"MONSIEUR LAZHAR" "THE INTOUCHABLES" Win TIFF's Film Circuit People’s Choice Awards

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Philippe Falardeau’s Monsieur Lazhar and Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano’s The Intouchables are the winners of the 2012 Film Circuit People’s Choice Awards. Monsieur Lazhar was named Best Canadian Film and The Intouchables was selected as the Best International Film. 

47 Students Selected As Finalists for Student Academy Awards

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There is the Academy Awards, and there is the Student Academy Awards, all supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy established the Student Academy Awards in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level; past winners include John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Robert Zemeckis, Trey Parker and Spike Lee. This year thirty-eight students from 17 U.S. colleges and universities as well as nine students from foreign universities have been selected as finalists in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition. 

Academy Selects Show Dates for 2014 And 2015 Oscars

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network today announced the dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar® presentations. The 86th and 87th Academy Awards® will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, and February 22, 2015, respectively.

Key dates for the Awards season are: 

Complete List of 2013 Oscar Winners

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Argo and Life of Pi were the big winners last night at the 85th Academy Awards. Argo took the biggest prize, Best Picture, in addition to Best Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay; and Ang Lee's Life of Pi grabbed four wins including Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Score. 

Searching for Sugar Man won the award for Best Documentary and as expected Amour won the award for Foreign Language Film.

The full list of winners of 85th Academy Awards:

Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions and The Perks of Being A Wallflower Among 2013 Spirit Awards Winners

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Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions and The Perks of Being A Wallflower were among the winners at the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards held on Saturday night. Beasts of the Southern Wild, Magic Mike, Amour and The Invisible War also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

This year’s major category winners were Silver Linings Playbook, which won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Female Lead and The Sessions, which won Best Supporting Female and Best Male Lead; The Perks of Being A Wallflower, which won Best First Feature and Safety Not Guaranteed, which won Best First Screenplay; Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won Best Cinematography, Magic Mike, which won Best Supporting Male and Middle of Nowhere which won the John Cassavetes Award; Sony Pictures Classics’ Amour, which won Best International Film and The Invisible War, which won Best Documentary. A Special Distinction Award was given posthumously to Cinematographer Harris Savides.

The 6th annual Robert Altman Award was given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast. Sean Baker’s Starlet received this award, along with casting directors Julia Kim and ensemble cast members Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone.

The 2013 Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship, which is awarded to a filmmaker in Project Involve, Film Independent’s diversity mentorship program and includes a cash grant of $10,000, was given to Melissa Haizlip, director of the documentary Mr. SOUL!. 

The following is a complete list of the winners:

What Richard Did and Argo Win at Irish Film and Television Awards

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The winners of the 2013 Irish Film and Television Awards were revealed on Saturday, and winning big in the film categories, What Richard Did picked up five awards throughout the night including the award for Best Film. Jack Reynor picked up the award for Actor Lead Film whilst Lenny Abrahamson and Malcolm Campbell picked up IFTAs for Best Director and Script with their fifth IFTA going to Nathan Nugent for Editing Film.

Argo won the IFTA for Best International Film while Daniel Day-Lewis was voted Best International Actor for Lincoln and Marion Cotillard for Best International Actress for her role inRust and Bone.

WINNERS OF THE 10TH ANNUAL IRISH FILM & TELEVISION AWARDS

Ben Affleck, Malik Bendjelloul Win Directors Guild of America’s Award

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Ben Affleck won the Directors Guild of America’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Argo at the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday night in Los Angeles. Malik Bendjelloul won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for Searching for Sugar Man.  This is Ben Affleck and Malik Bendjelloul's first win.

Silver Linings Playbook Among Winners of 2nd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards

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The 2nd Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards were dominated by The Sapphires, which won five of a possible six AACTA Awards: Best Cinematography (Warwick Thornton), Best Editing (Dany Cooper ASE), Best Production Design (Melinda Doring – who also won this Award last year for The Eye of the Storm), Best Costume Design (Tess Schofield) and Best Sound (Andrew Plain, Bry Jones, Pete Smith, Ben Osmo, John Simpson).

And in Los Angeles, Silver Linings Playbook was the big winner at the AACTA International Awards, winning Best Film; Best Direction for David O. Russell; and Best Lead Actress for Jennifer Lawrence.

The offbeat comic drama sees Lawrence playing a reckless young widow who befriends a bipolar schoolteacher (Bradley Cooper) who is obsessing about his ex-wife. Rounding out the film's stellar cast are Robert De Niro,Jacki Weaver and Chris Tucker.

Winners of the AACTA Awards:

Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway Among Winners of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

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SAG-AFTRA presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2012 at the “19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” held Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. 

Honored with individual awards were Daniel Day-Lewis, Anne Hathaway, Tommy Lee Jones and Jennifer Lawrence for performances in motion pictures and Alec Baldwin, Bryan Cranston, Kevin Costner, Claire Danes, Tina Fey and Julianne Moore for performances in television. 

The complete list of recipients of the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® follows:

Searching For Sugar Man Among 2013 Producers Guild of America Awards

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The Producers Guild of America announced its 24th annual film, television, and digital award winners last night and Searching For Sugar Man won the Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures. In Searching For Sugar Man, two South African music lovers embark on a mission to uncover the fate of an obscure, 1970s-era U.S. rocker whose debut album became a surprise hit in their home country, and uncover a shocking secret along the way. 

Harvey and Bob Weinstein were also honored at the award ceremony with the Milestone Award from Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez. 

Complete list of 2013 Producers Guild Of America Award Winners