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Berlinale ’09 ends – winners announced

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The Berlin Film Festival closed on Saturday with an awards ceremony. The International Jury presented the Golden Bear for Best Film to a Latin American filmmaker for the second year in a row. The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta asustada), the winner of the Golden Bear, is the second feature from Peruvian director Claudia Llosa. It follows a young girl faced with life in Lima after her mother dies. The Berlin jury issued a statement saying that "this year’s competition presents a broad range of [Read more...]

American Cinema Editors award Wall-E, Slumdog, Man on Wire

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American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the winners of the 2009 ACE Eddie Awards for best achievement in editing at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night. Mel Gibson presented Richard Donner with ACE's filmmaker of the year award, while Robert Zemeckis handed the career achievement trophy to Arthur Schmidt, whose credits include Back to the Future and Forrest Gump. Sidney M. Katz was also presented with career achievement honours. Here are the winners: EDITED FEATURE FILM [Read more...]

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...]