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‘Amy’ ‘The Look of Silence’ ‘Brooklyn’ Among Nominees for Producers Guild Awards

The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the nominations for the 27th Annual Producers Guild Awards. All 2016 Producers Guild Award winners will be announced on Saturday, January 23, 2016. This year, the Producers Guild will also present special honors to Jim Gianopulos (Milestone Award), Shonda Rhimes (Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television), David Heyman (David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures), THE HUNTING GROUND (Stanley Kramer Award), and Industrial Light & Magic (Visionary Vanguard Award). The theatrical motion picture nominees are: The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: The Big Short Producers: Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner Bridge of Spies Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger Brooklyn Producers: Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15syDwC000k Ex Machina This film is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcB7T-C0g8 Mad Max: Fury Road Producers: Doug Mitchell & George Miller The Martian Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam The Revenant Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon Sicario Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith Spotlight Producers: Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgnrwwiIDlI Straight Outta Compton Producers: Ice Cube & Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Anomalisa Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman The Good Dinosaur Producer: Denise Ream Inside Out Producer: Jonas Rivera Minions Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy The Peanuts Movie Producers: Craig Schulz, Michael J. Travers The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: Amy Producer: James Gay-Rees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE The Hunting Ground Producer: Amy Ziering https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBNHGi36nlM The Look of Silence Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp1xT302VcY Meru Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pZ1GzXPEO8 Something Better to Come Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Hanna Polak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhx9Vzx3AcI
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Indiana Film Journalists Association Pick ‘Spotlight’ As Best Film of 2015

“Spotlight,” a drama exploring the Boston Globe’s investigation of widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests, was named Best Film of 2015 by the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA). In addition to Best Film, “Spotlight” won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, Mark Ruffalo. “Room,” an adaption of the best-selling novel about a woman raising her young son inside a solitary room, won runner-up in the best film race. “Room” also earned the Best Adapted Screenplay Prize, and was recognized for the top two performances of the year: Brie Larson for Best Actress and Jacob Tremblay for Best Actor. “Son of Saul” won Best Foreign Language Film and “Amy” earned Best Documentary. The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to filmmaker Angelo Pizzo. The following is a complete list of honored films: Best Film Winner: “Spotlight” Runner-up: “Room” Other Finalists (listed alphabetically): “Anomalisa” “The Big Short” “Carol” “The End of the Tour” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “Steve Jobs” “Straight Outta Compton” Best Animated Feature Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-Up: “Inside Out ” Best Foreign Language Film Winner: “Son of Saul” Runner-Up: “Goodnight Mommy” Best Documentary Winner: “Amy” Runner-Up: “Meru” Best Original Screenplay Winner: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, “Bridge of Spies” Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Emma Donoghue, “Room” Runner-up: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, “The Big Short” Best Director Winner: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” Best Actress Winner: Brie Larson, “Room” Runner-up: Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years” Best Supporting Actress Winner: Greta Gerwig, “Mistress America” Runner-up: Elizabeth Banks, “Love & Mercy” Best Actor Winner: Jacob Tremblay, “Room” Runner-up: Jason Segel, “The End of the Tour” Best Supporting Actor Winner: Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation” Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Winner: Phyllis Smith, “Inside Out” Runner-up: Tom Noonan, “Anomalisa” Best Musical Score Winner: Junkie XL, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Disasterpeace, “It Follows” Original Vision Award Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-up: “Chi-Raq” The Hoosier Award Winner: Angelo Pizzo, writer/director/producer (As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)
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Complete List of 74 Original Songs Eligible for 2015 Oscar

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 74 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2015 are in contention for nominations in the Original Song category for the 88th Academy Awards®. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title: “Happy” from “Altered Minds” “Home” from “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” “None Of Them Are You” from “Anomalisa” “Stem To The Rose” from “Becoming Bulletproof” “The Mystery Of Your Gift” from “Boychoir” “I Run” from “Chi-Raq” “Pray 4 My City” from “Chi-Raq” “Sit Down For This” from “Chi-Raq” “Strong” from “Cinderella” “So Long” from “Concussion” “Fighting Stronger” from “Creed” “Grip” from “Creed” “Waiting For My Moment” from “Creed” “Don’t Look Down” from “Danny Collins” “Hey Baby Doll” from “Danny Collins” “Dreamsong” from “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” (pictured above) “It’s My Turn Now” from “Dope” “Ya Rahem, Maula Maula” from “Dukhtar” “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” “Love Me Like You Do” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” “Salted Wound” from “Fifty Shades of Grey” “Hands Of Love” from “Freeheld” “See You Again” from “Furious Seven” “Brother” from “Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones” “As Real As You And Me” from “Home” “Dancing In The Dark” from “Home” “Feel The Light” from “Home” “Red Balloon” from “Home” “Two Of A Crime” from “Hot Pursuit” “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground” “I’ll See You In My Dreams” from “I’ll See You in My Dreams” “The Movie About Us” from “Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words” “Bhoomiyilenghanumundo” from “Jalam” “Koodu Vaykkan” from “Jalam” “Pakalppaathi Chaari” from “Jalam” “Yaathra Manoradhamerum” from “Jalam” “Lost In Love” from “Jenny’s Wedding” “True Love Avenue” from “Jenny’s Wedding” “Hypnosis” from “Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet” “Juntos (Together)” from “McFarland, USA” “The Light That Never Fails” from “Meru” “The Crazy Ones” from “Miss You Already” “There’s A Place” from “Miss You Already” “Johanna” from “Mortdecai” “Little Soldier” from “Pan” “Something’s Not Right” from “Pan” “Paranoid Girl” from “Paranoid Girls” “Better When I’m Dancin'” from “The Peanuts Movie” “Pink & Blue” from “Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer” “Flashlight” from “Pitch Perfect 2” “Birds Of A Feather” from “Poached” “Still Breathing” from “Point Break” “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction” “Cold One” from “Ricki and the Flash” “Torch” from “Rock the Kasbah” “Someone Like You” from “The Rumperbutts” “Aankhon Me Samaye Dil” from “Salt Bridge” “Bachpana Thaa” from “Salt Bridge” “Kanpne Lage Tum” from “Salt Bridge” “Kyaa Bataaun Tujhe” from “Salt Bridge” “Le Jaaye Jo Door Tumse” from “Salt Bridge” “Na Jaane Kitni Door” from “Salt Bridge” “Sookha Hi Rang Daalo” from “Salt Bridge” “Feels Like Summer” from “Shaun the Sheep Movie” “Phenomenal” from “Southpaw” “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre” “Squeeze Me” from “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water” “Teamwork” from “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water” “Who Can You Trust” from “Spy” “Came To Win” from “Sweet Micky for President” “Mean Ol’ Moon” from “Ted 2” “Love Was My Alibi” from “The Water Diviner” “Fine On The Outside” from “When Marnie Was There” “Simple Song #3” from “Youth” During the nominations process, all voting members of the Music Branch will receive a Reminder List of works submitted in the category and a DVD copy of the song clips. Members will be asked to watch the clips and then vote in the order of their preference for not more than five achievements in the category. The five achievements receiving the highest number of votes will become the nominations for final voting for the award. A maximum of two songs may be nominated from any one film. To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits. The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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Complete List + Trailers of 15 Documentary Feature Films Advancing in 2015 Oscar Race

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 88th Academy Awards®. One hundred twenty-four films were originally submitted in the category. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Amy,” On the Corner Films and Universal Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE “Best of Enemies,” Sandbar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzgfQvB2dvA “Cartel Land,” Our Time Projects and The Documentary Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vi9vWdUKEg “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,” Jigsaw Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zllYkNu1sl4 “He Named Me Malala,” Parkes-MacDonald and Little Room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ghiYve6k68 “Heart of a Dog,” Canal Street Communications https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v37BnyHefnY “The Hunting Ground,” Chain Camera Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBNHGi36nlM “Listen to Me Marlon,” Passion Pictures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZlWjE_NJfI “The Look of Silence,” Final Cut for Real https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbPN8-juZUI “Meru,” Little Monster Films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pZ1GzXPEO8 “3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets,” The Filmmaker Fund, Motto Pictures, Lakehouse Films, Actual Films, JustFilms, MacArthur Foundation and Bertha BRITDOC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_USf1UQIAYg “We Come as Friends,” Adelante Films (pictured in main image) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0uso3emlUg “What Happened, Miss Simone?,” RadicalMedia and Moxie Firecracker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moOQXZxriKY “Where to Invade Next,” Dog Eat Dog Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei747zi9iYY “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom,” Pray for Ukraine Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RibAQHeDia8 The Academy’s Documentary Branch determined the shortlist in a preliminary round of voting. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles. The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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CAROL Leads Nominations for 2016 Spirit Awards

Carol directed by Todd Haynes lead nominations for the 2016 Spirit Awards with 6 nods including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, Best Sreenplay and Best Cinematography. The other nominees for Best Feature included Anomalisa, Beasts of No Nation, Spotlight and Tangerine. Spotlight was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts. “Spotlight is a remarkable film that excels on every level, but the Nominating Committee thought it was especially deserving of the Robert Altman Award,” said Welsh. “The film is beautifully cast with every member of the ensemble working together to tell the story of the Boston Globe investigating allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church.” Winners will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 27, 2016. 2016 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.) Anomalisa Producers: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman, Dino Stamatopoulos, Rosa Tran Beasts of No Nation Producers: Daniel Crown, Idris Elba, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Amy Kaufman, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Riva Marker Carol Producers: Elizabeth Karlsen, Christine Vachon, Stephen Woolley Spotlight Producers: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar Tangerine Producers: Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou BEST FIRST FEATURE – Award given to the director and producer. The Diary of a Teenage Girl Director: Marielle Heller Producers: Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit James White Director: Josh Mond Producers: Max Born, Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Melody Roscher, Eric Schultz Manos Sucias Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka Producers: Elena Greenlee, Márcia Nunes Mediterranea Director: Jonas Carpignano Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Chris Columbus, Jon Coplon, Christoph Daniel, Andrew Kortschak, John Lesher, Ryan Lough, Justin Nappi, Alain Peyrollaz, Gwyn Sannia, Marc Schmidheiny, Victor Shapiro, Ryan Zacarias Songs My Brothers Taught Me Director/Producer: Chloé Zhao Producers: Mollye Asher, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Angela C. Lee, Forest Whitaker JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded. Advantageous Writer/Director/Producer: Jennifer Phang Writer/Producer: Jacqueline Kim Producers: Robert Chang, Ken Jeong, Moon Molson, Theresa Navarro Christmas, Again Writer/Director/Producer: Charles Poekel Heaven Knows What Directors: Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie Writers: Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie Producers: Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear McClard Krisha Writer/Director/Producer: Trey Edward Shults Producers: Justin R. Chan, Chase Joliet, Wilson Smith Out of My Hand Writer/Director: Takeshi Fukunaga Writer/Producer: Donari Braxton Producer: Mike Fox BEST DIRECTOR Sean Baker; Tangerine Cary Joji Fukunaga; Beasts of No Nation Todd Haynes; Carol Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman; Anomalisa; Tom McCarthy Spotlight; David Robert Mitchell It Follows BEST SCREENPLAY Charlie Kaufman; Anomalisa Donald Margulies; The End of the Tour Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer; Spotlight Phyllis Nagy; Carol S. Craig Zahler; Bone Tomahawk BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Jesse Andrews; Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jonas Carpignano; Mediterranea Emma Donoghue; Room Marielle Heller; The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary, Story by Russell Harbaugh and Myna Joseph; The Mend BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Cary Joji Fukunaga; Beasts of No Nation Michael Gioulakis; It Follows Ed Lachman; Carol Reed Morano; Meadowland Joshua James Richards; Songs My Brothers Taught Me BEST EDITING Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie; Heaven Knows What Tom McArdle; Spotlight Nathan Nugent; Room Julio C. Perez IV; It Follows Kristan Sprague; Manos Sucias BEST FEMALE LEAD Cate Blanchett; Carol Brie Larson; Room Rooney Mara; Carol Bel Powley; The Diary of a Teenage Girl Kitana Kiki Rodriguez; Tangerine BEST MALE LEAD Christopher Abbott; James White Abraham Attah; Beasts of No Nation Ben Mendelsohn; Mississippi Grind Jason Segel; The End of the Tour Koudous Seihon; Mediterranea BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Robin Bartlett; H. Marin Ireland; Glass Chin Jennifer Jason Leigh; Anomalisa Cynthia Nixon; James White Mya Taylor; Tangerine BEST SUPPORTING MALE Kevin Corrigan; Results Paul Dano; Love & Mercy Idris Elba; Beasts of No Nation Richard Jenkins; Bone Tomahawk Michael Shannon; 99 Homes ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Spotlight Director: Tom McCarthy Casting Directors:Kerry Barden and Paul Schnee Ensemble Cast: Billy Crudup, Paul Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Brian d’Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci BEST DOCUMENTARY – Award given to the director and producer. (T)ERROR Directors/Producers: Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe Producer: Christopher St. John Best of Enemies Directors/Producers: Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville Heart of a Dog Director/Producer: Laurie Anderson Producer: Dan Janvey The Look of Silence Director:Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen Meru Directors/Producers: Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Producer: Shannon Ethridge The Russian Woodpecker Director/Producer: Chad Gracia Producers: Ram Devineni, Mike Lerner BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Award given to the director. Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia); Director: Ciro Guerra Girlhood (France); Director: Céline Sciamma Mustang (France, Turkey); Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (Sweden); Director: Roy Andersson Son of Saul (Hungary); Director: László Nemes 19th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 19th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget. Darren Dean Mel Eslyn Rebecca Green and Laura D. Smith 22nd ANNUAL KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 22nd annual Someone to Watch Award, sponsored by Kiehl’s Since 1851, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl’s Since 1851. God Bless the Child; Directors: Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck King Jack; Director: Felix Thompson Songs My Brothers Taught Me; Director: Chloé Zhao 21st TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 21st annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant. Among the Believers; Directors: Mohammed Ali Naqvi and Hemal Trivedi Incorruptible; Director: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi A Woman Like Me; Directors: Elizabeth Giamatti and Alex Sichel
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CARTEL LAND, MERU Leads Nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking

Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman’s gripping account of violence and vigilantes on both sides of the US-Mexico border, led the nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors awards for Nonfiction Filmmaking, with five nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature. It is joined in the top category by Asif Kapadia’s Amy, Camilla Neilsson’s Democrats, Stevan Riley’s Listen to Me Marlon, Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence. The latter, which received four nominations, and Cartel Land were the only films nominated for Outstanding Feature, Direction, Production and Cinematography. Other films that received multiple nominations include the mountain climbing thriller Meru (4 nominations); Amy, Heart of a Dog, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and The Wolfpack (3 nominations); Best of Enemies, Democrats, Listen to Me Marlon, The Nightmare, Uncertain and Western (2 nominations). Winners of the 9th Annual Cinema Eye Honors will be announced Wednesday, January 13, 2016 in New York at the Museum of the Moving Image. The complete list of nominations for 9th Cinema Eye Honors Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking “Amy” Directed by Asif Kapadia Produced by James Gay-Rees “Cartel Land” Directed by Matthew Heineman Produced by Tom Yellin “Democrats” Directed by Camilla Nielsson Produced by Henrik Veileborg “Listen to Me Marlon” Directed by Stevan Riley Produced by John Battsek, George Chignell and R.J. Cutler “The Look of Silence” Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer Produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Produced by Crystal Moselle and Izabella Tzenkova Outstanding Achievement in Direction Matthew Heineman, “Cartel Land” Kim Longinotto, “Dreamcatcher” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” Frederick Wiseman, “In Jackson Heights” Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, David Usui & Ben Wu, “In Transit” Joshua Oppenheimer, “The Look of Silence” Outstanding Achievement in Editing Chris King, “Amy” Aaron Wickenden and Eileen Meyer, “Best of Enemies” James Scott, “How to Change the World”Brett Morgen and Joe Neshenkovsky, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Stevan Riley, “Listen to Me Marlon” Outstanding Achievement in Production Tom Yellin, “Cartel Land” Henrik Veileborg, “Democrats” Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright and Kristen Vaurio, “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”Signe Byrge Sørensen, “The Look of Silence” Jimmy Chin, Chai Vasarhelyi and Shannon Etheridge, “Meru” Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Matthew Heineman and Matt Porwoll, “Cartel Land” Lars Skree, “The Look of Silence” Renan Ozturk, “Meru” Ewan McNicol, “Uncertain” Bill Ross and Turner Ross, “Western” Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Films Made for Television “Deep Web” Directed by Alex Winter Produced by Marc Schiller, Alex Winter and Glen Zipper For EPIX: Executive Producers Jill Burkhart and Ross Bernard “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” Directed by Alex Gibney Produced by Alex Gibney, Kristen Vaurio and Lawrence Wright For HBO Documentary Films: Supervising Producer Sara Bernstein and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins “Outbreak” Directed by Dan Edge Produced by Dan Edge and Sasha Joelle Achilli For Frontline/PBS: Coordinating Producer Carla Borras and Executive Producers Raney Aronson-Rath and David Fanning “Private Violence” Directed and Produced by Cynthia Hill For HBO Documentary Films: Senior Producer Nancy Abraham and Executive Producer Sheila Nevins “Whitey: The United States of America vs. James J. Bulger” Directed by Joe Berlinger Produced by Joe Berlinger and Caroline Suh For CNN Films: Supervising Producer Courtney Sexton and Executive Producers Vinnie Malhotra and Amy Entelis Audience Choice Prize “Amy” Directed by Asif Kapadia “Best of Enemies” Directed by Morgan Neville and Robert Gordon “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” Directed by Alex Gibney “The Hunting Ground” Directed by Kirby Dick “Iris” Directed by Albert Maysles “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Directed by Brett Morgen “Meru” Directed by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Directed by Liz Garbus “Where to Invade Next” Directed by Michael Moore “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film “Kings of Nowhere” Directed by Betzabé Garcia “Peace Officer” Directed by Brad Barber and Scott Christopherson “Pervert Park” Directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors “The Russian Woodpecker” Directed by Chad Gracia “Uncertain” Directed by Ewan McNicol and Anna Sandilands “The Wolfpack” Directed by Crystal Moselle Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score Jackson Greenberg and Scott Salinas, “Cartel Land” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” J. Ralph, “Meru” Jonathan Snipes, “The Nightmare” Casey McAllister, “Western” Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation Nominees TBD, “Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” Laurie Anderson, “Heart of a Dog” Stefan Nadelman and Hisko Hulsin, “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” Syd Garon, “The Nightmare” Ryan Green and Josh Larson, “Thank You for Playing” Spotlight Award “Almost There” Directed by Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden “Barge” Directed by Ben Powell “Field Niggas” Directed by Khalik Allah “Frame by Frame” Directed by Alexandria Bombach and Mo Scarpelli “(T)error” Directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe “Toto and His Sisters” Directed by Alexandre Nanău Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking “The Breath” Directed by Fabian Kaiser “Buffalo Juggalos” Directed by Scott Cummings “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Directed by Adam Benzine “The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul” Directed by Kitty Green “Hotel 22” Directed by Elizabeth Lo
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124 Documentary Features Submitted For 2015 Oscar Race

One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “Above and Beyond” “All Things Must Pass” “Amy” “The Armor of Light” “Ballet 422” “Batkid Begins” “Becoming Bulletproof” “Being Evel” “Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery” “Best of Enemies” “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” “Bolshoi Babylon” “Brand: A Second Coming” “A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” “Call Me Lucky” “Cartel Land” “Censored Voices” “Champs” “CodeGirl” “Coming Home” “Dark Horse” “Deli Man” “Dior and I” “The Diplomat” “(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies” “Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll” “Dreamcatcher” “dream/killer” “Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon” “Eating Happiness” “Every Last Child” “Evidence of Harm” “Farewell to Hollywood” “Finders Keepers” “The Forecaster” “Frame by Frame” “Gardeners of Eden” “A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile” “Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones” “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” “He Named Me Malala” “Heart of a Dog” “Hitchcock/Truffaut” “How to Change the World” “Human” “The Hunting Ground” “I Am Chris Farley” “In Jackson Heights” “In My Father’s House” “India’s Daughter” “Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words” “Iraqi Odyssey” “Iris” “Janis: Little Girl Blue” “Karski & the Lords of Humanity” “Killing Them Safely” “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck” “Lambert & Stamp” “A Lego Brickumentary” “Listen to Me Marlon” “Live from New York!” “The Look of Silence” “Meet the Patels” “Meru” “The Mind of Mark DeFriest” “Misery Loves Comedy” “Monkey Kingdom” “A Murder in the Park” “My Italian Secret” “My Voice, My Life” “1971” “Of Men and War” “One Cut, One Life” “Only the Dead See the End of War” “The Outrageous Sophie Tucker” “Peace Officer” “The Pearl Button” “Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer” “Poached” “Polyfaces” “The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers” “Prophet’s Prey” “Racing Extinction” “The Resurrection of Jake the Snake” “Ride the Thunder – A Vietnam War Story of Victory & Betrayal” “Rosenwald” “The Russian Woodpecker” “Searching for Home: Coming Back from War” “Seeds of Time” “Sembene!” “The Seven Five” “Seymour: An Introduction” “Sherpa” “A Sinner in Mecca” “Something Better to Come” “Song from the Forest” “Song of Lahore” “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” “Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans” “Stray Dog” “Sunshine Superman” “Sweet Micky for President” “Tab Hunter Confidential” “The Tainted Veil” “Tap World” “(T)error” “Thao’s Library” “Those Who Feel the Fire Burning” “3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets” “The Touch of an Angel” “TransFatty Lives” “The True Cost” “Twinsters” “Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists” “The Wanted 18” “We Are Many” “We Come as Friends” “We Were Not Just…Bicycle Thieves. Neorealism” “Welcome to Leith” “What Happened, Miss Simone?” “What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy” “Where to Invade Next” “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (pictured above) “The Wolfpack” Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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2015 Camden International Film Festival Reveals Slate of Feature and Short Films

The 2015 Camden International Film Festival (CIFF) announced the slate of feature and short films for its 11th edition, which will take place September 17-20, 2015 throughout Camden, Rockport and Rockland, Maine. CIFF will present over 60 features and short films from across the globe, the country and the state, with filmmakers attending nearly every screening. Highlights of this year’s program include Locarno titles Machine Gun or Typewriter, The Ground We Won and Locarno winner Olmo and the Seagull (pictured above), fresh from TIFF: climate change doc This Changes Everything; and Points North alums Containment and Drawing the Tiger. In addition to the titles below, CIFF will screen a sidebar program of historic ethnographic films with support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, a program celebrating the home movie archives of Charles Norman Shay in collaboration with Northeast Historic Film, and the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking Shorts List, whose titles will be announced at the festival next month. The Camden International Film Festival will announce their Points North Documentary Forum lineup of films, speakers and panels on Thursday, August 27. 2015 CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURES ABOVE AND BELOW Nicolas Steiner | Switzerland, Germany | 2015 ALL THINGS ABLAZE Oleksandr Technyski, Aleksey Solodunov, Dmitry Stoykov | Ukraine | 2014 ALMOST THERE Aaron Wickenden, Dan Rybicky | United States | 2014 BEST OF ENEMIES Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon | United States | 2014 BREAKING A MONSTER Luke Meyer | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! CONTAINMENT Peter Galison, Robb Moss | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! Points North Alum! DEMOCRATS Camila Nielsson| Denmark | 2014 DRAWING THE TIGER Amy Benson, Ramyata Limbu, Scott Squire | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! Points North Alum! ELEPHANT’S DREAM Kristof Bilsen | Belgium | 2014 Filmmaker in attendance! FRAME BY FRAME Alexandria Bombach, Mo Scarpelli | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! FROM THIS DAY FORWARD Sharon Shattuck | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF Alex Gibney | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THE GROUND WE WON Christopher Pryor | New Zealand | 2015 HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD Jerry Rothwell | United Kingdom, Canada | 2015 I AM THE PEOPLE (JE SUIS LE PEUPLE) Anna Roussillon | France | 2014 IN TRANSIT Albert Maysles, Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Ben Wu, David Usui | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! KINGS OF NOWHERE Betzabé García | Mexico | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! MACHINE GUN OR TYPEWRITER Travis Wilkerson | United States | 2015 MERU Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | United States | 2015 OF THE NORTH Dominic Gagnon | Canada | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! OLMO AND THE SEAGULL Petra Costa, Lea Glob | Denmark, Brazil, Portugal, France | 2015 Producer in attendance! PEACE OFFICER Scott Christopherson, Brad Barber | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER Chad Gracia | Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States | 2015 SAILING A SINK SEA Olivia Wyatt | United States | 2015 Filmmakmer in attendance! TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR Saeed Taji Farouky, Michael McEvoy | United Kingdom | 2015 (T)ERROR Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! THANK YOU FOR PLAYING David Osit, Malika Zouhali-Worrall | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Avi Lewis | Canada, United States | 2015 THOSE WHO FEEL THE FIRE BURNING Morgan Knibbe | Netherlands | 2014 TOTO AND HIS SISTERS Alexander Nanau | Romania, Hungary, Germany | 2014 T-REX Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! UNCERTAIN Anna Sandilands, Ewan McNicol | United States | 2015 Filmmakers in attendance! UNTITLED Work-in-Progress Screening Ian Cheney | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! WESTERN Bill Ross, Turner Ross | United States | 2015 Filmmaker in attendance! 2015 CAMDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS 70-SOME YEARS Riley Hooper | United States | 2015 AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Jarred Alterman, Ryan Scafuro | United States | 2015 BODY TEAM 12 David Darg | United States | 2015 CLAUDE LANZMANN: SPECTRES OF THE SHOAH Adam Benzine | United Kingdom | 2015 CHOP MY MONEY Theo Anthony | United States | 2014 DENALI Ben Knight | United States | 2015 DIVER Christoph Gelfand, Caroline Losneck | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! ERIC, WINTER TO SPRING Danya Abt | United States | 2014 THE FACE OF UKRAINE: CASTING OSKANA BAIUL Kitty Green | Australia | 2015 FARM Christoph Gelfand | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! HERETIX: UP AND RUNNING Francis Decky | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! HOTEL 22 Elizabeth Lo | United States | 2014 THE LAND Erin Davis | United States | 2015 THE LAST BARN DANCE Ted Richardson, Jason Arthurs | United States | 2015 LAST PYRAMID Dave Schachter | United States | 2015 Dirigo Short! Made in Maine! LETTER TO SUBI Genevieve Carmel | United States | 2015 LUCHADORA River Finlay | United States, Mexico | 2014 THE MANY SAD FATES OF MR. TOLEDANO Joshua Seftel | United States | 2015 MY GAL, ROSEMARIE Jason Tippet | United States | 2015 NEW MISSION Christopher Giamo | United States | 2014 OBJECT Paulina Skibinska | Poland | 2015 OF THE UNKNOWN Eva Weber | United Kingdom | 2014 PINK BOY Eric Rockey | United States | 2015 THE REAGAN SHORTS Pacho Velez | United States | 2015 Points North Alum! SEEDING FEAR Craig Jackson | Canada | 2015 SPEARHUNTER Luke Poling, Adam Roffman | United States | 2014 TERRITORY Eleanor Mortimer | United Kingdom | 2015 THINGS Ben Rivers | United Kingdom | 2015
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“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” Win Top Awards at Sundance

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is the Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize – Dramatic and the Audience Award – U.S. Dramatic at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.

Accepting the award, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon said “I want to thank entire cast and crew actors, Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, RJ Cyler, Connie Britton, Nick Offerman and Molly Shannon. This movie was about processing the loss and celebrate the life of a beautiful man, my father. So thanks again for this opportunity.”

The winners and awards of 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, directed by Matthew Heinema

Winner of the Directing Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Witch, directed by Robert Eggers

Winner of the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: Documentary:
The Wolfpack, directed by Crystal Moselle

Winner of the U. S. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact:
3 ½ Minutes, directed by Marc Silver

Winner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Collaborate Vision:
Advantageous, directd by Jennifer Phang

Winner for U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Excellence in Editing:
Dope, edited by Lee Haugen

Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, cinematography by Brandon Trost

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, screenplay by Tim Talbott

Winner of Audience Award: U.S. Documentary:
Meru, directed by Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasarhelyi

Winner of the Audience Award: U.S. Dramatic:
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Winner of the Cinematography Award: U.S. Documentary:
Cartel Land, by Matthew Heineman

Winner of the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Break Out First Feature:
(T)error, directed by Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe

Winner for U. S. Documentary Special Jury award for Verité Filmmaking:
Western, directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross

Winner of the Audience Award: Best Of Next
James White, directed by Josh Mond

Winner of the Audience Award for World Cinema Dramatic:
Umrika, directed by Prashant Nair

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
The Second Mother, Regina Casé and Camila Márdila

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Acting:
Glassland, Jack Reynor

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography:
Partisan, Germain McMicking

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award:
The Summer of Sangaile, directed by Alanté Kavaïté

Winner of the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize:
Slow West, directed by John Maclean

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award:
How to Change the World, edited by Jim Scott

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact:
Pervert Park, directed by Frida Barkfors and Lasse Barkfors

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Unparalleled Access:
The Chinese Mayor, directed by Hao Zhou

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award:
Dreamcatcher, directed by Kim Longinotto

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize:
Russian Woodpecker, directed by Chad Gracia

Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize:
The Stanford Prison Experiment, directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez

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