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ICG Publicists Awards – winners

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50th Annual ICG Publicists Awards Salute Kirk Douglas with Lifetime Achievement Award. Argo, USA Network, and Marvel Studios Receive Honors. Robert Downey Jr., Sally Field, Corbin Bernsen, Matt Bomer, Piper Perabo and Robert Knepper Among Presenters.

Close to a thousand Hollywood publicity and marketing executives, producers, studio and network executives, celebrities, and press gathered for the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) 50th Annual Publicists Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel today. Theo Von, star of Yahoo!’s Prime Time In No Time, hosted.

Kirk Douglas received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Ron Meyer, president and COO of Universal Studios. In a surprise appearance Robert Downey Jr. presented the Motion Picture Showmanship Award to Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, while the Television Showmanship Award went to the co-presidents of USA Network, Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel, presented to them by star of Covert Affairs, Matt Bomer and Piper Perabo, star of the network’s White Collar.
Surprise presenter Sally Field awarded publicist Heidi Schaeffer of PMK/BNC with this year’s Les Mason Award, the highest honor publicists can pay to one of their own.

Corbin Bernsen, star of L.A. Law and USA’s current hit Psych, presented the Press Award to Deadline Hollywood’s Pete Hammond, while the International Media Award went to James White of the UK. Two 14-year-olds from Kabul, Afghanistan, Fawad Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz, stars of the Oscar® nominated Live Action Short, Buzkashi Boys, made this presentation.

Sharon Black, winner of the award last year, presented the Bob Yeager Award to Linda Weitzler in recognition of her community work. Weitzler belongs to the Volunteer League, which helps clothe needy children; is part of a 22-voice choir that performs at nursing homes; and serves on the board of the Fulfillment Fund helping under privileged kids to go to college; among other nonprofit efforts.

The Maxwell Weinberg Award for Best Publicity Campaign for a Motion Picture went to the publicity team from Warner Bros. for Argo, presented by Chi McBride, one of the stars of CBS’ upcoming series Golden Boy, which will be premiering February 26. McBride also handed the Maxwell Weinberg Television Campaign Award to the publicists for their work on Showtime’s Homeland.

Robert Knepper, one of the stars of new CW midseason series Cult, which premiered February 19, presented the Excellence in Still Photography for Motion Pictures Award to Jaimie Trueblood and the Television Still Photography Award to Suzanne Tenner.

ICG President Steven Poster began the ceremony by highlighting the important contributions publicists make to the industry. He also welcomed IATSE President Matt Loeb who flew in from New York for the occasion.


Nominees for the 50th Annual ICG Publicists Awards

Motion Picture Showman of the Year
Kevin Feige

Television Showman of the Year
Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel

Lifetime Achievement Award
Kirk Douglas

The Les Mason Award
Hilary Clark (Independent Publicist)
Sheryl Main (Unit Publicist)
Heidi Schaffer (PMKBNC Public Relations)
Murray Weissman (Weissman/Markovitz Communications)
Deborah Wuliger (Unit Publicist)

The Press Award
Alex Ben Block (The Hollywood Reporter)
Mike Fleming (Deadline.com)
Pete Hammond (Deadline.com)
Jeff Jensen (Entertainment Weekly)
Dave Karger (Fandango)
Scott Mantz (Access Hollywood)

International Media
Philip Berk (Australia)
Jean Cummings (Japan)
Ramzi Malouki (France)
Elisabeth Sereda (Austria)
Lynn Tso (Taiwan)
James White (United Kingdom)

Excellence in Unit Still Photographer for Motion Picture
Claire Folger
Dale Robinette
Jaimie Trueblood
Merie Wallace
Wilson Webb
Barry Wetcher

Excellence in Unit Still Photographer for Television
Richard Foreman Jr
Matt Kennedy
Justin Lubin
Suzanne Tenner
Robert Voets
Michael Yarish

Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship – Motion Picture
Argo
The Avengers
Flight
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Skyfall

Maxwell Weinberg Publicist Showmanship – Television
Chicago Fire
Elementary
Homeland
New Girl
Person of Interest
Revolution

2013 Genesis Awards – nominations

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Big Miracle, Darling Companion, Delhi Safari and To the Arctic have been nominated for the Humane Society of the United States’ 27th Annual Genesis Awards. The Genesis Awards honor news and entertainment media “for their role in raising awareness of animal issues.”

“For 27 years, the Genesis Awards have celebrated the power of the media to shed light onanimal protection issues,” stated Beverly Kaskey, senior director of HSUS’ Hollywood Outreach and executive producer of The Genesis Awards Benefit Gala announcing this year’s nominees. “This year one nominee, Big Miracle, reflects the Genesis credo with its true account of how one TV reporter’s story triggers a worldwide effort to save a family of imperiled whales, proving that the media can and does make a difference.”

Dancing With the Stars‘ Carrie Ann Inaba will host the awards gala on March 23, 2013 in Beverly Hills.


Complete list of nominations for the 27th Annual Genesis Awards

SCREEN

FEATURE FILM
Big Miracle - Universal Pictures
Darling Companion - Kasdan Films/Sony
Delhi Safari - Fantastic Films International, LLC
To the Arctic - Imax/Warner Bros.

DRAMATIC SERIES
Grey's Anatomy - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - ABC
Harry's Law - "Gorilla My Dreams" - NBC
Sons of Anarchy - "J'ai Obtenu Cette" - FX

SID CAESAR COMEDY AWARD
The Colbert Report - Representative Steve King on dogfighting - Comedy Central
Futurama - "31st Century Fox" - Comedy Central
The New Normal - "Pardon Me" - NBC

TV DOCUMENTARY
Ivory Wars - Discovery Channel
One Nation Under Dog: Stories of Fear, Loss and Betrayal - HBO
Street Dogs of South Central - Animal Planet

REALITY
Caught on Camera - "Hoarding" - MSNBC
My Cat from Hell - Animal Planet
Philly Undercover - "The Raid" - Nat Geo WILD
Wild Justice - Nat Geo Channel

TV NEWSMAGAZINE
20/20 - "Deadly Pets" - ABC
60 Minutes - "The Race to Save The Tortoise" - CBS
Inside Edition - "Cockfighting Investigation" - Syndicated
Nightline - "The Ugly Truth Behind High Stepping Horses" - ABC
Rock Center with Brian Williams - "At What Cost?", "Ken and Rosie," "Last Stand" - NBC

NATIONAL NEWS
ABC World News With Diane Sawyer - downer cow video
CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley - "Ivory Poaching"
NBC Nightly News - "Hurricane Sandy: Protecting Our Pets"

MORNING SHOW
CBS This Morning - "Shark Tagging"
CNN Saturday Morning - "Little Boy Blue"

LOCAL TV NEWS
KDVR-TV Denver Fox 31 News at Nine - "Saving the Discarded Dogs"
KNBC 4 News - "Bunny Trafficking"
WOIO TV 19 Action News - "Busted in Oklahoma" and "An Exotic Homecoming"

CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee - "Animals? Show Me the Money!" - Nickelodeon

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL TV
60 Minutes - "Jungle Warfare" - Nine Network Australia
Carte Blanche - "Damien's Rhino War," "Elephant Birth Control," "Mauritius Cattle Ship" - M-Net South Africa
The Hanoi Connection - Spiegel TV (Germany)

PRINT

MAGAZINE
National Geographic - "Cheetah's on the Edge" by Roff Smith, "Ivory Worship" by Bryan Christy, "Rhino Wars" by Peter Gwin
Time - "Beasts of Burden" by Bryan Walsh

COLUMNIST
The New York Times - Nicholas Kristof - "Is an Egg for Breakfast Worth This?"
The Chattanoogan - Roy Exum - multiple part series on Tennessee Walking Horse soring

NEWSPAPER SERIES
Sacramento Bee - 3-part series on wildlife services by Tom Knudson

BRIGITTE BARDOT INTERNATIONAL PRINT
South Asia Magazine (Pakistan) - "Animal Welfare in Islam" by Aiman Reyaz and "Law of the Land" by Anees Jillani with commentary by Syed Rizvi
The Star (South Africa) - "Silencing the Seals" and "Slaughter on the Sand" by Kristen van Schie

THE WYLER AWARD
Ke$ha

Australian Film Critics Association Awards 2012 – winners

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This evening at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Victoria, the Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA) held their 6th Annual AFCA Awards for the best films of 2012.

Wayne Blair's The Sapphires took the top prize in winning Best Film. It also won for Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Mauboy) and Music Score. The comedy is about a group of Aboriginal women singers in the 1960s.

Lore by Cate Shortland won the most awards, however. It won for Best Director, Actress (Saskia Rosendahl), Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design. The film is a World War II drama that is almost completely in German.

The Foreign Language Film winners were last year's Oscar-winning Hugo and A Separation.


Complete list of winners for the 6th Annual Australian Film Critics Association Awards

BEST FILM
The Sapphires

BEST DIRECTOR
Cate Shortland, Lore

BEST ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Wish You Were Here

BEST ACTRESS
Saskia Rosendahl, Lore

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Garry Waddell, The King Is Dead

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires

BEST SCREENPLAY
Lore, Cate Shortland & Robin Mukherjee

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Arkapaw, Lore

BEST EDITING
Martin Connor, Burning Man

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Cezary Skubiszewski, The Sapphires

BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION DESIGN
Silke Fischer, Lore

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
A Separation

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Hugo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Searching For Sugarman


Nominations for the 6th Annual Australian Film Critics Association Awards

BEST FILM
Hail
Lore
The King is Dead!
The Sapphires
Wish You Were Here

BEST DIRECTOR
Wayne Blair, The Sapphires
Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Hail
Kieran Darcy-Smith, Wish You Were Here
Rolf de Heer, The King Is Dead!
Cate Shortland, Lore

BEST ACTOR
Joel Edgerton, Wish You Were Here
Matthew Goode, Burning Man
Daniel P Jones, Hail
Ewen Leslie, Dead Europe
Chris O'Dowd, The Sapphires

BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette, Mental
Deborah Mailman, The Sapphires
Felicity Price, Wish You Were Here
Saskia Rosendahl, Lore
Sarah Snook, Not Suitable For Children

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Marton Csokas, Dead Europe
Liev Schreiber, Mental
Kodi Smit-McPhee, Dead Europe
Antony Starr, Wish You Were Here
Garry Waddell, The King Is Dead!

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Essie Davis, Burning Man
Rebecca Gibney, Mental
Deborah Mailman, Mental
Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires
Bojana Novakovic, Burning Man

BEST SCREENPLAY
Hail, Amiel Courtin-Wilson
Lore, Cate Shortland & Robin Mukherjee
The King Is Dead!, Rolf de Heer
The Sapphires, Keith Thompson & Tony Brigg
Wish You Were Here, Kieran Darcy-Smith & Felicity Price

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Arkapaw, Lore
Germain McMicking, Hail
Germain McMicking, Dead Europe
Jules O'Loughlin, Wish You Were Here
Garry Phillips, Burning Man
Warwick Thornton, The Sapphires

BEST EDITING
Jason Ballantine, Wish You Were Here
Martin Connor, Burning Man
Dany Cooper, The Sapphires
Veronika Jenet, Lore
Peter Sciberras, Hail

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Steve Benwell, Hail
Antony Partos, 33 Postcards
Max Richter, Lore
Cezary Skubiszewski, The Sapphires
Graham Tardif, The King Is Dead!

BEST OVERALL PRODUCTION DESIGN
Zohie Castellano, Hail
Melinda Doring, The Sapphires
Silke Fischer, Lore
Steven Jones-Evans, Burning Man
Graham Walker, Mental

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
A Separation/Holy Motors
Le Havre
The Kid With A Bike
The Raid

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
Argo
Beasts of The Southern Wild
Deep Blue Sea
Hugo
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY
All The Way Through Evening
I Am 11
Life In Movement
Paul Kelly: Stories Of Me
Searching For Sugarman

Film Independent Spirit Awards 2013 – winners

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Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions and The Perks of Being A Wallflower at last night’s 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards. Beasts of the Southern Wild, Magic Mike, Amour and The Invisible War also received awards at the ceremony, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

Tune in to IFC tonight at 10:00 pm ET/PT to catch all the action at the 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with actor and writer Andy Samberg hosting. Highlights include: Samberg’s trademarked digital shorts and a surprise, courtesy of web phenomenon Bad Lip Reading.

This year’s major category winners were Silver Linings Playbook, which won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Female Lead and The Sessions, which won Best Supporting Female and Best Male Lead; The Perks of Being A Wallflower, which won Best First Feature and Safety Not Guaranteed, which won Best First Screenplay; Beasts of the Southern Wild, which won Best Cinematography, Magic Mike, which won Best Supporting Male and Middle of Nowhere from AFFRM in partnership with Participant Media, which won the John Cassavetes Award; Sony Pictures Classics’ Amour, which won Best International Film and Cinedigm Entertainmet Group’s The Invisible War, which won Best Documentary. A Special Distinction Award was given posthumously to Cinematographer Harris Savides.

The 6th annual Robert Altman Award was given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast. Sean Baker’s Starlet received this award, along with casting directors Julia Kim and ensemble cast members Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone.
The 2013 Chaz and Roger Ebert Fellowship, which is awarded to a filmmaker in Project Involve, Film Independent’s diversity mentorship program and includes a cash grant of $10,000, was given to Melissa Haizlip, director of the documentary Mr. SOUL!. Haizlip is a Film Independent Fellow participating in Project Involve 2012-2013. Her film, which is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, was screened at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 41st Annual Independent Film Series in 2011.


The Spirit Awards were the first event to exclusively honor independent film, and over the past 28 years, has become the premier awards show for the independent film community, celebrating films made by filmmakers who embody independence and originality. Artists receiving industry recognition first at the Spirit Awards include Joel & Ethan Coen, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, Ashley Judd, Robert Rodriguez, David O. Russell, Edward Burns, Aaron Eckhart, Neil LaBute, Darren Aronofsky, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Hilary Swank, Marc Forster, Todd Field, Christopher Nolan, Zach Braff, Amy Adams and many more.


Nominations for the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards


Complete list of winners for the 28th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)
Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon

Best Director
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)

Best Screenplay
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)

Best First Feature
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Summit Entertainment)
Writer/Director: Stephen Chbosky / Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith

Best First Screenplay
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed (FilmDistrict)

John Cassavetes Award (For best feature made under $500,000)
Middle of Nowhere (AFFRM in partnership with Participant Media)
Writer/Director/Producer: Ava DuVernay / Producers: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes

Best Supporting Female
Helen Hunt, The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)

Best Supporting Male
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike (Warner Bros.Pictures)

Best Female Lead
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Company)

Best Male Lead
John Hawkes, The Sessions (Fox Searchlight)

Robert Altman Award
Starlet (Music Box Films) Director: Sean Baker / Casting Director: Julia Kim / Ensemble Cast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone

Best Cinematography
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild (Fox Searchlight)

Best International Film
Amour (France – Sony Pictures Classics) Director: Michael Haneke

Best Documentary
The Invisible War (Cinedigm Entertainment Group); Director: Kirby Dick / Producers: Amy Ziering, Tanner King Barklow

Special Distinction
Harris Savides

On January 12 the following winners were honored at the Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grant and Nominee Brunch at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood:

Adam Leon, director of Gimme The Loot, received the Windows Phone Someone to Watch Award. The award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award, which is in its nineteenth year, includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by the Windows Phone.

Peter Nicks, director of The Waiting Room received the Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award. The award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not received significant recognition. The award is in its eighteenth year and includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Stella Artois.

Mynette Louie received the Piaget Producers Award. The award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The annual award, in its sixteenth year, includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

Laura Colella for Breakfast With Curtis, which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival, received the third annual Jameson FIND Your Audience Award. The award helps one low-budget independent film find a broader audience. The award included a $50,000 marketing and distribution grant, funded by Jameson® Irish Whiskey.

ACTRA Awards in Toronto 2013 – winners

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ACTRA Toronto presented the 11th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto at The Carlu last night. The gala evening was hosted by Elvira Kurt with live music by multiple Maple Blues nominee, Shakura S'Aida.

"It's worth noting, I think, that this year's fantastic winners starred in three independent Canadian films: Requiem for Romance, a short animated film by Jonathan Ng, Picture Day by Kate Melville and The Disappeared by Shandi Mitchell. All writer-directors and two of them female," said President, David Sparrow. "Groundbreaking representation on lots of levels."


Rick Mercer presented ACTRA Toronto's 2013 Award of Excellence to Shirley Douglas, honouring her lifetime of acting and activism.

The ACTRA Awards in Toronto recognize outstanding performances by ACTRA Toronto members.

Nominations for the 11th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto


Complete list of winners for the 11th Annual ACTRA Awards in Toronto

Outstanding Performance - Female
Tatiana Maslany (Picture Day)

Outstanding Performance - Male
Shawn Doyle (The Disappeared)

Outstanding Performance - Voice
Shannon Kook-Chun (Requiem for Romance)

Award of Excellence
Shirley Douglas

2013 Golden Raspberry (Razzie) Awards – "winners"

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This year saw yet another Razzie sweep, but this one was incomplete: Although The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 went into the 33rd Annual Razzie Awards race with a near-record 11 nominations (more nods than there were categories) it only managed to "win" seven spray-painted statuettes, including Worst Picture, Worst Actress (Kristen Stewart) Worst Supporting Actor (Taylor Lautner), Worst Screen Couple (Lautner and 12 year-old Mackenzie Foy) and Worst Screen Ensemble. Throw in Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel and Worst Director for Bill Condon, and the fifth and final Twilight film is 2012's most-Razzed movie.

But Twilight S.B.D. #2 (as Razzie wags prefer to refer to it) still fell short of last year's unprecedented all-ten-category sweep by Adam Sandler's Jack & Jill. Sandler wasn't totally over-looked, though: The aging, schlubby comic took the Worst Actor Razzie for the second year in a row, and his film That's My Boy bested Twilight for Worst Screenplay by a single vote. In the 10th category, Worst Supporting Actress, Razzie voters chose pop singer Rihanna, making her big screen debut in Battleship, by a landslide.

Results were announced in a comedic press conference, which parodied the format and attitude of Tinsel Town's other 357 award ceremonies. The proceedings were conducted in alarming proximity to where Sunday night will see that other award show unfold: The venue for this year's Golden Raspberry bash-fest was The Continental Breakfast Room of the Holiday Inn Express Hollywood Walk of Fame hotel, less than half-a-mile from the Dolby Theatre, home of the 85th Annual Giving Out of the Little Gold Naked Men.

Nominees and "winners" for 9 of this year's 10 Razzie categories were determined by ballots e-mailed to 657 Voting Members throughout 47 U.S. states and 19 foreign countries. For the 10th category, Worst Remake/Rip-Off or Sequel, both nominees and "winners" were decided by conducting a poll at RottenTomatoes.com, in which nearly 70,000 votes were cast.

Nominations for the 33rd Annual Golden Raspberry Award


Complete list of nominations for the 33rd Annual Golden Raspberry Award

Worst Picture
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Worst Director
Bill Condon, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Worst Actress
Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 / Snow White and the Huntsman

Worst Actor
Adam Sandler, That's My Boy

Worst Supporting Actress
Rihanna, Battleship

Worst Supporting Actor
Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Worst Screen Ensemble
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Worst Screenplay
That's My Boy

Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Worst Screen Couple
Mackenzie Foy and Taylor Lautner in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2


85th Academy Awards – winners

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The Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences held the Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 tonight at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. The gala was hosted by Ted writer/director and Best Song nominee Seth MacFarlane.

Ben Affleck's Argo led the night winning Best Picture as well as Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. Both Affleck and writer Chris Terrio acknowledged Canada and Iran in their speeches.

Life of Pi by Ang Lee won the most awards, however. Lee upset Steven Speilberg for Best Director as he did in 2005 when his work on Brokeback Mountain won over Spielberg's for Munich (coincidentally, both times Lee eventually lost Best Picture which was presented by Jack Nicholson). Canadian composer Mychael Danna won for Music – Original Score. The magical-realist film also won for Cinematography and Visual Effects.

The musical Les Misérables by Tom Hooper also captured three awards. Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress, and the film also was recognized for Sound Mixing and Makeup / Hairstyling.

The two slavery-themed films each won a pair of awards. Daniel Day-Lewis won Best Actor for Lincoln to go with Production Design, won by Rick Carter and Canadian Jim Erickson. Both wins by Django Unchained were somewhat surprising – Quentin Tarantino for Original Screenplay and Christoph Waltz for Supporting Actor. Though I like Waltz, I thought that was a disappointing and wasted choice because he already won that same award for essentially the same (non-supporting) role in Tarantino's last film Inglourious Basterds, .

Skyfall was also a double-winner, taking Best Song and in a rare tie, sharing Sound Editing with Zero Dark Thirty. That was the latter film's only award. It was Oscar's sixth tie ever after 1932 Best Actor – Wallace Beery and Frederic March; 1949 Documentary Short Subject – A Chance to Live, So Much for So Little; 1968 Best Actress – Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand; 1986 Documentary Feature – Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, Down and Out in America; and 1994 Live-Action Short – Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life, Trevor.

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards


Complete list of winners for the 85th Academy Awards

Best Picture
Argo: Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

Directing
Life of Pi, Ang Lee

Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway, Les Misérables

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Writing (Adapted Screnplay)
Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio

Writing (Original Screnplay)
Django Unchained, Written by Quentin Tarantino

Animated Feature Film
Brave, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Documentary Feature
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Foreign Language Film
Amour, Austria

Documentary Short Subject
Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Short Film (Animated)
Paperman, John Kahrs

Short Film (Live Action)
Curfew, Shawn Christensen

Cinematography
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

Costume Design
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

Film Editing
Argo, William Goldenberg

Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Music (Original Score)
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

Music (Original Song)
Skyfall, Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Production Design
Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Sound Editing– TIE
Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing
Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Visual Effects
Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

Previously-announced Honorary Awards

Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Jeffrey Katzenberg

Honorary Award
Hal Needham

Honorary Award
D.A. Pennebaker

Honorary Award
George Stevens Jr.

Award of Merit
Cooke Optics

85th Academy Awards speeches

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Here are excerpts from the speeches at last night's 85th Annual Academy Awards.

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Thank you. Thank you so much, Mr. De Niro, Mr. Arkin, Mr. Hoffman and Mr. Jones, my respect. My… my unlimited gratitude goes to Dr. King Schultz. That is, of course, to the creator and the creator of his awe-inspiring world – Quentin Tarentino. And I thank Jamie Foxx and Leo DiCaprio. Sam Jackson and Kerry Washington. ... We participated in a hero’s journey – the hero here being Quentin. And you scale the mountain because you’re not afraid of it. You slay the dragon because you’re not afraid of it and you cross through fire because it’s worth it. I borrowed my character’s words so sorry – couldn’t resist. Thank you.

Short Film (Animated)
Paperman, John Kahrs

To everyone at Disney, particularly John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Andrew Millstein who have just been great at revitalizing the studio. To Kristina Reed my producer, the cast and crew, everyone who helped on it. They made it so much better than I could ever have hoped.

Animated Feature Film
Brave, Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Mark Andrews: I just happened to be wearing the kilt; I didn’t plan any of this. I’d like to thank the Academy for this incredible honour. Making a movie has its own story.
Brenda Chapman: I’d like to give a shout-out to my wonderful, brave, strong daughter Emma, who inspired Brave into being. So thank you to her and my husband, and our incredible cast and crew.

Cinematography
Life of Pi, Claudio Miranda

This movie was quite a beast to make. We did it, and the thing what I had, was so much, was so great that everyone was just really, totally there and supportive. I mean, I was really into Ang and the beautiful world that we created. It was like one challenge, when you're a cinematographer and there's one thing, when you have your eyes and just kind of go up and up and up and you just kind reach this thing. They get really excited, there's exciting scenes for me that I love, like the candles and the things that we did that was nuts. But it was really great. And I'd like to thank everyone that made this thing totally possible, the Academy, Fox, and oh my God I can't even speak – I know wrap up now.

Visual Effects
Life of Pi, Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R. Elliott

The irony is not lost on any of us up here that in a film whose central premise is to ask the audience what they believe is real or not real, most of what you see is, well, it’s fake. That’s the magic of visual effects. I want to thank Gil Netter and Elizabeth Gabler and all those at Fox and Fox 2000 for realizing that sometimes it takes a risk to make something special. And Life of Pi was a risk worth taking. To our director, Ang Lee, you were an inspiration and you made it an incredible journey for all of us. To David Womark, Mike Malone and Tommy Fisher for making a wave tank that kept us from having to go out to the real ocean and John Kilkenny for inviting all of us to the party in the first place. to my family for all the sacrifices they made, Gabrielle I love you so much, to my children: Christopher, Thomas, Alexander and Samantha, thank you for inspiring me every day, my mom and dad thank you for telling me to do any crazy career choice I wanted. Finally, I want to thank all the artists who worked on this film for over a year, including Rhythm & Hues. Sadly Rhythm & Hues is suffering severe financial difficulties right now. I urge you all to remember….

Costume Design
Anna Karenina, Jacqueline Durran

This is absolutely overwhelming. And I’d like to accept it on behalf of the great team that worked with me on Anna Karenina. A wonderful director—Joe Wright. And fantastic producers at Working Title and my children for bearing with me. They’re completely oblivious to this. They’re fast asleep.

Makeup and Hairstyling
Les Misérables, Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

Lisa Westcott: It’s quite overwhelming. I must pay a huge tribute to the team who worked so incredibly hard and were so talented. And I feel that I own only a little bit of this and the rest goes to them. Thank you very much.

Short Film (Live Action)
Curfew, Shawn Christensen

A big thank you to the Academy for supporting short films. This has been wonderful and I only have T-minus 2 seconds to do this so I'm just going to go for it. My producer in crime, Damon Russell, I love you man, we would not be here without you, brother. My co-star, 12-year-old co-star, Fatima Ptacek, her performance was so incredible. Nobody even remembers I'm in the film because of you, you are incredible. Mara Kassin, Andrew Napier, thank you so much. The incredible cinematography from Daniel Katz and putting together that wonderful crew, thank you so much. All of our friends, family, crew in New York and in France. Ouat Media, Caliber Media, Verve Talent, my beautiful mother, my devilishly handsome father, and the center of my universe, my dearest Nina. Thank you. I love you all.

Documentary (Short Subject)
Inocente, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

Andrea Nix Fine: Thank you so much for this. We just want to thank, quickly, our amazing producer, Albie Hecht, who went the distance for this and Susan and Yael and Ryan and Jeff Consiglio our incredible editor who was with us on all our artistic exploits.
Sean Fine: And most of all, we want to thank this young lady who was homeless just a year ago and now she's standing in front of all of you and she's an artist and all of you are artists and we feel like we need to start supporting the arts. They're dying in our communities. And all of us artists, we need to stand up and help girls like her be seen and heard. It's so important. Thank you.

Documentary (Feature)
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul and Simon Chinn

Simon Chinn: Oh boy! Thank you so much, thanks to the Academy, very, very kind. Thanks to one of the greatest singers ever, Rodriguez, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman, Craig Bartholomew, Camilla Skagerström, SVT, SFI, all my friends and family and Sony Classics, the best distributor on this planet.

Malik Bendjelloul: I also want to thank Sony Classics, Tom and Michael. I want to thank John Battsek, Andrew Ruhemann, the team of Passion Pictures, Josh Braun at Submarine, and my dear wife Lara, without whom I wouldn't be able to do any of this. Rodriguez isn't here tonight because he didn't want to take any of the credit himself and that just about says everything about that man and his story that you'd want to know.

Foreign Language Film
Amour, Michael Haneke (Austria)

Thank you very much for this honour. I have to thank Michael Barker, Tom Bernard from Sony Classics, thank you very much. Thank you to my producers, they are here, all… Margaret Menegoz, Michael Katz, Veit Heiduschka and Stefan Arndt. Thank you to my great crew. Thank you to my wife, she was a member of the crew. She's supporting me since 30 years. You are the center of my life. And thank you above all to my both main actors, Emmanuelle Riva and Jean-Louis Trintignant because without them I will not stay here. Thank you.

Sound Mixing
Les Misérables, Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

Andy Nelson: Thank you so much. What an amazing honour to receive this tonight—the night that Oscar celebrates musicals. It's fantastic. A huge thank you to Tom Hooper, our director. An amazing cast that brought all the passion and the heart of the story to the screen. We thank you so much.

Sound Editing
Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers
Zero Dark Thirty, Paul N.J. Ottosson

Paul N.J. Ottosson: To the Academy, thank you, this is such an honour. Kathryn, what a fantasticmovie. And my crew. I was fortunate to be here a few years with The Hurt Locker. I was awarded two of these. I woke up in the morning, 7:00 and our son said, “One for mommy, one for daddy.” And he looked at me and said, “Where’s mine?” And Theo, I love you. Karen, I love you.

Per Hallberg: Well, thank you to the Academy. This is so cool. We always wished we could work on a Bond movie and we never quite thought that was going to happen. But it did, and we just want to thank Michael and Barbara for inviting us to the family. Then we got Sam Mendes as the director and that just made it even sweeter. We got to mix for our friends Scott and Greg, and now this.
Karen Baker Landers: And I just want to say that all the other nominees in this category, we’re all storytellers. We just tell our story through sound and this is a huge honour.

Actress in a Supporting Role
Anne Hathaway in Les Misérables

It came true. Thank you so much to the Academy for this and for nominating me with Helen Hunt, Jacki Weaver, Amy Adams and Sally Field. I look up to you all so much and it's just been such an honour. Thank you. There are so many people whose generosity and support is the reason I'm standing here right now. I must thank Hugh Jackman. Hugh, you're the best. The cast, the crew, especially Simon Hayes and the sound wizards. Congratulations on tonight, you guys. The creative team behind Les Misérables, Cameron Mackintosh, Tom Hooper ... I want to thank my friends, especially the ones who are cheering from Crosby Street tonight. My family, who I'm so blessed to be a part of. My husband. By far and away, the greatest moment of my life is the one when you walked into it. I love you so much. And thank you for this. Here's hoping that someday in the not too distant future the misfortunes of Fantine will only be found in stories and never in real life. Thank you.

Film Editing
Argo, William Goldenberg

Thank you, members of the Academy, for honouring Argo with this award. I really, really appreciate it. I want to thank my great crew, Brett, Joe and Paula. I want to thank Warner Bros. And I want to thank our great producers, George Clooney and Grant Heslov. And Chris Terrio for writing an editor's dream for a screenplay. And Ben, I share this with you. You're my brother, I love you. And thank you for this.

Production Design
Lincoln, Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson

Rick Carter: Very much not prepared for this. Jim Erickson, who's the set decorator, shares this honour. And all of us who worked on this movie of Lincoln, I think in our own ways tried to be worthy of a legacy that's way beyond all of us, especially Steven and Kathy and Tony and Sally, but of course, Daniel, who actually convinced us that he was Lincoln. And the legacy that I think that he personified for all of us goes to our heart and it's worth far more than any gold any of us could ever have and I just thank you, and I love my wife, Adele.

Music (Original Score)
Life of Pi, Mychael Danna

I share this wondrous award with our visionary captain, Mr. Ang Lee. There he is, we're playing this game again. You've guided a truly global cast and crew in the telling of this wondrous, beautiful story that transcends culture and race and religion. In the same spirit, musicians from around the globe came together to breathe life into this music and I hold this award on their behalf. I want to thank my beautiful Fox family, my mom, who's in a balcony here watching, my father who's also watching. And most of all, my wife Aparna and our two beautiful boys, Arjun and Keshav, who remind me every day why stories like this need to be told.

Music (Original Song)
"Skyfall" from Skyfall, Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

Adele: This is amazing. I'd just like to thank Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson at Eon Productions. Sony Pictures, MGM, Paul Epworth, who, oh God, for believing in me all the time, and my man, I love you, baby.
Paul: Thanks very much. I can't really believe I'm up here to receive this. Got to thank the Academy, of course. Allison Hooker at EMI, Sam Mendes. Barbara Broccoli, Michael Wilson. ... I'd like to thank Joe and Matt, who worked on this with us. They spent hours and hours, late nights in the studio with us to make this piece of music. And most of all I'd like to thank Adele for being the best person I've ever worked with. She's absolutely amazing.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Argo, Screenplay by Chris Terrio

I want to say I share this with the other people in my category: Lucy and Benh, and David and David and Tony, brilliant Tony. Thank you for inspiring me. Thank you, Ben Affleck. Ben, 15 years ago you were up here with the first screenplay you got made and now you made this film that's brought me up here and it's a gift and I can never repay it. And thank you, I love you. I want to thank Warner Bros.; everybody at Smokehouse, George, Grant, Nina. I want to thank my mom and dad, my friends who prop me up every day in all this. Josh Bearman. I want to dedicate this to a man named Tony Mendez. Thirty-three years ago, Tony, using nothing but his creativity and his intelligence, got six people out of a very bad situation. And so I want to dedicate this to him and the Taylors and the Sheardowns and the people all over the world in the U.S. and Canada and Iran who use creativity and intelligence to solve problems nonviolently. Thank you.

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Django Unchained, Written by Quentin Tarantino

That's cool. Charlize is my neighbor. Very nice to get this from you. Thank you, Mr. Hoffman. Boy oh, boy, you know I've been saying things like I want to thank the actors for what they've done when it comes to my script. But it's not just an easy thing to say. It really is why I'm standing here. I actually think if people are like knowing about my movies 30 or 50 years from now it's gonna be because of the characters that I created. And I really only got one chance to get it right. I have to cast the right people to make those characters come alive and hopefully live for a long time. And, boy, this time did I do it. Thank you so much, guys. Leo ain't over there, but I'm thanking him, too. Okay, I know, I know. I'm getting off. But one last thing. I would like to say it's such an honour to get it this year because I have to say in both the original and the adapted categories, the writing is just fantastic. This will be the writers' year, man. Thank you very much. I love the competition. You guys all wonderful. Peace out.

Directing
Life of Pi, Ang Lee

Thank you so much. Thank you, movie god. I really need to share this with all 3,000. Everybody who worked with me on Life of Pi. I really want to thank you for believing in this story and share this incredible journey with me. I need to to thank Yann Martel for writing this incredible, inspiring book. Everyone at Fox, thank you for taking the leap with me. Especially Tom Rothman, Jim Gianopulos and Elizabeth Gabler. My producers, Gil Netter, David Womark, David Lee. Wonderful cast. Suraj, where are you? You're a miracle. He's playing the young Pi, carrying the movie. Every one of you in the cast. I cannot waste this time talking about them. You're the golden statue in my heart. I cannot make this movie with the help of Taiwan. We shot there. I want to thank everybody there helped us. Especially the city of Tai Chong. My Indian crew, I love you. My Canadian crew, I love you. My family in Taiwan. My wife, Jane Lin. We'll be married 30 years this summer. I love you. My boys, Han and Mason, thank you for your support. Finally, my agent, Carin Sage and lawyer, Ira Schreck, and Joe Dapello, I have to do that. Especially for this movie, it's great to have your support. Thank you, Academy. Xie xie, namaste.

Actress in a Leading Role
Jennifer Lawrence in Silver Linings Playbook

Thank you. You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that's really embarrassing but thank you. This is nuts. Thank you to the Academy and thank you to the women this year. You were so magnificent and so inspiring and not just those of you in my category. And it's been so amazing getting to know you and you've been so nice and you've made this experience unforgettable. And thank you to the best producing team: Bruce, Donna, Jon and to my team at CAA and IDPR. And Bradley, and our entire cast: Chris, Jacki, Bob and our crew. My family. Happy birthday, Emmanuelle. Thank you so much. Thanks.

Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

I really don't know how any of this happened. I do know that I've received so much more than my fair share of good fortune in my life and I'm so grateful to the Academy for this beautiful honour. It's a strange thing because three years ago before we decided to do a straight swap, I had actually been committed to play Margaret Thatcher. [Laughs] And Meryl was Steven's first choice for Lincoln. And I'd like to see that version. And Steven didn't have to persuade me to play Lincoln but I had to persuade him that perhaps if I was going to do it that Lincoln shouldn't be a musical. My fellow nominees, my equals, my betters, I'm so proud to have been included as one amongst you. When we got married 16 years ago, or since we got married 16 years ago, my wife Rebecca has lived with some very strange men. I mean they were strange as individuals and probably even stranger if taken as a group. But luckily she's the versatile one in the family and she's been the perfect companion to all of them. I'd like to thank Kathy Kennedy, our producer, and through you, Kathy, and through you our mighty team of co-conspirators. At the apex of that human pyramid there are three men to whom I owe this and a great deal more: Tony Kushner, our beloved skipper Steven Spielberg and the mysteriously beautiful mind, body and spirit of Abraham Lincoln. For my mother, thank you so much.

Best Picture
Argo, Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck and George Clooney, Producers

Grant Heslov: I know what you're thinking: the three sexiest producers alive. I want to thank the Academy, this is truly an honour. There are literally thousands of people to thank, so thankfully I'm not going to thank them now. I'm going to thank everybody personally in the next few weeks, but there are a couple of people I want to acknowledge. I want to acknowledge my partner in crime and my great friend, George Clooney, who everybody should be so lucky to have a partner who is talented and as humorous and who has as much integrity. I want to thank my beautiful wife Lisa. You make everything better. And to our kids, Maya and Olivia. I love you guys. I hope your old man's not embarrassing you up here. The reason I wanted to speak first, before Ben was Ben is a producer on the film and he is also our director. And I thought it would be awkward for Ben to thank himself, but it's not awkward for me. So on behalf of George and myself, I want to thank you, Ben. You directed a hell of a film. Couldn't be more proud of the film. Couldn't be more proud of Ben. So ladies and gentlemen, our co-producer and the director of Argo – Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck: Thank you very, very much. I know eventually that thing is going to start quickly so please forgive me if this is a little bit quick. I want to acknowledge Steven Spielberg, who I feel is a genius and a towering talent among us. I want to acknowledge the other 8 films, there are 8 great films, who have as much a right to be up here as we do. I want to acknowledge them for what they did and thank them and many of them who didn't even get nominated this year. I want to thank Jack McNiece, Jerry Speck, Marty Brest and my brother and my mom and dad and Patrick Whitesell and Tony Mendez, who let us do his story. Thank you. I thank you everyone in the movie, on the movie, worked on the movie, did anything with this movie gets thanked. I want to thank Canada. I want to thank our friends in Iran living in terrible circumstances right now. I want to thank my wife who I don't usually associate with Iran. I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It's good. It is work but it's the best kind of work and there's no one I'd rather work. And I'd just like to say, I was here 15 years ago or something and I had no idea what I was doing. I stood out here in front of you all and really just a kid. I went out and I never thought I would be back here. And I am, because of so many of you who are here tonight, because of this Academy, because of so many wonderful people who extended themselves to me when they had nothing to benefit from it in Hollywood. You know what I mean, I couldn't get them a job. I want to thank them and I want to thank what they taught me, which is that you have to work harder than you think you possibly can. You can't hold grudges. It's hard but you can't hold grudges. And it doesn't matter how you get knocked down in life because that's going to happen. All that matters is you gotta get up. Violet, Sam and Sera, this is for you.


2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Feb 26-Mar 7

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The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns for its 10th year in Toronto with a 10-film lineup of politically charged, inspiring and empowering stories covering themes of oppression, struggle and resilience. The Festival opens on February 26, 2013 at TIFF Bell Lightbox with Lise Birk Pedersen’s Putin’s Kiss (2012), a documentary/coming-of-age story about life in contemporary Russia as experienced by Masha Drokova, a middle-class youth activist and member of the anti-fascist group Nashi. The Human Rights Watch Film Festival is a co-presentation between Human Rights Watch and TIFF, and runs until March 7.

The Festival features selections from a range of global territories, including the Middle East, Russia, North Korea, Africa, Indonesia and South America. One of the films particularly relevant to Canadians is legendary Canadian filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin’s The People of the Kattawapiskak River (2012), a documentary that takes viewers to Northern Ontario's Attawapiskat First Nation, where crushing poverty and a housing crisis have made international headlines.

Other selections from celebrated filmmakers include No Place on Earth (2012), an extraordinary testament to survival from Emmy–winning producer/director Janet Tobias bringing to light a story that remained untold for decades: that of 38 Ukrainian Jews who survived World War II by living in caves for 18 months; The Act of Killing (2012), a chilling and inventive documentary, executive-produced by Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, which follows former members of Indonesian death squads who are asked to re-enact some of their many murders in the style of the American movies they revere; Marc Wiese’s Camp 14 – Total Control Zone (2012), an enthralling documentary portrait of 29-year-old Shin Dong-hyuk, who spent the first two decades of his life behind the barbed wire of a North Korean labour camp before a dramatic escape launched him into an outside world he had never known; and No (2011), starring Gael García Bernal as a savvy young ad exec in 1988 Chile who is recruited to craft the political opposition's publicity campaign when the rule of dictator Augusto Pinochet is put to a national plebiscite.

“What is inspiring and hopeful about this year’s program is how many films showcase the powerful impact that individuals have on human rights issues on the world stage,” said Helga Stephenson, Chair of the Toronto Human Rights Watch Film Festival. “These films demonstrate that committed individuals can generate positive and lasting change.”

Other highlights include a focus on women’s issues with Jeremy Teicher’s Tall as the Baobab Tree (2012), set in a rural African village poised at the outer edge of the modern world where a girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from an arranged marriage, and Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone (2012), a gripping film about a woman in an unnamed, war-torn Middle Eastern country who delivers an engrossing, liberating monologue to her comatose husband.

“The lineup of films is a dynamic blend of fiction and documentary; they use explosive and interesting storytelling methods like the solo voice of The Patience Stone, the re-enactment of the murders in The Act of Killing, and the retro style of No,” added Magali Simard, Programmer, TIFF. “These films all received high praise from Human Rights Watch researchers making this year’s selection powerful as they speak to vital local and global issues, all the while being cinematically exciting.”

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Schedule for the 2013 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

*OPENING NIGHT*
Tuesday, February 26 at 8 p.m.
Putin’s Kiss, dir. Lise Birk Pedersen
Denmark | 2012 | 85 min. | PG
Meet Masha, a 19-year-old who grew up in the Putin era, on her journey through the Kremlin-created Nashi youth movement. This coming-of-age tale focuses on Masha's personal political struggle and paints a grim picture of the Russian political climate. Many see Putin as the one leading Russia back to being a global superpower. Masha grows up with this belief, wholeheartedly supporting Putin's policies and seeking to rid Russia of what Nashi believes are Russia's "enemies"—the political opposition, investigative journalists, and human rights defenders. But when Masha, a journalist, starts socialising with colleagues in the circle of her friend, investigative journalist OIeg Kashin, she also begins to question Nashi and its leaders. Soon Masha finds herself closer with this circle of friends than her Nashi comrades. And ultimately, she faces a choice between the two groups. A shocking event pushes Masha to take a decision in the end, highlighting the costs of her internal struggle as well as the ever-increasing political stakes in Russia today.

Wednesday, February 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Camp 14 – Total Control Zone, dir. Marc Wiese
Germany | 2012 | 104 min. | 14A
Camp 14 – Total Control Zone is a fascinating portrait of a young man who grew up imprisoned by dehumanizing violence yet still found the will to escape. Born inside a North Korean prison camp as the child of political prisoners, Shin Dong-hyuk was raised in a world where all he knew was punishment, torture, and abuse. Filmmaker Marc Wiese crafts his documentary by quietly drawing details from Shin in a series of interviews in which Shin’s silence says as much as his words. Weaving anecdotes from a former camp guard and a member of the secret police with powerful animated scenes capturing key moments in Shin's life, Wiese pulls audiences into Shin’s world. Shin escapes and becomes a human rights ‘celebrity,’ but as we see, his life outside the camp is often just as challenging as it was inside it.

Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m.
The People of the Kattawapiskak River, dir. Alanis Obomsawin
Canada | 2012 | 78 min.
Chief Theresa Spence’s decision to go on a hunger strike was propelled by a long history of struggles for Canadian aboriginal peoples, and in very recent history was preceded by her declaration of state of emergency in the community of the Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario. The shocking housing conditions combined with the Canadian government’s gross mismanagement of the situation and the presence of a lucrative diamond mine operating on the land, has led iconic filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin to investigate the stories and the slow court cases behind the media-storm. In The People of the Kattawapiskak River, we meet the mothers, fathers, children who live in conditions worse than had been imagined. We see toddlers crawling in houses that are falling apart, parents who can’t afford the few groceries available at an exorbitant cost, and the residents’ challenges to find clean, drinkable water. Ultimately, we are exposed to a resilient community holding on to its life and future. A crucial film to see in the midst of a media-heavy public dialogue that often leaves the affected people in isolating shadows, it is at once a radical exposé of an ongoing issue plaguing Canada as a nation, and a major call to action.

Friday, March 1 at 6:30 p.m.
No, dir. Pablo Larraín
Chile/USA | 2011 | 117 min. | 14A
2013 Academy Award® Nominee Best Foreign Language Film
In 1988, succumbing to international pressure, General Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile called for a national referendum on the proposal to extend the dictator's presidency a further eight years. The ballot presented two choices: Yes (extend Pinochet's rule) or No (no more Pinochet). Much of the population believed that the referendum would be rigged, and was merely a front to placate the international community. There was also the problem for many that participating in the referendum would legitimize it. Recruited by the "No" side to design their campaign strategy and make use of their designated fifteen minutes per day of airtime, savvy adman René Saavedra (Gael García Bernal) realizes that not only do they have to convince voters to vote "No" — they also have to convince the disparate, isolated segments of the population to go to the polls in the first place. As their campaign begins to gain ground, the tension begins to mount between the men as Saavedra and those in the opposition begin to receive death threats. With No, director Pablo Larraín chronicles the fall of the dictatorship, toppled by its own cynical democratic farce that unwittingly released the real democratic yearnings it had managed to suppress for so many years. Engaging, suspenseful and breathlessly paced, No is both a tense political thriller with a profound message, and a vibrant document of Chile's triumphal return to democracy.

Saturday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m.
The Act of Killing, dirs. Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
Denmark/Norway/UK | 2012 | 116 min. | 14A
A true cinematic experiment, The Act of Killing explores a chapter of Indonesia’s history in a way bound to stir debate — by enlisting a group of former killers, including Indonesian paramilitary leader Anwar Congo, to re-enact their lives in the style of the films they love. When the government of President Sukarno was overthrown by the military in 1965, Anwar and his cohorts joined in the mass murder of more than one million alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and intellectuals. Now, Anwar and his team perform detailed reenactments of their crimes with pride, holding numerous discussions about sets, costumes, and pyrotechnics. Their fixation on style rather than substance — despite the ghastly nature of the scenes — makes them mesmerising to watch. But as movie violence and real-life violence begin to overlap, Anwar's pride gradually gives way to regret. And we see a man overwhelmed by the horrific acts he has chosen to share with the world.

Sunday, March 3 at 3 p.m.
No Place on Earth, dir. Janet Tobias
USA/UK/Germany | 2012 | 81 min | PG
No Place on Earth brings to light an extraordinary true tale of survival that remained untold for decades. In 1993, Chris Nicola, an American cave enthusiast, was exploring the Ukraine's "gypsum giants," some of the longest horizontal caves in the world. Within this labyrinth, he came across signs of former human habitation: buttons, an old house key, a woman's dress shoe. Locals told him that during World War II, there were rumours of Jewish families hiding from the Nazis in the caves. No one knew what happened to them; over 95 per cent of the Jews in this region of Ukraine perished in the Holocaust. It took Nicola nine years to uncover the secret that the cave survivors had kept to themselves after emigrating to Canada and the United States. Now, they were ready to tell their story. Built upon interviews with five former cave inhabitants, No Place on Earth is a testament to ingenuity, willpower and endurance against all odds. In total, 38 people of all ages wound up living in the caves for nearly 18 months, until the region was liberated by Soviet Army — the longest underground survival in recorded human history. The survivors recount their harrowing experiences in this harsh environment as they learned to find food, water and supplies and built secret escape routes to evade capture or being buried alive. Director Janet Tobias brings their memories to life with artful re-enactments that vividly recreate this unimaginable existence beneath the earth.

Sunday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m.
A World Not Ours, dir. Mahdi Fleifel
UK/Lebanon/Denmark | 2012 | 93 min. | PG
A World Not Ours hits notes on a wide emotional scale, from tears to laughter, as filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel makes us feel for his family, friends, and home as strongly as if they were our own. His themes are universal, yet they are also rooted in a specific place: the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in Lebanon. The camp's name translates as "Sweet Spring"—a place hastily built in 1948 that now houses 70,000 refugees in one square kilometre. Fleifel spent his formative years in the camp in the 1980s before his family settled in Denmark. For years, he's been returning and keeping a video diary. At the heart of the film is Fleifel's relationship with his friend Abu Eyad. They share an obsession with World Cup football and Palestinian politics, but Fleifel comes and goes while Abu Eyad stays in the camp. As we eavesdrop on Fleifel's conversations with the camp residents, we hear an unfiltered take on life there and their grievances with their own political leaders, Lebanon, and Israel.

Monday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m.
The Parade, dir. Srdjan Dragojevic
Serbia/Croatia/Macedonia/Slovenia | 2011 | 111 min. | 14A
Srdjan Dragojevic’s The Parade takes a comedic look at Serbia through the lens of one group’s fight to hold a Gay Pride parade in Belgrade. When a bulldog is shot, an improbable alliance develops. We meet Pearl and Mickey, a couple about to be married, and Mirko and Radmilo, a couple involved in the gay pride parade. Mirko happens to be Pearl’s wedding planner and Radmilo, his partner, turns out to be the veterinarian who saved Mickey’s dog’s life. After a lover’s quarrel, Mickey — who is less than accepting of gay pride — makes a deal to protect the participants in the parade in order to win Pearl back. Mickey and Radmilo embark on a road trip across Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo as Mickey attempts to assemble a fearsome security team for the parade. As they gather Mickey’s old friends from the war, it becomes clear to all that so-called enemies are often your greatest allies.

Wednesday, March 6 at 6:30 p.m.
Tall as the Baobab Tree, dir. Jeremy Teicher
Senegal | 2012 | 82 min | PG
Tall as the Baobab Tree poignantly depicts a family struggling to find its footing on the edge of the modern world fraught with tensions between tradition and modernity. Coumba and her little sister Debo are the first to leave their family’s remote African village, where meals are prepared over open fires and water is drawn from wells, to attend school in the bustling city. But when an accident suddenly threatens their family’s survival, their father decides to sell 11-year-old Debo into an arranged marriage. Torn between loyalty to her elders and her dreams for the future, Coumba hatches a secret plan to rescue her younger sister from a future she did not choose.

*CLOSING NIGHT*
Thursday, March 7 at 8 p.m.
The Patience Stone, dir. Atiq Rahimi
France/Germany/Afghanistan | 2012 | 98 min. | 14A
What does it mean to be a woman in a world ruled by religion and violence? A poetic and politically charged allegory, The Patience Stone focuses on the plight of women ruled by archaic laws and traditions. In a war-torn neighbourhood in Afghanistan, a woman cares for her husband, who has been in a coma for over two weeks. Sitting in silence hour after hour, the woman takes the advice of her aunt and begins a one-sided conversation with her comatose husband. For the first time in her life, she feels he is listening to her. And she begins to reflect on her life. Slowly but surely, the reflections become confessions. And we learn to what lengths a woman will go to avoid abandonment and rejection. Based on his 2008 novel of the same name, Atiq Rahimi’s The Patience Stone reveals the complicated inner workings of one woman’s mind and her secret life in a world circumscribed by patriarchy and custom.

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival’s Opening Reception will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, February 26th at Malaparte (350 King Street West, TIFF Bell Lightbox, 6th Floor), prior to the 8 p.m. screening of Putin’s Kiss. Cost is $100 per person (includes reception and film ticket). For tickets to the Reception, please call 416-322-8448 or email thornta@hrw.org.

Tickets to the Human Rights Watch Film Festival are currently on sale to TIFF Members, and are available to non-members on January 30. Tickets are $12 ($5 for students). Discounts apply for seniors/members. Tickets can be purchased online at tiff.net, by phone 416-599-TIFF(8433) and 1-888-599-8433 or in person at the Steve & Rashmi Gupta Box Office, Reitman Square, 350 King Street West, Toronto.

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Canadian Society of Cinematographers (CSC) Awards 2013 – nominations

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The Canadian Society of Cinematographers has announced the nominations for the 56th Annual CSC Awards.

The nominees for Theatrical Feature Cinematography are Kamal Derkaoui for The Tall Man, Philippe Lavalette for Inch’Allah, and Brendan Steacy for The Lesser Blessed.

Special Awards will be presented to cinematographers George Willis and Ron Stannett as well as IMAX co-founder Graeme Ferguson and Camera Assistant Eddy McInnis.

The 56th Annual CSC Awards will be presented on March 23 at the Frontenac Ballroom of the Westin Harbour Castle.


Complete list of nominations for the 56th Annual CSC Awards

SPECIAL HONOUREES:

THE PRESIDENT’S AWARD
"For outstanding service to the Canadian Society of Cinematographers."
George Willis csc, SASC

THE BILL HILSON AWARD
"For outstanding service contributing to the development of the motion picture industry in Canada.”
Graeme Ferguson

THE KODAK NEW CENTURY AWARD
"For outstanding contribution to the art of cinematography.”
Ron Stannett csc

THE CAMERA ASSISTANT AWARD OF MERIT
“For excellence and outstanding professionalism in the performance of the AC duties and responsibilities
Eddy McInnis

STUDENT CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD
Sponsored by Panavision Canada
Rasha Amer, Layers, Vancouver Film School
Jerome Riel, The Great Maldini, Humber College
Brian T.C. Smith, Der Kandidat, Humber College

CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARDS:

THE ROY TASH AWARD FOR SPOT NEWS CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Dabrowski, Nick Vyfschaft, Rohan Mcleish, Jeremy Cohn, Danzig Shooting, Global Toronto
Adam Dabrowski, Nick Vyfschaft, Newtown Shooting, Global Toronto
Liam Hyland, Hurricane Isaac: The Day After the Flood, CTV News

THE STAN CLINTON FOR NEWS ESSAY CINEMATOGRAPHY
George Glen, Wild Horses, Global Calgary, Shaw Media
Nathan Luit, Invest YYC, Global Calgary, Shaw Media
Peter Szperling, Pipe Organist, CTV Ottawa, “Regional Contact”

NEWS MAGAZINE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Allan Leader csc, Daily Planet“Beluga”
Kirk Neff, 16:9“Off the Grid, Disposable Labour”
Kirk Neff, 16:9“High Drama”

CORPORATE/EDUCATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Nigel Akam, Kraft Slice of the Living Dead
Sarorn Sim, Sonata
Kelly Wolfert csc, Edmonton International Airport

LIFESTYLE/REALITY CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tom Kristoff, Bellisario Rochon, Canadian Pickers“Win Some, Lose Some”
Allan Leader csc, Hail Mary“Open Try Outs”

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS:

DOCUDRAMA CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jeremy Benning csc, Kim Bell, We Were Children
Daniel Grant, The Real Inglorious Basterds
George Hosek csc, In Her Footsteps

ROBERT BROOKS AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by: Vistek
Stephen Chung, The Defector: Escape from North Korea
Barry Lank csc, Ian Kerr csc, Smarty Plants
Vic Sarin csc, Desert Riders

MUSIC VIDEO/PERFORMANCE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by: William F. White
Ray Dumas csc, Skrillex Devil’s Den
Pasha Patriki csc, Saidah Babah Talibah Revolution
Bobby Shore csc, CFCF Exercise #3 (Building)

DRAMATIC SHORT CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by: REDLAB digital
Kris Belchevski, Malody
Guy Godfree, Frost
Pasha Patriki csc, Air Balloon Circus

FRITZ SPIESS AWARD FOR COMMERCIAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by: Dazmo Digital
Vinit Borrison Tattoos by Ben 
Christopher Mably Nike Football Vapor Trail
Dylan Macleod csc, Jackson Triggs Lights 
Adam Marsden csc Volvo In Your Hand

TV DRAMA CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by: Sim Video Productions Ltd.
Boris Mojsovski csc, The Day
Vic Sarin csc, A Mother’s Nightmare 
Glen Winter csc, Arrow (Pilot)

TV SERIES CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by Technicolor Toronto
Eric Cayla csc, Bomb Girls“Jumping Tracks”
Paul Sarossy csc, BSC, The Borgias“The Borgia Bull”
Glen Winter csc, Arrow“Vendetta”

THEATRICAL FEATURE CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sponsored by Deluxe
Kamal Derkaoui csc, The Tall Man
Philippe Lavalette csc, Inch’Allah
Brendan Steacy csc, The Lesser Blessed

Call for submissions: Mascara and Popcorn Film Festival

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MASCARA AND POPCORN'S 2013 INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

MASCARA AND POPCORN is a film festival that delves into the horror genre for the most part, as well as the experimental, the weird and the wonderful. Mascara and Popcorn also showcases projects that go beyond film: theatre, music, fundraisers and live performances within the underground arena, helping entrepreneurs and artists connect and kick start opportunities for themselves. Any film of the imagination that steps out of the ordinary. Intense, disturbing, provocative, unclassifiable material. Low budget works with high production value. The festival features a competition and offers additional promotional opportunities within the global festival market.

PROJECTS ACCEPTED FOR THE COMPETITION : Short Films (under 17 minutes)

Taking place this year from August 15th to August 18th, 2013, MASCARA AND POPCORN presents its international competition, accepting entries from around the world. We strive to support independent film, promote all types of thought-provoking dark art and human passions to the extreme: horror, experimental, post-apocalyptic, film noir, horror-comedy, gore, dark fiction, dark fantasy, dark animation, dark science-fiction and most dramas.

ENTRIES ACCEPTED:
​Short Films (under 17 minutes)
Short movies COMPLETED AFTER MAY 1st 2012 can be submitted

AWARD CATEGORIES:
Best Cinematography
Best Acting
Best Screenplay
Best Makeup and Special FX
Best Animation
Best Horror-Comedy
Mascara and Popcorn’s “Weird and Wonderful (WW)"
Mascara and Popcorn’s “Extreme, Experimental, Exceptional (EEE)”
Mascara and Popcorn’s "Audience Choice"
Mascara and Popcorn’s "Best International Short Film for 2013"


Awards will be given to highest standards in:

Cinematography: remarkable filming and camera techniques, best use of frames, visual effects, filters, depth, lighting, camera movement, editing, sound, music.

Acting: credible and realistic delivery, drama, depth of characters confronted with extraordinary or extreme situations.

Screenplay: strength of storyline, remarkable dialogue, dark fiction, haunting and twisted psychological drama and/or horror.

Makeup and Special FX: body horror, gore, impressive use of prosthetics and makeup.

Animation: dark animation (including 2D, 3D, stop-motion, after effects, final cut, CGI), experimental music, animated nudity, subliminal images, bizarre and disturbing content.

Horror-comedy: dark humour, wacky horror, ludicrous scenes, homage to '50s monster movies, sharp comedic dialogue, over-the-top gore, satirical social commentary, quality and substance within a parody.


Additional awards will be given to the winners in the following categories:

MP’s “Weird and Wonderful (WW)”: creepy tales, horrible creatures, supernatural cosmic horror, dark science-fiction, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy, strange visual and sound effects, outstanding soundtrack.

MP’s “Extreme, Experimental, Exceptional (EEE)”: surreal gore, raw and unadulterated camera work, dark fantasy, body horror, avant-garde, unclassifiable, a study of human passions in extreme conditions.

MP’s "Audience Choice": film chosen by the audience having demonstrated extraordinary performance in two or more categories according to the public.

MP’S "Best International Short Film": film chosen by the jury having been nominated in more than one category and demonstrating extraordinary performance in two or more categories.

Three nominees will be chosen in every category.

A prize will be awarded to the winner of each category.

A $1,000.00 grand prize will be awarded to the MASCARA AND POPCORN’S BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FOR 2013 by the jury.

For more information, go here: http://mascara-popcorn.blogspot.ca/2013/02/concours-de-courts-metrages-2013-2013.html



Call for submissions: WMT fund for Asian-Canadian playwrights

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What is the Wuchien Michael Than Foundation Fund (WMT Foundation Fund)?

The primary purpose of the Wuchien Michael Than Foundation (WMT Foundation) is the development and nurturing of theatre arts in Canada, with particular emphasis on new works by Asian-Canadian playwrights, and the development of emerging talent in the Asian-Canadian theatre community.

The WMT Foundation Fund has been established – in partnership with the Ontario Arts Foundation (OAF) – to provide financial support for a range of activities in keeping with the overall mission of the WMT Foundation.

Currently, grants are available only for the production of new works by Asian-Canadian playwrights, and can be applied towards the artistic, technical, promotional and administrative costs of the production of new works not yet publicly presented in Ontario.

Eligibility Criteria

- Only incorporated and registered charitable organizations located in Ontario are eligible to apply for grants under this program.

- Grants are available only for single productions, including co-productions.

- Applications must be received by May 1, 2013.

- The production cannot be started before September 1, 2013 or after August 31, 2014.

- Actual grants may be smaller than the amount requested, and is subject to a maximum of $10,000.

- You may apply for only one WMT Foundation Fund grant each year. Unsuccessful applications may be submitted for re-consideration the following year.

For more information, go here: http://fund.wmtfoundation.ca/theatre-projects/

Canadian Screen Awards 2013 – winners pt 1

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The Academy Announces Canadian Screen Award Winners in News & Sports, Documentary, Lifestyle and Reality Categories

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (Academy) is pleased to announce 46 Canadian Screen Award winners in News & Sports, Documentary, Lifestyle and Reality programming categories, including the winners of six Academy Special Awards. Tonight’s gala hosted by comedian Steve Patterson (The Debaters) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is the first of three awards’ evenings the Academy will host.

“This is an exceptionally memorable night in the history of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television,” says Martin Katz, Academy Chair. “Sunday March 3rd at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts marks the first Canadian Screen Awards Broadcast, but tonight is truly the first time these brand new statues have ever been awarded.”

“Congratulations to all of this evening’s Canadian Screen Award winners and Academy Special Award winners,” says Helga Stephenson, Academy CEO. “Tonight has been an incredible opportunity to celebrate outstanding Canadian talent at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards while honouring the achievements of all of our winners and nominees.”

The winners of Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety category awards will be presented on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at a reception hosted by CBC journalist Seamus O’Regan at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

The first annual Canadian Screen Awards will culminate with a broadcast gala on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. This event, hosted by comedic legend Martin Short, will be broadcast live in primetime Sunday night at 8 PM (8:30 NT) on CBC Television nationwide.


Winners of the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards – Television & Digital Media

Program Categories

Best Animated Program or Series
Producing Parker, (Breakthrough Entertainment)
Ira Levy, Jun Camerino, Laura Kosterski, Peter Williamson

Best Breaking News Coverage
CBC News Now: Jack Layton's Death, (CBC)
Jennifer Sheepy, Layal El Abdallah, Paul Bisson, Gerry Buffett, Patricia Craigen, Seema Patel, Marc Riddell, Bill Thornberry

Best Breaking Reportage, Local
CBC News Toronto - Miriam Makashvili, (CBC)
John Lancaster, Nil Koksal - CBC News Toronto

Best Breaking Reportage, National
Reports from Attawapiskat, (CBC)
Adrienne Arsenault - CBC News The National

Best Documentary Program or Series
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki, (CBC)
Bob Culbert, Frances M. Morrison, Caroline Underwood

Best History or Biography Documentary Program or Series
D-Day to Victory, (Entertainment One, Impossible Television (UK))
Michael Kot, Janice Tufford, Paul Wooding

Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Income Property, (Skit Inc.)
Kit Redmond, Jenna Keane, Scott McGillivray, Karen Walters

Best Live Sporting Event
London 2012 Olympic Games, (TSN)
Rick Chisholm, Mike Brannagan, Gord Cutler

Best Local Newscast
Global Toronto, (Global Toronto)
Ward Smith, Jason Keel, Amy Saracino, Dave Trafford, Mark Trueman

Best National Newscast
CBC News The National, (CBC)
Mark Harrison, Terry Auciello, Michael Gruzuk, Heather McLennan, Fred Parker

Best News Information Series
the fifth estate, (CBC)
Jim Williamson, Marie Caloz

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Love Shines, (Paperny Entertainment Inc.)
Cal Shumiatcher, Douglas Arrowsmith, Stuart Coxe, Trevor Hodgson, Audrey Mehler, Karen Melvin, David Paperny

Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey, (Arcadia Entertainment)
Tim O'Brien, Sarah Robertson

Best Sports Analysis or Commentary (Program, Series or Segment)
London 2012 Olympic Games Primetime, (TSN)
Ken Volden, Gord Cutler, Bill Dodson, Linda Tremblay

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
About Her, (Shaftesbury, Henry Less Productions, Rethink Breast Cancer)
Christina Jennings, Phyllis Ellis, Sissy Federer-Less, Scott Garvie, Alison Gordon, Henry Less, Michelle Rothstein

Digital Media Categories

Best Cross-Platform Project - Children’s and Youth
My Babysitter's a Vampire Interactive: Humans vs. Vampires, (Secret Location, Secret Location, Fresh TV Inc.)
James Milward, Ryan Andal, Gavin Friesen, Pietro Gagliano, Sabrina Saccoccio

Best Cross-Platform Project – Fiction
Drunk and on Drugs the Happy Funtime Hour - Digital, (Happy Funtime Productions 2007 Inc.)
Paul Pope, Colin Busby, Victoria Ha, Dana Herlihey, Evan Jones, Stephen MacLeod

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction
Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden, (CBC News, the fifth estate, Sean Embury, Fulscrn Digital Med)
Rachel Nixon, Marie Caloz, Marissa Nelson, Robert Sheppard, Jim Williamson

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media – Fiction
Guidestones, (iThentic, 3 o'clock.tv)
Jonas Diamond, Lisa Baylin, Jeremy Diamond, Jay Ferguson, Denny Silverthorne, Catherine Tait

Best Original Program or Series produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction
Highrise: One Millionth Tower, (National Film Board of Canada)
Katerina Cizek, Sarah Arruda, Silva Basmajian, Gerry Flahive

Craft Categories

Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
Angela Gilbert - the fifth estate - Scout's Honour

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
Darren Yearsley - Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War - Turning Up the Heat

Best Direction in a Lifestyle/Practical Information Program or Series
Henry Less, Dale Burshtein - From Spain with Love: with Annie Sibonney - Seafood To Die For

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event
Ron Forsythe - Hockey Night in Canada - Stanley Cup Finals GM7

Best Direction in a News Information Program or Series
Carmen Merrifield, Claude Vickery - the fifth estate - Truth & Lies: The Last Days of Osama bin Laden

Best Direction in a Reality/Competition Program or Series
Graeme Lynch - Undercover Boss Canada - FedEx

Best Direction in an Animated Program or Series
Robin Budd - Producing Parker - How Green is my Parker?

Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series
Ohad Benchetrit, Justin Small - Semisweet: Life in Chocolate

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Series
Adam Ravetch - Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey

Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series
Jason Tan - From Spain with Love: with Annie Sibonney - Basque Country

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
Robert Swartz - When Dreams Take Flight

Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series
Jonathan Wong - 16 x 9 The Bigger Picture - Getting into Cirque

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series
Adrian Greenlaw - Inventions That Shook The World - 1920's

Best Sound in an Information/Documentary Program or Series
Margus Jukkum, Richard Spence-Thomas, Gary Vaughan, Melodie Vaughan - Museum Secrets - Inside the Imperial War Museum

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
Sheona McDonald - When Dreams Take Flight

Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality/Competition Program or Series
Les Stroud - Survivorman 10 Days - Tiburon Island Desert


Programming Segments

Best News Information Segment
Keith Boag, Mike Heenan, Carmen Merrifield, Claude Panet-Raymond - CBC News The National - Mexico: A Country At War With Itself

Best Sports Feature Segment
Josh Shiaman, Brent Blanchard, Stephen Brunt, Alison Redmond, Don Young - London 2012 Olympic Games - Opening Essay


Performance Categories

Best Host or Interviewer in a News Information Program or Series
David Suzuki - The Nature of Things with David Suzuki - Journey to the Disaster Zone - Japan 3/11

Call for submissions: 2013 Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival

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A call for submissions has been announced for the 2013 Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival. Deadline for entry is Tuesday, April 30, 2013. You will be notified by May 10, 2013.

Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival introduces a new way of filmmaking by challenging aspiring filmmakers and the general public to use a smartphone device in production. In addition, we have added a new submission category for DSLR users.

Prizes
​1. $1,000 (Arirang Korea Award)
2. Samsung Galaxy Note II
3. Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
4. $500 (Audience Choice Award)
5. New prize by KTO** (not yet decided)

** We are proud to introduce a new award donated by our co-host, Korea Tourism Organization. This award will be given to a video that represents unique interest of Korea.

Prizes are subject to change. Check our website for further updates. If the winner is not present at the festival, AKSFF is not responsible for shipping and handling fees of prizes.​

All submissions will be reviewed by the Jury, and only selected videos will screen on the day of Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival and on Arirang Korea TV via OMNI 2. Finalists give the film festival the exclusive rights to screen, broadcast, publish and distribute on all possible media platforms.

Arirang Korea Smartphone Film Festival holds the right without payment to finalists to show all submitted projects on all possible media platforms and use it for promotional and screening purposes indefinitely.​

[PDF] 2013 AKSFF Rules and Regulations

[DOC] 2013 AKSFF Submission Form

2013 Robertprisen (Danish film awards) – winners

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The Danmarks Film Akademi (Danish Film Academy) held the ceremony for their 30th annual Robertprisen or Robert Awards for Danish film.

The top prize-winner of the night was Kapringen (A Hijacking) by Tobias Lindholm. Not only did it win for Best Film but it captured Best Actor (Søren Malling), Best Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Editing. The story is about a hostage situation on a ship overtaken by Somali pirates.

Nikolaj Arcel's En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair) picked up more awards, however. It had led the nominations with nods in every eligible category and ended up with nine awards. Among the wins were Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Mikkel Boe Følsgaard) and Best Supporting Actress (Trine Dyrholm). Dyrholm also won for Best Actress in a tie with Bodil Jørgensen for Hvidsten Gruppen (This Life).

The winner for Best American Film was the Oscar-winning filmArgo. For Best Non-American Foreign Film, the winner was Michael Haneke's Amour.

The newly introduced television categories were led by Forbrydelsen 3 which picked up four awards.

An Honourary Robert Award was presented to actress Ghita Nørby.

Nominations for the 30th annual Robertprisen


Complete list of nominations for the 30th annual Robertprisen

Best Film
Kapringen (A Hijacking); Nordisk Film Production; Producere: Thomas Radoor & René Ezra; Director: Tobias Lindholm

Best Children's Film
You & Me Forever; Nimbus Film; Producer: Anders Toft Andersen; Director: Kaspar Munk

Best Actor
Søren Malling, Kapringen (A Hijacking)

Best Actress– TIE
Bodil Jørgensen, Hvidsten Gruppen (This Life)
Trine Dyrholm, Den skaldede frisør (Love is All You Need)

Best Supporting Actor
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Supporting Actress
Trine Dyrholm, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Director
Nikolaj Arcel, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Screenplay
Tobias Lindholm, Kapringen (A Hijacking)

Best Cinematography
Rasmus Videbæk, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Production Design
Niels Sejer, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Costume Design
Manon Rasmussen, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Make-up
Ivo Strangmüller, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Special Effects
Jeppe Nygaard Christensen, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Sound
Morten Green, Kapringen (A Hijacking)

Best Editing
Adam Nielsen, Kapringen (A Hijacking)

Best Music Score
Gabriel Yared & Cyrille Aufort, En kongelig affære (A Royal Affair)

Best Song
Gummi T, "Sangen om Gummi T – Hvem ved hvad der er op og ned", Annika Aakjær, Halfdan E & Søren Siegumfeldt

Best Actor – Television
Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Forbrydelsen 3

Best Actress – Television
Sofie Gråbøl, Forbrydelsen 3

Best Supporting Actor – Television
Olaf Johannessen, Forbrydelsen 3

Best Supporting Actress – Television
Birthe Neumann, Julestjerner

Best Television Series
Forbrydelsen III, The Killing 3; DR Fiktion; Producer: Piv Bernth; Writers: Søren Sveistrup, Torleif Hoppe & Michael W. Horsten; Director: Mikkel Serup

Honourary Robert 2013
Ghita Nørby

Best Short Animation
Dyret, Zentropa Entertainments10; Producer: Jonas Bagger, Director: Malene Choi

Best Feature Animation
Sort Kaffe & Vinyl, TSOMM Pictures; Producer: Richard Georg Engström; Director: Jesper Bernt

Best Short Documentary
Kongens Foged, Danish Documentary Production; Producer: Sigrid Dyekjær; Director: Phie Ambo

Best Feature Documentary
The Act of Killing, Final Cut for Real; Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

Best American Film
Argo, Ben Affleck

Best Non-American Foreign Film
Amour, Michael Haneke

Best Foreign Television Series
Homeland – Season 2, Teakwood Lane Productions, Cherry Pie Productions, Keshet Broadcasting, Fox 21 & Showtime Networks

YouBio Audience Award Drama
Bodil Jørgensen, Hvidsten Gruppen (This Life)

YouBio Audience Award Comedy
Den skaldede frisør (Love is All You Need)

YouBio Audience Award Childrens and Youth Film
Max Pinlig på Roskilde - nu med mor (Max Embarassing goes to the Festival)

YouBio Audience Award Television Series
Forbrydelsen 3

Ib Prisen
Ronnie Fridthjof

Canadian Screen Awards 2013 – winners pt 2

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2013 Canadian Screen Awards Presented in Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety Categories

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) is pleased to announce 46 Canadian Screen Award winners in Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety categories, including the winners of four Academy Special Awards. Tonight’s Canadian Screen Awards Gala hosted by CTV journalist Seamus O’Regan at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is the second of three awards' evenings hosted by the Academy.

“The Academy has always promoted and celebrated the best in Canadian screen talent, and we are thrilled to continue that legacy in a new and exciting chapter,” says Martin Katz, Academy Chair. “We are proud to present the brand new Canadian Screen Awards statues to tonight’s winners.”

“Tonight, we are overjoyed to recognize great Canadian talent in a dynamic format,” says Helga Stephenson, Academy CEO. “On behalf of the Academy, I offer my warmest congratulations to all of tonight’s recipients at the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards.”

Kim Cattrall was presented with the Canadian Screen Award For Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Film & Television. “We are truly honoured to award Kim with a special achievement award for her substantial contribution to the film and television industry,” said Stephenson.

On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 the Academy presented awards to 46 Canadian Screen Award winners in News & Sports, Documentary, Lifestyle Reality programming categories, including the winners of six Academy Special Awards. This reception was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and hosted by comedian Steve Patterson (The Debaters).

The first annual Canadian Screen Awards will culminate with a broadcast gala on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts. This event, hosted by comedian Martin Short, will be broadcast at 8 PM (8:30NT) on CBC Television nationwide.


2013 Canadian Screen Awards – Television

Program Categories

Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Degrassi - Season 11, (Epitome Pictures Inc.)
Linda Schuyler, Stefan Brogren, David Lowe, Stephen Stohn, Stephanie Williams, Brendon Yorke

Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
Artzooka!, (CCI Entertainment)
Charles Falzon, Kristine Klohk, Arnie Zipursky3

Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie
Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story, (Media-Max)
Karine Martin, Jean-FrançoisDoray, R.J.Gilbert, Paul A. Kaufman

Best Music, Variety, Sketch Comedy or Talk Program or Series
Rick Mercer Report, (Island Edge Inc.)
Gerald Lunz, Rick Mercer

Best Pre-School Program or Series
Stella & Sam, (Radical Sheep Productions)
John Leitch, Michelle Melanson

Craft Categories

Best Achievement in Make-Up
EmilieGauthier, ErikGosselin - Being Human - When I Think About You, I Shred Myself

Best Costume Design
JoanneHansen - Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks

Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Phil Earnshaw csc - Degrassi - Season 12 - Scream, Part Two

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series
Sheri Elwood - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit

Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Jerry Ciccoritti - John A: Birth of a Country

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series
Jim Donovan - Flashpoint - A Day In The Life

Best Direction in a Performing Arts Program or Series
Douglas Arrowsmith - Love Shines

Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
John Keffer - 2012 MuchMusic Video Awards

Best Original Music Score for a Program
Jonathan Goldsmith - Titanic

Best Original Music Score for a Series
Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner - Flashpoint - Day Game 4

Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series
Ian Bibby - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series
Paul Sarossy - The Borgias - The Borgia Bull

Best Photography in a Variety or Performing Arts or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Dylan Macleod, Pierre Marleau - Love Lies Bleeding

Best Picture Editing in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
CraigWebster, C.C.E. - Less Than Kind - Fugue State

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Brett C. Sullivan - Flashpoint - Grounded

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series
Aidan Leroux - Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series
MarkGingras, Elma Bello, KatieHalliday, Stan Mak, Rudy Michael, Brad Thornton, Marilee Yorston - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
Jane Tattersall, Yuri Gorbachow, JackHeeren, Andrew Jablonski, Goro Koyama, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake, Don White - The Borgias - The Borgia Bull

Best Visual Effects
AdamStern - Continuum - A Stitch in Time

Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Frank van Keeken - Wingin' It - Hands Solo

Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series
Mark McKinney - Less Than Kind - Play it Again, Sam

Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Bruce M. Smith - John A: Birth of a Country

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series
AubreyNealon - Flashpoint - Day Game

Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series
Rick Mercer Report (Island Edge Inc.)
Rick Mercer, Rick Currie, Greg Eckler, Chris Finn, TimSteeves, GeorgeWesterholm

Performance Categories

Best Achievement in Casting
Sara Kay, JimHeber, Jenny Lewis - Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - BYOBOPE5

Best Host in a Pre-School, Children's or Youth Program or Series
Jeremie Saunders - Artzooka!- Artzooka! Episode 218

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
PeterOuterbridge - John A: Birth of a Country

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series
Wendy Crewson - Saving Hope - Out of Sight

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series
Stuart Margolin - Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series
Joanna Cassidy - Call Me Fitz - Heir of the Dog

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
ShawnDoyle - John A: Birth of a Country

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
EmilyOsment - Cyberbully

Best Performance in a Children's or Youth Program or Series
Melinda Shankar - How to be Indie 2 - How to Be the Hero

Best Performance in a Guest Role, Dramatic Series
Gordon Pinsent - Republic of Doyle - Mirror, Mirror

Best Performance in a Performing Arts Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)
Christopher Plummer - The Tempest

Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series (Individual or Ensemble)
Rick Mercer - Rick Mercer Report- Season 9, Episode 4

Best Performance in an Animated Program or Series
Seán Cullen - Almost Naked Animals - Horn Swoggled

Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Film & Television
Kim Cattrall

Jameson Empire Awards 2013 – nominations

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Empire Online has announced the nominations for the Jameson Empire Awards 2013.

Skyfall leads the pack with six nominations, followed by The Avengers Assemble and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, both with five. Sightseers has four nods, while Life Of Pi, Django Unchained, The Dark Knight Rises and Dredd all have 3.

The public can vote for their favourites at http://www.empireonline.com/awards2013/. Winners will be revealed on Sunday, March 24.


Complete list of nominations for the Jameson Empire Awards 2013

Best male newcomer
Domhnall Gleeson, Anna Karenina
Rafe Spall, Life Of Pi
Steve Oram, Sightseers
Suraj Sharma, Life Of Pi
Tom Holland, The Impossible

Best female newcomer
Alice Lowe, Sightseers
Alicia Vikander, Anna Karenina
Holliday Grainger, Great Expectations
Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Samantha Barks, Les Miserables

Best comedy
21 Jump Street
Moonrise Kingdom
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists!
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted

Best horror
Dark Shadows
Sightseers
Sinister
The Cabin In The Woods
The Woman In Black

Best thriller
Argo
Jo Nesbo's Headhunters
Skyfall
The Raid
Zero Dark Thirty

Best sci-fi/fantasy
Dredd 3D
Looper
Marvel Avengers Assemble
Prometheus
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The art of 3D
Dredd 3D
Life Of Pi
Marvel Avengers Assemble
Prometheus
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Best actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Martin Freeman, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Robert Downey Jr., Marvel Avengers Assemble

Best actress
Anne Hathaway, The Dark Knight Rises
Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Dame Judi Dench, Skyfall
Naomi Watts, The Impossible

Best director
Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises
Joss Whedon, Marvel Avengers Assemble
Peter Jackson, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Quentin Tarantino, Django Unchained
Sam Mendes, Skyfall

Best British film
Dredd 3D
Les Misérables
Sightseers
Skyfall
The Woman In Black

Best film
Django Unchained
Marvel Avengers Assemble
Skyfall
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Call for submissions: CFF Super Channel Screenplay Accelerator

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SCREENWRITING COMPETITION - $50,000 UP FOR GRABS!

The Canadian Film Fest and Super Channel are proud to partner on this unique opportunity for screenwriters. Writers, if you want to fast track your brilliant screenplay to production, this award can help you do that.

The CFF Super Channel Screenplay Accelerator is open to Canadian screenwriters who’ve written a feature-length screenplay they’d love to see broadcast on Super Channel. To the winning script, Super Channel will provide a broadcast pre-license of $30,000-$50,000. The final pre-license amount will be negotiated dependent on the budget and will be paid to the production when the film airs on Super Channel. This pre-license will help the winning writer attract producers and financing to their project, greatly accelerating the chances of the project making it all the way through to production.

In addition to the pre-license, a Super Channel executive will be involved in the selection of the winning script, and will provide feedback on the script as well as guidance throughout the production process.

A runner-up will also receive a one-on-one notes session generously donated by Warren P. Sonoda.
In addition, the top five scripts will be added to The It List, which is a list of the best unproduced scripts in Canada – a great resource for producers!

Eligibility:

-The screenwriter must be a Canadian citizen, and the production of the screenplay must qualify as Canadian content.
-The screenwriter needs to have one or more produced credits. Produced credits include short films, feature films, television series or television one-offs. The credit can be in either fiction or non-fiction and the production must have either had broadcast or festival play.
-Exclusive first window broadcast rights for English Canada must be available and unencumbered by any other financing attached.
Submissions:

-Please submit a screenplay, one page synopsis and CV (for verification of eligibility) to caleb@canfilmfest.ca.
-The deadline is March 15, 2013, 5pm Eastern.
-To defray the cost of script analysts, there is a $35 entry fee. We will accept the first 100 entries, so don’t procrastinate!
Other stuff to know:

-The pre-license grants Super Channel the right to broadcast the produced film in an exclusive 18 month first window in keeping with Super Channel’s standard terms and conditions. -The produced film must have a budget no lower than $250,000. If the budget is higher than $800,000 it is possible the license fee may increase.
-The license fee will be paid to the rightsholder when the produced film airs on Super Channel, in keeping with Super Channel’s standard terms and conditions.

Call for submissions: Connect the Docs

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A call for submissions has been announced by the Cuban Hat Project in conjunction with the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival for transmedia and interactive documentary projects to pitch at the upcoming edition of Hot Docs.

Connect the Docs is open to all Canadians with an idea for a documentary that uses non-traditional media. Applicants can submit a 3-minute video pitch online. Selected participants will receive the opportunity to present their idea at Hot Docs, as well as possibly win cash plus goods and services.

The deadline for submissions is March 22. A pre-selection committee will then select 12 projects that will be put online from March 29 to April 12 for viewing and public voting. The top five teams will then be given a free accreditation to attend the Hot Docs Industry Conference and will pitch their projects live to an audience of delegates and industry professionals.

The final winner will be determined by a panel of industry experts as well as by public voting, both onsite and online.

http://www.connectthedocs.ca/


CONNECT THE DOCS
transmedia pitching @ HOT DOCS 2013

Do you have an incredible documentary idea that can only exist beyond the boundaries of the TV or theatre screen? Do you wish to share and connect your doc content with active users around the world? Are you looking for an opportunity to connect with a pool of like-minded collaborators and decision makers that can help you turn your prototype into reality?

The Cuban Hat Project is proud to launch Connect the Docs at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It is a new contest for transmedia and interactive documentary projects open to all Canadian creators with a cool idea to pitch. It’s simple, submit your 3-minute video pitch and run the chance to present your idea at Hot Docs and win cash, goods and services to develop your project. It might be a webdoc, a multiplatform or crossmedia doc, a video-game, an app, a data-visualization tool, an installation, you name it! anything that uses a bit of technology to enhance or transform our perception of reality.

A pre-selection committee will review all applications and choose 12 projects that will be placed online for 2 weeks. During this time, the online community will be able to vote and donate for their favourite projects. The top 5 teams will be in the spotlight as they present their projects in person at Hot Docs in front of a panel of industry specialists, Hot Docs delegates and festival ticket holders. The event will be filmed and streamed live online. A final round of voting onsite and online will determine the final winner of the contest who will bring home the sponsorships, donations and pledges that will have accumulated in the hat. This is a peer-to-peer initiative, so the Cuban Hat Award is made of donations coming from individuals as well as from industry professionals and companies.

Although our website is not fully bilingual yet we are multi-lingual and we accept projects in English and in French. Notre site n’est pas encore bilingue mais nous parlons plusieurs langues alors vous pouvez soumettre vos projets en français autant qu’en anglais. Par contre le pitch final sera an anglais puisqu’il se tiendra à Toronto. Merci de votre compréhension.

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British Academy of Rubbish Films and Terrible Acting (BARFTA) Awards – "winners"

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The British Academy of Rubbish Films and Terrible Acting or BARFTA have announced the "winners" of their inaugural BARFTA Awards.

The British answer to the Golden Raspberry or Razzie Awards, they gave their highest accolades to the British comedy Keith Lemon: The Film. It won for Best Worst Film, Acting Performance – Female and Dialogue. Based on a television character, the film received scathing reviews and has a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

The winner for Best Worst Hollywood Film was the rom-com This Means War with Reese Witherspoon. Nicolas Cage won for Best Worst Acting Performance – Male for Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance.

Russell Crowe's selections in Les Misérables were recognized, and director Tom Hooper was named winner of a special award.

The BARFTA Academy says: “2012 was a bumper season for terrible film. In a normal year any of the nominees could have walked away with the top prize, so this years winner has proved itself to be something very special indeed. The Academy would like to salute the verve and single mindedness of all those nominated here, without whom the cinema would be a much safer place to go.

"Anyone can make Argo, it takes a rare talent to produce Keith Lemon: The Film.”


Complete list of "winners" for the inaugural BARFTA Awards

BEST WORST FILM 2013
WINNER - Keith Lemon: The Film
Nominees:
The Knot
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
Elfie Hopkins
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger
A Few Best Men
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen

BEST WORST HOLLYWOOD FILM
WINNER - This Means War
Nominees:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Taken 2
W.E.
Total Recall
The Watch

BEST WORST ACTING PERFORMANCE – MALE
WINNER - Nic Cage for Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance
Nominees:
Adam Sandler in That's My Boy
Ray Winstone in Elfie Hopkins
Ben Stiller in The Watch
Sean Penn This Must Be The Place

BEST WORST ACTING PERFORMANCE – FEMALE
WINNER Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon as Mel B in Keith Lemon: The Film
Nominees:
Frieda Pinto in Black Gold
Keira Knightly in Anna Karenina

BEST WORST DIALOGUE
WINNER: Vernon Kaye's "I'll have the bangers and gash" cameo in Keith Lemon: The Film, after watching Kelly Brooks and Keith Lemon's restaurant food sex scene.
Nominees:
Savages– "I have orgasms, he has wargasms"
W.E.– "Oh him? He's a Russian intellectual slumming as a security guard"
Rock of Ages– "Now look at him married to a woman who looks like she's been hibernating in Margaret Thatcher's bumhole"
The Expendables 2– "now that's some real Chinese take out"

WORST SONG/MUSIC
Russell Crowe's songs from Les Misérables comprehensively beat Suddenly from Les Misérables

SPECIAL AWARD
Tom Hooper was given the Lifetime Achievement Award for services to industrial relations.
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