Press Releases Archive for January, 2012
The Baftas 2012 Long List
Best Film The Descendants Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo The Help Hugo The Ides of March The Iron Lady Midnight in Paris Moneyball My Week with Marilyn Senna Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy War Horse We Need to Talk About Kevin [Complete PDF here.] Film Not in the English Language Abel As If I…
Read the full article »The National Society Of Film Critics 2011 Awards
The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, January 7th, 2012, chose “Melancholia” as Best Picture of the Year 2011. Kristin Dunst was named best actress for her performance in Lars von Trier’s film, and Brad Pitt was named best actor for his work in “Moneyball” and “The Tree of Life.” Albert Brooks (or his…
Read the full article » 3 Comments »84TH ACADEMY AWARDS TRAILER, BY FUNNY OR DIE, LAUNCHES JANUARY 6
January 5, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has produced its trailer for the 84th Academy Awards in conjunction with Funny Or Die. The trailer features host Billy Crystal and celebrity cameo appearances by Robin Williams, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, William Fichtner and Vinnie Jones….
Read the full article »8 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE HONORED WITH ACADEMY AWARDS
January 5, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that eight scientific and technical achievements represented by 28 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation at the Beverly Wilshire on Saturday, February 11, 2012. Unlike other Academy…
Read the full article »10 CONTENDERS REMAIN IN VFX OSCAR® RACE
January 4, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards®. The films are listed below in alphabetical order: “Captain America: The First Avenger” “Harry Potter and the Deathly…
Read the full article »DIMENSION FILMS PICKS UP THE BLACK MARKS
New York, NY, January 4, 2012 – Dimension Films announced that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to the heist comedy THE BLACK MARKS from Darius Films starring Kurt Russell (DEATHPROOF), Matt Dillon (CRASH, THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY) and Jay Baruchel (KNOCKED UP). The film is written and directed by Jonathan Sobol (A BEGINNER’S GUIDE…
Read the full article »Drive Returns to ArcLight Hollywood for Exclusive Engagement
Albert Brooks in Attendance for Q&A on Friday Jan. 6, 7:20PM NEW YORK—Jan. 3 2012 — FilmDistrict is very excited to announce that Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling and Albert Brooks, will be returning to the ArcLight Hollywood for an exclusive one-week engagement, beginning this Friday, January 6th. Brooks will…
Read the full article »Norwegian cinemas 2011: Record attendance, best local market share
Headed by Headhunters, Norwegian films sold 2,855,000 tickets to reach the best result in 36 years – The Troll Hunter screened at more than 45 international festivals With a 2011 attendance of 11,650,000 – up 5.7% on last year – Norwegian cinemas delivered the largest growth of the theatrical market in Europe, according to statistics…
Read the full article »Cinema Eye Honors Announces 2012 Heterodox Nominees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2012 New York – The Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking today announced the five nominees for its second annual Cinema Eye Heterodox Award, sponsored by Filmmaker Magazine. The 2012 Heterodox Award will be presented at the Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking on January 11 at the Museum of…
Read the full article »PGA Awards Nominees 2012
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE AND LONG-FORM TELEVISION NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2012 PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS LOS ANGELES, CA (January 3, 2012) – The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced today the motion picture and long-form television nominations for the 23rd Annual Producers Guild Awards. The categories include: The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer…
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The Tree of Life, which led the Online Film Critics Society nominations with seven, was the big winner at the 15th Annual Online Film Critics Society Awards. The film took home the prize for Best Picture as well as trophies for Best Director (Terrence Malick), Best Supporting Actress (Jessica Chastain), Best Editing and Best Cinematography….
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