All Academy Awards articles – Page 68

  • News

    Awards countdown foreign-language films - Strong language

    2008-11-27T18:55:00Z

    In June this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) announced it would be making yet another tweak to its foreign-language film category.In 2007 the process underwent a major revamp, seeing a shortlist of nine films drawn up by the foreign-language committee at large and then the ...

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    Awards countdown crafts - The art of the crafts

    2008-11-27T18:55:00Z

    CinematographyWally PfisterDirector of photography, The Dark KnightDoP Wally Pfister calls The Dark Knight the 'artistic and technical' highlight of his career. He started discussing the look for the film with longtime collaborators director Christopher Nolan and production designer Nathan Crowley when it was still at script stage.'With Batman Begins, the ...

  • Reviews

    Bolt

    2008-11-21T07:00:00Z

    Dir: Byron Howard & Chris Williams. US. 2008. 96 mins.

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    Awards Countdown focus: Contenders yet to show hand

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    By mid-November last year, the majority of awards contenders were already in the public domain. Only a handful of stragglers - There Will Be Blood, Sweeney Todd, The Great Debaters, Charlie Wilson's War, The Bucket List - remained to be seen by press and Oscar commentators. As it turned out, ...

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    Awards Countdown: Animation Oscar preview

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Fourteen feature films were announced for the shortlist for this year's animated feature Oscar in early November. The range was wide. Of course there was the latest Pixar extravaganza, Wall-E, and the two annual DreamWorks Animation films Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa. Blue Sky Studios' early-year hit ...

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    Revolutionary Road

    2008-11-18T10:04:00Z

    Dir:Sam Mendes. US. 2008. 119 mins.

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    Morris, Marsh, Herzog down to shortlist for documentary Oscar

    2008-11-18T06:44:00Z

    The Academy has unveiled the shortlist of 15 documentaries that will advance to the next stage in 81st Academy Awards.The 15 films are:At the Death House DoorThe Betrayal (Nerakhoon)Blessed Is The Match: The Life And Death Of Hannah SeneshEncounters At The End Of The WorldFuelThe GardenGlass: A Portrait Of Philip ...

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    Wall-E, Panda, Bashir among 14 films on animated feature Oscar shortlist

    2008-11-11T02:38:00Z

    Fourteen features will vie for the animated feature Oscar when the 81st Academy Awards are announced on February 22.The contenders are Bolt, Delgo, Dr Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!, Dragon Hunters, Fly Me To The Moon, Igor, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $9.99, The Sky Crawlers, Sword Of ...

  • Reviews

    Doubt

    2008-11-07T08:38:00Z

    Dir: John Patrick Shanley. US. 2008. 104 mins.

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    Milk

    2008-11-02T23:00:00Z

    Dir: Gus Van Sant. US. 2008. 128 mins.

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    Bleiberg to self-distribute Adam for Oscar qualifying run

    2008-10-29T19:13:00Z

    Bleiberg Entertainment will self-distribute the Holocaust drama Adam Resurrected in New York and Los Angeles for an Academy Awards qualifying run in December.Adam Resurrected premiered at Telluride and Toronto recently and will screen at the AFI FEST 2008 on November 8 and 9.Jeff Goldblum stars as a survivor who ends ...

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    67 countries submit titles for foreign language film Oscar

    2008-10-18T11:50:00Z

    A record 67 countries, including first-time entrant Jordan have submitted films for consideration in the foreign language film category for the 81st Academy Awards.Nominations will be announced on January 22, 2009 and the Oscar will be presented on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Centre.Click ...

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    Frost/Nixon

    2008-10-15T23:17:00Z

    Dir. Ron Howard. US/UK 2008. 122 mins.

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    Eight films shortlisted for documentary short subject Oscar

    2008-10-09T10:54:00Z

    Eight films have been shortlisted for the documentary short subject Oscar by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Three to five will make the final nominations shortlist announced on Jan 22 next year.Voters from the Academy's documentary branch viewed this year's 31 eligible contenders and submitted their ballots ...

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    Martinsons' Loss selected as Lithuania's Oscar submission

    2008-10-04T13:44:00Z

    Maris Martinsons' debut feature Loss from ART&A Film Production has been selected as Lithuania's foreign language Oscar submission.Loss intertwines the stores of six people whose destinies overlap after a tragic accident that occurred more than 20 years earlier.Martinsons co-wrote the screenplay with Raimondas Paskevicius and produced with Linda Krukle and ...

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    Slovenia enters Rooster's Breakfast in Oscar race

    2008-09-26T15:07:00Z

    Marko Nabersnik's love story is submitted by The Slovenian Union of Film Workers to represent Slovenia as best foreign film at the next Academy Awards. Marko Nabersnik's Rooster's Breakfast (Petelinji Zajtrk) is Slovenia's entry for the best foreign language film at the next Academy Awards.Nabersnik's film is a rare domestic ...

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    White Wedding Night is Icelandic submission for Oscar

    2008-09-26T14:54:00Z

    Comedy White Wedding Nigh, Baltasar Kormákur's fifth feature film, which he scripted, directed and produced, has been submitted as Icelandic Oscar entry Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's White Wedding Night (Brúdguminn) has been selected by the Icelandic Film and TV Academy as Iceland's official candidate for the Oscar nominations as Best ...

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    The Baader Meinhof Complex (Das Baader Meinhof Complex)

    2008-09-26T07:00:00Z

    Dir Uli Edel. Ger. 2008. 149mins.

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    Argentina opts for Pablo Trapero's Lion's Den as Oscar entry

    2008-09-26T01:11:00Z

    The Argentinian Academy of Film Arts and Science has selected Pablo Trapero's fifth feature Leonera (Lion's Den) as its submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 81st Academy Awards.Trapero's film received 29 votes; Leonardo Favio's Aniceto, 19, and Daniel Burman's Empty Nest, 14Leonera tells the story of ...

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    The Mermaid is Russian submission for Oscar

    2008-09-25T14:21:00Z

    Russia has submitted The Mermaid (Rusalka) by Anna Melikyan for nomination for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. It was selected from eight films by the Russian Federation's Oscars National Selection Committee.The Mermaid has already received international recognition, winning the FIPRESCI Prize at the 58th Berlin International ...