As the annual BFI London Film Festival draws to a close, the award winners were honored and, as with many critic heavy judging panels, it’s an...
Short fiction films (segregated into live action and animated categories) have three potential routes to an Oscar nomination: Screen theatrically in Los Angeles Win a qualifying...
The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s premier member organization of independent storytellers, announced that Ethan Hawke and Amy Adams will be presented with Actor and...
Via AMPAS Four individuals and one writing team have been selected as winners of the 2016 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships...
Via AMPAS Casting director and producer David Rubin will produce the 8th Annual Governors Awards for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President...
via AMPAS Actors Joel Edgerton, Lucy Liu, Daisy Ridley and Parker Sawyers will be presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 43rd Student...
Via AMPAS Eleven individual screenwriters and one writing team have been shortlisted for the 2016Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. The Academy Nicholl Fellowships Committee will meet...
The early part of awards season is a demonstration in how fad-driven we are. Every time a new film trailer lands it instantly becomes an Oscar...
The Toronto International Film Festival is truly underway, and already some of this year’s most anticipated Oscar contenders have screened. One of them was Amma Asante’s A...
by Rehna 1. Venice in August is unlike London in August. In London there are thunderstorms. Venice is hot, hot, gloriously, unbearably, fantastically, sweat pouring down...
Hidden in a small Colorado town is one of the most important film festivals of the year. Any film critic, especially anyone with an eye on...
Via AMPAS The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday night (August 30) to present Honorary Awards to actor...
ABC and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that they have expanded their agreement for eight more years, in which the Network...
Via AMPAS The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards®competition. The Academy received a record number of entries this year...
Kenneth Lonergan’s early hyped drama Manchester by the Sea has had a wave of critical acclaim through the best part of this year, leading many to suspect...
Via AMPAS The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 12 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for the 2016 Oscars®....
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has opened the door for major film awards to accept non-theatrically released submissions for the first time. In...
Former Academy President Arthur Hiller has died at the age of 92 from natural causes. A member and longtime governor of the Directors Branch, Hiller served as...