Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes is the winner of the MIAMI GEMS 2019 Gigi Guermont Audience Award, at Miami Film Festival (MFF)’s annual fall extension. The festival took place October 10 to 13.
CAPERNAUM (CAPHARNAÜM)(2018)
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THE TWO POPES Wins MIAMI GEMS 2019 Audience Award
Fernando Meirelles’ The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce
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Traverse City Film Festival Releases 2019 Lineup, BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON, Kathy Griffin
Jillian Bell appears in BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON by Paul Downs Colaizzo | photo by Jon Pack. Traverse City Film Festival released the 2019 program marking the 15th Anniversary Year with a “Cinema Saves The World” theme, and featuring over 200 films and events. The Festival opens with BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON; AFTER THE WEDDING as Centerpiece; and closes with BLINDED BY THE LIGHT.
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Zhu Shengze’s PRESENT.PERFECT. Wins Tiger Award at 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam
From left to right: Susanna Nicchiarelli (president Tiger Jury), Zhu Shengze (filmmaker), and Zhengfang Yang (producer) International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019 Award Winners Present.Perfect. directed by Zhu Shengze, described as a “daring film” by the jury, won the top prize – Tiger Award at the 2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević won the Special Jury Award for Take Me Somewhere Nice. Audience favorite Capharnaüm by Nadine Labaki won the BankGiro Loterij Audience Award. The VPRO Big Screen Award was awarded to Transnistra by Anna Eborn from Sweden.
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ROMA, THE FAVOURITE Lead 91st Oscars Nominations – Complete List
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. 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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9 Award Categories incl. Documentary, Foreign Language Film, Short Film Shortlists Revealed for 91st Oscars
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in consideration for the 91st Oscars® in nine categories: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, Foreign Language Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film and Visual Effects.
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2019 Palm Springs International Film Festival to Screen 223 Films, Opens with Kenneth Branagh’s ALL IS TRUE
All is True The 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) will open with All is True directed by Kenneth Branagh on Friday, January 4, and close with Ladies in Black, directed by Bruce Beresford on Sunday, January 13. The Festival will screen 223 films from 78 countries, with a focus on cinema from France, India and Mexico, Premieres, Talking Pictures, Book to Screen, Special Presentations, FLOS: Foreign Language Oscar Submissions, Gay!La, Local Spotlight, Modern Masters, True Stories, World Cinema Now, a 30-film retrospective of selections from past festivals and more.
In All is True, Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen star in Branagh’s intimate, revelatory portrait of William Shakespeare in the last act of his life. His career over, he returns to his home in Stratford-upon-Avon to encounter old ghosts, old loves, and his resentful family. Branagh is expected to attend.
Ladies in Black, set in Sydney in 1959, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Bruce Beresford takes us back to the heyday of glamorous upscale department stores, when a concierge met you at the door and clerks wore gloves. The film from Lumila Films stars Julia Ormond, Angourie Rice, Rachael Taylor, Ryan Corr, Shane Jacobson and Alison McGirr. Beresford, Ormond, Taylor and McGirr are expected to attend.
30th Palm Springs International Film Festival Film Lineup
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THE FAVOURITE Leads Nominations for 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
The Favourite “The Favourite” leads the nominations for the 24th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Olivia Colman for Best Actress and Best Actress in a Comedy, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz both for Best Supporting Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, and Yorgos Lanthimos for Best Director.
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ROMA Leads 2018 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Nominations
Roma Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” is the clear favorite with the Chicago Film Critics Association, earning the most nominations of all for their 2018 film awards with nine. In addition to being one of the finalists for Best Picture, Cuaron himself was personally nominated in four additional categories for Director, Original Screenplay, Cinematography and Editing, the latter alongside Adam Gough. Yalitza Aparicio, the non-professional chosen by Cuaron to star in the film received two nominations herself for Best Actress and Most Promising Performer and it also received nods for Art Direction/Production Design and Foreign Film.
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76th Golden Globe Awards Nominations List, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, ROMA, EIGHTH GRADE
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The nominations were announced this morning for the 76th Golden Globe Awards, and films nominated for the top prize – Best Motion Picture Drama include BlacKkKlansman, If Beale Street Could Talk along with Black Panther, Bohemian Rhapsody and A Star Is Born. In the Best Foreign Language Film category, Capernaum (Lebanon), Girl (Belgium), Never Look Away (Germany), Roma (Mexico) and Shoplifters (Japan) will compete for the Golden Glob
The 76th Golden Globes will take place at International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton on January 6th, 2019.
76th Golden Globe Awards Nominations
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BLACK PANTHER Marvel Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures BLACKKKLANSMAN QC Entertainment / Blumhouse / Monkeypaw / 40 Acres and a Mule; Focus Features BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Twentieth Century Fox / Regency Enterprises; Twentieth Century Fox IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Annapurna Pictures / Plan B Entertainment / We Pastel; Annapurna Pictures A STAR IS BORN Warner Bros. Pictures / Live Nation Productions / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures / Jon Peters Production / Bill Gerber Production / Joint Effort Production; Warner Bros. PicturesBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
GLENN CLOSE – THE WIFE LADY GAGA – A STAR IS BORN NICOLE KIDMAN – DESTROYER MELISSA MCCARTHY – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? ROSAMUND PIKE – A PRIVATE WARBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
BRADLEY COOPER – A STAR IS BORN WILLEM DAFOE – AT ETERNITY’S GATE LUCAS HEDGES – BOY ERASED RAMI MALEK – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON – BLACKKKLANSMANBEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
CRAZY RICH ASIANS Warner Bros. Pictures / SK Global / Starlight Culture / Color Force / Ivanhoe Pictures / Electric Somewhere; Warner Bros. Pictures THE FAVOURITE Element Pictures / Scarlet Films / Film4 / Waypoint Entertainment; Fox Searchlight Pictures GREEN BOOK Participant Media / DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures MARY POPPINS RETURNS Walt Disney Pictures; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures VICE Annapurna Pictures / Gary Sanchez Productions / Plan B Entertainment; Annapurna PicturesBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
EMILY BLUNT – MARY POPPINS RETURNS OLIVIA COLMAN – THE FAVOURITE ELSIE FISHER – EIGHTH GRADE CHARLIZE THERON – TULLY CONSTANCE WU – CRAZY RICH ASIANSBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
CHRISTIAN BALE – VICE LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA – MARY POPPINS RETURNS VIGGO MORTENSEN – GREEN BOOK ROBERT REDFORD – THE OLD MAN & THE GUN JOHN REILLY – STAN & OLLIEBEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
INCREDIBLES 2 Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ISLE OF DOGS Indian Paintbrush / American Empirical Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures MIRAI Studio Chizu; GKIDS RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures ReleasingBEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
CAPERNAUM (LEBANON) Mooz Films; Sony Pictures Classics GIRL (BELGIUM) Menuet / Topkapi Films / Frakas Productions; Netflix NEVER LOOK AWAY (GERMANY) Pergamon Film / Wiedemann & Berg Film / in coproduction with Beta Cinema / ARD Degeto / Bayrischer Rundfunk; Sony Pictures Classics ROMA (MEXICO) Netflix / Participant Media / EsperantoFilmoj; Netflix SHOPLIFTERS (JAPAN) Gaga / AOI Promotion / Fuji Television Network; Magnolia PicturesBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
AMY ADAMS – VICE CLAIRE FOY – FIRST MAN REGINA KING – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK EMMA STONE – THE FAVOURITE RACHEL WEISZ – THE FAVOURITEBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
MAHERSHALA ALI – GREEN BOOK TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET – BEAUTIFUL BOY ADAM DRIVER – BLACKKKLANSMAN RICHARD GRANT – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? SAM ROCKWELL – VICEBEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
BRADLEY COOPER – A STAR IS BORN ALFONSO CUARÓN – ROMA PETER FARRELLY – GREEN BOOK SPIKE LEE – BLACKKKLANSMAN ADAM MCKAY – VICEBEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
ALFONSO CUARÓN – ROMA DEBORAH DAVIS, TONYMCNAMARA – THE FAVOURITE BARRY JENKINS – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ADAM MCKAY – VICE NICK VALLELONGA, BRIAN CURRIE, PETER FARRELLY – GREEN BOOKBEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
MARCO BELTRAMI – A QUIET PLACE ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – ISLE OF DOGS LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – BLACK PANTHER JUSTIN HURWITZ – FIRST MAN MARC SHAIMAN – MARY POPPINS RETURNSBEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“ALL THE STARS” — BLACK PANTHER Music by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh Lyrics by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh “GIRL IN THE MOVIES” — DUMPLIN’ Music by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry Lyrics by: Dolly Parton, Linda Perry “REQUIEM FOR A PRIVATE WAR” — A PRIVATE WAR Music by: Annie Lennox Lyrics by: Annie Lennox “REVELATION” — BOY ERASED Music by: Troye Sivan, Jónsi Lyrics by: Jon Thor Birgisson, Troye Sivan, Brett McLaughlin “SHALLOW” — A STAR IS BORN Music by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt Lyrics by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew WyattBEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE AMERICANS FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions BODYGUARD NETFLIX World Productions / an ITV Studios company HOMECOMING PRIME VIDEO Universal Cable Productions LLA / Amazon Studios KILLING EVE BBC AMERICA BBC AMERICA / Sid Gentle Films Ltd POSE FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX ProductionsBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
CAITRIONA BALFE – OUTLANDER ELISABETH MOSS – THE HANDMAID’S TALE SANDRA OH – KILLING EVE JULIA ROBERTS – HOMECOMING KERI RUSSELL – THE AMERICANSBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
JASON BATEMAN – OZARK STEPHAN JAMES – HOMECOMING RICHARD MADDEN – BODYGUARD BILLY PORTER – POSE MATTHEW RHYS – THE AMERICANSBEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
BARRY HBO HBO Entertainment / Alec Berg / Hanarply THE GOOD PLACE NBC Universal Television / Fremulon / 3 Arts Entertainment KIDDING SHOWTIME SHOWTIME / SOME KIND OF GARDEN / Aggregate Films / Broadlawn Films THE KOMINSKY METHOD NETFLIX Warner Bros. Television THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL PRIME VIDEO Amazon StudiosBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
KRISTEN BELL – THE GOOD PLACE CANDICE BERGEN – MURPHY BROWN ALISON BRIE – GLOW RACHEL BROSNAHAN – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL DEBRA MESSING – WILL & GRACEBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
SACHA BARON COHEN – WHO IS AMERICA JIM CARREY – KIDDING MICHAEL DOUGLAS – THE KOMINSKY METHOD DONALD GLOVER – ATLANTA BILL HADER – BARRYBEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
THE ALIENIST – TNT The Alienist / Paramount Television / Turner’s Studio T THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY – FX NETWORKS Fox 21 Television Studios / FX Productions ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA – SHOWTIME SHOWTIME / Red Hour Productions / Michael De Luca Productions / The White Mountain Company / BZ Entertainment / Busyhands SHARP OBJECTS – HBO HBO Entertainment / eOne / Tiny Pyro Productions / Blumhouse Television / Fourth Born / crazyrose Productions A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL – PRIME VIDEO Blueprint / Amazon StudiosBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
AMY ADAMS – SHARP OBJECTS PATRICIA ARQUETTE – ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA CONNIE BRITTON – DIRTY JOHN LAURA DERN – THE TALE REGINA KING – SEVEN SECONDSBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ANTONIO BANDERAS – GENIUS: PICASSO DANIEL BRÜHL – ALIENIST, THE DARREN CRISS – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH – PATRICK MELROSE HUGH GRANT – A VERY ENGLISH SCANDALBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ALEX BORSTEIN – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL PATRICIA CLARKSON – SHARP OBJECTS PENÉLOPE CRUZ – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY THANDIE NEWTON – WESTWORLD YVONNE STRAHOVSKI – THE HANDMAID’S TALEBEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
ALAN ARKIN – THE KOMINSKY METHOD KIERAN CULKIN – SUCCESSION EDGAR RAMÍREZ – THE ASSASSINATION OF GIANNI VERSACE: AMERICAN CRIME STORY BEN WHISHAW – A VERY ENGLISH SCANDAL HENRY WINKLER – BARRY
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THE FAVOURITE Leads Nominations for 2018 Washington DC Area Film Critics Award
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The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) which comprises of 60 DC-based film critics from the District, Maryland and Virginia announced their nominees for the 2018 awards. The Favourite lead with 10 nominations including Best Film and Best Director for Yorgos Lanthimos. Other films nominated for Best Film include A Star Is Born, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Roma.
The nominees for Best Documentary are Free Solo, RBG, Science Fair, Three Identical Strangers and Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The nominees for Best Foreign Film are Burning, Capernaum, Cold War, Roma and Shoplifters. The nominees for the special category The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC are The Front Runner, RBG and Vice.
The 2018 WAFCA Award winners will be announced on Monday, December 3, 2018.
2018 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) AWARD NOMINEES
Best Film:
The Favourite Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Roma A Star Is BornBest Director:
Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite)Best Actor:
Christian Bale (Vice) Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born) Ethan Hawke (First Reformed) Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)Best Actress:
Glenn Close (The Wife) Toni Collette (Hereditary) Olivia Colman (The Favourite) Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born) Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)Best Supporting Actor:
Mahershala Ali (Green Book) Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) Sam Elliott (A Star Is Born) Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther)Best Supporting Actress:
Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale) Nicole Kidman (Boy Erased) Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) Emma Stone (The Favourite) Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)Best Acting Ensemble:
Black Panther The Favourite If Beale Street Could Talk Vice WidowsBest Youth Performance:
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Leave No Trace) Milly Shapiro (Hereditary) Millicent Simmonds (A Quiet Place) Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give)Best Voice Performance:
Bryan Cranston (Isle of Dogs) Holly Hunter (Incredibles 2) Shameik Moore (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) Sarah Silverman (Ralph Breaks the Internet) Ben Whishaw (Paddington 2)Best Motion Capture Performance:
Josh Brolin (Avengers: Infinity War) Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One) Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Solo: A Star Wars Story)Best Original Screenplay:
Bo Burnham (Eighth Grade) Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite) Paul Schrader (First Reformed) Nick Vallelonga & Brian Currie & Peter Farrelly (Green Book) Alfonso Cuarón (Roma)Best Adapted Screenplay:
Charlie Wachtel & David Rabinowitz and Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman) Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole (Black Panther) Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (Can You Ever Forgive Me?) Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) Eric Roth and Bradley Cooper & Will Fetters (A Star Is Born)Best Animated Feature:
Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseBest Documentary:
Free Solo RBG Science Fair Three Identical Strangers Won’t You Be My Neighbor?Best Foreign Language Film:
Burning Capernaum Cold War Roma ShopliftersBest Production Design:
Production Designer: Hannah Beachler; Set Decorator: Jay Hart (Black Panther) Production Designer: Fiona Crombie; Set Decorator: Alice Felton (The Favourite) Production Designer: Nathan Crowley; Set Decorator: Kathy Lucas (First Man) Production Designer: John Myhre; Set Decorator: Gordon Sim (Mary Poppins Returns) Production Designer: Eugenio Caballero; Set Decorator: Bárbara Enríquez (Roma)Best Cinematography:
Robbie Ryan, BSC (The Favourite) Linus Sandgren, FSF (First Man) James Laxton (If Beale Street Could Talk) Alfonso Cuarón (Roma) Matthew Libatique, ASC (A Star Is Born)Best Editing:
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE (The Favourite) Tom Cross, ACE (First Man) Alfonso Cuarón, Adam Gough (Roma) Jay Cassidy, ACE (A Star Is Born) Joe Walker, ACE (Widows)Best Original Score:
Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther) Justin Hurwitz (First Man) Nicholas Britell (If Beale Street Could Talk) Thom Yorke (Suspiria) Hans Zimmer (Widows)The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
The Front Runner RBG Vice
