AFI Awards 2008

2008 AFI Awards
2008 AFI Awards: Dec. 14, 2008
 

Christian Bale in The Dark Knight
 

FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
FROZEN RIVER
GRAN TORINO
IRON MAN
MILK
WALL•E
WENDY AND LUCY
THE WRESTLER
 
TELEVISION
BREAKING BAD
IN TREATMENT
JOHN ADAMS
LIFE
LOST
MAD MEN
THE OFFICE
RECOUNT
THE SHIELD
THE WIRE
 
AFI AWARDS 2008 JURORS
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Leonard Maltin
Chair, AFI Jury for Motion Pictures
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
Jeanine Basinger
Wesleyan University
Mary Corey
University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Harris
Author
Entertainment Weekly
Jim Hosney
American Film Institute
Rick Jewell
University of Southern California
Elvis Mitchell
THE TREATMENT
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Writer/Producer/Director
Tom Pollock
Producer
Vice Chair and Chair Emeritus, AFI Board of Trustees
Richard Schickel
Time
Vivian Sobchack
University of California, Los Angeles
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by Deborah Arthur | December 14, 2008   
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New York Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2008 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: Dec. 10, 2008
 

Best Picture: Milk directed by Gus Van Sant
Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; Happy-Go-Lucky and Slumdog Millionaire (tie)

Best Foreign Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days directed by Cristian Mungiu
Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class

Best First Film: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Runners-up: Ballast; Reprise

Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Runners-up: Waltz with Bashir; Trouble the Water

Best Animated Film: WALL-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir

Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire; David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Runners-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler; Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runners-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River; Kate Winslet, [...]

by Deborah Arthur | December 10, 2008   
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Gotham Awards 2008

2008 Gotham Awards
2008 Gotham Independent Film Award nominations: October 20, 2008
2008 Gotham Award winners: December 2, 2008, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Melissa Leo in Frozen River
 

Best Feature
Ballast
Lance Hammer, director; Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh, producers (Alluvial Film Company)
* Frozen River
Courtney Hunt, director; Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Synecdoche, New York
Charlie Kaufman, director; Anthony Bregman, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
The Visitor
Tom McCarthy, director; Mary Jane Skalski, Michael London, producers (Overture Films)
The Wrestler
Darren Aronofsky, director; Scott Franklin, Darren Aronofsky, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
 
Best Documentary
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Guido Santi & Tina Mascara, directors; Julia Scott, [...]

by Andre Soares | December 2, 2008   
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Sundance 2008 Winners

Courtney Hunt’s Frozen River, a thriller about two economically strapped women (Melissa Leo and Misty Upham, above) who turn to immigrant-smuggling at the US-Canada border, was chosen best American narrative feature at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. (In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan calls Leo and Upham "magnificent," adding that Frozen River is a "powerful story that makes strong emotional connections.")
Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water, which depicts the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, was the best US documentary. In Trouble the Water, New Orleans residents are forced to rely on themselves as the government that is supposed to represent them duly ignores their plight.
James Marsh’s Man on Wire won both the jury and the audience awards [...]

by Andre Soares | January 27, 2008   
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Sundance 2008 Awards

2008 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2008 Sundance Film Festival: January 17-27, 2008
Sundance 2008 Winners
 

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic: FROZEN RIVER, directed by Courtney Hunt

Grand Jury Prize Documentary: TROUBLE THE WATER, directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

World Cinema Jury Prize Dramatic: KING OF PING PONG (PING PONGKINGEN) – Sweden, directed by Jens Jonsson

World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary: MAN ON WIRE – United Kingdom, directed by James Marsh

The Directing Award – Documentary: Nanette Burstein for AMERICAN TEEN

The Directing Award – Dramatic: Lance Hammer for BALLAST

The World Cinema Directing Award – Documentary: Nino Kirtadze, for DURAKOVO: VILLAGE OF FOOLS (DURAKOVO: LE VILLAGE DES FOUS) – France

The World Cinema Directing Award – Dramatic: Anna Melikyan for MERMAID [...]

by Andre Soares | January 26, 2008   
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Sundance 2008: Film Line-Up

Sundance 2008: Dramatic Competition
 

Jason Ritter, Marianna Palka in Good Dick

Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release
AMERICAN SON (Director: Neil Abramson; Screenwriter: Eric Schmid)— Before being deployed for active duty, a young Marine takes a four-day Thanksgiving leave to return home to Bakersfield, California. There he meets a young woman, tries to connect with old friends, and confronts his volatile home life. Cast: Nick Cannon, Melonie Diaz, Matt O’Leary, Jay Hernandez, Tom Sizemore, Chi McBride. World Premiere
ANYWHERE, U.S.A. (Director: Chusy Haney-Jardine; Screenwriters: Chusy Haney-Jardine, Jennifer Macdonald)— Told in three segments ranging from satirical to tragic, the film is a wildly original look at American manners, prejudices, and family dynamics. Cast: Perla Haney-Jardine. World Premiere
BALLAST (Director and Screenwriter: [...]

by Andre Soares | December 7, 2007   
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