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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Australia</title>
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		<title>Australian Film Institute Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/australian-film-institute-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Robinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Film Institute Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balibo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beautiful Kate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blessed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Beresford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Brown]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mao’s Last Dancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Griffiths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachel Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samson and Delilah]]></category>

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2009 Australian Film Institute Awards
2009 Australian Film Institute Award nominations: Oct. 28, 2009 
2009 Australian Film Institute Award winners: Regent Theatre in Melbourne on Dec. 11 (&#34;industry&#34; categories) and Dec. 12 (top categories), 2009
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
&#160;

Winner of the 2009 Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Australia&#8217;s submission for the 2010 best foreign-language film Academy Award, Warwick Thornton’s feature-film debut, Samson &#38; Delilah is a coming-of-age story set in a  remote Aboriginal community in  Central Australia, where two teenagers (best actor nominee Rowan McNamara and best actress nominee Marissa Gibson) must cope with a life of violence, poverty, and substance abuse. Eventually, the couple set out on their own, facing all sorts of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAFTA 2009 Longlist: Screenplay, Cinematography</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-2009-longlist-screenplay-cinematography/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Duchess]]></category>

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Charlotte Rampling, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell, Keira Knightley in The Duchess (top); Peter O&#8217;Toole in Dean Spanley (middle); Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman in Australia (bottom)

BAFTA 2009 Longlist: Part I
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
  The Baader Meinhof Complex
  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight 
  Dean Spanley
  Defiance
  Doubt
  The Duchess
  Frost/Nixon 
  Gomorrah
  Mamma Mia!
  Persepolis
  The Reader
  Revolutionary Road
  Slumdog Millionaire
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
  Burn After Reading
  Changeling
  Che Part One
  Happy-Go-Lucky
  Hunger
  In Bruges
  I&#8217;ve Loved You So Long
  Milk
  Rachel Getting Married
  Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  The Visitor
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009: Visual Effects Semi-Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-visual-effects-semi-finalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hellboy II: The Golden Army]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the seven semi-finalists in the 2009 Oscar&#8217;s Visual Effects category. They are, in alphabetical order:


Australia

  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

  The Dark Knight

  Hellboy II: The Golden Army

  Iron Man

  Journey to the Center of the Earth

  The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Among those missing in action are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Incredible Hulk, and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
As per the Academy&#8217;s release, on Thursday, Jan. 15, all members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven  shortlisted films. Following the screenings,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Cinematography, Editing, Music</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-predictions-technical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Australia
    The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
    The Dark Knight
    The Reader
    Slumdog Millionaire

BEST EDITING
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E

BEST ART DIRECTION
  Australia
  The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  The Dark Knight
  The Duchess

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Changeling
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Duchess

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Film, Foreign Film
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Director, Screenplay
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Documentary, Animated Film
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Actor, Actress
Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Supporting Actor, Supporting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Tops Box Office</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-tops-box-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category>

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Twentieth Century Fox’s The Day the Earth Stood Still destroyed its competition at the North American box office with US$31 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. 
Scott Derrickson’s critically panned remake of the 1951 sci-fi thriller directed by Robert Wise opened at 3,560 locations this weekend, landing at the No. 1 spot early Friday. The film stars Keanu Reeves as an alien who comes to Earth to warn humankind of its potentially imminent destruction. 

Last week’s box office champion, Four Christmases, dropped to second place, earning $13.2 million for a domestic total of $87.9 million after a strong three-week run. Starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn (above, with Sissy Spacek), the holiday comedy follows a couple paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FOUR CHRISTMASES Tops Box Office</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/box-office/four-christmases-bolt-box-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Franck Tabouring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category>
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Seth  Gordon’s holiday comedy Four Christmases topped the North  American box office this Thanksgiving weekend with US$31.6 million in ticket sales, according  to studio estimates Sunday. 
Starring  Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple paying a visit to all four of  their divorced parents on Christmas Day, the film lifted its domestic total to  $46.7 million after only five days in release.

Jumping  to No. 2 this weekend was Walt Disney’s Bolt, which  collected another $26.5 million and brought its cumulative gross to $66.8 million.  Featuring the voices of John Travolta and Miley Cyrus, the  animated adventure  follows a dog who believes he has superpowers until he realizes he’s [...]]]></description>
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