2018 Cannes Film Festival: Official Short Films and Cinéfondation Selection
The Short films in Competition and the Cinéfondation Selection 2018 for the 71st Cannes Film Festival has been revealed. The announcement of the Official Selection... Read More
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
2018 Cannes: Official Poster for the 71st Cannes Film Festival
The poster of the 71st Festival de Cannes, taken from Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot le fou (1965), is inspired by the work of Georges Pierre (1927-2003). This immense still photographer immortalised... Read More
Glenn Close is the woman behind the man in first trailer for ‘The Wife’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Behind every great man is a great woman, the saying goes. Six-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close sets to define that... Read More
2018 Cannes: Festival Offers 3-Day Passes to 18-28 year-olds
3 days in Cannes © FDC Are you aged between 18 and 28? A cinema lover and a film buff? From 17 to 19 May 2018,... Read More
Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Gets August Release Date and Name Change
Spike Lee’s new film, BlacKkKlansman, is going to be released by Focus Features on August 10th and gets a name change, too (it was previously... Read More
2018 Olivier Awards: ‘Hamilton’ wins big; Bryan Cranston is Best Actor for ‘Network’
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton was the big winner at the 42nd Olivier Awards where is won seven of its (record) 13 nominations including Best New Musical,... Read More
From Tamar-kali to Ronit Kirchman: 5 Female Composers You Should Know
More and more, female composers are giving some of film, television and multi-media’s most memorable and impactful scores. Here are five that we think you... Read More
2018 Cannes: ‘Solo – A Star Wars Story’ to debut at Cannes Film Festival
In 2002, it was Star Wars – Episode II – Attack of the Clones and in 2005, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. In 2018, what is one... Read More
2018 Cannes: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’ with Oscar winners Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem will open 71st Cannes Film Festival
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] This year’s forthcoming Festival de Cannes will open with a screening of Asghar Farhadi’s new film Everybody Knows (Todos Lo Saben) in Competition at... Read More
2018 Cannes: Edouard Baer will be Master of Ceremonies for 71st Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival is pleased to announce that Edouard Baer will be the next master of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of its 7th... Read More
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