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2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest Announces Oscar-Qualifying Awards Winners

Erik Anderson June 26, 2023

The 2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners as part of Closing Night at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center)... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’

Erik Anderson January 30, 2026

2026 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Josephine’ Wins Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award

Erik Anderson January 30, 2026

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 137 – ‘Je Tu Il Elle’ (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter January 30, 2026

Midnight Critics Circle (MCC) Awards: ‘Marty Supreme’ Wins Best Picture

Critics Awards (Film)

Midnight Critics Circle (MCC) Awards: ‘Marty Supreme’ Wins Best Picture

Erik Anderson January 28, 2026

way better

2023 Palm Springs International ShortFest Announces Oscar-Qualifying Awards Winners

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’

2026 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Josephine’ Wins Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 137 – ‘Je Tu Il Elle’ (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

In case you missed it

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’

2026 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Josephine’ Wins Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 137 – ‘Je Tu Il Elle’ (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

Midnight Critics Circle (MCC) Awards: ‘Marty Supreme’ Wins Best Picture

Film Festivals

76th Berlin Film Festival Lineup: Starry Films with Elle Fanning, Charli xcx, Callum Turner, Jamie Bell and Isabelle Huppert

2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Lineup: ‘Ready or Not 2,’ ‘I Love Boosters’ and the Return of David E. Kelley

Chloé Zhao, NiaDaCosta, Geeta Gandbhir to Receive Honors at 2026 Sundance Institute Fundraiser

Wim Wenders to Lead 76th Berlin International Film Festival Jury

2026 Sundance Film Festival Lineup

Awards

2026 Sundance Film Festival: ‘Josephine’ Wins Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award

Midnight Critics Circle (MCC) Awards: ‘Marty Supreme’ Wins Best Picture

Writers Guild of America (WGA) Nominations: ‘Black Bag,’ Weapons,’ ‘The Chair Company’ and More

American Cinema Editors (ACE) Nominations: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘The Chair Company’ and More

79th BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with ‘Sinners’ Close

Podcasts

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 137 – ‘Je Tu Il Elle’ (Chantal Akerman, 1974)

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 136 – ‘Rules Don’t Apply’ (Warren Beatty, 2016)

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 329 – 98th Oscar Nominations Reactions: For Good

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 328 – Reviewing ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ with Special Guest Christina Jeurling Birro

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 327 – Final Oscar Nomination Predictions for the 98th Academy Awards