The first major awards ceremony of the year took place tonight, with The Gotham Film & Media Institute hosting the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Leading the pack of winners was Everything Everywhere All at Once, which picked up Best Feature, while its star Ke Huy Quan picked up a trophy, alongside Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Gracija Filipovic (Murina), Charlotte Wells (Aftersun), Todd Field (Tár), All That Breathes, and Happening.
Check out the film winners below, along with a stream of the ceremony.
For Best Feature, presented by Jennifer Lawrence
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
Released by A24
The Best Feature jury included Colman Domingo, Mary Harron, Bill Holderman, Emily Mortimer, and Michael H. Weber.
For Best Documentary Feature, presented by Soledad O’Brien...
Check out the film winners below, along with a stream of the ceremony.
For Best Feature, presented by Jennifer Lawrence
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Produced by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, and Jonathan Wang
Released by A24
The Best Feature jury included Colman Domingo, Mary Harron, Bill Holderman, Emily Mortimer, and Michael H. Weber.
For Best Documentary Feature, presented by Soledad O’Brien...
- 11/29/2022
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Gotham Awards, honoring the best in American independent films, held their 32nd annual event on Monday night, November 28, launching the fall and winter awards season. So who were the big winners? Scroll down for the complete list of film and television champs in all categories, updating live throughout the night.
SEE2023 Oscars: Best Picture Predictions [Updated: November 28]
Nominees were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in filmmaking. Those small juries change from year to year and from category to category, so these awards can produce surprising results.
Telling the story of a composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” led the nominations with five bids including Best Feature, as well as for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett...
SEE2023 Oscars: Best Picture Predictions [Updated: November 28]
Nominees were decided by panels of film and television critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. The winners were then selected by juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others directly involved in filmmaking. Those small juries change from year to year and from category to category, so these awards can produce surprising results.
Telling the story of a composer and conductor who comes under fire, “Tar” led the nominations with five bids including Best Feature, as well as for writer-director Todd Field‘s screenplay and for the performances by lead actress Cate Blanchett...
- 11/29/2022
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
French auteur Agnès Varda may be gone, but graffiti artist and photographer Jr continues the work they collaborated on, and documented, in 2017’s “Faces Places,” creating large-scale installations in which impoverished and/or fragmented locales are plastered with images of their residents. “Paper & Glue” is an unofficial companion piece to Jr and Varda’s prior non-fiction film, focusing exclusively on the former’s career, and while it certainly proves a similar celebration of art’s ability to give voice to the voiceless, and to build bridges between disparate individuals and classes, Given its outsized subject matter, a limited theatrical release makes aesthetic sense, but its box-office prospects nonetheless appear small.
“Paper & Glue” opens with the Varda quote, “If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” Jr’s documentary both agrees with that sentiment and serves as its flip-side, contending that landscapes are comprised of fascinating men and...
“Paper & Glue” opens with the Varda quote, “If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” Jr’s documentary both agrees with that sentiment and serves as its flip-side, contending that landscapes are comprised of fascinating men and...
- 11/11/2021
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
The Ainu are an East Asian ethnic group indigenous to northern Japan, the original inhabitants of Hokkaido and some of its nearby Russian territories. A number of those who have not been fully assimilated as Japanese are living in small communities such as the one in Hokkaido the movie focuses on, essentially surviving through tourism. It is also worth noting that there has been a rise of interest towards these marginalized communities thorough “Golden Kamuy” a multi-awarded manga that focuses on Ainu people and has already sold more than 18 million copies and spawned three seasons of the homonymous anime. “Ainu Mosir” takes a much more grounded approach to the issue by focusing on a coming of age story.
Ainu Mosir is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The young boy in question is 14-year-old Kanto, a descendant of Japan’s indigenous people, who has just lost his father and is feeling...
Ainu Mosir is screening at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The young boy in question is 14-year-old Kanto, a descendant of Japan’s indigenous people, who has just lost his father and is feeling...
- 4/15/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
“People always ask why,” Michael Metelits admits at the start of this meticulously composed, emotionally haunting documentary about his mother, Marion Stokes.
“Why did she do it?”
The “it” is simple: over the course of 30 years, Stokes recorded TV news around the clock on multiple channels, in multiple rooms, until she amassed an archive of 70,000 VHS tapes. But the “why”? That’s not so easy. There will be as many opinions as there were people who observed her life — and now, with “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project,” that includes us.
Also Read: How Tegna Is Finding a Second Life for Old News Coverage With Podcasts Like 'Bomber'
In fact, it was mutability itself that first inspired Stokes. As a fiercely private black woman in politics in the mid-20th century, she brought perspectives that were rarely shared by anyone she met, let alone the white men with whom she most often worked.
“Why did she do it?”
The “it” is simple: over the course of 30 years, Stokes recorded TV news around the clock on multiple channels, in multiple rooms, until she amassed an archive of 70,000 VHS tapes. But the “why”? That’s not so easy. There will be as many opinions as there were people who observed her life — and now, with “Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project,” that includes us.
Also Read: How Tegna Is Finding a Second Life for Old News Coverage With Podcasts Like 'Bomber'
In fact, it was mutability itself that first inspired Stokes. As a fiercely private black woman in politics in the mid-20th century, she brought perspectives that were rarely shared by anyone she met, let alone the white men with whom she most often worked.
- 11/14/2019
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
The 2019 Independent Spirit Awards took place on a beach in Santa Monica, Calif., with Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” taking the top prize for best feature along with best director for Jenkins.
Ethan Hawke and Glenn Close took the prizes for best male lead and best female lead, respectively. Bo Burnham took the best first screenplay trophy for “Eighth Grade” and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty won for best screenplay.
The Spirit Awards are chosen by the Film Independent’s 6200 members after an anonymous committee votes on nominations. The eligibility rules require that movies be produced in the U.S. for less than $20 million.
Keep checking back as the winners are updated live.
Best Feature
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here
Best Director
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)
Tamara Jenkins,...
Ethan Hawke and Glenn Close took the prizes for best male lead and best female lead, respectively. Bo Burnham took the best first screenplay trophy for “Eighth Grade” and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty won for best screenplay.
The Spirit Awards are chosen by the Film Independent’s 6200 members after an anonymous committee votes on nominations. The eligibility rules require that movies be produced in the U.S. for less than $20 million.
Keep checking back as the winners are updated live.
Best Feature
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here
Best Director
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (Winner)
Tamara Jenkins,...
- 2/23/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Independent Spirit Awards have come to a close in sunny Santa Monica, with “If Beale Street Could Talk” winning Best Feature, Best Director for Barry Jenkins, and Best Supporting Female for Regina King. The love was spread fairly evenly across the other major prizes, with Glenn Close of “The Wife” taking home Best Actress, Ethan Hawke earning Best Actor for his performance in “First Reformed,” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” winning Best Screenplay (Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty) and Best Supporting Male (Richard E. Grant).
“We the Animals” led all films with five nominations, followed by “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” and “You Were Never Really Here” with four apiece. There will be excitingly little overlap between today’s ceremony and tomorrow’s — for the first time since 2008, no movies are up for the top prize at both shows.
Aubrey Plaza hosted the ceremony, which aired on IFC. Full...
“We the Animals” led all films with five nominations, followed by “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” and “You Were Never Really Here” with four apiece. There will be excitingly little overlap between today’s ceremony and tomorrow’s — for the first time since 2008, no movies are up for the top prize at both shows.
Aubrey Plaza hosted the ceremony, which aired on IFC. Full...
- 2/23/2019
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Winners of the 2019 Independent Spirit Awards, hosted by Aubrey Plaza, were revealed on Saturday, February 23, one day before the Oscars. Unlike years past, when many Best Feature nominees coincided with the Academy Award choices, the 34th edition of the Spirit Awards, which celebrates indie fare, had no cross-over in the Best Picture category.
The biggest winner of the night was “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which took home Best Feature, Best Director for Barry Jenkins and Best Supporting Female for Regina King, who is likely to repeat at the Academy Awards. And Glenn Close, whose little white dog Pippi stole the show, is pretty much a lock to repeat her win for Best Female Lead at the Oscars as well. Otherwise, the Spirits were pretty much spread out, save for two honors granted to the horror remake “Suspiria,” the Robert Altman Award along with cinematography, and two wins, Best Screenplay...
The biggest winner of the night was “If Beale Street Could Talk,” which took home Best Feature, Best Director for Barry Jenkins and Best Supporting Female for Regina King, who is likely to repeat at the Academy Awards. And Glenn Close, whose little white dog Pippi stole the show, is pretty much a lock to repeat her win for Best Female Lead at the Oscars as well. Otherwise, the Spirits were pretty much spread out, save for two honors granted to the horror remake “Suspiria,” the Robert Altman Award along with cinematography, and two wins, Best Screenplay...
- 2/23/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
The 2019 Independent Spirit Awards will be handed out on February 23 during an afternoon ceremony on Santa Monica. These awards often preview the winners of the Academy Awards the following day. This year, we are predicting that both actress tipped to take home Oscars will win here first: leading lady Glenn Close (“The Wife”) and supporting player Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”). But for the first time in a decade, none of the five films up for Best Feature here number among the nominees for Best Picture at the Oscars.
Scroll down to see the full list of Indie Spirits nominations. This roster of contenders was determined by committees that included film critics, film programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, past nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s Board of Directors. Only American-made movies with budgets under $20 million were eligible for consideration.
Winners will be revealed...
Scroll down to see the full list of Indie Spirits nominations. This roster of contenders was determined by committees that included film critics, film programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, past nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s Board of Directors. Only American-made movies with budgets under $20 million were eligible for consideration.
Winners will be revealed...
- 2/23/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“We the Animals” has been on a roll since it debuted at the Sundance film festival in January. This coming-of-age story, which marks the directorial debut of award-winning documentarian Jeremiah Zagar, opened in August to some of the best reviews of the year. It just landed on the National Board of Review Top 10 list of independent films. That accolade came just days after the film reaped a leading five nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards, including Best First Feature.
Zagar and Dan Kitrosser adapted Justin Torres‘ 2011 novel of the same name, which tells the story of three mixed race brothers growing up in the 1980s. Zagar was singled out by the Indie Spirits as “Someone to Watch.” Critics certainly agree with his film scoring an impressive 91 at Rotten Tomatoes.
Among those heralding the arrival of this new talent is Washington Post scribe Ann Hornaday who opines, “Zagar builds a world...
Zagar and Dan Kitrosser adapted Justin Torres‘ 2011 novel of the same name, which tells the story of three mixed race brothers growing up in the 1980s. Zagar was singled out by the Indie Spirits as “Someone to Watch.” Critics certainly agree with his film scoring an impressive 91 at Rotten Tomatoes.
Among those heralding the arrival of this new talent is Washington Post scribe Ann Hornaday who opines, “Zagar builds a world...
- 11/28/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards have revealed their nominations. Leading the pack is Jeremiah Zagar’s Malickian coming-of-age tale We the Animals, which nabbed five nods, while grabbing four each were Paul Schrader’s First Reformed, Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade and Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here. Rounding out the Best Feature category was If Beale Street Could Talk and Leave No Trace.
Some of our favourite performances of the year, including Helena Howard, Regina Hall, Carey Mulligan, Richard E. Grant, and Ethan Hawke got nods in their respective categories. Suspiria earned the Robert Altman Award for its ensemble. The Favourite and Roma, which were only eligible for Best International Film, earned nods in that category alongside Burning, Happy as Lazzaro, and Shoplifters.
Check out the nomination list below ahead of a February 23 ceremony.
Best Feature
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No...
Some of our favourite performances of the year, including Helena Howard, Regina Hall, Carey Mulligan, Richard E. Grant, and Ethan Hawke got nods in their respective categories. Suspiria earned the Robert Altman Award for its ensemble. The Favourite and Roma, which were only eligible for Best International Film, earned nods in that category alongside Burning, Happy as Lazzaro, and Shoplifters.
Check out the nomination list below ahead of a February 23 ceremony.
Best Feature
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No...
- 11/17/2018
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Roma, The Favourite nominated for best international film.
We The Animals earned five nominations for the upcoming 2019 Spirit Awards, while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also in contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
We The Animals earned five nominations for the upcoming 2019 Spirit Awards, while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also in contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Roma, The Favourite nominated for best international film.
We The Animals earned five nominations for the upcoming 2019 Spirit Awards, while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also in contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
We The Animals earned five nominations for the upcoming 2019 Spirit Awards, while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also in contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Roma, The Favourite nominated for best international film.
We The Animals earned five 2019 Spirit Awards nominations on Friday (16), while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace, and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods on the day.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
We The Animals earned five 2019 Spirit Awards nominations on Friday (16), while You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade led the field in major categories on four apiece.
You Were Never Really Here, First Reformed and Eighth Grade are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace, and If Beale Street Could Talk, both of which earned three nods on the day.
We The Animals is in contention for cinematography, editing, first feature, supporting male, and the Someone To Watch Award.
You Were Never Really Here is also contention for director Lynne Ramsay,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Roma, The Favourite nominated for best international film.
You Were Never Really Here and First Reformed led the 2019 Spirit Awards announced in Los Angeles on Friday (16), earning four nods apiece.
Both films are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Eighth Grade.
You Were Never Really Here is also contention for director Lynne Ramsay, lead male Joaquin Phoenix, and editor Joe Bini while First Reformed earned additional nods for Paul Schrader in the director and screenplay categories, and Ethan Hawke for male lead.
Leave No Trace is nominated for director Debra Granik and supporting female Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie,...
You Were Never Really Here and First Reformed led the 2019 Spirit Awards announced in Los Angeles on Friday (16), earning four nods apiece.
Both films are up for best feature, alongside Leave No Trace, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Eighth Grade.
You Were Never Really Here is also contention for director Lynne Ramsay, lead male Joaquin Phoenix, and editor Joe Bini while First Reformed earned additional nods for Paul Schrader in the director and screenplay categories, and Ethan Hawke for male lead.
Leave No Trace is nominated for director Debra Granik and supporting female Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie,...
- 11/16/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Coming-of-age drama “We the Animals” has scored a leading five Spirit Awards nominations, with “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” and “You Were Never Really Here” taking four each.
The nominees for best feature are “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Leave No Trace,” and “You Were Never Really Here.”
“We the Animals” received nominations for best first feature, best supporting male actor for Raul Castillo, cinematography, editing, and the Someone to Watch award for Jeremiah Zagar, who directed and adapted the script from Justin Torres’ debut novel of the same name. The movie, which focuses on a mixed-race family in upstate New York, opened at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Bo Burnham’s comedy-drama “Eighth Grade” took nods for feature, first feature, actress for Elsie Fisher, and supporting male actor for Josh Hamilton. “First Reformed” landed noms for feature, director and screenplay for Paul Schrader, and male lead for Ethan Hawke.
The nominees for best feature are “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Leave No Trace,” and “You Were Never Really Here.”
“We the Animals” received nominations for best first feature, best supporting male actor for Raul Castillo, cinematography, editing, and the Someone to Watch award for Jeremiah Zagar, who directed and adapted the script from Justin Torres’ debut novel of the same name. The movie, which focuses on a mixed-race family in upstate New York, opened at the Sundance Film Festival in January.
Bo Burnham’s comedy-drama “Eighth Grade” took nods for feature, first feature, actress for Elsie Fisher, and supporting male actor for Josh Hamilton. “First Reformed” landed noms for feature, director and screenplay for Paul Schrader, and male lead for Ethan Hawke.
- 11/16/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The Film Independent Spirit Awards announced their 2019 nominations on Friday, November 16. So who made the cut at these kudos, which celebrate the best in American independent films? Scroll down to see the complete list.
These Spirit contenders were decided by nominating committees that included film critics, film programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, past nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s Board of Directors. The winners will be chosen by all of Film Independent’s eligible members, including industry insiders and any movie fans who sign up for membership starting at $95 per year.
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Eligible films must be American productions with budgets within $20 million, which this year excluded awards contenders like “Vice,” “Mary Queen of Scots,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Hate U Give,” “Widows,” “Beautiful Boy” and “Black Panther,” among others. Additional titles like “Roma,” “22 July” and “The Favourite...
These Spirit contenders were decided by nominating committees that included film critics, film programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, past nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s Board of Directors. The winners will be chosen by all of Film Independent’s eligible members, including industry insiders and any movie fans who sign up for membership starting at $95 per year.
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Eligible films must be American productions with budgets within $20 million, which this year excluded awards contenders like “Vice,” “Mary Queen of Scots,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Hate U Give,” “Widows,” “Beautiful Boy” and “Black Panther,” among others. Additional titles like “Roma,” “22 July” and “The Favourite...
- 11/16/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The nominations for the 34th Independent Spirit Awards were announced live this afternoon, setting the stage for the awards season with a decidedly indie bent. Over the last several years, the Indie Spirits have become both a champion of underdog indies and a key indicator in which films and performances could end up with the Oscar.
Some of the year’s biggest titles are, however, not eligible for this year’s Indie Spirits per their rules, including “Vice,” “The Sisters Brothers,” and “Mary Queen of Scots,” while Alfonso Cuarón’s lauded “Roma” only qualifies for Best International Film.
Favorites like “Eighth Grade” and “First Reformed” dominated the big categories, with each film earning four nominations, including Best Feature for both, Best Actress for “Eighth Grade” lead Elsie Fisher, and Best Actor for “First Reformed” star Ethan Hawke. “We the Animals” led the entire field with five total noms. A number...
Some of the year’s biggest titles are, however, not eligible for this year’s Indie Spirits per their rules, including “Vice,” “The Sisters Brothers,” and “Mary Queen of Scots,” while Alfonso Cuarón’s lauded “Roma” only qualifies for Best International Film.
Favorites like “Eighth Grade” and “First Reformed” dominated the big categories, with each film earning four nominations, including Best Feature for both, Best Actress for “Eighth Grade” lead Elsie Fisher, and Best Actor for “First Reformed” star Ethan Hawke. “We the Animals” led the entire field with five total noms. A number...
- 11/16/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Though Jeremiah Zagar has been directing shorts and documentaries since 2004, We The Animals marks his first feature narrative film. Adapted from Justin Torres’s novel, Animals gives a name to the source text’s unnamed narrator: Jonah (Evan Rosado), a young boy growing up in ’80s upstate NYC against the background of his parents’ unstable marriage and growing awareness of his own queerness. Editor Keiko Deguchi spoke to Filmmaker about her work on the film, which split the Next Innovator Award (chosen by a single juror, RuPaul) with Jordana Spiro’s Night Comes On. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your […]...
- 1/31/2018
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
While the reviews for Beginners were almost all positive, very few people have had a chance to see the film. I myself watch over 100 new releases each year and it still took me a few months to catch up on the movie. I finally got around to seeing Beginners this week and called it the most overlooked film of 2011. I guess I can no longer say this. Last night, the Gotham Independent Film Awards surprised everyone with a tie for Best Feature Film with Mike Mills‘ Beginners and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life taking the top prize. Who would have ever guessed?
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
Best Feature winners from the past several years include Frozen River, Winter’s Bone, and The Hurt Locker. Hit the jump for the full press release.
via The Collider
Gotham Independent Film Awards™
Winners Announced
New York, NY (November 28, 2011) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp), the nation...
- 11/29/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Firstly, I want to congratulate filmmaker, Gayle Ferraro, whom I met when she first began this journey of making To Catch a Dollar, which premiered Saturday night at Sundance with Muhammad Yunus present. She, and cameraman, Bill Megalos, and editor, Keiko Deguchi, worked their bottoms off on this doc. The rough cut we viewed last October in New York showed the patience, the spirit and the time it took to follow not only an almost un-followable hero, Muhammad Yunus (he sleeps in airplanes as he travels so much spreading the good word about microcredit and social business), but to both capture the dignity and the dedication of the women at the first Us branch of Grameen, in Queens, New York. It is not easy to both keep a respectful distance, and yet still manage to portray real and intimate...
- 1/25/2010
- by Vivian Norris de Montaigu
- Huffington Post
Something of a cross-cultural "After Hours", newcomer Yoshifumi Hosoya's "Sleepy Heads" is a jittery, rough-around-the-edges take on the lives of a group of transplanted Japanese neo-Bohemians attempting to take a bite out of the Big Apple.
While its plottings are fairly threadbare, the film's quirky comic sensibility and likable performances help to smooth over some of the awkward patches. Hosoya is definitely one to watch.
The picture is essentially seen through the eyes of Hiro (Eugene Nomura), an aspiring singer who has recently left behind the stress of living in Japan in the hopes of finding a freer existence in New York City, not that Manhattan has ever been defined as laid-back.
He soon takes up with a pair of underachieving roommates -- Kenta (Toshiya Nagasawa), who dreams of opening his own kendo (fencing school) but at present uses his martial-arts skills to intimidate Japanese restaurant customers who attempt to skip the bill; and Akira (Takahiro "Engin" Fujita), a dreadlocked, drugged-out flunky.
Hiro also meets the comely Akiko Sayuri Higuchi Emerson), an executive at a Japanese airline who is taken with his sincerity, much to the displeasure of her boss, Shun (Snakey Mao), who also happens to be Hiro's old high school rival.
Hiro appears to gain the upper hand when he scores tickets to "Les Miserables" and Akiko accepts the invitation; however, roommate Akira fatally o.d.'s on the night of the big date.
Afraid to call the police because of their illegal immigrant status, Kenta and Hiro decide to dispose of the body themselves, dragging it throughout town in a duffel bag in an effort to honor Akira's last wish to have his earthly remains thrown off his favorite spot on The Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
Hosoya, who also co-wrote and lensed "Sleepy Heads", gets some fine comically tuned performances from his cast of seasoned performers and newcomers. The perpetually wide-eyed Nomura as Hiro, and Nagasawa as the gruff Kenta are particularly good; while the slim storyline nevertheless makes good use of its New York backdrop, especially during some very funny subway sequences.
Production values, like the rest of the picture, are scrappy and energetic.
SLEEPY HEADS
Phaedra Cinema
Elephant Studio/Zazou Prods. present
Yoshifumi Hosoya's film
Director Yoshifumi Hosoya
Producer Yuko Yoshikawa,
Shunji Okada, Yoshifumi Hosoya
Screenwriters Yoshifumi Hosoya,
Nick Feyz, Christo Assefi, Edwin Baker
Director of photography Yoshifumi Hosoya
Production designer Mark Helmuth
Editor Keiko Deguchi
Music Joshua Stone
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hiro Eugene Nomura
Kenta Toshiya Nagasawa
Akira Takahiro "Engin" Fujita
B.J. Nick Feyz
Akiko Sayuri Higuchi Emerson
Shun Snakey Mao
Running time -- 86 minutes
No MPAA rating...
While its plottings are fairly threadbare, the film's quirky comic sensibility and likable performances help to smooth over some of the awkward patches. Hosoya is definitely one to watch.
The picture is essentially seen through the eyes of Hiro (Eugene Nomura), an aspiring singer who has recently left behind the stress of living in Japan in the hopes of finding a freer existence in New York City, not that Manhattan has ever been defined as laid-back.
He soon takes up with a pair of underachieving roommates -- Kenta (Toshiya Nagasawa), who dreams of opening his own kendo (fencing school) but at present uses his martial-arts skills to intimidate Japanese restaurant customers who attempt to skip the bill; and Akira (Takahiro "Engin" Fujita), a dreadlocked, drugged-out flunky.
Hiro also meets the comely Akiko Sayuri Higuchi Emerson), an executive at a Japanese airline who is taken with his sincerity, much to the displeasure of her boss, Shun (Snakey Mao), who also happens to be Hiro's old high school rival.
Hiro appears to gain the upper hand when he scores tickets to "Les Miserables" and Akiko accepts the invitation; however, roommate Akira fatally o.d.'s on the night of the big date.
Afraid to call the police because of their illegal immigrant status, Kenta and Hiro decide to dispose of the body themselves, dragging it throughout town in a duffel bag in an effort to honor Akira's last wish to have his earthly remains thrown off his favorite spot on The Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.
Hosoya, who also co-wrote and lensed "Sleepy Heads", gets some fine comically tuned performances from his cast of seasoned performers and newcomers. The perpetually wide-eyed Nomura as Hiro, and Nagasawa as the gruff Kenta are particularly good; while the slim storyline nevertheless makes good use of its New York backdrop, especially during some very funny subway sequences.
Production values, like the rest of the picture, are scrappy and energetic.
SLEEPY HEADS
Phaedra Cinema
Elephant Studio/Zazou Prods. present
Yoshifumi Hosoya's film
Director Yoshifumi Hosoya
Producer Yuko Yoshikawa,
Shunji Okada, Yoshifumi Hosoya
Screenwriters Yoshifumi Hosoya,
Nick Feyz, Christo Assefi, Edwin Baker
Director of photography Yoshifumi Hosoya
Production designer Mark Helmuth
Editor Keiko Deguchi
Music Joshua Stone
Color/stereo
Cast:
Hiro Eugene Nomura
Kenta Toshiya Nagasawa
Akira Takahiro "Engin" Fujita
B.J. Nick Feyz
Akiko Sayuri Higuchi Emerson
Shun Snakey Mao
Running time -- 86 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 9/16/1997
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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