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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Alan Arkin</title>
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		<title>BAFTA 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 BAFTA Awards
Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007 award nominations: January 12, 2007
2007 BAFTA award winners: Royal Opera House in London on February 11, 2007.
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Helen Mirren in The Queen
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BEST FILM
Babel &#8211; Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik, Steve Golin
The Departed &#8211; Brad Pitt, Brad Grey, Graham King
The Last King of Scotland &#8211; Andrea Calderwood, Lisa Bryer, Charles Steel
Little Miss Sunshine &#8211; Albert Berger, David T Friendly, Ron Yerxa
*  The Queen &#8211; Tracey Seaward, Christine Langan, Andy Harries
THE ALEXANDER KORDA AWARD for the Outstanding British Film of the Year
Casino Royale &#8211; Michael G Wilson, Barbara Broccoli, Martin Campbell, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
* The Last King of Scotland &#8211; Andrea [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2007 Academy Awards
 2007 Academy Award nominations: January 23, 2007
 2007 Academy Award winners: Kodak Theatre at Hollywood &#38; Highland in Los Angeles on February 25, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: &#169; AMPAS
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Best motion picture of the year
Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
An Anonymous Content/Zeta Film/Central Films Production
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jon Kilik and Steve Golin, Producers
* The Departed (Warner Bros.)
A Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Graham King
Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner Bros.)
A DreamWorks Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures Production
Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg and Robert Lorenz, Producers
Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight)
A Big Beach/Bona Fide Production
David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf and Marc Turtletaub
The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada)
A Granada Production
Andy Harries, Christine Langan and Tracey Seaward, Producers

Best foreign language film of the year
After the Wedding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle nominations: January 9, 2007
2007 Vancouver Film Critics Circle winners: Vancity Theatre on January 15, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Clive Owen in Children of Men
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Best Film:
* Children of Men 
The Departed 
Little Children
Best Canadian Film:
Away from Her
Manufactured Landscapes
* Maurice Richard / The Rocket
Monkey Warfare
Best Foreign-Language Film:
L&#8217;Enfant / The Child
Letters from Iwo Jima
* Volver 
Best British Columbian Film:
Everything&#8217;s Gone Green
* Fido
Mount Pleasant
Unnatural &#38; Accidental
Best Director: 
* Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Clint Eastwood, Letters from Iwo Jima
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Director of a Canadian Film:
Andrew Currie, Fido
* Reg Harkema, Monkey Warfare
Sarah Polley, Away from Her
Best Actor: 
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
* Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland 
Best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE &#8211; Awards and Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Paul Dano, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin in Little Miss Sunshine

Unless otherwise stated, all Little Miss Sunshine awards/nominations are for the year 2006. 

Academy Awards: 4 nominations (best film; best supporting actor, Alan Arkin; best supporting actress, Abigail Breslin; best original screenplay, Michael Arndt)
American Cinema Editors: 1 nomination (best edited feature film, comedy or musical, Pamela Martin)
British Academy Awards: 2 wins (best supporting actor, Alan Arkin; best original screenplay, Michael Arndt)


 4 additional nominations (best film; best directors, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris; best supporting actress, Abigail Breslin; best supporting actress, Toni Collette)


Broadcast Film Critics Association: 4 wins (best acting ensemble; best writing, Michael Arndt; best young actor, Paul Dano; best young actress, Abigail Breslin)


 3 additional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE d: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Direction: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Screenplay: Michael Arndt
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano
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More often than not, the term &#34;independent film&#34; merely indicates that an American production has received its financing from sources outside &#8212; or somewhere in the outskirts of &#8212; the Hollywood studio system. Only sporadically does the label &#34;independent film&#34; refer to edgy, challenging, and/or unconventional filmmaking. 
Instead, &#34;independent filmmakers&#34; usually concoct storylines as conventional as those being churned out by the studios, probably in the hopes of selling their screenplays (or finished films) to a major distributor. Considering the amount of money involved, who can blame them? All they need is to wrap their films&#8217; cliché-ridden core [...]]]></description>
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