Exclusive: Fox 2000’s The Hate U Give has been selected as the closing night film at the 22nd annual Urbanworld Film Festival, which runs from September 19-23 in New York. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion led by Ava DuVernay with director George Tillman Jr. and stars Amandla Stenberg and Algee Smith in attendance.
In addition, Steve McQueen’s Viola Davis-starring heist thriller, Widows has been added to the fest’s screening lineup, as well as the Bet original film Running Out of Time, and Smallfoot, the Warner Bros animated film that features the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, and Yara Shahidi.
The festival will also be celebrating the 30th anniversal of the John Landis-directed cult classic Coming to America with a special spotlight screening of the film Friday, September 21 and a Q&A moderated...
In addition, Steve McQueen’s Viola Davis-starring heist thriller, Widows has been added to the fest’s screening lineup, as well as the Bet original film Running Out of Time, and Smallfoot, the Warner Bros animated film that features the voices of Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James, Danny DeVito, Gina Rodriguez, and Yara Shahidi.
The festival will also be celebrating the 30th anniversal of the John Landis-directed cult classic Coming to America with a special spotlight screening of the film Friday, September 21 and a Q&A moderated...
- 9/12/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Pictures’ “Night School,” starring Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, will open the 22nd annual Urbanworld Film Festival.
“Night School” is one of more than 60 films and TV shows being screened at the fest — an annual showcase of diverse culture — including the debut of the Fox show “Rel.” “Get Out’s” Lil Rel Howery stars in the series and will take part in a Q&A following the screening at New York City’s AMC Empire 25.
HBO will also screen two spotlight selections: first-time filmmaker Rudy Valdez’s “The Sentence,” a documentary about mandatory minimum sentencing, and Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s “United Skates,” a doc about some of America’s last standing roller rinks.
Passes for the festival, which runs from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23, are available at the Urbanworld website, and tickets for official selections and spotlights will be available in September.
Here’s the full list of...
“Night School” is one of more than 60 films and TV shows being screened at the fest — an annual showcase of diverse culture — including the debut of the Fox show “Rel.” “Get Out’s” Lil Rel Howery stars in the series and will take part in a Q&A following the screening at New York City’s AMC Empire 25.
HBO will also screen two spotlight selections: first-time filmmaker Rudy Valdez’s “The Sentence,” a documentary about mandatory minimum sentencing, and Dyana Winkler and Tina Brown’s “United Skates,” a doc about some of America’s last standing roller rinks.
Passes for the festival, which runs from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23, are available at the Urbanworld website, and tickets for official selections and spotlights will be available in September.
Here’s the full list of...
- 8/28/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
With the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival winding down, the event has announced the recipients of its two audience awards, which are given to the movies that attendees voted as the best of the festival. “Here Alone,” directed by Rod Blackhurst, won the prize for a narrative film, and “The Return” (pictured), directed by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway, took home the documentary award. Aside from the recognition alone, each award also includes a $10,000 cash prize and work of fine art. “It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like ‘Here Alone’ and the.
- 4/24/2016
- by Joshua Rich
- The Wrap
As the Tribeca Film festival winds down, festival top brass announced winners of the two audience awards, powered by Infor, at Saturday evening’s wrap party.
Midnight selection Here Alone by Rod Blackhurst took the narrative award and follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a devastating virus.
The Return by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway was chosen for the documentary award and chronicles the consequences of the repeal of the American three-strikes law.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $10,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme, Here Alone receives Zak Kitnick’s Untitled artwork and The Return receives Clifford Ross’s Horizon XI print.
“It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like Here Alone and the powerful and affecting documentary The Return,” said festival director Genna Terranova. “While very different films, both highlight the resilience of the human spirit.”
Audience...
Midnight selection Here Alone by Rod Blackhurst took the narrative award and follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a devastating virus.
The Return by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway was chosen for the documentary award and chronicles the consequences of the repeal of the American three-strikes law.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $10,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme, Here Alone receives Zak Kitnick’s Untitled artwork and The Return receives Clifford Ross’s Horizon XI print.
“It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like Here Alone and the powerful and affecting documentary The Return,” said festival director Genna Terranova. “While very different films, both highlight the resilience of the human spirit.”
Audience...
- 4/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
As the Tribeca Film festival winds down, festival top brass announced winners of the two audience awards, powered by Infor, at Saturday evening’s wrap party.
Midnight selection Here Alone by Rod Blackhurst took the narrative award and follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a devastating virus.
The Return by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway was chosen for the documentary award and chronicles the consequences of the repeal of the American three-strikes law.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $10,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme, Here Alone receives Zak Kitnick’s Untitled artwork and The Return receives Clifford Ross’s Horizon XI print.
“It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like Here Alone and the powerful and affecting documentary The Return,” said festival director Genna Terranova. “While very different films, both highlight the resilience of the human spirit.”
Audience...
Midnight selection Here Alone by Rod Blackhurst took the narrative award and follows a group of survivors in the aftermath of a devastating virus.
The Return by Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway was chosen for the documentary award and chronicles the consequences of the repeal of the American three-strikes law.
Each award comes with a cash prize of $10,000. As part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards programme, Here Alone receives Zak Kitnick’s Untitled artwork and The Return receives Clifford Ross’s Horizon XI print.
“It’s great to see audiences finding and supporting a true discovery film like Here Alone and the powerful and affecting documentary The Return,” said festival director Genna Terranova. “While very different films, both highlight the resilience of the human spirit.”
Audience...
- 4/23/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
PBS' Pov independent documentary series will open its 29th season on Monday, May 23, 2016 on PBS with the national broadcast premiere of Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway’s "The Return," it was announced by Pov Executive Producers Justine Nagan and Chris White. In 2012, California amended its “Three Strikes” law - one of the harshest criminal sentencing policies in the country. The passage of Proposition 36 marked the first time in U.S. history that citizens voted to shorten sentences of those currently incarcerated. Within days, the reintegration of thousands of “lifers” was underway. The Return examines this unprecedented reform through the eyes of those on the...
- 3/18/2016
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Top brass at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival presented by At&T have announced selections in the Us Narrative, International Narrative and Documentary Competition strands.
The films comprise 55 out of 110 features that will play during the 15th edition of the New York festival from April 13-24. The festival will present features films in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Sections on March 8.
Also included in Wednesday’s announcement are the out-of-competition Viewpoints titles.
The world premiere of Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ Contemporary Color will open the World Documentary competition on April 14, while the world premiere of Kicks by Justin Tipping will open the Us Narrative competition.
The world premiere of Madly directed by Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, and Natasha Khan will open the International Narrative Competition. Viewpoints will open with the world premiere of Nerdland directed by Chris Prynoski.
One third of the festival’s feature films are directed by women...
The films comprise 55 out of 110 features that will play during the 15th edition of the New York festival from April 13-24. The festival will present features films in the Spotlight, Midnight, and Special Sections on March 8.
Also included in Wednesday’s announcement are the out-of-competition Viewpoints titles.
The world premiere of Bill Ross and Turner Ross’ Contemporary Color will open the World Documentary competition on April 14, while the world premiere of Kicks by Justin Tipping will open the Us Narrative competition.
The world premiere of Madly directed by Gael García Bernal, Mia Wasikowska, Sebastian Silva, Anurag Kashyap, Sion Sono, and Natasha Khan will open the International Narrative Competition. Viewpoints will open with the world premiere of Nerdland directed by Chris Prynoski.
One third of the festival’s feature films are directed by women...
- 3/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Field of Vision, the documentary unit launched earlier this year by "Citizenfour" director Laura Poitras, Aj Schnack and Charlotte Cook, has announced its premiere of "Eric & 'Anna,'" from directors Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway, who previously worked on the award-winning documentary "Better this World." Read More: Oscar Winner Laura Poitras on How Field of Vision Will Change Documentary Filmmaking The film, which is a short documentary, is woven entirely from FBI footage and provides a compelling vantage point from which to consider the personal, political and moral implications of surveillance. To watch the film on The Intercept, click here. Approximately one film each week will be published on The Intercept through December, with a second season debuting in early 2016. Read More: Meet the New Face of Journalism: Cinema, Powered by Oscar Winner Laura Poitras' Field of Vision...
- 11/19/2015
- by Aubrey Page
- Indiewire
It’s been a couple months since the last edition of What’s Up Doc? placed Michael Moore’s surprise world premiere of Where To Invade Next at the top of this list and in the meantime much shuffling has taken place and much time has been spent on various new endeavors (namely my Buffalo-based film series, Cultivate Cinema Circle). Finally taking its rightful place at the top, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hagedus’ Unlocking the Cage is in the midst of being scored by composer James Lavino, according to Lavino’s own personal site. Though the project has been taking shape at its own leisurely pace, I’d expect to see the film making its festival debut in early 2016.
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
- 11/5/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: 'Citizenfour' Team Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Talk to the Late David Carr Laura Poitras, the Oscar-winning documentarian behind "Citizenfour" and "The Oath," is launching a new documentary unit alongside Aj Schnack and Charlotte Cook, announced Variety earlier today. Named Field of Vision, the unit is being developed in collaboration with First Look Media and journalism website The Intercept and looks to commission 40-50 short-form docs each year. The unit will launch their debut project at the New York Film Festival in the form of Poitras' "Asylum," a short-form series tracking Julian Assange as he publishes diplomatic cables and seeks asylum in London's Ecuadorian embassy. The official first season of episodes will debut September 29 on The Intercept, with a second season already being planned for early 2016. New works from Kirsten Johnson, Michael Moore, Shola Lynch, Beau Willimon, Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de...
- 9/9/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The fall festival rush is upon us. Locarno is currently ramping up. Venice has released their line-up and Thom Powers and the Toronto International Film Festival team have dropped a bomb with a previously unannounced new feature from powerhouse docu-provocateur Michael Moore. It is truly a miracle that the production of a film such as Moore’s upcoming Where To Invade Next (see still above) managed to go completely undetected by the filmmaking community until it was literally announced to world premiere at one of the largest film festivals in the world. Programmed as a one of the key films in the Special Presentations section at Tiff, the film sees Moore telling “the Pentagon to ‘stand down’ — he will do the invading for America from now on.” Also announced to premiere at Tiff was Avi Lewis’ This Changes Everything, which has slowly been rising up this list, as well as...
- 8/7/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
It’s been a surprisingly interesting month of moving and shaking in terms of doc development. Just a month after making his first public funding pitch at Toronto’s Hot Docs Forum, legendary doc filmmaker Frederick Wiseman took to Kickstarter to help cover the remaining expenses for his 40th feature film In Jackson Heights (see the film’s first trailer below). Unrelentingly rigorous in his determination to capture the American institutional landscape on film, his latest continues down this thematic rabbit hole, taking on the immensely diverse New York City neighborhood of Jackson Heights as his latest subject. According to the Kickstarter page, Wiseman is currently editing the 120 hours of rushes he shot with hopes of having the film ready for a fall festival premiere (my guess would be Tiff, where both National Gallery and At Berkeley made their North American debut), though he’s currently quite a ways away from his $75,000 goal.
- 7/6/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Well folks, after a rather long and brutal winter (at least for me here in Buffalo), we are finally heading into the wonderful warmth of summer, but with that blast of sunshine and steamy humidity comes the mid-year drought of major film fests. After the Sheffield Doc/Fest concludes on June 10th and AFI Docs wraps on June 21st, we likely won’t see any major influx in our charts until Locarno, Venice, Telluride and Tiff announce their line-ups in rapid succession. In the meantime, we can look forward to the intriguing onslaught of films making their debut in Sheffield, including Brian Hill’s intriguing examination of Sweden’s most notorious serial killer, The Confessions of Thomas Quick, and Sean McAllister’s film for which he himself was jailed in the process of making, A Syrian Love Story, the only two films world premiering in the festival’s main competition.
- 6/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
It should come as no surprise that Cannes Film Festival will play host to Kent Jones’s doc on the touchstone of filmmaking interview tomes, Hitchcock/Truffaut (see photo above). The film has been floating near the top of this list since it was announced last year as in development, while Jones himself has a history with the festival, having co-written both Arnaud Desplechin’s Jimmy P. and Martin Scorsese’s My Voyage To Italy, both of which premiered in Cannes. The film is scheduled to screen as part of the Cannes Classics sidebar alongside the likes of Stig Björkman’s Ingrid Bergman, in Her Own Words, which will play as part of the festival’s tribute to the late starlet, and Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna’s Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (see trailer below). As someone who grew up watching road races with my dad in Watkins Glen,...
- 5/1/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Now that the busy winter fest schedule of Sundance, Rotterdam and the Berlinale has concluded, we’ve now got our eyes on the likes of True/False and SXSW. While, True/False does not specialize in attention grabbing world premieres, it does provide a late winter haven for cream of the crop non-fiction fare from all the previously mentioned fests and a selection of overlooked genre blending films presented in a down home setting. This year will mark my first trip to the Columbia, Missouri based fest, where I hope to catch a little of everything, from their hush-hush secret screenings, to selections from their Neither/Nor series, this year featuring chimeric Polish cinema of decades past, to a spotlight of Adam Curtis’s incisive oeuvre. But truth be told, it is SXSW, with its slew of high profile world premieres being announced, such as Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs...
- 2/27/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
They often get quite a bit less attention than their fictional brethren, and it doesn’t help that many films fly under the radar while development and filming is underway. To chart this course with a little more precision, I’m launching Ioncinema.com’s latest feature, What’s Up Doc?, our monthly Top 50 Most Anticipated films, a sort of hitlist and/or snapshot of the most alluring, the most promising documentary film projects from the established documentarian guard, the new crop of future voices or the fiction filmmakers who on occasion dip their toes in the form. Curated by me, Jordan M. Smith, you’ll find docu items that are in their beginning stages to being moments away from their film festival berth. Like any such list, we can expect film items to fluctuate in ranking, with the cut-off being publicly items — such recent examples include Laura Poitras’s white hot Edward Snowden project,...
- 10/23/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (Awfj), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, announced seven nominees for a special Eda award, created to celebrate Pov’s 25th anniversary. The winner will be announced at Pov’s 26th-season launch party at its headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Thursday, June 6, 2013.
With this Eda award, the Awfj will honor the best female-directed film from the curated program MoMA Selects: Pov, a 25th Anniversary Retrospective, presented at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in February and March of 2013. A jury of five Awfj members selected the nominees.
The nominees are Better This World (directors: Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway), Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter(director: Deborah Hoffmann), Dark Circle (directors: Judy Irving, Christopher Beaver), The Education of Shelby Knox (directors:Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt), Granito:...
With this Eda award, the Awfj will honor the best female-directed film from the curated program MoMA Selects: Pov, a 25th Anniversary Retrospective, presented at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in February and March of 2013. A jury of five Awfj members selected the nominees.
The nominees are Better This World (directors: Kelly Duane de la Vega, Katie Galloway), Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter(director: Deborah Hoffmann), Dark Circle (directors: Judy Irving, Christopher Beaver), The Education of Shelby Knox (directors:Marion Lipschutz, Rose Rosenblatt), Granito:...
- 5/30/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Los Angeles and New York – The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have launched their call for submissions for the 2013 WGA Documentary Screenplay Award, honoring outstanding achievement in documentary feature writing. Submissions for the WGA’s top doc writing award may be received from August 20 through November 16, 2012. WGA Documentary Screenplay nominees will be announced on January 3, 2013, as well as Original and Adapted Screenplay nominees. The WGA Documentary Screenplay Award will be presented, along with other film, TV, new media, radio, news, and videogame award categories, at the 2013 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2013, at simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City. First presented in 2005 to spotlight the writer’s primary role in documentary filmmaking’s collaborative creative process, previous WGA Documentary Screenplay Award recipients have included writer-directors Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me in 2005), two-time WGA winner Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room...
- 8/20/2012
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
I'm only just now catching up with this year's edition of De Filmkrant's best-known project, Slow Criticism 2012, for which editor Dana Linssen has invented a new game: "It is called The Other Side(s) of the World and includes a lot of cinephile Wanderlust and cybernetic travel schedules. With the kind assistance of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (that made the films available trough a preview stream) we have assembled a dossier with reviews of most of the premieres in the Bright Future section. Playing along were film critics from all over the world who embarked on a virtual journey to see a film that came from a country or film culture that was as far from their current location as possible. Or was it?"
Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López launch this collection of journeys with an essay on the "intimate connection between cinephilia and travel," in which they...
Adrian Martin and Cristina Álvarez López launch this collection of journeys with an essay on the "intimate connection between cinephilia and travel," in which they...
- 2/20/2012
- MUBI
Chicago – The Writers Guild of America announced their selections of the top writing for film, television, news, radio, video games, and new media last night, and the top prizes went to some familiar faces from this award season.
Woody Allen’s original screenplay for “Midnight in Paris” and Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash’s adapted screenplay for “The Descendants” took home the top prizes of the evening, while Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega’s screenplay for the documentary “Better This World” took home the third and final writing award for film.
In the television categories, “Breaking Bad” was awarded the award for best writing in a drama series, while “Modern Family” won the comedy series writing award. “Homeland” received the award for best writing in a new series. All of these shows also won big for episodic awards as Steve Levitan and Jeffrey Richman won...
Woody Allen’s original screenplay for “Midnight in Paris” and Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash’s adapted screenplay for “The Descendants” took home the top prizes of the evening, while Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega’s screenplay for the documentary “Better This World” took home the third and final writing award for film.
In the television categories, “Breaking Bad” was awarded the award for best writing in a drama series, while “Modern Family” won the comedy series writing award. “Homeland” received the award for best writing in a new series. All of these shows also won big for episodic awards as Steve Levitan and Jeffrey Richman won...
- 2/20/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Well you don't have to tell me twice, after Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash were awarded the USC Libraries Scripter Award on Saturday I got a feeling the Writers Guild would be going the same way, and just that has happened. Last night the WGA awarded The Descendants for Best Adapted Screenplay while also awarding Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris for Best Original Screenplay. As a result I have had to change my Oscar predictions in the Best Adapted Screenplay category as it would appear all heat was on the adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings's novel and not on Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian's script for Moneyball. You can see those updated predictions right here. In the Original category I have had Allen's script at the top since the beginning and I see no reason to change that now. Granted, The Artist is expected to...
- 2/20/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Descendants, Breaking Bad, and the other winners for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. The 64th Annual Writers Guild Awards is “a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different Us labor unions: The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae), representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi. The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw), representing TV and film writers in Hollywood and southern California.”
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards winners is below.
Screen Winners
Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Adapted Screenplay:The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings; Fox Searchlight
Documentary Screenplay: Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
Television Winners
Drama Series: Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison,...
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards winners is below.
Screen Winners
Original Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Adapted Screenplay:The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings; Fox Searchlight
Documentary Screenplay: Better This World, Written by Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega; Loteria Films
Television Winners
Drama Series: Breaking Bad, Written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison,...
- 2/20/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled the winners of their WGA Awards. Woody Allen won for "Midnight in Paris" in the Original Screenplay category, and Alexander Payne, Nat Faxos and Jim Rash won for "The Descendants" in the Adapted Screenplay category. Meanwhile, "Homeland" won Best New TV Series and ABC's "Modern Family" won Best Comedy TV Series. In the video game department, "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" won in the Video Game category. Check out the full list of nominees and winners (marked in red) from the film categories. Original Screenplay: * Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) * 50/50 (Will Reiser) * Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig) * Win Win (Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni) * Young Adult (Diablo Cody) Adapted Screenplay: * The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Steven Zaillian) * The Help (Tate Taylor) * Hugo (John Logan) * Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin) Documentary Screenplay: * Better This World (Katie Galloway,...
- 2/20/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Woody Allen has been nominated for an astonishing 20 Writers Guild Awards, winning four times, each for Best Original Screenplay: Annie Hall (with Marshall Brickman, 1977), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). The first movie starred Allen's muse of the '70s, Diane Keaton; the other three featured Allen's muse of the '80s and early '90s, Mia Farrow. Though museless since his three efforts starring Scarlett Johansson, earlier this evening Allen won his fifth WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay: for Midnight in Paris, a comedy-drama fantasy featuring Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, and Michael Sheen, among others. Midnight in Paris is perhaps Allen's best-received film since Bullets Over Broadway (1994), and sold more tickets than any other Woody Allen movie since Hannah and Her Sisters 25 years ago. [List of WGA motion picture winners/nominations.] The Best Adapted Screenplay...
- 2/20/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has announced the winners of the WGA Awards for outstanding achievement in writing. In the Screenplay category, "Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen, took home the Original Screenplay award while "The Descendants," written by Alexander Payne, and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming, received the Best Adapted Screenplay award.
Winners of the WGA awards were announced Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale served as hosts of the ceremony.
Here is the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 WGA Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
*** (Winner) Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
Winners of the WGA awards were announced Sunday, Feb. 19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Zooey Deschanel and Joel McHale served as hosts of the ceremony.
Here is the full list of winners (highlighted) and nominees of the 2012 WGA Awards (to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
*** (Winner) Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Midnight in Paris and The Descendants, along with Showtime’s Homeland and ABC’s Modern Family, were among the big winners at the annual Writers Guild Awards, held Sunday at ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City. The WGA honors achievement in writing for screen, television, radio, and news, among for other forms.
The night’s big winners were:
Original Screenplay Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen
Adapted Screenplay The Descendants, screenplay by by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Documentary Screenplay Better This World, written by Katie Galloway...
The night’s big winners were:
Original Screenplay Midnight in Paris, written by Woody Allen
Adapted Screenplay The Descendants, screenplay by by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Documentary Screenplay Better This World, written by Katie Galloway...
- 2/20/2012
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside Movies
"Homeland," "Breaking Bad" and "Modern Family" each won two honors Sunday (Feb. 19) at the Writers Guild of America Awards.
On the film side, the scripts for "The Descendants" and "Midnight in Paris" earned awards from the guild. The WGA gave Laurel Awards -- for writers who have "advanced the literature" of movies or television -- to "Forrest Gump" and "The Insider" scribe Eric Roth for film and to "thirtysomething" and "Once and Again" creators Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for television.
Here's the complete list of winners.
Television
Drama series: "Breaking Bad"
Comedy series: "Modern Family"
New series: "Homeland"
Episodic drama (tie): "Box Cutter" ("Breaking Bad"), written by Vince Gilligan; and "The Good Soldier" ("Homeland"), written by Henry Bromell
Episodic comedy: "Caught in the Act" ("Modern Family"), written by Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman
Long form - original: "Cinema Verite," written by David Seltzer
Long form - adapted: "Too Big to Fail,...
On the film side, the scripts for "The Descendants" and "Midnight in Paris" earned awards from the guild. The WGA gave Laurel Awards -- for writers who have "advanced the literature" of movies or television -- to "Forrest Gump" and "The Insider" scribe Eric Roth for film and to "thirtysomething" and "Once and Again" creators Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz for television.
Here's the complete list of winners.
Television
Drama series: "Breaking Bad"
Comedy series: "Modern Family"
New series: "Homeland"
Episodic drama (tie): "Box Cutter" ("Breaking Bad"), written by Vince Gilligan; and "The Good Soldier" ("Homeland"), written by Henry Bromell
Episodic comedy: "Caught in the Act" ("Modern Family"), written by Steven Levitan and Jeffrey Richman
Long form - original: "Cinema Verite," written by David Seltzer
Long form - adapted: "Too Big to Fail,...
- 2/20/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Yeah, yeah, we know — the 2012 awards race has been more predictable than a card game between a professional and a fish, but take some solace in the knowledge that this whole affair will end in seven days. That feels inordinately good.
Before the Oscars, though, there’s at least one more ceremony that needs to take place: the WGA (Writers Guild of America, natch) Awards, which were handed out this very evening in Los Angeles. True to the season’s spirit, the two narrative winners ended up being selections that — regardless of quality, personal opinion, or politics — make you utter, “Of course that won.”
With The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash won over The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, and Moneyball; Woody Allen, meanwhile, won Adapted Screenplay for Midnight in Paris, beating out 50/50, Bridesmaids, Win Win, and Young Adult.
In the documentary portion (don...
Before the Oscars, though, there’s at least one more ceremony that needs to take place: the WGA (Writers Guild of America, natch) Awards, which were handed out this very evening in Los Angeles. True to the season’s spirit, the two narrative winners ended up being selections that — regardless of quality, personal opinion, or politics — make you utter, “Of course that won.”
With The Descendants, Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash won over The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Help, Hugo, and Moneyball; Woody Allen, meanwhile, won Adapted Screenplay for Midnight in Paris, beating out 50/50, Bridesmaids, Win Win, and Young Adult.
In the documentary portion (don...
- 2/20/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Marion Cotillard, Alison Pill, Owen Wilson, Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, Tate Taylor: WGA Award Winners Original Screenplay 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios * Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures Adapted Screenplay * The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures Moneyball,...
- 2/20/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Alexander Payne, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon and Woody Allen took home the big screenplay prizes at the Writers Guild of America awards Sunday, for writing The Descendants and Midnight in Paris, respectively. The big winners on the TV side included the writing staff of Modern Family for comedy series and Breaking Bad for drama series. Photos: Behind the Scenes of THR's Writer Roundtable 2011 Homeland won for writing on a new series and The Colbert Report took the award for comedy/variety series. Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega won the documentary screenplay award forBetter This World. The
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- 2/19/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has unveiled the nominees for their upcoming WGA awards in the categories of original screenplay, adapted screenplay and documentary screenplay. Just like every year, plenty of films are not eligible for the awards. This time, "The Artist," "Beginners" and several others are not being considered. Check out the full list of the movies that made the cut below. The winners will be announced on February 19th, during simultaneous award ceremonies in Hollywood and New York. Original Screenplay: * 50/50 (Will Reiser) * Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig) * Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) * Win Win (Tom McCarthy, Joe Tiboni) * Young Adult (Diablo Cody) Adapted Screenplay: * The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Steven Zaillian) * The Help (Tate Taylor) * Hugo (John Logan) * Moneyball (Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin) Documentary Screenplay: * Better This World (Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega) * If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front...
- 1/6/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
Midnight in Paris, Young Adult, and the other nominations for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards have been announced. The 64th Annual Writers Guild Awards is “a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different Us labor unions: The Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae), representing TV and film writers East of the Mississippi. The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw), representing TV and film writers in Hollywood and southern California.” The 2012 Writers Guild Awards will be held on February 19, 2012.
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
The full listing of the 2012 Writers Guild Awards nominations is below.
Screenplay Nominees
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Pictures
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne...
- 1/6/2012
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
The Writers Guild Awards is a precursor and an indicator of what scripts you can expect to see at the Academy Awards. Every year sees its share of surprises, snubs, terrible and obvious (sometimes together) choices. This year Young Adult, The Descendants, 50/50, and Bridesmaids are all nominated for awards. However, films like The Artist are getting snubs. But before you can say that the movie had no dialogue, it did have a script, therefore it was possible that it could have been nominated.
The nominations for Original Screenplay are spot on, but it’s a few of the Adapted Screenplays I don’t agree with. While The Help did provide some excellent performances, I can’t say too many good things about the script itself. I am still on the fence with the script for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Check out the list of nominees for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards below.
The nominations for Original Screenplay are spot on, but it’s a few of the Adapted Screenplays I don’t agree with. While The Help did provide some excellent performances, I can’t say too many good things about the script itself. I am still on the fence with the script for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Check out the list of nominees for the 2012 Writers Guild Awards below.
- 1/5/2012
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
The Writers Guild of America has revealed their 2012 nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting for 2011. Winners will be crowned at the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19. Two ceremonies will take place simultaneously at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City.
And the nominees are:
Original Screenplay
"50/50," Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
"Bridesmaids," Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
"Midnight in Paris," Written...
And the nominees are:
Original Screenplay
"50/50," Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
"Bridesmaids," Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
"Midnight in Paris," Written...
- 1/5/2012
- Extra
The best original screenplays of 2011, according to the Writers Guild of America, were comedies -- or at least spiked with healthy doses of humor.
You could argue whether Diablo Cody's "Young Adult" is really a comedy or a drama with some funny parts, but her WGA peers have judged it one of the best of the year. The other original screenplay nominees -- "50/50," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris" and "Win Win" -- also lean toward laughs.
The adapted screenplay nominees, on the other hand, are all dramas, including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Help."
The full list of films nominated for the 2012 WGA Awards is below. The TV nominees, which were announced in December, are here.
Original screenplay
"50/50," written by Will Reiser
"Bridesmaids," written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
"Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen
"Win Win," screenplay by Tom McCarthy, story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult,...
You could argue whether Diablo Cody's "Young Adult" is really a comedy or a drama with some funny parts, but her WGA peers have judged it one of the best of the year. The other original screenplay nominees -- "50/50," "Bridesmaids," "Midnight in Paris" and "Win Win" -- also lean toward laughs.
The adapted screenplay nominees, on the other hand, are all dramas, including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" and "The Help."
The full list of films nominated for the 2012 WGA Awards is below. The TV nominees, which were announced in December, are here.
Original screenplay
"50/50," written by Will Reiser
"Bridesmaids," written by Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig
"Midnight in Paris," written by Woody Allen
"Win Win," screenplay by Tom McCarthy, story by Tom McCarthy and Joe Tiboni
"Young Adult,...
- 1/5/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Pencils down!
The Writer's Guild of America has announced its nominees for the year's best screenplays, and Oscar dark horse "Bridesmaids" continues to pick up awards season steam after netting a nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Meanwhile, not unlike the director's films themselves, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" keeps chugging with understated distinction among a playing field of more colorful candidates as it squares off against not just "Bridesmaids," but "50/50," "Win Win" and "Young Adult."
In general, this year's Original Screenplay competition seems largely comprised of up-and-comers, or at the very least, folks who are still largely outside the traditional Hollywood crowd.
"50/50" marks scribe Will Reiser's first produced screenplay, and even though Tom McCarthy contributed to the script for "Up" and previously wrote and directed his first two features, "Win Win" is an art house rather than commercial triumph. At the same time, the independent circuit is where...
The Writer's Guild of America has announced its nominees for the year's best screenplays, and Oscar dark horse "Bridesmaids" continues to pick up awards season steam after netting a nod for Best Original Screenplay.
Meanwhile, not unlike the director's films themselves, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" keeps chugging with understated distinction among a playing field of more colorful candidates as it squares off against not just "Bridesmaids," but "50/50," "Win Win" and "Young Adult."
In general, this year's Original Screenplay competition seems largely comprised of up-and-comers, or at the very least, folks who are still largely outside the traditional Hollywood crowd.
"50/50" marks scribe Will Reiser's first produced screenplay, and even though Tom McCarthy contributed to the script for "Up" and previously wrote and directed his first two features, "Win Win" is an art house rather than commercial triumph. At the same time, the independent circuit is where...
- 1/5/2012
- by Todd Gilchrist
- NextMovie
Award nominations from the major guilds are always the best indicators of possible nomations for Oscars. Earlier this week we saw the Producers Guild choices [1], and now we've got the Writers Guild of America nominations [2] for achievement in 2011. Steven Zaillian scored two nominations (for Moneyball and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) and Woody Allen got his 20th WGA nomination for Midnight in Paris. The full nomination list is after the break. What you'll likely notice isn't so much what is nominated as what is not. While there are some films that people will be very happy to see on the lists (almost the entire 'original screenplay' lineup, for instance) there are also quite a few great films and recent awards faves that didn't make the cut, such as The Artist, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beginners, and more. (Edit: I always forget about some of the eligibility requirements for some...
- 1/5/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph in Paul Feig's Bridesmaids Steven Spielberg/War Horse, Stephen Daldry/Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close Out: WGA Nominations Original Screenplay 50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures Adapted Screenplay The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, originally published by Norstedts; Columbia Pictures The Help, Screenplay by Tate Taylor; Based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett; DreamWorks Pictures Hugo, Screenplay by John Logan; Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick; Paramount Pictures Moneyball,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Comedy might not get an respect from the Oscars, but writers love to laugh, judging from the Writers Guild Awards nominations announced today. All five nominees for Original Screenplay were comedies, led by Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris and Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig’s Bridesmaids. Toss in Tate Taylor’s The Help and The Descendants from Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, and you have an awards slate connected by a common funny bone. Another Oscar favorite with a sense of humor, The Artist, didn’t make the cut, though likely only because it was ineligible (as was The Iron Lady,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced their nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2011 today and comedies ruled the day in the Original Screenplay category and I don't see many surprises in the Original Screenplay category, though these nominations should always be looked at with one thing in mind... The WGA only recognizes screenplays written by WGA members or under productions that are signatories to the guild's Minimum Basic Agreement. What does that mean? Well, as Kris Tapley at HitFix indicated back in early December, screenplays in the original category that didn't qualify for consideration included The Artist, Beginners, The Iron Lady, The Lady, Like Crazy, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Melancholia, Rango, Shame and Take Shelter. As for adapted contenders, scripts for Albert Nobbs, Carnage, Drive, Jane Eyre, My Week with Marilyn, Sarah's Key, The Skin I Live In and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy were all ineligible for nomination.
- 1/5/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
HollywoodNews.com: The Writers Guild of America, West (Wgaw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (Wgae) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in writing for the screen during 2011. Winners will be honored at the 2012 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, 2012, during simultaneous ceremonies in Hollywood and New York.
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Diablo Cody receiving her “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the Hollywood Film Awards last October.
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson,...
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win, Screenplay by Tom McCarthy; Story by Tom McCarthy & Joe Tiboni; Fox Searchlight
Young Adult, Written by Diablo Cody; Paramount Pictures
Diablo Cody receiving her “Hollywood Screenwriter Award” at the Hollywood Film Awards last October.
Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants, Screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash; Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemming; Fox Searchlight
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian; Based on the novel by Stieg Larsson,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
The big guild nominations are underway, giving light to the likely Oscar nominations set for unveiling later this month. We’ve covered Producers and Art Directors, and now the Writers Guild of America have released their nominations. One of the biggest snubs in terms of Oscar favorites was War Horse in the adapted category, but 50/50, Bridesmaids, Young Adult and Win Win have all been cemented as Oscars contenders when it comes to original screenplay. It is surprising to see Steven Zaillian‘s poor adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo get some love, but I believe the adapted screenplay Oscar will easily go to Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash for The Descendants. Check out all the noms below via THR.
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
Original Screenplay
50/50, Written by Will Reiser; Summit Entertainment
Bridesmaids, Written by Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig; Universal Studios
Midnight in Paris, Written by Woody Allen; Sony Pictures Classics
Win Win,...
- 1/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Patricio Guzmán's "Nostalgia for the Light" was the big winner at the 2011 International Documentary Association (Ida) Awards receiving the Best Feature trophy. Here's the full list of winners:
Career Achievement Award
Les Blank
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award
Danfung Dennis
Best Feature Award
"Nostalgia For The Light"
Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán
Producer: Renate Sachse
Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films
Best Short Award
"Poster Girl"
Director/Producer: Sara Nesson
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Mitchell Block
Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO)
Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman
Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films
Best Limited Series Award
"Boomtown"
Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver
Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin
Producer: Kevin Vargas
Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green
Best Continuing Series Award
"Pov"
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive...
Career Achievement Award
Les Blank
Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award
Danfung Dennis
Best Feature Award
"Nostalgia For The Light"
Director/Writer: Patricio Guzmán
Producer: Renate Sachse
Atacama Productions (France), Blinker Filmproduction GmbH and Wdr (Germany), and Cronomedia Ltda. (Chile), Icarus Films
Best Short Award
"Poster Girl"
Director/Producer: Sara Nesson
Executive Producer: Sheila Nevins (HBO)
Producer: Mitchell Block
Supervising Producer: Sara Bernstein (HBO)
Consulting Producer: Ross Kauffman
Portrayal Films, Inc. in association with HBO Documentary Films
Best Limited Series Award
"Boomtown"
Executive Producer/Director: Rachel Libert
Executive Producers: Josh Braun, Ken Druckerman, Susannah Ludwig, Banks Tarver
Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Galkin
Producer: Kevin Vargas
Left/Right Inc., Discovery Channel- Planet Green
Best Continuing Series Award
"Pov"
Executive Producer: Simon Kilmurry
Co-Executive...
- 12/11/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
At last night’s 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life split the Best Feature prize, closing a night filled with shocking outcomes that included the films with the most nominations, The Descendants and Martha Marcy May Marlene, getting shut out.
Along with the eight awards handed out, see full list of winners below, there were also sightings by some of the most respected talents working today, including Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch, Christopher Plummer and the co-hosts for the night Oliver Platt and Edie Falco.
In addition, career tribute awards were handed out to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, Tom Rothman and David Cronenberg.
Read news, features and reviews on many of the winners and nominees at our dedicated Gothams Awards page.
2011 Gotham Award winners:
Best Feature: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick and Beginners, directed by Mike Mills
Best Documentary: Better This World,...
Along with the eight awards handed out, see full list of winners below, there were also sightings by some of the most respected talents working today, including Tilda Swinton, Jim Jarmusch, Christopher Plummer and the co-hosts for the night Oliver Platt and Edie Falco.
In addition, career tribute awards were handed out to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, Tom Rothman and David Cronenberg.
Read news, features and reviews on many of the winners and nominees at our dedicated Gothams Awards page.
2011 Gotham Award winners:
Best Feature: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick and Beginners, directed by Mike Mills
Best Documentary: Better This World,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
I hate ties when it comes to handing out awards, especially if you're going to hold an actual awards show. What's the point in declaring the best of something if you can't determine what the best is? That said, I guess it can be looked at as something of a surprise when the 21st annual Gotham Independent Awards hand Best Feature to The Tree of Life and Beginners considering I think most felt The Descendants had it in the bag. And yet, that's not the end of the surprises. Beginners also scored Best Ensemble over the likes of The Descendants and Margin Call, both of which have been praised for their ensemble performances. The buzz this generates for Beginners should certainly help it on its way through Oscar season, hopefully keeping Christopher Plummer's supporting performance a front-runner for Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars. Breakthrough Actor is a bit...
- 11/29/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
While the reviews for Beginners were almost all positive, very few people have had a chance to see the film. I myself watch over 100 new releases each year and it still took me a few months to catch up on the movie. I finally got around to seeing Beginners this week and called it the most overlooked film of 2011. I guess I can no longer say this. Last night, the Gotham Independent Film Awards surprised everyone with a tie for Best Feature Film with Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life taking the top prize. Who would have ever guessed?
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
- 11/29/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
"The Tree of Life" and "Beginners" emerged as the big winners for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards. "The Descendants" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene" led the pack with three nominations each but in the end, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and Mike Mills' "Beginners" ruled the night.
Related Posts:
Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
Related Posts:
Ewan McGregor interview for "Beginners" right here
Mike Mills interview for "Beginners right here
The Gotham Independent Film Awards officially kicks off the 2011-12 award season which of course, leads to the granddaddy of the awards season, the Academy Awards!
Hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt, the Gotham Awards also gave career tributes to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman.
"Beginners" also took home the Best Ensemble Performance Award, "Better This World" won Best Documentary, Dee Rees who gave us the wonderful "Pariah" won Breakthrough Director, Felicity Jones for "Like Crazy" won Breakthrough Actor,...
- 11/29/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
What an odd way to open this year's awards season: Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life and Mike Mills's Beginners have tied for Best Feature at Monday night's Gotham Independent Film Awards, though I suppose one could say that Beginners came out of the evening with a slight edge in that it's also taken the Best Ensemble prize. The other films nominated for Best Feature were Jeff Nichols's Take Shelter, Alexander Payne's The Descendants and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff.
Best Ensemble Performance: Beginners (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos). Also nominated: The Descendants (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel), Margin Call (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi), Martha Marcy May Marlene (Elizabeth Olsen,...
Best Ensemble Performance: Beginners (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos). Also nominated: The Descendants (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel), Margin Call (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi), Martha Marcy May Marlene (Elizabeth Olsen,...
- 11/29/2011
- MUBI
Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Beginners The 2011 Gotham Awards were full of surprises: Favorites didn't win; winners' speeches were often interesting, humorous, and/or moving; and some of the jokes were quite funny. (Not every joke was funny, though. "That's a switch, the banks bailing us out," actress Judy Greer told a representative of the Royal Bank of Canada, who, following a pro-bank speech/promo, handed a check to the winning filmmaker of the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.) Now, despite its three nominations and all the Oscar buzz for filmmaker Alexander Payne and star George Clooney, The Descendants didn't win any awards. That was the biggest surprise of the evening. It's as if the Gotham voters this year were making a point of distancing themselves from obvious Oscar bait. Or perhaps they just didn't find Payne's movie all that great. In the Best Feature category, The Descendants...
- 11/29/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Gotham Awards mark the unofficial beginning of awards season so it's actually kind of appropriate that the big winner at this year's Gothams was a movie called "Beginners." Mike Mills' autobiographical story of a dying father and his grieving son scored two awards at tonight's Gotham Awards: one for Best Ensemble Performance and one for Best Film. In an usual twist, "Beginners"' Best Film award was actually shared with another movie, Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life." The oh-so-rare awards season tie was a result of the way the Gothams use small juries of filmmakers and industry professionals rather than a large body of voters to select their winners. According to indieWIRE, the Best Film jurors deliberated for two and a half hours before finally settling on the cinematic equivalent of a hung jury.
In general, it was a night of many surprises at the show.
In general, it was a night of many surprises at the show.
- 11/29/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
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