Parasite, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s dark, class-based comedy about a poor family that scams a rich one, took three top awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association – Best Picture, Best Director and Best Foreign Film.
Atlantics: A Ghost Love Story (ATLANTIQUE) (2019)
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PARASITE, BOOKSMART, AMERICAN FACTORY Win Toronto Film Critics Honors
GISAENGCHUNG (Parasite) directed by BONG Joon-Ho
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THE IRISHMAN, PARASITE, MARRIAGE STORY Leads Nominations for 25th Critics’ Choice Awards
The Irishman “The Irishman” leads all films this year with 14 nominations for 25th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards including Best Picture, Robert De Niro for Best Actor, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci for Best Supporting Actor, Martin Scorsese for Best Director, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, and Best Score.
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New York Film Critics Circle 2019 Awards – THE IRISHMAN, PARASITE, HONEYLAND Win Honors
Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Samir Ljuma. The New York Film Critics Circle named Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman as the Best Film of 2019 along with Best Supporting Actor honors for Joe Pesci, for his performance in the film. Honeyland was named Best Non-Fiction Film; Best Animated Film went to I Lost My Body, and Parasite continued its winning streak nabbing the Best Foreign Language Film honor.
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Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR Named Best Film of the Year by Sight & Sound Magazine
The Souvenir directed by Joanna Hogg Sight & Sound, the BFI’s international film magazine, named Joanna Hogg’s THE SOUVENIR (2019) as the Best Film of the Year. In second place is PARASITE, Bong Joon-ho’s darkly comic thriller, followed by THE IRISHMAN, the latest film from Martin Scorsese.
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WAVES, AFTER PARKLAND Among Winners of 2019 Key West Film Festival
WAVES directed by Trey Edward Shults; and starring Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas Hedges, Taylor Russell, and Alexa Demie Key West Film Festival announced the winners of the 8th edition of the festival which ran November 20-24, 2019. Waves directed by Trey Edward Shults which closed the festival was voted winner of the Audience Award. After Parkland by Emily Taguchi & Jake Lefferman won for Best Documentary Feature, A Name Without A Place by Kenny Riches won for Best Florida Feature and Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Celine Sciamma won for Best LGBT Feature.
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Key West Film Festival Announces 2019 Film Lineup – MARRIAGE STORY, AFTER PARKLAND, TROOP ZERO
TROOP ZERO, starring Viola Davis and Allison Janney The 8th Annual Key West Film Festival announced its official 2019 lineup including major fall films from Noah Baumbach and Destin Daniel Cretton. More than 115 films and V/R pieces will be shown during the 5-day festival, which runs November 20-24. Nearly half of the feature films at the festival will be Florida festival premieres.
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THE TWO POPES and THE AERONAUTS Added to Gala Line-up at AFI FEST 2019
THE AERONAUTS directed by Tom Harper THE TWO POPES starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce and THE AERONAUTS starring Felicity Jones along with Eddie Redmayne have been added to the Gala line-up at AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi. THE TWO POPES will screen on Monday, November 18 and THE AERONAUTS will screen on Tuesday, November 19 completing this year’s Gala line-up. All Galas will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre.
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MARRIAGE STORY Kicks Off Film Lineup for 28th St. Louis Intl Film Fest
Marriage Story The 28th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will screen 389 films representing 63 countries, from November 7 to 17. The festival will kick off on Thursday, November 7, with the local premiere of the much-lauded “Marriage Story,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, and directed by Noah Baumbach.
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A WHITE, WHITE DAY and OVERSEAS Win Top Awards at 27th Hamptons Film Fest
A WHITE, WHITE DAY, directed by Hlynur Pálmason The 27th Hamptons International Film Festival announced their award winners, with the top prizes going to A WHITE, WHITE DAY, directed by Hlynur Pálmason, won the Award for Best Narrative Feature, and OVERSEAS, directed by Sung-a Yoon, received the Award for Best Documentary Feature. JUST ME AND YOU, directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers received the Award for Best Narrative Short Film, and GHOSTS OF SUGAR LAND, directed by Bassam Tariq, won for Best Documentary Short Film. Both Short Films will qualify for Academy® awards consideration.
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MONOS, ATLANTICS and WHITE RIOT Win at London Film Festival 2019
MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes One of the most talked-about films of the year, MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes won the Best Film Award at BFI London Film Festival 2019. The film is described as a hallucinogenic, intoxicating thriller about child soldiers that has inspired feverish buzz and earned comparisons to Apocalypse Now and Lord of the Flies.
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6 Films Nominated for European Film Awards – European Discovery 2019 Award
ATLANTICS directed by Mati Diop The European Film Academy announced the nominees for the European Discovery 2019 – Prix FIPRESCI, an award presented annually as part of the European Film Awards to a director for a first full-length feature film.
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93 Countries to Compete for International Feature Film Oscar at 92nd Academy Awards
Antonio Banderas in Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) Ninety-three countries have submitted films for consideration in the International Feature Film category for the 92nd Academy Awards®. An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture (more than 40 minutes) produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan are first-time entrants.