Ken Loach turns down Turin Film Festival career award in solidarity with laid-off workers Ken Loach, well-known for his sympathies for the underdog, has turned down the Turin Film Festival’s…
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Armageddon Film Melancholia with Kirsten Dunst. Lars von Trier’s Melancholia is the clear favorite at the 2011 European Film Awards. Nazi joke or no, Cannes Film Festival ban or no,…
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Female directors at the forefront: Nadine Labaki in Where Do We Go Now?, which she also directed. The Musical was the Toronto Film Festival’s surprise People’s Choice Award winner. Lebanese…
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Biggest Snubs: Penélope Cruz and Yohana Cobo in Volver. Best Foreign Language Films Oscar: Biggest snubs Barbra Streisand - Yentl & The Prince of Tides:…
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List of individuals who have signed (as of Oct. 7) the “Free Roman Polanski” petition organized by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD): Michael A. Russ Erika Abrams,…
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No particular entry dominated the Italian Film Academy’s 51st David di Donatello Awards, presented this evening at the Gran Teatro di Tor di Quinto in Rome, though Giuseppe Tornatore’s La…
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Nicole Kidman in Fur is Rome Film Festival entry while Helen Mirren is the queen of the Venice Film Festival. Helen Mirren: The Queen of Venice Film Festival “Thank you,…
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The Queen with Helen Mirren. For the first time in the history of the Venice Film Festival, all films competing for the 2006 Golden Lion will have their world premiere…
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Paolo Sorrentino’s mafia thriller was the surprise big winner at this year’s Italian Oscars, while a Hollywood superstar was an odd choice for the honorary award.
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Gianni Amelio’s acclaimed father-son drama was the Italian film journalists’ top Nastri d’Argento winner. Pedro Almodóvar and veteran Mario Monicelli were also honored.
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Venice Festival: The Golden Lion victory of Mike Leigh’s abortion drama at the snafu-plagued Biennale has angered Italian nativists rooting for local father-son tale.
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke. Six films are vying for the top prize at the 2009 European Film Awards. They are: Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank, about a teenager (best…
Film Awards: Free Jimmy. Norway Film Awards: Amandas The nominations for the 2005-2006 Amandas were announced on June 28. The winners of the 2005–2006 Amandas were announced on Aug. 18,…
Foreign Language Film Oscar get entries from 49 countries, but 2 internationally acclaimed Gael García Bernal movies have ended up as Academy Award orphans.