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This edition awards ceremony on February 8, 2020 marks the 35th anniversary of the Spirit Awards and what started as a casual industry luncheon in small West Hollywood eatery has become a larger event in a much nicer tent in Santa Monica, just the day before the Oscars ceremony. So, congratulations are in order. On November 21st, Zazie Beetz and Natasha Lyonne announced the nominees in Los Angeles and there are not many surprises as two of 2019 indie favorites, Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse top the nods with five each; but what can be surprising is Uncut Gems getting noms almost in all major categories while The Lighthouse not. Indie films I have been monitoring, Marriage Story and The Farewell got nominations and according to me, those are in the right categories; unsurprisingly The Hustlers also landed a few noms and makes Jennifer Lopez Oscar nomination more probable but still wonder if will be in lead or supporting actress category. According to Film Independent president Josh Wels...

Yesterday the 2019 APSA awards ceremony took place in Brisbane, Australia and as expected Palme d'Or winner and already collector of several prestigious awards, Parasite by Bong Joon Ho won top award.  Yes, this is the film that most of us expect to win the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and unless something odd happens will get it. By-the-way Parasite was one of the six APSA-winning films that are their countrie's submissions for consideration in that Oscars category. Other international feature film Oscars entries are Russia's Beanpole which was the only film to take two awards, best cinematography and best screenplay.  Australia's entry, Buoyancy won Best Youth Feature, Japan's Weathering With You won Best Animated Feature, Philippine's Veredict won Best Actress and fabulous Elia Suleiman's It Must Be Heaven, is Palestine's entry, won a special Jury Grand Prize. Also the Cultural Diversity Award winner Rona, Azim's Mother, was Afghanist...

Today, November 19 the post becomes alive for another year and activity will become intense until a week before Christmas when will quiet a bit; then, January activity will gain full force to end quietly around the first weeks of February 2020. Buy now all the fuzz and buzz about #Oscars2020 International Feature Film category is over as we assume there will not be more disqualifications.  Industry attention turns now to what film critics and journalists will honor as certainly gives us an idea of which films could gather honors among Academy members.  We all know that not very often great films win AMPAS high honors, best example is 2019, so if you wish to guess right your Oscars office pool or any of the many online polls -some with good prices- then here will find info for better guessing.  Enjoy! Post is a work in progress until the last critics group announces their winner which usually happens in early February.  Most critics' groups are American but there are ...

Next Oscars show is on February 9, 2020 and one of the most interesting categories for me is the one that used to have the name "Foreign Language Film" and now has a more hybrid name, "International Feature Film". My interest comes because truly love World Cinema and usually this Oscars category lists the best of the best in cinema from each country; also is a list that undoubtedly helps to identify films that skipped anybody's radar. Not every year have time or energy to dissect the list but seems this year have time to spare so will explore some fun facts from the list that can be found here . A Record The 92nd Oscars country submissions are ninety-three (93) and it is a new record, as old record was ninety-two in 2017.  There has been a few discussions on which films will/could not be accepted due to production or creative control but also because there is too-much English.  Most interesting is to find that list deleted only ONE film, Afghanistan and none of ...

This is the list of awards given at the 2019 Biennale Cinema. To check awards at official site go here and check official collateral awards list here . Official Selection Golden Lion for Best Film: Joker , Todd Phillips, USA Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize : J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy), Roman Polanski, France and Italy Special Jury Prize : La Mafia non è più quella di una Volta, Franco Maresco, Italy (documentary) Silver Lion for Best Director : Roy Anderson Om det oändliga (About Endlessness), Roy Andersson, Sweden Germany, and Norway Copa Volpi for Best Actress : Ariane Ascaride in Gloria Mundi , Robert Guédiguian, France and Italy Copa Volpi for Best Actor : Luca Marinelli in Martin Eden , Pietro Marcello, Italy and France Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actress or Actor : Toby Wallace in Babyteeth , Shannon Murphy , Australia Best Screenplay : Yonfan for 继园台七号 Ji yuan tai qi hao (No.7 Cherry Lane), Yonfan, Hong Kong (animation) Lion of the Future - Luigi d...

Yesterday the 28 Times Cinemas jury voted for the GdA top award between three finalists, La LLorona by Jayro Bustamante, Only the Animals by Dominik Moll and Corpus Christi by Jan Komasa. According to the event live video, the race was between La LLorona and Corpus Christi.  At the end it was La LLorona the one that got more votes and became the Venice Festival parallel section top winner.  The following is organizers statement about the winning film. Bustamante, one of Latin American cinema's most unique voices, weaves a portrait of Guatemala's tragic history and its open wounds inspired by the legendary folk-tale of the same name. The combination of poetics and politics forges a haunting and acute fable not only about the past but of the present. La Llorona is an intimate ghost story told through a vivid female figure. It expends on the themes of loss, denial and acceptance. As the song 'La Llorona' says: Dicen que no tengo duelo, Llorona, porque no me ven llorar. Hay...

Today, Friday September 6, the Venice International Film Critics' Week, the independent and parallel section organized by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (SNCCI) during the 76th Venice International Film Festival conferred the awards for its thirty-fourth edition. The BIG winner is All This Victory by Ahmad Ghossein as film collected not only the Grand Prize but also the Audience Award plus the Best Technical Contribution award a trifecta that suggest film is appreciated by the industry and audiences plus seems will also have high production values.  Not bad at all. There is one more feature films award Verona Film Club Award that went to Scales by Shahad Ameen.  Also there are three awards for short films. Award winners are in *BLUE .  To check winners at official site go here . This year the section will run from August 28 to September 9, 2019. Feature Films Competition (*) El Príncipe (The Prince), Sebastián Muñoz, Chile, Argentina and Belgium جدار الصوت ...