The Directors Guild of America announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2019.
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Directors Guild of America Announced Nominees for 2019 Documentary Award
MAIDEN directed by Alex Holmes
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Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson’s SUMMER WHITE to World Premiere at Sundance 2020
Adrian Rossi appears in Summer White (Blanco de Verano) by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Natalia Bermudez. Summer White (Blanco de verano), the debut fiction film by writer-director Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, will have its world premiere as part of the World Cinema Dramatic competition at the 2020 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 23 – February 2 in Park City, Utah.
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Nominations Announced for 2020 BAFTA Awards – MARRIAGE STORY, SAMA, PARASITE
Adam Driver (with Scarlett Johansson) in Marriage Story The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2020 lead by Joker with 11 nominations.
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Watch Trailer for Steve Markle’s SHOOT TO MARRY Premiering at Slamdance
Danielle Bar (tattoo artist) and Steve Markle (filmmaker). Photo credit: © Shoot To Marry The rom-com documentary Shoot To Marry, the follow-up to Canadian filmmaker Steve Markle’s cult classic Camp Hollywood released the new trailer prior to the film’s World Premier at the 2020 Slamdance Film Festival.
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MONOS, THE TWO POPES, PARASITE Nominated for 2019 Latino Entertainment Film Awards
MONOS directed by Alejandro Landes Netflix’s gangster epic “The Irishman” leads the nominations for the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA)’s second annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards with 10 nominations. “Monos” picked up seven nominations, and six nominations went to “Parasite,” “The Two Popes” and “Marriage Story.”
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Watch Teaser Trailer for ‘Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert’ – Music Fest Documentary from YouTube Originals
Bassnectar Live at Coachella In celebration of the music festival’s 20th anniversary, YouTube Originals is partnering with Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for a feature-length documentary “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” set to premiere March 31.
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BOOKSMART, CITIZEN K, PARASITE Among 2020 Writers Guild Awards Screenplay Nominations
Lisa Kudrow stars as Charmaine and Will Forte as Doug in Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, BOOKSMART, an Annapurna Pictures release. Credit: Francois Duhamel / Annapurna Pictures Writers Guild (Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2019. Films nominated for Original Screenplay include Booksmart, Knives Out, Marriage Story, and Parasite. Films nominated for Documentary Screenplay include Citizen K, Foster, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People, and The Kingmaker.
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Golden Globe Winners 2020 – Awkwafina and PARASITE Make History
Awkwafina accepts the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her role in “The Farewell” at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA on Sunday, January 5, 2020. Awkwafina made history at the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday, becoming the first woman of Asian descent to win Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for her performance in “The Farewell.”
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Film Independent Announces Winners of Filmmaker Grants at Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch
2020 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS FILMMAKER GRANT WINNERS. (L to R) Kelly Reichardt, Mollye Asher, Rashaad Ernesto Green and Nadia Shihab Film Independent announced the winners of its four filmmaker grants at the annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch hosted by director and Project Involve Fellow Jon M. Chu (In the Heights, Crazy Rich Asians) and actor and Spirit Award nominee Alfre Woodard (Clemency). Winners for the remaining categories will be revealed at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 8. The awards ceremony will be broadcast live exclusively on IFC at 5:00 pm ET / 2:00 pm PT.
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2019 AFI Awards – AFI Fetes Best Films of 2019 (PHOTOS)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 03: (L-R) Actor Sian Clifford, actor Laura Dern, and actor-producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge attend the 20th Annual AFI Awards at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on January 03, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for AFI) The American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the 2019 AFI Awards honorees at an invite-only luncheon in Beverly Hills. Unique in its celebration of the film and television arts’ collaborative nature, AFI Awards – now in its 20th year – is the only national program that honors creative teams as a whole.
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PARASITE, BULL, APOLLO 11 Among Winners of Houston Film Critics 13th Annual Movie Awards
Bull directed by Annie Silverstein Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite swept the top honors at the Houston Film Critics Society‘s 13th Annual Movie Awards, winning Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film, along with Best Director for Bong Joon-ho.
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2020 Announces Lineup
A Bump Along the Way directed by Shelly Love The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced the lineup of over 200 movies including 47 world premieres and 71 U.S. premieres, for its 35th edition, which will take place from January 15 to 25, 2020. Kicking off the festival is opening night film – the U.S. premiere of Shelly Love’s A Bump Along the Way, a female-led, feel-good comedy drama set in Derry, Northern Ireland, about a middle-aged woman whose unexpected pregnancy after a one-night stand acts as the catalyst for her to finally take control of her life.