Nomadland was a hit with the Toronto Film Critics Association, taking three top awards at the organization’s annual vote. Nomadland was awarded Best Picture, Best Director for Chloé Zhao, and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.
White Lie (2019)
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‘Nomadland’ ‘Bacurau’ ‘Collective’ Win Toronto Film Critics 2020 Awards
Bacurau directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
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Miami Film Festival Announces 2020 Winners, WHEN LIBERTY BURNS and LA LLORONA Win Top Jury Awards
When Liberty Burns When Liberty Burns, an incisive look at Miami’s infamous 1980 race riots in Liberty City stemming from the fatal police beating of Arthur McDuffie, directed by Dudley Alexis, won the $30,000 Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award, the most anticipated prize of the 37th edition of Miami Film Festival.
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Miami Film Festival Announces 2020 Lineup. THE BURNT ORANGE HERESY to Open, MUCHO MUCHO AMOR to Close
Mucho Mucho Amor The Burnt Orange Heresy, the fifth screen adaptation of the works of late Miami noir novelist Charles Willeford, starring Mick Jagger, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Debicki and Claes Bang, will open the 37th edition of Miami Dade College (MDC)’s acclaimed Miami Film Festival, on Friday, March 6 at downtown Miami’s historic Olympia Theater.
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TIFF Announces Top Ten Canadian Features and Shorts of 2019
Violet Nelson in a scene from ARRAY Releasing Presents “THE BODY REMEMBERS WHEN THE WORLD BROKE OPEN” Courtesy of Array Releasing / Photo Credit Katrin Bragadottir TIFF revealed its Canada’s Top Ten list of features and short films of 2019. This year’s Top Ten list features three directorial debuts and four Indigenous filmmakers. The shorts and features lineups showcase works by 12 of Canada’s most talented female filmmakers. Four directors are alumni from TIFF’s Talent Development programs: Filmmaker Lab, Writers’ Studio, and Telefilm Canada’s PITCH THIS!
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MARRIAGE STORY and THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Lead Nominations for 2019 Vancouver Film Critics Honors
The Twentieth Century directed by Matthew Rankin Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama Marriage Story leads all films in the Vancouver Film Critics Circle’s international section with five nominations including Best Picture.
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Toronto International Film Festival Rolls Out 2019 Contemporary World Cinema Lineup of Films from 48 Countries
Our Lady of the Nile directed by Atiq Rahimi The 2019 Toronto International Film Festival unveiled the rich slate of films from 48 countries in the lineup for its 2019 Contemporary World Cinema (CWC) programs. The films include a wide range of thought-provoking stories that delve into cultural issues and social struggles in poetic and captivating ways. Introducing 21 works directed and co-directed by women, this year’s edition of CWC focuses on fractured families, self-exploration, female-driven narratives, and the consequences of social and political crises.