Oscar winner Andrew Ruhemann has returned to the director’s chair for “The Day I Became a Bird.”
His first short in 13 years, based on a book by Chabbert Ingrid, illustrated by Guridi, will see a boy who falls in love – with a girl that only has eyes for birds. Desperate to get her attention, he comes up with a rather unusual plan.
“I was at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and that’s where I found this book. I thought it was a very intriguing image: Why is there this kid in a bird costume? It moved me,” he says.
Ruhemann’s previous short, “The Lost Thing,” brought him an Academy Award in 2011, shared with Shaun Tan.
“With ‘The Lost Thing,’ it was the first book I saw at that fair. I felt a little tingle at the back of my spine and said to myself: ‘This is...
His first short in 13 years, based on a book by Chabbert Ingrid, illustrated by Guridi, will see a boy who falls in love – with a girl that only has eyes for birds. Desperate to get her attention, he comes up with a rather unusual plan.
“I was at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair and that’s where I found this book. I thought it was a very intriguing image: Why is there this kid in a bird costume? It moved me,” he says.
Ruhemann’s previous short, “The Lost Thing,” brought him an Academy Award in 2011, shared with Shaun Tan.
“With ‘The Lost Thing,’ it was the first book I saw at that fair. I felt a little tingle at the back of my spine and said to myself: ‘This is...
- 6/12/2023
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
by Jovina Chong
Singapore – a tiny yet renowned nation with a reputable education system that ranks top five in the world. However, under the recognition and glory lie the repression of youths’ experiences by the towering political and societal expectations. Achieving good results becomes the yardstick of success, and children’s passivity to their parents and societal demands becomes a norm. Amidst the oppressive air, it doesn’t come as a surprise for groups to fall through the cracks. Focalised on this subjugated faction of Singaporean society, “15: The Movie”, directed by Royston Tan, illustrates how they spend their days away idling and hanging out with their friends instead of adhering to the institution of academia.
Tan casts real-life accounts of Chinese delinquents Shaun (Shaun Tan), Vynn (Vynn Chen), Erick (Erick Chun) and Melvin (Melvin Lee). They stick out a mile in comparison to the rest of the cast, to...
Singapore – a tiny yet renowned nation with a reputable education system that ranks top five in the world. However, under the recognition and glory lie the repression of youths’ experiences by the towering political and societal expectations. Achieving good results becomes the yardstick of success, and children’s passivity to their parents and societal demands becomes a norm. Amidst the oppressive air, it doesn’t come as a surprise for groups to fall through the cracks. Focalised on this subjugated faction of Singaporean society, “15: The Movie”, directed by Royston Tan, illustrates how they spend their days away idling and hanging out with their friends instead of adhering to the institution of academia.
Tan casts real-life accounts of Chinese delinquents Shaun (Shaun Tan), Vynn (Vynn Chen), Erick (Erick Chun) and Melvin (Melvin Lee). They stick out a mile in comparison to the rest of the cast, to...
- 9/21/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
The 10th edition of Cartoons Underground is once again online — so we at Asian Movie Pulse took the opportunity to see Southeast Asia’s rising stars. We recently interviewed the Singaporean festival’s student competitors over Zoom. Compared to last year, this year’s selection feels more somber. But perhaps that is because everyone is simply older. Our interviewees are all recent graduates with strong illustration backgrounds this time around. Two of Singapore’s three animation school powerhouses are represented here: Javon Chan Yi Da and Su Xian Yeow hail from Nanyang Technical University; Eiris Lu and Novella Lian stand in for Lasalle College of the Arts.
Their shorts display a range in medium as well. Javon Chan Yi Da’s “A Fish for a Friend” stands out as a Pixar-esque, stylized 3D animated short. Su Xian Yeow’s “Full Circle” leans heavily into print illustration, the film frames awash with blocks of color.
Their shorts display a range in medium as well. Javon Chan Yi Da’s “A Fish for a Friend” stands out as a Pixar-esque, stylized 3D animated short. Su Xian Yeow’s “Full Circle” leans heavily into print illustration, the film frames awash with blocks of color.
- 11/19/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
‘Robbie Hood’ features on Aacta’s Access Australia platform in China.
Aacta has launched a free streaming service exclusively for the Chinese market, featuring Australian short films, web series and industry interviews.
Dubbed ‘Access Australia’ the platform includes Oscar-winning shorts The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and Harvie Krumpet by Adam Elliot, Dylan River’s Sbs-commissioned web series Robbie Hood, Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren’s Canneseries award-winning comedy Over and Out, and early works from directors David Michôd, Wayne Blair and Cate Shortland.
At present it boasts 30 short films, three web series and 60 interviews with film and television celebrities from Australia, Hollywood and China, with more content to be added regularly.
It also features a variety of ‘before and after’ VFX sequences by Australian studios on blockbusters including Captain Marvel, The Great Gatsby, X-Men and Ironman, and Zhang Yimou’s Shadow.
The platform forms part of Aacta’s International Engagement Programs,...
Aacta has launched a free streaming service exclusively for the Chinese market, featuring Australian short films, web series and industry interviews.
Dubbed ‘Access Australia’ the platform includes Oscar-winning shorts The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan and Harvie Krumpet by Adam Elliot, Dylan River’s Sbs-commissioned web series Robbie Hood, Adele Vuko and Christiaan Van Vuuren’s Canneseries award-winning comedy Over and Out, and early works from directors David Michôd, Wayne Blair and Cate Shortland.
At present it boasts 30 short films, three web series and 60 interviews with film and television celebrities from Australia, Hollywood and China, with more content to be added regularly.
It also features a variety of ‘before and after’ VFX sequences by Australian studios on blockbusters including Captain Marvel, The Great Gatsby, X-Men and Ironman, and Zhang Yimou’s Shadow.
The platform forms part of Aacta’s International Engagement Programs,...
- 10/12/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Jim Dandy Jul 14, 2019
Once again we try and predict this year's Eisner Awards winners. Once again, we're probably entirely wrong.
Happy Comic-Con Eve, all! I had a whole "'Twas the night before Comic Con" bit lined up, but Apparently it's considered a faux pas to reveal the location of the annual Sdcc post-Eisners key party on the internet, so you'll have to just hang out here for a while as we pick over the list of nominees for comics' most prestigious awards and tell you why the books we liked most will win! And then come back after the ceremony to tell us why we were completely wrong.
Best Short Story
- “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)
- “The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in Mad Magazine #4 (DC)
- "Here I Am," by Shaun Tan,...
Once again we try and predict this year's Eisner Awards winners. Once again, we're probably entirely wrong.
Happy Comic-Con Eve, all! I had a whole "'Twas the night before Comic Con" bit lined up, but Apparently it's considered a faux pas to reveal the location of the annual Sdcc post-Eisners key party on the internet, so you'll have to just hang out here for a while as we pick over the list of nominees for comics' most prestigious awards and tell you why the books we liked most will win! And then come back after the ceremony to tell us why we were completely wrong.
Best Short Story
- “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell, in Get Naked (Image)
- “The Ghastlygun Tinies,” by Matt Cohen and Marc Palm, in Mad Magazine #4 (DC)
- "Here I Am," by Shaun Tan,...
- 7/10/2019
- Den of Geek
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced! Congratulations to every single person and publisher that received these prestigious nominations!
As per the Sdcc website, “Voting for the awards is held online, and the ballot will be available at www.eisnervote.com. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is June 14. The results of the voting will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 19 at a gala awards ceremony at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. Jackie Estrada is the Eisner Awards Administrator.”
If you are a comic book industry professional, please make it a point to vote in these awards. Every vote counts! Voting opens on Monday, April 29th.
Here’s the list of every category with their respective nominations below:
Best Short Story “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell,...
As per the Sdcc website, “Voting for the awards is held online, and the ballot will be available at www.eisnervote.com. All professionals in the comic book industry are eligible to vote. The deadline for voting is June 14. The results of the voting will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 19 at a gala awards ceremony at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. Jackie Estrada is the Eisner Awards Administrator.”
If you are a comic book industry professional, please make it a point to vote in these awards. Every vote counts! Voting opens on Monday, April 29th.
Here’s the list of every category with their respective nominations below:
Best Short Story “Get Naked in Barcelona,” by Steven T. Seagle and Emei Olivia Burrell,...
- 4/26/2019
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Justin Timberlake on the Oscars' Red Carpet Justin Timberlake at the Academy Awards The Social Network actor Justin Timberlake arrives at the 83rd Academy Awards, which took place on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. At the ceremony, Timberlake and Black Swan actress Mila Kunis introduced the nominees – and eventual winners – in the animation categories. Throughout the proceedings, he pretended to be the elusive Banksy, whose Exit Through the Gift Shop was a Best Documentary Feature contender. The joke fell mostly flat, but Timberlake actually elicited some laughs when he imitated three-time Oscar-nominated veteran Kirk Douglas*, who mercilessly stretched the Best Supporting Actress announcement into what seemed like hours. Admittedly, Douglas was funny. (The winner in that particular category turned out to be Melissa Leo for David O. Russell's The Fighter.) As announced by the Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis duo, the Best Animated Short Film was Shaun Tan...
- 5/2/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Sketchy highlights the unique, critically-lauded writer/illustrator Shaun Tan. Ryan sits down with his coworkers and friends to discuss Tan’s collection of short stories “Lost & Found,” and a short film adapted from his story called “The Lost Thing.” Enjoy!
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- 8/23/2012
- by Ryan Clagg
- SoundOnSight
I think I have too many RSS feeds in my reader; I keep getting behind and then leaving things unread to deal with "later" -- but then there's too much new stuff I haven't even looked at, which pushes "later" much further than I'd like. That's all prologue to the fact that these awards came out some time ago, and, if I'm going to blog about them at all, I should do it more quickly. Nevertheless, here's what's happened recently in award-land: Locus Awards for 2012 Locus magazine, the newspaper of the skiffy field, has polled its frighteningly well-read readers yet again, and these are their choices for the best of the year past: Science Fiction Novel: [[[Embassytown]]], China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan) Fantasy Novel: [[[A Dance with Dragons]]], George R.R. Martin (Bantam; Harper Voyager UK) First Novel: [[[The Night Circus]]], Erin Morgenstern (Doubleday) Young Adult Book: [[[The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making]]], Catherynne M. Valente (Feiwel and Friends) Novella: Silently and Very Fast, Catherynne M.
- 7/9/2012
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
Australian children’s author and illustrator Graeme Base, whose work includes Animalia and The Eleventh Hour, is to make his film directorial debut.
Base will co-direct with Katrina Mathers the film The Gallant Captain, an adaptation of his book The Legend of the Golden Snail.
Mathers with Daryl Munton of The Lampshade Collective was behind last year’s The Nullabor which won Sydney Film Festival’s Best Animated Short Film Award at both the Sydney Film Festival 2011 and the Aacta Awards 2012.
The short film has received funding from Screen Australia through the agency’s short animation production program.
Also to receive funding from Screen Australia is The Crossing, a stop-motion sand animation from writer/director/animator and visual artists Marieka Walsh. Sand animation is the use of sand on a lighted piece of glass to create each frame.
The film follows on from the success of Walsh’s team with The Hunter,...
Base will co-direct with Katrina Mathers the film The Gallant Captain, an adaptation of his book The Legend of the Golden Snail.
Mathers with Daryl Munton of The Lampshade Collective was behind last year’s The Nullabor which won Sydney Film Festival’s Best Animated Short Film Award at both the Sydney Film Festival 2011 and the Aacta Awards 2012.
The short film has received funding from Screen Australia through the agency’s short animation production program.
Also to receive funding from Screen Australia is The Crossing, a stop-motion sand animation from writer/director/animator and visual artists Marieka Walsh. Sand animation is the use of sand on a lighted piece of glass to create each frame.
The film follows on from the success of Walsh’s team with The Hunter,...
- 3/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Martin Scorsese's film Hugo is adapted from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. In an exclusive interview the American artist talks about working with Marty, his love of cross-hatching – and why he always keeps a mirror on his desk
The boy – wearing a tatty frock coat and waistcoat – runs across a station forecourt, through iron columns, steam and glass. Turn the page, and he enters the mouth of a square tunnel, into the shadows; he pauses, against the tunnel wall, to ensure he is unobserved. Turn again, and we see, close-up, his arm reach towards an ornate iron grate in the wall; and then – in the graphic equivalent of a cinema zoom-shot – we see his boot, with holes in the sole, disappearing into a duct, and the station's concealed innards and passages.
This opening sequence from the best-selling book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by the American...
The boy – wearing a tatty frock coat and waistcoat – runs across a station forecourt, through iron columns, steam and glass. Turn the page, and he enters the mouth of a square tunnel, into the shadows; he pauses, against the tunnel wall, to ensure he is unobserved. Turn again, and we see, close-up, his arm reach towards an ornate iron grate in the wall; and then – in the graphic equivalent of a cinema zoom-shot – we see his boot, with holes in the sole, disappearing into a duct, and the station's concealed innards and passages.
This opening sequence from the best-selling book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by the American...
- 2/12/2012
- by Ed Vulliamy
- The Guardian - Film News
An Australian have been nominated for the 84th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards announced overnight, with one more likely to be announced.
Included in the Oscars nomination line up is Australian film editor Kirk Baxter with producer Grant Hill likely to be recognised also.
Baxter, who won last year for David Fincher’s The Social Network, has been nominated for his work on David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Hill, producer of Terrence Mallick’s Tree of Life will most likely be nominated, with the film up for best picture, but the nominees yet to be determined. Hill was also a producer of Mallick’s Thin Red Line and the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix Trilogy and V for Vendetta.
It is a relatively quiet year for Australians at the Oscars, compared to last year seven nominations in which seven nominations were received. Wins went not only...
Included in the Oscars nomination line up is Australian film editor Kirk Baxter with producer Grant Hill likely to be recognised also.
Baxter, who won last year for David Fincher’s The Social Network, has been nominated for his work on David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Hill, producer of Terrence Mallick’s Tree of Life will most likely be nominated, with the film up for best picture, but the nominees yet to be determined. Hill was also a producer of Mallick’s Thin Red Line and the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix Trilogy and V for Vendetta.
It is a relatively quiet year for Australians at the Oscars, compared to last year seven nominations in which seven nominations were received. Wins went not only...
- 1/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Two-thousand-double-one came in with the roar of Tiger Mommy and the tragic devastation of Japan’s tsunami. As it continued, the NBA waved farewell to Yao Ming, Gary Locke took a plane to Beijing — and Asians in the library made their cell phones ring. As 2012 begins, here are Tao Jones’s picks for the best, the worst and the most memorable events, individuals and phenomena of the year that was.
People of the Year: Angry men and brainy girls, diplomats,...
People of the Year: Angry men and brainy girls, diplomats,...
- 12/31/2011
- by Jeff Yang
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
An essential collection for serious comics fans
Paul Gravett's 2005 compendium Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life set a standard not just for excellence but also for immodest titles. At first glance, 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die seems to crank up the cockiness even further. However, this book is just part of Cassell's trademarked series of guides to paintings, movies, buildings, historic sites and other cultural highlights you must sample before your demise. Gravett's role is that of editor, collating articles written by 65 contributors from all over the world. The medium's ongoing struggle for respect is underlined by the fact that, despite this international community of lecturers, museum curators and historians, the cover blurb still feels the need to tell you that "comics are emphatically no longer just for kids".
Terry Gilliam, accorded equal billing with Gravett, seems to have been roped in mainly for his celebrity value,...
Paul Gravett's 2005 compendium Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life set a standard not just for excellence but also for immodest titles. At first glance, 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die seems to crank up the cockiness even further. However, this book is just part of Cassell's trademarked series of guides to paintings, movies, buildings, historic sites and other cultural highlights you must sample before your demise. Gravett's role is that of editor, collating articles written by 65 contributors from all over the world. The medium's ongoing struggle for respect is underlined by the fact that, despite this international community of lecturers, museum curators and historians, the cover blurb still feels the need to tell you that "comics are emphatically no longer just for kids".
Terry Gilliam, accorded equal billing with Gravett, seems to have been roped in mainly for his celebrity value,...
- 12/8/2011
- by Michel Faber
- The Guardian - Film News
The AFI (Australian Film Institute) and Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) have announced the first nominees for the inaugural Aacta Awards to be held in January 2012.
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
- 8/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The 2011 Hugo Awards have honoured comics creators in two categories. Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse was named 'Best Graphic Story' at the Science Fiction Awards. Cartoonist Shaun Tan (The Lost Thing, The Arrival) received the award for 'Best Artist'. Tan has previously won the 'Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award' for excellence in children's literature (more)...
- 8/22/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Image via Wikipedia
Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
- 8/21/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Film Lineup Set For Inaugural Palo Alto International Film Festival
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
Palo Alto, CA . The Palo Alto International Film Festival (Paiff) has announced its film program for the 2011 festival. The lineup includes 20 features and 74 short films curated from award-winning films and film festival favorites that exemplify Paiff.s theme of innovation in art, film and technology.
Paiff proudly presents a lineup that challenges the art form, taking creative risks with technology in films like Braden King.s cross-platform feature .Here,. to the artistically inventive .Bombay Beach. by music video director Alma Har.el to documentaries like .Something Ventured. which delves into the world of Venture Capital firms.
.We.re seeing a new movement emerging . films are trying to live outside the cinema. They.re breaking out of traditional storytelling structures,. said Paiff.s Director Programming Alf Seccombe. .This festival spotlights the creative risk-taking that is inherent in innovation..
The 2011 festival kicks...
- 8/15/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Bondi-based short film festival, Flickerfest is now accepting film submissions for its 21st edition, from 6-15 January 2012.
Films must fit into the below categories:
International
Australian
Documentary
GreenFlicks (films with an environmental focus)
Flickerup – films from Primary High School age students from across Australia
All films must be under 35 minutes and have been completed within 2 years of entry closing dates.
A total of $50,000 prize money will recognise excellence with awards and prizes including Best Short Film and Yoram Gross Best Animation Short Film – Last year’s winner The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan went on to win the Academy Award.
Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy Award accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival. Held at Bondi Beach Pavilion, the festival then goes on the 30 venue national tour.
For more information, visit Flickerfest.
Image by Shane Rennie.
Films must fit into the below categories:
International
Australian
Documentary
GreenFlicks (films with an environmental focus)
Flickerup – films from Primary High School age students from across Australia
All films must be under 35 minutes and have been completed within 2 years of entry closing dates.
A total of $50,000 prize money will recognise excellence with awards and prizes including Best Short Film and Yoram Gross Best Animation Short Film – Last year’s winner The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan went on to win the Academy Award.
Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy Award accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival. Held at Bondi Beach Pavilion, the festival then goes on the 30 venue national tour.
For more information, visit Flickerfest.
Image by Shane Rennie.
- 7/4/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Neil Gaiman and Shaun Tan were among the winners at this year's Locus Awards. Gaiman came away with two gongs, earning 'Best Novelette' for The Truth Is A Cave In The Black Mountains and 'Best Short Story' with The Thing About Cassandra. Tan, who is best known for illustrating The Arrival and Tales From Outer Suburbia, was named as 'Best Artist', Locus Online reports. The Locus Awards honour outstanding achievement in the fields of science (more)...
- 6/27/2011
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
Four Australians have been invited to join the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after being recognised for their work in the past year. Actors Jacki Weaver and Mia Wasikowska, animator Shaun Tan and producer Emile Sherman, are among the list of 178 artists and executives invited to join the organisation, which oversees the Academy Awards, this year. Weaver was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom (Melissa Leo won for her performance in The Fighter) while Shaun Tan won best short animation for The Lost Thing and Emile Sherman won best film for The King's Speech. Mia Wasikowska.has performed in several critical and commercial hits such as The Kids Are All Right and Alice in Wonderland. .These...
- 6/20/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of invited new members, and it’s clear they’re continuing to try to make their membership younger. On the list alongside veterans like John Hawkes and David Duchovny are a slew of twentysomethings, including Mia Wasikowska, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rooney Mara. The Board of Governors also decided to extend an invitation to Restrepo codirector Tim Hetherington, the first time Academy membership has been bestowed posthumously. As a side note, it’s also a hoot to now say the phrase Oscar voter Russell Brand.
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy.s roster of members.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
For the second consecutive year, Encore has chosen a select group of screen professionals who have achieved new heights in 2010/2011, whose decisions influence and shape Australia’s audiovisual industry, and whose work has stood out from the crowd. These are our Power 50.
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
- 6/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The quickest thing you learn once you become obsessed with awards is that they never end; someone is always handing out prizes for something. And since the eligibility periods are different for everything it takes forever for a single year's entertainment to finally be "old" aka ineligible. Such is the case with 2010 entertainment (mostly the second half of it) which is still eligible for Emmy nods (July 14th), Tony nods (May 3rd)... and The Hugo Awards, which are science fiction based, and newly announced today.
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
Inception and Toy Story 3 can breathe a sigh of relief that The King's Speech featured neither threatening alien invaders (Wallis Simpson does not count) nor superpowered heroes (Helena Bonham Carter does not count, her super powers being off screen).
Best...
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
Inception and Toy Story 3 can breathe a sigh of relief that The King's Speech featured neither threatening alien invaders (Wallis Simpson does not count) nor superpowered heroes (Helena Bonham Carter does not count, her super powers being off screen).
Best...
- 4/25/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Hugo Award nominees for 2011 have been announced, which means that come August 20th, 15 amazingly talented people will be awarded the highest form of recognition (and greatest award trophy of all time!) that the science fiction/fantasy community can bestow. Check ‘em out below.
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
- 4/25/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Language: English Isbn-10: 9780545229241 Isbn-13: 978-0545229241
Summary: A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group of peaceful creatures loses their home to cruel invaders. Three stories, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, about how we lose and find what matters most to us.
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan is geared toward readers ages 9 – 12, but its a visual treasure that can be appreciated by adults as well, and it’s stories about emotions, relationships, and communication are sad, but resonate a poignant message of hope. Tan’s whimsical illustrations are fantastic in their detail and scope. Though the book is short on words, the images speak volumes and their ability to capture and convey emotions will leave the reader lingering on each page.
Each story holds a charm and...
Summary: A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group of peaceful creatures loses their home to cruel invaders. Three stories, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, about how we lose and find what matters most to us.
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan is geared toward readers ages 9 – 12, but its a visual treasure that can be appreciated by adults as well, and it’s stories about emotions, relationships, and communication are sad, but resonate a poignant message of hope. Tan’s whimsical illustrations are fantastic in their detail and scope. Though the book is short on words, the images speak volumes and their ability to capture and convey emotions will leave the reader lingering on each page.
Each story holds a charm and...
- 3/30/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Almost forgot all about this…
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Shaun Tan‘s Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing is one of three brilliantly illustrated, jaw-dropping stories included in Tan’s new book, Lost & Found, which also includes The Red Tree and The Rabbits. Never before available in the U.S., these tales are presented in their entirety with new artwork and author’s notes in Lost & Found.
Now, thanks to our friends at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, three of our lucky readers will be among the first in the U.S. to get a copy of the Shaun Tan book, Lost & Found. Check out the details on the book, some pages from the book, info on Tan himself, the trailer for his Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing and details on how you can enter to win a copy of the book!
Now, thanks to our friends at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, three of our lucky readers will be among the first in the U.S. to get a copy of the Shaun Tan book, Lost & Found. Check out the details on the book, some pages from the book, info on Tan himself, the trailer for his Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing and details on how you can enter to win a copy of the book!
- 3/1/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Did the Oscars surprise anyone? Sci-Fi fans, we are of course still sore over Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director, but Inception still was recognized with four Oscars. Genre highlights from the 83rd Academy Awards also include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland sweeping away the two coveted design awards in Art Direction and Costume Design and The Wolfman won for Best Makeup. Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Film and Best Song.
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
- 3/1/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards have put the best of the 2010 movies to bed. Here’s a list of the winners. Below, you’ll find my commentary, as well as a link to the 9th Annual Tsr Movie Awards.
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
- 3/1/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
The gloves came off when Oscar tweeting began last night. Haters, lovers and Banksy supporters all responded to what was going on at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre Sunday, and in many cases their play-by-play was more entertaining that whatever was going on on-screen.
Kevin Smith, for instance described "Toy Story 3" in his own predictably provocative way, while Kirk Douglas and Trent Reznor both became big topics for other creators. Just don't bring up Gwyneth Paltrow's performance with Jason Aaron, because he clearly was not a fan. Find out who Batman backed, who Patton Oswalt compared to Charlie Sheen and what could have made the night worse down below.
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for February 28, 2011.
@ThatKevinSmith Justin, no... Not Another stab at the Banksy joke. Regardless, Schindler's Toybox Wins! I cried more at that flick than my Dad's funeral.
-Kevin Smith, Writer ("Batman: The Widening Gyre,...
Kevin Smith, for instance described "Toy Story 3" in his own predictably provocative way, while Kirk Douglas and Trent Reznor both became big topics for other creators. Just don't bring up Gwyneth Paltrow's performance with Jason Aaron, because he clearly was not a fan. Find out who Batman backed, who Patton Oswalt compared to Charlie Sheen and what could have made the night worse down below.
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for February 28, 2011.
@ThatKevinSmith Justin, no... Not Another stab at the Banksy joke. Regardless, Schindler's Toybox Wins! I cried more at that flick than my Dad's funeral.
-Kevin Smith, Writer ("Batman: The Widening Gyre,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Splash Page
A full list of winners and nominees for the Oscars 2011
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
- 2/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
The King’S Speech was king of all he surveyed on Sunday evening at the 83rd Academy Awards. James Franco, Oscar®-nominee for Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and Anne Hathaway hosted the Oscars® broadcast by the ABC Television Network from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
Going in to the evening with 12 nominations, The King’S Speech came away with four Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Original Screenplay (Michael Seidler). Inception also collected four Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects. The Facebook drama, The Social Network, won 3 Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay (David Sorkin), Best Score (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and Best Editing.
Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in .Biutiful. Jeff Bridges in .True Grit. Jesse Eisenberg in .The Social Network. Colin Firth in .The King’s Speech...
- 2/28/2011
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Last night, Jon and I stayed up till the wee small hours of Monday morning to bring the 83rd Academy Awards to you live as it happened. You can see the fruits of Jon’s labour right here as he provided a commentary while I was on Twitter conversing with anyone else who happened to be watching the extremely drawn our commercial ridden ABC broadcast!
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
- 2/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The biggest awards of the season were just held and the winners were announced, without further waiting here are your Oscar winners for the films of 2010.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
- 2/28/2011
- by Marcella Papandrea
- Killer Films
Frock by frock, gong by gong, gaffe by gaffe coverage of the 2011 Oscars, in which The King's Speech reigned victorious
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
- 2/28/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Well due to the fact that I'm a resident of New Zealand, and we don't get the Oscars live I was unable to watch the event itself today. But thanks to new sites all over the net, who watch the event eagirly, we have the complete list of winners for the 2011 Academy Awards! Seeing as I haven't seen anything with my own eyes, I can't help but wonder how this years Red Carpet event managed to qualify for the hasty title of "worst Oscar Ceremony ever" by E! Online. The new site reports that the event was less than Hollywood glamorous. Oh dear.
E! posted on its main site today that "this was sizing up to be everything the Oscars are not supposed to be: clunky, amateurish, and pretty much lacking in actual entertainment value for those of us not picking up awards." Can it really be as bad/great as the Golden Globes?...
E! posted on its main site today that "this was sizing up to be everything the Oscars are not supposed to be: clunky, amateurish, and pretty much lacking in actual entertainment value for those of us not picking up awards." Can it really be as bad/great as the Golden Globes?...
- 2/28/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (☠ Mr. Bruce)
- Cinema Sharks
If you missed the broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards, or you can't remember who won what, here is a list of all the winners in their categories. The King's Speech and Inception both tied for the most Oscars won, which was four statues each. However, whereas Inception took home awards for technical categories (Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound and Best Cinematography), The King's Speech won three of the top four categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay).
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
Best Picture:
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers The Fighter (Paramount Pictures), David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features), Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray, Producers The King's Speech (The Weinstein Company), Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
In a surge reminiscent of its late-breaking Oscar season momentum, The King’s Speech triumphed at the 2011 Academy Awards, winning three of the final four categories including Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), and Best Director (Tom Hooper). The magnificent British drama took home four golden statues on Sunday, tieing Christopher Nolan’s Inception for the most Oscars, and narrowly beating critic favorite and three-time winner The Social Network.
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
Hosted by a smug, sleepy James Franco and a cheery, happy-to-be-there Anne Hathaway, the 3+ hour ceremony felt like an eternity. The next-generation actors were supposed to liven what is traditionally a stuffy telecast, but their monologue and subsequent appearances lacked the classy zingers of Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin’s banter or the pep of Hugh Jackman’s show.
Further attempts to appeal to a populist crowd, such as autotuning some of 2010’s big blockbusters or quipping about Charlie Sheen, fell flat,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Jeff Leins
- newsinfilm.com
Well I certainly don't think 2011 will go down as one of the more memorable years in Oscar history; not only were the winners fairly predictable, but the ceremony itself seemed dull and uninspired. Despite an attempt to add a "youthful edge" to the Oscars this year, it was almost completely lacking in comedy, excitement or entertainment. Hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway seemed to be dreadfully unprepared and lacking material, leaving Franco to put up a facade of aloof detachment while Hathaway simply attempted to win everyone over with cuteness. The King's Speech went on to secure most of the major awards including Best Picture, Director, Actor and Original Screenplay, reinforcing the stuffy British Oscar stereotype. For the second time David Fincher was denied Best Director, but The Social Network did end up getting awards for Film Editing, Original Score and Adapted Screenplay. Natalie Portman still managed to snag Best Actress for Black Swan,...
- 2/28/2011
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
The 2011 Oscars were so predictable that even the upset was obvious. While the acting awards went to the same people they’ve been going to this whole season (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Natalie Portman and Colin Firth must need a wall of shelves for their trophies by now), The King’s Speech beat longtime favorites The Social Network for Best Picture, which would have been a surprise if forecasters hadn’t seen the Weinstein Company’s promo efforts from a mile away, and if Tom Hooper‘s Best Director win over David Fincher didn’t telegraph the inevitable. But hey, there’s always the little awards, right? Watch VH1 News correspondent Janell Snowden talk to celebs on the red carpet and then see the full list of winners after the jump.
Best Picture – The King’s Speech
Actor in a Leading Role – Colin Firth in The King’s Speech...
Best Picture – The King’s Speech
Actor in a Leading Role – Colin Firth in The King’s Speech...
- 2/28/2011
- by Anthony Miccio
- TheFabLife - Movies
Hollywood's biggest night of the year has come and gone, and it seems many could care less. Last night's 83rd Annual Academy Awards show wasn't as dreadful as many critics have charged, but it wasn't lustrous, either — not the way it has been in decades past — leading many to wonder if the ceremony is: a) losing its relevance; b) compromised by the down economy; c) an indicator of the changing state of both the film and broadcast industry.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
The turn of the 21st century has seen the celebrated awards show take a hit. Changes over the past decade seem to have aversely affected the program, including shifting the broadcast from Monday at 9pm to Sunday at 8:30pm in 1999. During the TV writers strike in 2008, just over 32M viewers watched the Oscars, the least viewed ever.
This year the Academy Awards show fell to an 11.7 adults 18-49 rating, down 12% vs.
- 2/28/2011
- CinemaSpy
Tom Hooper, left, and Colin Firth were both Oscar winners on Sunday
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
- 2/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Tom Hooper, left, and Colin Firth were both Oscar winners on Sunday
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
By Howard Burns
“The King’s Speech,” Tom Hooper’s period piece about Britain’s King George VI and the unflinching speech therapist who helps him overcome a debilitating stammer, was loud and clear the big winner at the 83rd Academy Awards, taking home four statuettes on Sunday night, including honors for Best Picture, Actor in a Leading Role, Direction and Screenplay (Original).
With 12 nominations overall, “The King’s Speech” entered the evening as the favorite to take best picture after overcoming the early awards-season momentum enjoyed by David Fincher’s “The Social Network.”
Colin Firth received the top acting nod, his first, after having been nominated last year for “A Single Man.” Firth led a field that included Jeff Bridges, last year’s best-actor winner for “Crazy Heart” and a nominee for a second consecutive year as well for “True Grit.
- 2/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
The King’s Speech ruled the 83rd Academy Awards. It won the Best Picture and the Best Original Screenplay, while Tom Hooper won the Best Director. Colin Firth bagged the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role for the same film.
In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. Ar Rahman who was nominated in two categories: Original Score and Original Song didn’t win any award.
The Complete list of Academy Awards:
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood...
In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. Ar Rahman who was nominated in two categories: Original Score and Original Song didn’t win any award.
The Complete list of Academy Awards:
Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth in “The King’s Speech”
Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale in “The Fighter”
Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”
Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”
Animated Feature Film
“Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich
Art Direction
“Alice in Wonderland”
Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Cinematography
“Inception” Wally Pfister
Costume Design
“Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood...
- 2/28/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Hey Gang! Here's the complete list of winners from this years 83rd annual Academy Award ceremony. I have to say it started out great, and I was really happy with the way it started. I think James Franco and Anne Hathaway did a good job hosting the show. I especially loved that opening sequence leading into the Oscar ceremony. I was really hoping The Kings Speech wouldn't win Best Director or Best Picture, of course deep down I knew it would. I was rooting for The Social Network. As much as I loved The Kings Speech, it's not one of those movies that I'll watch over and over again over the years. In fact I'm not sure I'll ever watch it again. But The Social Network is a film I will watch over and over again. I think it was an all around better film. Mazer made a great point...
- 2/28/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway, The 83rd Academy Awards with all glitz and glamors came to an end last night with some announced as winners and some went home empty handed to prepare for another battle next year.Here are the winners: Best motion picture of the year•
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- 2/28/2011
- Films N Movies
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Javier Bardem in "Biutiful" (Roadside Attractions) Jeff Bridges in "True Grit" (Paramount) Jesse Eisenberg in "The Social Network" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Colin Firth in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) James Franco in "127 Hours" (Fox Searchlight) Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Christian Bale in "The Fighter" (Paramount) John Hawkes in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Jeremy Renner in "The Town" (Warner Bros.) Mark Ruffalo in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Geoffrey Rush in "The King’s Speech" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening in "The Kids Are All Right" (Focus Features) Nicole Kidman in "Rabbit Hole" (Lionsgate) Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions) Natalie Portman in "Black Swan" (Fox Searchlight) Michelle Williams in "Blue Valentine" (The Weinstein Company) Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Amy Adams...
- 2/28/2011
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
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