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Nineteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®.
Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL to Open 2014 Berlin International Film Festival
The 64th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 6, 2014 with the world premiere of Wes Anderson’s THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL,shot on location in Germany, recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
Whistler Film Festival Unveils 2013 Film Lineup; Closes with THE CRASH REEL
THE CRASH REEL
The 13th Whistler Film Festival (WFF) taking place from December 4th to 8th, 2013, in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada has unveiled its lineup of films . WFF’s Closing Night Gala film is the Western Canadian Premiere of THE CRASH REEL by two time Academy Award nominated documentary director, Lucy Walker, and is about champion half-pipe snowboard legend Kevin Pearce’s inspiring rehabilitation following a devastating neck injury.
Austin Film Festival Announces 2013 Audience Award Winners; Sets 2014 Dates
1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver won the Marquee Feature Audience Award
The 20th Austin Film Festival (AFF) which ran October 24 to 31, 2013, announced the 2013 Audience Award winners, voted on by festival audience members. 1982 written and directed by Tommy Oliver and starring Hill Harper, Bokeem Woodbine, Quinton Aaron, and Wayne Brady, won the Marquee Feature Audience Award. in the film, a father protects his gifted daughter from the insidious crack cocaine epidemic which has literally come home via her drug-addicted mother. BESIDE STILL WATERS won the Narrative Feature Audience Award and ALL OF ME tied with THE LIFE AND CRIMES OF DORIS PAYNE to win the Documentary Feature Audience Award. AFF also announced its dates for the 21st Annual Austin Film Festival and Conference for October 23 to 30, 2014.
‘JIN’ ‘BLUSH OF FRUIT’ Win Top Awards at 2013 Adelaide Film Festival
JIN directed by Reha Erdem
Turkish film JIN and the documentary BLUSH OF FRUIT won top film honors at the 2013 Adelaide Film Festival which took place October 10 to 20, 2013 in Adelaide, Australia. JIN, directed and written by Reha Erdem is the winner of the Foxtel Movies International Award for Best Feature Film and BLUSH OF FRUIT, directed by Jakeb Anhvu, is the winner of the festival’s first ever Documentary Award.
Three Documentaries Nominated for European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 Award
STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE)
Three documentaries – THE ACT OF KILLING, STOP-OVER (L’ESCALE) and THE MISSING PICTURE (L’IMAGE MANQUANTE) have been nominated for the European Film Academy EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2013 category. The European Documentary 2013 will be presented at the 26th European Film Awards Ceremony in Berlin on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
New Films incl. ‘SAVING MR. BANKS’ ‘FROZEN 3D’ Added to 2013 Cork Film Festival
FROZEN 3D
A ‘raft of exciting new titles’ have been added to the 58th Cork Film Festival taking place November 9 to 17, 2013 in Cork, Ireland. Two major new Disney pictures FROZEN 3D and SAVING MR. BANKS lead the new films. In the big-screen animation comedy adventure, FROZEN 3D, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, fearless optimist Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) sets off on an epic journey – teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff) and his loyal reindeer Sven – to find her sister Elsa (voice of Idina Menzel), whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom of Arendelle in eternal winter. Encountering Everest-like conditions, mystical trolls and a hilarious snowman named Olaf (voice of Josh Gad), Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom. Two-time Academy Award®–winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar®-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney’s SAVING MR. BANKS, directed by John Lee Hancock, and inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic Mary Poppins made it to the screen.
‘SHORT TERM 12’ ‘BIG EASY EXPRESS’ Win Top Awards at 2013 American Film Festival in Poland
SHORT TERM 12
SHORT TERM 12 won the audience award for the Best Narrative Feature, and BIG EASY EXPRESS won the audience award for the Best Documentary Feature at the American Film Festival (AFF) in Wrocław, Poland, the first event in Eastern and Central Europe focused entirely on independent American cinema, which ran October 22 to 27, 2013.
2013 Virginia Film Festival to run November 7-10; Announces Film Lineup
Opening Night film – Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA
The 2013 Virginia Film Festival, presented by The University of Virginia, will take place in Charlottesville, Virginia from November 7-10; and will kick off with an Opening Night screening of Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA. The screening will feature special guest Will Forte, the longtime Saturday Night Live standout who makes his dramatic debut in the film, in which he stars opposite Bruce Dern. Forte will be joined by award-winning producer Ron Yerxa (Cold Mountain, Little Miss Sunshine). “This is a really wonderful film that has been getting major buzz on the festival circuit,” Kielbasa said. “And it gives our audience a chance to see Will Forte as they have certainly never seen him before. He gives a powerful and understated performance, and shows a dramatic range that I think will surprise a lot of people.”
2013 Cork Film Festival in Ireland to run November 9 – 17; Announces Film Lineup
Closing Night Film – KILL YOUR DARLINGS
The 58th Cork Film Festival, Ireland’s oldest film festival will take place from November 9 to 17, 2013, and opens with NEBRASKA, Alexander Payne’s (Sideways, About Schmidt, The Descendants) latest film which tells the story of a road trip between a father and a son where bittersweet personal truths are uncovered and savored. The film stars lonely salesman David Grant (Will Forte) and his father Woody (Bruce Dern in a Cannes Palme d’Or Best Actor Winning Performance)
Documentary HERBLOCK: THE BLACK & THE WHITE to Debut on HBO in January 2014 | TRAILER
HERBLOCK: THE BLACK & THE WHITE, directed by Michael Stevens (HBO’s “Thurgood”) will debut Monday, January 27, 2014 on HBO. The film traces the life of Herbert L. Block, who started cartooning in his teens in Chicago and went on to win four Pulitzer Prizes and the Presidential Medal of Freedom during his 55 years at the Washington Post.
‘NEBRASKA’ ‘FOREIGN LETTERS’ Among Winning Films at 2013 Gold Coast International Film Festival
FOREIGN LETTERS
NEBRASKA, and FOREIGN LETTERS were voted winners of Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature; and COMEDY WARRIORS, and THE PRIME MINISTERS: THE PIONEERS were voted winners of Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2013 Gold Coast International Film Festival which took place October 21 to 27, 2013 in Long Island, New York.