The Michigan Movie Critics Guild announced its 2023 winners awarding Barbie the honors of best picture, best director and best supporting actor for Ryan Gosling.
AMERICAN FICTION (2023)
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Michigan Movie Critics Guild Winners – Barbie named Best Film, The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti Win
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Paul Giamatti and Dominic Sessa in The Holdovers. (Seacia Pavao/Focus Features)
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Atlanta Film Critics Circle Winners – Oppenheimer Named Best Film, The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Anatomy of a Fall Win Awards
Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan The Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC) announced its 7th annual awards winners, naming Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer the Best Film of 2023.
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Jeffrey Wright to Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Awards for Performance in American Fiction
Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction Jeffrey Wright will receive the Career Achievement Award, for his performance in Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction at the Palm Springs International Film Awards. The Film Awards will take place on January 4, 2024, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running through January 15, 2024.
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American Fiction Wins Coveted Best Feature Film Prize at Twin Cities Film Fest
American Fiction The satire American Fiction took home the coveted Best Feature Film prize at the 2023 Twin Cities Film Fest. Starring Jeffrey Wright, the comedy marks Cord Jefferson’s (Watchmen, Succession, Master of None) memorable directorial debut, as he confronts America’s obsession with the reducing of people to outrageous stereotypes. The film recently won the People Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, often viewed as a bellwether of success at the Academy Awards.
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Monster, ‘The Michoacán File,’ Frontiers Win Top Awards at 24th Newport Beach Film Festival
Hinata Hiiragi and Soya Kurokawa in Monster directed by Hirokazu Koreeda (Photo: Suenaga Makoto) The 2023 Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF) announced its 2023 Awards winners with Jury Awards for Best Feature going to Monster directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, and Best Feature Documentary to The Michoacán File directed by Bernardo Arsuaga. Monster also won Jury Awards for Best Screenplay for Yûji Sakamoto and Best Actor for Eita Nagayama.
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All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, A Thousand and One Lead Nominations for 33rd Gotham Awards
All of Us Strangers Indie films All Of Us Strangers, Past Lives, The Zone of Interest, and A Thousand and One are among feature films receiving nominations for the 33rd Annual Gotham Awards.
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Radical, American Fiction, Rustin Win Audience Awards at 46th Mill Valley Film Festival
Radical directed by Christopher Zalla The 46th Mill Valley Film Festival capped 11 days of films, panels, parties, and musical performances and with Radical directed by Christopher Zalla winning MVFF Overall Audience Favorite prize. American Fiction directed by Cord Jefferson and Rustin directed by George C. Wolfe tied for Audience Favorite – US Cinema; with The Taste of Things (La Passion de Dodin Bouffant) directed by Trân Ang Húng winning for World Cinema and Water for Life directed by Will Parrinello took the prize for Audience Favorite – Documentary.
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Simón, Rustin, ‘We Dare to Dream,’ ‘Hard Miles’ Win Top Awards at 32nd Heartland Film Festival
Awards Winners of 32nd Heartland Film Festival The 32nd Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) announced the 2023 award winners with major cash prizes going to “Simón” from Director Diego Vicentini ($20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize), “We Dare to Dream” from Waad al-Kateab ($20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize), and “Hard Miles” from Director RJ Daniel Hanna ($5,000 Jimmy Stewart Legacy Award).
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American Fiction Trailer – Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown Star in Award Winning Satirical Comedy
Erika Alexander stars as Coraline and Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious “Monk” Ellison in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction An Orion Pictures Release Photo credit: Claire Folger © 2023 Orion Releasing LLC. All Rights Reserved. Orion Pictures and MGM revealed the official trailer for American Fiction, the award-winning comedy drama film starring Jeffrey Wright, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.
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NYAD Starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster to Open 26th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Lineup
NYAD. Annette Bening as Diana Nyad in NYAD. Cr. Liz Parkinson/Netflix ©2023 NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, will open Savannah College of Art and Design’s 26th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival which returns in person October 21–28, 2023.
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Mexican Drama ‘Radical’ to Open, ‘The Holdovers’ to Close 10th Miami Film Festival GEMS Lineup
Radical directed by Christopher Zalla Miami Film Festival unveiled the lineup of 26 films from 14 countries for its 10th Miami Film Festival (MFF) GEMS taking place from November 2 – 5, 2023.
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AFI Fest 2023 Unveils Lineup incl. World Premiere of Rob Reiner’s Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life directed by Rob Reiner AFI FEST 2023 taking place in Los Angeles from October 25 to October 29 unveiled the lineup of 141 features and shorts from 49 countries.