Category: Award Season
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Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds fresh from TIFF now Canada’s 2022 Oscar bid
by Screenmancer Staff Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) fresh from a run at TIFF is now Canada’s official Oscar entry for 2022. Drunken Birds (2021) is his newest film, and since Grbovic had his first short at TIFF, a decade later the director’s work comes to rave reviews at the festival. Debut full-length feature,…
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First-timer Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s BEBA wowed at TIFF, now from NEON
New York, NY: NEON announced today it has acquired Worldwide rights to Beba, the debut film by New York Afro-Latina artist, Rebeca Huntt. The film received rave reviews at its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), being praised for its originality, inventiveness, and the urgency of Huntt’s voice. NEON will release the film,…
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Will Smith’s tennis KING RICHARD from Warner Bros. serves as AFI FEST closer
LOS ANGELES, CA: Today, the American Film Institute (AFI) announced that AFI FEST 2021 will close with Warner Bros. Pictures’ KING RICHARD, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green with cinematography by Robert Elswit (AFI Class of 1977) and starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Will Smith. Written by Zach Baylin and produced by Tim White and Trevor White’s Star…
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French connection: Salpêtrière Hospital & THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent France is the scene of an infamous tragic event, a car crash at the 13th pillar of the Pont de l’Alma tunnel and a legendary beleaguered Princess then rushed to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris around this time of year. Coincidentally, in Mélanie Laurent’s debut film, a certain ill-fated Eugénie…
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Were the 93rd Oscars really about Mogul vs Mogul?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent ‘Congratulations to Searchlight Pictures for NOMADLAND that just swept the 93rd Oscars with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress.’ You can hear the echo of the celebrations (however low-key) last night after the telecast beamed ‘round the world, online and on Zoom. But what was this Oscar year…
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Sound of excitement for NOMADLAND at 73rd DGA Awards
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Tonight the Directors Guild of America revealed the final winners of the 73rd Annual DGA Awards. First a quick look at some of the creative artists honored for the show. Enough to be nominated… And now the final cut: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series…
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SHORTSTV unspools short film Oscar noms in theaters April 2
Curated by Screenmancer Staff LOS ANGELES, CA: Said to be the world’s only short movie TV network, SHORTSTV will showcase Oscar-nominated short film releases with theatrical premiers in the Best Live Action Short, Best Animated Short and Best Documentary Short categories on April 2, in addition to Digital Premieres. (List of venues follows titles.) This…
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Nailed it: WGA Awards Noms & Winners of the 2021 LA/NY Show
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent You’re going to feel like you are at the WGA Awards 2021 show right now. Because this is a live write-cast, or on the fly coverage. And it begins at 7 pm Eastern and 4 pm Pacific (California time here), the Writers Guild Awards held their virtual ceremony from…
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Screenmancer’s Best Picture is The TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
by Screenmancer Staff We were late to view THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 from Netflix, the political party powerhouse picture penned by Aaron Sorkin, but we will not overlook the reality that it is Best Picture of the Year. We loved MANK, also a Netflix project which displays the craftsmanship and hallmarks of a…
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Apple scores first-ever Oscar noms: WOLFWALKERS, GREYHOUND
Curated by Screenmancer Staff CUPERTINO, CA: Apple today was honored with historic first Academy Award nominations for its feature films since the Apple TV+ global launch of Apple Original Films just over a year ago. The widely acclaimed “Wolfwalkers” was nominated for Best Animated Feature; and the epic war film “Greyhound,” starring and written by…
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Big Boy of Alloy: The 93rd #Oscar Noms & Oscartini Recipe FYI
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent It’s not enough that this Award Season 2021 went virtual right out of the gate due to the Pandemic? But the Academy actually decided that the foreboding Ides of March, or March 15, would be an auspicious date for the Nominations Announcement for the 93rd Oscar Presentation. Who knows…
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WGA Awards 2021: find out who is lined up to present
Curated by Screenmancer Staff Los Angeles, CA & New York, NY:The Writers Guild of America West and East today unveiled the talent line-up of presenters scheduled to appear at the 2021 Writers Guild Awards joint virtual ceremony on Sunday, March 21.In addition to this year’s show host, writer-actor-producer Kal Penn (Clarice, Kal Penn Approves this Message), presenters slated to…
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Borat, Sorkin, Ruben Santiago-Hudson & more invite you to BEYOND WORDS 2021
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis has a great gig coming up on Mar. 11 with Variety Deputy Awards and Features Editor Jenelle Riley. They will co-host the Writer’s Guild of America’s open-to-the-public virtual special BEYOND WORDS 2021. This comes as part of an insider tradition whereby the WGA…
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Just in time for The 78th Golden Globes: HFPA vs LAPC & big money?
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent Updated: Yeah, some bad blood is coming out in Hollywood, with the worst timing ever for The 78th Annual Golden Globes, at least for insiders and entertainment industry watchers. What’s this all about? Short answer: long-simmering feuds in Awardland. First the Rona, as Covid-19 is called in LA, shuts…
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LA Times HFPA story sparks clapback from LA Press Club
by Screenmancer Staff On Feb. 21, Los Angeles Times did an in-depth article on the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the “checkered” history of its Golden Globes Awards. The incendiary headline reads: “Golden Globes voters in tumult: Members accuse Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. of self-dealing, ethical lapses,” and it is a bell ringer within the…
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