“Liberty” with Laurel & Hardy[/caption]
The Locarno Festival’s major Retrospective will be dedicated to three-time Oscar winner Leo McCarey (1898 – 1969), a director who left his indelible mark not only on comedy (with Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers and Harold Lloyd) but also on classic drama (Cary Grant, Charles Laughton, Bing Crosby).
The Retrospective follows on from the Festival’s tributes to other masters of the genre in recent years, such as Lubitsch, Minnelli, and Cukor. In the words of Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, this event “will be an inspiration and a stimulus for new generations of viewers and filmmakers”.
McCarey learned his trade during the 1920s at the Hal Roach Studios, initially as a gag writer before directing films. Roach and McCarey were key figures in the golden age of silent comedy in America, launching the successful careers of comedians such as Charley Chase and Max Davidson, as well as the insuperable stardom of Laurel & Hardy. Determined to create a more modern style of slapstick, McCarey established his hallmarks of sophisticated writing, innovative gestures, and elegant choreography.
Graduating to full-length features as the sound era dawned, McCarey became a master of the screwball comedy, launching the career of Cary Grant in The Awful Truth (1937) and helming films hailed as milestones of the genre and starring some of its biggest names: Harold Lloyd and Mae West, Charles Laughton and Eddie Cantor, plus the Marx Brothers, who chose him to direct their masterpiece Duck Soup (1933).
In the late Thirties and after the war, McCarey toned down the humorous element in his work and turned increasingly to drama, in movies that ranged in subject from romance to the religious life. Once again, in his late period, McCarey brought out the finest in his stars – Ingrid Bergman and Paul Newman, Bing Crosby and Deborah Kerr – and also rejoined forces with Cary Grant in such memorable pictures as Good Sam (1948) and An Affair to Remember (1957).
Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Locarno Festival, comments: “Dedicating a Retrospective to Leo McCarey means first and foremost paying homage to a master of a genre that today has become increasingly rare. His films were big hits at the box office but were also well received by the critics and are now recognized, somewhat belatedly, as more complex and multi-layered than simple genre pieces. It is time for McCarey’s name to be awarded the status he deserves: we are fully convinced that his art, elegance, and sense of timing will be an inspiration and a stimulus for new generations of viewers and filmmakers. Lastly, on a more personal note, this Retrospective is also a tribute to a period of our own childhood which we all lived through, but perhaps have sometimes since forgotten: laughing with Laurel & Hardy does not just offer the sweet taste of nostalgia, but will also remind us of the visionary and beneficial power that comedy has always possessed.”
Curated by Roberto Turigliatto, the Retrospective will be organized in partnership with the Cinémathèque suisse and the Cinémathèque française, with additional input from the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. It will be accompanied by a volume in English and French to be published by Capricci.
Roberto Turigliatto, the curator of the Locarno Festival Retrospective, describes McCarey as “A man of many talents who began as the assistant to Tod Browning and became a director at the peak of the studio system, but also a secret personality still requiring critical assessment. He remains unparalleled in film history for the sublime alchemy of feelings and refined practice of comedy and melodrama that he brought to his great masterpieces such as Love Affair (1939). Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) was his personal favorite despite its failure with the public and can even be regarded as an astonishing precursor of Tôkyô monogatari (1953) by Yasujirô Ozu.
The project will involve other major institutions in Switzerland and abroad, ensuring that the Retrospective will travel a circuit of prestigious venues worldwide until 2019. Partners already confirmed include: in Switzerland, the Cinémathèque suisse, Filmpodium in Zurich, Kino REX in Berne and Les Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva; in Italy, the National Cinema Museum in Turin and the I Milleocchi Festival in Trieste; in France, the Cinémathèque française.
The 71st Locarno Festival will be held from August 1 to 11, 2018.-
2018 Locarno Festival’s Retrospective to Spotlight Genius of Leo McCarey
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The Locarno Festival’s major Retrospective will be dedicated to three-time Oscar winner Leo McCarey (1898 – 1969), a director who left his indelible mark not only on comedy (with Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers and Harold Lloyd) but also on classic drama (Cary Grant, Charles Laughton, Bing Crosby).
The Retrospective follows on from the Festival’s tributes to other masters of the genre in recent years, such as Lubitsch, Minnelli, and Cukor. In the words of Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, this event “will be an inspiration and a stimulus for new generations of viewers and filmmakers”.
McCarey learned his trade during the 1920s at the Hal Roach Studios, initially as a gag writer before directing films. Roach and McCarey were key figures in the golden age of silent comedy in America, launching the successful careers of comedians such as Charley Chase and Max Davidson, as well as the insuperable stardom of Laurel & Hardy. Determined to create a more modern style of slapstick, McCarey established his hallmarks of sophisticated writing, innovative gestures, and elegant choreography.
Graduating to full-length features as the sound era dawned, McCarey became a master of the screwball comedy, launching the career of Cary Grant in The Awful Truth (1937) and helming films hailed as milestones of the genre and starring some of its biggest names: Harold Lloyd and Mae West, Charles Laughton and Eddie Cantor, plus the Marx Brothers, who chose him to direct their masterpiece Duck Soup (1933).
In the late Thirties and after the war, McCarey toned down the humorous element in his work and turned increasingly to drama, in movies that ranged in subject from romance to the religious life. Once again, in his late period, McCarey brought out the finest in his stars – Ingrid Bergman and Paul Newman, Bing Crosby and Deborah Kerr – and also rejoined forces with Cary Grant in such memorable pictures as Good Sam (1948) and An Affair to Remember (1957).
Carlo Chatrian, Artistic Director of the Locarno Festival, comments: “Dedicating a Retrospective to Leo McCarey means first and foremost paying homage to a master of a genre that today has become increasingly rare. His films were big hits at the box office but were also well received by the critics and are now recognized, somewhat belatedly, as more complex and multi-layered than simple genre pieces. It is time for McCarey’s name to be awarded the status he deserves: we are fully convinced that his art, elegance, and sense of timing will be an inspiration and a stimulus for new generations of viewers and filmmakers. Lastly, on a more personal note, this Retrospective is also a tribute to a period of our own childhood which we all lived through, but perhaps have sometimes since forgotten: laughing with Laurel & Hardy does not just offer the sweet taste of nostalgia, but will also remind us of the visionary and beneficial power that comedy has always possessed.”
Curated by Roberto Turigliatto, the Retrospective will be organized in partnership with the Cinémathèque suisse and the Cinémathèque française, with additional input from the Pordenone Silent Film Festival. It will be accompanied by a volume in English and French to be published by Capricci.
Roberto Turigliatto, the curator of the Locarno Festival Retrospective, describes McCarey as “A man of many talents who began as the assistant to Tod Browning and became a director at the peak of the studio system, but also a secret personality still requiring critical assessment. He remains unparalleled in film history for the sublime alchemy of feelings and refined practice of comedy and melodrama that he brought to his great masterpieces such as Love Affair (1939). Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) was his personal favorite despite its failure with the public and can even be regarded as an astonishing precursor of Tôkyô monogatari (1953) by Yasujirô Ozu.
The project will involve other major institutions in Switzerland and abroad, ensuring that the Retrospective will travel a circuit of prestigious venues worldwide until 2019. Partners already confirmed include: in Switzerland, the Cinémathèque suisse, Filmpodium in Zurich, Kino REX in Berne and Les Cinémas du Grütli in Geneva; in Italy, the National Cinema Museum in Turin and the I Milleocchi Festival in Trieste; in France, the Cinémathèque française.
The 71st Locarno Festival will be held from August 1 to 11, 2018.
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10 Live Action Short Films Advance in 90th Academy Awards Race
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The Eleven O’Clock – Derin Seale[/caption]
10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. A record 165 pictures had originally qualified in the category.
Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist.
Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018 and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies:
“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk, director (UCLA)
“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, director (FINCH)
“Facing Mecca,” Jan-Eric Mack, director, and Joël Jent, producer (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)
“Icebox,” Daniel Sawka, director, and Camille Cornuel, producer (Iceboxthefilmco)
“Lost Face,” Sean Meehan, director, and Sam McGarry, producer (Soma Films)
“My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr., director (New York University)
“Rise of a Star,” James Bort, director, and Boris Mendza, producer (Fulldawa Films)
“The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, director, and Rachel Shenton, writer (Slick Films)
“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, director (Hamburg Media School)
“Witnesses,” David Koch, director (Lux for Film, Diez Films and Paradoxal)
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
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Call Me By Your Name[/caption]
Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, leads the nominations for the 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association awards with eight nods, including Best Picture, and Guadagnino for Best Director. Co-stars Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor and young star Timothee Chalamet received dual nominations for Actor and Breakthrough Performer.
Coming in second place in the nomination count with seven was The Shape of Water, visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era romantic fantasy. The film was nominated for Best Picture and del Toro received nods for Director and Original Screenplaywith co-writer Vanessa Taylor; while Sally Hawkins landed in the Best Actress category.
Now in its 30th year, the CFCA will announce its winners during their year-end awards dinner to be held on December 12, 2017.
2017 CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo Del Toro (-) The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig (-) Lady Bird Luca Guadagnino (-) Call Me By Your Name Christopher Nolan (-) Dunkirk Jordan Peele (-) Get Out BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins (-) The Shape of Water Vicky Krieps (-) Phantom Thread Frances McDormand (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie (-) I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan (-) Lady Bird BEST ACTOR Timothee Chalamet (-) Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis (-) Phantom Thread James Franco (-) The Disaster Artist Gary Oldman (-) Darkest Hour Harry Dean Stanton (-) Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mary J. Blige (-) Mudbound Holly Hunter (-) The Big Sick Allison Janney (-) I, Tonya Lesley Manville (-) Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf (-) Lady Bird BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe (-) The Florida Project Armie Hammer (-) Call Me By Your Name Jason Mitchell (-) Mudbound Sam Rockwell (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg (-) Call Me By Your Name BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Hampton Fancher & Michael Green Call My By Your Name (-) James Ivory The Disaster Artist (-) Scott Neustadta & Michael H. Weber Logan (-) Scott Frank, James Mangold & Michael Green Mudbound (-) Virgil Williams & Dee Rees BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Big Sick (-) Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanijani Get Out (-) Jordan Peele Lady Bird (-) Greta Gerwig Phantom Thread (-) Paul Thomas Anderson The Shape of Water (-) Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (-) Martin McDonagh BEST ANIMATED FILM The Breadwinner Coco The LEGO Batman Movie Loving Vincent Your Name BEST DOCUMENTARY Abacus: Small Enough to Jail City of Ghosts Ex Libris: New York Public Library Faces Places Jane Kedi BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BPM (Beats Per Minute) A Fantastic Woman Loveless Raw The Square BEST ART DIRECTION Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water BEST EDITING Baby Driver (-) Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss Call Me By Your Name (-) Walter Fasano Dunkirk (-) Lee Smith The Florida Project (-) Sean Baker Get Out (-) Gregory Plotkin BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Blade Runner 2049 (-) Benjamin Walifisch & Hans Zimmer Dunkirk (-) Hans Zimmer Phantom Thread (-) Johnny Greenwood The Shape of Water (-) Alexandre Desplat War For the Planet of the Apes (-) Michael Giacchino BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Roger Deakins Dunkirk (-) Hoyte Van Hoyteme The Florida Project (-) Alexis Zabe Mudbound (-) Rachel Morrison The Shape of Water (-) Dan Laustsen MOST PROMISING PERFORMER Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Dafne Keen, Logan Jessie Pinnick, Princess Cyd Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth Bria Vinaite, The Florida Project MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER Kogonada, Columbus Jordan Peele, Get Out Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird John Carroll Lynch, Lucky Julia Ducournau, Raw
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PHANTOM THREAD Named Best Movie of 2017 by Boston Society of Film Critics
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Phantom Thread[/caption]
Phantom Thread was named the Best Picture of 2017 by the Boston Society of Film Critics on Sunday, and the film’s director Paul Thomas Anderson was named Best Director. The Square was voted Best Foreign-Language Film, and Dawson City: Frozen Time was named Best Documentary.
2017 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, Commendations and Rediscoveries
Best Picture – Phantom Thread Best Actor – Daniel Kaluuya for Get Out Best Actress – Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water Best Supporting Actor – Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project Best Supporting Actress – Laurie Metcalf for Lady Bird Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread Best Screenplay – Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird Best Cinematography – Hoyte Van Hoytema for Dunkirk Best Documentary – Dawson City: Frozen Time Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – The Square Best Animated Film – Coco Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – David Lowery for A Ghost Story Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Jordan Peele for Get Out Best Ensemble Cast – The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) Best Original Score – Jonny Greenwood for Phantom Thread Best Film Series “A Year of Women in Cinema” at The Brattle Theatre “Hachimiri Madness! Japanese Independents from the Punk Years” at The Harvard Film Archive “Harry Dean Stanton: Say Something True” at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston “Frederick Wiseman: For the Record” at The Museum of Fine Arts Boston “Robert Mitchum Centennial Tribute” at The Brattle Theatre Best Rediscoveries Targets [1968, Peter Bogdanovich] at The Brattle Theatre The Loom [1986, Stan Brakhage] (“Stan Brakhage’s Metaphors on Vision”) at The Harvard Film Archive Seven Beauties [1975, Lina Wertmuller] (“The Films of Lina Wertmuller”) at The Brattle Theatre The Brig [1964, Jonas Mekas] (“Scenes from the Life of a Happy Man … The Films of Jonas Mekas”) at The Harvard Film Archive A Bay of Blood [1971, Mario Bava] (“Mario Bava and the Birth of Italian Giallo”) at The Brattle Theatre Retrospective of the Year (awarded in memory of David Pendleton) “The Complete Jean Renoir” at The Harvard Film Archive Commendations To The Brattle Theatre for ensuring that the iconic Boston movieThe Friends of Eddie Coyle can once again be seen by cinema audiences. With no prints to be found of the 1973 film starring Robert Mitchum, the Brattle convinced Paramount Pictures that there was demand for the picture and made a significant financial contribution to the studio’s creation of a DCP of the digital restoration that had been done for a DVD release. To Boston-based musicians and silent-film-music scholars Martin Marks, Robert Humphreville and Jeff Rapsis, whose live accompaniment at silent-film screenings have delighted Boston audiences for many years. Their artistry was particularly sublime this year during the silent component of The Harvard Film Archive’s “That Certain Feeling … The Touch of Ernst Lubitsch,” a series requiring music for broad comedies, extravagant adventures and subtle dramas. To the Waltham-based, artist-run film collective AgX Boston, for creating a space dedicated to fostering skill-building and interest in photochemical-based moving images through workshops, events and collaborative experimentation.
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DTLA Film Festival Reveals 2018 Dates
The DTLA Film Festival announced the 2018 dates for its 10th anniversary edition, and will take place October 17 to 21, 2018. The five-day event, scheduled for Regal L.A. LIVE and venues throughout downtown Los Angeles, is expected to screen more than 100 films of all genres from around world.
With this announcement, the festival’s call for entries has officially begun. Submissions are now open, and filmmakers are invited to register their films of all genres online. Details are available on the festival’s website.
Founded in 2008, DTLA Film Festival has become the single largest single film event in the historic center of Los Angeles. Over the past decade the festival has presented more than a thousand features and shorts, including narrative, documentary, experimental films and most recently, web series.
“Over the past 10 years DTLA has become the new creative nexus of the Entertainment Capital of the World, and we’re thrilled to have been a foundational part of its thriving cultural landscape. We take our diversity mission very seriously, and will continue to strive vigorously to reflect this mandate in all aspects of our programming, during this next year and throughout the coming decade,” said festival director Greg Ptacek.
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THE SHAPE OF WATER Tops 75th Golden Globe Awards Nominations with 7 Nods | Complete List
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Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.[/caption]
The Shape of Water leads the nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards announced live this morning with 7 nods including Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Director for Guillermo Del Toro. Other big winners include Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri with 6 nominations and Lady Bird with 4 nominations.
The 75th Annual Golden Globe® Awards will air LIVE coast-to-coast on NBC Sunday, January 7, 2018, from 5-8PM PT/8-11PM ET from the Beverly Hilton Hotel with host Seth Meyers.
75th Golden Globe Awards Nominations
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. CALL ME BY YOUR NAME b. DUNKIRK c. THE POST d. THE SHAPE OF WATER e. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. JESSICA CHASTAIN – MOLLY’S GAME b. SALLY HAWKINS – THE SHAPE OF WATER c. FRANCES MCDORMAND – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI d. MERYL STREEP – THE POST e. MICHELLE WILLIAMS – ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS – PHANTOM THREAD c. TOM HANKS – THE POST d. GARY OLDMAN – DARKEST HOUR e. DENZEL WASHINGTON – ROMAN J. ISRAEL, ESQ. BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. THE DISASTER ARTIST b. GET OUT c. THE GREATEST SHOWMAN d. I, TONYA e. LADY BIRD BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. JUDI DENCH – VICTORIA & ABDUL b. HELEN MIRREN – THE LEISURE SEEKER c. MARGOT ROBBIE – I, TONYA d. SAOIRSE RONAN – LADY BIRD e. EMMA STONE – BATTLE OF THE SEXES BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. STEVE CARELL – BATTLE OF THE SEXES b. ANSEL ELGORT – BABY DRIVER c. JAMES FRANCO – THE DISASTER ARTIST d. HUGH JACKMAN – THE GREATEST SHOWMAN e. DANIEL KALUUYA – GET OUT BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED a. THE BOSS BABY b. THE BREADWINNER c. COCO d. FERDINAND e. LOVING VINCENT BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE a. A FANTASTIC WOMAN (CHILE) b. FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (CAMBODIA) c. IN THE FADE (GERMANY / FRANCE) d. LOVELESS (RUSSIA) e. THE SQUARE (SWEDEN / GERMANY / FRANCE) BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE a. MARY J. BLIGE – MUDBOUND b. HONG CHAU – DOWNSIZING c. ALLISON JANNEY – I, TONYA d. LAURIE METCALF – LADY BIRD e. OCTAVIA SPENCER – THE SHAPE OF WATER BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE a. WILLEM DAFOE – THE FLORIDA PROJECT b. ARMIE HAMMER – CALL ME BY YOUR NAME c. RICHARD JENKINS – THE SHAPE OF WATER d. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER – ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD e. SAM ROCKWELL – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE a. GUILLERMO DEL TORO – THE SHAPE OF WATER b. MARTIN MCDONAGH – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI c. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN – DUNKIRK d. RIDLEY SCOTT – ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD e. STEVEN SPIELBERG – THE POST BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE a. GUILLERMO DEL TORO, VANESSA TAYLOR – THE SHAPE OF WATER b. GRETA GERWIG – LADY BIRD c. LIZ HANNAH, JOSH SINGER – THE POST d. MARTIN MCDONAGH – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI e. AARON SORKIN – MOLLY’S GAME BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE a. CARTER BURWELL – THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI b. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – THE SHAPE OF WATER c. JONNY GREENWOOD – PHANTOM THREAD d. JOHN WILLIAMS – THE POST e. HANS ZIMMER – DUNKIRK BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE a. “HOME” — FERDINAND Music by: Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter, Nick Monson Lyrics by: Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter b. “MIGHTY RIVER” — MUDBOUND Music by: Raphael Saadiq Lyrics by: Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson c. “REMEMBER ME” — COCO Music by: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez Lyrics by: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez d. “THE STAR” — THE STAR Music by: Mariah Carey, Marc Shaiman Lyrics by: Mariah Carey, Marc Shaiman e. “THIS IS ME” — THE GREATEST SHOWMAN Music by: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Lyrics by: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. THE CROWN – NETFLIX b. GAME OF THRONES – HBO c. THE HANDMAID’S TALE – HULU d. STRANGER THINGS – NETFLIX e. THIS IS US – NBC BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. CAITRIONA BALFE – OUTLANDER b. CLAIRE FOY – THE CROWN c. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL – THE DEUCE d. KATHERINE LANGFORD – 13 REASONS WHY e. ELISABETH MOSS – THE HANDMAID’S TALE BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA a. JASON BATEMAN – OZARK b. STERLING K. BROWN – THIS IS US c. FREDDIE HIGHMORE – THE GOOD DOCTOR d. BOB ODENKIRK – BETTER CALL SAUL e. LIEV SCHREIBER – RAY DONOVAN BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. BLACK-ISH ABC b. THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL AMAZON c. MASTER OF NONE NETFLIX d. SMILF SHOWTIME e. WILL & GRACE NBC BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES –MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. PAMELA ADLON – BETTER THINGS b. ALISON BRIE – GLOW c. RACHEL BROSNAHAN – THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL d. ISSA RAE – INSECURE e. FRANKIE SHAW – SMILF BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY a. ANTHONY ANDERSON – BLACK-ISH b. AZIZ ANSARI – MASTER OF NONE c. KEVIN BACON – I LOVE DICK d. WILLIAM H. MACY – SHAMELESS e. ERIC MCCORMACK – WILL & GRACE BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. BIG LITTLE LIES – HBO b. FARGO – FX c. FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN – FX d. THE SINNER – USA NETWORK e. TOP OF THE LAKE: CHINA GIRL – SUNDANCETV BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. JESSICA BIEL – THE SINNER b. NICOLE KIDMAN – BIG LITTLE LIES c. JESSICA LANGE – FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN d. SUSAN SARANDON – FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN e. REESE WITHERSPOON – BIG LITTLE LIES BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. ROBERT DE NIRO – THE WIZARD OF LIES b. JUDE LAW – THE YOUNG POPE c. KYLE MACLACHLAN – TWIN PEAKS d. EWAN MCGREGOR – FARGO e. GEOFFREY RUSH – GENIUS BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. LAURA DERN – BIG LITTLE LIES b. ANN DOWD – THE HANDMAID’S TALE c. CHRISSY METZ – THIS IS US d. MICHELLE PFEIFFER – THE WIZARD OF LIES e. SHAILENE WOODLEY – BIG LITTLE LIES BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION a. DAVID HARBOUR – STRANGER THINGS b. ALFRED MOLINA – FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN c. CHRISTIAN SLATER – MR. ROBOT d. ALEXANDER SKARSGÅRD – BIG LITTLE LIES e. DAVID THEWLIS – FARGO
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT Producers Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri to Receive Miami Film Festival’s Precious Gem Award
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The Florida Project[/caption]
Miami-based independent producing partners Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri, producers on Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, will receive the Precious Gem Award at the 2018 Miami Film Festival, to be held March 9 to 18, 2018.
The Florida Project was released by A24 in October and is currently playing in theaters nationwide. The film was recently nominated for two Spirit Awards including Best Feature, winning Best Director and Best Supporting Actor accolades (Willem Dafoe) from New York Film Critics Circle, Best Supporting Actor and Best Picture (Runner-up) from Los Angeles Film Critics Circle and winning Top Ten Film and Best Supporting Actor from National Board of Review. Chinoy and Silvestri also worked on Baker’s previous features Starlet and Tangerine, as well as dozens of other projects, including the directorial debuts of women filmmakers including Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Hudson, Demi Moore, Courteney Cox, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes, Alicia Keys, Kirsten Dunst, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rita Wilson, Trudie Styler, Zoe Saldana, Olivia Wilde, Ashley Judd, Laura Dern, and Eva Longoria.
“Kevin and Francesca’s association with Miami Dade College’s Miami Film Festival traces back a full decade, from their work to bring Kate Hudson to our 2008 Festival with her film ‘Cutlass’ and Demi Moore in 2009 with her film ‘Streak’”, said Festival director Jaie Laplante. “They are the behind-the-scenes heroes who we wish to put center stage and honor as the Precious Gems that they are – without their commitment and determination to bring original independent visions to realization, many of the films they have worked on might never have been made and enjoyed.”
The Precious Gem Award presentation will be made at the Festival’s Awards Night Gala on March 17, 2018. Leading up to the ceremony, Chinoy and Silvestri will participate in a Producer’s Master Class at the Festival where they will candidly discuss the challenges and lessons from over 20 years of experience in the world of independent film production.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwQ-NH1rRT4
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Dee Rees’s MUDBOUND will Close 2017 Bahamas International Film Festival
The highly acclaimed drama Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees, will be the official closing night film at this year’s 2017 Bahamas International Film Festival.
Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jonathan Banks and Jason Mitchell lead the ensemble cast of “Mudbound.”
Set in the rural American South during World War II, Dee Rees’ “Mudbound” is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.
Mudbound follows the McAllan family, newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis and unprepared for the harsh demands of farming. Despite the grandiose dreams of Henry (Jason Clarke), his wife Laura (Carey Mulligan) struggles to keep the faith in her husband’s losing venture. Meanwhile, Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan and Mary J. Blige), sharecroppers who have worked the land for generations, struggle bravely to build a small dream of their own despite the rigidly enforced social barriers they face. The war upends both families’ plans as their returning loved ones, Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), forge a fast but uneasy friendship that challenges the brutal realities of the Jim Crow South in which they live.
The official closing night screening of “Mudbound” will take place on Sunday, December 17th at the Baha Mar in Nassau.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xucHiOAa8Rs
The 2017 Bahamas International Film Festival takes place from December 10 to 13 in Harbour Island and December 14 to 17 in Nassau.
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2017 IDA Documentary Awards – DINA Wins Best Feature
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Dina, directed by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini, about a love story between two people who have autism spectrum disorder, won Best Feature at the 33rd International Documentary Association awards ceremony on Saturday in Hollywood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4BSWA7pWuc
Other winners at the IDA Documentary Awards include Edith+Eddie directed by Laura Checkoway snagging the prize for Best Short. The short film tells the story of America’s oldest interracial newlyweds.
2017 IDA Documentary Award winners:
Best Feature Dina Directors/Producers: Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles The Orchard Best Short Edith+Eddie Director: Laura Checkoway Producer: Thomas Lee Wright Kartemquin Films Best Cinematography Machines Cinematography by: Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva Kino Lorber Best Editing Dawson City: Frozen Time Edited by: Bill Morrison Kino Lorber Best Music Brimstone & Glory Original Score by: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin Oscilloscope Laboratories Best Writing Donkeyote Written by: Chico Pereira, Manuel Pereira and Gabriel Molera Scottish Documentary Institute Pare Lorentz Award THE PARE LORENTZ AWARD RECOGNIZES FILMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY FILMMAKING WHILE FOCUSING ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THE ILLUMINATION OF PRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Watani: My Homeland (Recipient) Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen Intent to Destroy (Special Mention) Director: Joe Berlinger ABC News VideoSource Award THIS AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR THE BEST USE OF NEWS FOOTAGE AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT IN A DOCUMENTARY. LA 92 Directors: Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin National Geographic Best Curated Series Award Independent Lens Executive Producers: Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer PBS Best Limited Series The Defiant Ones Executive Producers: Allen Hughes, Doug Pray, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Jerry Longarzo, Michael Lombardo, and Gene Kirkwood HBO Best Episodic Series Award Planet Earth II Executive Producer: Michael Gunton BBC AMERICA/BBC Worldwide Best Short Form Series Award The New York Times Op-Docs Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo The New York Times David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BRINGS GREATER PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS TO THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD. Man on Fire Director: Joel Fendelman Producer: James Chase Sanchez University of Texas, Austin Career Achievement Award Lourdes Portillo Amicus Award Abigail Disney Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award Yance Ford Courage Under Fire Award The filmmaking teams and subjects of: City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS Last Men in Aleppo
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT, FACES PLACES, BPM Among 2017 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Winners
Faces Places THE FLORIDA PROJECT, Sean Baker’s coming-of-age film about little rascals growing up in the shadow of Disney World, was named Best Picture of 2017 by San Francisco Film Critics Circle
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Toronto Film Critics Association Names THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Film of 2017
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The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s drama about kids growing up fast in a welfare motel in the shadow of Disney World, was named the year’s Best Picture winner by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Willem Dafoe was chosen Best Supporting Actor for his role as the empathetic motel manager.
Greta Gerwig was named Best Director for her coming-of-age comedic drama, Lady Bird, while the film’s co-star Laurie Metcalf, was chosen Best Supporting Actress.
The TFCA chose Frances McDormand as Best Actress for her portrayal of a driven and tormented mother in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Faces Places, a whimsical journey through France directed by Agnès Varda and muralist JR, was given the Allan King Documentary Film Award.
Art-world satire The Square, directed by Ruben Östlund, was chosen Best Foreign-Language film.
Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner, based on Canadian author Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel about an 11-year-old Afghan girl who provides for her family in difficult times, was named Best Animated Feature.
The membership also chose the three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award: Hello Destroyer directed by Kevan Funk, Werewolf directed by Ashley McKenzie and Wexford Plaza directed by Joyce Wong.
The winner will be named at the 21st TFCA awards gala, to be held in Toronto, on January 9, 2018, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Other awards include the 2017 recipient of the Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award is Inuk director, producer and writer Zacharias Kunuk. Kunuk has earned international acclaim for his dramatic work, including winning the prestigious Caméra d’Or for Best First Feature at Cannes 2001 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. He has chosen Montreal-based Inuk filmmaker and visual artist Isabella Weetaluktuk to receive $50,000 worth of services from Technicolor. She will accept the award at the gala.
Weetaluktuk, a graduate of NSCAD University in Halifax, premiered her short Three Thousand, her first film with the National Film Board, at the 18th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October.
2017 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Runners-up Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Runners-up Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laurie Metcalf “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (VVS Films) Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) BEST DIRECTOR Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jordan Peele, “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL “Get Out” by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Bird” by Greta Gerwig (Elevation Pictures) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” by Martin McDonagh (Fox Searchlight) BEST FIRST FEATURE “Get Out” directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Macbeth” directed by William Oldroyd (D Films) “Werewolf,” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “The Breadwinner” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Coco” (Disney/Pixar) “Window Horses” (Mongrel Media) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM “The Square” (The Archive of Film Inc.) Runners-up “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) “Loveless” (Mongrel Media) ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) Runners-up “Jane” (National Geographic) “Kedi” (Blue Ice Docs) ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS “Hello Destroyer” directed by Kevan Funk (Northern Banner) “Werewolf” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) “Wexford Plaza” directed by Joyce Wong (LevelFILM)
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GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, LADY MACBETH Win Big at 2017 British Independent Film Awards
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The 2017 British Independent Film Awards took place today in London and God’s Own Country was awarded the top prize Best British Independent Film. The film also walked with awards for Best Actor for Josh O’Connor, Debut Screenwriter for Francis Lee and Best Sound.
Other big winners include Lady Macbeth which snagged the awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Screenplay, Most Promising Newcomer for Naomi Ackie, and Best Actress for Florence Pugh.
2017 British Independent Film Awards Winners
Best Casting SARAH CROWE for The Death of Stalin Best Cinematography sponsored by Blackmagic Design ARI WEGNER for Lady Macbeth Best Costume Design HOLLY WADDINGTON for Lady Macbeth Best Editing JON GREGORY for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Effects NICK ALLDER and BEN WHITE for The Ritual Best Make Up & Hair Design NICOLE STAFFORD for The Death of Stalin Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group CARTER BURWELL for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Production Design CRISTINA CASALI for The Death of Stalin Best Sound ANNA BERTMARK for God’s Own Country Debut Screenwriter FRANCIS LEE for God’s Own Country The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) RUNGANO NYONI for I Am Not A Witch Best Documentary ALMOST HEAVEN, dir: Carol Salter Breakthrough Producer EMILY MORGAN for I Am Not A Witch Best International Independent Film GET OUT, dir: Jordan Peele Best British Short Film FISH STORY Most Promising Newcomer NAOMI ACKIE for Lady Macbeth Best Screenplay ALICE BIRCH for Lady Macbeth Best Actress FLORENCE PUGH for Lady Macbeth Best Actor JOSH O’CONNOR for God’s Own Country Best Director RUNGANO NYONI for I Am Not A Witch Best British Independent Film GOD’S OWN COUNTRY