Awards

Academy Picks Uber-Architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali to Design Museum of Motion Pictures

Anne Thompson — Wed, 30 May 2012 16:32:39 GMT

Clearly, one way that new Academy CEO Dawn Hudson and departing AMPAS president Tom Sherak are establishing their legacy is by pushing forward with their Academy Museum of Motion Pictures initiative...

Sony Pictures Classics Sets December 19 Date for Cannes Winner "Amour," Signals Oscar Chase

Anne Thompson — Tue, 29 May 2012 21:40:47 GMT

The big question coming out of Cannes is whether Sony Pictures Classics can push Michael's Haneke's somber end-of-life Palme d'Or winner "Amour" all the way to major category...

Cannes 2012: Best Actor Winner Mads Mikkelsen Talks Vinterberg's "The Hunt," T-Mobile Film "Move On," Playing a Psycho Husband

Matt Mueller — Sun, 27 May 2012 20:29:15 GMT

Mads Mikkelsen was in Cannes to promote two projects. The first, Competition entry, "The Hunt," marks a strong return to form for ex-Dogme practitioner Thomas Vinterberg and features a...

Cannes Film Festival Closes with Winners --and Losers

Anne Thompson — Sun, 27 May 2012 19:25:44 GMT

The Cannes Film Festival came to a rainy close with an idiosyncratic set of award winners --which as usual had more to do with the composition of the jury than what critics and media had to say...

Oscar Talk Is Back! Special Cannes Edition

Anne Thompson — Sat, 26 May 2012 01:59:00 GMT

My computer was running out of juice after hours in the Cannes Palais press room, and my headset was broken. But somehow, Kris Tapley, Guy Lodge and I reconvened for our first Oscar Talk podcast...

2013 Oscar Predictions

Peter Knegt — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:41:00 GMT

With the 2012 Oscars now just a memory, the time has come to prematurely take on next year's season. It's been an annual tradition for me to take an ignorant stab at the following...

Meryl Streep Will Present Shirley MacLaine with AFI Life Achievement Award

Maggie Lange — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:23:36 GMT

AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Meryl Streep will present Shirley MacLaine with the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award in a black tie gala held at Sony Pictures Studios in...

Iber.film.america brings Hispanic cinema to Latin Americans online

Sydney Levine — Wed, 23 May 2012 04:28:00 GMT

Fourteen films have been competing in iber.film.america, the first-ever Latin American film festival online, organized by VoD platform filmotech.com. “The aim is to bring Hispanic cinema closer...

Webby Awards: Steve Jobs Tribute, Best of the Five-Word Acceptance Speeches

Sophia Savage — Tue, 22 May 2012 21:30:31 GMT

The Webby Awards honored the best of the web (Indiewire included!), and shared a tribute video for Steve Jobs. Keeping with their acceptance-speech rule, the video features thanks from the likes of...

Global Film Initiative - One of U.S.'s Most Creative Distributors at the 65th Cannes Film Festival!

Sydney Levine — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:33:14 GMT

Susan Weeks Coulter, GFI Founder and Board Chair, is in Cannes and available to meet with filmmakers, producers and sales agents regarding projects in development, and films seeking...

Michael De Luca will Produce 2013 Producers Guild Awards, Set for January 26

Sophia Savage — Thu, 17 May 2012 20:08:26 GMT

Michael De Luca will produce the 24th annual Producers Guild Awards, which have been shifted to January 26 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. PGA presidents Hawk Koch and Mark Gordon state: “Michael...

Student Academy Award Winners Announced

Sophia Savage — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:33:55 GMT

U.S. winners of the 39th annual Student Academy Awards are in: ten students from nine schools have been chosen in Alternative, Animation, Documentaries and Narrative categories. The winners will join...

Whistler Film Festival Announces Call for Submissions

Peter Belsito — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:02:00 GMT

The Whistler Film Festival is seeking submissions for its 12th edition, which runs from November 28 to December 2, 2012, and will feature up to 90 films comprised of about 40 features and 50 shorts,...

2012 Student Academy Awards Selects Foreign Winners

Maggie Lange — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:17:32 GMT

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected three international student film winners, from 51 entries representing 29 countries for the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards...

Scorsese Honored with Moth Storytelling Award

Anne Thompson — Thu, 10 May 2012 20:15:40 GMT

On Tuesday May 8 at the Bowery's Capitale in New York, Martin Scorsese ("Hugo") accepted the Moth Ball's 2012 Storytelling Award. That's because the folks at Moth consider him...

Focus Features' Africa First Celebrates its Fifth Year; Accepting Entries for 2012 Prize

Maggie Lange — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:39:32 GMT

The Africa First initiative earmarks funds exclusively for emerging filmmakers of African nationality and residence. (See video below for a showcase of past work.) The competition allows...

Awards Watch: Directors Guild Changes Policy on Awards Screeners

Anne Thompson — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:00:06 GMT

In a significant sign of the times, after long insisting that their 14,000 members only view contenders for Directors Guild of America awards on the big screen, the national board of the DGA is now...

IDA's DocuWeeks Program is Safe From New Academy Rules

Jay A. Fernandez — Thu, 03 May 2012 20:20:27 GMT

The IDA’s annual summer DocuWeeks program, which for 15 years has pursued its mission to help documentaries qualify for Oscar consideration, was in danger of being victimized by the...

Watch the Trailers for the U.S. Finalists for 2012 Student Academy Awards

Maggie Lange — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:57:32 GMT

The Academy selected 35 students from 20 colleges and universities in the U.S. as the finalists for the 39th Annual Student Academy Awards. The awardees are in the running to receive Gold,...

LatinoBuzz: Latin American Films Take Center Stage at the Box Office, Sometimes

Vanessa Erazo — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:07:13 GMT

It’s rare for a film in Spanish or Portuguese to make it to a U.S. theater. Even within Latin America or Spain, it’s difficult for local films to compete against Hollywood blockbusters....

Indiewire Wins Webby for Best Movie and Film Site

Melissa Silverstein — Wed, 02 May 2012 15:24:50 GMT

Just want to take a moment and congratulate all my colleagues at Indiewire particularly editor in chief Dana Harris for the big webby win. While I am not on staff of Indiewire, Women and...

Tony Nominations: Good for Female Directors, Horrible for Female Writers

Melissa Silverstein — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:42:14 GMT

Last June after a season where not a single female playwright was produced on Broadway it was announced that there would be at least five women with plays in the just ended 2011-2012 season. ...

Academy Awards To Remain at Hollywood & Highland for 20 Years At Renamed and Upgraded Dolby Theatre

Anne Thompson — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:23:20 GMT

As the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences continues to go through growing pains, one question is still wide open. When AMPAS president Tom Sherak ends his term, will the new president be...

Yoruba Richen Wins Tribeca Creative Promise Award for "The New Black" (Doc on Race, Sexuality & Church)

Jasmin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:33:24 GMT

Last night, director Yoruba Richen (Promised Land) was honored with the Creative Promise Award at Tribeca All Access for her explosive new documentary, The New Black. Produced by Yvonne Welbon...

"War Witch," Wavumba, "Una Noche" Clean Up At 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Awards

Tambay — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:20:01 GMT

Excellent! 2 of the films I saw and reviewed positively on S&A picked up trophies: The Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature went to War Witch (my review HERE), and the star of that...