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  • Virtual 2020 Sydney Underground Film Festival Unveils Lineup of Over 100 Films

    Nimic by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Matt Dillon
    Nimic by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Matt Dillon

    Sydney’s leading festival for cult and underground film, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), is back for its 14th year from Thursday September 10 – Sunday September 20, 2020, all taking place entirely online

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  • Film Society of Lincoln Center to Spotlight THE FAVOURITE Director Yorgos Lanthimos with Retrospective

    Emma Stone (with director Yorgos Lanthimos) The Favourite.
    Emma Stone (with director Yorgos Lanthimos) The Favourite

    The Film Society of Lincoln Center will spotlight the amazing work of ‘the boldly iconoclastic director’ Yorgos Lanthimos with a five-film retrospective from February 1 to 5.

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  • THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Nominations for 19th Golden Trailer Awards

    [caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Shape Of Water Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.[/caption] The Shape of Water along with Hitman’s Bodyguard lead the nominations for the 19th annual Golden Trailer Awards competition that has emerged as the most recognized event devoted to the artistry of film marketers and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters worldwide. GTA 19 will take place on Thursday, May 31st at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles hosted by comedienne and actress Michelle Buteau (“The Tick,” “Broad City,” “Key & Peele”).

    19th Golden Trailer Awards Nominations

    Best Independent Trailer

    The Florida Project, “Trailer,” A24, Mark Woollen & Associates I, Tonya, “Haters,” Neon, Zealot Thoroughbreds, “Red Band Trailer,” Focus Features, Motive The Shape of Water, “Connection,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Under the Silver Lake, “Trailer 1,” A24, Motive

    Best Documentary

    The China Hustle, “Trailer,” Magnolia, Zealot City of Ghosts, “Promise,” Amazon Studios, MOCEAN Icarus, “Distance,” Netflix, GrandSon Won’t You Be My Neighbor, “Trailer,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates Three Identical Strangers, “Reunited,” Neon, Zealot

    Best Drama

    All The Money In The World, “Power,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Darkest Hour, “Trailer,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates The Shape of Water, “Escape,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Megan Leavey, “Mission,” Bleecker Street, Open Road Chappaquiddick, “Conspiracy,” Entertainment Studios, MOCEAN

    Best Comedy

    Game Night, “Welcome,” New Line Cinema, MOCEAN Uncle Drew, “Uncle Drew,” Lionsgate, Seismic Productions Sorry to Bother You, “Voice,” Annapurna Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc. Lady Bird, “Domestic Trailer #1,” A24 Films, Giaronomo Productions Gringo, “Friendly,” Amazon, GrandSon

    Best Horror

    A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Place | Teaser – Listen,” Paramount, Ignition Insidious: The Last Key, “Family,” Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones Mother!, “Puzzle,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Place,” Paramount, AV Squad Hereditary, “Hereditary,” A24, AV Squad

    Best Action

    Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Team,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group Black Panther, “Crown,” Walt Disney Studios, Create Advertising Group Tomb Raider, “SURVIVOR,” Warner Bros., Ant Farm Avengers: Infinity War, “Millions,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN Rampage, “Battle,” Warner Bros., Aspect

    Best Animation / Family

    The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, “Clara,” Walt Disney Pictures, TRANSIT Peter Rabbit, “Home,” Sony Pictures, Create Advertising Group Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2, “Wired Refresh,” Disney/Pixar, MOCEAN Isle Of Dogs, “Domestic Trailer #1,” Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Productions Despicable Me 3, “Mojo,” Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative

    Best Fantasy Adventure

    Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, “New World,” Sony, TRANSIT Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, “Expelliarmus,” Warner Bros., Jax Thor: Ragnarok, “New Journey,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “Rebellion Reborn DCM Trailer,” Walt Disney Studios / Lucasfilm, Tiny Hero Solo: A Star Wars Story, “Something,” Disney, Disney In-house

    Best Music

    The Greatest Showman, “Imagination,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card All The Money In The World, “True Story,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Ocean’s 8, “7 People,” Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc. Pacific Rim: Uprising, “Untouchable,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job

    Best Summer Blockbuster Trailer

    Ocean’s 8, “7 People,” Warner Bros., Trailer Park, Inc. Mission: Impossible – Fallout, “CHOICE,” Paramount Pictures, Ant Farm The Incredibles 2, “Illegal,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Deadpool 2, “Comeback,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Kingdom,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job

    Best Teaser

    Murder on the Orient Express, “Suspect,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Red Sparrow, “Program,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Deadpool 2, “Cable Red,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN Mortal Engines, “London,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Avengers: Infinity War, “Balance,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN

    Best Thriller

    Annihilation, “Mission,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Unsane, “Believe,” Bleecker Street, Buddha Jones The Commuter, “The Commuter,” Lionsgate, AV Squad It Comes At Night, “It Comes at Night,” A24, AV Squad Sicario Day of the Soldado, “Win,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, MOCEAN

    Best Video Game Trailer

    Assassin’s Creed Origins, “Order of The Ancients,” Ubisoft, Sunny Side Up Creative Assassin’s Creed: Origins, “Legend,” Ubisoft, Buddha Jones Far Cry 5, “Story Trailer,” Ubisoft, Buddha Jones Call of Duty: WWII, “Call of Duty:WWII – Reveal Trailer,” Activision, gnet Outlast Series Switch Trailer, “Outlast Series Trailer for the Nintendo Switch,” Red Barrels, Altar Creative

    Golden Fleece

    Proud Mary, “Rolling, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Flatliners, “Relax,” Sony Pictures & Columbia Pictures, Buddha Jones Death Wish, “Reaper,” MGM, Create Advertising Group The Meg, “Carnage,” Warner Bros., Trailer Park, Inc. Snowman, “Domestic Trailer #1,” Universal Studios, Giaronomo Productions

    Most Original Trailer

    Thoroughbreds, “Red Band Trailer,” Focus Features, Motive Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Deadpool 2, “Paintings – Bob Ross Trailer,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN/Big Picture Hereditary, “Hereditary,” A24, AV Squad Patti Cake$, “PATTI CAKE$ Lyric Video,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Studio Cadre & Ruff Mercy

    Best Independent Trailer (for film budget shot under a million US)

    Still/Born, “Still/Born Trailer,” Vertical Entertainment, Jay Gartland Ghost House, “Ghost House Trailer,” Vertical Entertainment, Jay Gartland Gemini, “Trailer,” Neon, Mark Woollen & Associates MEAT, “COMPLEX,” M.P.I, Dhruv Kumar The Endless, “The Endless “Cult” Official Trailer,” Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative

    Best Motion/Title Graphics

    Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Ready Player One, “Hall H,” Warner Bros. , Buddha Jones THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, “Bond”,” Lionsgate, Seismic Productions Thoroughbreds, “Twisted,” Focus Features, GrandSon Slice, “Line Rider,” A24, GrandSon

    Best Original Score

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Ignite,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Avengers: Infinity War, “Millions,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN The Incredibles 2, “Illegal,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Good Time, “Feelin It,” A24, GrandSon The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Make New Friends,” Lionsgate, In House

    Best Romance

    Our Souls at Night, “Sunday Love Teaser,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Love, Simon, “Courage,” 20th Century Fox, TRANSIT Call Me By Your Name, “Call Me By Your Name,Theatrical Trailer,” Sony Pictures Classics, The Grossmyth Company Mamma Mia 2, “Memories,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Adrift, “Bon Voyage,” STX Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc.

    Best Sound Editing

    Baby Driver, “Heist,” Sony, Wild Card Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Mother!, “Puzzle,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Pacific Rim Uprising, “Pacific Rim Uprising,” Universal, AV Squad Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “Rebellion Reborn” DCM Trailer, Walt Disney Studios / Lucasfilm, Tiny Hero

    The Don LaFontane Award for Best Voice Over

    Micro Machines World Series Trailer, “Micro Machines World Series,” Deep Silver/Codemasters, YellowPike Media Mudbound, “Trailer,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ninja Theory Mother!, “FEAR,” Paramount Pictures, Ant Farm The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Bonus Sh*t!,” Lionsgate, Tiny Hero

    Trashiest Trailer

    Father Figures, “Every Dad,” Warner Bros., Create Advertising Group The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Bonus Sh*t!,” Lionsgate,Tiny Hero The Little Hours, “The Little Hours,” Gunpowder & Sky, Jump Cut Creative Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Make New Friends”, Lionsgate, In House Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, “Stronger,” SyFy, AV Squad

    Best Foreign Action Trailer

    Salut – 7, “Salyut -7,” Eugeny Makharashvili, Butterfly Effect Beyond the edge, “Beyond the edge TRL,” KINODANZ, On/Off Production The Outsider, “Never Go Back,” Netflix, Jax Rubicon, “Trailer,” RFG, Most, Chechen Film, Alexandr Serzhantov The Villainess, “The Villainess, Official US Trailer,” Well Go USA Entertainment, Red Circle, Inc.

    Best Foreign Animation Family Trailer

    In This Corner Of The World, “International Trailer,” Manga, Editpool Bilal, “Unite,” Vertical, Zealot Monster Hunt 2, “Adventure,” EDKO Films Ltd., Trailer Park, Inc. Here Comes the Grump, “Here Comes The Grump Trailer,” GFM Films, Zealot UK Kikoriki. Dejavu, “Kikoriki. Dejavu,” The Riki Group, Stanislav Ivanov

    Best Foreign Comedy Trailer

    The Death Of Stalin, “US Trailer,” IFC, Intermission Film The Square, “Trailer,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates THE PARTY, “Trailer 1,” Roadside Attractions, Big Science Film Swinging Safari, “Swinging Safari Trailer,” Becker Film Group, Zealot UK Blockbuster, “Blockbuster Trailer,” NETFLIX, Zealot UK

    Best Foreign Documentary Trailer

    Faces Places, “Trailer,” Cohen Media Group, Mark Woollen & Associates Charcoal Burner Nights, Zeitraum Film, Trailerhaus GmbH McLaren, “McLaren Trailer,” Gunpowder & Sky, Zealot UK Devil’s Freedom, “JUNKY SKULL,” ANIMAL DE LUZ, ART Kingdom Yellow is Forbidden, “Couture,” Madman/NZ Film Commission, AV Squad

    Best Foreign Drama Trailer

    One Percent, “Trailer,” See Pictures, Zealot The Eternal Feminine, “The Eternal Feminine,” Luxbox , Good Hands Peace Breaker first trailer, “Peace Breaker first trailer,” Nurostar Rubicon, “Trailer,” RFG, Most, Chechen Film, Alexandr Serzhantov A Fantastic Woman, “A Fantastic Woman Trailer,” Curzon Artificial Eye, Intermission Film

    Best Foreign Horror Trailer

    From A House On Willow Street, “From A House On Willow Street.” Fat Cigar, The First Order Ghost Stories, “Trailer,” Lionsgate UK, Intermission Film Killing Ground, “Trailer,” IFC, Zealot The Secret Of Marrowbone, eOne, SILK FACTORY Slumber, “Slumber Trailer,” Goldcrest Films, Zealot UK

    Best Foreign Independent Trailer

    BPM, “Trailer,” The Orchard, Mark Woollen & Associates Moka, “Driven,” Film Movement, PK Creative Edie, “Trailer,” Arrow Films, Editpool Double Lover, “Lust,” Cohen Media Group, AV Squad IN THE AISLES, Zorro Film GmbH, Requination/Niemiproduktion

    Best Foreign Music Trailer

    MY GENERATION, “My Generation – UK Trailer,” Lionsgate, SILK FACTORY Youth, “Youth,” Nurostar Witnesses, “Silent” Trailer,” RFG, ARK PICTURES, Alexandr Serzhantov Foundling, “Foundling “Trailer,” Amedia Production, 1tv, Andrei Solodovnikov Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, Universal Pictures International, Muniq Creative Agency

    Best Foreign Romance Trailer

    About Love. Adults Only, Stanislav Ivanov From the Land of the Moon, IFC, Zealot A Fantastic Woman, Sony Pictures Classic, The Grossmyth Company Submergence, Embankment Films, Zealot UK Breathe, Bleecker Street, Zealot UK

    Best Foreign Teaser

    Coach, Kinoslovo/DK Entertainment, Vadzim Khudabets The Whiskey Bandit Viszkis Film, Film Force Team, Peter Varsics Yardie, Studiocanal, Intermission Film Viy 2: The Mystery of the Dragon’s Seal, “Visit”, RFG, Alexandr Serzhantov Wings of the Empire, 3xmedia, 1tv, Andrei Solodovnikov

    Best Foreign Thriller Trailer

    Killing Ground, IFC, Zealot THE GIRL IN THE FOG, Studio Canal, Silk Factory Luna, Universum Film, Trailerhaus GmbH Beast, Altitude, Intermission Film Double Lover, “Lust” Cohen Media Group, AV Squad

    Most Original Foreign Trailer

    The Square, Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Frontier, Studio “KIT,” Stanislav Ivanov Youth, Nurostar Ichi The Killer, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative Jeannette, Luxbox, Good Hands

    Best Action TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Poppy Dance,” 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park, Inc. Wonder Woman, “Together :60,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Black Panther, “Entourage :60,” Walt Disney Pictures, AV Squad Deadpool 2, “Save Me / Tea,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Tomb Raider, “:30 “Brilliant,” Warner Bros., Mob Scene Creative & Productions

    Best Animation / Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    The Greatest Showman, “World,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group Ferdinand, “Week Before Xmas,” 20th Century Fox Animation, MOCEAN Wonder, “TV60 “You Are A Wonder,” Lionsgate, Markus Wernig – Offramp Creative Inc. Isle Of Dogs, “:30TV “Sic Em,” Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Productions Despicable Me 3, “Evil Mastermind,” Universal Pictures , Workshop Creative

    Best Comedy TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Mofo Count” :30,” Lionsgate, Outpost Media Thoroughbreds, “Society Story,”Focus Features, Buddha Jones The Disaster Artist, “Make Movie,” A24, GrandSon Daddy’s Home 2, “Let’s Hold Hands,” Paramount Ocean’s 8, “7 People Cutdown,” Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.

    Best Documentary TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, “Andy,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates I Am Not Your Negro, “PBS Independent Lens – I Am Not Your Negro,” ITVS RBG, “Truth,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Faces Places, “Cutdown 30,” Cohen Media Group, Mark Woollen & Associates Icarus, “RIVETING,” Netflix, Ant Farm

    Best Drama TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    The 15:17 to Paris, “Departure,” Warner Bros., Wild Card Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “Pointy,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive The Shape of Water, “Tale of Love,” Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates War for the Planet of the Apes, “Fear :30,” Fox, AV Squad Mudbound, “Beautiful,” Netflix, GrandSon

    Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Thor: Ragnarok, “Thor: Ragnarok, “Mjolnir” Digital,” Disney, Aspect Ready Player One, “Fantasy,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, “OogaChaka,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero Ready Player One, “Come With Me 60,” Warner Bros., Statement Advertising Jumanji, “Worlds Apart :60,” Sony Pictures, Big Picture

    Best Foreign TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Selfie, “Selfie TV Spot “Double,” Stanislav Ivanov The Square, “Museum,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Okja, “Ready Action,” Netflix, Bond Youth, “Youth and Fire,” Nurostar Black Water, “Koch Media Film,” Muniq Creative Agency

    Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    War for the Planet of the Apes, “War / Letters,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Notes From The Field, “Graphic Tease,” HBO, Buddha Jones Get Out, “Poetic Review,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, “TSR BOND,” LIONSGATE, Seismic Productions Thoroughbreds, “Princess,” Focus Features, GrandSon

    Best Horror TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Alien: Covenant, “Born Neo,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card IT, “:30TV “Friends,” Warner Bros., Aspect Mother!, “Experience,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones A Quiet Place, “Survive,” Paramount Pictures, Project X/AV Insidious: The Last Key, “Invite :30,” Sony Pictures, AV Squad

    Best Independent TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Thoroughbreds, “Shall We,” Focus Features, Motive Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “Just About Right,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive Mudbound, “Land Cutdown,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates The Killing of a Sacred Deer, “Me,” A24, GrandSon Lady Bird, “Playgirl,” A24, GrandSon

    Best Music TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Bright, “Heroes/Danger MGK” Trailer,” Netflix, AV Squad Life Itself, “Love,” Amazon Studios, Trailer Park, Inc. Tomb Raider, “Lara,” Warner Brothers, Cole Barager/ Deva Studios Ocean’s 8, “7 People Cutdown,” Warner Bros.,Trailer Park, Inc. Black Panther, “Women of Wakanda,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero

    Best Original Score TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Phantom Thread, “Taste,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones Phantom Thread, “Dying to Wear,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones Phantom Thread, “Triumph Review :60,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones The Greatest Showman, “Different,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group

    Best Romance TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Phantom Thread, “Dream,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates Fifty Shades Freed, “BROUGHT TO LIFE,” Universal Pictures, Ant Farm Life Itself, “Love,” Amazon Studios, Trailer Park, Inc. Love, Simon, “Digital “Heart,” 20th Century Fox, Aspect The Shape of Water, “Princess Without a Voice,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing

    Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Atomic Blonde, “Begin,” Universal, Wild Card Baby Driver, “Hip-Hop,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “It’s Time,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, “Me,” A24, GrandSon Black Panther, “Team,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero

    Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Solo: A Star Wars Story, “So Low Super Bowl,” Disney, Disney In-house Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Miracle,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Solo: A Star Wars Story, “45TV “Crew,” Disney, Aspect Deadpool 2, “Save Me / Tea,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Deadpool 2, “Selfless.” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card

    Best Thriller TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Dunkirk, “Dunkirk | TV 60 – Never Surrender,” Warner Bros, Ignition Annihilation, “Evolution :60,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Suburbicon, “Doors :60,” Paramount, AV Squad The Shape of Water, “Ticking Thriller,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Unsane, “Never Safe,” Bleecker Street, Open Road

    Best Video Game TV Spot

    Overwatch, “Dare,” Blizzard Entertainment, Mark Woollen & Associates Call of Duty WW2, “Heroes,” Activision, Aspect Gran Turismo Sport, “GT Sport – Go Get It,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Call of Duty: WWII, “Call of Duty: WWII Story Trailer,” Activision, gnet PUBG, “PUBG – Unknown Air,” PUBG Corp., gnet

    Best Voice Over TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    Atomic Blonde, “Modern Woman,” Universal, Wild Card Coco, “Coco – “You Know” – Christian Lanz,” Disney – Pixar, Create Advertising Insidious: The Last Key, “Welcome To New Mexico,” Sony, BOND Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, “Get it!,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “#1 Movie!,” Lionsgate, Tiny Hero

    Golden Fleece TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    The Mummy, “Thrill Kids,” Universal Pictures, Rogue Planet Fifty Shades Freed, “Happy Ending,” Universal Pictures,Trailer Park, Inc. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, “Reviewing Evil with Chris Hardwick,” Screen Gems, Viacom Velocity Flatliners, “Relax :30,” Sony Pictures & Columbia Pictures, Buddha Jones The Dark Tower, “Battle,” Sony Pictures, Create Advertising Group

    Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

    The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Mofo Count” :30,” Lionsgate, Outpost Media I, Tonya, “Mirror,” Neon, Zealot Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Poppy Dance,” 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park, Inc. Insidious: The Last Key, “Welcome To New Mexico,” Sony, Bond The House, “Frank’s Place,” New Line Cinema, MOCEAN

    Best Action (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Narcos: S3, “Succession,” Netflix, TRANSIT Jessica Jones S2, “Official Trailer “Control,” Netflix, Aspect Jack Ryan, “Brave – Super Bowl,” Amazon, Jax The Punisher, “The Punisher – Reflections,” Netflix, gnet Altered Carbon,”Altered Carbon – Last Night I Died Again,” Netflix, gnet

    Best Animation / Family (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Big Mouth S1, “Official Trailer “Life,” Netflix, Aspect Bojack Horseman S4, “Official Trailer “Missing,” Netflix, Aspect Trollhunters, “Trailer,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Spirit Riding Free, Dreamworks Animation Television, Jamestown Productions Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia – Season 3, Dreamworks Animation Television, Outpost Media

    Best Comedy (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    American Vandal, “Conspiracy,” Netflix, Zealot Future Man, “Future Man | Trailer – Time Travel,” Hulu, Ignition Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT GLOW, “Become,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Hidden America: Season 2, “Travel,” Seeso, AV Squad

    Best Documentary/Reality (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    National Geographic, “One Strange Rock Trailer,” 2C Creative Wormwood, “Disappeared,” Netflix, Wild Card Rock and a Hard Place “Redemption” Trailer”, HBO, AV Squad Flint Town, “System,” Netflix, GrandSon Bobby Kennedy for President, “Change,” Netflix, Mob Scene Creative & Productions

    Best Drama (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Ozark, “Last Resort – Trailer,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates The Alienist, “Game,” TNT, Zealot Mr. Robot, “Democracy,” USA Network, Buddha Jones Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Westworld Season 2, “Locked Inside,” HBO, Jax

    Best Fantasy Adventure (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Game of Thrones, “Legendary,” HBO, Editpool Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. Legion – season 2, “Everything,” FX, Create Advertising Group The Tick, “Team,” Amazon Studios, Create Advertising Group Game of Thrones Season 7, “Survive,” HBO, Jax

    Best Foreign (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    The Pack (Wataha) “Season 2 Heartbeat Teaser,” HBO Europe Dark: S1, “Tick Tock,” Netflix, TRANSIT Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones O Mecanismo, “Greed,” Netflix, BOND YOU ARE WANTED S2 FOR AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, Amazon Prime Video, Pantaleon Films GmbH, Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH, BDA Creative GmbH

    Best Graphics (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT Real Time with Bill Maher, “Open Our Eyes,” HBO, Buddha Jones Rotten The Future, “Netflix,” Buddha Jones Lady Dynamite, “Fancy Guest,” Netflix, GrandSon The Punisher, “The Punisher – Reflections,” Netflix, gnet

    Best Horror / Thriller (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 3), “Supernatural,” Starz, Zealot Westworld, “New Chaos,” HBO, Motive Rellik, “What You Deserve,” Cinemax, Buddha Jones The Walking Dead Season 8B, “Nightmare,” AMC Network, Giaronomo Productions The Alienist, “Monster,” TNT, Trailer Park

    Best Music (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Ozark, Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. The Defenders, “Quartet,” Netflix, MOCEAN Impulse, “Impulse Teaser,” YouTube, Trailer Park The Crown, “For You,” Netflix, GrandSon

    Best Opening Title Sequence or Closing Credit Sequence for a feature film

    Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman Main-On-End Titles,” Warner Bros, Greenhaus GFX Insidious – The Last Key, “The Last Key – Main-On-End Titles,” Blum House, Greenhaus GFX DC, “DC Logo,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Proud Mary, “Opening Title GFX,” Screen Gems, Seismic Productions Game Night, “Game Night,” New Line Cinema, Aspect

    Best Original Score (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Blood Drive, “Master Collection,” SyFy, Buddha Jones Fox League X Briggs- “HERE,” Fox Sports Creative Westworld Season 2, “Locked Inside,” HBO, Jax Westworld Season 2, “Beautiful World – Super Bowl,” HBO, Jax

    Best Promo for a OTO or Special (i.e. Oscars, CMAs or Super Bowl)

    NBC Sports: Championship Season, Agency: 2C Creative ESPN: Curry/Lonzo Game Promo, 2C Creative Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre, “Deadliest,” A&E, The Shop The OSCARS, “The Oscars 2018 Jimmy Returns,” ABC Entertainment Marketing + Black Label Content

    Best Promo for a TV Network

    2017 PBS Previews Campaign, “2017 PBS Previews Campaign: Drama,” PBS Stan Lee, “Stan the Man,” Disney/Marvel & Netflix, MOCEAN HBO Documentary, “Trailer,” HBO, Create Advertising Group HBO “Game of Thrones” Image, HBO, Trailer Park truTV, “truTV onair refresh,” truTV, TruTV

    Best Sound Editing (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    The Pack (Wataha) “Season 2 Heartbeat Teaser,” HBO Europe Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones The Punisher, “Family Man,” Netflix, MOCEAN Westworld S2, “30TV “Revenge,” HBO, Aspect

    Best Voice Over (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    Ozark, “Last Resort Cutdown,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Ozark, “Money,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT GRAND PRIX DRIVER, “Series Trailer,” Amazon Studios, Tiny Hero

    Most Original (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

    American Vandal, “Conspiracy,” Netflix, Zealot Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT The Innocents, “Changes Everything,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. The Crown 2, “The Crown Trailer,” Netflix, Intermission Film Altered Carbon, “Live Forever” Date Announce,” Netflix, gnet

    Best Action Poster

    Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman, One-Sheet,” Warner Bros., BOND Thor: Ragnarok, “Thor: Ragnarok, One-Sheet,” Walt Disney Studios, BOND Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman One Sheet,” Warner Bros., P+A Tomb Raider, “Tomb Raider Ice Pick,” Warner Bros., WORKS ADV

    Best Animation / Family Movie Poster

    Peter Rabbit, “Peter Rabbit One Sheet,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV

    Best Billboard

    Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman,” Warner Bros., “Concept Arts” Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Billboard,” Sony, BOND Love, Simon, “Love, Simon LA Billboard 20th Century Fox,” WORKS ADV Black Panther, “Arclight Motion Billboard,” Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor

    Best Comedy Poster

    Game Over, Man! Digital Finish, Netflix, Ignition Life of the Party, Warner Bros. Pictures, Cold Open A Futile and Stupid Gesture,Netflix, Leroy & Rose Super Troopers 2, “Payoff Poster 2,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil

    Best Comedy Poster for a TV Show / TV Series

    Baskets S3 One-Sheet, FX Networks, Ignition Vice Principals One-Sheet, “Vice Principals One-Sheet,” HBO, Ignition Hap & Leonard: Mucho Mojo, SundanceTV, The Refinery The Mick, “Season 2,” Fox, Leroy & Rose

    Best Documentary / Reality Poster for a TV Show or TV Series

    Wormwood One-Sheet, Netflix, Ignition Mind Field – Season 2, YouTube Red, Cold Open Daughters of Destiny, Netflix, Concept Arts Adam Ruins Everything, “Adam Ruins the Rest Room,” truTV, TruTV

    Best Documentary Poster

    DOLORES, PBS, POV Studio 54, AE Films, Concept Arts Lenny, HBO, Cold Open Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Netflix, BOND

    Best Drama / Action TV Series Poster

    Ozark, Netflix, The Refinery Handmaids Tale, Hulu, Leroy & Rose The Americans: Season 6, FX, P+A American Gods, Starz, BOND

    Best Drama Poster

    Mudbound, Netflix, The Refinery Realive, Syfy Films, The Refinery Dunkirk, “Bus Shelter,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Fox Searchlight, BOND

    Best Fantasy / Adventure Poster

    Blade Runner 2049, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV Ready Player One, “Payoff,” Warner Brothers, BOND Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Walt Disney Studios, BOND The Shape of Water, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil, Digital Finishing by Daniel Clark Creative

    Best Foreign Poster

    Das Schweigende Klassenzimmer, “Silence speaks volumes,” The Dream Factory The Death of Stalin, AllCity Media Euphoria, Great Point Media, Coffee & Cigarettes Birthmarked, Aqute Media, Champ & Pepper

    Best Horror / Thriller TV Series Poster

    The Strain Digital Finish, FX Networks, Ignition Dark, Netflix, The Refinery American Horror Story: Cult, FX, BOND Fight of the Living Dead: Paradise Calls, YouTube Red, Cold Open

    Best Horror Poster

    The Cured, IFC Films, InSync PLUS Insidious: The Last Key, “Scream,” Universal Pictures, Concept Arts Winchester, CBS Films, Cold Open Slender Man, “Teaser,” Screen Gems, P+A

    Best Independent Poster

    Okja, Netflix, BOND Thelma, The Orchard, P+A The Little Hours, GUNPOWDER & SKY, Jump Cut Creative The Endless, Well Go USA Entertainment, Jump Cut Creative

    Best International Poster

    Downsizing One-Sheet, Paramount, Ignition Winchester – International Poster (Spain), CBS Films, Cold Open Wonder Woman, “Walking,” Warner Bros., WORKS ADV A Wrinkle in Time, “International (Germany),” Walt Disney Pictures, Cold Open

    Best Motion Poster

    Peter Rabbit, Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV Dunkirk, “Destroyer,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Isle Of Dogs, “Wild Post,”Fox Searchlight Pictures, BLT Communications, LLC Isle Of Dogs, “Sneezing,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, BLT Communications, LLC

    Best pre-show Theatrical Advertising for a Brand

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, “The Sprint Disruption,” Screenvision Media, 40 Foot Solutions Cinemark XD, “Magic,” Cinemark, MOCEAN A Quiet Theater, “A Quiet Theater,” Paramount Pictures, M3 Creative SHUDDER, “EVOKE,” SHUDDER, HEART SLEEVE CREATIVE Gogol, ‘Gogol asks to turn off phones in cinemas,” TV-3

    Best Radio / Audio Spot

    The Cloverfield Paradox, “Stop,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Summer,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “RADIO :30 SAM VS RYAN,” NEW LINE, Seismic Productions The Shape of Water, “Score Radio,” Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates Black Panther, “Just Getting Started,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero

    Best Summer Blockbuster Poster

    Rampage, New Line Cinema, Concept Arts Skyscraper, Universal Pictures, Concept Arts Wonder Woman, Warner Brothers, BOND Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Walt Disney Studios, BOND

    Best Teaser Poster

    Ocean’s 8, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV Game Night, Warner Brothers, Leroy & Rose All The Money In the World, Sony Pictures, P+A Super Troopers 2, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil

    Best Thriller Poster

    The New Mutants, 20th Century Fox, Ignition Flatliners, Sony, Concept Arts Annabelle: Creation, “Tea Party,” New Line Cinema, Concept Arts You Were Never Really Here, Amazon Studios, P+A

    Best Trailer for Book or Novel

    The Bad Seed, HarperCollins Publishers Everless, HarperCollins Publishers Tattoo, The 8 Percent The Butchering Art, Light Arcade The Sheriff’s Catch (Part 1 of The Sassana Stone Pentalogy), “Unbound,” James Vella-Bardon

    Best TrailerByte for a Feature Film

    Flatliners, “What Could Go Wrong,” Sony, BOND Thoroughbreds, “Alibi,” Focus Features, GrandSon The Greatest Showman, “Singalong Social Campaign,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Super Troopers 2, “Super Troopers 2, Cologne Commercial,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing Peter Rabbit, “Bring The Fight,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Workshop Creative

    Best TrailerByte for a TV Series/Streaming Series

    Ballers: Season 3, HBO, AV Squad GAME OF THRONES, “Season 7 Social Carousel,” HBO, Silk Factory Westworld S2, “Digital “Out There,” HBO, Aspect The Long Road Home, National Geographic, InSync PLUS Truth or Dare, “:10 Do or Die,” Universal Pictures Intl, The Picture Production Company

    Best Video Game Poster

    Civilization VI, 2K Games, Inc., Ignition Uncharted, “10th Anniversary Poster,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Horizon Zero Dawn The Frozen Wilds, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Shadow of the Colossus, “Hero,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative

    Best Viral Campaign

    Bright, “Digital Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Impractical Jokers, “Surprise and Delight,” truTV, Fooji Gogol.Origins, “The first audience talks about the film Gogol. Origins,” TV-3, TV-3 Good Time, “Social Campaign,” A24, GrandSon The Disaster Artist, “The Tommy Award,” A24, GrandSon

    Best Wildposts (Teaser Campaign)

    Justice League, “Justice League,” Warner Bros., The Refinery Blade Runner 2049, “Blade Runner 2049 11up,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Love, Simon, “Love Letter Wildposts,” 20th Century Fox, WORKS ADV Black Panther, “Character Series,” Marvel Studios, Art Machine

    Most Innovative Advertising (for a TV Series / Streaming Series)

    Altered Carbon, “Psychasec Campaign,” Netflix, gnet Westworld 2, “Loops,” HBO, HBO (Internal) The Long Road Home, “National Geographic,” InSync PLUS F Is For Family (Season 2), “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Impractical Jokers, “Block Party,” truTV, Brand Connections

    Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand / Product

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, “Sprint Disruption,” Screenvision Studios, 40 Foot Solutions Citizen Graduation Gift, Screenvision Studios, 40 Foot Solutions Coco, “Celebration Family Digital,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Oculus “Step into Rift” Brand Anthem, Oculus, space.camp

    Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film

    Bright, “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS The Babysitter, “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Theater,” Paramount Pictures, M3 Creative A Ghost Story, “A Ghost Pie,” A24, GrandSon Coco, Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor

    Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game

    Space Pirate Trainer, I-Illusions, kertgartner.com Call of Duty: WW2, “Brotherhood,” Activision, Aspect Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, “Accolades Trailer,” Ninja Theory Oculus “Step into Rift” Brand Anthem, Oculus, space.camp Clash Royale, “Flash Royale,” Supercell, gnet

    Most Original Poster

    The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, “Reflections,” PBS Okja, Netflix, BOND Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Walt Disney Studios, BOND The Shape of Water, “Embrace Art,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil, Digital Finishing by Daniel Clark Creative

    Best Film Festival Trailer

    Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Society, Stampede Studios Online Film Festival 2017, PBS Kamloops Film Festival 2018, Josh Sunderman BOFA Film Festival, Rhino Post Production BFI Bergman Season, BFI, The Picture Production Company

    Best Film Festival Poster

    Online Film Festival 2017, PBS Battle of the Sexes, “Telluride Poster,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing Battle of the Sexes, “Toronto Film Festival Poster,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing

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  • 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Announces Lineup, Opens With Taiwanese Films “Omotenashi” and “Xiao Mei”

    [caption id="attachment_27270" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Omotenashi Omotenashi[/caption] The upcoming 42nd edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival announced their lineup. The festival will run for 18 days from March 19th until April 5th, 2018. The opening night on March 19th will feature two gorgeous films from two promising Taiwanese directors – Omotenashi, directed by Jay Chern and Xiao Mei, directed by Maren Hwang. Closing film will be the World Premiere of What a Wonderful family! 3: My Wife, My Life, the latest work from the acclaimed comedy series by the Japanese master Yamada Yoji. Omotenashi is a co-production of Japan and Taiwan with up-and-coming Taiwanese director Jay Chern, which offers a heartwarming portrayal of the younger generation learning to appreciate the cultural differences and traditional values through love and respect; whereas Maren Hwang’s Xiao Mei brilliantly juggles elements of film noir and suspense in exploring the riddle of identity and truth through the mystic tale of a vanished girl. Directors and casts of both opening films will join HKIFF42 Grand Opening on 19 March. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his success inWhat a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life, the third installment of his amusing series that playfully exposes the changing values and behavior within contemporary Japanese society. The world premiere of this much anticipated film will bring a delightful conclusion to this year’s Festival. The “Filmmaker in Focus” this year is Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia, one of the most distinguished actresses in Chinese language cinema. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of her career since her screen debut, HKIFF42 will showcase 14 of her films including the new restoration of her first film Outside the Window. Lin will share her insights on film and life in the “Face to Face” seminar. Werner Herzog, one of cinema’s most celebrated filmmakers, will attend HKIFF42 and conduct a Master Class. His first visit to the Festival will be honored by a retrospective of his films, giving local audiences a rare opportunity to watch his classics, including four of his greatest cinematic achievements and his latest documentary Into the Inferno, which reflect his frantic imagination and poetic stylization. HKIFF will also present the Hong Kong premiere of HTC’s first virtual reality (VR) Chinese language film, The Deserted. This groundbreaking work is directed by Taiwanese master Tsai Ming-Liang, with the support of HTC VIVE, ZOTAC Computer, and the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Academy of Film. TSAI and Golden Horse Award winner Lee Kang-Sheng will lead the Hong Kong audience through an unparalleled eye-opening VR experience, and share their visions of this cinematic innovation in a Master Class. In addition to the two masters, the Japanese documentarian Hara Kazuo, known for his highly original and controversial films, will bring his latest work Sennan Asbestos Disaster and meet the audience in a Master Class. Several world-renowned directors will also visit Hong Kong for screenings of their films. Acclaimed American independent filmmaker Sean Baker, with his celebrated new film The Florida Project, will share his filmmaking experience. Kagawa Kyoko, the legendary Japanese actress of the Mizoguchi Kenji masterpiece A Story from Chikamatsu, and Ozu Yasujiro’s classic Tokyo Story will share her collaborations with the giants of Japanese cinema following the screening of the newly restored classic. The late Filipino master, Ishmael Bernal, will be featured in the Restored Classics section, and his longtime screenwriter, Ricky Lee, will also meet the audience to share his insights. Cinephiles can enjoy a number of internationally award-winning films firsthand at the HKIFF. These include In the Fade, winner of the Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes and Cannes Best Actress Award for Diane Kruger’s powerhouse performance; Joaquin Phoenix took home the Cannes Best Actor Award with You Were Never Really Here, which won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award alongside  The Killing of a Sacred Deer; as well as Cannes Jury Prize winner and Oscar-nominated  Loveless. Award winners from the Venice Film Festival include Grand Jury Prize winner Foxtrot, Special Jury Prize winner  Sweet Country, Best Director award winner Custody, Best Actress Award for Charlotte Rampling in  Hannah, and Best Actor Award for Kamel El Basha in The Insult. The Berlinale award winners include Grand Jury Prize for Mug, Outstanding Artistic Contribution Award for Dovlatov, winners of FIPRESCI Jury Prizes for River’s Edge andAn Elephant Sitting Still, the latter also won Special Mention for Best First Feature Award. Multifaceted Argentine and Danish films open up new frontiers in the international scene. HKIFF42 will celebrate the achievement of Lucrecia Martel, a major auteur and forceful leading light of New Argentine Cinema, by showcasing four of her acclaimed works, including Zama, her latest and multiple award-winning film. In the New Danish Cinema section, six outstanding films will be showcased, including Thelma, a chilling psychological thriller from director Joachim Trier, the topical Borg/McEnroe, and Winter Brothers, winner of four major awards at the Locarno International Film Festival. The Awards Gala Night will feature the international premiere of Transit, directed by acclaimed German auteur Christian Petzold. The French Night will feature Custody, helmed by the Venice Best Director winner Xavier Legrand, who will come to Hong Kong to greet the audience. HKIFF will also present the Canadian film Ava, a feature debut about women’s fight for independence by Sadaf Foroyghi, who will meet the audience at the screenings. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Polish independence, HKIFF42 will present a prelude program “70 years of Polish Animation: Live Animation x Music”. The program will feature celebrated Polish filmmaker-animator Mariusz Wilczyński with live hand-drawn animation while the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will present fabulous music under the baton of Polish conductor Sebastian Periowski. In response to what the festival describes as “overwhelming response” HKIFF has decided to continue with the “Audience Choice Award”, which was first launched last year.

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  • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THREE BILLBOARDS Lead 7th AACTA International Awards Nominations

    [caption id="attachment_26086" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]LADY BIRD LADY BIRD[/caption] CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI lead the way with five nominations each for the 7th AACTA International Awards from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . Best Film nominations follow American Film Institute Movie of the Year acknowledgements for all five nominees: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, DUNKIRK, LADY BIRD, THE SHAPE OF WATER and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI. Winners of the 7th AACTA International Awards will be announced in Los Angeles on Friday January 5, 2018.

    7th AACTA International Awards NOMINEES

    AACTA International Award for Best Film

    CALL ME BY YOUR NAME DUNKIRK LADY BIRD THE SHAPE OF WATER THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

    AACTA International Award for Best Direction

    CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – Luca Guadagnino DUNKIRK – Christopher Nolan I, TONYA – Craig Gillespie LADY BIRD – Greta Gerwig THE SHAPE OF WATER – Guillermo del Toro

    AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay

    CALL ME BY YOUR NAME – James Ivory DUNKIRK – Christopher Nolan GET OUT – Jordan Peele LADY BIRD – Greta Gerwig THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI – Martin McDonagh

    AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actress

    Judi Dench – VICTORIA & ABDUL Sally Hawkins – THE SHAPE OF WATER Frances McDormand – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Margot Robbie – I, TONYA Saoirse Ronan – LADY BIRD

    AACTA International Award for Best Lead Actor

    Timothée Chalamet – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Daniel Day-Lewis – PHANTOM THREAD Hugh Jackman – LOGAN Daniel Kaluuya – GET OUT Gary Oldman – DARKEST HOUR

    AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actress

    Mary J. Blige – MUDBOUND Abbie Cornish – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Allison Janney – I, TONYA Nicole Kidman – THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Laurie Metcalf – LADY BIRD

    AACTA International Award for Best Supporting Actor

    Willem Dafoe – THE FLORIDA PROJECT Armie Hammer – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Tom Hardy – DUNKIRK Ben Mendelsohn – DARKEST HOUR Sam Rockwell – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI

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  • THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Leads 38th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations

    [caption id="attachment_23572" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri[/caption] Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri lead the nominations for the 38th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations, including Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress for Frances McDormand, and Supporting Actor for both Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson. In addition, as a British production the film is nominated for British/Irish Film of the Year. Following close behind with six nominations each are William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread. Four films earned five nominations each: Luca Guagadino’s Call Me By Your Name, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, Paul King’s Paddington 2, and Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country. The 10 films contending for Film of the Year are Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Florida Project, Get Out, God’s Own Country, Lady Bird, Loveless, Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Sunday, January 28th at The May Fair Hotel, at which Kate Winslet will receive the critics’ highest honor, The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film. Full List of Nominations: FILM OF THE YEAR Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out God’s Own Country Lady Bird Loveless Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Aquarius Elle The Handmaiden Loveless Raw DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR 78/52 Human Flow I Am Not Your Negro Jane The Work BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award Dunkirk God’s Own Country Lady Macbeth Paddington 2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Sean Baker – The Florida Project Guillermo Del Toro – The Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird James Ivory – Call Me By Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jordan Peele – Get Out ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water Isabelle Huppert – Elle Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth ACTOR OF THE YEAR Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread James Franco – The Disaster Artist Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Holly Hunter – The Big Sick Allison Janney – I, Tonya Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project Hugh Grant – Paddington 2 Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me By Your Name BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Emily Beecham – Daphne Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul/Murder on the Orient Express Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water/Maudie/Paddington 2 Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird/Loving Vincent BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread Colin Farrell – The Killing of a Sacred Deer/The Beguiled Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Josh O’Connor – God’s Own Country Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour/The Space Between Us YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats Tom Holland – The Lost City of Z/Spider-Man: Homecoming Noah Jupe – Suburbicon/Wonder/The Man With the Iron Heart Dafne Keen – Logan Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award Alice Birch – Lady Macbeth Simon Farnaby – Paddington 2/Mindhorn Francis Lee – God’s Own Country Rungano Nyoni – I Am Not a Witch William Oldroyd – Lady Macbeth BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR The Cloud of Unknowing – Mike Hannon The Dog and the Elephant – Mike Sharpe Tuesday – Charlotte Wells We Love Moses – Dionne Edwards Your Mother and I – Anna Maguire TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Baby Driver – Darrin Prescott, stunts Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, production design Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, music God’s Own Country – Joshua James Richards, cinematography Lady Macbeth – Holly Waddington, costumes The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji, cinematography The Love Witch – Emma Willis, hair & makeup Paddington 2 – Pablo Grillo, visual effects Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges, costumes Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, visual effects EXCELLENCE IN FILM: The Dilys Powell Award Kate Winslet  

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  • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

    Call Me By Your Name
    Call Me By Your Name

    Call Me by Your Name leads the nominations for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards with eight nods including Best Director and Best Feature. 

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  • ON BODY AND SOUL and THE SQUARE Lead Nominations for European Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_20704" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Testről és lélekről On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi ON BODY AND SOUL[/caption] Ildikó Enyedi’s ON BODY AND SOUL and Ruben Östlund’s social satire THE SQUARE, lead the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards with four nominations each, including Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Screenwriter, as well actress Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL and actor Claes Bang in THE SQUARE. Two films have garnered three nominations each: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s LOVELESS, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ family drama THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER.  LOVELESS is nominated for European Film, as well as Zvyagintsev for directing and together with Oleg Negin as screenwriter. Yorgos Lanthimos is nominated for director and, shared with co-author Efthimis Filippou, as screenwriter. Colin Farrell is nominated as actor in the film. Aki Kaurismäki’s refugee melodrama THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is nominated for European Film and directing. The remaining film nominated for European Film is Robin Campillo’s AIDS drama BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE), actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart received a nomination as well. Nominees for Best Documentary include AUSTERLITZ by Sergei Loznitsa (Germany); COMMUNION (Komunia) by Anna Zamecka (Poland); LA CHANA by Lucija Stojevic (Spain, Iceland, USA); STRANGER IN PARADISE by Guido Hendrikx (the Netherlands) and THE GOOD POSTMAN by Tonislav Hristov (Finland, Bulgaria). The winners will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.

    European Film Awards 2017 Nominations

    EUROPEAN FILM 2017

    BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE France 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robin Campillo PRODUCED BY Marie-Ange Luciani & Hugues Charbonneau LOVELESS НЕЛЮБОВЬ (NELYUBOV) Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 127 min DIRECTED BY Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITTEN BY Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov & Gleb Fetisov ON BODY AND SOUL TESTRŐL ÉS LÉLEKRŐL Hungary 116 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ildikó Enyedi PRODUCED BY Mónika Mécs, András Muhi & Ernö Mesterházy THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN Finland, Germany 100 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Aki Kaurismäki THE SQUARE Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober

    EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2017

    AUSTERLITZ Germany 94 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Sergei Loznitsa COMMUNION KOMUNIA Poland 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Anna Zamecka PRODUCED BY Anna Wydra, Anna Zamecka, Zuzanna Krol, Izabela Lopuch & Hanka Kastelicová LA CHANA Spain, Iceland, USA 86 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lucija Stojevic PRODUCED BY Lucija Stojevic, Greta Olafsdottir, Deirdre Towers & Susan Muska STRANGER IN PARADISE Netherlands 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Guido Hendrikx PRODUCED BY Frank van den Engel THE GOOD POSTMAN Finland, Bulgaria 80 min DIRECTED BY Tonislav Hristov WRITTEN BY: Tonislav Hristov, Lubomir Tsvetkov PRODUCED BY Kaarle Aho & Kai Nordberg

    EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2017

    Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Aki Kaurismäki for THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Yorgos Lanthimos for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESS

    EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2017

    Paula Beer in FRANTZ Juliette Binoche in BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL Isabelle Huppert in HAPPY END Florence Pugh in LADY MACBETH

    EUROPEAN ACTOR 2017

    Claes Bang in THE SQUARE Colin Farrell in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Josef Hader in STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE Nahuel Pérez Biscayart in BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) Jean-Louis Trintignant in HAPPY END

    EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2017

    Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESS Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE François Ozon for FRANTZ

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  • Zurich Film Festival 2017 Gala Premieres – BATTLE OF THE SEXES, THE FLORIDA PROJECT and More

    [caption id="attachment_23729" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Florida Project THE FLORIDA PROJECT[/caption] With the 13th Zurich Film Festival, taking place September 28 to October 8, 2017, about a month away, the festival is giving a first look at the 2017 Gala Premieres films. Films from Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Mike White, Claire Denis, Sean Baker, Ruben Östlund, Michael Haneke, Yorgos Lanthimos and Luca Guadagnino will be presented as Gala Premieres. The festival previously announced the inclusion of AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER with Al Gore and THE WIFE with Golden Icon Award recipient Glenn Close.

    2017 Zurich Film Festival Gala Premieres

    BATTLE OF THE SEXES Directed by: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Cast: Emma Stone, Steve Carell, Andrea Riseborough BRAD’S STATUS Directed by: Mike White Cast: Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Jenna Fischer, Luke Wilson, Austin Abrams UN BEAU SOLEIL INTERIEUR Directed by: Claire Denis Cast: Juliette Binoche, Xavier Beauvois, Philippe Katerine, Josiane Balasko, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Gérard Depardieu THE FLORIDA PROJECT Directed by: Sean Baker Cast: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, Bria Vinaite, Macon Blair, Sandy Kane, Caleb Landry Jones, Karren Karagulian THE SQUARE Directed by: Ruben Östlund Cast: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Laessø, Marina Schiptjenko, Elijandro Edouard, Daniel Hallberg, Martin Sööder HAPPY END Directed by: Michael Haneke Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Barry Keoghan, Sunny Suljic, Raffey Cassidy, Alicia Silverstone CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Directed by: Luca Guadagnino Cast: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois, Vanda Capriolo, Antonio Rimoldi, Elena Bucci, Marco Sgrosso, André Aciman, Peter Spears

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  • 51 Feature Films Selected for 2017 European Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_23985" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]IN TIMES OF FADING LIGHT IN ZEITEN DES ABNEHMENDEN LICHTS IN TIMES OF FADING LIGHT (IN ZEITEN DES ABNEHMENDEN LICHTS)[/caption] The European Film Academy announced the titles of the 51 films on this year’s 2017 EFA Feature Film Selection, the list of feature fiction films recommended for a nomination for the European Film Awards 2017!  With 31 European countries represented, the list once again illustrates the great diversity in European cinema. In the coming weeks, the over 3,000 members of the European Film Academy will vote for the nominations in the categories European Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenwriter. The nominations will then be announced on November 4 at the Seville European Film Festival in Spain. A seven-member jury will decide on the awards recipients in the categories European Cinematographer, Editor, Production Designer, Costume Designer, Hair & Make-up Artist, Composer and Sound Designer. The 30th European Film Awards ceremony will take place on December 9 in Berlin.

    2017 EFA Feature Film Selection

    A CIAMBRA Italy, USA, France, Sweden 120 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Jonas Carpignano PRODUCED BY Jon Coplon A DATE FOR MAD MARY Ireland 82 min DIRECTED BY Darren Thornton WRITTEN BY Darren Thornton & Colin Thornton PRODUCED BY Ed Guiney & Juliette Bonass A GENTLE CREATURE КРОТКАЯ (KROTKAYA) France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands 143 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sergei Loznitsa PRODUCED BY Marianne Slot A JEW MUST DIE UN JUIF POUR L’EXEMPLE Switzerland 73 min DIRECTED BY Jacob Berger WRITTEN BY Jacob Berger, Aude Py & Michel Fessler PRODUCED BY Ruth Waldburger A MONSTER CALLS Spain 107 min DIRECTED BY J.A. Bayona WRITTEN BY Patrick Ness PRODUCED BY Belén Atienza, Ghislain Barrois & Álvaro Augustín AFTERIMAGE POWIDOKI Poland 100 min DIRECTED BY Andrzej Wajda WRITTEN BY Andrzej Mularczyk PRODUCED BY Michał Kwieciński ANA, MON AMOUR Romania, Germany, France 125 min DIRECTED BY Călin Peter Netzer WRITTEN BY Călin Peter Netzer, Cezar Paul Bădescu & Iulia Lumânare PRODUCED BY Călin Peter Netzer & Oana Iancu BIG BIG WORLD KOCA DÜNYA Turkey 101 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Reha Erdem PRODUCED BY Ömer Atay BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE France 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robin Campillo PRODUCED BY Marie-Ange Luciani & Hugues Charbonneau BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR France 94 min DIRECTED BY Claire Denis WRITTEN BY Claire Denis & Christine Angot PRODUCED BY Olivier Delbosc BRIMSTONE Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Sweden, UK, Hungary 148 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Martin Koolhoven PRODUCED BY Els Vandevorst & Uwe Schott FORTUNATA Italy 103 min DIRECTED BY Sergio Castellitto WRITTEN BY Margaret Mazzantini PRODUCED BY Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima, Carlotta Calori & Viola Prestieri FRANTZ France, Germany 117 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY François Ozon PRODUCED BY Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer, Stefan Arndt & Uwe Schott FROST Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine 120 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sharunas Bartas PRODUCED BY Janja Kralj GODLESS БЕЗБОГ (BEZBOG) Bulgaria, Denmark, France 99 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ralitza Petrova PRODUCED BY Rossitsa Valkanova, Eva Jakobsen & Laurence Clerc HAPPY END France, Germany, Austria 107 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Michael Haneke PRODUCED BY Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka & Michael Katz HEARTSTONE HJARTASTEINN Iceland, Denmark 129 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson PRODUCED BY Anton Máni Svansson, Lise Orheim Stender, Jesper Morthorst & Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson HOME Belgium 103 min DIRECTED BY Fien Troch WRITTEN BY Fien Troch & Nico Leunen PRODUCED BY Antonino Lombardo ICE MOTHER BÁBA Z LEDU Czech Republic, Slovakia, France 106 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Bohdan Sláma PRODUCED BY Pavel Strnad & Petr Oukropec IN TIMES OF FADING LIGHT IN ZEITEN DES ABNEHMENDEN LICHTS Germany 101 min DIRECTED BY Matti Geschonneck WRITTEN BY Wolfgang Kohlhaase PRODUCED BY Oliver Berben & Sarah Kirkegaard INDIVISIBLE INDIVISIBILI Italy 104 min DIRECTED BY Edoardo De Angelis WRITTEN BY Nicola Guaglianone, Barbara Petronio, Edoardo De Angelis PRODUCED BY Attilio De Razza & Pierpaolo Verga INSYRIATED Belgium, France 86 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Philippe Van Leeuw PRODUCED BY Guillaume Malandrin ISTANBUL RED ISTANBUL KIRMIZISI Turkey, Italy 110 min DIRECTED BY Ferzan Ozpetek WRITTEN BY Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli & Valia Santella PRODUCED BY Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli & Necati Akpinar JUPITER’S MOON JUPITER HOLDJA Hungary, Germany 123 min DIRECTED BY Kornél Mundruczó WRITTEN BY Kata Wéber PRODUCED BY Viktória Petrányi, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen & Michel Merkt LADY MACBETH UK 89 min DIRECTED BY William Oldroyd WRITTEN BY Alice Birch PRODUCED BY Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly LAYLA M. Netherlands, Jordan, Belgium, Germany 98 min. DIRECTED BY Mijke de Jong WRITTEN BY Jan Eilander & Mijke de Jong PRODUCED BY Frans van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld & Laurette Schillings LOVELESS НЕЛЮБОВЬ (NELYUBOV) Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 127 min DIRECTED BY Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITTEN BY Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov & Gleb Fetisov MY GRANDMOTHER FANNY KAPLAN МОЯ БАБУСЯ ФАНІ КАПЛАН (MOYA BABUSYA FANI KAPLAN) Ukraine 110 min DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Olena Demyanenko WRITTEN BY Dmytro Tomashpolskiy & Olena Demyanenko ON BODY AND SOUL TESTRŐL ÉS LÉLEKRŐL Hungary 116 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ildikó Enyedi PRODUCED BY Mónika Mécs, András Muhi & Ernö Mesterházy PARADISE РАЙ (RAI) Russia, Germany 131 min DIRECTED BY Andrei Konchalovsky WRITTEN BY Andrei Konchalovsky & Elena Kiseleva PRODUCED BY Andrei Konchalovsky & Florian Deyle REQUIEM FOR MRS. J. REKVIJEM ZA GOSPOĐU J. Serbia, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Russia, France 94 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Bojan Vuletić PRODUCED BY Nenad Dukić RETURN TO MONTAUK Germany, France, Ireland 105 min DIRECTED BY Volker Schlöndorff WRITTEN BY Volker Schlöndorff & Colm Tóibìn PRODUCED BY Regina Ziegler, Volker Schlöndorff, Francis Boespflug, Sidonie Dumas, Hartmut Köhler, Stéphane Parthenay, Conor Barry, Til Schweiger, Tom Zickler, Marc Gabizon, Christoph Liedke, John Keville, Mike Downey, Sam Taylor & Rainer Kölmel SAMI BLOOD SAMEBLOD Sweden, Denmark, Norway 110 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Amanda Kernell PRODUCED BY Lars G Lindström SON OF SOFIA O GIOS TIS SOFIAS Greece, Bulgaria, France 111 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Elina Psykou PRODUCED BY Giorgos Karnavas & Konstantinos Kontovrakis SPOOR POKOT Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia 128 min DIRECTED BY Agnieszka Holland & Katarzyna Adamik WRITTEN BY Olga Tokarczuk & Agnieszka Holland PRODUCED BY Krzysztof Zanussi, Janusz Wąchała, Johannes Rexin, Pavla Janoušková Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý, Fredrik Zander & Jakub Viktorín STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE VOR DER MORGENRÖTE Germany, Austria, France 106 min DIRECTED BY Maria Schrader WRITTEN BY Maria Schrader & Jan Schomburg PRODUCED BY Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Denis Poncet, Danny Krausz & Kurt Stocker SUMMER 1993 ESTIU 1993 Spain 96 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Carla Simón PRODUCED BY Valérie Delpierre THE CONSTITUTION USTAV REPUBLIKE HRVATSKE Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, FYR Macedonia 93 min DIRECTED BY Rajko Grlić WRITTEN BY Ante Tomić & Rajko Grlić PRODUCED BY Ivan Maloča, Mike Downey, Rudolf Biermann, Maja Vukić, Dejan Miloševski, Jani Sever & Sam Taylor THE FURY OF A PATIENT MAN TARDE PARA LA IRA Spain 88 min DIRECTED BY Raúl Arévalo WRITTEN BY Raúl Arévalo & David Pulido PRODUCED BY Beatriz Bodegas THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Ireland, UK 121 min. DIRECTED BY Yorgos Lanthimos WRITTEN BY Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou PRODUCED BY Ed Guiney & Yorgos Lanthimos THE KING’S CHOICE KONGENS NEI Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland 130 min DIRECTED BY Erik Poppe WRITTEN BY Jan Trygve Røyneland & Harald Rosenløw Eeg PRODUCED BY Finn Gjerdrum & Stein B. Kvae THE LAST FAMILY OSTATNIA RODZINA Poland 123 min DIRECTED BY Jan P. Matuszyński WRITTEN BY Robert Bolesto PRODUCED BY Leszek Bodzak & Aneta Hickinbotham THE NOTHING FACTORY A FÁBRICA DE NADA Portugal 177 min DIRECTED BY Pedro Pinho WRITTEN BY Pedro Pinho, João Matos, Luisa Homem, Leonor Noivo & Tiago Hespanha PRODUCED BY João Matos THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN Finland, Germany 100 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Aki Kaurismäki THE PARTY UK 71 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Sally Potter PRODUCED BY Christopher Sheppard THE SQUARE Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober THE TEACHER UČITEĽKA Slovakia, Czech Republic 103 min DIRECTED BY Jan Hřebejk WRITTEN BY Petr Jarchovský PRODUCED BY Zuzana Mistríková, Ľubica Orechovská, Ondřej Zima & Jan Prušinovský TOM OF FINLAND Finland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark 116 min DIRECTED BY Dome Karukoski WRITTEN BY Aleksi Bardy PRODUCED BY Aleksi Bardy, Annika Sucksdorff & Miia Haavisto WESTERN Germany, Bulgaria, Austria 119 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Valeska Grisebach PRODUCED BY Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Valeska Grisebach & Michel Merkt WILD MOUSE WILDE MAUS Austria 103 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Josef Hader PRODUCED BY Michael Katz & Veit Heiduschka YOU DISAPPEAR DU FORSVINDER Denmark, Sweden 117 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Peter Schønau Fog PRODUCED BY Louise Vesth

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  • VIDEO: Watch First Trailer for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman

    The Killing Of A Sacred Deer A24 today released the first trailer for psychological horror-thriller film The Killing Of A Sacred Deer from Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (THE LOBSTER, DOGTOOTH), and starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman. The film also starring Barry Keoghan, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic, Bill Camp and Alicia Silverstone will be released in theaters on October 27. The Killing Of A Sacred Deer Poster The film’s synopsis: A prominent surgeon adopts a teenager into his family, but as the teen’s actions grow increasingly sinister, the doctor is forced to make a terrible decision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFdGfwChtw

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  • 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Adds More Galas and Special Presentations Films

    [caption id="attachment_23749" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Michael Jackson's Thriller 3D Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D[/caption] Six Galas and 32 Special Presentations have been added to the lineup of the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.  Audiences can look forward to innovative storytelling from some of the most prominent filmmakers and actors in Canada and around the world. “We’re thrilled to bring Festival audiences some of the year’s most exciting films in our Gala and Special Presentations lineup,” said Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF. “But beyond the sizzle of the premieres, this year’s selections show filmmakers continuing to take chances and push boundaries, whether they’re working in Hollywood or Hong Kong, Montreal or Munich.” This second announcement brings the program’s total to 48 World Premieres, 10 International Premieres, 19 North American Premieres and 10 Canadian Premieres. The 42nd Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 7 to 17, 2017.

    2017 Toronto International Film Festival GALAS

    55 Steps Bille August, Germany/Belgium World Premiere Chappaquiddick John Curran, USA World Premiere Hochelaga, Terre des Âmes François Girard, Canada World Premiere My Days of Mercy Tali Shalom-Ezer, USA World Premiere The Leisure Seeker Paolo Virzì, Italy International Premiere Three Christs Jon Avnet, USA World Premiere

    2017 Toronto International Film Festival SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

    The Captain (Der Hauptmann) Robert Schwentke, Germany/France/Poland World Premiere The Conformist (冰之下) Cai Shangjun, China North American Premiere The Cured David Freyne, Ireland/United Kingdom/France World Premiere The Escape Dominic Savage, United Kingdom World Premiere The Florida Project Sean Baker, USA North American Premiere Foxtrot Samuel Maoz, Israel/Germany/France/Switzerland Canadian Premiere I Love You, Daddy Louis C.K., USA World Premiere In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts) Fatih Akin, Germany/France North American Premiere Journey’s End Saul Dibb, United Kingdom World Premiere The Killing of a Sacred Deer Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/United Kingdom North American Premiere Kodachrome Mark Raso, Canada/USA World Premiere Lean On Pete Andrew Haigh, USA/United Kingdom Canadian Premiere Loving Pablo Fernando León de Aranoa, Spain North American Premiere Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D John Landis, USA North American Premiere Preceded By Making of Michael Jackson’s Thriller Jerry Kramer, USA North American Premiere Manhunt John Woo, Hong Kong/China North American Premiere Mark Felt – The Man Who Brought Down the White House Peter Landesman, USA World Premiere Marrowbone Sergio G. Sánchez, Spain World Premiere Molly’s Game Aaron Sorkin, USA World Premiere The Motive (El Autor) Manuel Martín Cuenca, Spain World Premiere Number One (Numéro Une) Tonie Marshall, France World Premiere On Chesil Beach Dominic Cooke, United Kingdom World Premiere Outside In Lynn Shelton, USA World Premiere Papillon Michael Noer, Serbia/Montenegro/Malta World Premiere Racer and the Jailbird Michaël R. Roskam, Belgium/France North American Premiere Radiance (Hikari) Naomi Kawase, Japan/France North American Premiere Redoubtable Michel Hazanavicius, France North American Premiere Three Peaks (Drei Zinnen) Jan Zabeil, Germany/Italy North American Premiere Unicorn Store Brie Larson, USA World Premiere Who We Are Now Matthew Newton, USA World Premiere You Disappear (Du Forsvinder) Peter Schønau Fog, Denmark/Sweden International Premiere Youth (Fāng Huá) Feng Xiaogang, China World Premiere

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