Cinema Eye Honors Announces 2022 Nominees – Film News in Brief
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Cinema Eye Honors has announced this year’s nominees for its 16th Annual Awards Ceremony.
Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” and Alex Pritz’s “The Territory” lead with seven nominations each, followed by Shaunak Sen’s “All That Breathes” with six nominations and Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” with four. All four films are nominated for outstanding nonfiction feature, along with Daniel Roher’s “Navalny” and Payal Kapadia’s “A Night of Knowing Nothing.”
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Pritz has the most individual nominations this year with five nods for “The Territory.” Sen has four, and Kapadia received three.
Below is the full list of the recently announced nominees for Cinema Eye Honors’ 16th Annual Awards Ceremony:
Outstanding Nonfiction Feature
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“Navalny”
“A Night of Knowing Nothing”
“The Territory”
Outstanding Direction
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Beba”
“Descendant”
“Fire of Love”
“A Night of Knowing Nothing”
Outstanding Editing
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Riotsville, USA”
“Three Minutes: A Lengthening”
Outstanding Production
“All That Breathes”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“In Her Hands”
“Navalny”
“The Territory”
Outstanding Cinematography
“All That Breathes”
“Cow”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“A Night of Knowing Nothing”
“The Territory”
“Users”
Outstanding Original Score
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Descendant”
“Fire of Love”
“Nothing Compares”
“The Territory”
“Users”
Outstanding Sound Design
“All That Breathes”
“Fire of Love”
“I Didn’t See You There”
“Moonage Daydream”
“The Territory”
Outstanding Visual Design
“Dear Mr. Brody”
“Fire of Love”
“Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues”
“Moonage Daydream”
“My Old School”
Outstanding Debut
“Bad Axe”
“Beba”
“I Didn’t See You There”
“A Night of Knowing Nothing”
“Nothing Compares”
“The Territory”
Outstanding Nonfiction Short
“In Flow of Words”
“Last Days of August”
“Long Line of Ladies”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“Nuisance Bear”
“Shut Up and Paint”
Audience Choice Prize
“All That Breathes”
“The Balcony Movie”
“Fire of Love”
“Last Flight Home”
“Mija”
“My Old School”
“Navalny”
“Nothing Compares”
“Sr.”
“The Territory”
Spotlight
“After Sherman”
“Brotherhood”
“Hidden Letters”
“Into the Ice”
“Master of Light”
Heterodox
“Aftersun”
“Dry Ground Burning”
“Dos Estaciones”
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On”
“The Rehearsal” (Season One)
The Unforgettables (Non-Competitive Honor)
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Bad Axe”
“Beba”
“Fire of Love”
“Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down”
“I Didn’t See You There”
“In Her Hands”
“Last Flight Home”
“Mija”
“My Old School”
“Navalny”
“Nothing Compares”
“Sr.”
“The Territory”
Lois Robbins Joins Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro in “Inappropriate Behavior”
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She most recently appeared in the indie “The Aspern Papers,” alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Jolie Richardson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. She is best known for her roles on daytime television including “One Life to Live,” “Loving,” “Ryan’s Hope,” and “All My Children.”
Last year, Robbins launched her own Instagram series show titled “The Lo Down.” With a collective reach of over 100K viewers per episode, featured guests include Kristin Chenoweth, Penelope Ann Miller, Kelly Rutherford, Elisabeth Rohm, and more. She is also actively involved with Evelyn H. Lauder’s Breast Cancer Center, the Plastic Pollution Coalition, Alzheimer’s Drug Foundation, and the Lung Cancer Research Foundation.
AFI Fest Announces Short Film Jury Awards
AFI FEST 2022 announced the three winners of this year’s short film Jury awards on Nov. 7, spotlighting the live action short “Birds,” the documentary short “Haulout” and the animated short “Sierra” for creating art that can “bring people together,” AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale said.
“Birds,” directed by Katherine Propper, is a 14-minute narrative that follows the lives of teenagers in Austin, Texas through summer boredom. Directors Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev’s “Haulout” features Maxim Chakilev, a man who waits in the Russian Arctic to observe an ancient gathering. “Sierra,” directed by Sander Joon, is a black comedy that uses car racing as the literal vehicle to discuss themes of toxic masculinity, which the jury dubbed “simple in subject but deep in content.”
Special mentions include “Yokelan” for ensemble acting, “How To Be A Person: How To Get An Abortion” for screenwriting, “An Avocado Pit (Um Caroço de Abacate)” for lead acting, “Kylie” for cinematography, “Not Even For A Moment Do Things Stand Still” for historical relevance, “The Spiral” for sound design and “It’s Raining Frogs Outside (Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol)” for editing.
Thirty-six countries were represented in this year’s AFI programming, spanning 125 titles total. Several International Feature Oscar submissions were also included, such as “Alcarràs,” “Bardo,” “False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” “Close,” “Eo,” “Joyland” and “Saint Omer.”
This year marked the 36th iteration of AFI FEST, which annually showcases high-profile films from international creators. The festival wrapped Nov. 6 after five days of extensive programming and Red Carpet Premieres.
‘The Whale,’ From Director Darren Aronofsky, Receives Audience Award at 2022 Miami Film Festival Gems
Director Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” won the Audience Award at the 2022 Miami Film Festival Gems, which took place Nov. 3-10 at the Tower Theater Miami.
The near two-hour drama follows an English teacher (Brendan Fraser) grappling with obesity and reconciliation with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink). Previous Audience Award winners at the festival have gone on to score Oscars, such as 2021’s “King Richard” and 2019’s “Parasite.” This year’s runner-up films for the Audience Award were writer-director Colm Bairéad’s “The Quiet Girl” and director Maria Schrader’s “She Said.”
The cast of “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” was honored with the Ensemble Award, and the film was screened at the opening of the eight-day festival ahead of its Nov. 23 theatrical release. Paul Dano received the Precious Gem Award for his performance in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans,” which was also screened at the festival’s closing.
Director Jafar Panahi took home a Precious Gem Award as well for his most recent project, “No Bears.” Raúl Castillo, who just finished filming Season 3 of the TV mini series “The Accidental Wolf,” was recognized with the Art of Light Award.
Sarah Polley, Laura Poitras and Kazuo Ishiguro to Receive Honors At 2022 Moving Image Awards Gala
The Board of Trustees from the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) announced Nov. 7 that “Women Talking” director Sarah Polley, “Living” writer Kazuo Ishiguro and “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” documentarian “Laura Poitras will be honored at the 2022 Moving Image Awards on Dec. 1 for their outstanding achievements within their fields.
Polley received an Oscar nomination for best adapted screenplay on “Away From Her” as a first-time director. Polley again doubled as a writer and director on “Women Talking,” which has made an early boom in the awards circuit with its reconciliatory tale of women grappling with faith in a rural, religious community. The Canadian filmmaker also boasts a long list of acting credits on films like 2005’s “Beowulf & Grendel” and “Dawn of the Dead” in 2004. Most recently, she released an autobiographical collection of essays called “Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory” about her experience with body dysmorphia.
Poitras won an Academy Award for best documentary feature with her film “Citizenfour” in 2014, and was nominated in the same category eight years prior for directing “My Country, My Country.” Other notable projects Poitras has worked on include “Terror Contagion” in 2021, “Landfall” in 2020 and “The Oath” in 2010. The 58-year-old documentary filmmaker released her latest work, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” earlier this year, which memorializes the life of an artist named Nan Goldin and the downfall of a family largely at the helm of the pharmaceutical industry.
Ishiguro is a Nobel Prize winner, which he earned in 2017 for several novels he had written that were diverse in genre. The Japanese-born author moved to Britain in his childhood, where he was knighted in 2018. Many of his books have been adapted into films, such as “The Remains of the Day” and “Never Let Me Go.” His latest screenplay, “Living” is adapted from director Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film “Ikiru,” and is set to release Dec. 23, 2022.
“These exceptional artists, whose work ranges from narrative directing to screenwriting to nonfiction filmmaking, highlight the multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary nature of the moving image,” said MoMI executive director Carl Goodman. “We eagerly anticipate welcoming them, along with our supporters, to the Museum on December 1, to celebrate their remarkable achievements.”
The annual event doubles as a fundraiser for the museum’s programming, which includes exhibitions, film screenings, live conversations with filmmakers, and education and tours for youth and seniors. This year’s gala will be hosted at the museum’s historic location in Astoria, Queens.
Jennifer Hale to Receive SOVAS Voice Arts Icon Award
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A Canadian-American voice actor with a mountain of acclaim and awards, Hale holds the world record for voicing the most female video game characters. Her voice has graced popular game franchises such as “Halo,” “World of Warcraft,” “Overwatch,” “Mass Effect” and more.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to honor Jennifer for her unsurpassed body of voiceover work, as well as her steadfast advocacy for breaking down gender stereotypes and same-sex relationship barriers in video games and animation,” said Rudy Gaskins, Chairman & CEO, SOVAS. “Jennifer continues to raise the bar that inspires innovation, education and a notable dedication to her craft and her audience.”
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“Of all the things that have been said about filmmaking, easy is not a word you hear very often — we aim to change that,” said director Greg Olliver, who founded Secret Weapon Studios in July 2022.
The studio has already released CrewHero, which helps filmmakers find eligible crew members in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as PostHero for cloud-based, remote editing access. Popular networks like Disney+, The Food Network and Discovery have utilized these services to book crews and manage post-production.
CrewHero starts at $49.99 to book a single crew member, and price increase is proportional to the amount of employees hired. PostHero starts at $650 a week and includes 24/7 tech support. Membership services to general remote coordinator services start at $45 per month or $360 annually.
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