NAME OF FILM: THE SHAPE OF WATER
DIRECTOR(S): Guillermo del Toro
STARRING: Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer
GENRE: Romance Film
SYNOPSIS: Set at the height of the Cold War, Guillermo del Toro’s latest stars Sally Hawkins in an otherworldly love tale between a mute cleaning lady and an Amphibian Man.
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” was the big winner at last night’s 75th Golden Globe awards, snagging four awards, including Best motion picture, drama, along with Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama for Frances McDormand
Lady Bird is the big winner of the 2017 National Society of Film Critics awards, grabbing the top prize for Best Picture of 2017, in addition to Best Director and Best Screenplay for Greta Gerwig; and Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalf.
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) announced nominations for outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater during 2017.
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the theatrical motion picture and television nominations for the 29th Annual Producers Guild Awards.
The Art Directors Guild announced nominations for the 22nd Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and, for the first time, animation features.
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2017. Winners will be honored at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 11, 2018
The Online Film Critics Society announced its 2017 awards and named Get Out by Jordan Peele the Best Picture of 2017. Other top winners include Faces Places for Best Documentary and BPM (Beats Per Minute) for Best Foregin Language Film.
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI lead the way with five nominations each for the 7th AACTA International Awards
Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri lead the nominations for the 38th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations, including Film, Director
“Lady Bird” scored with the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) awards, taking the top prize of best picture
141 scores from eligible feature-length films released in 2017 have qualified to be nominated in the Original Score category for the 90th Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected the 10 films that remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 90th Academy Awards.