Free Solo
NAME OF FILM: FREE SOLO
DIRECTOR(S): FREE SOLO
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: Alex Honnold aims to be the first climber to ascend free solo–without safety ropes–the 3,000-foot cliff of El Capitan in California’s Yosemite Park. Courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the musical drama A STAR IS BORN as the best film of 2018, ROMA as the best foreign-language film and WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR won for Best Documentary.
The Favourite leads in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s international section with six nominations and Katherine Jerkovic’s Roads in February leads all films in the Canadian section with six nominations.
The San Francisco Film Critics Circle named Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma the Best Picture of 2018, but the film tied with Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman for the most awards.
Roma was given the two top awards from the Toronto Film Critics Association, the award for Best Picture and Best Director for Alfonso Cuarón.
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.
The Favourite and Black Panther top the 2018 Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS) nominations list with ten nominations each, followed by A Star is Born with nine and BlacKkKlansman with eight.
Eighth Grade is the big winner at 2018 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards with eight nominations and three wins for Best Picture; Best Supporting Actor; and Breakthrough for Bo Burnham, the film’s writer and director.
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
Geneviève Dulude-De Celles first feature A COLONY, a touching and heartbreaking coming of age story, swept the Borsos Awards of the 18th annual Whistler Film Festival with three wins including Best Canadian Feature,
The National Board of Review named Green Book as Best Film of the Year, Bradley Cooper as Best Director of the Year for A Star is Born,
The Whistler Film Festival will present an unprecedented number of female focused films, talent, events, and awards throughout its 2018 programs.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) revealed today the 7 documentary films selected as 2019 Documentary Motion Pictures nominees