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Academy reveals 2019 Student Academy Award winners

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

ALL WINNING FILMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR OSCARS The Academy has voted 16 students as winners of the 46th Student Academy Awards competition. This year, the Student... Read More

2019 TIFF: ‘Martin Eden’ wins Platform Prize; ‘Murmur,’ ‘How to Build a Girl’ win FIPRESCI

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft and Alice Winocour’s Proxima receive honorable mentions Today the Toronto International Film Festival announced the winner of the 2019... Read More

Box Office Preview and Predictions: ‘Hustlers’ aims for record opening for JLo, STX

Jonathan Boehle September 12, 2019

Early September weekends are traditionally a no-man’s-land for breakout openers, unless you’re delivering relatively cheap thrills (the IT and Resident Evil movies, Screen Gems thrillers like The Perfect Guy and No Good... Read More

2019 Hamptons Film Festival to close with Trey Edward Shults’ ‘Waves,’ Spotlight on Lulu Wang, Conversation with Alfre Woodard

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

Breakthrough Artists: Camila Morrone, Aldis Hodge, Lulu Wang Conflict & Resolution Section and 17th Anniversary of NYWIFT Shorts Announced 27th Annual Festival to Run October 10 –... Read More

2019 Emmys: Creative Arts Emmy winner predictions in Guest Acting, Casting, Music categories and more

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

If you listened to this week’s Emmy podcast about the Creative Arts Emmy Awards this weekend you’ll have a good idea where Emmy beat writer... Read More

Toronto Review: Full of grit, suspense and laughs, ‘Hustlers’ is an absolute knockout

Mina Takla September 12, 2019

Lorene Scafaria delivers one of the most surprising knockout films of the year and gives Jennifer Lopez her most compelling role to date Few films... Read More

Gotham Awards: Ava DuVernay and Sam Rockwell to receive tributes

Erik Anderson September 12, 2019

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), announced today that Academy Award®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning director Ava DuVernay will receive the Director Tribute and Academy Award® and... Read More

SFFILM announces 2019 Documentary Film Fund recipients

Erik Anderson September 11, 2019

Non-Fiction Post-Production Fund Awards a Total of $125,000 to Five Projects SFFILM today announced the five winners of the 2019 SFFILM Documentary Film Fund awards totaling $125,000, which support... Read More

2019 Emmys: First Presenters Announced – Billy Porter, Emilia Clarke, and Angela Bassett and more

Erik Anderson September 11, 2019

The Television Academy and Emmy Awards telecast producers Don Mischer Productions and Done+Dusted today announced the first group of talent set to present the iconic... Read More

2019 Emmys: Creative Arts Emmy Presenters – Marie Kondo, Ron Cephas Jones, and Rachel Bloom and more

Erik Anderson September 11, 2019

The Television Academy and Executive Producer Bob Bain today announced the first group of presenters for the 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, hosted over two... Read More

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