Exclusive: Nitrogen joins The Lost Thing producers Passion Pictures Australia on the project.
Leading Canadian animation outfit Nitrogen Studios Inc has joined animated feature Arkie, which on Odin’s Eye Entertainment’s European Film Market (Efm) slate.
Nitrogen is to coproduce with Passion Pictures Australia, the outfit behind the Oscar-winning The Lost Thing.
Based on Scarygirl, the cult brand created by artist Nathan Jurevicius, the film is being directed by his brother Luke Jurevicius (Figaro Pho).
Odin’s Eye Entertainment is in Berlin looking to add to territories already sold at the European Film Market at Mgb stand 11. These territories include Italy (Notorious Pictures), Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Baltic States (Best Film), Former Yugoslavia (Dexin Film), Middle East (Phoenicia) and Philippines (Captive Entertainment).
The film has the support from Australian government bodies Film Victoria and Screen Australia. Delivery is expected in 2018.
Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc. is one of Canada’s pre-eminent digital animation production companies. The company...
Leading Canadian animation outfit Nitrogen Studios Inc has joined animated feature Arkie, which on Odin’s Eye Entertainment’s European Film Market (Efm) slate.
Nitrogen is to coproduce with Passion Pictures Australia, the outfit behind the Oscar-winning The Lost Thing.
Based on Scarygirl, the cult brand created by artist Nathan Jurevicius, the film is being directed by his brother Luke Jurevicius (Figaro Pho).
Odin’s Eye Entertainment is in Berlin looking to add to territories already sold at the European Film Market at Mgb stand 11. These territories include Italy (Notorious Pictures), Australia and New Zealand (Madman), Baltic States (Best Film), Former Yugoslavia (Dexin Film), Middle East (Phoenicia) and Philippines (Captive Entertainment).
The film has the support from Australian government bodies Film Victoria and Screen Australia. Delivery is expected in 2018.
Nitrogen Studios Canada Inc. is one of Canada’s pre-eminent digital animation production companies. The company...
- 2/12/2017
- by geoffrey@macnab.demon.co.uk (Geoffrey Macnab)
- ScreenDaily
Justin Timberlake on the Oscars' Red Carpet Justin Timberlake at the Academy Awards The Social Network actor Justin Timberlake arrives at the 83rd Academy Awards, which took place on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. At the ceremony, Timberlake and Black Swan actress Mila Kunis introduced the nominees – and eventual winners – in the animation categories. Throughout the proceedings, he pretended to be the elusive Banksy, whose Exit Through the Gift Shop was a Best Documentary Feature contender. The joke fell mostly flat, but Timberlake actually elicited some laughs when he imitated three-time Oscar-nominated veteran Kirk Douglas*, who mercilessly stretched the Best Supporting Actress announcement into what seemed like hours. Admittedly, Douglas was funny. (The winner in that particular category turned out to be Melissa Leo for David O. Russell's The Fighter.) As announced by the Justin Timberlake-Mila Kunis duo, the Best Animated Short Film was Shaun Tan...
- 5/2/2015
- by D. Zhea
- Alt Film Guide
Producer John Kassab, in character, on the set of Like Lambs.
Photographed by Johanna B Kelly, the film's Australian production designer.
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Los Angeles-based Australian producer John Kassab is completing his first narrative feature, Like Lambs, with the help of some Hollywood tech wizards.
Visual effects maestro Douglas Trumble, sound designers Wylie Stateman, Richard King and Per Hallberg and editor Joe Hutshing (whose credits include Oliver Stone.s W. and Savages and Cameron Crowe.s upcoming Aloha) have mentored Kassab.
The feature debut of Us writer-director Ted Marcus, the film follows students at an elite boarding school who take a stand against government corruption and demand radical action when the over- leveraged Us economy implodes.
The cast includes Liam Aiken (Ned Rifle, The Killer Inside Me), Connor Paolo (Mystic River, Gossip Girl, Revenge), Justin Chon (Twilight, 21 and Over), Chanelle Peloso (TV.s Incredible Crew, Zapped) and Godfrey (Louie, Soul Plane, Zoolander...
Photographed by Johanna B Kelly, the film's Australian production designer.
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Los Angeles-based Australian producer John Kassab is completing his first narrative feature, Like Lambs, with the help of some Hollywood tech wizards.
Visual effects maestro Douglas Trumble, sound designers Wylie Stateman, Richard King and Per Hallberg and editor Joe Hutshing (whose credits include Oliver Stone.s W. and Savages and Cameron Crowe.s upcoming Aloha) have mentored Kassab.
The feature debut of Us writer-director Ted Marcus, the film follows students at an elite boarding school who take a stand against government corruption and demand radical action when the over- leveraged Us economy implodes.
The cast includes Liam Aiken (Ned Rifle, The Killer Inside Me), Connor Paolo (Mystic River, Gossip Girl, Revenge), Justin Chon (Twilight, 21 and Over), Chanelle Peloso (TV.s Incredible Crew, Zapped) and Godfrey (Louie, Soul Plane, Zoolander...
- 3/25/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Welcome to another weekly preview of upcoming Blu-Ray releases! You may notice that we’ve implemented some design changes; sometimes a new look can go a long way.
This week, Hotel Transylvania makes Club Med look like a daycare, the Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection explodes onto store shelves, and a slew of Oscar winning short films get a home release.
Ready for this week’s Blu-Ray releases? Then read on.
Hotel Transylvania
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, and Andy Samberg.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
A computer-animated comedy film directed by the creator of the totally-underrated Samurai Jack. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Plot: Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them.
This week, Hotel Transylvania makes Club Med look like a daycare, the Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Collection explodes onto store shelves, and a slew of Oscar winning short films get a home release.
Ready for this week’s Blu-Ray releases? Then read on.
Hotel Transylvania
Starring: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, David Spade, and Andy Samberg.
Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
A computer-animated comedy film directed by the creator of the totally-underrated Samurai Jack. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Plot: Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them.
- 1/27/2013
- by C.P. Howells
- We Got This Covered
The truth is something on the fringe is likely to win the Best Animated Short Oscar this year. "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" over "La Luna," "The Lost Thing" over "Day & Night," "Logorama" over "A Matter of Loaf and Death," "The Danish Poet" over "The Little Matchgirl" -- it happens. A lot. That having been said, Disney's "Paperman," a delicate little love story that's greeting viewers of "Wreck-It Ralph" this weekend, is generating plenty of love and goodwill. It's a blend of hand-drawn 2D animation and 3D CG artwork. "The characters are modeled in CG and rendered...
- 11/4/2012
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
The power may be out, but the audience was tapped in to last night's series premiere of Revolution as NBC's Best New Show of 2012 won its timeslot by a wide margin. And like all good pilot episodes do, last night left us with hundreds of mega-watt questions about the characters' past, present and future.
To suss out some answers, I caught up with creator Eric Kripke to talk about the direction Revolution will trek into over the course of season one, how much flashbacks will play into the storytelling and when (or, rather, if) we'll find out who turned the power off!
TheInsider.com: Firstly, what was your goal with Revolution?
Eric Kripke: My goal in creating the show was to bring to a grand, sweeping epic to television. A real heroes journey. To say that I'm obsessed with Star Wars and Lord of the Rings is an understatement. I wanted...
To suss out some answers, I caught up with creator Eric Kripke to talk about the direction Revolution will trek into over the course of season one, how much flashbacks will play into the storytelling and when (or, rather, if) we'll find out who turned the power off!
TheInsider.com: Firstly, what was your goal with Revolution?
Eric Kripke: My goal in creating the show was to bring to a grand, sweeping epic to television. A real heroes journey. To say that I'm obsessed with Star Wars and Lord of the Rings is an understatement. I wanted...
- 9/18/2012
- TheInsider.com
Sketchy highlights the unique, critically-lauded writer/illustrator Shaun Tan. Ryan sits down with his coworkers and friends to discuss Tan’s collection of short stories “Lost & Found,” and a short film adapted from his story called “The Lost Thing.” Enjoy!
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- 8/23/2012
- by Ryan Clagg
- SoundOnSight
Screen Australia has invested in five short films this week, including the directorial debut of popular children's author and illustrator Graeme Base.
The Gallant Captain, adapted from Base's own picture book The Legend of the Golden Snail, was one of two films selected to share in $300,000 of financing as part of the Short Animation Production Program. The story, a child's pirate fantasy, will be co-directed by Base and producer Katrina Mathers (Nullarbor).
The second recipient, stop-motion sand animation short The Crossing, will be animated, written and directed by visual artist Marieka Walsh and producer Donna Chang. The Crossing is the pair's second sand animated short film, their previous collaboration The Hunter recently screened at the SXSW festival.
Previous shorts funded through the agency's animation program include the Oscar-winning films The Lost Thing and Harvie Krumpet.
After an intensive three-month development process, three live action films have also been selected to...
The Gallant Captain, adapted from Base's own picture book The Legend of the Golden Snail, was one of two films selected to share in $300,000 of financing as part of the Short Animation Production Program. The story, a child's pirate fantasy, will be co-directed by Base and producer Katrina Mathers (Nullarbor).
The second recipient, stop-motion sand animation short The Crossing, will be animated, written and directed by visual artist Marieka Walsh and producer Donna Chang. The Crossing is the pair's second sand animated short film, their previous collaboration The Hunter recently screened at the SXSW festival.
Previous shorts funded through the agency's animation program include the Oscar-winning films The Lost Thing and Harvie Krumpet.
After an intensive three-month development process, three live action films have also been selected to...
- 3/30/2012
- by Amanda Diaz
- IF.com.au
Australian children’s author and illustrator Graeme Base, whose work includes Animalia and The Eleventh Hour, is to make his film directorial debut.
Base will co-direct with Katrina Mathers the film The Gallant Captain, an adaptation of his book The Legend of the Golden Snail.
Mathers with Daryl Munton of The Lampshade Collective was behind last year’s The Nullabor which won Sydney Film Festival’s Best Animated Short Film Award at both the Sydney Film Festival 2011 and the Aacta Awards 2012.
The short film has received funding from Screen Australia through the agency’s short animation production program.
Also to receive funding from Screen Australia is The Crossing, a stop-motion sand animation from writer/director/animator and visual artists Marieka Walsh. Sand animation is the use of sand on a lighted piece of glass to create each frame.
The film follows on from the success of Walsh’s team with The Hunter,...
Base will co-direct with Katrina Mathers the film The Gallant Captain, an adaptation of his book The Legend of the Golden Snail.
Mathers with Daryl Munton of The Lampshade Collective was behind last year’s The Nullabor which won Sydney Film Festival’s Best Animated Short Film Award at both the Sydney Film Festival 2011 and the Aacta Awards 2012.
The short film has received funding from Screen Australia through the agency’s short animation production program.
Also to receive funding from Screen Australia is The Crossing, a stop-motion sand animation from writer/director/animator and visual artists Marieka Walsh. Sand animation is the use of sand on a lighted piece of glass to create each frame.
The film follows on from the success of Walsh’s team with The Hunter,...
- 3/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Martin Scorsese's film Hugo is adapted from The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. In an exclusive interview the American artist talks about working with Marty, his love of cross-hatching – and why he always keeps a mirror on his desk
The boy – wearing a tatty frock coat and waistcoat – runs across a station forecourt, through iron columns, steam and glass. Turn the page, and he enters the mouth of a square tunnel, into the shadows; he pauses, against the tunnel wall, to ensure he is unobserved. Turn again, and we see, close-up, his arm reach towards an ornate iron grate in the wall; and then – in the graphic equivalent of a cinema zoom-shot – we see his boot, with holes in the sole, disappearing into a duct, and the station's concealed innards and passages.
This opening sequence from the best-selling book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by the American...
The boy – wearing a tatty frock coat and waistcoat – runs across a station forecourt, through iron columns, steam and glass. Turn the page, and he enters the mouth of a square tunnel, into the shadows; he pauses, against the tunnel wall, to ensure he is unobserved. Turn again, and we see, close-up, his arm reach towards an ornate iron grate in the wall; and then – in the graphic equivalent of a cinema zoom-shot – we see his boot, with holes in the sole, disappearing into a duct, and the station's concealed innards and passages.
This opening sequence from the best-selling book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by the American...
- 2/12/2012
- by Ed Vulliamy
- The Guardian - Film News
An Australian have been nominated for the 84th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Awards announced overnight, with one more likely to be announced.
Included in the Oscars nomination line up is Australian film editor Kirk Baxter with producer Grant Hill likely to be recognised also.
Baxter, who won last year for David Fincher’s The Social Network, has been nominated for his work on David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Hill, producer of Terrence Mallick’s Tree of Life will most likely be nominated, with the film up for best picture, but the nominees yet to be determined. Hill was also a producer of Mallick’s Thin Red Line and the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix Trilogy and V for Vendetta.
It is a relatively quiet year for Australians at the Oscars, compared to last year seven nominations in which seven nominations were received. Wins went not only...
Included in the Oscars nomination line up is Australian film editor Kirk Baxter with producer Grant Hill likely to be recognised also.
Baxter, who won last year for David Fincher’s The Social Network, has been nominated for his work on David Fincher’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Hill, producer of Terrence Mallick’s Tree of Life will most likely be nominated, with the film up for best picture, but the nominees yet to be determined. Hill was also a producer of Mallick’s Thin Red Line and the Wachowski brothers’ Matrix Trilogy and V for Vendetta.
It is a relatively quiet year for Australians at the Oscars, compared to last year seven nominations in which seven nominations were received. Wins went not only...
- 1/24/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Two-thousand-double-one came in with the roar of Tiger Mommy and the tragic devastation of Japan’s tsunami. As it continued, the NBA waved farewell to Yao Ming, Gary Locke took a plane to Beijing — and Asians in the library made their cell phones ring. As 2012 begins, here are Tao Jones’s picks for the best, the worst and the most memorable events, individuals and phenomena of the year that was.
People of the Year: Angry men and brainy girls, diplomats,...
People of the Year: Angry men and brainy girls, diplomats,...
- 12/31/2011
- by Jeff Yang
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Aside from being a handy wild card in any Oscar betting pool (as much as I like recent winners "Logorama" and "The Lost Thing," I value them most for what I gained from their victories), the Best Animated Short Oscar is always fun to keep an eye on at this stage, given that it's almost impossible to handicap this far out, and yet not too difficult to research. So it is with the 45 shorts that were recently revealed to have qualified for the award, any number of which look from afar like potential nominees. As usual with this category, shorts...
- 11/16/2011
- by Guy Lodge
- Hitfix
Alex Lloyd and Pigram Brothers, Jed Kurzel, David Hirschfelder, David McCormack and The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor are among the nominees for the 2011 Screen Music Awards.
The 2011 Screen Music Awards are jointly presented by Apra (Australiasian Performing Rights Association) and Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers).
In the category of the feature film score of the year, Alex Lloyd and Alan and Stephen Pigram are nominated for Mad Bastards alongside Jed Kurzel of rock band the Mess Hall, and brother of director Justin Kurzel is nominated for Snowtown. Past winner David Hirschfelder (Children of the Silk Road) is nominated for The Legend of the Guardians while Burkhard Dallwitz is nominated for The Way Back.
Dallwitz is also nominated for Underbelly Files: tell them Lucifer was here in the Best music for a mini-series or telemovie alongside Guy Gross for East West 101, Bryony Marks for Cloudstreet and...
The 2011 Screen Music Awards are jointly presented by Apra (Australiasian Performing Rights Association) and Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers).
In the category of the feature film score of the year, Alex Lloyd and Alan and Stephen Pigram are nominated for Mad Bastards alongside Jed Kurzel of rock band the Mess Hall, and brother of director Justin Kurzel is nominated for Snowtown. Past winner David Hirschfelder (Children of the Silk Road) is nominated for The Legend of the Guardians while Burkhard Dallwitz is nominated for The Way Back.
Dallwitz is also nominated for Underbelly Files: tell them Lucifer was here in the Best music for a mini-series or telemovie alongside Guy Gross for East West 101, Bryony Marks for Cloudstreet and...
- 10/18/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The AFI (Australian Film Institute) and Aacta (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) have announced the first nominees for the inaugural Aacta Awards to be held in January 2012.
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
The nominations for best Feature Length Documentary, Best Animated Short Film, and Best Short Film accompany the announcement of 23 feature films at the Aacta launch.
Said Damian Trewhella, AFI Aacta CEO, “From the concert hall to the Outback, and spanning decades, countries and genres, nominees announced today demonstrate the breadth and depth of Australian filmmaking talent. We look forward to recognising Australia’s best and brightest screen practitioners at the inaugural Samsung Aacta Awards in January, building on the proud, 53-year-old tradition of celebrating screen excellence in Australia established by the AFI.”
The nominees for the Aacta for best Feature Length Documentary are:
Life In Movement – about dancer Tanja Liedtke, produced by Sophie Hyde, Bryan Mason Mrs Carey’s Concert – follows...
- 8/30/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The 2011 Hugo Awards have honoured comics creators in two categories. Phil and Kaja Foglio's Girl Genius, Volume 10: Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse was named 'Best Graphic Story' at the Science Fiction Awards. Cartoonist Shaun Tan (The Lost Thing, The Arrival) received the award for 'Best Artist'. Tan has previously won the 'Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award' for excellence in children's literature (more)...
- 8/22/2011
- by By Hugh Armitage
- Digital Spy
Image via Wikipedia
Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
Update 8/21: So much for hotel wi-fi, which also limited our Harvey Awards coverage.
A recording of the full Hugo Awards Ceremony is still up at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/16783348 Two caveats: there’s a commercial ad that you have to watch before the actual recording, and the ceremony starts some 35 minutes or so into the stream.
There were 2100 valid voting ballots were counted, 2086 electronic and 14 by postal mail.
Best Novel (1813 ballots)
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Best Novella (1467 ballots)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean) – Read Online
Best Novelette (1469 ballots)
“The Emperor of Mars” by Allen M. Steele (Asimov’s, June 2010) – Read Online
Best Short Story (1597 ballots)
“For Want of a Nail” by Mary Robinette Kowal (Asimov’s, September 2010) – Read Online
Best Related Work (1220 ballots)
Chicks Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the Women Who Love It,...
- 8/21/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Like always, Comic Con International is revealing the schedule of events day by day. It certainly makes planning a lot easier. But that's neither here nor there. There's a lot of panels to cover, so let's just get to it. Check out the pertinent film and television panels set for the first two days of the show after the jump.
The first "day" of the show is Preview Night only, so there's only a couple things happening that night:
6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series—
Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of three of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2011-12 television season — Alcatraz, Person of Interest, and The Secret Circle — as well as Supernatural: The Anime Series,...
The first "day" of the show is Preview Night only, so there's only a couple things happening that night:
6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series—
Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of three of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2011-12 television season — Alcatraz, Person of Interest, and The Secret Circle — as well as Supernatural: The Anime Series,...
- 7/8/2011
- Cinelinx
We're less than two weeks away from the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, and convention organizers have finally released the schedule for the first day of programing. You can find the full schedule on comic-con.org [1], or after the jump I've listed the film and television highlights, which includes the Masters of the Web panel which I've been invited to be a panelist on (In full disclosure, I've been asked to be on this panel for a few years now, but I've only just recently gotten over my fear of speaking in front of large audiences). It should be a fun panel, and I hear they will be giving away some really cool prizes as well. Wednesday (Preview Night) 6:00-9:00 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings: Alcatraz, Person of Interest, The Secret Circle, and Supernatural: The Anime Series— Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night...
- 7/7/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Bondi-based short film festival, Flickerfest is now accepting film submissions for its 21st edition, from 6-15 January 2012.
Films must fit into the below categories:
International
Australian
Documentary
GreenFlicks (films with an environmental focus)
Flickerup – films from Primary High School age students from across Australia
All films must be under 35 minutes and have been completed within 2 years of entry closing dates.
A total of $50,000 prize money will recognise excellence with awards and prizes including Best Short Film and Yoram Gross Best Animation Short Film – Last year’s winner The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan went on to win the Academy Award.
Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy Award accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival. Held at Bondi Beach Pavilion, the festival then goes on the 30 venue national tour.
For more information, visit Flickerfest.
Image by Shane Rennie.
Films must fit into the below categories:
International
Australian
Documentary
GreenFlicks (films with an environmental focus)
Flickerup – films from Primary High School age students from across Australia
All films must be under 35 minutes and have been completed within 2 years of entry closing dates.
A total of $50,000 prize money will recognise excellence with awards and prizes including Best Short Film and Yoram Gross Best Animation Short Film – Last year’s winner The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan went on to win the Academy Award.
Flickerfest is Australia’s only Academy Award accredited and BAFTA recognised short film festival. Held at Bondi Beach Pavilion, the festival then goes on the 30 venue national tour.
For more information, visit Flickerfest.
Image by Shane Rennie.
- 7/4/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Fantaspoa, the biggest fantastic film festival in Latin America, has announced its full line-up this week. The festival will present a total of 150 films from across the genres (55 short films and 95 feature films) and the festival will bring to Brazil more than 20 international guests. The fest will present the world première of highly awaited Brazillian feature films, such as Pólvora Negra (Black Gunpowder), directed by Kapel Furman and our opening film The Night of the ChupaCabras, directed by Rodrigo Aragão. Also, in the festival, Kyle Rankin (Infestation, The Battle of Shaker Heights) will be present to première his anticipated new feature: Nuclear Family. The closing film of the festival will be Stake Land, presented by Jim Mickle. In the short film slate, some highlights include The Lost Thing (Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan), winner of this years’ Oscar for Best Animated short film, Maska (The Quay Brothers) based on the text of the polish master,...
- 6/27/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Fantaspoa, the biggest fantastic film festival in Latin America, has announced its full line-up this week. The festival will present a total of 150 films from across the genres (55 short films and 95 feature films) and the festival will bring to Brazil more than 20 international guests. The fest will present the world première of highly awaited Brazillian feature films, such as Pólvora Negra (Black Gunpowder), directed by Kapel Furman and our opening film The Night of the ChupaCabras, directed by Rodrigo Aragão. Also, in the festival, Kyle Rankin (Infestation, The Battle of Shaker Heights) will be present to première his anticipated new feature: Nuclear Family. The closing film of the festival will be Stake Land, presented by Jim Mickle. In the short film slate, some highlights include The Lost Thing (Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan), winner of this years’ Oscar for Best Animated short film, Maska (The Quay Brothers) based on the text of the polish master,...
- 6/27/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Four Australians have been invited to join the The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences after being recognised for their work in the past year. Actors Jacki Weaver and Mia Wasikowska, animator Shaun Tan and producer Emile Sherman, are among the list of 178 artists and executives invited to join the organisation, which oversees the Academy Awards, this year. Weaver was nominated for best supporting actress for her role in Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom (Melissa Leo won for her performance in The Fighter) while Shaun Tan won best short animation for The Lost Thing and Emile Sherman won best film for The King's Speech. Mia Wasikowska.has performed in several critical and commercial hits such as The Kids Are All Right and Alice in Wonderland. .These...
- 6/20/2011
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of invited new members, and it’s clear they’re continuing to try to make their membership younger. On the list alongside veterans like John Hawkes and David Duchovny are a slew of twentysomethings, including Mia Wasikowska, Ellen Page, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lawrence, and Rooney Mara. The Board of Governors also decided to extend an invitation to Restrepo codirector Tim Hetherington, the first time Academy membership has been bestowed posthumously. As a side note, it’s also a hoot to now say the phrase Oscar voter Russell Brand.
- 6/17/2011
- by Dave Karger
- EW - Inside Movies
Beverly Hills, CA . The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy.s roster of members.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
.These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,. said Academy President Tom Sherak. .Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks..
The Academy.s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
HollywoodNews.com: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 178 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2011 to the Academy’s roster of members.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
“These individuals are among the best filmmakers working in the industry today,” said Academy President Tom Sherak. “Their talent and creativity have entertained moviegoers around the world, and I welcome each of them to our ranks.”
The Academy’s membership policies would have allowed a maximum of 211 new members in 2011, but as in other recent years, several branch committees endorsed fewer candidates than were proposed to them. Voting membership in the organization has now held steady at just under 6,000 members since 2003.
In an unprecedented gesture, the list of new members includes documentary filmmaker Tim Hetherington, who was killed in action in Libya in April.
- 6/17/2011
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
For the second consecutive year, Encore has chosen a select group of screen professionals who have achieved new heights in 2010/2011, whose decisions influence and shape Australia’s audiovisual industry, and whose work has stood out from the crowd. These are our Power 50.
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
1. Emile Sherman – Producer
Last February, Sherman became the first Australian producer to receive an Academy Award for Best Picture, alongside his See-Saw Films partner Iain Canning, and Bedlam Productions’ Gareth Unwin. It also won at the BAFTAs and the Producers Guild of America, in addition to the many other honours for its cast and crew.
While technically a UK production, the Australianness of the film is undeniable – and so is its success; with a modest U$15m budget, The King’s Speech has grossed more than $405m worldwide – one of the most successful independent films of all time. Read Emile Sherman interview
2. Baz Luhrmann – Director, writer, producer
There...
- 6/9/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
CGTExpo, India's largest expo on Career Guidance and Computer Graphics Technology, scheduled for 28th and 29th May in Mumbai, has announced its program line up and event partners. Announcing the partners to be present at the job fair during the event, Rk Chand, member of the organizing team shared, "The companies present at the expo would include Contact Singapore, Lucasfilms Singapore, Reliance Mediaworks, Technicolor India, Mpc and Dreamworks Dedicated Unit at Technicolor, to name a few. Apart from this, exhibition partners will comprise of companies like Dsk Supinfocom, Big Aims, Zica: Zee Institute of Creative Art, Zima: Zee Institute of Film Making, Graphiti School of Animation, SeamEdu, RightbrainFX, Aiga and Tasaa Infosolutions." Apart from the partners, Chand shared the details of program line-up: The Conferences Track is dominated by the presence of Maestros, Icons, International perspectives, logic, history, problems, solutions, showcases, learning and fun. 'Tracing Back the Pixels' is our...
- 5/11/2011
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Australian short film festival Flickerfest will make its international debut, with a Bali edition to take place this month in partnership with Potato Head Beach Club Seminyak, a beachside venue opened in December 2010.
“Flickerfest is thrilled to take our highly acclaimed Australian festival from the beaches of Bondi to the beaches of Bali, sharing our unique brand of short film culture with the world,” said festival director Bronwyn Kidd.
Screening over two nights, Flickerfest at Potato Head Bali will present the festivals’ short film catalogue in two programs. Highlights include Australia’s Oscar-winning animated short The Lost Thing, as well as the Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short, the American production God of Love.
“Flickerfest is thrilled to take our highly acclaimed Australian festival from the beaches of Bondi to the beaches of Bali, sharing our unique brand of short film culture with the world,” said festival director Bronwyn Kidd.
Screening over two nights, Flickerfest at Potato Head Bali will present the festivals’ short film catalogue in two programs. Highlights include Australia’s Oscar-winning animated short The Lost Thing, as well as the Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short, the American production God of Love.
- 5/2/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
The quickest thing you learn once you become obsessed with awards is that they never end; someone is always handing out prizes for something. And since the eligibility periods are different for everything it takes forever for a single year's entertainment to finally be "old" aka ineligible. Such is the case with 2010 entertainment (mostly the second half of it) which is still eligible for Emmy nods (July 14th), Tony nods (May 3rd)... and The Hugo Awards, which are science fiction based, and newly announced today.
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
Inception and Toy Story 3 can breathe a sigh of relief that The King's Speech featured neither threatening alien invaders (Wallis Simpson does not count) nor superpowered heroes (Helena Bonham Carter does not count, her super powers being off screen).
Best...
Best Dramatic Presentation – Long
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toy Story 3
Inception and Toy Story 3 can breathe a sigh of relief that The King's Speech featured neither threatening alien invaders (Wallis Simpson does not count) nor superpowered heroes (Helena Bonham Carter does not count, her super powers being off screen).
Best...
- 4/25/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The Hugo Award nominees for 2011 have been announced, which means that come August 20th, 15 amazingly talented people will be awarded the highest form of recognition (and greatest award trophy of all time!) that the science fiction/fantasy community can bestow. Check ‘em out below.
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
Best Novel
Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Ballantine Spectra)
Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
The Dervish House by Ian McDonald (Gollancz; Pyr)
Feed by Mira Grant (Orbit)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit)
Best Novella
“The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky (Subterranean Magazine, Summer 2010)
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (Subterranean)
“The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand (Stories: All New Tales, William Morrow)
“The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis (Asimov’s, September 2010)
“Troika” by Alastair Reynolds (Godlike Machines, Science Fiction Book Club)
Best Novelette...
- 4/25/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Language: English Isbn-10: 9780545229241 Isbn-13: 978-0545229241
Summary: A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group of peaceful creatures loses their home to cruel invaders. Three stories, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, about how we lose and find what matters most to us.
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan is geared toward readers ages 9 – 12, but its a visual treasure that can be appreciated by adults as well, and it’s stories about emotions, relationships, and communication are sad, but resonate a poignant message of hope. Tan’s whimsical illustrations are fantastic in their detail and scope. Though the book is short on words, the images speak volumes and their ability to capture and convey emotions will leave the reader lingering on each page.
Each story holds a charm and...
Summary: A girl finds a bright spot in a dark world. A boy leads a strange, lost creature home. And a group of peaceful creatures loses their home to cruel invaders. Three stories, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan, about how we lose and find what matters most to us.
Lost and Found by Shaun Tan is geared toward readers ages 9 – 12, but its a visual treasure that can be appreciated by adults as well, and it’s stories about emotions, relationships, and communication are sad, but resonate a poignant message of hope. Tan’s whimsical illustrations are fantastic in their detail and scope. Though the book is short on words, the images speak volumes and their ability to capture and convey emotions will leave the reader lingering on each page.
Each story holds a charm and...
- 3/30/2011
- by Brandon Johnston
- ScifiMafia
Almost forgot all about this…
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
The Shadow And Act Oscar contest. The rules were simple: make your choices for who you think will win the award in each of the categories listed below, and, after the ceremony ended on Sunday night, a winner was to be selected randomly from the list of Correct entries. And that lucky person was to be awarded a $50 gift certificate to Amazon.com!
You had until Sunday, February 27th, at 8Pm Est/5Pm Pst to make your selections, and 42 of you did just that – see all the response below.
Now, unfortunately, No One got them all correct; some came close to doing so, but, coming close wasn’t the criteria. I do realize that it was a difficult task, given the number of categories I included in the contest. I probably should have just settled for the maybe 4 or the major categories: Best Film, Director,...
- 3/5/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
As predicted, The King's Speech was the big success story of this year's "new look" Academy Awards ceremony, walking away with the Oscars for 'Best Picture', 'Best Director' and 'Best Actor'. Whilst not quite the whitewash the some had expected, the film's haul of 4 of its 12 nominations was enough to put it joint top of the winners pile alongside Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Reviews for the ceremony itself have been fairly poor, with James Franco, Kirk Douglas and a bizarre choir of singing child all coming in for criticism throughout the night. Surprise wins for poorly received efforts such as Alice in Wonderland and Joe Johnson's recent remake of The Wolfman further divided criticism on Twitter and Facebook.
Below is a full list of all the Oscar winners on the night
Best Picture
The King's Speech
Best Director
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman -...
Reviews for the ceremony itself have been fairly poor, with James Franco, Kirk Douglas and a bizarre choir of singing child all coming in for criticism throughout the night. Surprise wins for poorly received efforts such as Alice in Wonderland and Joe Johnson's recent remake of The Wolfman further divided criticism on Twitter and Facebook.
Below is a full list of all the Oscar winners on the night
Best Picture
The King's Speech
Best Director
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman -...
- 3/5/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
Tom Hooper’s British period drama, “The King’s Speech” won the Academy Award for Best Picture Sunday, the film industry’s most coveted prize.
Hooper also won top honors in the category of Direction, and Colin Firth, who played the titular speech-challenged king, won Best Actor.
It was really a two dog race. David Fincher’s techno-hip “The Social Network,” about the founding of Facebook, was the only real challenger. And many Oscar prognosticators considered King’s win an upset.
“The Social Network” did, however, win for Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), Best Original Score (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Atticus Ross), and Editing.
Natalie Portman won her first Oscar for Best Actress for her performance as a psychologically troubled ballerina in “Black Swan.”
See list of winners below:
1. Best Picture: “The King’s Speech.”
2. Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech.”
3. Actress: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan.
Hooper also won top honors in the category of Direction, and Colin Firth, who played the titular speech-challenged king, won Best Actor.
It was really a two dog race. David Fincher’s techno-hip “The Social Network,” about the founding of Facebook, was the only real challenger. And many Oscar prognosticators considered King’s win an upset.
“The Social Network” did, however, win for Best Adapted Screenplay (Aaron Sorkin), Best Original Score (Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Atticus Ross), and Editing.
Natalie Portman won her first Oscar for Best Actress for her performance as a psychologically troubled ballerina in “Black Swan.”
See list of winners below:
1. Best Picture: “The King’s Speech.”
2. Actor: Colin Firth, “The King’s Speech.”
3. Actress: Natalie Portman, “Black Swan.
- 3/1/2011
- by Eric M. Armstrong
- The Moving Arts Journal
New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Shaun Tan‘s Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing is one of three brilliantly illustrated, jaw-dropping stories included in Tan’s new book, Lost & Found, which also includes The Red Tree and The Rabbits. Never before available in the U.S., these tales are presented in their entirety with new artwork and author’s notes in Lost & Found.
Now, thanks to our friends at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, three of our lucky readers will be among the first in the U.S. to get a copy of the Shaun Tan book, Lost & Found. Check out the details on the book, some pages from the book, info on Tan himself, the trailer for his Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing and details on how you can enter to win a copy of the book!
Now, thanks to our friends at Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic, three of our lucky readers will be among the first in the U.S. to get a copy of the Shaun Tan book, Lost & Found. Check out the details on the book, some pages from the book, info on Tan himself, the trailer for his Academy Award winning animated short film, The Lost Thing and details on how you can enter to win a copy of the book!
- 3/1/2011
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Did the Oscars surprise anyone? Sci-Fi fans, we are of course still sore over Christopher Nolan’s snub for Best Director, but Inception still was recognized with four Oscars. Genre highlights from the 83rd Academy Awards also include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland sweeping away the two coveted design awards in Art Direction and Costume Design and The Wolfman won for Best Makeup. Pixar‘s Toy Story 3 took home Best Animated Film and Best Song.
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
This Sunday’s broadcast of the 83rd Academy Awards on ABC attempted to reach out to a “younger crowd” with its choice of hosts, Anne Hathaway and James Franco, but the live broadcast dropped 9% in overall ratings compared to last year’s broadcast and down 12% in the 18-49 adult demographic. Still, the show entertained 37.6 million viewers with a show full of exposition to educate new viewers about the history of past Oscar winners.
Check...
- 3/1/2011
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards have put the best of the 2010 movies to bed. Here’s a list of the winners. Below, you’ll find my commentary, as well as a link to the 9th Annual Tsr Movie Awards.
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
Best Picture
The King’s Speech
Best Actor
Colin Firth, The King’s Speech
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King’s Speech
Best Song
“We Belong Together,” Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Editing
The Social Network, Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter
Best Visual Effects
Inception, Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb
Best Documentary
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
Best Live-action Short
God of Love, Luke Matheny
Best Documentary Short
Strangers No More, Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon
Best Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland, Colleen Atwood
Best Makeup
The Wolfman, Rick Baker and Dave Elsey
Best Sound Editing
Inception, Richard King
Best Sound Mixing
Inception,...
- 3/1/2011
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
… And so another year of the most boring and predictable awards ceremony on planet Earth has passed. There were cheesy speeches, somebody said the ‘f’ word and Colin Firth won an Oscar. The 83rd Annual Academy Awards were presented by James Franco and Anne Hathaway to what looks like very mixed reviews judging from responses this morning.
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
Below is a full list of winners and losers… since, like Highlander, there can only be one! Nice to see The Wolfman and Inside Job pick up major awards and Natalie Portman bag an Oscar. She was ace in Black Swan.
Best Picture
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King’s Speech
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
Best Director
David O. Russell – The Fighter
Tom Hooper – The King’s Speech
David Fincher – The Social Network
Joel And Ethan Coen – True Grit
Darren Aronofsky...
- 2/28/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Another year, another Oscar season behind us. The King's Speech dominated the awards in an unsurprising list of winners. Most of the predicted victories came to fruition and there's much in the way of upsets or surprises this year.
The King's Speech won four awards - including Best Actor Colin Firth, Best Director Tom Hooper, and the big one - Best Picture. Inception brought home four awards as well, all in the technical categories, including sound editing and mixing, cinematography, and visual effects.
Natalie Portman took home the the prize for lead actress for Black Swan and The Fighter's Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won for best supporting actor and actress.
Check out the full list after the jump.
Best Picture
The King's Speech
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Actress
Natalie Portman,...
The King's Speech won four awards - including Best Actor Colin Firth, Best Director Tom Hooper, and the big one - Best Picture. Inception brought home four awards as well, all in the technical categories, including sound editing and mixing, cinematography, and visual effects.
Natalie Portman took home the the prize for lead actress for Black Swan and The Fighter's Christian Bale and Melissa Leo won for best supporting actor and actress.
Check out the full list after the jump.
Best Picture
The King's Speech
Best Director
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Actress
Natalie Portman,...
- 2/28/2011
- by alyssa.caverley@gmail.com (Alyssa Caverley)
- Reel Movie News
A full list of winners and nominees for the Oscars 2011
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
Best motion picture of the year
Winner: The King's Speech
Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Winner: Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Winner: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Achievement in directing
Winner: Tom Hooper (The King's Speech)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O Russell (The Fighter)
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Art direction
Winner: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration)
Harry Potter and the...
- 2/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Twelve nominations, four wins. Colin Firth's King Edward VI spoke to a global audience at the 83rd Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
The King's Speech collected the awards for Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
Firth, who joked that he felt the urge to dance with joy, said: "I have a feeling my career has just peaked. My deepest thanks to the academy."
Also nominated for Best Picture were Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone.
Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan while the supporting honours went to Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Surprisingly, it meant Geoffrey Rush lost out on a Best Supporting Actor gong for his part in The King's Speech.
The closest challenger to The King's Speech had been The Social Network,...
The King's Speech collected the awards for Best Actor, Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
Firth, who joked that he felt the urge to dance with joy, said: "I have a feeling my career has just peaked. My deepest thanks to the academy."
Also nominated for Best Picture were Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, 127 Hours, The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit and Winter's Bone.
Natalie Portman won Best Actress for Black Swan while the supporting honours went to Christian Bale and Melissa Leo for The Fighter. Surprisingly, it meant Geoffrey Rush lost out on a Best Supporting Actor gong for his part in The King's Speech.
The closest challenger to The King's Speech had been The Social Network,...
- 2/28/2011
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
The King's Speech ruled over the 2011 Academy Awards on Sunday, taking home four honours including Best Picture and Best Actor for the movie's star, Colin Firth.
The royal drama, about stuttering British monarch George VI, led the competition with 12 nominations going into this year's Oscars, and edged out the likes of Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception and The Social Network to claim the most coveted title of the night.
Firth was crowned Best Actor in a Leading Role, emerging triumphant over Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and James Franco (127 Hours).
Filmmaker Tom Hooper also basked in Oscar glory as he was hailed Best Director, beating Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (The Fighter), David Fincher (The Social Network) and Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit).
Pregnant Natalie Portman fought back tears as she walked away with Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of a tormented ballet dancer in Black Swan, ahead of Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).
She gave special thanks to her Black Swan choreographer and fiance Benjamin Millepied, telling the audience, "So many people helped me prepare for this role... my beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life."
It was also a golden night for The Fighter, about tough Boston, Massachusetts boxing legends Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, as Christian Bale and Melissa Leo dominated the Best Supporting categories.
Meanwhile, moviemaker Francis Ford Coppola, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow were given a standing ovation in recognition of the lifetime achievement honours they received at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards in November. Fellow honouree Jean-Luc Godard did not attend the ceremony.
Oscars co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco opened the 2011 Academy Awards with a hilarious spoof poking fun at the Best Picture nominees, while 2010 presenter Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman also made surprise appearances in the skit.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, Randy Newman, and Florence Welch and A.R. Rahman provided the music for the night as they performed the tracks nominated for Best Original Song.
And Celine Dion took to the Kodak Theatre stage in Los Angeles to sing Smile during the ceremony's annual In Memorium segment, remembering the stars lost in the past 12 months, including Tony Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, Pete Postlethwaite and Gloria Stuart.
The complete list of winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards is as follows:
Best Picture:
The King's Speech
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Director:
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Best Screenplay - Adapted:
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Screenplay - Original:
David Seidler, The King's Speech
Best Foreign Language Film:
In a Better World (Denmark)
Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 3
Best Documentary (Feature):
Inside Job
Best Art Direction:
Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice In Wonderland
Best Cinematography:
Wally Pfister, Inception
Best Sound Mixing:
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick, Inception
Best Sound Editing:
Richard King, Inception
Best Original Score:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Best Original Song:
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Costume:
Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Best Documentary (Short Subject):
Strangers No More
Best Film Editing:
The Social Network
Best Make-up:
The Wolfman
Best Animated Short Film:
The Lost Thing
Best Live Action Short Film:
God of Love
Best Visual Effects:
Inception.
The royal drama, about stuttering British monarch George VI, led the competition with 12 nominations going into this year's Oscars, and edged out the likes of Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception and The Social Network to claim the most coveted title of the night.
Firth was crowned Best Actor in a Leading Role, emerging triumphant over Javier Bardem (Biutiful), Jeff Bridges (True Grit), Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) and James Franco (127 Hours).
Filmmaker Tom Hooper also basked in Oscar glory as he was hailed Best Director, beating Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan), David O. Russell (The Fighter), David Fincher (The Social Network) and Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit).
Pregnant Natalie Portman fought back tears as she walked away with Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of a tormented ballet dancer in Black Swan, ahead of Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right), Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole), Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) and Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine).
She gave special thanks to her Black Swan choreographer and fiance Benjamin Millepied, telling the audience, "So many people helped me prepare for this role... my beautiful love, Benjamin Millepied who choreographed the film and has now given me the most important role of my life."
It was also a golden night for The Fighter, about tough Boston, Massachusetts boxing legends Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund, as Christian Bale and Melissa Leo dominated the Best Supporting categories.
Meanwhile, moviemaker Francis Ford Coppola, actor Eli Wallach and historian Kevin Brownlow were given a standing ovation in recognition of the lifetime achievement honours they received at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Governors Awards in November. Fellow honouree Jean-Luc Godard did not attend the ceremony.
Oscars co-hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco opened the 2011 Academy Awards with a hilarious spoof poking fun at the Best Picture nominees, while 2010 presenter Alec Baldwin and Morgan Freeman also made surprise appearances in the skit.
Gwyneth Paltrow, Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, Randy Newman, and Florence Welch and A.R. Rahman provided the music for the night as they performed the tracks nominated for Best Original Song.
And Celine Dion took to the Kodak Theatre stage in Los Angeles to sing Smile during the ceremony's annual In Memorium segment, remembering the stars lost in the past 12 months, including Tony Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Dennis Hopper, Pete Postlethwaite and Gloria Stuart.
The complete list of winners at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards is as follows:
Best Picture:
The King's Speech
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor in a Supporting Role:
Christian Bale, The Fighter
Best Actress in a Supporting Role:
Melissa Leo, The Fighter
Best Director:
Tom Hooper, The King's Speech
Best Screenplay - Adapted:
Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network
Best Screenplay - Original:
David Seidler, The King's Speech
Best Foreign Language Film:
In a Better World (Denmark)
Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 3
Best Documentary (Feature):
Inside Job
Best Art Direction:
Robert Stromberg and Karen O'Hara, Alice In Wonderland
Best Cinematography:
Wally Pfister, Inception
Best Sound Mixing:
Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick, Inception
Best Sound Editing:
Richard King, Inception
Best Original Score:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network
Best Original Song:
We Belong Together from Toy Story 3, Randy Newman
Best Costume:
Colleen Atwood, Alice in Wonderland
Best Documentary (Short Subject):
Strangers No More
Best Film Editing:
The Social Network
Best Make-up:
The Wolfman
Best Animated Short Film:
The Lost Thing
Best Live Action Short Film:
God of Love
Best Visual Effects:
Inception.
- 2/28/2011
- WENN
Last night, Jon and I stayed up till the wee small hours of Monday morning to bring the 83rd Academy Awards to you live as it happened. You can see the fruits of Jon’s labour right here as he provided a commentary while I was on Twitter conversing with anyone else who happened to be watching the extremely drawn our commercial ridden ABC broadcast!
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
I thought it might be worth bringing you a summary of who won what which you can see below.
So the main winners were:
The Kings Speech won four awards including Best Picture The Social Network won three Inception won four awards which were all technical Black Swan only brought home one award for Best Actress (Natalie Portman) Toy Story 3 won two awards True Grit came away empty handed
Best Picture
“The King’s Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers
Actor in...
- 2/28/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The biggest awards of the season were just held and the winners were announced, without further waiting here are your Oscar winners for the films of 2010.
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Winner: The King’s Speech – Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Winner: Colin Firth for The King’s Speech
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Winner: Natalie Portman for Black Swan
Best Achievement in Directing
Winner: Tom Hooper for The King’s Speech
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Toy Story 3- Randy Newman (“We Belong Together”)
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: The Social Network – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Winner: Inception – Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Winner: Inside Job – Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Short Film, Live Action
Winner:...
- 2/28/2011
- by Marcella Papandrea
- Killer Films
As expected, "The King's Speech" topped this year's Oscars, winning Best Picture, Director, Actor, and Original Screenplay, though not, as expected, the slew of technical awards it was also nominated for. In fact, while it dominated the major categories, it lost more awards than it won and it wound up tied for the most Oscars of the night with "Inception," which cleaned up in the technical categories: scoring wins for Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and, in what amounted to an upset on a very predictable evening, Cinematography over "The King's Speech" and the Susan Lucci of the Oscars, "True Grit" director of photography Roger Deakins. Early Best Picture frontrunner "The Social Network" walked away with three awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay, Original Score, and Editing.
Much has already been made -- and will continue to be made -- about the relative worthiness or unworthiness of "The King's Speech" as Best Picture winner.
Much has already been made -- and will continue to be made -- about the relative worthiness or unworthiness of "The King's Speech" as Best Picture winner.
- 2/28/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Frock by frock, gong by gong, gaffe by gaffe coverage of the 2011 Oscars, in which The King's Speech reigned victorious
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
News: The King's Speech crowned
Full list of winners
11.23pm: Welcome to the 83rd Academy Awards. The main action kicks off at 5pm Pst, 1am GMT, but before then we have the small matter of the red carpet histrionics to attend to. Please stick with us as we celebrate the winners and usher the losers on a one-way trip to Palookaville. It's an Oscar tradition that losing nominees are forced to lick the red carpet clean following the show so we'll stick around to see that too.
We'll be bringing you all the action from the Kodak theatre, Los Angeles as the Academy doles out its annual accolades. Will The King's Speech extend its dominion or will The Social Network have more friends? Is Black Swan the dark horse or...
- 2/28/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
The King’s Speech takes home the big Oscars, including Best Actor for Colin Firth. Here’s our look at what won, and what we thought of it all…
And so it came to pass that, once more, the Oscars went with a film that was very much within its comfort zone. Taking home the gongs for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, The King’s Speech was the big winner at the 2011 Academy Awards.
Elsewhere, The Social Network won awards for its screenplay, its score, and its editing. The Fighter bagged a pair of best supporting trophies, while many awards went along with predictions. Thus, Natalie Portman won Best Actress, Toy Story 3 was Best Animation, Inception took a collection of technical prizes home (as well as a well deserved cinematography Oscar for Wally Pfister).
Inevitably, the debate has begun already as to where Oscar has gone right and wrong here.
And so it came to pass that, once more, the Oscars went with a film that was very much within its comfort zone. Taking home the gongs for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, The King’s Speech was the big winner at the 2011 Academy Awards.
Elsewhere, The Social Network won awards for its screenplay, its score, and its editing. The Fighter bagged a pair of best supporting trophies, while many awards went along with predictions. Thus, Natalie Portman won Best Actress, Toy Story 3 was Best Animation, Inception took a collection of technical prizes home (as well as a well deserved cinematography Oscar for Wally Pfister).
Inevitably, the debate has begun already as to where Oscar has gone right and wrong here.
- 2/28/2011
- Den of Geek
Well due to the fact that I'm a resident of New Zealand, and we don't get the Oscars live I was unable to watch the event itself today. But thanks to new sites all over the net, who watch the event eagirly, we have the complete list of winners for the 2011 Academy Awards! Seeing as I haven't seen anything with my own eyes, I can't help but wonder how this years Red Carpet event managed to qualify for the hasty title of "worst Oscar Ceremony ever" by E! Online. The new site reports that the event was less than Hollywood glamorous. Oh dear.
E! posted on its main site today that "this was sizing up to be everything the Oscars are not supposed to be: clunky, amateurish, and pretty much lacking in actual entertainment value for those of us not picking up awards." Can it really be as bad/great as the Golden Globes?...
E! posted on its main site today that "this was sizing up to be everything the Oscars are not supposed to be: clunky, amateurish, and pretty much lacking in actual entertainment value for those of us not picking up awards." Can it really be as bad/great as the Golden Globes?...
- 2/28/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (☠ Mr. Bruce)
- Cinema Sharks
All right, so Anne Hathaway and James Franco might have not been that entirely entertaining the way Ricky Gervais was at this year's Golden Globe Awards, but at least the 83rd Annual Academy Awards were fun.Okay, maybe they weren't because they were so ridiculously predictable that if anybody had bet on the winners in Vegas they'd be rich. It doesn't matter anyways, lets spit out the list that shows off the best current day mainstream Hollywood has to offer (outside of remakes and sequels) for this year's awards ceremony. Best Picture: "The King's Speech" Best Actor: Colin Firth - "The King's Speech" Best Actress: Natalie Portman - "Black Swan" Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale - "The Fighter" Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo - "The Fighter" Best Director: Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech" Best Foreign Language Film: "In a Better World" (Denmark) Best Adapted Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin - "The Social Network...
- 2/28/2011
- LRMonline.com
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