The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), set to take place February 4 to 15, 2025, announced the lineup of films from 60 countries.
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Bobi Wine: Ghetto President) (2022)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Bobi Wine: Ghetto President) (2022)
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ and ‘A Missing Part’ Bookend 40th Santa Barbara Film Festival Lineup
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life directed by Laura Piani (courtesy SBIFF)
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84th Peabody Award Winners – “All That Breathes” “Judy Blume Forever” “Bobi Wine” and More
1970s. Nan in the bathroom with Bea Boston. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed directed by Laura Poitras Documentary films “20 Days in Mariupol”, “All That Breathes”, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”, “Bobi Wine: The People’s President” and “Judy Blume Forever” are among the 34 winners of the 84th Annual Peabody Awards representing the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023.
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Peabody Awards Announces Documentary Nominations – Little Richard, Bobi Wine, STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) Peabody Awards announced the nominees in the Documentary, News, Public Service, and Radio/Podcast, Arts, Children’s/Youth, Entertainment, and Interactive & Immersive categories selected to represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2023.
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Oppenheimer, The Zone of Interest, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Emma Stone Win at 2024 BAFTA Film Awards
Emma Stone in Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures) Oppenheimer dominated the 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards winning seven BAFTAs including Best Film; Director for Christopher Nolan; Leading Actor for Cillian Murphy; Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.; Cinematography; Editing, and Original Score.
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321 Feature Films Eligible for 96th Academy Awards, 265 Eligible for Best Picture
Anatomy Of A Fall (Anatomie D’une Chute) directed by Justine Triet The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the three hundred twenty-one feature films eligible for the 2023 Academy Awards®. There are 265 feature films eligible for consideration in the Best Picture category, which has additional eligibility requirements beyond those for general entry.
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2024 Oscars Reveals Shortlists for Documentary, International and Short Films, Music, Sound and Visual Effects
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+) The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 96th Academy Awards®: Documentary Feature Film, Documentary Short Film, International Feature Film, Makeup and Hairstyling, Music (Original Score), Music (Original Song), Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, Sound and Visual Effects.
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‘Bobi Wine: The People’s President’ Wins Best Feature at 39th IDA Documentary Awards
Bobi Wine: The People’s President Bobi Wine: The People’s President, the documentary directed by Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp on pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine, as he runs in Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, won the top award – Best Feature Documentary at the 39th IDA Documentary Awards.
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Academy Announces Feature Films Eligible for Oscars for Animated, Documentary and International Feature Films
Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johnson present at the 95th Oscars®. ©A.M.P.A.S. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced feature films eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature Film, Documentary Feature Film and International Feature Film categories for the 96th Academy Awards®.
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39th IDA Documentary Awards Announces Nominees – ANHELL69, Milisuthando, Against the Tide
ANHELL69 directed by Theo Montoya The 39th IDA Documentary Awards announced this year’s nominees with Against the Tide, ANHELL69, Apolonia, Apolonia, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, In the Rearview, Milisuthando, Q, The Mother of All Lies and While We Watched nominated for Best Feature Documentary.
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Cinema Eye Honors Reveals First Nominees, Unforgettables Honorees and Audience Choice Prize Long List
Brooke Shields appears in Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields by Lana Wilson, an official selection of the Premiers Program at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Getty Cinema Eye Honors kicked off its 17th season with its first awards announcements for 2024, revealing the nominees in five Broadcast categories, the annual Shorts List — spotlighting 10 of the year’s top documentary short films — the 20 films on the Audience Choice Prize Long List and the unveiling of this year’s Unforgettables Honorees.
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IDFA 2022 Announces Masters and Best of Fests + Premiere of Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s Personality Crisis: One Night Only
Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s Personality Crisis: One Night Only The 35th edition of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) running from November 9 to 20 in Amsterdam announced its first competition lineups: the IDFA Competition for Short Documentary and the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary, in addition to the Masters and Best of Fests selections.
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2022 Hamptons Film Festival Announces Lineup, Closes with Robert Downey Sr. Documentary
SR directed by Chris Smith The 2022 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including the Closing Night presentation of the New York premiere of SR., directed by Chris Smith, and the Centerpiece screening of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The 30th edition of the festival will feature a lineup of films that are 54% female-directed and represent 34 countries from around the world.