Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday (March 27), returning to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosted the event, which marked the first time in four years the show has had a host/s and brought to a close a long awards season in which many ceremonies and events had to be rescheduled during the Omicron surge.
Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
The 94th Academy Awards took place on Sunday (March 27), returning to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes co-hosted the event, which marked the first time in four years the show has had a host/s and brought to a close a long awards season in which many ceremonies and events had to be rescheduled during the Omicron surge.
Coda took home best picture on a night where the big prizes were spread out amongst several titles.
- 3/28/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Best Picture
Coda
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Actor
Will Smith – King Richard
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur – Coda
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jesse Plemons...
Coda
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
West Side Story
Best Actor
Will Smith – King Richard
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – Tick, Tick… Boom!
Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penelope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting Actor
Troy Kotsur – Coda
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Jesse Plemons...
- 3/28/2022
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours.
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
- 3/27/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours.
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
- 3/27/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours.
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
- 3/27/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours.
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
The 94th Academy Awards takes place this evening (March 27) and returns to Dolby Theatre in Hollywood under tight Covid protocols.
The ceremony starts at 5pm Pt/8pm Et (1am Monday morning UK time) and is expected to run for three hours. It will be broadcast live on ABC.
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes are co-hosting the event, which marks the first time in four years since a host graced the stage and brings to a close a...
- 3/27/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
After a long-haul awards season, the 94th annual Academy Awards are finally upon us. Hollywood’s biggest night will see Oscar statues doled out across 24 categories — though eight of those honors will, controversially, be handed out in the hour before the ceremony officially starts at 8 p.m. Pt.
Tonight will mark a moment of redemption for many of the most dogged Oscar campaigners, who’ve been on the awards circuit since the fall of 2021. The telecast this year features three hosts: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer.
Plus, they’re joined by a variety of musical guests including Beyonce (“King Richard”), Billie Eilish and Finneas (“No Time to Die”), Reba McEntire (“Four Good Days”), and Sebastián Yatra (“Encanto”), among other musical guests. Plus, the Academy has assembled an “all-star band” featuring the likes of blink-182 drummer and “The Kardashians” star Travis Barker, percussionist and singer Sheila E., and genre-spanning pianist Robert Glasper.
Tonight will mark a moment of redemption for many of the most dogged Oscar campaigners, who’ve been on the awards circuit since the fall of 2021. The telecast this year features three hosts: Wanda Sykes, Regina Hall, and Amy Schumer.
Plus, they’re joined by a variety of musical guests including Beyonce (“King Richard”), Billie Eilish and Finneas (“No Time to Die”), Reba McEntire (“Four Good Days”), and Sebastián Yatra (“Encanto”), among other musical guests. Plus, the Academy has assembled an “all-star band” featuring the likes of blink-182 drummer and “The Kardashians” star Travis Barker, percussionist and singer Sheila E., and genre-spanning pianist Robert Glasper.
- 3/27/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
This year’s race for Best Documentary Short looks like it has a clear front-runner. Based on our combined racetrack odds, “The Queen of Basketball” is the one to beat on Sunday night. These odds are derived from the predictions made by Expert film industry journalists, Gold Derby Editors, our Top 24 Users, and thousands of Derbyites the world over.
But could another film dethrone “The Queen”? What else could take it down? Let’s take a closer look into this category and examine all five nominees in order of their odds as of this writing.
SEEBen Proudfoot (‘The Queen of Basketball’) describes finding a treasure trove of Lucy Harris footage at Delta State [Exclusive Video Interview]
“The Queen of Basketball” (odds of winning: 16/5)
The film examines the life of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, who led the Delta State University women’s basketball team to three championships and became the first woman ever drafted by an NBA team.
But could another film dethrone “The Queen”? What else could take it down? Let’s take a closer look into this category and examine all five nominees in order of their odds as of this writing.
SEEBen Proudfoot (‘The Queen of Basketball’) describes finding a treasure trove of Lucy Harris footage at Delta State [Exclusive Video Interview]
“The Queen of Basketball” (odds of winning: 16/5)
The film examines the life of Lusia “Lucy” Harris, who led the Delta State University women’s basketball team to three championships and became the first woman ever drafted by an NBA team.
- 3/25/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Documentary Short
Updated: March 24, 2022
Awards Prediction Commentary:
Three Netflix films manage to make the cut – Matthew Ogens’ “Audible,...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
Link to television awards is atTHE Emmys Hub
2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Documentary Short
Updated: March 24, 2022
Awards Prediction Commentary:
Three Netflix films manage to make the cut – Matthew Ogens’ “Audible,...
- 3/24/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
When the initial announcement was made that eight categories would be pre-taped and then edited into the 2022 Oscars broadcast, we all knew the short film categories — Best Documentary Short, Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short — would be the first on the chopping block. While these projects are the least seen of all the Oscar nominees, the categories have given us some amazing moments over the years. So rather than wallow in our sadness about not seeing these doled out live, let’s take a look back at five of the best speeches from past Best Documentary Short winners. Hopefully the academy realizes soon that the short categories are something special and should be left alone.
As a reminder, the five Best Documentary Short nominees at the 2022 Oscars are: “Audible” (Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean), “Lead Me Home” (Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk), “The Queen of Basketball” (Ben Proudfoot...
As a reminder, the five Best Documentary Short nominees at the 2022 Oscars are: “Audible” (Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean), “Lead Me Home” (Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk), “The Queen of Basketball” (Ben Proudfoot...
- 3/24/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
If you typically fill out your Oscar ballots after consulting with the predictions of Gold Derby’s Experts, you may have noticed something unique this year. In exactly two of the 23 categories — Best Actress and Best Documentary Short — all of the nominees have the support of at least one of our Experts from major media outlets. Are these races still too close to call? The other 21 categories at the 2022 Oscars are less scattershot and feature at least one nominee with zero Experts predicting it to win.
See 2022 Oscar nominations: Full list of nominees in all 23 categories at the 94th Academy Awards
For Best Actress, a leading 17 of 24 Experts predict a victory for Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), who recently cleaned up at the Critics Choice and SAG Awards for her role as televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Despite only being nominated twice before at the Academy Awards, for “The Help...
See 2022 Oscar nominations: Full list of nominees in all 23 categories at the 94th Academy Awards
For Best Actress, a leading 17 of 24 Experts predict a victory for Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”), who recently cleaned up at the Critics Choice and SAG Awards for her role as televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Despite only being nominated twice before at the Academy Awards, for “The Help...
- 3/17/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“We are artisans and this is our moment,” says Carter Pilcher.
UK-based ShortsTV’s theatrical release of the short film Oscar nominees is closing in on $1.5m after three weekends in North American cinemas as the company’s founder and CEO said the Academy’s telecast plans creates a “second tier” of awards.
Carter Pilcher, who serves as a member of the Academy’s short films and feature animation branch, said the release of the live-action, animated and documentary shorts showcase had reached $1.3m and hopes over the course of a four-week run to overtake the $1.5m achieved in 2021.
The...
UK-based ShortsTV’s theatrical release of the short film Oscar nominees is closing in on $1.5m after three weekends in North American cinemas as the company’s founder and CEO said the Academy’s telecast plans creates a “second tier” of awards.
Carter Pilcher, who serves as a member of the Academy’s short films and feature animation branch, said the release of the live-action, animated and documentary shorts showcase had reached $1.3m and hopes over the course of a four-week run to overtake the $1.5m achieved in 2021.
The...
- 3/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“We are artisans and this is our moment,” says Carter Pilcher.
UK-based ShortsTV’s theatrical release of the short film Oscar nominees is closing in on $1.5m after three weekends in North American cinemas as the company’s founder and CEO has spoken out against the Academy’s telecast plans.
Carter Pilcher, who serves as a member of the Academy’s short films and feature animation branch, said the release of the live-action, animated and documentary shorts showcase had reached $1.3m and hopes over the course of a four-week run to overtake the $1.5m achieved in 2021.
The showcase grossed around...
UK-based ShortsTV’s theatrical release of the short film Oscar nominees is closing in on $1.5m after three weekends in North American cinemas as the company’s founder and CEO has spoken out against the Academy’s telecast plans.
Carter Pilcher, who serves as a member of the Academy’s short films and feature animation branch, said the release of the live-action, animated and documentary shorts showcase had reached $1.3m and hopes over the course of a four-week run to overtake the $1.5m achieved in 2021.
The showcase grossed around...
- 3/16/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
When the Oscars take place on March 27, one of the directors in this year’s crop of nominees for Best Documentary Short will receive their Academy Award in a pretaped ceremony, with their acceptance speech edited into a telecast in a move to trim the telecast to under three hours.
Though the filmmakers told TheWrap at its annual Oscar doc showcase at the Landmark Los Angeles they were dismayed by the move like so many others in the Academy, they feel optimistic about the future of documentary short films as the projects become more accessible.
“The short doc has the lowest barrier of entry to all forms of cinema,” said Ben Proudfoot, director of “The Queen of Basketball.”
“As we think about making the film industry more diverse, more viable, more international… I think the short doc is the most exciting corner of cinema. Frankly, regardless of how the telecast is produced,...
Though the filmmakers told TheWrap at its annual Oscar doc showcase at the Landmark Los Angeles they were dismayed by the move like so many others in the Academy, they feel optimistic about the future of documentary short films as the projects become more accessible.
“The short doc has the lowest barrier of entry to all forms of cinema,” said Ben Proudfoot, director of “The Queen of Basketball.”
“As we think about making the film industry more diverse, more viable, more international… I think the short doc is the most exciting corner of cinema. Frankly, regardless of how the telecast is produced,...
- 3/11/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
The documentary short competition has long been a prime stage for nonfiction talent, and thanks to the renewed interest of streamers and new platforms, the format is as lively as ever. This year’s nominees encompass a wide range of subjects, from female sports pioneers to homelessness, love in a warzone and childhood bullying. And don’t let the running times fool you: these docs are every bit as rigorous, inventive and heartbreaking as anything the feature competition has to offer. As nominee Jay Rosenblatt quips when asked of the advantages of the short format: “Some would say it’s harder. Mark Twain’s quote comes to mind: ‘I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.’”
Audible
Director Matt Ogens has a personal connection to the Maryland School for the Deaf — he grew up nearby, his aunt taught sign language at...
Audible
Director Matt Ogens has a personal connection to the Maryland School for the Deaf — he grew up nearby, his aunt taught sign language at...
- 3/7/2022
- by Andrew Barker
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Documentary Films has acquired the rights to Academy Award-nominated documentary short “When We Were Bullies.”
Directed by Jay Rosenblatt, the 36-minute short is a meditation of a Brooklyn schoolyard incident that occurred between the director and his fellow fifth grade classmates 50 years ago.
“When We Were Bullies” was, until now, the only Oscar nominated short docu to not have a distributor. Fellow nominee “The Queen of Basketball” was distributed by New York Times Op-Doc while Netflix is behind three of the nominated short docus: “Audible,” “Lead Me Home” and “Three Songs for Bashir.”
“When We Were Bullies” premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a jury prize.
In its tenure, HBO Documentary Films has garnered over 15 Oscars in the docu shorts category and over a dozen doc feature Academy Awards. This year “When We Were Bullies” is the division’s sole nonfiction nod.
“When We...
Directed by Jay Rosenblatt, the 36-minute short is a meditation of a Brooklyn schoolyard incident that occurred between the director and his fellow fifth grade classmates 50 years ago.
“When We Were Bullies” was, until now, the only Oscar nominated short docu to not have a distributor. Fellow nominee “The Queen of Basketball” was distributed by New York Times Op-Doc while Netflix is behind three of the nominated short docus: “Audible,” “Lead Me Home” and “Three Songs for Bashir.”
“When We Were Bullies” premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a jury prize.
In its tenure, HBO Documentary Films has garnered over 15 Oscars in the docu shorts category and over a dozen doc feature Academy Awards. This year “When We Were Bullies” is the division’s sole nonfiction nod.
“When We...
- 3/3/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The Oscar shortlists were announced Dec. 21, and for some, it was an early holiday gift, as well as marking the ramp-up of awards season as showbiz starts to hone campaigns and voters start to really survey the contours of the myriad kudos on offer.
Documentary Feature
Some 138 films were eligible for this category, with 15 making the cut, voted on by the Academy’s documentary branch, which will then determine the final nominees. Of the 15, some films were expected, such as front-runner Denmark’s “Flee,” which also made the international film shortlist (and has a good shot at an animated feature nomination). Music docs pepper the list, such as the Cannes-bowing “The Velvet Underground,” from Todd Haynes (Oscar-nommed for original screenplay for “Far From Heaven”). It explores the influential rock band and the New York City art scene that nurtured its songs. Also going into the final stretch as a frontrunner...
Documentary Feature
Some 138 films were eligible for this category, with 15 making the cut, voted on by the Academy’s documentary branch, which will then determine the final nominees. Of the 15, some films were expected, such as front-runner Denmark’s “Flee,” which also made the international film shortlist (and has a good shot at an animated feature nomination). Music docs pepper the list, such as the Cannes-bowing “The Velvet Underground,” from Todd Haynes (Oscar-nommed for original screenplay for “Far From Heaven”). It explores the influential rock band and the New York City art scene that nurtured its songs. Also going into the final stretch as a frontrunner...
- 1/7/2022
- by Carole Horst
- Variety Film + TV
Man, those short film categories can be a real hassle, can’t they? It can be really tough to try and gauge what has a chance at winning and trying to predict what will get nominated can be even more of a headache. Well Derbyites, you no longer have reason to fear as we have your back on this! We’ve reviewed the shortlist for Best Documentary Short and have provided you with descriptions of each one of the 15 finalists that you can use to help select the five that you think will get nominated in our predictions center.
“Águilas” – Tells the story of Águilas del Desierto, or the Eagles of the Desert, a non-profit organization that conducts search and rescue missions for migrants lost along the United States’s border with Mexico.
“Audible” – The football team for the Maryland School for the Deaf attempts to keep up their winning...
“Águilas” – Tells the story of Águilas del Desierto, or the Eagles of the Desert, a non-profit organization that conducts search and rescue missions for migrants lost along the United States’s border with Mexico.
“Audible” – The football team for the Maryland School for the Deaf attempts to keep up their winning...
- 12/31/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
This year’s 10 Oscar shortlists are voted on by six branches of the Academy — Music, Documentary, Animation and Shorts, VFX, Makeup and Hairstyling and, for the first time, Sound — as well as willing members from all over the world able to watch a minimum of a dozen qualifying international features. Parsing these shortlists reveals the strengths and weaknesses of Oscar contenders heading into the final round of voting for the final five nominations, which begins on Thursday, January 27, 2022, and ends on February 1, 2022. Nominations are announced on Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
With the calendar back to normal, more Oscar voters went out to screenings and theaters, although many made their selection from a wide range of movies available on the Academy portal. Back in the mix were such postponed movies as Denis Villeneuve’s day-and-date success “Dune” and Steven Spielberg’s success d’estime “West Side Story,” along with a smattering of arthouse and streaming fare.
With the calendar back to normal, more Oscar voters went out to screenings and theaters, although many made their selection from a wide range of movies available on the Academy portal. Back in the mix were such postponed movies as Denis Villeneuve’s day-and-date success “Dune” and Steven Spielberg’s success d’estime “West Side Story,” along with a smattering of arthouse and streaming fare.
- 12/21/2021
- by Anne Thompson and Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Cary Joji Fukunaga’s Bond film No Time to Die and Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune led in craft recognition today when the Academy’s shortlists for the 2022 Oscars were unveiled.
The former secured slots in the areas of Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects, with the latter preparing to compete in all of the same categories apart from Song.
Four additional studio films snagged slots in Score and Song, including Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s Disney animated pic Encanto, Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix Western The Harder They Fall and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Warner Bros. drama King Richard.
Jane Campion’s Netflix Western The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Focus pic Belfast and and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story all scored additional slots in the Sound category,...
The former secured slots in the areas of Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Sound and Visual Effects, with the latter preparing to compete in all of the same categories apart from Song.
Four additional studio films snagged slots in Score and Song, including Adam McKay’s Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s Disney animated pic Encanto, Jeymes Samuel’s Netflix Western The Harder They Fall and Reinaldo Marcus Green’s Warner Bros. drama King Richard.
Jane Campion’s Netflix Western The Power of the Dog, Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical Focus pic Belfast and and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story all scored additional slots in the Sound category,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The two Oscar frontrunners for Best Documentary Feature are safely through to the next round of voting.
Summer of Soul and Flee earned spots on the Oscar doc feature shortlist announced today, as Documentary Branch voters whittled the list of contending films from 138 qualifiers to 15 [see full lists below].
Flee, the Neon release directed by Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen, not only made the doc feature shortlist, but the shortlist for Best International Film as well, representing Denmark. That rare shortlist double was accomplished last Oscar season by the Romanian documentary Collective, and a year earlier by the North Macedonian film Honeyland (both Collective and Honeyland went on to score Oscar nominations in both categories). Flee remains in the running in a third Oscar category, Animated Feature.
Flee and Summer of Soul,...
Summer of Soul and Flee earned spots on the Oscar doc feature shortlist announced today, as Documentary Branch voters whittled the list of contending films from 138 qualifiers to 15 [see full lists below].
Flee, the Neon release directed by Danish filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen, not only made the doc feature shortlist, but the shortlist for Best International Film as well, representing Denmark. That rare shortlist double was accomplished last Oscar season by the Romanian documentary Collective, and a year earlier by the North Macedonian film Honeyland (both Collective and Honeyland went on to score Oscar nominations in both categories). Flee remains in the running in a third Oscar category, Animated Feature.
Flee and Summer of Soul,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Composers Hans Zimmer and Jonny Greenwood came in strong on the Academy’s shortlist for Best Original Score, securing two slots apiece from a total of 15. Zimmer enters the next phase of Oscars competition with his scores for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Cary Fukunaga’s Bond film No Time to Die. Greenwood, meanwhile, moves forward with his soundtracks for Jane Campion’s Western The Power of the Dog and Pablo Larraín’s Princess Diana drama, Spencer.
Zimmer is an 11-time nominee who won an Oscar for his score to The Lion King in 1995, most recently vying for gold with Christopher Nolan’s 2018 World War II drama, Dunkirk. Greenwood—who also scored Paul Thomas Anderson’s recently released Licorice Pizza—earned his first nomination that same year with Anderson’s Phantom Thread.
The only past Oscar winner in contention this year, apart from Zimmer, is Alexandre Desplat—who nabbed a slot with The French Dispatch.
Zimmer is an 11-time nominee who won an Oscar for his score to The Lion King in 1995, most recently vying for gold with Christopher Nolan’s 2018 World War II drama, Dunkirk. Greenwood—who also scored Paul Thomas Anderson’s recently released Licorice Pizza—earned his first nomination that same year with Anderson’s Phantom Thread.
The only past Oscar winner in contention this year, apart from Zimmer, is Alexandre Desplat—who nabbed a slot with The French Dispatch.
- 12/21/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The long journey to the March 27 Academy Awards just got a little bit shorter with the announcement of 10 shortlists for the following categories: International Feature Film, Documentary, Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Live-Action Short Film, Documentary Short Subject, and Animated Short Film, with Sound added to the mix this year. As in previous years, members of the Academy will select from these reduced lists of contenders in each category to pick the nominees for the 2022 Oscars. This year marked the fourth in a row the Academy released the full lineup of its shortlists on the same day.
Oscar nominations voting begins 9 a.m. Pt on Thursday, January 27. Voting ends the next week at 5 p.m. Pt on Tuesday, February 1, with nominations announced on the morning of Tuesday, February 8. At that point, we’ll see a reduction in these contenders and have the final five in each category.
Oscar nominations voting begins 9 a.m. Pt on Thursday, January 27. Voting ends the next week at 5 p.m. Pt on Tuesday, February 1, with nominations announced on the morning of Tuesday, February 8. At that point, we’ll see a reduction in these contenders and have the final five in each category.
- 12/21/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Oscars Shortlists Out: ‘No Time To Die’ And ‘Dune’ Lead Mentions; France’s Palme D’Or Winner Snubbed
The 25th James Bond film, No Time to Die, made a strong showing the shortlists released Tuesday for the 94th Oscars, with mentions in five categories to lead all films. Dune, with four mentions in the same categories except Song was close behind.
The Oscars shortlists cover 10 categories overall including Documentary Feature; International Film; Animated, Live Action, and Documentary Shorts; Makeup and Hairstyling; Music Score; Original Song; Sound; and Visual Effects.
Denmark’s Flee made the cut for both Documentary Feature and International Film. It is also eligible for Animated Feature (not a shortlisted category) this year, and should it eventually score final nominations in all three categories it will set an Oscar record for that triple play.
See all the lists below.
Although there weren’t many surprises this morning, for some the most shocking omission will likely be in International Feature,...
The Oscars shortlists cover 10 categories overall including Documentary Feature; International Film; Animated, Live Action, and Documentary Shorts; Makeup and Hairstyling; Music Score; Original Song; Sound; and Visual Effects.
Denmark’s Flee made the cut for both Documentary Feature and International Film. It is also eligible for Animated Feature (not a shortlisted category) this year, and should it eventually score final nominations in all three categories it will set an Oscar record for that triple play.
See all the lists below.
Although there weren’t many surprises this morning, for some the most shocking omission will likely be in International Feature,...
- 12/21/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has bolstered its slate of Oscar short hopefuls with the acquisition of “Three Songs for Benazir.”
Directed by Gulistan and Elizabeth Mirzaei, the 22-minute docu tells the story of Shaista, a young man who is a refugee living in modern-day Afghanistan. Newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul, Shaista struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with pressure from his father and brother to start a family.
“Three Songs for Benazir,” which is set to stream on the service in 2022, is qualified for Academy Award consideration in the documentary short category.
The directing duo, who are married and split their time between California and Afghanistan, filmed the short during a four-year period.
“We’re thrilled to add ‘Three Songs for Benazir’ to our Original Documentary Shorts slate,” says Chloe Gbai, Netflix manager,...
Directed by Gulistan and Elizabeth Mirzaei, the 22-minute docu tells the story of Shaista, a young man who is a refugee living in modern-day Afghanistan. Newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul, Shaista struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with pressure from his father and brother to start a family.
“Three Songs for Benazir,” which is set to stream on the service in 2022, is qualified for Academy Award consideration in the documentary short category.
The directing duo, who are married and split their time between California and Afghanistan, filmed the short during a four-year period.
“We’re thrilled to add ‘Three Songs for Benazir’ to our Original Documentary Shorts slate,” says Chloe Gbai, Netflix manager,...
- 12/2/2021
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
As host of NBC’s public affairs program Meet the Press, Chuck Todd generally can’t stray far from D.C. But for part of this week, anway, he’s venturing to the other coast.
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
“We’re going to Hollywood,” Todd told viewers in a promo for the Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest, a showcase of “the best issue-based documentary shorts that shed light on the most consequential issues of our time.”
“This is our fifth year. This is the first time we’re bringing it to L.A.,” Todd tells Deadline, “because basically we want to expand our aperture a little bit and let people know we’re doing this.”
The event is happening in-person today, with virtual screenings accessible online. Some of the top talent at NBC News is participating. According to a release, “NBC News correspondents and anchors, including Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Jacob Soboroff,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
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