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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth</title>
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		<title>Bodil Awards 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bodil-awards-2007/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jesper Asholt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letters from Iwo Jima]]></category>
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2008 Bodil Awards
Danish Film Critics Association&#8217;s 2008 Bodil Award nominations: January 2008
2008 Bodil Award winners: Imperial Cinema in Copenhagen on Feb. 24, 2008
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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The Art of Crying by Peter Schønau Fog
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BEST FILM
AFR, Morten Hartz Kaplers
Fighter, Natasha Arthy
Hvid nat / White Night, Jannik Johansen
* Kunsten at gr&#230;de i kor / The Art of Crying, Peter Schønau Fog
BEST AMERICAN FILM
The Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson
I&#8217;m Not There, Todd Haynes
* Letters from Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood
Paranoid Park, Gus Van Sant
Zodiac, David Fincher
BEST NON-AMERICAN FOREIGN FILM
Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg
* Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro
Persepolis, Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi
Reprise, Joachim Trier
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
* Jesper Asholt, The Art of Crying
Kim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ariel Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damián Alcazar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[In the Pit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isela Vega]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maribel Verdú]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Secret Life of Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Violin]]></category>
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2007 Ariel Awards
The Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8217; 2007 Ariel nominations: February 21, 2007
2007 Ariel winners: Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City on March 20, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Doug Jones, Ivana Baquero in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
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Best Film / Mejor película 
Crónicas / Chronicles by Producciones Anhelo
* El Laberinto del fauno / Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth by Tequila Gang, Estudios Picasso and Fábrica de Ficción.
El violín / The Violin by the Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine (Fidecine), Cámara Carnal Films and Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC).
Best Ibero-American Film / Mejor película iberoamericana 
En la cama / In Bed by Matías Bize (Chile)
* La vida secreta de las palabras / The Secret Life of Words by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Directors Guild Awards 2007</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/art-directors-guild-awards-2006/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 06:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art Directors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Casino Royale]]></category>
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2007 Art Directors Guild Awards
2007 Art Directors Guild award nominations: January 18, 2007
2007 Art Directors Guild award winners: Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 17, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Curse of the Golden Flower (top); Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright in Casino Royale (middle); Ivana Baquero in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (bottom) 
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FEATURE FILMS
Period Film
* CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER PD: HUO TINGXIAO
DREAMGIRLS PD: JOHN MYHRE
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS PD: HENRY BUMSTEAD
THE GOOD SHEPHERD PD: JEANNINE OPPEWALL
THE PRESTIGE PD: NATHAN CROWLEY
 Fantasy Film
CHILDREN OF MEN PD: GEOFFREY KIRKLAND
* PAN&#8217;S LABYRINTH PD: EUGENIO CABALLERO
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN&#8217;S CHEST PD: RICK HEINRICHS
SUPERMAN RETURNS PD: GUY HENDRIX DYAS
V FOR VENDETTA PD: OWEN PATERSON
 Contemporary Film
BABEL PD: BRIGETTE BROCH
* CASINO ROYALE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costume Designers Guild Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2007 21:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2007 Costume Designers Guild Awards
2007 Costume Designers Guild award nominations: January 11, 2007
2007 Costume Designers Guild award winners: Beverly Regent Hotel in Beverly Hills on February 17, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Michael Sheen, Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Qin Junjie, Ye Liu, Gong Li, Jay Chou in Curse of the Golden Flower (middle); Sergi López in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (bottom).
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 Excellence in contemporary film
Patricia Field for The Devil Wears Prada
* Consolata Boyle for The Queen
Nancy Steiner for Little Miss Sunshine
Lindy Hemming for Casino Royale 
Michael Wilkinson for Babel
Excellence in period film 
Milena Canonero for Marie Antoinette 
Sharen Davis for Dreamgirls 
* Chung Man Yee for  Curse of the Golden Flower 
Ngila Dickson for The Illusionist 
Penny Rose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAFTA 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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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>BAFTA 2007 Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Helen Mirren in The Queen (top); Forest Whitaker in The Last King of England (bottom)

Perhaps there&#8217;s something I&#8217;m missing here, but the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts has decided that Kevin Macdonald&#8217;s The Last King of Scotland is the outstanding British film of 2006, coming out ahead of United 93, Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale, and Stephen Frears&#8216; The Queen. Yet, that very same Orange Academy has picked The Queen as the best film of the year, defeating Little Miss Sunshine, Babel, The Departed, and &#8230; The Last King of Scotland. Go figure.
There were few surprises at the 2007 Bafta ceremony held at London&#8217;s Royal Opera House this evening, unless one considers a Helen Mirren victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goya Awards 2007 Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 07:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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 Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (bottom)

The Spanish Academy&#8217;s Goya Awards  were presented on Jan. 28. Although best picture winner Volver seemed like an easy pick, it actually faced stiff competition from both Agustín Díaz-Yanes&#8216;  adventure period piece Alatriste and Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s dark fantasy  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth.
Ultimately, Volver took home five Goyas: best film, best direction (Pedro Almodóvar), best actress (Penélope Cruz), best supporting actress (Carmen Maura), and best original score (Alberto Iglesias). 
Almodóvar, however, failed to win the original screenplay award, which went to Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro&#8217;s film, in fact, turned out to be the top Goya winner that evening: seven trophies in all. Among [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007: Best Cinematography, Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Oscar 2007: Best Film, Acting

Achievement in cinematography
The Black Dahlia (Universal) Vilmos Zsigmond
Children of Men (Universal) Emmanuel Lubezki
The Illusionist (Yari Film Group) Dick Pope
* Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Guillermo Navarro
The Prestige (Buena Vista) Wally Pfister

Achievement in film editing
Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage)
Stephen Mirrione and Douglas Crise
Blood Diamond (Warner Bros.)
Steven Rosenblum
Children of Men (Universal)
Alex Rodríguez and Alfonso Cuarón
* The Departed (Warner Bros.)
Thelma Schoonmaker
United 93 (Universal and StudioCanal)
Clare Douglas, Christopher Rouse and Richard Pearson

 Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* Babel (Paramount and Paramount Vantage) Gustavo Santaolalla
The Good German (Warner Bros.) Thomas Newman
Notes on a Scandal (Fox Searchlight) Philip Glass
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (Picturehouse) Javier Navarrete
The Queen (Miramax, Pathé and Granada) Alexandre Desplat

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* &#34;I Need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007 Nominations: British Talent</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007: Best Foreign Language Semi-Finalists</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Cécile De France in Avenue Montaigne (top); Mads Mikkelsen in After the Wedding (middle); Carice van Houten in The Black Book  (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has narrowed down to nine titles the list of potential 2007 best foreign-language film nominees.
They are (listed in alphabetical order by country):

Algeria, Days of Glory, Rachid Bouchareb, director
Canada, Water, Deepa Mehta, director
Denmark, After the Wedding , Susanne Bier, director
France, Avenue Montaigne, Danièle Thompson, director
Germany, The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director
Mexico, Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro, director
The Netherlands, Black Book, Paul Verhoeven, director
Spain, Volver, Pedro Almodóvar, director
Switzerland, Vitus, Fredi M. Murer, director


Though it may seem that the above films hail from all (or most) corners of the globe, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Springs Film Festival Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Awards
 2007 Palm Springs Film Festival: January 4-15, 2007
2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Winners
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FIPRESCI Award Winner &#8211; Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: El Laberinto del fauno / Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (Mexico / Spain / U.S.) directed by Guillermo del Toro
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 New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize: Zemestan / It&#8217;s Winter (Iran) directed by Rafi Pitts
 New Voices New Visions Special Jury Prize: Aguas Argentinas / Agua (Argentina) directed by Verónica Chen
Audience Choice Award &#8211; Best Narrative Feature: Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others (Germany) directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
 Audience Choice Award Best &#8211; Documentary Feature: Blindsight (United Kingdom) directed by Lucy Walker 
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Director of the Year: Alejandro González [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2007 Palm Springs Film Festival Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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The 2007 Palm Springs  Film Festival has announced its jury and audience winners.
The New Voices New Visions Grand Jury Prize was given to Rafi Pitts&#8216; Iranian drama  It&#8217;s Winter, the story of a woman left behind in a small Iranian town after her husband travels abroad looking for work.

The Special Jury Prize went to Verónica Chen&#8217;s Agua, an Argentinean drama about two swimmers &#8212; one trying to refute charges of doping, the other doing whatever he can to join the national team.
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck&#8217;s old-fashioned spy melodrama  The Lives of Others, winner of 7  German Academy Awards and the European Film Academy&#8217;s best film, was the audience choice for best narrative feature. The Lives of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAFTA 2007 Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Helen Mirren, Sylvia Syms in The Queen (top); Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (bottom)

Though usually more open to non-English-language films than the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts failed to place either Pedro Almodóvar&#8217;s Volver or Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth as one (or two) of this year&#8217;s best film or best director nominees. 
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth did, however, receive a total of 8 nominations, including best foreign-language film and best original screenplay (del Toro). Almodóvar had to settle for a nomination in the best foreign-language film category, plus a best actress nod for Penélope Cruz.
As to be expected, the top nominees were The Queen, with ten nods, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Society of Cinematographers Awards 2007 Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Children of Men  (top); Edward Norton, Jessica Biel in The Illusionist (middle); Matt Damon, Alec Baldwin in The Good Shepherd (bottom)

The feature-film nominees for the 2007 American Society of Cinematographers Award are critics&#8217; fave Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men), plus Dick Pope (The Illusionist), Robert Richardson, (The Good Shepherd), Dean Semler (Apocalypto), and veteran Vilmos Zsigmond (The Black Dahlia), who has been shooting films &#8212; among them Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Deer Hunter &#8212; since the early 1960s.
The above list include  the eighth ASC nomination for Richardson; the third for Zsigmond, who won in 1993 for the telefilm Stalin;  the second for Lubezki and Semler; and the first for Pope.
Dean Semler&#8217;s nod marks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iowa Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 10, 2007
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Kate Winslet in Little Children
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Best Film: Little Children directed by Todd Field
Best Animated Film: Cars directed by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
 Best Actor:  Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen 
Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine
 The Best Movie Yet to Open in Iowa:   Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
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 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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		<title>Central Ohio Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Central Ohio Film Critics Association award winners: January 11, 2007
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Clive Owen, Michael Caine in Children of Men
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Best Film:  Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Runner-Up: The Departed  directed by Martin Scorsese 
Others in the Top Ten: 
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
 Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
Little Miss Sunshine
Brick
United 93
Babel
Thank You for Smoking
Casino Royale
Best Foreign Language Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
 Runner-Up: Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood 
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed 
 Runner-Up: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed 
 Runner-Up: Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007: Best Makeup Longlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (top); X-Men: The Last Stand (middle); Martin Short in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the  seven films up for the 2007 best makeup Academy Award. 
They are (in alphabetical order):

 Apocalypto
    Click
    Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest
    The Prestige
    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    X-Men: The Last Stand

On Saturday, Jan. 20, the Academy&#8217;s Makeup Award Nominating Committee will view ten-minute excerpts from each of the listed films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Louis Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards
2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award nominations: December 22, 2006
2007 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association award winners: January 7, 2007
&#8224; Films, performances, etc. nominated during the voting process
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
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Best Picture
Blood Diamond
* The Departed by Martin Scorsese
Flags of Our Fathers
The Good Shepherd
The Queen
United 93
&#8224; Dreamgirls
&#8224; The Last King of Scotland
&#8224; Notes on a Scandal
Best Foreign Language Film
Apocalypto
The Lives of Others
*  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Volver
Fateless
Three Times 
Best Documentary
* An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim
Why We Fight
Iraq for Sale
The Heart of the Game
&#8224; Deliver Us from Evil
Best Director
Clint Eastwood (Flags of Our Fathers)
Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond)
* Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Paul [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Society of Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2007 National Society of Film Critics award winners: New York City on January 6, 2007
There was no &#34;Best Foreign-Language Film&#34; award this year because the NSFC&#8217;s top choice was a non-English-language film &#8212; and so were the two runners-up in that category.
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Ivana Baquero in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
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BEST FILM
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro (34) 
Runners-up:  The Death of Mr. Lazarescu directed by Cristi Puiu (31); Letters from Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood (29); also, The Queen and  Army of Shadows
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Greengrass, United 93 (21)
Runners-up (tie): Martin Scorsese, The Departed (15) and Guillermo del Toro,  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (15)
BEST NONFICTION FILM
An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim (26)
Runners-up: Deliver Us from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2006 National Society of Film Critics Awards Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
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The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC), composed of 58 U.S. critics mostly based in New York City and Los Angeles, has chosen Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s Spanish-language dark fantasy Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth as the best film of 2006. 
Set in 1940s Spain, Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth tells the story of a girl (Ivana Baquero) who finds herself living in two worlds: One of Fascist horror above ground, one of dark magic below ground. Also in the cast are  Sergi López, Ariadna Gil, Doug Jones, and Maribel Verdú, none of whom made the NSFC&#8217;s list of winners or top runners-up. (In the last couple of decades, acting categories have tended to be restricted to English-speaking roles.)
The last time the NSFC chose a foreign-language [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAFTA 2007 Longlists: Best Film, Acting Categories</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bafta 2007 Longlists
Film, Foreign Film, Director, Acting Categories


Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (top); The History Boys (bottom)

BAFTA 2007 Longlists
Best Film &#8211; Top 15:
  Babel
  Bobby
  Casino Royale
  Children of Men
  The Departed
  The Devil Wears Prada
  Flags of Our Fathers
  The History Boys
  The Last King of Scotland
  Little Miss Sunshine
  Notes on a Scandal
  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
  The Queen
  United 93
  Volver
Best Foreign-Language Film &#8211; Top 15:
36 Quai des Orfèvres
Apocalypto
Black Book 
The Child 
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 
Gabrielle
Lady Vengeance 
Lemming
The Page Turner 
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth 
Paradise Now
Rang De Basanti / Paint it Yellow 
Secuestro Express
Volver
Zidane &#8211; A 21st Century Portrait 
Best Director &#8211; Top 15:
Mel Gibson &#8211; Apocalypto
Alejandro [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Globes 2007: Foreign-Language Film Screenings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Penélope Cruz in Volver (top); Martina Gedeck in The Lives of Others (middle); Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (bottom)

The American Cinematheque and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present all five foreign-language films nominated for the 2007 Golden Globe Awards at The Aero&#8217;s Max Palevsky Theatre in Santa Monica.
The five nominees are:

 Apocalypto (U.S.)
El Laberinto del fauno / Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth (Spain / Mexico / U.S.)
 Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others (Germany)
Letters from Iwo Jima (U.S.)
Volver (Spain)

Invited guests (to be confirmed) for each screening are directors Pedro Almodóvar, Guillermo del Toro, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck,  all of whom should also take part in  a round-table discussion moderated by Screen International  U.S. editor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2007 Austin Film Critics Association award winners: January 2, 2007
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Best Film: United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Runners-up: The Departed,  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth, Children of Men, Brick, Borat, Little Children, The Queen, The Prestige, The Fountain
Best Foreign Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: This Film Is Not Yet Rated directed by Kirby Dick
Best Animated Film: Cars by John Lasseter and Joe Ranft
Best First Film: Rian Johnson, Brick 
Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Best Actress: Ellen Page, Hard Candy 
Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Rinko Kikuchi, Babel 
Best Original Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro,  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Film Critics Awards 2007</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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2007 Online Film Critics Society Awards
2007 Online Film Critics Society award nominations: January 2, 2007
2007 Online Film Critics Society award winners: January 8, 2007
(&#34;*&#34; denotes the winner in each category)
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Best Picture
Babel
Children of Men
The Departed 
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth 
* United 93 by Paul Greengrass
Best Foreign Film
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
The Child
* Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Volver
Water
Best Documentary
Dave Chappelle&#8217;s Block Party
* An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim
Jesus Camp
Neil Young Heart of Gold
Shut Up &#38; Sing
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón &#8211; Children of Men
Paul Greengrass &#8211; United 93
Alejandro González Iñárritu &#8211; Babel
* Martin Scorsese &#8211; The Departed 
Guillermo del Toro &#8211; Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth 
 Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen &#8211; Borat
Leonardo DiCaprio &#8211; The Departed 
Ryan Gosling &#8211; Half Nelson
Peter O&#8217;Toole &#8211; Venus
* Forest Whitaker &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oklahoma Film Critics Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2006 06:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
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2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Oklahoma Film Critics Circle award winners: December 24, 2006
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 Best Film: United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
Runner-up: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Others in the top ten (in alphabetical order):
 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 
Casino Royale
Half Nelson
The Last King of Scotland
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
The Queen
Best Foreign-Language Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director:  Martin Scorsese, The Departed
 Best Actor:  Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner-up: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
 Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Film Critics Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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2006 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2006 Florida Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 22, 2006
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Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
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Best Film: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Best Foreign-Language Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro 
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
 Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen
 Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Best Screenplay: William Monahan, The Departed
Best Non-Fiction Film: An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim 
Best Animated Film: Monster House directed by Gil Kenan 
Best Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro,  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth
Pauline Kael Breakout Award: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film: Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, director and producer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2007 Goya Awards: Nominations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 05:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Viggo Mortensen in Alatriste (top); Lola Dueñas, Yohana Cobo, Penélope Cruz in Volver (bottom)

Agustín Díaz Yanes&#8216; 17th-century tale of a Spanish soldier turned mercenary, Alatriste, and Pedro Almodóvar&#8217;s story of the women of La Mancha, Volver, dominated the Spanish Film Academy&#8217;s 2007 Goya Award nominations announced yesterday, Dec. 18, by actors Pilar López de Ayala and Juan José Ballesta. Alatriste, the most expensive Spanish film ever made (&#8364;24 million), received a total of 15 nods, while Volver received 14.
Both  Alatriste and Volver were nominated for best film, best director, and, respectively, for best adapted screenplay (Alatriste is a cinematic condensation of five novels by Arturo Pérez Reverte) and best original screenplay. (Curiously, Volver failed to get a best editing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007: Visual Effects Longlist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Eragon (top); Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum (middle); Poseidon (bottom)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that seven films are &#34;in consideration&#34; for the 2007 visual effects Academy Award.
They are:
Casino Royale
Eragon
Night at the Museum
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man&#8217;s Chest
Poseidon
Superman Returns
X-Men: The Last Stand
Apparently, the visual effects found in Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth weren&#8217;t considered special enough.
On January 17, the Academy&#8217;s Visual Effects Award nominating committee will watch 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven films. Following the screenings, members will vote to nominate three films for the 2007 Oscar.
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		<title>Southeastern Film Critics Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2006 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
2006 Southeastern Film Critics Association winners: December 17, 2006
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Leonardo DiCaprio in The Departed
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Best Film: The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
Runners-up: Letters from Iwo Jima, The Queen, United 93, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, Babel, Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth, Little Children, Thank You for Smoking
Best Foreign-Language Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed
 Best Actor:  Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen 
 Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Best Original Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay: William Monahan, The Departed
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim 
Best Animated Film: Cars directed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Vegas Film Critics Awards 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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2006 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2006 Las Vegas Film Critics Society award winners: December 17, 2006
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson in The Departed
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Best Film: The Departed by Martin Scorsese
Runners-up: 
Letters from Iwo Jima
Babel
United 93
Dreamgirls
Blood Diamond
Thank You for Smoking
Perfume
The Queen
Flags of Our Fathers
Best Foreign-Language Film:  Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro
Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth by Davis Guggenheim 
Best Director:  Martin Scorsese, The Departed
 Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen 
 Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls 
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman, Thank You for Smoking
Best Animated Film: Monster House directed by Gil Kenan
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men
Best Film Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, The Departed
Best [...]]]></description>
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