Orwell: 2+2=5 leads the nominations for the 10th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards with seven nominations including Best Documentary Feature.
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024)
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Orwell: 2+2=5 Leads 10th Critics Choice Documentary Awards Nominations
ORWELL: 2+2=5 by Raoul Peck (Courtesy of NEON)
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2025 BAFTA Unveiled the Longlists for all 25 Categories – Best Film, Director and More
(dp) BAFTA unveiled the longlists for all 25 categories including Best Film, Director, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the performance categories, and a new Children’s & Family Film category, continuing through to Round Two of voting for the 2025 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
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‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Trailer – Actors Stage Shakespeare Inside GTA Online in Documentary by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls
Grand Theft Hamlet (Mubi) Shot entirely within the world of Grand Theft Auto Online, Grand Theft Hamlet is a documentary created during the COVID-19 lockdown by out-of-work actor Sam Crane and his wife, Pinny Grylls. The film follows Crane and his friend Mark as they attempt to stage a production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet within the game, casting players they meet in GTA Online.
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‘The Brutalist’ and Anora Lead Nominations for 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards
Adrien Brody, Joe Alwyn in The Brutalist (Lol Crawley / A24) Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist lead the nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, each with seven nominations.
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Kneecap Wins Big with 7 Awards, Best British Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards
Kneecap (credit: Ryan Kernaghan. Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, Rich Peppiat’s comedy following the west Belfast hip-hop trio won the award for Best British Independent Film at the 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA). The film won seven BIFAs in total, including Best Debut Screenwriter for Peppiatt and Best Joint Lead for trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh along with the four craft awards.
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18th Cinema Eye Honors Unveils Unforgettables List, Audience Choice Prize Longlist, ‘Girls State’ and ‘Ren Faire’ Top Broadcast Nominations
Girls State (Apple TV+) Cinema Eye Honors unveiled the 16 films on the Audience Choice Prize Longlist, the Unforgettables Honorees, nominees in five Broadcast categories, and the annual Shorts List — spotlighting 11 of the year’s top documentary short films for its 18th annual edition.
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Kneecap, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Lead Nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024
Kneecap (Helen Sloan | Sony Pictures Classics) Kneecap, the comedy film following the west Belfast hip-hop trio leads the nominations for British Independent Film Awards 2024 with 14 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) and and Best Debut Screenwriter for Rich Peppiatt. The Kneecap trio Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh are nominated for Best Joint Lead Performance. The film is also nominated for eight craft categories.
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68th BFI London Film Festival Unveils Lineup – Anora, The Apprentice, Conclave and More
Anora directed by Sean Baker (courtesy BFI LFF) The 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF), taking place over twelve days from October 9 – 20, 2024, announced the full program line-up of Galas, Special Presentations and Official Competition titles.
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Melbourne International Film Festival 2024 Unveils Impressive Program of Over 250 Films
Inside directed by Charles Williams Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) shared an impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences running 8-25 August across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August.
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Adam Elliot’s ‘Memoir of a Snail’ to Open Melbourne International Film Festival
Memoir of a Snail Memoir of a Snail, the new feature film from locally-born Oscar-winning filmmaker, Adam Elliot, will officially open the 2024 Melbourne International Film Festival, MIFF, when the festival returns this August
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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ and ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Win 31st SXSW Film & TV Festival Top Jury Awards
Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo as Lily Trevino and Bob Trevino in Bob Trevino Likes It. (Credit: John Rosario / Chosen Family, LLC) Bob Trevino Likes It directed by Tracie Laymon took the Grand Jury Award in the Narrative Feature Competition, and Grand Theft Hamlet co-directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane took the top prize in the Documentary Feature Competition at the 31st South by Southwest (SXSW) Film & TV Festival.
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‘The Fall Guy’ Starring Ryan Gosling Headlines 31st SXSW Competition Film Lineup
The Fall Guy (courtesy SXSW) The Premiere of the the Netflix series 3 Body Problem created, executive produced and written by Emmy Award winners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss and Emmy Award nominee Alexander Woo will open the 31st edition of the SXSW Film & TV Festival taking place March 8-16, 2024.