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Short film produced by Fil-Ams wins Oscar

“God of Love,” directed by Luke Matheny and produced by Filipino-Americans Gigi Dement, Stefanie Walmsley and Stephen Dypiangco, won the Best Live Action Short Film in Sunday’s Academy Awards. In his acceptance spe [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Film Editor Tariq Anwar Loses Best Editing Oscar

NRI film editor Tariq Anwar, who was nominated in the Best Editing Oscar category for British film 'The King's Speech', lost out the coveted trophy to Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter of 'The Social Network'. Anwar, who was [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

The 2011 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2011)

The 2011 Academy Award Nominated Short Films (2011)

In addition to the 10 candidates for best picture and the smattering of contenders in other major categories, there are 15 movies whose titles will be mentioned at the Oscars on Feb. 27 that very few nonvoters are likely to have heard of [...]

Posted On : Feb, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar-nominated film The King’s Speech 'littered with errors'

Oscar-nominated film The King’s Speech 'littered with errors...

The film, which stars Colin Firth as King George VI during the build up to the Second World War, uses a type font which was not designed until 20 years later. Cinemagoers see a BBC control room with the names of broadcast stations around [...]

Posted On : Jan, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning filmmaker Julian Fellowes takes seat in Britai...

He created the grand houses of Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, and now Julian Fellowes has a place in an even grander one — Britain's House of Lords. The Academy Award-winning screenwriter was inducted into Parliament's une [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Box office: Indie films jockey for Oscar attention

Several of the indie films hoping for Oscar attention are moving beyond the art house to play to mainstream moviegoers. Others are struggling to get there. "Black Swan" and "The King's Speech" significantly expand [...]

Posted On : Dec, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

15 Films Vie for Visual Effects Oscar Nominations

The list has been narrowed down to just 15 films that will be in the running for nominations in the 'Achievement in Visual Effects' Oscar category. Of these, seven will be chosen in January by members of the Academy's Visual [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Glimmers of Hope for Small Films During Glittery Oscar Promotions

Glimmers of Hope for Small Films During Glittery Oscar Promo...

“Brooklyn, Brooklyn in the house!” Darren Aronofsky shouted from the front of the Ziegfeld Theater on Tuesday night. Mr. Aronofsky, the director and Coney Island native, was living out a childhood fantasy when his film &ldquo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Gotham Film Awards gives top prize to 'Winter's Bone'

Gotham Film Awards gives top prize to 'Winter's Bone'

Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone," a gritty drama about an Ozark Mountain teenager who puts herself in danger in her desperate search for her meth-maker father, was named best film of 2010 at the 20th-anniversary Gotham Fi [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Oscar-winning producer says fear is behind neglect of British film-making talent

Oscar-winning producer says fear is behind neglect of Britis...

One of Britain's leading film producers has lashed out at successive governments for neglecting homegrown talent while encouraging American film-makers to dominate the country's state-of-the-art Pinewood production studios. " [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Honorary Oscars for film legends Coppola, Godard

Hollywood paid respect Saturday to leading lights of film, bestowing honorary Oscars on directing legends Francis Ford Coppola and Jean-Luc Godard, among other industry luminaries. At a private banquet in Los Angeles, the Academy of Moti [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

J’can films and the Oscars - Productions not considered foreign language

J’can films and the Oscars - Productions not considered fore...

THE call has gone out for members of Jamaica's creative industries, particularly music and film, to band together in order to extract maximum benefits.Film producer Darrin Holender, whose credits extend to the recently released featu [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Canada Suggests Bulgarian Filmmaker for Oscars Nominations

A film by the Bulgarian filmmaker Theodore Ushev has been suggested by Canada's National Film Board for the 2011 Oscars nominations in the category for Best Animated Film. Ushev's film is called "Lipsett Diaries". It wa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Foreign language films submitted for Oscars

Foreign language films submitted for Oscars

More than 50 countries have announced their official submissions to the 83rd annual Academy Awards for consideration in the Oscar's Foreign Language category. This Friday, October 1 is the deadline for selections. Approximately anoth [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0
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