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All Quiet on the Western Front won Best International Film OSCAR

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Tonight All Quiet on the Western Front by Edward Berger from Germany won the OSCAR for the Best International Film, and it was a surprise as a much better film, Argentina 1985 was among the nominees. https://vimeo.com/807397394 All Quiet on the Western Front Germany – Directed by Edward Berger https://youtu.be/hf8EYbVxtCY War breaks out in Germany in 1914. Paul Bäumer and his classmates quickly enlist in the army to serve their fatherland. No sooner are they drafted than the first images from the battlefield show them the reality of war. Other nominees were: EO Poland – Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski https://youtu.be/rrBeSQbdXmw…

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Harry Belafonte Continues Fight For Social Justice at the age of 96

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Principal photography has wrapped on Following Harry, a documentary that offers an inside view of 96-year-old civil rights icon Harry Belafonte’s continuing mission of social justice. The film directed and edited by Susanne Rostock is being readied for premiere at fall film festivals. Belafonte, who celebrated his birthday on March 1, executive produces Following Harry. He, Rostock and producer Julius Nasso previously collaborated on the 2011 documentary Sing Your Song, a film that examined both Belafonte’s groundbreaking career in entertainment and his key role in the Civil Rights Movement. Following Harry is a present-tense account of Belafonte’s ongoing dedication to…

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Czech movie ‘My Sunny Maad’ wins César Award

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My Sunny Maad, a Czech-Slovak-French co-production directed by Czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová, has won a César Award, France’s equivalent to the Academy Awards, in the category of Best Animated Feature Film. This year’s César Awards were handed out during a gala ceremony in Paris on Friday evening, with Dominik Moll’s crime thriller The Night of the 12th winning for Best Feature Film. Brad Pitt made a surprise appearance at the awards show to honor his 1999 film Fight Club. Competing alongside My Sunny Maad for the Best Animated Feature César was directors Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be? (Le Petit Nicolas: Qu’est-ce qu’on attend…

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures & Black History Month

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LOS ANGELES – They only each run about three minutes, but in that short time “soundies” are helping to preserve Black history from decades ago. Soundies were short films often depicting a musical performance that could run before or after feature films in movie houses around the nation. The reels, many of which were made in the 1940s, typically featured musicians of all races, but they are particularly significant for preserving performances from Black luminaries like Louis Armstrong, Dorothy Dandridge, Cab Calloway and Fats Waller in the prime of their careers. For Black performers, soundies were an opportunity for exposure…

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Venice Film Festival Winners

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In a rare triumph for nonfiction cinema at a major film festival, American docmaker Laura Poitras has taken the Golden Lion for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival for “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” — the third female director in a row to the take the honor on the Lido, following recent victories for Chloe Zhao and Audrey Diwan. In doing so, she narrowly edged out such hotly fancied filmmakers as Martin Donagh, Luca Guadagnino, Alice Diop and Jafar Panahi, all of whom nonetheless landed prizes of their own from a jury headed by actor Julianne Moore. An Oscar winner in…

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Shahab Hosseini in ‘The Far Mountains’

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Shahab Hosseini, a Cannes best actor winner in 2016 for his layered, complex performance in Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning “The Salesman,” is attached to star in “The Far Mountains,” from Mitra Tabrizian. A nuanced coming-of-age tale with an allegorical undertow, “The Far Mountains” marks Tabrizian’s follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut feature “Gholam,” also starring Hosseini and selected by The Guardian/Observer’s Mark Kermode as Film of the Week on its release. “Gholam” was theatrically released in the U.K. and major VOD platforms internationally. “Gholam” producer Zadoc Nava at London-based Stray Dog Films will be introducing “The Far Mountains” at Locarno’s Match…

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2020 Sarajevo Film Festival

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It may be Maša Marković’s first year as head of industry at the Sarajevo Film Festival, but for the long-time festival staffer, it’s business as usual. CineLink Industry Days has long been considered the leading industry hub for Southeast European film professionals and has played a critical role in shaping talent and expanding content and co-productions in the region. This year marks the 20th anniversary of its co-production market, which presents ten of the most promising feature film projects in development from the region and, says Marković, this year’s strand is better than ever. “We really focus heavily on the…

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79th Venice Film Festival

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Here is the the list of the films selected for 78th Venice Film Festival Competition White Noise – Noah Baumbach (USA) (opening film) Il signore delle formiche – Gianni Amelio (Italy) The Whale – Darren Aronofsky (USA) L’immensità – Emanuele Crialese (Italy/France) Saint Omer – Alice Diop (France) Blonde – Andrew Dominik (USA) Tár – Todd Field (USA) Love Life – Kôji Fukada (Japan/France) Athena – Romain Gavras (France) Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades – Alejandro González Iñárritu (Mexico) Bones and All – Luca Guadagnino (USA/Italy) The Eternal Daughter – Joanna Hogg (UK/USA) Beyond the Wall – Vahid Jalilvand (Iran) The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh (Ireland/UK/USA) Argentina, 1985 – Santiago Mitre (Argentina/USA) Chiara – Susanna Nicchiarelli (Italy/Belgium) Monica – Andrea Pallaoro (USA/Italy) No Bears – Jafar Panahi (Iran) All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Laura Poitras (USA) Un Couple – Frederick Wiseman (France/USA) The Son – Florian Zeller (UK) Les Miens – Roschdy Zem (France) Les enfants des autres – Rebecca Zlotowski (France) Out…

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Soorarai Pottru wins 68th National Film Awards

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Filmmaker Sudha Kongara bagged the National Award under the Best Screenplay Category for Soorarai Pottru, which turned out to be a top winner. Sudha shares screenplay credits with Shalini Usha Nair. Her Directorial also won the Best Film Award. Besides, the film’s lead actors, Suriya and Aparna Balamurali have brought laurels by winning the Best Actor and Actress Awards, respectively. Soorarai Pottru’s composer GV Prakash was awarded for the Best Background Score. Speaking about her achievement, Sudha says, “I am on top of the world now. I feel like I have flown the 1 Rs flight, I feel what Captain…

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Freedom Swimmer wins MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award at 2022 ShortFest

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Palm Springs International ShortFest has announced Freedom Swimmer (Australia/France/UK/Hong Kong) by Olivia Martin-McGuire, as the winner of 2022 MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Award, presented by Cinema Without Borders and sponsored by MOZAIK Philanthropy.  Breakpoint (France) by Nicolas Panay received MOZAIK Bridging The Borders Award Honorary Mention. This year’s award ceremony festival was held on June 26th at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. Susan Morgan Cooper and Bijan Tehrani, two of the jury members, presented the award for this year’s MOZAIK Bridging the Borders Honorary Mention and award winner. The winner received a cash award of $2500 courtesy of MOZAIK…

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