Oscar 2008 Predictions: Best Short Films
Best Makeup
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Of the three nominees, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End boasts the showiest example of movie makeup. For the record, the other two nominees are La Vie en Rose, in which gorgeous Marion Cotillard was transformed into plain Edith Piaf, and Norbit.
Best Documentary Short
Sari’s Mother, James Longley
The short film winners are hard to predict because they belong to a "special category" — only the relatively few who prove they have watched all nominated films can vote for the winner. Compounding matters, the shorts, like most foreign-language feature film nominees, aren’t easily available for viewing in the United States.
Now, James Longley’s documentary feature Iraq in Fragments was [...]
by Andre Soares | January 30, 2008
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Tags: 2008 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, Hugh Welchman, James Longley, Oscar Predictions, Philippe Pollet-Villard, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Sari's Mother, Suzie Templeton, The Mozart of Pickpockets
Oscar 2007 Nominations: British Talent
Oscar 2007 Nominations: Part I
Among those foreign invaders from across the Atlantic are best direction nominees Stephen Frears (for The Queen, which is also up for a best film nod) and Paul Greengrass (for United 93); best actress nominees Helen Mirren (right, for The Queen), Kate Winslet (for Little Children), and Judi Dench (for Notes on a Scandal); best original screenplay nominee Peter Morgan (for The Queen); and best adapted screenplay nominees Patrick Marber (for Notes on a Scandal) and Sacha Baron Cohen (who co-wrote Borat).
Additionally, several non-British nationals got nominated for their work in British productions, e.g., Australian Cate Blanchett (best supporting actress nominee for Notes on a Scandal); American Forest Whitaker (best actor nominee for The Last King [...]
by Andre Soares | January 23, 2007
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Tags: 2007 Oscar, Academy Awards, Film Awards, Helen Mirren, Iraq in Fragments, James Longley, Meryl Streep, Pan's Labyrinth, Sergi López, The Devil Wears Prada, The Queen
Sundance Awards 2006
2006 Sundance Film Festival Awards
2006 Sundance Film Festival: Park City, Utah, January 19-29, 2006
2006 Sundance Winners
Jesse Garcia, Emily Rios in Quinceañera
Dramatic Grand Jury Prize (U.S.): Quinceañera directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer
Documentary Grand Jury Prize(U.S.): God Grew Tired of Us directed by Christopher Quinn
World Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: 13 Tzameti (France) directed by Géla Babluani
World Documentary Grand Jury Prize: In the Pit (Mexico) directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo
Director: Dito Montiel, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (U.S.)
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Hilary Brougher, Stephanie Daley
Documentary Director: James Longley, Iraq in Fragments (U.S.)
World Cinema Audience Award: No. 2 (New Zealand), directed by Toa Fraser
World Documentary Audience Award: De nadie (Mexico) directed by Tin Dirdamal
Audience Award (U.S. [...]
by Andre Soares | January 28, 2006
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Tags: 13 (Tzameti), Dito Montiel, Film Awards, Film Festivals, God Grew Tired of Us, Hilary Brougher, In the Pit, James Longley, Quinceañera, Sundance Film Festival, Wash Westmoreland
Sundance 2006: Documentary Lineup
Sundance 2006: Documentary Lineup
Iraq in Fragments by James Longley
A LION IN THE HOUSE (Directors: Steven Bogner, Julia Reichert) – Five diverse families – each with a child fighting cancer – navigate the ups and downs of treatment over six years, while maintaining hope in this complex portrait of human resilience. World Premiere.
AMERICAN BLACKOUT (Director: Ian Inaba) – A stylish hard hitting documentary that recounts the fascinating career of Representative Cynthia McKinney (D – GA) and the suppression of the black vote historically and during the recent Presidential elections in Florida and Ohio. World Premiere.
AN UNREASONABLE MAN (Directors: Henriette Mantel and Stephen Skrovan) – Using rarely seen archival footage and over forty recently conducted on-camera interviews, this documentary traces the career [...]
