Oscar 2009 Predictions: Best Documentary, Animated Film
Encounters at the End of the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY, FEATURE
Encounters at the End of the World
I.O.U.S.A.
Man on Wire
Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water
This is another specialty category that’s hard to hazard a guess.
The critically acclaimed Sundance winner Man on Wire is the only shoo-in, unless there’s another Hoop Dreams or The Thin Blue Line upset.
I.O.U.S.A. is quite relevant — the title says it all;
Standard Operating Procedure comes from the hands of Errol Morris, whose The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara won the 2003 Oscar in this category;
Trouble the Water is another doc that has been greeted by solid reviews and that has been [...]
by Andre Soares | December 24, 2008
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Tags: 2009 Oscar, Academy Awards, Animation, Documentaries, Encounters at the End of the World, Film Awards, Kung Fu Panda, Man on Wire, Oscar Predictions, Trouble the Water, WALL-E, Waltz with Bashir
Women Film Journalists Awards 2008
2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award winners: Dec. 15, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Film
A Christmas Tale
I’ve Loved You So Long
* Tell No One
Best Documentary (tie)
* Man On Wire – James Marsh
Standard Operating Procedure – Errol Morris
* Trouble The Water – Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Best Director
* Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
* Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actress (tie)
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep – Doubt
* Kate Winslet – The Reader/Revolutionary Road
Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy
Best Actor in a Supporting [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 15, 2008
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Tags: Danny Boyle, Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Kate Winslet, Man on Wire, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, Slumdog Millionaire, Tell No One, Trouble the Water, Viola Davis, Women Film Journalists Awards
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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Tags: Ballast, Film Awards, Frozen River, Gotham Awards, Lance Hammer, Melissa Leo, Penélope Cruz, Sita Sings the Blues, Synecdoche New York, Trouble the Water, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
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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Tags: Alex Rivera, Courtney Hunt, Fields of Fuel, Film Awards, Film Festivals, Frozen River, Jens Jonsson, King of Ping Pong, Man on Wire, Sleep Dealer, Sundance 2008, Sundance Film Festival, Trouble the Water
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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Tags: Film Awards, Film Festivals, Frozen River, King of Ping Pong, Lance Hammer, Man on Wire, Nanette Burstein, Photos, Sundance 2008, Sundance Film Festival, Trouble the Water
Sundance 2008: Documentary Competition
Sundance 2008: Documentary Competition
I.O.U.S.A. by Patrick Creadon
Film information from the Sundance Film Festival press release
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER (Director and Screenwriter: Edet Belzberg)—Uncle Sam really wants you! A compelling exploration of army recruitment in the United States told through the story of Louisiana Sergeant, First Class Clay Usie, one of the most successful recruiters in the history of the U.S. Army. World Premiere
AMERICAN TEEN (Director and Screenwriter: Nanette Burstein)— This irreverent cinema vérité chronicles four seniors at an Indiana high school and yields a surprising snapshot of Midwestern life. World Premiere
BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER (Director: Christopher Bell; Screenwriters: Christopher Bell, Alexander Buono, Tamsin Rawady)—A filmmaker explores America’s win-at-all-cost culture by examining his two brothers’ steroids use…and his own. World Premiere
FIELDS OF FUEL [...]
