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  • American Film Institute and Universal Pictures Partner to Launch Series “Black Stories Matter”

    Loving
    Loving

    The American Film Institute (AFI) and Universal Pictures announced the launch of a week-long AFI Movie Club event called “Black Stories Matter,” spotlighting diverse and unique narratives from celebrated Black films. Born from a recent AFI/Universal collaboration honoring Do the Right Thing and Academy Award®-winning director Spike Lee, the expanded partnership will pay tribute to notable films BlacKkKlansman, Get Out, Girls Trip, Loving and Straight Outta Compton with free digital movie rentals available all week. Enhanced AFI Movie Club content will feature new interviews with composer Terence Blanchard (BlacKkKlansman), Malcolm D. Lee (Girls Trip), cinematographer and AFI Alum Matthew Libatique (Straight Outta Compton), Ruth Negga (Loving), writer Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Ron Stallworth (BlacKkKlansman) and more.  

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  • BlacKkKlansman Composer Terence Blanchard to Receive TIFF Variety Artisan Award at Toronto Film Festival

    Terence Blanchard
    Terence Blanchard (credit: Henry Adebonojo)

    Academy Award–nominated and six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard will be honored with the TIFF Variety Artisan Award at this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards during the 45th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. The award recognizes a distinguished creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. Last year’s Variety Artisan Award was given to Academy Award–winning cinematographer Roger Deakins.

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  • Adam Driver to Receive SFFILM Award for Acting

    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story
    Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story

    Academy Award and Tony Award nominee Adam Driver will receive the SFFILM Award for Acting (formerly the Peter J. Owens Award) at SFFILM Awards Night, the organization’s annual fundraising celebration honoring achievement in filmmaking craft. This year’s edition of the dinner and awards presentation event takes place Tuesday, December 3 at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts Exhibition Center.

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  • Spike Lee to Receive Film at Lincoln Center’s annual Chaplin Award

    Spike Lee

    Academy Award–winner Spike Lee will be honored with the Film at Lincoln Center’s 46th Chaplin Award at the annual Award Gala on Monday, April 27, 2020. The Chaplin Award Gala is the most important fundraising event of the year for Film at Lincoln Center, and all proceeds benefit the organization in its mission to support the art and craft of cinema.

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  • GREEN BOOK, ROMA, and FREE SOLO Win Oscars at 91st Academy Awards

    “Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly
    “Green Book” directed by Peter Farrelly

    Green Book took home the Oscar for Best Picture at the 91st Oscars. Regina King, Mahershala Ali, Rami Malek and Olivia Colman won in the acting categories and Spike Lee brought home Oscar for the very first time for Adapted Screenplay as a co-writer of BlacKkKlansman, and Free Solo won for best documentary.  Roma won three including, best foreign language and another directing Oscar for Alfonso Cuarón.

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  • THE FAVOURITE and ROMA Dominate BAFTA Awards

    THE FAVOURITE
    Emma Stone and Olivia Colman in the film THE FAVOURITE. Photo by Yorgos Lanthimos.ʩ 2018 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

    The Favourite won seven BAFTAs at the EE British Academy Film Awards including the award for Outstanding British Film, with Olivia Colman receiving the BAFTA for Leading Actress, Rachel Weisz taking Supporting Actress and Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara winning Original Screenplay. Sandy Powell won Costume Design, Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton won Production Design and Nadia Stacey won Make Up & Hair.

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  • GREEN BOOK, THE FAVOURITE but No ROMA in Regal Theatres Best Picture Film Festival

    The Favourite
    The Favourite

    On the heels of yesterday’s Oscar nominations, Regal announced its annual Best Picture Film Festival will take place Friday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, Feb. 24, featuring all best picture nominees that played in Regal theatres in 2018. Since Roma had a limited theatrical screening and did not play in Regal theatres, the film is noticeably excluded.

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  • ROMA, THE FAVOURITE Lead 91st Oscars Nominations – Complete List

    Roma
    Roma

    Actor-comedian and Oscar–nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars nominations today, dominated by Roma and The Favourite, each receiving 10 nominations.

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  • THE FAVOURITE Leads with Impressive 12 Nominations for 2019 BAFTA Film Awards

    Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite.
    Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in The Favourite.

    The Favourite leads the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) in 2019 with nominations in 12 categories, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Original Screenplay,  Cinematography,  Production Design, Costume Design, Make Up & Hair, Editing and Yorgos Lanthimos for Director. Olivia Colman is nominated for Leading Actress for her role as Queen Anne, and Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone are both nominated for Supporting Actress.

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  • Directors Guild of America Announces Nominees for 2018 Best Feature Film Director

    ROMA
    ROMA

    Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2018, and the five nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for 2018.

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  • ROMA, THE FAVOURITE, BOY ERASED Win 2018 AACTA International Awards

    Roma
    Roma

    Alfonso Cuarón’s ROMA added another two Awards to its growing list of accolades, winning the top prizes for Best Film and Best Direction at the 8th AACTA International Awards. Cuarón, who won the same two awards in 2014 for GRAVITY, now holds the record for the most AACTA International Award wins by an individual (a record previously held by Alejandro G. Iñárritu with three).

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  • 2019 Producers Guild Awards Nominations Announced – THE FAVOURIE, ROMA, BLACKKKLANSMAN

    BlacKkKlansman
    BlacKkKlansman

    The Producers Guild announced the movies and television shows nominated for the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards. The PGA Awards is closely watched as the winner has matched the Oscar for best picture in 20 of its 29 years.

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