tackle Ryan O’Callaghan Comes Out as Gay” Outsports/SB Nation “Made to Model: Trans Beauty in Fashion” LogoTV.com “‘This Is How We Win’: Inside Danica Roem’s Historic Victory” by Diana Tourjée Broadly.Vice.com “Transgender Day of Remembrance” by Saeed Jones AM to DM, BuzzFeed News “US Travel Ban Leaves LGBT Refugees in Limbo” by Nina dos Santos CNN.com Outstanding Blog Autostraddle Gays With Kids My Fabulous Disease Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents Transgriot Special Recognition In a Heartbeat written & directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David “Smile” by Jay-Z featuring Gloria Carter, 4:44 Roc Nation/Universal Music Group Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine (Spanish Language) “Así viven los estudiantes transgénero después de que Trump anulara la ley de baños de Obama para escuela públicas” Primer Impacto Univision “Pulse, huellas de la masacre” Docufilms CNN en Español “Ser transgénero en Latinoamérica: sus experiencias y crecimiento” Vive la Salud CNN en Español Outstanding TV Journalism Segment (Spanish Language) “Comunidad LGBTQ vulnerable bajo nuevo gobierno” Perspectiva Nacional Entravision “Entrevista con Daniela Vega” Showbiz CNN en Español “Joven transgénero tiene un mensaje para las familias: ‘Acepten a sus hijos'” Al Punto Univision “El triunfo de una diseñadora mexicana transgénero en Nueva York” Noticias Telemundo Telemundo “Unidos contra la discriminación y el acoso contra la comunidad LGBT” Despierta América Univision Outstanding Digital Journalism (Spanish Language) “La compleja realidad de ser gay en América Latina” cnnespanol.cnn.com “‘No aprobar el Dream Act significaría una sentencia de muerte’, jóvenes LGBT y DACA” by Araceli Martínez Ortega laopinion.com “Padres de familia de Dallas luchan por los derechos de su hija transgénero” by Karina Ramírez aldiadallas.com “Primera senadora trans aspira a impulsar medidas para sectores discriminados” efe.com “Tres hermanitos para dos papás” by Jacqueline García laopinion.com
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“The Shape Of Water” and “Jane” Win 2018 Producers Guild Awards
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The 29th Annual Producers Guild Awards was held last night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, and “The Shape Of Water” won the top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. The documentary “Jane” snagged The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.
29th Producers Guild Awards Winners
The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: “The Shape Of Water” Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: “Coco” Producer: Darla K. Anderson The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures: “Jane” Producers: Brett Morgen, Bryan Burk, Tony Gerber, James Smith The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama: “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 1) Producers: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Sheila Hockin, Eric Tuchman, Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Joseph Boccia, Elisabeth Moss, Kira Snyder, Leila Gerstein The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy: “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Season 1) Producers: Daniel Palladino, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Sheila Lawrence, Dhana Rivera Gilbert The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television: The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and limited series. “Black Mirror” (Season 4) Producers: Annabel Jones, Charlie Brooker The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television: “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” (Season 1, Season 2) Producers: Leah Remini, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Myles Reiff, Adam Saltzberg, Erin Gamble, Lisa Rosen, Grainne Byrne, Taylor Levin, Alex Weresow, Rachelle Mendez The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television: “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (Season 4) Producers: John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television: “The Voice” (Season 12, Season 13) Producers: John de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Jay Bienstock, Stijn Bakkers, Mike Yurchuk, Teddy Valenti, Carson Daly NOTE: The PGA does not vet individual producers of short-form programs, sports programs, or children’s programs. The winning programs in these categories are: The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program: “Carpool Karaoke” (Season 1) The Award for Outstanding Sports Program: “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (Season 23) The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program: “Sesame Street” (Season 47)
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Watch Trailer for Australian Thriller “Goldstone”, Opens in Theaters in U.S. on March 9
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Goldstone[/caption]
Goldstone, the latest film from Writer/Director/Director of Photography/Editor/Composer Ivan Sen, is described as a “Neo Western” crossed with “Outback Noir.” The drama charged thriller is the winner of four AACTA Awards (Australian version of the Oscars) for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography. The cast includes Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver, Cheng Pei-Pei, David Wenham, David Gulpilil, Michelle Lim Davidson, and Tom E. Lewis. Goldstone opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on March 9, 2018.
Goldstone is a frontier mining outpost, where different cultural worlds collide, in an epically beautiful desert landscape. It is a place where Indigenous, and non-Indigenous, people push against each other like tectonic plates. It is a clash of cultures, ideologies and spirits, and it has been happening since “outsiders” first arrived in Australia.
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple investigation, however, opens a web of crime, corruption, trampling of land rights and human trafficking. Jay must pull his life together and bury his personal differences with a young local cop, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0f-D2wIUKU
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Watch New Trailer for Warwick Thornton’s Award Winning SWEET COUNTRY
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Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the new trailer for Warwick Thornton’s critically acclaimed festival hit Sweet Country which opens in theaters in early Spring 2018.
Sweet Country had its world premiere at the 2017 Venice Film Festival where Warwick won a Special Jury Prize. The film then went on to win the coveted Platform prize at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival as well as winning Best Film at the Adelaide Film Festival and the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Sweet Country draws on the conventions of the American Western to explore the genesis of contemporary Australian racism and the generational neglect of Aboriginal people. It’s 1929 on the vast, desert-like Eastern Arrernte Nation lands that are now known as the Central Australian outback. Sam Kelly (Hamilton Morris), a middle-aged Aboriginal man, works the land of a kind preacher, Fred Smith (Sam Neill). After an ill-tempered bully arrives in town and Kelly kills him in self-defense, he and his wife, Lizzie, go on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfFYmtPegOI
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Sundance 2018: See Bart Layton’s AMERICAN ANIMALS New Poster
Here is the new poster for American Animals, written and directed by Bart Layton and World Premiere tonight in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. American Animals stars Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson, Ann Dowd, and Udo Kier.
Lexington, Kentucky, 2004: Spencer and Warren dream of remarkable lives beyond their middle-class suburban existence. They head off to colleges in the same town, haunted by the fear they may never be special in any way. Spencer is given a tour of his school’s incredibly valuable rare book collection and describes it all to Warren. Suddenly, it hits them—they could pull off one of the most audacious art-thefts in recent history, from the university’s special collections library. Convinced they can get away with it, they recruit two other friends. Suddenly, the dance of knowing what happens if they cross the line becomes all-consuming.
Buoyed by an exceptional cast, BAFTA Award–winning documentary director Bart Layton (The Imposter, 2012 Sundance Film Festival) makes a brilliant leap into the world of fiction, cleverly utilizing elements of nonfiction to propel the narrative. A “mostly” true story, American Animals is both a thrilling heist film and an existential journey of four misguided young men searching in all the wrong places for identity, meaning, adventure, and the kind of life that movies are made about.
2018 Sundance Film Festival Screenings:
World Premiere: Fri. 1/19, 3:30 p.m., Eccles PC
Press & Industry Screening: Friday, January 19th at 6:00pm (Park Ave Theater)
Second Public Screening: Sat. 1/20, noon, Grand SLC
Third Public Screening: Sat. 1/20, 10:00 p.m., Redstone 2 PC
Fourth Public Screening: Sun. 1/21, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Provo
Fifth Public Screening: Wed. 1/24, 3:00 p.m., PC Library PC
Sixth Public Screening: Fri. 1/26, 9:00 p.m., Sundance Resort Provo
Seventh Public Screening: Sat. 1/27, 11:30 a.m., MARC PC
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Yan England’s Indie Thriller “1:54” Sets a March Release Date | Trailer
Breaking Glass will release Oscar-nominated writer-director Yan England’s (“Henry”) awarding-winning, psychological thriller 1:54. The film will have a Los Angeles theatrical release on March 9 and a DVD/VOD release on March 13.
1:54 follows Tim, a shy sixteen-year-old athlete, who is gifted with a natural athletic ability for running. However, the last four years of high school have been tough on him because of Jeff and his crew. In his last year of high school, Tim is sick and tired of feeling like a loser, and wants to shine for once. He decides to stand up to Jeff by dethroning him in the 800m championship, the event Jeff is known for in school. But behind the competition and rivalry, a secret is wreaking havoc. Soon, Tim finds himself pushed to the edge because of the pressure he endures where human limits reach the point of no return.
1:54 held its world premiere at the Angouleme French-Language Film Festival where it took home Best Actor and the Student’s Jury prize, its US premiere at the Chicago International Film Festival, and played numerous other festivals, including BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, OUTshine Film Festival, and the Vancouver International Film Festival. The film stars Antoine Olivier Pilon (Mommy) in a powerful, career-making performance alongside Sophie Nélisse (Professor Lazhar, The Book Thief).