Ahead of the Oscar nominations being announced on January 23, where “Waves” will hope to gain recognition after being shortlisted for best international picture, the film topped the pack last week at the Czech Lion Awards – the Republic’s equivalent of the Oscars. Czech Republic – with 14 awards. Nominations. “Waves” was mentioned in several … Read more
Universal is completely beating the studios and streamers when it comes to this year’s BAFTA nominations. Thanks to “The Brutalist” (nine nominations), “Anora” and “Wicked” (seven each), as well as “Nosferatu” (five), “The Wild Robot” (three), and “Monkey Man” (one ), “Universal” and “Ape Man” (one). Its subsidiary brand, Focus Features, collected an impressive 32 … Read more
Thomas Vinterberg’s “Families Like Ours,” “Black Crab”‘s “Pressure Point” and Eric Popp’s “Quisling” are among the nominations for the prestigious Göteborg Nordic Series Screenplay Award, the highest acclaim for television screenwriting in Scandinavia. The Screenplay Award nominations replace the Gothenburg Film Festival’s Nordisk Film & Television Award, and also include the feminist porn comedy “Money … Read more
The deadline for Oscar nomination voting has been extended by two days due to the Southern California wildfires. Voting opened for the academy’s nearly 10,000 members on January 8, and was originally scheduled to close on January 12. The deadline is now January 14. The nominations announcement, which was scheduled to be announced on January … Read more
Oscar nominations aren’t a big deal to him, Samuel L. Jackson said in a video interview with AP Entertainment, while promoting his role in Netflix’s The Piano Lesson. Shockingly, Jackson has only received one Oscar nomination during his illustrious career – for Pulp Fiction, for which he won Best Supporting Actor in 1995. Jackson will … Read more
Two female films, Payal Kapadia’s “All We Imagine as Light” and Dia Kolumbegashvili’s “April,” lead nominations at the Asian Pacific Screen Awards. The two films will compete in five categories – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Performances – which were revealed on Wednesday in the nominations announcement. Also competing for … Read more