Interview: Lukas Dhont gets up ‘Close’ and personal [VIDEO]
Filmmaker Lukas Dhont came upon mine and many Oscar watcher’s radar when his feature debut, i won both the Caméra d’Or for Best First Feature... Read More
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FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE/DOCUMENTARY FEATURE/INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Animated Feature race has shaped up to have four solid contenders: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Puss in Boots:... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #163: Our favorite films and performances of 2022 and what we’re looking forward to most in 2023
On episode 163 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Nicole Ackman, Dan Bayer... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)
27 films have qualified for the Animated Feature Oscar, which is open to all Academy members at both the nomination and winner voting stages, which... Read More
2022 European Film Awards (EFA): ‘Triangle of Sadness’ dominates with four wins
The 35th European Film Awards (EFA) were held on Saturday where Ruben Östlund’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning capitalism satire Triangle of Sadness where the overwhelming favorite, making a... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (November)
The Critics’ Choice Documentary Awards were handed out this weekend, where Ryan White’s Good Night Oppy was the dominating winner, taking Best Documentary Feature and... Read More
Close is Belgium’s representative for the International Feature Film Oscar, while the three other Best Film nominees are the official submissions for their countries as... Read More
‘Aftersun,’ ‘Corsage,’ ‘Close,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ win top Montclair Film Festival awards
The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the winners of the festival’s 2022 film competitions where Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun won the Fiction Feature Prize, with Corsage... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (October)
The Oscar shortlists will arrive on December 21, giving us the 15 contenders in Documentary Feature and International Feature Film that will be eligible to... Read More
35 films will be eligible for the 35th European Film Awards feature film award, including Cannes winners Close from Lukas Dhont, EO from Jerzy Skolimowski,... Read More
2024 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
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2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘The Substance” Dominates