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Preview Sundance Screenwriters Lab Selection "A Chjàna" + Watch Explosive Trailer For The Short Film Version Of It
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- December 16, 2011 4:58 PM
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Announced earlier today... the Sundance Institute's selection of the next 12 feature projects that will begin the journey through the Sundance Labs program (not that all of them will go through the entire program), beginning with its annual January Screenwriters Lab - an immersive, 5-day writers’ workshop at the Sundance Resort in Utah, that takes places just before the 2012 installment of the Sundance Film Festival begins.
Inaugural Shadow And Act Annual Black Cinema Toasts! 2011 Honorees #1 - Ava DuVernay & AFFRM
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- December 16, 2011 4:03 PM
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Starting today, and each WEEK day for the rest of the year, I'll highlight, or, as I prefer, propose toasts to all the brave, passionate black men, women and institutions in this ruthless, monocratic industry we cover here on S&A, who were, as the late Steve Jobs put it in that famous ad for Apple, the crazy ones.
James Earl Jones To Receive Oscar Micheaux Awards from Chicago Film Critics Assoc (..and some trivia as well)
- By Sergio
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- December 16, 2011 8:49 AM
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When the Chicago Film Critics Assocation present their 2011 CFCA Film Awards for their choices for the best in films and performances this year on January 9th, they will also present actor James Earl Jones with their inaugural Oscar Michaeux Award in tribute for his decades long body of work.
No Surprises In Nominations Announcement For 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- December 14, 2011 11:00 AM
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Hot off the presses... no real surprises here. These awards lists all just start to blend together for me... just once, I'd love to see one that blows up the predictability of the season. Maybe when I come up with my own list, I'll do just that.
Octavia Spencer To Be Honored at Palm Springs Film Fest with Breakthrough Performance Award
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- December 7, 2011 5:41 PM
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The 2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival, which runs January 5-16th , annouced earlier today that Octavia Spencer will be the recipient of the Breakthrough Performance Award at the Black Tie awards gala on Saturday, January 7 in the desert resort town east of Los Angeles. At the event, which will serve as an opportunity for awards campaigning, Spencer will join previous honorees George Clooney, Glenn Close, Michelle Williams and Michel Hazanavicius. In the past, the Breakthrough Performance honor has been awarded to the likes of Carey Mulligan, Marion Cotillard and Mariah Carey.
2011 Bahamas Int'l Film Fest Winners (Tall Tale of An Accidental Tourist, Better Mus' Come, Restless City, Amos)
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- December 5, 2011 8:38 PM
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The 8th Annual Bahamas International Film Festival announced its winners last night at a ceremony held at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island. As I mentioned in my previous post today, Zoe Kravitz was in attendance to accept the Rising Star Award.
Zoe Kravitz Honored with Rising Star Award at 2011 Bahamas International Film Festival
- By Vanessa Martinez
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- December 5, 2011 6:26 PM
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Actress Zoe Kravitz was in attendance at this year's Bahamas International Film Festival in Paradise Island, which just wrapped yesterday Sunday, to receive the Rising Star Award.
British Actor Adam Deacon Makes Longlist For Orange BAFTA Awards
- By Emmanuel Akitobi
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- December 4, 2011 10:01 PM
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With the release and success of his 2011 comedy film Anuvahood, which he co-wrote and co-directed, British actor Adam Deacon is poised to become a formidable force on the British film scene. The Hackney, North-East London native-- who's also of Moroccan descent-- was recently named to the longlist for BAFTA's Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award 2012, and could use your votes.
Watch Live Stream Of British Independent Film Awards Today! ("Shame," "Attack The Block," Others Are Nominees)
- By Tambay A. Obenson
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- December 4, 2011 12:21 PM
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3 films we've covered quite a lot here on S&A are nominated and up for awards for this year's British Independent Film Awards: Steve McQueen's Shame (7 nominations, including Best British Independent Film, Best Director (Steve McQueen), Best Actor (Michael Fassbender), Best Supporting Actress (Carey Mulligan), Best Screenplay (Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen) & Best Technical Achievement (Joe Walker – Editing & Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography); Richard Ayoade's Submarine (5 nominations including Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director, Best Screenplay (Richard Ayoade), Best Supporting Actress (Sally Hawkins) & Most Promising Newcomer (Yasmin Paige & Craig Roberts)); and Joe Cornish's Attack The Block (2 including Most Promising Newcomer (John Boyega), and the Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director (Joe Cornish)).
Viola Davis To Be Honored With Performer of The Year Award At SBFF 2012
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- November 30, 2011 5:30 PM
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Quite possibly the first of other solo awards to come for her performance in the film...
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