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Slumdog Millionaire, Man on Wire win BAFTAs for Best Film

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The British Academy announced the winners of this year's BAFTA Awards at a ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. Slumdog Millionaire was the big winner of the evening with honours in seven categories, including Best Film. Here is the list of the BAFTA nominees, for reference. And here are this year's winners: BEST FILM Slumdog Millionaire OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM Man on Wire THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT BY A BRITISH DIRECTOR, WRITER OR PRODUCER FOR [Read more...]

Writers Guild announces WGA Award winners

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The Writers Guild announced the winners of this year's WGA Awards at simultaneous ceremonies at the Century Plaza in Los Angeles and the Hudson Theater in New York on Saturday. Here is the complete list of winners: FILM ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Milk, written by Dustin Lance Black ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Slumdog Millionaire, screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, based on the Novel Q and A by Vikas Swarup DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY Waltz with Bashir, written by Ari Folman TELEVISION DRAMATIC [Read more...]

Julia Ormond, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali to star in The Wronged Man

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Julia Ormond (Legends of the Fall, Inland Empire) and Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (The 4400, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) will headline The Wronged Man, a story of justice and redemption premiering on Lifetime Movie Network in November 2009. The film is based on the true story of an unlikely friendship between paralegal Janet Gregory (Ormond) and Calvin Willis (Ali) as they fight to overturn his sentence and restore faith in the justice system. Janet Gregory (Ormond), a single mother [Read more...]

London Film Critics name The Wrestler, Slumdog films of the year

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The London Film Critics' Circle presented the awards for the best achievements in film in 2008 on Wednesday. Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, was named the best film of the year, while Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire took home the award for Best British Film. Here are all the winners: FILM OF THE YEAR The Wrestler RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH FILM OF THE YEAR Slumdog Millionaire DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin [Read more...]

Santa Barbara Film Festival winners

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The 24th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival closed yesterday after announcing the winners. Here they are: Panavision Spirit Award for Independent Cinema Poppy Shakespeare, directed by Benjamin Ross Best International Film Award Eine Frau in Berlin (A Woman in Berlin), directed by Max Farberbock Nueva Vision Award (Best Spanish language film) Amar a morir, directed by Fernando Lebrija Best Eastern Bloc Cinema Award Tulpan, Sergei Dvortsevoy Best Documentary [Read more...]