Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 26, 2009 under Awards | 
Mariah Carey (as Mrs. Weiss, left) and Gabourey Sidibe (as Precious, right) in PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE Photo credit : Anne Marie Fox
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced that PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE will be honored with the 2010 Stanley Kramer Award. The film’s producers will be honored with the award at the 21st Annual PGA Awards ceremony on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium.
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“Samson and Delilah"
“Samson and Delilah” winner of this year’s Cannes Film Festival Camera D’or award, won big at Inside Film Awards – the “people’s choice” awards of Australian film. “Samson and Delilah” the Aboriginal teenage love story, took home six awards, including best feature, best actor and best actress.
The full list of winners:
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 25, 2009 under Awards, Film Festival, Foreign Film |
Valeria Solarino and Donatella Maiorca
New Italian Cinema, presented by the San Francisco Film Society, the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco and New Italian Cinema Events of Florence, Italy, wrapped up an eight-day run dedicated to celebrating the rich cinematic tradition of Italy and bringing the country’s newest directors and films to audiences in San Francisco. Director Donatella Maiorca was on hand to accept the NICE City of Florence Award for her film Sea Purple (Viola di mare).
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Academy award, Short Films |
“The Cat Piano,” Eddie White and Ari Gibson, directors (The People’s Republic of Animation)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Thirty-seven pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on under Academy award, Documentary |
“The Beaches of Agnès”, a film by Agnès Varda, was recently announced as selection by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of for the short-list Documentary Feature category. If nominated, it will be the first Oscar nomination for filmmaker/legend Agnès Varda, who at 81, has been making films for the past 50 years. Distributed by Cinema Guild, “The Beaches of Agnès” has received rave press during its theatrical release, including a 96% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and it is the best reviewed documentary of the year, according to Metacritic.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 19, 2009 under Academy award, Documentary |
“Every Little Step” James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo
As award season heats up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday announced the 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Eighty-nine pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production company:
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Tags: Adam Del Deo, Agnès Varda, Anders Østergaard, Andrew Thompson, Andy Abrahams Wilson, Bill Guttentag, Burma VJ, Dan Sturman, Every Little Step, Facing Ali, Food Inc, Garbage Dreams, Greg Barker, James D. Stern, Judith Ehrlich, Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Louie Psihoyos, Lucy Bailey, Mai Iskander, Mark N. Hopkins, Matt Tyrnauer, Mugabe And The White African, Pete McCormack, Rebecca Cammisa, Rick Goldsmith, Robert Kenner, Sergio, Soundtrack for a Revolution, The Beaches of Agnes, The Cove, The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, Under Our Skin, Valentino: The Last Emperor, Which Way Home
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Hamish Hamilton will direct the 82nd Academy Awards® telecast, show producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced on Wednesday. It will be Hamilton”s first time directing the Oscar show.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 14, 2009 under Awards, Documentary |
"Diary of a Times Square Thief" Directed & Written by Klaas Bense
The nominees for the International Documentary Association’s 2009 IDA Documentary Awards competition were announced this week. The winners will be announced December 4th at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles, in a ceremony hosted by This American Life’s Ira Glass.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 12, 2009 under Awards |
Paranormal Activity
Nominations announced for the People’s Choice Awards 2010 to be hosted by Queen Latifah on January 6 on CBS.
You can vote at PeoplesChoice.com.
And here are the nominees for FAVORITE INDEPENDENT MOVIE
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Norwegian freelance journalist Paal Refsdal, kidnapped a week ago in eastern Afghanistan was released Thursday along with his Afghan interpreter, the AP reported. Refsdal was in Afghanistan filming a documentary for a Norwegian production company with funding from the Norwegian Film Institute.
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