This past Monday evening we announced the winners of the 27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards at our awards ceremony hosted by John Cameron Mitchell and held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name won the Best Feature and Breakthrough Actor (Timothée Chalamet) awards, while Jordan Peele's Get Out took home Breakthrough Director, Best Screenplay, and the Audience Award.

New CharityBuzz item up on the IFP page: The original Call Me By Your Name novel signed by director Luca Guadagnino, Breakthrough Actor winner Timothée Chalamet, and Armie Hammer. Bid quickly! 

The award for Best Documentary went to Strong Island, director Yance Ford's examination of family trauma and years of unanswered questions wrought by the loss and unprosecuted murder of his brother by a white man in 1992.

Winning the award for Best Actor was James Franco for his impeccable comedic and passionate incarnation of Tommy Wiseau, director of the notorious The Room (the "Citizen Kane of bad movies") in The Disaster Artist, which Franco also directed. 

Saoirse Ronan was voted Best Actress for Lady Bird, in which, as the self-named titular character, she rages against everything that reminds her she is trapped in Sacramento, awaiting flight from her senior year in Catholic school to a far, far better place...hopefully New York.

Career Tributes were also given during the ceremony to actors Nicole Kidman (presented by Reese Witherspoon) and Dustin Hoffman (presented by Elizabeth Marvel), director Sofia Coppola (presented by Tamara Jenkins), producer Jason Blum (presented by Ethan Hawke), cinematographer Ed Lachman (presented by David Byrne), and a Humanitarian Tribute to Al Gore (presented by Dan Rather).

For the full list of this year's award winners, please click here.

To watch the ceremony on Youtube, please click here.

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 ScreenSingapore, together with Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA) and Ties That Bind: Asia/Europe Producers Workshop (TTB), today announced two projects from Indonesia and The Philippines as winners of the third Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Project Market. “The Hunted” took home the Aurora Producing Award, RED Digital Camera Award as well as The Yellow Box Soundscape Award, while “Mina-Anud” won the Basecamp Colour Prize.

With three successful runs under its belt, the SAFF Project Market aims to match promising feature-length projects with Southeast Asian elements, with a global network of media financiers, distributors and collaborators, who can catapult these projects to fruition. By facilitating interaction between producers and key players in the film industry, the initiative strives to grow the standards of filmmaking in the region.

This year, the SAFF Project Market 2017 received submissions from 16 countries, with the 15 finalists representing Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Singapore, The Philippines as well as Thailand. These covered a myriad of genres such as animation, drama, fantasy, thriller and dark comedy.

Amongst the shortlist, five projects – of which one won – hailed from Indonesia, which is the Singapore Media Festival’s Country of Focus.

“The Hunted” centres on four girls pitting their wits to survive after waking up from a rave party in Bali, when they find themselves stranded on an island, and pursued by two hunters who have paid big money for the “ultimate hunting trophy” – human beings.

“The Hunted” stood out from its competitors due to its potential to be commercialised and co-produced across Southeast Asia and beyond, and also for its technical excellence. For this project, producers Allen Jordan and Delon Tio will receive a S$20,000 co-production investment from Aurora Media Holdings; a loan of a RED SCARLET-W camera kit worth US$25,000 from RED Digital Cinema; as well as a S$20,000 post-production prize from one of Southeast Asia’s top music and audio houses, Yellow Box Studios.

Co-producer and director Delon Tio shared, “We feel flattered to win three awards and believe they will help greatly in elevating “The Hunted” to the next level in various ways. Through our participation in the SAFF Project Market, we were able to gain greater exposure for our film and raise more funds. Additionally, the SAFF Project Market is a great platform for us to connect and meet potential investors and partners outside of Indonesia, and there are plans for us to return next year with new ideas.”

Separately, “Mina-Anud” won the Basecamp Colour Prize from Basecamp Films. The US$10,000 award is for feature film colour grading, to ready a film for screening for festivals or at the cinema. “Mina-Anud” tells the story of two local surfers who must decide if the lure of a richer tomorrow is worth risking family and freedom when three tonnes of cocaine gets washed up on the shores of a peaceful seaside community in Eastern Samar, Philippines.

Sharing his aspirations for this film, director Kerwin Go said, “This film hopes to remind audiences that true wealth is the freedom to live life on our own terms. It’s about experiences and our relationships, rather than monetary and material wealth.”

Working with him on this films as producers will be Bianca Balbuena and Bradley Liew. Of the win, Liew said, “This is the first feature film project of a director who spent 8 years in the industry, dreaming to one day make a film. And this win is a great encouragement for dreamers and artists to go on and face the big players armed with only their stories and passion.”

SAFF Project Market is a partnership between ScreenSingapore, SAAVA and TTB, and is supported by the Asia-Europe Foundation. For more information, please visit http://www.screensingapore.com.sg/film-financing-forum/.

ScreenSingapore is co-located with the Asia TV Forum & Market, and is part of the Singapore Media Festival. 

By Liza Foreman

Co-Director Hugh Welchman clutching one of two awards taken home tonight at the Ajyal Film Festival in Doha for Loving Vincent, the first fully-painted feature film. Think 65,000 oil paintings photographed into a film. Loving Vincent was co-financed by the Doha Film Institute 

DOHA, QATAR - The fifth edition of the Doha Film Institute's Ajyal Youth Film Festival (November 29 - December 4, 2017) wrapped on Monday.

Taking place at the Arabian-styled Katara Cultural Village, 550 children from 45 countries served as jurors at this year's event, as well as a panel of regional industry professionals that presented awards for the Made in Qatar section.

This year's program included 20 features and 83 shorts, 55 were from the Arab world and 52 by female filmmakers.

This year’s Ajyal winners, voted by Ajyal Jurors in three categories were:

The quality and diversity of the films screened was amazing. As one attendee remarked of the weekend, "So many films, so little time!"

ENTERTAIN * INSPIRE * ENLIGHTEN
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Photo Daniel Hinz 

The more than 3,000 members of the European Film Academy – filmmakers from across Europe – have voted for this year’s European Film Awards. At the awards ceremony in Berlin the following awards were presented:

EUROPEAN FILM 2017
THE SQUARE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund
PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober

EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017
THE SQUARE
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund
PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI
LADY MACBETH
DIRECTED BY William Oldroyd
WRITTEN BY Alice Birch
PRODUCED BY Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2017
COMMUNION
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Anna Zamecka
PRODUCED BY Anna Wydra, Anna Zamecka, Zuzanna Krol, Izabela Lopuch & Hanka Kastelicová

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017
LOVING VINCENT
DIRECTED BY Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman
WRITTEN BY Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman & Jacek Dehnel
PRODUCED BY Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart & Sean Bobbitt
ANIMATION: Dorota Kobiela & Łukasz Mackiewicz

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2017
TIMECODE
by Juanjo Giménez

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2017
Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE

EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2017
Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL

EUROPEAN ACTOR 2017
Claes Bang in THE SQUARE 

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2017
Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE 

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2017 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA
Michail Krichman 
for LOVELESS

EUROPEAN EDITOR 2017
Robin Campillo 
for BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2017
Josefin Åsberg 
for THE SQUARE

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2017
Katarzyna Lewińska 
for SPOOR

EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST 2017
Leendert van Nimwegen 
for BRIMSTONE

EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2017
Evgueni & Sacha Galperine 
for LOVELESS

EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2017
Oriol Tarragó 
for A MONSTER CALLS 

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Aleksandr Sokurov

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA
Julie Delpy 

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2017 – Prix EURIMAGES
Cedomir Kolar

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2017 for Best European Film
STEFAN ZWEIG - FAREWELL TO EUROPE (VOR DER MORGENRÖTE)
DIRECTED BY Maria Schrader
WRITTEN BY Maria Schrader & Jan Schomburg
PRODUCED BY Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Denis Poncet, Danny Krausz & Kurt Stocker 

Congratulations for their win to

Interlude - New Vision Award

INTERLUDE (PARENTHESE)  France / 2016 / 94 mins

Raphaël is 50-something and in a rut. Without telling his wife, he buys a sailboat and convinces his childhood friend Patrick, an eternal teenager, and Alain, a hypochondriac, to go on a tour of the Mediterranean Sea with him. Holidays just like in the old days! The three friends however soon notice that they are not as fit as they used to be and don't really share the same interests anymore. All that changes when they take two much younger women on board who join them on their tour...

My Enemy My Brother - Spirit Of Freedom Documentary

MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER is the real life story about two former enemies who become blood brothers for life: Zahed Haftlang was an Iranian boy who ran away from home to join the army. Najah Aboud was a 19-year old Iraqi who had been conscripted to fight in the war, leaving behind his wife and son. Both men fought in the Iran-Iraq war where Zahed found Najah critically injured in a bunker and decided to risk his own life to save him. Because of Zahed, Najah’s life was spared. Their lives diverged and they didn't see nor hear of one another for 20 years, until one fateful day.

Liyana - Spirit Of Freedom Narrative

A Swazi girl embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers. This animated African tale is born in the imaginations of five orphaned children in Swaziland who collaborate to tell a story of perseverance drawn from their darkest memories and brightest dreams. Their fictional character's journey is interwoven with poetic and observational documentary scenes to create a genre-defying celebration of collective storytelling.

Owen - Short Film

Three hundred forty-one feature films are eligible for the 2017 Academy Awards^®, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today.

To be eligible for 90th Academy Awards consideration, feature films must open in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County by midnight, December 31, and begin a minimum run of seven consecutive days.

Under Academy rules, a feature-length motion picture must have a running time of more than 40 minutes and must have been exhibited theatrically on 35mm or 70mm film, or in a qualifying digital format.

Feature films that receive their first public exhibition or distribution in any manner other than as a theatrical motion picture release are not eligible for Academy Awards in any category. The “Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 90th Academy Awards” is available at http://www.oscars.org/oscars/rules-eligibility.

<span "="">Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.

The 90th Oscars^® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre^® at Hollywood & Highland Center^® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

The IFFAM Project Market (IPM) Award Winners were announced today at the closing of the IFFAM Industry Hub.  The three winning IPM films were each presented with cash awards of US$10,000.  The winners were:

·         Mihara (USA/Japan) Director: Jacqueline Castel, Producer Pier Harrison - presented by Lorna Tee on behalf John Penotti of Ivanhoe Pictures

·         The Girl with no Head (Malaysia) Directors/producers: Liew Seng Tat and Pete Teo - presented by Tou U from Huace Pictures

·         The Last Savage (USA/France/Indonesia), Director: Liam O’Donnell, Producer: Matthew Chausse – presented by Lizhi Chen from Hairun Pictures

The IPM Award Sponsors are Hairun Pictures, Huace Pictures and Ivanhoe Pictures. Industry Hub Happy Hour Sponsor is Jay Chan of Paradise Entertainment.

The market, curated by genre expert and producer Todd Brown, is designed to showcase international projects with Asian elements and principally with a genre theme.   It is structured around three core principles:

·         Exciting and authentic integration of international elements in film scripts and productions

·         Offer a diversity of content – carefully curated genre cinema, more intimate auteur cinema alongside projects selected by our international partners – to showcase the current direction of international film production

·         Effective networking sessions bringing filmmakers together with experienced industry partners and financiers and fostering lasting creative collaboration and co-production partnerships.

The IPM presented 14 projects – eight selected by IPM and one each from international market partners Blood Window (Argentina), Frontières (Canada) and Sitges Film Festival (Spain) - and three auteur titles.  Each project was represented in Macao by its director and/or producer.

All the selected filmmakers took part in an extensive industry program of pitches, one-on-one meetings and informal gatherings designed to match them with a broad cross-section of high level industry professionals and drive projects forward. The IPM took place within the framework of the Industry Hub at IFFAM.  The line-up was comprised of:

Genre projects:

Daedalus (Portugal) Director: Jerónimo Rocha, Producer: Frederico Serra

Dead in the Lake (South Korea/USA) Director: Im Sang-soo, Producer: Lee Namhee

Loveland (Australia/China) Director: Ivan Sen, Producers: David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin, Ivan Sen

Mihara (USA/Japan) Director: Jacqueline Castel, Producer Pier Harrison

The Girl with no Head (Malaysia) Directors/producers: Liew Seng Tat and Pete Teo

The Last Savage (USA/France/Indonesia), Director: Liam O’Donnell, Producer: Matthew Chausse

Auteur projects:

Projecto Global (Portugal) Director Ivo M. Ferreira, Producer Luís Urbano

The Emerald Butterfly (Netherlands/Indonesia/Germany/France/UK/Belgium/Malaysia)

Director: Martin Koolhoven, Producer: Els Vandevorst

The Price Of Tea (Canada/UK/China) Director: Richie Mehta, Producers: Cassandra Sigsgaard

International Partner projects:

30K Kicks (Spain/South Korea) Director: Santiago Alvarado, Producers: Joaquim Vivas

Darling (Belgium/Canada) Directors: Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, Producer: Michael Solomon

The Song of the Day (Brazil) Director: M.M. Izidoro, Producer: Guilherme Pinheiro

Macao projects:

Days of Being Trapped (Macao) Director: Vincent Hoi, Producer: Jackie Virginia Tse

Dreaming Girl (Macao) Director: Oliver Fa, Producers: Dice Leong, Adam Tam Chi Wai

Todd Brown commented: “It has been exiting to be here again with a really great selection of projects that we are very proud of.  They represent countries from all around the globe and a huge diversity of styles, genres and approach. It’s been very gratifying to see the support from the industry delegates who have come out to meet the Project Market filmmakers.”

Alongside the IPM, the Industry Hub also introduced the Macao Forum, a new initiative in which industry delegates met in roundtables to discuss some of the key issues facing the film business today. Topics discussed this year were:

·                How can the film industry maintain consumer loyalty to the medium, in a world where TV is better than ever?

·                Do film festivals still have the same significance they used to? How can we use them to launch films effectively?

·                How is the growing Chinese market affecting the rest of the world’s independent business?

Discussions were hosted by Clare Stewart, BFI London Film Festival Director, Gilbert Lim, Executive Vice President of Sahamongkolfilm International and Jonah Greenberg, President of Motion Pictures, CAA China.  Insights, information and action points were then shared in a final open door session on Sunday afternoon.

Commenting on the Forum, IFFAM Head of Industry June Wu said “This year we wanted to try a new format, which would bring together industry delegates with different skillsets and backgrounds.  We had great feedback from all the participants and want to express thanks to everyone who attended, especially the discussion hosts.”

The Industry Hub welcomed more than 250 delegates from twenty three countries and the Macao and Hong Kong SARs over the three day event

The 2nd International Film Festival & Awards‧Macao runs from 8-14 December 2017 and the Industry Hub ran from 9-11 December.  The full line-up and additional information on the Festival can be found at http://www.iffamacao.com/en/

FOCUS, the Meeting Place for International Production, sees record attendance for third edition at Business Design Centre, London

Booming state of international production, particularly high-end TV drama and feature film, emerges as key talking point at FOCUS’ high-level programme of seminars

London, 12 December 2017 – Record attendance, increased number of exhibitors, a high-level programme of seminars and keynotes, plus a raft of networking events all combined to make for a highly successful FOCUS 2017, produced by The Location Guide.

Professionals from all sectors of the creative screen industries and from 51 countries visited FOCUS over two days (December 5-6). They were able to meet with 173 exhibiting companies, representing 61 countries, who packed the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Exhibitors included international film commissions, location providers and production service companies.

The growth at FOCUS comes as the screen industries enjoy booming levels of international production, across high-end television drama, film, commercials and branded content.

The impact of this growing demand for video content of all kinds, driven in particular by tech giants such as Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube and Google, was one of the key themes of a two-day programme of 34 free-to-attend panels, workshops and presentations featuring over 100 industry leaders.

Among the speakers were Alex Boden (Founder, Pistachio Pictures), Andrew Chowns (CEO, Directors UK), Andy Noble (Co-Producer, Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool), Anna Mansi (Head of Certification, BFI), Ben Barrett (Joint MD, Drive), Caitlin Ryan (Executive Creative Director, Cheil London), Carlo Dusi (Head of Business and Commercial Affairs, Scott Free Films), Dawn McCarthy Simpson MBE (Director of International Strategy, Pact), Denman Rooke (Executive Chairman, October Films), Dominic Minghella (Writer/producer, Island Pictures), Elaine Steel (Agent),  Jason Stone (Editor, David Reviews), Julie Baines  (Founder, Dan Films), Karen Cunningham (Director, Thomas Thomas Films), Kate O’Connor (Consultant/Animation UK), Katie Swinden (Managing Director, Fifty Fathoms), Lindsey Clay (CEO, Thinkbox), Lyndy Stout (Editor, 1:4), Magnus Temple (CEO, The Garden Productions), Natalie Usher (Director, Creative Scotland), Nicolas Brown, (Director Film & TV, Neal Street Productions), Phillip Covell (CEO, AVTN), Philippe Alessandri  (CEO, Watch Next Media), Richard Morris (Partner, Whistlejacket London), Rob Alcock (Head of Training, BBC Academy), Robert Jones (Co-founder The Fyzz Facility), Ruth Fielding (Managing Director, Lupus Films), Sally Joynson (CEO, Screen Yorkshire), Sara Putt (Founder, Sara Putt Associates), Steve Davies (Chief Executive, APA) and Steve Garvey (CEO, Moving Image News), See the full list of speakers here.

The FOCUS programme was developed in consultation with the British Film Institute, British Film Commission, Pact, Advertising Producers Association, Production Managers Association, Creative Skillset, Animation UK, Games London and Women in Film and TV and was presented in association with media partner Variety.

FOCUS also hosted over a dozen dedicated networking events, including the APA Christmas Party, the Location Managers Christmas Drinks with LMGI and receptions by a variety of film commissions including the Thailand Film Office, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau and the Catalunya, Mallorca and Balearic Islands Film Commissions. The networking events at FOCUS were sponsored by Maltsmiths Brewing.

Sustainability played a major role at FOCUS 2017 through the Green Zone, an area dedicated to addressing the environmental impact of the production industry. With the help of AdGreen and BAFTA’s albert, the Green Zone showcased eco-friendly companies and offered advice to production professionals about lowering their carbon footprint.

FOCUS also featured a fully functional English pub on the showfloor, courtesy of Dresd, the organization dedicated to recycling set waste. Kitted out with traditional pub fixtures, The Dresd Inn was used to host a number of events including the Focus Opening Drinks.

FOCUS 2017 Managing Director Jean-Frederic Garcia said: “FOCUS 2017 celebrated its third year with record attendance and exhibitor numbers, welcoming visitors from all across the world and from all sectors of the creative screen industries. We enjoyed a bustling exhibition hall, a rich conference programme and many networking events. We’re particularly proud of the friendly, welcoming atmosphere of the show which so many visitors commented on. We look forward to seeing everyone again at FOCUS 2018.”

For further information and pictures:

Kate Hughes, Director of Marketing
kate@tlgfocus.com Tel: +44 (0) 7788 432852

View online press release and pictures here.

www.tlgfocus.com

About FOCUS 2017

FOCUS is produced by the team behind The Location Guide. Held at the Business Design Centre in London and now in its third year, FOCUS is a leading event for the creative screen industries, and acts as a meeting place for programme makers, international film commissions, location providers and production service providers. Each December, the industry’s key players converge at FOCUS, transforming two days of meetings, networking events and seminars into deals and lasting business relationships.  

The 17th River to River Florence Indian Film Festival has had its closing night on December 12th, at Cinema La Compagnia in Florence.

The winners of the River to River Audience Award are:
My Pure Land by Sarmad Masud (feature film section)
Abu by Arshad Khan (documemtary section)
Kajal by Paakhi Tyrewala (short film section)

Nominees for the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards^® for outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances in film and television of 2017, as well as the honorees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center’s SilverScreen Theater in West Hollywood.

SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris introduced Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse, The Predator) and Niecy Nash (Claws,The Soul Man), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors® live on TNT, TBS, truTV, tntdrama.com/sagawards, truTV.com and sagawards.org, TNT/TBS apps, and TNT/TBS Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels. Prior to that, SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Committee Member Elizabeth McLaughlin announced the honorees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles.

The complete list of 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations follows this notice.

The 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® presented by SAG-AFTRA with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC is produced by Avalon Harbor Entertainment, Inc. and will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT). TNT & TBS subscribers can also watch the SAG Awards live through the networks' websites and mobile apps. In addition, TNT will present a special encore of the ceremony at 11 p.m. (ET)/8 p.m. (PT) that same evening.

Prior to the televised ceremony, the honorees for outstanding action performances by film and television stunt ensembles will be announced during the SAG Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show webcast.

One of the awards season’s premier events, the SAG Awards annually celebrates the outstanding motion pictures and television performances from the previous calendar year. Of the top industry honors presented to actors, only the SAG Awards are selected entirely by performers’ peers in SAG-AFTRA. The SAG Awards was the first televised awards show to acknowledge the work of union members and the first to present awards to motion picture casts and television ensembles.

Two nominating panels — one for television and one for film — each composed of 2,500 randomly selected union members from across the United States, chose this year’s nominees. Final voting information will be sent to the 121,544 SAG-AFTRA members in good standing across the country, who may vote on all categories. In keeping with the SAG Awards’ commitment to sustainable practices, online voting is encouraged and paper ballots are available only upon request received by Friday, Jan. 8, 2018. All votes must be received at Integrity Voting Systems by noon on Friday, Jan. 19. Results will be tallied and sealed until the envelopes are opened by the presenters live onstage at the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony on Jan. 21, 2018.

The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala benefiting the SAG-AFTRA Foundation will be hosted for the 22nd consecutive year by PEOPLE and the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), joined this year by TNT & TBS, to honor the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and actors’ philanthropic activities. For more information about the SAG Awards®, SAG-AFTRA, TNT & TBS, visit sagawards.org/about.

Requests for photos and graphics for the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards should be addressed to awardsphotos@sagawards.org

10 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE HONORED
WITH ACADEMY AWARDS®

Jonathan Erland to receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award
 

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 34 individual award recipients, as well as one organization, will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 10, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills.

In addition, visual effects technologist Jonathan Erland will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award (an Oscar® statuette) for technological contributions that have brought credit to the industry.

“This year we are happy to honor a very international group of technologists for their innovative and outstanding accomplishments,” said Ray Feeney, Academy Award® recipient and chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. “These individuals have significantly contributed to the ongoing evolution of motion pictures, and their efforts continue to empower the creativity of our industry.”

Unlike other Academy Awards to be presented this year, achievements receiving Scientific and Technical Awards need not have been developed and introduced during 2017.  Rather, the achievements must demonstrate a proven record of contributing significant value to the process of making motion pictures.

The Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements are:

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (ACADEMY CERTIFICATES)

To Jason Smith and Jeff White for the original design, and to Rachel Rose and Mike Jutan for the architecture and engineering, of the BlockParty procedural rigging system at Industrial Light & Magic.

BlockParty streamlines the rigging process through a comprehensive connection framework, a novel graphical user interface, and volumetric rig transfer, which has enabled ILM to build richly detailed and unique creatures while greatly improving artist productivity.

To Joe Mancewicz, Matt Derksen and Hans Rijpkema for the design, architecture and implementation of the Rhythm & Hues Construction Kit rigging system.

This toolset provides a novel approach to character rigging that features topological independence, continuously editable rigs and deformation workflows with shape-preserving surface relaxation, enabling fifteen years of improvements to production efficiency and animation quality.

To Alex Powell for the design and engineering, to Jason Reisig for the interaction design, and to Martin Watt and Alex Wells for the high-performance execution engine of the Premo character animation system at DreamWorks Animation.

Premo’s speed and simplicity enable animators to pose full-resolution characters in representative shot context, significantly increasing their productivity.

To Rob Jensen for the foundational design and continued development, to Thomas Hahn for the animation toolset, and to George ElKoura, Adam Woodbury and Dirk Van Gelder for the high-performance execution engine of the Presto Animation System at Pixar Animation Studios.

Presto allows artists to work interactively in scene context with full-resolution geometric models and sophisticated rig controls, and has significantly increased the productivity of character animators at Pixar.

SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS (ACADEMY PLAQUES)

To John Coyle, Brad Hurndell, Vikas Sathaye and Shane Buckham for the concept, design, engineering and implementation of the Shotover K1 Camera System.

This innovative six-axis stabilized aerial camera mount, with its enhanced ability to frame shots while looking straight down, enables greater creative freedom while allowing pilots to fly more effectively and safely.

To Jeff Lait, Mark Tucker, Cristin Barghiel and John Lynch for their contributions to the design and architecture of the Houdini visual effects and animation system.

Houdini’s dynamics framework and workflow management tools have helped it become the industry standard for bringing natural phenomena, destruction and other digital effects to the screen.

To Bill Spitzak and Jonathan Egstad for the visionary design, development and stewardship of the Nuke compositing system.

Built for production at Digital Domain, Nuke has become a ubiquitous and flexible tool used across the motion picture industry, enabling novel and sophisticated workflows at an unprecedented scale.

To Abigail Brady, Jon Wadelton and Jerry Huxtable for their significant contributions to the architecture and extensibility of the Nuke compositing system.

Expanded as a commercial product at The Foundry, Nuke is a comprehensive, versatile and stable system that has established itself as the backbone of compositing and image processing pipelines across the motion picture industry.

To Leonard Chapman for the overall concept, design and development, to Stanislav Gorbatov for the electronic system design, and to David Gasparian and Souhail Issa for the mechanical design and integration of the Hydrascope telescoping camera crane systems.

With its fully waterproof construction, the Hydrascope has greatly advanced crane technology and versatility by enabling precise long-travel multi-axis camera movement in, out of and through fresh or salt water.

ACADEMY AWARD OF MERIT (OSCAR STATUETTE)

To Mark Elendt and Side Effects Software for the creation and development of the Houdini visual effects and animation system.

With more than twenty years of continual innovation, Houdini has delivered the power of procedural methods to visual effects artists, making it the industry standard for bringing natural phenomena, destruction and other digital effects to the screen.

GORDON E. SAWYER AWARD (OSCAR STATUETTE)

Jonathan Erland

Presented to an individual in the motion picture industry whose technological contributions have brought credit to the industry.

The 90th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT.  The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.

On the cusp of two key end-of-the-year awards events – the opening of Oscar® nomination voting on January 5^th and the Golden Globes® ceremony on January 7^th– it was revealed today that “Get Out,” directed by Jordan Peele, was named Best Picture and that Best Director kudos went to Christopher Nolan for “Dunkirk” at the just ended 22^nd edition of Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Festival, which is presented annually by the Capri in the World Institute.

The awards were announced by festival founder and producer Pascal Vicedomini. He also said that “Darkest Hour,” directed by Joe Wright, and “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri,” directed by Martin McDonagh, each scored three awards. “Three Billboards’ was cited for Best Actress, Frances McDormand; Best Supporting Actor, Sam Rockwell; and Best Original Screenplay, Martin McDonagh.  “Darkest Hour” received awards for Best Film Editing, Valerio Bonelli; Best Original Score, Dario Marianelli; and Best Make-up and Hairstyling.

Two awards went to both “The Disaster Artist” (Best Actor, James Franco and Best Adapted Screenplay, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell) and “Coco” (Best Animated Movie and Best Original Song, “Remember Me” by Michael Giacchino,

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez).

"This was an extraordinary year for the quality of the artists who attended and the variety of works presented at Capri, Hollywood," said Vicedomini at the close of the fest. “I'm confident that many of our winners will go on to be honored at the Golden Globes and the Oscars. I extend best wishes to all of them and hope to see them in Los Angeles at the 2018 edition of our LA, Italia Film, Fashion & Art Fest (February 25 – March 2).”

In addition to Vicedomini, the members of the Capri, Hollywood jury included: Israeli music icon Noa (honorary festival president), German Golden Globe-winning actress Nastassja Kinski (past Capri Career Achievement Award recipient), Italian producer Andrea Iervolino (past Friend of Capri Award recipient), Italian Oscar-winning production designer Gianni Quaranta, Italian Oscar-winning makeup artist Alessandro Bertolazzi, Italian screenwriter Enrico Vanzina, Italian director Francesco Patierno and Italian producer Ida Di Benedetto.

The 22nd edition of the Capri, Hollywood - The International Film Fest was chaired by the Oscar®-winning Italian make-up artist Alessandro Bertolazzi and is dedicated to the beauty and talent of Elizabeth Taylor. Since 1995, Capri, Hollywood has promoted tourism in southern Italy during the winter, highlighting new ideas for recreation and exploration of the region. The event is supported by the Italian Ministry of Culture (Cinema Division) and the Municipality of Anacapri.

In the Picture: Pascal Vicedomini, Jonas Carpignano, Melissa Leo, Noa, Alessandro Bertolazzi and Gianni Quaranta

2017 ‘CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD’ AWARD WINNERS

Best Picture – Get Out

Best Director - Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk

Best Actor – James Franco – The Disaster Artist

Best Actress – Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actor – Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Supporting Actress – Melissa Leo – Novitiate

Best Adapted Screenplay – The Disaster Artist

Best Original Screenplay - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Animated Movie - Coco

Best Documentary Feature – Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Best Foreign Language Film – Foxtrot (Israel), directed by Samuel Maoz

Best Cinematography – Hostiles

Best Film Editing – Darkest Hour

Best Make-up and Hairstyling -  Darkest Hour

Best Production Design – Blade Runner 2049

Best Original Song – “Remember Me” - Coco

Best Original Score – Darkest Hour

Best Sound Editing / Best Sound Mixing – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Best Visual Effects – War for the Planet of the Apes 

Best Ensemble Cast – The Leisure Seeker 

Career Achievement Award – James Ivory

ADDITIONAL AWARDS

Breakout Director of the Year  - Kristof Hoornaert (Bel)

Breakout Actor of the Year  - Toby Sebastian (U.K.)

Breakout Actress of the Year – Micaela Ramazzotti (Ita)

Master of Cinematic Art – Paolo Virzi (Ita)

Latino Artist of the Year – Alex De La Iglesia (Spa)

Person of the Year – Trudie Styler (U.K.)

Rising Star – Jona Carpignano (Ita)

Yesterday black was the dominant color on the red carpet of the 75th edition of the Golden Globes: most women were dressed in black to support  "Time's Up ", movement against sexual harrasment.

Here is the complete list of Awards

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

WINNER

Lady Bird

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

WINNER

Frances McDormand

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

WINNER

Alexandre Desplat

Shape of Water, The

 

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

WINNER

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The

 

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Big Little Lies

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

WINNER

Rachel Brosnahan

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The

 

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Laura Dern

Big Little Lies

 

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

WINNER

Alexander Skarsgård

Big Little Lies

 

Cecil B. DeMille Award

RECIPIENT

Oprah Winfrey