The Peabody Awards announced the 60 nominees representing the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2021.
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82nd Peabody Awards Nominations – ‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Mr. SOUL!’ ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’
‘Summer of Soul’ ‘Mr. SOUL!’ ‘9to5: The Story of a Movement’ – 82nd Peabody Awards Nominations
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‘Flee’ ‘Ascension’ ‘The Rescue’ Win Top 2022 Cinema Eye Honors Awards
‘Flee’ and ‘Ascension’ – 2022 Cinema Eye Honors Awards Winners Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s animated documentary took the top prize at the 15th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, winning the award for Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Filmmaking. Jessica Kingdon’s Ascension won three awards, the most of the evening, for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Original Score and Debut Feature. Both films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Florida Film Critics Honor THE POWER OF THE DOG as Best Film of 2021, PIG Wins Best First Film
Pig starring Nicolas Cage (Neon) Florida Film Critics, (like pretty much most film critics), awarded The Power of the Dog the honors of Best Picture of 2021, along with Best Director and Adapted Screenplay for Jane Campion, Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Cinematography.
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MASS Named as Best Film at Indiana Film Journalists 2021 Awards
Mass starring Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, and Martha Plimpton The Indiana Film Journalists Association named Mass as Best Film of the Year, along with Best Original Screenplay for Fran Kranz, the first-time writer/director who also was named Breakout of the Year, and Best Ensemble Acting for the cast of Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton.
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Academy Announces Animated, Documentary and International Feature Films Eligible for 94th Oscars
Dave Chappelle Live in Real Life documentary is produced by Dave Chappelle and produced and directed by Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar (American Factory). The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film categories for the 94th Academy Awards®.
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FLEE and SUMMER OF SOUL Lead 2022 Cinema Eye Honors Nominations
Flee and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) The animated documentary Flee from Danish/French filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen lead the nominations for the 15th Cinema Eye Honors awards with seven nominations, including Outstanding Nonfiction Feature and Direction.
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Missouri-based Documentary ‘Procession’ to Open 30th St. Louis Film Festival Hybrid Lineup
“Procession” by Robert Greene The 30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will be held November 4-21, 2021 in a hybrid format — with virtual screenings along with in-person screenings on all three screens of the Tivoli Theatre from November 4-14 and November 18-21.
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Ascension and ‘Summer of Soul’ Lead Nominations for 6th Critics Choice Documentary Awards
Ascension directed by Jessica Kingdon Features by two first-time documentarians, Ascension by Jessica Kingdon and Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson lead this year’s nominations for the 6th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (CCDA) with six each.
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‘Americanish’ and ‘All These Sons’ Win Top Jury Awards at 30th Heartland Film Festival
Americanish directed by Iman Zawahry “Americanish” from director Iman Zawahry snagged the $20,000 Narrative Feature Grand Prize and “All These Sons” from Academy Award® nominee Bing Liu (“Minding the Gap” 2018) and Joshua Altman was awarded the $20,000 Documentary Feature Grand Prize at the 30th Heartland International Film Festival.
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AFI FEST 2021 Announces Lineup incl. Pedro Almodóvar’s PARALLEL MOTHERS
Pedro Almodóvar’s Parallel Mothers starring Penélope Cruz AFI FEST unveiled the full lineup for this year’s festival including Parallel Mothers, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Pedro Almodóvar, which will screen as a Red Carpet Premiere at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Saturday, November 13.
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Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST to Kick Off SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2021 Lineup
(L to R) Caitriona Balfe as “Ma”, Jamie Dornan as “Pa”, Judi Dench as “Granny”, Jude Hill as “Buddy”, and Lewis McAskie as “Will” in director Kenneth Branagh’s BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features The 24th annual SCAD Savannah Film Festival returns in-person and virtually from October 23–30, 2021 with 157 films, including 45 narrative feature films, 15 documentary feature films and 97 shorts – with 63 of these films directed by women.
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