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Jia Zhang-Ke's "Still Life" Takes Golden Lion At Venice
As the 63rd Venice Film Festival came to a close, winners were announced from the twenty-two films in competition. Chinese feature "Still Life" by (Sanxia Haron) took the Golden Lion, the festival's top prize for best feature film. Director Jia Zhang-Ke, whose previous efforts "The World" and "Platf...
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DeGeneres to Host 79th Academy Awards
Comedienne Ellen DeGeneres has been named host of the 79th Academy Awards ceremony, which will be held Sunday, February 25, 2007 producer Laura Ziskin announced Thursday. It will be DeGeneres' first time as Oscar host, as well as her first appearance on an Academy Awards telecast. "Ellen DeGeneres was born to host the Academy Awards," said Ziskin in a statement. "There is no more challenging hosting job in show business. It requires someone who can keep the show alive and fresh and moving, as well as someone who is a flat-out great entertainer. Ellen completely fits the bill. I can already tell she is going to set the bar very high for hersel...
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Spirit Awards Seeking Submissions
Film Independent has announced the call for entries for the next Independent Spirit Awards, set to take place on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Nominees will be announced on November 28, 2006. The early deadline for submissions is September 15th and the final deadline is October 6th, with complete guidelines and an application available on the Film Independent website, or by calling (310) 432-1211. Nominees are chosen by committees and winners are selected by FIND and IFP members. Eligible features (costing no more than $20 million) must have screened commercially for one week in 2006 or at one of the following festivals this year: the Los Ange...
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83 Nations Receive Oscar Foreign Language Consideration Invitations
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 83 countries to submit films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 79th Academy Awards, the organization announced Tuesday. To qualify for the 2006 awards year, a film must be released in the submitting country between October 1, 2005 and September 30, 2006 and be publicly screened in 35mm or 70mm film for at least seven consecutive days in a commercial motion picture theater. The dialogue track must be predominantly in a language or languages other than English. Accurate English subtitles are required. Entry forms must be received at the Academy by Monday,...
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Oscar Rules Changes
Last week, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled a number of changes. In the Foreign Language Film category, a new two-stage process will be implemented, allowing New York-based members of the Academy to participate. Earlier this year, the organization changed documen...
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IFP To Honor Cuban & Wagner at '06 Gothams
IFP announced today that it will honor 2929 Entertainment's Todd Wagner & Mark Cuban with a Gotham Award at the 16th Annual Gotham Awards ceremony, November 29th in Manhattan. Through their Wagner/Cuban Companies the duo own 2929, Landmark Theaters, Magnolia Pictures, and HDNet Films, among other ho...
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Winners Named at 33rd Student Academy Awards
Winners of the 2006 Student Academy Awards were honored in Beverly Hills Saturday night, with honorees named gold, silver or bronze medalists and each receiving a cash award ($5,000, $3,000 or $2,000 respectively). Sean Overbeeke's "Christmas Wish List" (from the University of North Carolina) won th...
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AMPAS Sets '07 Oscar Dates
While it will still be a good 4 months before months insiders start buzzing about awards season, AMPAS has set the dates and deadlines for the 79th Academy Awards, which will be held on February 25, 2007. Nominations will be announced on January 23, 2007.
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"Perhaps Love" Wins Top Honors at Hong Kong Film Awards
"Perhaps Love," China's first musical in more than three decades, led the winners' list with six honors at the 25th Hong Kong Film Awards, though the best film and director nods went to Johnnie To's "Election." Voters snubbed Tsui Hark's martial arts extravaganza Seven Swords." Despite going into Sa...
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Lange Set for Lincoln Center Tribute
Jessica Lange will be honored this year with a special tribute at the annual Gala hosted each Spring by New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center. The event will be held on April 17th. In a statement today, Film Society gala director Wendy Keys said in a statement:
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