AwardsWatch

Oscars add Questlove, Richard LaGravenese, dream hampton to production team for 93rd Academy Awards

Erik Anderson March 24, 2021

The Oscars show producers Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh today announced 14 key members of the production team for the 93rd Academy Awards,... Read More

2021 San Francisco Film Festival (SFFILM) lineup: 57% female-helmed, 57% by BIPOC filmmakers

Erik Anderson March 24, 2021

103 Films to be shown online and at drive-in screenings for the redesigned 64th edition of the longest running film festival in the Americas The lineup... Read More

Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) breaks into television awards, will split network/cable and streaming content

Erik Anderson March 24, 2021

The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today that they will be expanding their focus from film to also include television moving forward. In addition, the... Read More

BAFTA announces two-night awards show, reveals hosts and details

Erik Anderson March 24, 2021

BAFTA announced today that this year’s EE BAFTA awards ceremony will be split over two nights, April 10 and 11, including an in-person component and... Read More

Issa Rae secures five-year, multi-platform deal with WarnerMedia

Erik Anderson March 24, 2021

Projects to be developed with Rae’s HOORAE media company Today, WarnerMedia announced a five-year overall deal with Issa Rae, extending their relationship with the Emmy-nominated... Read More

Michaela Coel, Radha Blank, Gina Prince-Bythewood topline women-ruled wins at night two of the 52nd NAACP Image Awards

Erik Anderson March 23, 2021

It was truly a dominating night for women at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards second evening of awards, rewarding writers and directors of television series’... Read More

Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized Film Festival begins March 26, will be free via ALL ARTS

Erik Anderson March 23, 2021

Curated by Black futurist artist Celia C. Peters, this festival celebrates the boundlessness of Black imagination through 10 films from across the diaspora starring Sterling K.... Read More

HBO Max’s ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ returns April 23 for season two

Erik Anderson March 23, 2021

The Emmy-nominated sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show will return for its second season Friday, April 23 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT). The six-episode season will air on... Read More

Focus Features to release Timur Bekmambetov thriller ‘Profile’ theatrically this May

Erik Anderson March 23, 2021

Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted.... Read More

Interview: Megan Park, director of SXSW winner ‘The Fallout’ on the tricky line of exploring trauma without exploitation

Clint Worthington March 23, 2021

In a March wracked by mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s grotesquely fitting that writer-director Megan Park’s debut feature, The Fallout, greeted audiences at... Read More

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