Oscar-winning director-producers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth (Chai) Vasarhelyi consistently deliver stunning visuals and compelling documentary content. And following such breakout films as “Meru,” Oscar- and Emmy-winning “Free Solo,” Emmy-winning “The Rescue,” and “Wild Life,” which took advantage of pro climber-cinematographer-NatGeo photographer Chin’s 20 years of athletic cinema and Vasarhelyi’s relentless producer drive for perfection, they moved into feature directing with long-distance swimming drama “Nyad,” which scored Oscar nominations for stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster.
Over the years, the filmmakers have established their filmmaking prowess, combining immersive cinema verité visuals with deeply felt personal drama. That is on full display in their latest collaboration with NatGeo, the series “Photographer,” for which the duo matched six of the world’s most renowned shooters with veteran directors Marshall Curry, Kristi Jacobson, and Sam Pollard, plus Sundance alumnae Crystal Kayiza and Rita Baghdadi, and set them loose to return with bespoke...
Over the years, the filmmakers have established their filmmaking prowess, combining immersive cinema verité visuals with deeply felt personal drama. That is on full display in their latest collaboration with NatGeo, the series “Photographer,” for which the duo matched six of the world’s most renowned shooters with veteran directors Marshall Curry, Kristi Jacobson, and Sam Pollard, plus Sundance alumnae Crystal Kayiza and Rita Baghdadi, and set them loose to return with bespoke...
- 3/19/2024
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
After making their first narrative feature “Nyad,” which debuted last year and earned Oscar nominations for the film’s stars Annette Bening and Jodie Foster, Academy Award winning directors Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi (“Free Solo”) are returning to their documentary roots with “Photographer.”
The six-part National Geographic docuseries features seven photographers — Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen, Dan Winters, Campbell Addy, Krystle Wright, Muhammed Muheisen, and Anand Varma. Vérité footage of each subject’s current mission is interwoven with interviews and archival footage to demonstrate how each photographer approaches their work, the intention behind that work, their process, and how they each discover, see and experience the world.
To bring each of the National Geographic photographers’ stories to life, showrunners Chin and Vasarhelyi hired six veteran documentary filmmakers: Marshall Curry (“Racing Dreams”), Crystal Kayiza (“Rest Stop”), Sam Pollard (“MLK/FBI”), Kristi Jacobson (“Solitary”) Rita Baghdadi (“Sirens”) and Pagan Harleman...
The six-part National Geographic docuseries features seven photographers — Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen, Dan Winters, Campbell Addy, Krystle Wright, Muhammed Muheisen, and Anand Varma. Vérité footage of each subject’s current mission is interwoven with interviews and archival footage to demonstrate how each photographer approaches their work, the intention behind that work, their process, and how they each discover, see and experience the world.
To bring each of the National Geographic photographers’ stories to life, showrunners Chin and Vasarhelyi hired six veteran documentary filmmakers: Marshall Curry (“Racing Dreams”), Crystal Kayiza (“Rest Stop”), Sam Pollard (“MLK/FBI”), Kristi Jacobson (“Solitary”) Rita Baghdadi (“Sirens”) and Pagan Harleman...
- 3/18/2024
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Woodstock Film Festival has added Tony Goldwyn’s comedy drama “Ezra,” starring Bobby Cannavale and Robert De Niro to its 2023 lineup.
In the film, which made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Cannavale stars as Max, a stand up comic who after recently blowing up his career and marriage is living with his father Stan (De Niro). When Max’s autistic son Ezra is expelled from yet another school, Max makes the controversial decision to take him on a cross-country road trip.
In addition to Cannavale and De Niro, “Ezra” stars Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg and Rainn Wilson. (Mister Smith Entertainment and CAA are handling sales.)
“I am so excited that the Woodstock Film Festival chose to screen ‘Ezra,'” says Goldwyn. “Woodstock is one of the coolest festivals in the country for a filmmaker. After such an enthusiastic reception at TIFF last week,...
In the film, which made its world premiere earlier this month at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival, Cannavale stars as Max, a stand up comic who after recently blowing up his career and marriage is living with his father Stan (De Niro). When Max’s autistic son Ezra is expelled from yet another school, Max makes the controversial decision to take him on a cross-country road trip.
In addition to Cannavale and De Niro, “Ezra” stars Rose Byrne, Vera Farmiga, Whoopi Goldberg and Rainn Wilson. (Mister Smith Entertainment and CAA are handling sales.)
“I am so excited that the Woodstock Film Festival chose to screen ‘Ezra,'” says Goldwyn. “Woodstock is one of the coolest festivals in the country for a filmmaker. After such an enthusiastic reception at TIFF last week,...
- 9/20/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Before Martin Scorsese became one of the greatest directors of all time there was “The Big Shave.” Before Taika Waititi directed a Marvel movie and won an Oscar for “Jojo Rabbit” there was “Two Cars, One Night.” Before Andrea Arnold and Lynne Ramsay become two of our best working directors there was “Wasp” and “Small Deaths.” Most great directors start their careers with a great short film, several of which IndieWire has rounded up below for your streaming pleasure.
Of the selection below, short films by Andrea Arnold, Taika Waititi, Nacho Vigolando, and Marshall Curry all landed Oscar nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film Category. Both Arnold and Curry won the Academy Award for their shorts in their respective years. For Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky, the shorts below served as breakthrough moments as film school students at New York University and the American Film Institute, respectively.
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Of the selection below, short films by Andrea Arnold, Taika Waititi, Nacho Vigolando, and Marshall Curry all landed Oscar nominations in the Best Live Action Short Film Category. Both Arnold and Curry won the Academy Award for their shorts in their respective years. For Scorsese and Darren Aronofsky, the shorts below served as breakthrough moments as film school students at New York University and the American Film Institute, respectively.
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- 3/17/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
While Bong Joon Ho and the historic Parasite victories deservedly dominated Academy Awards-related headlines this past week, one of our favorite moments of the ceremony is when they put the spotlight on short film work. All 15 of the nominated films enjoyed a theatrical release and digital release in the past weeks, but now it’s easier than ever to watch the victors.
The trio of impressive winners in Animation (Matthew A. Cherry’s Hair Love), Documentary (Carol Dysinger’s Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)), and Live Action (Marshall Curry’s The Neighbors’ Window) are now available for free, offering a preview of the talented directors who we imagine will return to awards season with expanded projects in the years to come.
Check out the short films embedded below, with one on Hulu, and see Jared Mobarak’s reviews with more here.
Hair Love (Matthew A.
The trio of impressive winners in Animation (Matthew A. Cherry’s Hair Love), Documentary (Carol Dysinger’s Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)), and Live Action (Marshall Curry’s The Neighbors’ Window) are now available for free, offering a preview of the talented directors who we imagine will return to awards season with expanded projects in the years to come.
Check out the short films embedded below, with one on Hulu, and see Jared Mobarak’s reviews with more here.
Hair Love (Matthew A.
- 2/14/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
"Do you think we should turn out the lights?" Congrats!! This lovely short film just won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short over the weekend. The Neighbors' Window is filmmaker Marshall Curry's fourth short film to be nominated, and finally his first win. Inspired by a true story told by Diane Weipert on Love + Radio's "The Living Room," the film tells the story of a middle aged woman with two children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited, 20-somethings move in across the street. Starring Maria Dizzia, Greg Keller, and Juliana Canfield. The short originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, and went on to play at dozens of festivals, winning over 20 awards in the process. Now it's an Oscar winner, too. Dizzia gives a superb performance in this, and that's only part of what makes it stand out. This has the depth and compassion...
- 2/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The 92nd Oscars featured a mix of the expected and the unexpected Sunday, with Neon’s South Korean film Parasite capping the evening by winning Best Picture, making history as the first foreign-language film ever to take the marquee prize.
Parasite director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho made four trips to the Dolby Theater stage, with the film also winning for Directing, Original Screenplay and International Feature.
Other honorees who spent this compressed Oscar season honing their acceptance speeches for tonight were the four Acting winners — all of whom won as expected. That meant statuettes for Joaquin Phoenix (Leading Actor for Joker), Renee Zellweger (Leading Actress for Judy), Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Laura Dern (Supporting Actress for Marriage Story).
Check out all the winners’ speeches below.
Best Picture
Parasite
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role...
Parasite director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho made four trips to the Dolby Theater stage, with the film also winning for Directing, Original Screenplay and International Feature.
Other honorees who spent this compressed Oscar season honing their acceptance speeches for tonight were the four Acting winners — all of whom won as expected. That meant statuettes for Joaquin Phoenix (Leading Actor for Joker), Renee Zellweger (Leading Actress for Judy), Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Laura Dern (Supporting Actress for Marriage Story).
Check out all the winners’ speeches below.
Best Picture
Parasite
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role...
- 2/10/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Parasite – Bong Joon Ho
Neon’s film Parasite made Oscar history by becoming the first foreign language film to win Best Picture during the 92nd Academy Awards. Nominated for six Oscars, the film walked away on Sunday night with four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Parasite previously won the Palme d’Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival as well as top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Only 11 international feature films have ever been nominated in the Best Picture category. Bong Joon Ho became the first South Korean to ever win the best director Oscar.
During his acceptance speech he said, “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is “the most personal is the most creative.
Neon’s film Parasite made Oscar history by becoming the first foreign language film to win Best Picture during the 92nd Academy Awards. Nominated for six Oscars, the film walked away on Sunday night with four Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay.
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, Parasite previously won the Palme d’Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival as well as top honors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast.
Only 11 international feature films have ever been nominated in the Best Picture category. Bong Joon Ho became the first South Korean to ever win the best director Oscar.
During his acceptance speech he said, “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is “the most personal is the most creative.
- 2/10/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here are the winners at the 92nd annual Academy Awards that handed out Sunday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Click above to see a photo gallery.
Best Picture
Parasite
(Neon)
A Barunson E&a Production
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role
Renée Zellweger
Judy (Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions)
Actor in a Leading Role
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Directing
Parasite (Neon)
Bong Joon Ho
Original Song
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman (Paramount)
Music by Elton John
Lyric by Bernie Taupin
Original Score
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
International Feature
Parasite
A Barunson E&A Production
South Korea
Makeup and Hairstyling
Bombshell (Lionsgate)
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Visual Effects
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners)
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari (Walt Disney)
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
Cinematography
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners...
Best Picture
Parasite
(Neon)
A Barunson E&a Production
Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actress in a Leading Role
Renée Zellweger
Judy (Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions)
Actor in a Leading Role
Joaquin Phoenix
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Directing
Parasite (Neon)
Bong Joon Ho
Original Song
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman (Paramount)
Music by Elton John
Lyric by Bernie Taupin
Original Score
Joker (Warner Bros.)
Hildur Guðnadóttir
International Feature
Parasite
A Barunson E&A Production
South Korea
Makeup and Hairstyling
Bombshell (Lionsgate)
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
Visual Effects
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners)
Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
Film Editing
Ford v Ferrari (Walt Disney)
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland
Cinematography
1917 (Universal/Amblin Partners...
- 2/10/2020
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Awards season officially comes to a close on Oscar Sunday.
The 92nd Academy Awards will be held at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9 and air live on ABC at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et. Red carpet coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m. Pt/6:30 p.m. Et. Viewers will be able to live-stream the awards show on abc.com or on the ABC app via DirecTV Now, Hulu, PlayStation Vue and YouTube TV.
The ceremony, which is going hostless again, will include appearances from this year’s nominees, as well as presenters Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, James Corden, Regina King, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more. Additionally, the show will feature performances from Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Elton John, Chrissy Metz, Randy Newman and five-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish.
A special tribute for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna is scheduled to take place during the ceremony. The pair,...
The 92nd Academy Awards will be held at Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on Feb. 9 and air live on ABC at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et. Red carpet coverage will begin at 3:30 p.m. Pt/6:30 p.m. Et. Viewers will be able to live-stream the awards show on abc.com or on the ABC app via DirecTV Now, Hulu, PlayStation Vue and YouTube TV.
The ceremony, which is going hostless again, will include appearances from this year’s nominees, as well as presenters Salma Hayek, Brie Larson, James Corden, Regina King, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more. Additionally, the show will feature performances from Cynthia Erivo, Idina Menzel, Elton John, Chrissy Metz, Randy Newman and five-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish.
A special tribute for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna is scheduled to take place during the ceremony. The pair,...
- 2/9/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
At the Golden Globes, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho challenged audiences by saying, “Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.” That obstacle may exist in most of the feature categories (where only “Parasite” and Pedro Almódovar’s “Pain & Glory” managed to clear the hurdle), but when it comes to shorts, the Academy doesn’t have quite the same hang-ups about whom to nominate. Sadly, that open-mindedness doesn’t seem to translate to voting. Just three foreign-language entries have earned the prize in the last decade, which should make voting in your Oscar pool relatively easy: It’s not the best, but “The Neighbors’ Window” is the only 2020 contender filmed in English. Now, , and easy to access via ShortsTV, which topped its own box office record with this latest batch.
Director Delphine Girard’s “A Sister” is driven largely by dialogue,...
Director Delphine Girard’s “A Sister” is driven largely by dialogue,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
According to the odds in our predictions center, “Brotherhood” seems to be the overwhelming favorite to win this year’s Oscar for Best Live Action Short. These odds are derived from the forecasts that are being made by our Expert film journalists, Gold Derby Editors, Top 24 Users (our top Oscar predictors from last year) and the thousands of Gold Derby readers who participate in our predictions center.
But is “Brotherhood” really that out front for Sunday’s ceremony? Could one of the other nominees pull off an upset? Let’s examine all five of this year’s nominees, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
SEEOscars Upsets: 24 Potential Surprise Winners To Watch For
“Brotherhood” (odds of winning: 17/5)
Mohamed, who lives in rural Tunisia with his wife and two of his sons, becomes very suspicious when his oldest son, Malek, unexpectedly returns home from Syria. The fact that Malek has returned with a new wife,...
But is “Brotherhood” really that out front for Sunday’s ceremony? Could one of the other nominees pull off an upset? Let’s examine all five of this year’s nominees, in order by their current Gold Derby odds.
SEEOscars Upsets: 24 Potential Surprise Winners To Watch For
“Brotherhood” (odds of winning: 17/5)
Mohamed, who lives in rural Tunisia with his wife and two of his sons, becomes very suspicious when his oldest son, Malek, unexpectedly returns home from Syria. The fact that Malek has returned with a new wife,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
This year’s Oscar nominees for Best Live Action Short Film don’t quite have the morbid theme of last year’s crop which were largely about “children in extreme peril,” as Gold Derby contributing editor Riley Chow puts it in a new video slugfest. In speaking with me (Kevin Jacobsen) and fellow contributing writer Charles Bright, we admit to being relieved with how different this year’s films are from each other at least in that respect. The front-runners are “Brotherhood” and “The Neighbors’ Window,” according to combined odds on Gold Derby, and our panel is split on which will prevail. Watch the video slugfest above.
SEEOscars 2020 slugfest: Will the winner of Best Documentary Short be hopeful or just depressing? [Watch]
Bright admits that watching “Brotherhood” he found himself “so invested in it that the ending left me heartbroken.” The film centers on a Tunisian father whose son comes home with a Syrian wife,...
SEEOscars 2020 slugfest: Will the winner of Best Documentary Short be hopeful or just depressing? [Watch]
Bright admits that watching “Brotherhood” he found himself “so invested in it that the ending left me heartbroken.” The film centers on a Tunisian father whose son comes home with a Syrian wife,...
- 2/5/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Kim Yutani remains director of programming
Sundance Institute has announced that its head of the Documentary Film Program Tabitha Jackson will succeed John Cooper as Sundance Film Festival director.
The appointment of the British-born industry veteran and former head of arts and performance at Channel 4 Television was unveiled during Saturday’s awards ceremony (February 1) and follows months of speculation.
Outgoing festival director Cooper announced last June he would step down from the role after this year’s festival (and 11 years in the role) and is preparing to segue into the title of inaugural emeritus director. His mandate and special...
Sundance Institute has announced that its head of the Documentary Film Program Tabitha Jackson will succeed John Cooper as Sundance Film Festival director.
The appointment of the British-born industry veteran and former head of arts and performance at Channel 4 Television was unveiled during Saturday’s awards ceremony (February 1) and follows months of speculation.
Outgoing festival director Cooper announced last June he would step down from the role after this year’s festival (and 11 years in the role) and is preparing to segue into the title of inaugural emeritus director. His mandate and special...
- 2/2/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
It’s nothing less than astounding — in an era where films as short as an early Lumière Brothers reel can capture the cultural imagination on a daily basis — that live-action short films are rarely given their due as an art form. The typical moviegoer probably hasn’t seen any of the live-action short films nominated for an Academy Award this year, which is a pity, because as always they are missing out on striking, deft, thoughtful, and sometimes very funny films.
At least audiences will have an opportunity to explore the Oscar-nominated live-action shorts when ShortsTV releases all the short-subject nominees in their own, separate programs. It’s an opportunity for films from across the globe to share the silver screen, bringing filmmakers and audiences close together, sharing experiences of strife and wonder, and reminding us all that humanity is a collective, not singular, concept.
None of the nominees embrace...
At least audiences will have an opportunity to explore the Oscar-nominated live-action shorts when ShortsTV releases all the short-subject nominees in their own, separate programs. It’s an opportunity for films from across the globe to share the silver screen, bringing filmmakers and audiences close together, sharing experiences of strife and wonder, and reminding us all that humanity is a collective, not singular, concept.
None of the nominees embrace...
- 1/29/2020
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
Most nominees in this year’s live-action short category involve familial relationships. Only one is in English — two were shot in Tunisia — but they all tell stories that transcend cultures. Three women were nominated in this category.
Brotherhood
Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Traveling through northern Tunisia, Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Joobeur encountered two freckle-faced, red-headed shepherds who refused to let her take their photo. “There was something spectacular about the place, the men and their faces,” she says. Knowing men from the area have been recruited to fight with Isis in Syria, she decided to write a script. “I wanted to do a film about the homecoming and what happens to the family when the son returns, how it destroys the family.” Adds producer Turgeon, “We’re seeing the subject through the intimate lens of family.” Persuading the camera-shy Mechergui brothers — Malek, Chaker and Rayene — to act in “Brotherhood” wasn...
Brotherhood
Meryam Joobeur and Maria Gracia Turgeon
Traveling through northern Tunisia, Tunisian-Canadian filmmaker Joobeur encountered two freckle-faced, red-headed shepherds who refused to let her take their photo. “There was something spectacular about the place, the men and their faces,” she says. Knowing men from the area have been recruited to fight with Isis in Syria, she decided to write a script. “I wanted to do a film about the homecoming and what happens to the family when the son returns, how it destroys the family.” Adds producer Turgeon, “We’re seeing the subject through the intimate lens of family.” Persuading the camera-shy Mechergui brothers — Malek, Chaker and Rayene — to act in “Brotherhood” wasn...
- 1/29/2020
- by Paula Hendrickson
- Variety Film + TV
As with every year, the 2020 nominees for the Oscars’ short film categories cover a wide range of topics, but as their creators noted at TheWrap and ShortsTV’s showcase, they are all connected by how they drew their inspiration from real-life encounters.
TheWrap awards editor Steve Pond spoke on Monday with directors and producers of the five nominated films in the Best Live Action Short category, as well as Siqi Song, director of the Best Animated Short nominee “Sister.” Song’s stop-motion animated film tells the story of a boy sharing memories of living with his younger sister…though it comes with a rug-pull twist rooted in Song’s personal connection to China’s one-child policy.
“I was born and raised in China, and I was a younger sibling to an older brother,” Song said. “My parents told me that it was against the law to have more than one...
TheWrap awards editor Steve Pond spoke on Monday with directors and producers of the five nominated films in the Best Live Action Short category, as well as Siqi Song, director of the Best Animated Short nominee “Sister.” Song’s stop-motion animated film tells the story of a boy sharing memories of living with his younger sister…though it comes with a rug-pull twist rooted in Song’s personal connection to China’s one-child policy.
“I was born and raised in China, and I was a younger sibling to an older brother,” Song said. “My parents told me that it was against the law to have more than one...
- 1/29/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Look closely: thematic bonds link this year’s five Best Live-Action Short Film contenders, even if they don’t appear to be tightly connected. There are the usual “kids in peril” offerings, a pair of differently-bent projects about modern connection and voyeurism, and a timely examination of what happens after war has seemingly ended.
And yet, for all the myriad tones and narratives tucked inside this year’s five compelling nominees, each of them is run through with one prevailing emotion: hope. It’s hope in many forms, of course, but each of the nominees is built on an hope for something better, something bigger, something more.
Of course, those desires don’t always lead into the easiest of situations, and not every character actively participates in even considering the possibility of dreaming of more, but nonetheless, this year’s live action shorts open windows into worlds all deserving of that next step.
And yet, for all the myriad tones and narratives tucked inside this year’s five compelling nominees, each of them is run through with one prevailing emotion: hope. It’s hope in many forms, of course, but each of the nominees is built on an hope for something better, something bigger, something more.
Of course, those desires don’t always lead into the easiest of situations, and not every character actively participates in even considering the possibility of dreaming of more, but nonetheless, this year’s live action shorts open windows into worlds all deserving of that next step.
- 1/23/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The 2020 Oscar nominations have been announced, and if you are looking to catch up on the most this season’s most talked-about films — such as “Joker” and “Parasite” — before the awards show, we’ve gathered up the best ways to watch or stream all the original films, documentaries, and animated shorts competing this season. “Parasite” is one of the latest films to hit digital release, though it’s currently only available for digital purchase, not rental.
Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” a comic-book origin story about Batman’s biggest nemesis, triumphed at the nominations with 11 nods, the most of any film; including best picture, best director for Phillips and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Martin Scorsese’s mob epic, “The Irishman” and Sam Mendes’ World War I drama, “1917” followed with 10 nominations (See the full list here).
The Academy Awards will take place...
Todd Phillips’ “Joker,” a comic-book origin story about Batman’s biggest nemesis, triumphed at the nominations with 11 nods, the most of any film; including best picture, best director for Phillips and best actor for Joaquin Phoenix.
Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Martin Scorsese’s mob epic, “The Irishman” and Sam Mendes’ World War I drama, “1917” followed with 10 nominations (See the full list here).
The Academy Awards will take place...
- 1/15/2020
- by BreAnna Bell and Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Chicago – In a sense of deja vu from the recent Golden Globe Awards, the nominees for the 92nd Academy Awards has been named on January 13th, 2020. This breaks a precedent of the last ten years, with the Oscar ceremony moved up to February 9th from it’s usual position in late February to early March.
Nine films were named in the Best Picture category, with “Little Women” and “Ford vs. Ferrari” joining the seven other films recognized by the Golden Globes (including Best Foreign Language Film Globe winner “Parasite”). “Joker” led the numbers game with 11 nominations, with 10 nods for “1917,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman.” The Best Actress category was exactly the same as the Globes (Drama), and Leonardo Di Caprio is the only difference in the Best Actor column. As at the Golden Globes, the directing category is the same five men, again snubbing Greta Gerwig for “Little Women.
Nine films were named in the Best Picture category, with “Little Women” and “Ford vs. Ferrari” joining the seven other films recognized by the Golden Globes (including Best Foreign Language Film Globe winner “Parasite”). “Joker” led the numbers game with 11 nominations, with 10 nods for “1917,” “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “The Irishman.” The Best Actress category was exactly the same as the Globes (Drama), and Leonardo Di Caprio is the only difference in the Best Actor column. As at the Golden Globes, the directing category is the same five men, again snubbing Greta Gerwig for “Little Women.
- 1/13/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Oscar nominations for the 92nd annual Academy Awards were announced Monday morning from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s ode to Los Angeles “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Noah Baumbach’s drama “Marriage Story” are expected to sweep nominations. Renee Zellweger is favored to land her fourth Oscar nod, this time for her turn as Judy Garland in the biopic “Judy.” Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) and Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”) are the odds-on favorites among lead actors.
Other films that are anticipating recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences include Sam Mendes’ WWI film “1917,” Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” and Bong Joon Ho’s social thriller “Parasite.
The Academy Awards will air live Feb. 6 on ABC.
Here is the full list of 2020 Oscar nominations (updating life):
Best Picture:
“Ford v...
Martin Scorsese’s mob epic “The Irishman,” Quentin Tarantino’s ode to Los Angeles “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” and Noah Baumbach’s drama “Marriage Story” are expected to sweep nominations. Renee Zellweger is favored to land her fourth Oscar nod, this time for her turn as Judy Garland in the biopic “Judy.” Meanwhile, Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”) and Adam Driver (“Marriage Story”) are the odds-on favorites among lead actors.
Other films that are anticipating recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences include Sam Mendes’ WWI film “1917,” Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of “Little Women” and Bong Joon Ho’s social thriller “Parasite.
The Academy Awards will air live Feb. 6 on ABC.
Here is the full list of 2020 Oscar nominations (updating life):
Best Picture:
“Ford v...
- 1/13/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The Oscar shortlist released Monday for live action shorts offers a range of socially relevant and hot-button issues, including children and families in jeopardy, transgender identity, immigration, off-beat love stories, and animal shenanigans.
There are two French shorts about kids in jeopardy: In “Little Hands,” from Rémi Allier, the toddler son of a chemical factory director is abducted by a radical factory worker in a desperate attempt to keep the factory from closing. And, in Yves Pia’s feel-good comedy, “Nefta Football Club,” two boys intrude on a big drug score when they stumble on a donkey with headphones in the middle of the desert between Tunisia and Algeria.
Continuing with the family theme, “The Christmas Gift,” the Romanian short from Bogdan Muresanu, turns a family upside down when a young boy mails a letter to Santa during the brutal Ceausescu regime in 1989, asking for the dictator’s death. “Saria,...
There are two French shorts about kids in jeopardy: In “Little Hands,” from Rémi Allier, the toddler son of a chemical factory director is abducted by a radical factory worker in a desperate attempt to keep the factory from closing. And, in Yves Pia’s feel-good comedy, “Nefta Football Club,” two boys intrude on a big drug score when they stumble on a donkey with headphones in the middle of the desert between Tunisia and Algeria.
Continuing with the family theme, “The Christmas Gift,” the Romanian short from Bogdan Muresanu, turns a family upside down when a young boy mails a letter to Santa during the brutal Ceausescu regime in 1989, asking for the dictator’s death. “Saria,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The 2019-2020 movie awards season got underway on Monday night, December 2, with the presentation of the Gotham Awards for independent film. Presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), these prizes are decided by juries of industry peers and have honored Oscar winners like “Sideways” (2004), “Capote” (2005), “The Hurt Locker” (2009), “Spotlight” (2015) and “Moonlight” (2016). So who took top honors this year? Scroll down for the complete list in all 10 categories, updated live as they were announced.
“Marriage Story,” “The Farewell” and “Uncut Gems” led the nominations with three apiece. Those three films were up for Best Feature along with “Hustlers” and “Waves.”
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“Marriage Story” was the highest-profile Oscar contender among those nominees, but did that mean it was a surefire winner? The jury voting process opens the door for underdogs and left-field choices like last year’s champ “The Rider,” which beat Oscar...
“Marriage Story,” “The Farewell” and “Uncut Gems” led the nominations with three apiece. Those three films were up for Best Feature along with “Hustlers” and “Waves.”
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“Marriage Story” was the highest-profile Oscar contender among those nominees, but did that mean it was a surefire winner? The jury voting process opens the door for underdogs and left-field choices like last year’s champ “The Rider,” which beat Oscar...
- 12/3/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival announces award winners and attendance results
The 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), which kicked off on Nov. 7, concluded on Nov. 17. Total attendance was 26,329, including approximately 10,000 St. Louis-area students (some schools participating in our Cinema for Students program have not yet reported numbers).
Sliff screened 389 films in 214 public programs: 81 narrative features, 63 documentary features, 227 shorts, and 18 film programs exclusive to Cinema for Students. The fest also featured 12 special-event programs, including four master classes and our closing-night awards presentation. This year’s festival had 63 countries represented.
The festival honored a trio of significant film figures with our annual awards. St. Louis natives Josh Aronson, an Oscar-nominated documentary director for “Sound and Fury,” and Brad Schiff, the animation supervisor for Laika Studios and Oscar nominee for “Kubo and the Two Strings,” each received our Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award, and...
The 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (Sliff), which kicked off on Nov. 7, concluded on Nov. 17. Total attendance was 26,329, including approximately 10,000 St. Louis-area students (some schools participating in our Cinema for Students program have not yet reported numbers).
Sliff screened 389 films in 214 public programs: 81 narrative features, 63 documentary features, 227 shorts, and 18 film programs exclusive to Cinema for Students. The fest also featured 12 special-event programs, including four master classes and our closing-night awards presentation. This year’s festival had 63 countries represented.
The festival honored a trio of significant film figures with our annual awards. St. Louis natives Josh Aronson, an Oscar-nominated documentary director for “Sound and Fury,” and Brad Schiff, the animation supervisor for Laika Studios and Oscar nominee for “Kubo and the Two Strings,” each received our Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award, and...
- 11/20/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I read once that Marshall Curry always thinks of his audience when developing his next film. And then I also know that other directors say, “Make a good film and people will find it.” Or as my old comedy boss at the BBC once told me: the audience don’t know what they want until you give it to them. There is a sense of truth in all of these statements, but Curry’s has stayed with me. As soon as I started developing my film To Kid or Not To Kid — the first English-language film about the decision to […]...
- 11/13/2019
- by Maxine Trump
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
I read once that Marshall Curry always thinks of his audience when developing his next film. And then I also know that other directors say, “Make a good film and people will find it.” Or as my old comedy boss at the BBC once told me: the audience don’t know what they want until you give it to them. There is a sense of truth in all of these statements, but Curry’s has stayed with me. As soon as I started developing my film To Kid or Not To Kid — the first English-language film about the decision to […]...
- 11/13/2019
- by Maxine Trump
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Martin Scorsese to receive a Doc NYC Lifetime Achievement Award Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute Awards event on November 7, Martin Scorsese, whose latest film The Irishman will open on November 1 in the Us and his Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story will have a special screening during the festival, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Apted joins Scorsese in that honour and his 63 Up will also be shown.
Doc NYC 2019 is dedicated to the memory of Da Pennebaker Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Wim Wenders and Orlando Bagwell.
The 2019 Visionaries host committee include Jon Alpert, Joe Berlinger, Amy Berg, Kate Davis, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Chris Hegedus, Amy Hobby, Barbara Kopple, Frazer Pennebaker, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Andrew Rossi and Barbara Kopple honoured Da Pennebaker with personal remembrances earlier this...
At the fifth annual Doc NYC Visionaries Tribute Awards event on November 7, Martin Scorsese, whose latest film The Irishman will open on November 1 in the Us and his Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story will have a special screening during the festival, will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. Michael Apted joins Scorsese in that honour and his 63 Up will also be shown.
Doc NYC 2019 is dedicated to the memory of Da Pennebaker Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Last year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Wim Wenders and Orlando Bagwell.
The 2019 Visionaries host committee include Jon Alpert, Joe Berlinger, Amy Berg, Kate Davis, Marshall Curry, Heidi Ewing, Liz Garbus, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Chris Hegedus, Amy Hobby, Barbara Kopple, Frazer Pennebaker, and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi.
Andrew Rossi and Barbara Kopple honoured Da Pennebaker with personal remembrances earlier this...
- 10/10/2019
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Laura Poitras became a rock star of the documentary world with 2014’s Oscar-winning “Citizenfour,” an explosive and definitive account of the Edward Snowden story that brought Poitras’ investigative filmmaking to a global audience. Since then, she has completed just one feature, the Julian Assange portrait “Risk,” but supported countless others as the co-creator and executive producer behind Field of Vision, the documentary film unit designed to support investigative filmmaking on a wavelength similar to her own.
Now, she’s ready to return to her filmmaking full time. Poitras is stepping down from her leadership position at Field of Vision to focus on her next feature, though will remain onboard at parent company First Look Media. Charlotte Cook, who co-founded the project with Poitras and filmmaker A.J. Schnack in 2015, will continue to lead the organization.
“In the last year, I felt like that Field of Vision established itself in the documentary field,...
Now, she’s ready to return to her filmmaking full time. Poitras is stepping down from her leadership position at Field of Vision to focus on her next feature, though will remain onboard at parent company First Look Media. Charlotte Cook, who co-founded the project with Poitras and filmmaker A.J. Schnack in 2015, will continue to lead the organization.
“In the last year, I felt like that Field of Vision established itself in the documentary field,...
- 10/9/2019
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Jeremy Merrifield’s “Balloon,” Carolina Markowicz’s “The Orphan” and Siqi Song’s “Sister” have won the top awards at the 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Saturday Night at the Harmony Gold in Hollywood.
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
- 8/18/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
If you’re one of the filmmakers who supplied some 5,600 submissions to the 2019 Palm Springs International Shortfest, the stakes were high. Not only because Shortfest offers the only short-film market in North America; or, because 369 of those films were selected for juried screenings to an audience of more than 700 over June 18-23.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
- 6/24/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
If you’re one of the filmmakers who supplied some 5,600 submissions to the 2019 Palm Springs International Shortfest, the stakes were high. Not only because Shortfest offers the only short-film market in North America; or, because 369 of those films were selected for juried screenings to an audience of more than 700 over June 18-23.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
Those functions matter, but as the world’s biggest short-film festival, Shortfest also draws talent agents, production executives, and producers who are keenly aware that, beyond identifying early talent, short-form content holds tremendous value in the current market. Yes, the Sundance Film Festival is still the best way to get films seen by Hollywood — but in a world that’s (re)discovering the virtues of short-form content, there’s something sexy about an event entirely devoted to its celebration.
While short films have always provided fodder for features, today they’re more likely to fuel web or TV series.
- 6/24/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Oscar-nominated documentary director Marshall Curry — and a 2005 Filmmaker 25 New Face — makes his dramatic fiction debut at Tribeca with the short film, The Neighbor’s Window. Starring Maria Dizzia, Juliana Canfield and Greg Keller it employs the urban Rear Window concept in order to tell a delicate tale in which envy bleeds into empathy. Dizzia and Keller are a married couple suffering through the relationship doldrums of early parenthood when a young, sexually adventurous couple move in directly across the way. Drawing the blinds isn’t something the younger couple even deigns to do, and the voyeuristic thrills they […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Oscar-nominated documentary director Marshall Curry — and a 2005 Filmmaker 25 New Face — makes his dramatic fiction debut at Tribeca with the short film, The Neighbor’s Window. Starring Maria Dizzia, Juliana Canfield and Greg Keller it employs the urban Rear Window concept in order to tell a delicate tale in which envy bleeds into empathy. Dizzia and Keller are a married couple suffering through the relationship doldrums of early parenthood when a young, sexually adventurous couple move in directly across the way. Drawing the blinds isn’t something the younger couple even deigns to do, and the voyeuristic thrills they […]...
- 4/29/2019
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Exclusive: Wme has signed three-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry for representation in all areas.
Earlier this year, Curry’s A Night at the Garden received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject. The short recounts a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden. In 2012, his Sundance documentary feature If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front received an Oscar nod while his Cory Booker documentary Street Fight earned a nom in 2006. His 2009 film Racing Dreams, which follows three young racers competing in the World Karting Association’s National Pavement Series, won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Curry will return to the Tribeca Film Festival this year with the upcoming world premiere of his narrative short The Neighbors’ Window which he wrote and directed.
He continues to be repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
Earlier this year, Curry’s A Night at the Garden received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject. The short recounts a Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden. In 2012, his Sundance documentary feature If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front received an Oscar nod while his Cory Booker documentary Street Fight earned a nom in 2006. His 2009 film Racing Dreams, which follows three young racers competing in the World Karting Association’s National Pavement Series, won the Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Tribeca Film Festival. Curry will return to the Tribeca Film Festival this year with the upcoming world premiere of his narrative short The Neighbors’ Window which he wrote and directed.
He continues to be repped by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz.
- 3/13/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Showing rather than explaining the greatness of Beto O’Rourke as a retail politician who is both engaging and engaged, Running with Beto might not shine too much new light on the unlikely U.S. Senate candidate from El Paso, Texas if you were paying attention to his 2018 midterm campaign. Beto was an underdog with demographics not quite on his side (yet) who made a go of it by actually campaigning, traveling to all 254 Texas counties in an effort to meet as many eligible voters as he could. He did it the ol’ fashion way, standing his ground even if his stances on universal background checks and the border didn’t play to conservatives.
Running with Beto comes close to but side-steps the cult of personality surrounding the energetic candidate. It’s a minor look at strategy in an era where strategy is actually broadcast as part of the process, usually on Facebook Live,...
Running with Beto comes close to but side-steps the cult of personality surrounding the energetic candidate. It’s a minor look at strategy in an era where strategy is actually broadcast as part of the process, usually on Facebook Live,...
- 3/13/2019
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Backstage during the live ABC telecast of the 91st Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24, 2019.
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
The 91st Oscars were awarded at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA on Sunday, February 24. Green Book took home the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Below is the list of winners.
Performance by an actor in a leading role nominees:
Christian Bale in Vice
Bradley Cooper in A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe in At Eternity’S Gate
Rami Malek in Bohemian Rhapsody – Winner!!
Viggo Mortensen in Green Book
Performance by an actor in a supporting role nominees:
Mahershala Ali in Green Book – Winner!!
Adam Driver in BLACKkKLANSMAN
Sam Elliott in A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell in Vice
Performance by an actress in a leading role nominees:
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Glenn Close in The Wife
Olivia Colman in The Favourite – Winner!
- 2/25/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 91st annual Academy Awards (Oscars) was a night of incredibly well-deserved wins, first time wins, and shocking wins. See the full list of nominees and winners below.
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
Performance by an actress in a supporting role Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Winner) Amy Adams in “Vice” Marina de Tavira in “Roma” Emma Stone in “The Favourite” Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” Best documentary feature “Free Solo” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Evan Hayes and Shannon Dill (Winner) “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes and Su Kim “Minding the Gap” Bing Liu and Diane Quon “Of Fathers and Sons” Talal Derki, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme and Tobias N. Siebert “Rbg” Betsy West and Julie Cohen Achievement in makeup and hairstyling “Vice” Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney (Winner) “Border” Goran Lundstrom and Pamela Goldammer “Mary Queen of Scots” Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher and...
- 2/25/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
The year’s biggest night in movies is officially here.
In the running for the evening’s biggest prize, best picture, are “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “Vice,” “The Favourite” “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “A Star Is Born.”
Best actress contenders include first-time nominee Yalitza Aparicio, Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Lady Gaga. Close has won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in “The Wife,” so all eyes will be on her to see if she can pull in her first win in seven nominations.
Leading men Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, Viggo Mortensen, and Willem Dafoe are in consideration for the coveted prize of best actor, with Malek favored in predictions.
The night marks a rare instance in which the awards are going without a host in the wake of Kevin Hart’s departure following backlash over his homophobic remarks that were resurfaced from years ago.
In the running for the evening’s biggest prize, best picture, are “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “Vice,” “The Favourite” “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” and “A Star Is Born.”
Best actress contenders include first-time nominee Yalitza Aparicio, Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Glenn Close, and Lady Gaga. Close has won the Golden Globe and SAG Award for her role in “The Wife,” so all eyes will be on her to see if she can pull in her first win in seven nominations.
Leading men Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Rami Malek, Viggo Mortensen, and Willem Dafoe are in consideration for the coveted prize of best actor, with Malek favored in predictions.
The night marks a rare instance in which the awards are going without a host in the wake of Kevin Hart’s departure following backlash over his homophobic remarks that were resurfaced from years ago.
- 2/24/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
While the presence of “Minding the Gap” and “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” in the Oscar documentary feature category suggest a welcome evolution in the way the Academy thinks about nonfiction filmmaking, the documentary short ballot hasn’t changed much from years past. Once again, just causes, rather than great cinema, dominate the list of nominees, which serve as a kind of armchair activism for voters, who tend to back the issue that matters most to them. Here, the choices range from empowering women in developing nations to easing terminal patients with end-of-life choices.
The first film screened in ShortsTV’s two-hour-plus theatrical program, Ed Perkins’ “Black Sheep,” actually suggests it may be otherwise, interweaving a compelling direct-to-camera interview with Cornelius Walker with equally powerful reenactment footage of his adolescence in Essex, where the young Nigerian immigrant learned to hate the color of his own skin. The story itself...
The first film screened in ShortsTV’s two-hour-plus theatrical program, Ed Perkins’ “Black Sheep,” actually suggests it may be otherwise, interweaving a compelling direct-to-camera interview with Cornelius Walker with equally powerful reenactment footage of his adolescence in Essex, where the young Nigerian immigrant learned to hate the color of his own skin. The story itself...
- 2/24/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The big night is finally here. All of the precursors, predictions, speculation, and overall insanity has led to this. The 91st Academy Awards are only a few hours away. By the end of the night, we won’t be guessing what the telecast will be like, and more importantly, we’ll have a whole new crop of Oscar winners. I’ve spent almost a full year trying to figure this race out, which is perhaps the most unpredictable in memory. It all comes down to this. There’s nothing left to do but sit back and try to enjoy the craziness we’ll undoubtedly experience this evening. One more time, the Academy Award nominees: Best Picture: “Black Panther” “BlacKkKlansman” “Bohemian Rhapsody” “The Favourite” “Green Book” “Roma” “A Star Is Born” “Vice” Lead Actor: Christian Bale, “Vice” Bradley Cooper, “A Star Is Born” Willem Dafoe, “At Eternity’s Gate” Rami Malek,...
- 2/24/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Field of Vision, the award-winning documentary unit of First Look Media, announces today its 2019 fellows. The Field of Vision fellowship is a year-long, collaborative program designed to support filmmakers in achieving their long-term artistic goals. The four 2019 Field of Vision fellows are: artist and filmmaker Heba Y. Amin, artist and filmmaker Ja’Tovia M. Gary, director, producer and cinematographer Heloisa Passos and filmmaker Bassam Tariq.
“These four filmmakers are rule breakers, troublemakers, and innovators who subvert the boundaries of cinematic form and storytelling. In addition to supporting their individual practice, we hope the fellowship will create a space for the exchange of ideas, skills, and methodologies,” said Field of Vision co-founder and executive producer Laura Poitras.
This year’s fellows are selected from filmmakers who have worked on, or have a film currently in production, with Field of Vision. In addition to creating a framework for idea development, creative support,...
“These four filmmakers are rule breakers, troublemakers, and innovators who subvert the boundaries of cinematic form and storytelling. In addition to supporting their individual practice, we hope the fellowship will create a space for the exchange of ideas, skills, and methodologies,” said Field of Vision co-founder and executive producer Laura Poitras.
This year’s fellows are selected from filmmakers who have worked on, or have a film currently in production, with Field of Vision. In addition to creating a framework for idea development, creative support,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Members of the Academy Documentary Branch picked five documentary short nominees out of 104 submissions for the 2019 Oscars.
This year’s topics range from “End Game,” Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein’s heartrending look at how families let their terminal loved ones go, Marshall Curry’s Nazi rally “A Night at the Garden,” and feminist sanitary pad movie “Period. End of Sentence.” Ida Awards nominees like the lyrically photographed immigrant crisis film “Lifeboat” and hard-hitting British slice-of-life “Black Sheep” are also contending.
Last year’s winner, Frank Stiefel’s “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” broke out on the festival circuit.
Read More: 2019 Oscar Predictions: 91st Academy Awards
The contenders are ranked in order of their likelihood to win:
“End Game”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“Black Sheep”
“Lifeboat”
“A Night at the Garden”...
This year’s topics range from “End Game,” Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein’s heartrending look at how families let their terminal loved ones go, Marshall Curry’s Nazi rally “A Night at the Garden,” and feminist sanitary pad movie “Period. End of Sentence.” Ida Awards nominees like the lyrically photographed immigrant crisis film “Lifeboat” and hard-hitting British slice-of-life “Black Sheep” are also contending.
Last year’s winner, Frank Stiefel’s “Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” broke out on the festival circuit.
Read More: 2019 Oscar Predictions: 91st Academy Awards
The contenders are ranked in order of their likelihood to win:
“End Game”
“Period. End of Sentence.”
“Black Sheep”
“Lifeboat”
“A Night at the Garden”...
- 2/20/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
At 5:57 p.m. Monday night, roughly 20 people carrying cameras, projection equipment and stacks of informational flyers hustled through the bitter cold down Eighth Avenue from West 33rd Street in Manhattan. They stopped directly across the street from the west side of Madison Square Garden, and a few minutes later began projecting on the side of the self-described World’s Most Famous Arena scenes from an event that took place inside 80 years ago to the day.
Billed as a celebration of “Americanism” on George Washington’s birthday, the 1939 event drew over 20,000 people,...
Billed as a celebration of “Americanism” on George Washington’s birthday, the 1939 event drew over 20,000 people,...
- 2/19/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
A Fox News email reviewed by IndieWire indicated that Suzanne Scott, CEO of the cable news giant, intervened to stop the sale of a national 30-second advertising slot for Marshall Curry’s Oscar-nominated anti-Nazi short documentary “A Night at the Garden.”
Fox News’ national advertising sales team has no direct involvement or control over local ad buys, and the ad will air Thursday, February 14 in the Los Angeles market on Charter Communications-operated cable systems during “Hannity.” But when “A Night At the Garden” producers Field of Vision decided to allocate budget for a national ad buy on “Hannity,” they received a response from a Fox News staffer on February 13 indicating that the CEO felt the ad’s content was inappropriate for the channel.
In a statement to IndieWire, Fox News president of ad sales Marianne Grabelli said, “The ad in question is full of disgraceful Nazi imagery regardless...
Fox News’ national advertising sales team has no direct involvement or control over local ad buys, and the ad will air Thursday, February 14 in the Los Angeles market on Charter Communications-operated cable systems during “Hannity.” But when “A Night At the Garden” producers Field of Vision decided to allocate budget for a national ad buy on “Hannity,” they received a response from a Fox News staffer on February 13 indicating that the CEO felt the ad’s content was inappropriate for the channel.
In a statement to IndieWire, Fox News president of ad sales Marianne Grabelli said, “The ad in question is full of disgraceful Nazi imagery regardless...
- 2/14/2019
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Fox News Channel declined to run a commercial for a documentary that used Nazi imagery whose backers were eager to win publicity by having it air during host Sean Hannity’s 9 p.m. hour – typically the most-watched slot in cable news.
Backers of the Oscar-nominated “A Night at the Garden,” a short documentary that shows footage from an actual Nazi rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1939 and aims to examine the potential ramifications of adherence to abhorrent beliefs, originally hoped to get an ad for the movie shown in local inventory available on Los Angeles-based cable systems operated by Charter Communications. But that placement was pre-empted by breaking news and rescheduled for later this week. Backers decided to try and get the commercial shown in Fox News’ own national feed.
The 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news network turned the spot down because it was not in keeping with its commercial standards.
Backers of the Oscar-nominated “A Night at the Garden,” a short documentary that shows footage from an actual Nazi rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1939 and aims to examine the potential ramifications of adherence to abhorrent beliefs, originally hoped to get an ad for the movie shown in local inventory available on Los Angeles-based cable systems operated by Charter Communications. But that placement was pre-empted by breaking news and rescheduled for later this week. Backers decided to try and get the commercial shown in Fox News’ own national feed.
The 21st Century Fox-owned cable-news network turned the spot down because it was not in keeping with its commercial standards.
- 2/14/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Marshall Curry‘s Oscar-nominated documentary short “A Night at the Garden” started with a casual dinner conversation with a friend, who happened to be writing a screenplay set in 1939. “He said, ‘Did you know that there was a rally in Madison Square Garden where 20,000 Americans gathered to celebrate Nazism?'” Curry recalls. Incredulous, he went home and did some research to find out whether or not his pal was mistaken. “Sure enough, he was actually right.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Curry above.
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As Curry delved deeper, he discovered various short clips of the event, some of which had been previously featured in historical documentaries. He hired a researcher to find more footage, and decided to piece it together into a seven-minute film.
“When I first considered the project, I thought that I might do something a little more traditional,...
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As Curry delved deeper, he discovered various short clips of the event, some of which had been previously featured in historical documentaries. He hired a researcher to find more footage, and decided to piece it together into a seven-minute film.
“When I first considered the project, I thought that I might do something a little more traditional,...
- 2/12/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Marshall Curry’s Oscar-nominated short film “A Night at the Garden” brings viewers inside a 1939 Nazi rally held in New York City, and now distributor Field of Vision is set to disrupt Fox News with footage of the rally. Field of Vision will debut a television spot for “A Night at the Garden” during the Monday, February 11 airing of “Hannity.”
“A Night at the Garden” assembles archival footage to show viewers what a Nazi rally in America really looked like in 1939. The event depicted took place at Madison Square Garden and was attended by 22,000 Americans. The short runs seven minutes and features a speech from Fritz Julius Kuhn, the leader of the pro-Nazi organization German American Bund. The rally’s 80th anniversary occurs February 20.
“I hope that by showing the ‘Hannity’ audience how manipulative leaders in the past have attacked the press, scapegoated minorities, made light of violence against protesters,...
“A Night at the Garden” assembles archival footage to show viewers what a Nazi rally in America really looked like in 1939. The event depicted took place at Madison Square Garden and was attended by 22,000 Americans. The short runs seven minutes and features a speech from Fritz Julius Kuhn, the leader of the pro-Nazi organization German American Bund. The rally’s 80th anniversary occurs February 20.
“I hope that by showing the ‘Hannity’ audience how manipulative leaders in the past have attacked the press, scapegoated minorities, made light of violence against protesters,...
- 2/8/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Front Row Left to Right:
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
Graham King, Jason Ruder, Vincent Lambe, Rodney Rothman, Nuria González Blanco, Anthony Rossomando, Gabriela Rodríguez, Christopher Miller, Diane Quon, Brandon Proctor, Eric Roth, Raymond Mansfield, Mary Zophres, Sean McKittrick, Viggo Mortensen, Marianne Farley, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey and Greg Cannom.
Second Row Left to Right:
Bobby Pontillas, Darren Mahon, Patrick J. Don Vito, Marie-Helene Panisset, Dan Deleeuw, John Casali, John Warhurst, Peter Devlin, Louise Bagnall, Jeffrey Friedman, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Nicolas Britell, Talal Derki, Tristan Myles, Ethan Van der Ryn, Evan Hayes, Will Fetters, Gordon Sim, Skye Fitzgerald, Barbara Enriquez, Su Kim, Charles B. Wessler, Kathy Lucas.
Third Row Left to Right:
Adam McKay, Yuichiro Saito, Melissa Berton, Willem Dafoe, Diane Warren , Craig Henighan, Jeff Whitty, Barry Alexander Brown, Rich Moore, Mahershala Ali, Marc Shaiman, Bob Persichetti, Benjamin A. Burtt, David Rabinowitz, Jose Antonio Garcia, Mark Ronson, Patricia Dehaney, Dede Gardner, John Walker , Marshall Curry, Bing Liu,...
- 2/7/2019
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Skye Fitzgerald, director of the Oscar-nominated short documentary “Lifeboat,” has a defining memory as a filmmaker. When he was 21, he saw a car accident and watched a man die as he was being tended to by a first responder. To this day, that image has guided the stories he’s chosen to tell.
“The only principle I use when I’m selecting a story is: if I walk out of this theater tonight and I get hit by that bus, am I proud of the stories I’ve chosen and how I’ve chosen to tell them?” Fitzgerald said during a post-screening panel held by TheWrap on Tuesday.
It was that question that led Fitzgerald to create short documentary about the volunteer crews that rescue refugees lost adrift on the Mediterranean Sea, and a similar desire to tell important global stories fueled the creation of the other four nominated films...
“The only principle I use when I’m selecting a story is: if I walk out of this theater tonight and I get hit by that bus, am I proud of the stories I’ve chosen and how I’ve chosen to tell them?” Fitzgerald said during a post-screening panel held by TheWrap on Tuesday.
It was that question that led Fitzgerald to create short documentary about the volunteer crews that rescue refugees lost adrift on the Mediterranean Sea, and a similar desire to tell important global stories fueled the creation of the other four nominated films...
- 2/6/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The range and sophistication of today’s documentary filmmaking can be clearly seen in the themes and cinematic methods of the short subject documentary Oscar nominees. Nominated filmmakers recount how they found their stories.
Black Sheep
“Black Sheep” blends dramatic recreations and interview footage to tell Brit Cornelius Walker’s story. As a teenager of Nigerian descent, he went to extremes to fit into an all-white and racist neighborhood outside London. Produced by Jonathan Chinn and directed by Ed Perkins, the short earned the top prize at the Sheffield Documentary film fest. Perkins met Walker via an informational interview and credits Walker’s uncanny ability to relate his difficult and ambiguous early life story. “He’s able to convey complicated emotions that become easy to relate to and emphasize with. He was willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down in front of camera and bare his soul,...
Black Sheep
“Black Sheep” blends dramatic recreations and interview footage to tell Brit Cornelius Walker’s story. As a teenager of Nigerian descent, he went to extremes to fit into an all-white and racist neighborhood outside London. Produced by Jonathan Chinn and directed by Ed Perkins, the short earned the top prize at the Sheffield Documentary film fest. Perkins met Walker via an informational interview and credits Walker’s uncanny ability to relate his difficult and ambiguous early life story. “He’s able to convey complicated emotions that become easy to relate to and emphasize with. He was willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down in front of camera and bare his soul,...
- 2/6/2019
- by Kathy A. McDonald
- Variety Film + TV
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