Last year, “Free Solo” took home the Best Documentary Oscar, giving National Geographic its first Oscar win. Could the company make it two victories in a row?
Nat Geo, which produces documentaries under its National Geographic Documentary Films banner, has snagged a second straight nomination in the category with “The Cave.” From former Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (“Last Man in Aleppo”), “The Cave” is pretty much the opposite of the daredevil adventures of Alex Honnold in “Free Solo,” but no less intense. It focuses on Dr. Amani Ballor, the first female hospital manager in war-torn Syria, except her hospital — the titular cave — is underground to hide from the unspeakable horrors going on above that floods the hospital with new patients by the hour.
See Oscar-nominated ‘The Cave’ director Feras Fayyad arrives in U.S. after visa issues
Like “Free Solo,” “The Cave” won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
Nat Geo, which produces documentaries under its National Geographic Documentary Films banner, has snagged a second straight nomination in the category with “The Cave.” From former Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (“Last Man in Aleppo”), “The Cave” is pretty much the opposite of the daredevil adventures of Alex Honnold in “Free Solo,” but no less intense. It focuses on Dr. Amani Ballor, the first female hospital manager in war-torn Syria, except her hospital — the titular cave — is underground to hide from the unspeakable horrors going on above that floods the hospital with new patients by the hour.
See Oscar-nominated ‘The Cave’ director Feras Fayyad arrives in U.S. after visa issues
Like “Free Solo,” “The Cave” won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
- 1/28/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Feras Fayyad, the director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Cave,” has arrived in the United States, weeks after being denied entry.
“After weeks of turmoil and struggle and obstacles no one should have to endure, we can report that Feras arrived safely this evening in Los Angeles,” National Geographic said in a statement Sunday night.
Fayyad, who was the first Syrian director nominated for an Oscar with his 2017 doc “Last Man in Aleppo,” had encountered issues obtaining a new visa the past two months, forcing him to miss several stateside events in support of “The Cave,” including December’s International Documentary Association’s Documentary Awards, where he won the writing prize, and the film’s Television Critics Association panel on Jan. 17.
During the TCA panel, producer Sigrid Dyekjar revealed that Fayyad’s aunt’s house in Syria had been bombed, and that the director had been traveling between Turkey, to be close to his family,...
“After weeks of turmoil and struggle and obstacles no one should have to endure, we can report that Feras arrived safely this evening in Los Angeles,” National Geographic said in a statement Sunday night.
Fayyad, who was the first Syrian director nominated for an Oscar with his 2017 doc “Last Man in Aleppo,” had encountered issues obtaining a new visa the past two months, forcing him to miss several stateside events in support of “The Cave,” including December’s International Documentary Association’s Documentary Awards, where he won the writing prize, and the film’s Television Critics Association panel on Jan. 17.
During the TCA panel, producer Sigrid Dyekjar revealed that Fayyad’s aunt’s house in Syria had been bombed, and that the director had been traveling between Turkey, to be close to his family,...
- 1/27/2020
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
The Cave director Feras Fayyad, who earned an Oscar nomination for 2017’s Last Men in Aleppo, had been scheduled to appear at Nat Geo’s TCA session today, but his chair was left empty.
The State Department granted Fayyad permission to enter the U.S. for three months in September, an opportunity the Syria-born filmmaker used to attend screenings of Oscar-shortlisted The Cave at the Camden International Film Festival in Maine and AFI Fest in Los Angeles. After returning to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he lives in exile, Fayyad applied for a new visa at the U.S. embassy there in December. He had hoped to attend the Ida Documentary Awards in Hollywood, where The Cave was nominated for Best Writing, but was rejected.
The documentary will have its broadcast premiere at 9 p.m. Saturday, January 25, on Nat Geo, airing commercial-free.
In the director’s absence from TCA, The Cave producer...
The State Department granted Fayyad permission to enter the U.S. for three months in September, an opportunity the Syria-born filmmaker used to attend screenings of Oscar-shortlisted The Cave at the Camden International Film Festival in Maine and AFI Fest in Los Angeles. After returning to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he lives in exile, Fayyad applied for a new visa at the U.S. embassy there in December. He had hoped to attend the Ida Documentary Awards in Hollywood, where The Cave was nominated for Best Writing, but was rejected.
The documentary will have its broadcast premiere at 9 p.m. Saturday, January 25, on Nat Geo, airing commercial-free.
In the director’s absence from TCA, The Cave producer...
- 1/17/2020
- by Peter White and Diane Gordon
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Cave’ Director Feras Fayyad Gains Support From Ida, Sundance After State Department Denies Visa
The documentary community is rallying around Syrian-born filmmaker Feras Fayyad, director of Oscar-shortlisted film The Cave, after he was denied a visa to enter the United States.
The International Documentary Association wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday, urging him to let Fayyad into the country to represent his film, one of 15 feature documentaries still in contention for the Academy Award.
“Feras Fayyad is a respected and accomplished documentary filmmaker, but because he is Syrian he has been denied a visa to visit the United States in support of his latest film, The Cave, distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films,” the letter said. “The film tells an urgent story of doctors saving lives while under constant bombardment in Syria.”
[Read the letter here]
The letter was signed by the Ida’s executive director, Simon Kilmurry, and other prominent figures in documentary including Oscar winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) and Academy...
The International Documentary Association wrote to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Friday, urging him to let Fayyad into the country to represent his film, one of 15 feature documentaries still in contention for the Academy Award.
“Feras Fayyad is a respected and accomplished documentary filmmaker, but because he is Syrian he has been denied a visa to visit the United States in support of his latest film, The Cave, distributed by National Geographic Documentary Films,” the letter said. “The film tells an urgent story of doctors saving lives while under constant bombardment in Syria.”
[Read the letter here]
The letter was signed by the Ida’s executive director, Simon Kilmurry, and other prominent figures in documentary including Oscar winner Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) and Academy...
- 1/4/2020
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The 2018 Academy Awards took place on March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The 90th annual ceremony was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. The full list of winners is below.
Supporting Actor:
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Makeup and Hair:
“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten
Costume Design:
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges
“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle
Best Documentary Feature:
“Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
“Faces Places,” Jr, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda
“Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen
“Strong Island,...
Supporting Actor:
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Makeup and Hair:
“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten
Costume Design:
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges
“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle
Best Documentary Feature:
“Icarus,” Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Steve James, Mark Mitten, Julie Goldman
“Faces Places,” Jr, Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda
“Last Men in Aleppo,” Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed, Soren Steen Jepersen
“Strong Island,...
- 3/5/2018
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Syrian Oscar nominee Kareem Abeed still can't quite believe he made it to walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards. The producer of Feras Fayyad's Academy Award-nominated documentary Last Men in Aleppo had almost given up on attending the show after his visa request was denied under President Donald Trump's travel ban on citizens of eight countries, most of them Muslim-majority. "Up until the last minute, we had no hope," he told Deadline in an exclusive…...
- 3/4/2018
- Deadline
The 7,258 voting members had their work cut out for them when casting their ballots for the 90th Oscars. With 24 competitive award categories, the winners will be revealed in what has been one of the tightest Best Picture races in recent memory. There is no clear frontrunner.
33 million Americans watched the 89th Oscars and with audience favorites such as Get Out and Coco in the race, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest night of the year when the eyes of the world tune in to see the 90th Academy Awards. An estimated several hundred million worldwide will watch the nominated actresses, actors and filmmakers walk the red carpet.
Here’s our predix so you can fill out your ballot this Sunday. We’ve even provided you one for you to print out!
Click here:
2018-Oscar-Ballot
Nominations By Category – 90Th Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in...
33 million Americans watched the 89th Oscars and with audience favorites such as Get Out and Coco in the race, Hollywood is preparing for the biggest night of the year when the eyes of the world tune in to see the 90th Academy Awards. An estimated several hundred million worldwide will watch the nominated actresses, actors and filmmakers walk the red carpet.
Here’s our predix so you can fill out your ballot this Sunday. We’ve even provided you one for you to print out!
Click here:
2018-Oscar-Ballot
Nominations By Category – 90Th Awards
Performance by an actor in a leading role
Timothée Chalamet in...
- 3/4/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 33rd Independent Spirit Awards took place on Saturday, March 3 in Los Angeles. The full winners list is below.
Best Feature
“Get Out”
Producers: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
“Call Me by Your Name”
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman
“The Florida Project”
Producers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou
“Lady Bird”
Producers: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin
“The Rider”
Producers: Mollye Asher, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Chloé Zhao
Best Female Lead
Frances McDormand
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Salma Hayek
“Beatriz at Dinner”
Margot Robbie
“I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan
“Lady Bird”
Shinobu Terajima
“Oh Lucy!”
Regina Williams
“Life and Nothing More”
Best Male Lead
Timothée Chalamet
“Call Me by Your Name”
Harris Dickinson
“Beach Rats”
James Franco
“The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya
“Get Out...
Best Feature
“Get Out”
Producers: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
“Call Me by Your Name”
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman
“The Florida Project”
Producers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou
“Lady Bird”
Producers: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin
“The Rider”
Producers: Mollye Asher, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Chloé Zhao
Best Female Lead
Frances McDormand
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Salma Hayek
“Beatriz at Dinner”
Margot Robbie
“I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan
“Lady Bird”
Shinobu Terajima
“Oh Lucy!”
Regina Williams
“Life and Nothing More”
Best Male Lead
Timothée Chalamet
“Call Me by Your Name”
Harris Dickinson
“Beach Rats”
James Franco
“The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya
“Get Out...
- 3/4/2018
- by William Earl
- Indiewire
White Helmet volunteer Mahmoud and subject of Last Men In Aleppo remains barred from travel by his country.
Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo producer Kareem Abeed and several associates are headed to the 90th Academy Awards after it emerged on Wednesday (February 28) they have been granted travel visas to the Us to attend Sunday’s show.
Syrian filmmaker Abeed reapplied to the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul after he, associate director Hassan Kattan, and cinematographers cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi and Thaer Mohammed were blocked by Us authorities last week.
The party is expected to arrive in the Us...
Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo producer Kareem Abeed and several associates are headed to the 90th Academy Awards after it emerged on Wednesday (February 28) they have been granted travel visas to the Us to attend Sunday’s show.
Syrian filmmaker Abeed reapplied to the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul after he, associate director Hassan Kattan, and cinematographers cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi and Thaer Mohammed were blocked by Us authorities last week.
The party is expected to arrive in the Us...
- 2/28/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
White Helmet volunteer Mahmoud and subject of Last Men In Aleppo remains barred.
Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo producer Kareem Abeed and several associates are headed to the 90th Academy Awards after it emerged on Wednesday (February 28) they have been granted travel visas to the Us to attend Sunday’s show.
Syrian filmmaker Abeed reapplied to the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul after he, associate director Hassan Kattan, and cinematographers cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi and Thaer Mohammed were blocked by Us authorities last week.
The party is expected to arrive in the Us on Thursday and Friday and...
Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo producer Kareem Abeed and several associates are headed to the 90th Academy Awards after it emerged on Wednesday (February 28) they have been granted travel visas to the Us to attend Sunday’s show.
Syrian filmmaker Abeed reapplied to the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul after he, associate director Hassan Kattan, and cinematographers cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi and Thaer Mohammed were blocked by Us authorities last week.
The party is expected to arrive in the Us on Thursday and Friday and...
- 2/28/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
After two weeks of uncertainty, Last Men in Aleppo producer Kareem Abeed will be able to attend the Oscars on Sunday.
Due to restrictions placed on eight predominantly Muslim countries by the Trump administration, Abeed, who is Syrian but currently resides in Turkey, was denied a visa to enter the country to attend the Academy Awards ceremony. Now, after a successful appeal to the U.S. State Department, Abeed has been granted a visa and is expected to be in attendance at the show.
The documentary's subject, Mahmoud Al-Hattar, co-founder of the White Helmets, will still not be able to attend the Oscar ceremony, having...
Due to restrictions placed on eight predominantly Muslim countries by the Trump administration, Abeed, who is Syrian but currently resides in Turkey, was denied a visa to enter the country to attend the Academy Awards ceremony. Now, after a successful appeal to the U.S. State Department, Abeed has been granted a visa and is expected to be in attendance at the show.
The documentary's subject, Mahmoud Al-Hattar, co-founder of the White Helmets, will still not be able to attend the Oscar ceremony, having...
- 2/28/2018
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Last Men in Aleppo” producer Kareem Abeed’s appeal to the U.S. State Department was successful, and he will be able to attend the Oscars on Sunday after being granted a travel visa. The film’s director, Feras Fayyad, tweeted on Wednesday, “Good news: My producer Kareem Abeed get his visa finally, finger cross that he mange to get in to U.S now,” adding, “Thanks for everyone involved to helping this process and thanks for all the solidarity and the effort from the American friends for facing Trump ban to help us to be with our film.” Last week, Abeed’s visa was...
- 2/28/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Alejandro González Iñárritu is one of only three filmmakers to win the Academy Award for Best Director two years in a row, which is to say he knows a good deal about attending the actual ceremony. And though he isn’t the type of celebrity you expect TMZ to ambush at the airport with timely questions, he was nevertheless asked his opinion on the Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo” crew being denied visas to make their way to next week’s ceremony — and thinks they “absolutely” should be allowed to.
“I didn’t know that. It’s insane,” a clearly surprised Iñárritu says when first asked about the situation. “Absolutely, I think so — unless the directors are considered criminals,” which they’re not. Syria will not expedite the travel visas of producer Kareem Abeed and star Mahmoud Al-Hattar, making it extremely unlikely they’ll be able to attend. “When we are banned,...
“I didn’t know that. It’s insane,” a clearly surprised Iñárritu says when first asked about the situation. “Absolutely, I think so — unless the directors are considered criminals,” which they’re not. Syria will not expedite the travel visas of producer Kareem Abeed and star Mahmoud Al-Hattar, making it extremely unlikely they’ll be able to attend. “When we are banned,...
- 2/25/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The PBS documentary series “Pov” is the latest organization to publicly support the team behind Oscar-nominated “Last Men in Aleppo,” which recently learned that producer Kareem Abeed will not receive a visa to travel from Syria to the U.S. for next weekend’s Academy Awards.
“We stand with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the International Documentary Association, both of which have voiced their support for Abeed, [director Feras] Fayyad and the subjects of ‘Last Men in Aleppo,‘” said Pov staffers in a statement. “In making their film, Fayyad and Abeed sought to document the personal toll of war. We support their every effort to tell this story.”
Before receiving its historic Best Documentary Feature Oscar nod, “Last Men in Aleppo” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. “Pov,” a three-decade-old institution, broadcasted the film in July.
The Academy released its own statement on February 20: “For 90 years,...
“We stand with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the International Documentary Association, both of which have voiced their support for Abeed, [director Feras] Fayyad and the subjects of ‘Last Men in Aleppo,‘” said Pov staffers in a statement. “In making their film, Fayyad and Abeed sought to document the personal toll of war. We support their every effort to tell this story.”
Before receiving its historic Best Documentary Feature Oscar nod, “Last Men in Aleppo” won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. “Pov,” a three-decade-old institution, broadcasted the film in July.
The Academy released its own statement on February 20: “For 90 years,...
- 2/22/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Syrian producer consider next steps.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has expressed its solidarity with Syrian producer Kareen Abeed of Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo and his team after he was denied a visa to enter the Us to attend the upcoming 90th annual Academy Awards.
It is understood Abeed, pictured at left with assistant director Hassan Kattan and cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi, will reapply after the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul informed him his visa application had been denied, blocking hopes of joining other Oscar nominees in Hollywood on March 4.
Us government rules forbid an appeal. Abeed and the filmmakers are currently in Turkey as they try to get permission to travel. Feras Fayyad directed Last Men In Aleppo.
“Director Feras Fayyad and producer Kareem Abeed made history with Last Men In Aleppo, the first Documentary Feature Oscar nominee from a Syrian directing-producing team,” an Academy spokesperson...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has expressed its solidarity with Syrian producer Kareen Abeed of Oscar-nominated Last Men In Aleppo and his team after he was denied a visa to enter the Us to attend the upcoming 90th annual Academy Awards.
It is understood Abeed, pictured at left with assistant director Hassan Kattan and cinematographer Fadi Al Halabi, will reapply after the consulate general of the Us in Istanbul informed him his visa application had been denied, blocking hopes of joining other Oscar nominees in Hollywood on March 4.
Us government rules forbid an appeal. Abeed and the filmmakers are currently in Turkey as they try to get permission to travel. Feras Fayyad directed Last Men In Aleppo.
“Director Feras Fayyad and producer Kareem Abeed made history with Last Men In Aleppo, the first Documentary Feature Oscar nominee from a Syrian directing-producing team,” an Academy spokesperson...
- 2/21/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
“The Last Men in Aleppo” producer Kareem Abeed will not attend this year’s Oscars because his visa has been officially rejected by the U.S. government. “This is to inform you that you have been found ineligible for a visa under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act,” reads the letter from the consulate. “A denial under Section 212(f) means that you do not meet the requirements for entry into the United States.” Last week, TheWrap reported that Abeed and White Helmets co-founder Mahmoud Al-Hattar will not be present on Oscar Sunday after the Syrian government refused to expedite the visa process to...
- 2/20/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Desperate times call for desperate measures -- creators of the Oscar-nominated film, "Last Men in Aleppo," are hoping party invitations will convince feds to approve their travel from Syria to the United States. If you haven't heard ... producer Kareem Abeed, co-director Hassan Kattan and cinematographers Fadi Al Halabi and Thaer Mohamad are from Syria, and they're barred from coming to the U.S. for the Academy Awards due to President Trump's travel ban. The filmmakers...
- 2/20/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
“Last Men In Aleppo” has earned an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Feature for its exploration of The White Helmets, the Syrian rescue team that saves people buried in the rubble after bombings in Aleppo. But the film’s producer, Kareem Abeed, and White Helmets co-founder Mahmoud Al-Hattar will not be present on Oscar Sunday after the Syrian government refused to expedite the visa process to allow them to travel to Hollywood. Interest in the Syrian crisis and The White Helmets in particular has increased in the documentary community, as a Netflix doc largely filmed by the White Helmets won last year’s...
- 2/15/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Best Documentary Feature Oscar nominee “Last Men in Aleppo” recently made history by becoming the first film from a Syrian directing-producing team to garner Academy recognition. Yet for the filmmakers — who say they have just learned that Syria will not expedite the travel visas of producer Kareem Abeed and star Mahmoud Al-Hattar — a pallor has been cast over the March 4 ceremony.
“When we are banned, then the freedom of expression is banned,” the film’s director, Feras Fayyad, told IndieWire by phone on February 14, calling the situation “very sad and unfair.”
Despite the urging of the film’s marketing team and Academy membership and awards manager Tom Oyer, March 2 has been designated as the visa interview date for Fayyad’s friend and producer, Abeed. While Abeed could theoretically be given permission to take an international journey, a flight to the States would prove tricker: President Trump’s Executive Order 13780, signed...
“When we are banned, then the freedom of expression is banned,” the film’s director, Feras Fayyad, told IndieWire by phone on February 14, calling the situation “very sad and unfair.”
Despite the urging of the film’s marketing team and Academy membership and awards manager Tom Oyer, March 2 has been designated as the visa interview date for Fayyad’s friend and producer, Abeed. While Abeed could theoretically be given permission to take an international journey, a flight to the States would prove tricker: President Trump’s Executive Order 13780, signed...
- 2/15/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
The producer and subject of Last Men in Aleppo won't be in attendance at the upcoming 90th Academy Awards when their film competes for best feature documentary on March 4, as the Syrian government has refused to expedite the travel visa process for producer Kareem Abeed and White Helmets founding member Mahmoud Al-Hattar, who is featured in the film.
The move comes as a blow to the team behind the doc, which marks the first Syrian-produced and -directed film nominated for an Oscar.
"Kareem, my producer and fellow nominee, cannot come to the U.S. because of the Trump travel ban,"...
The move comes as a blow to the team behind the doc, which marks the first Syrian-produced and -directed film nominated for an Oscar.
"Kareem, my producer and fellow nominee, cannot come to the U.S. because of the Trump travel ban,"...
- 2/14/2018
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s a glass-half-full year at the Oscars when it comes to diversity. A number of women and people of color were represented in the nominations in front of and behind the camera thanks to films like “Get Out,” “Mudbound,” “The Shape of Water,” “Lady Bird,” and “The Big Sick.” But while I’m celebrating inclusion — No #OscarsSoWhite or #OscarsSoMale this year — it’s still worth aiming higher, especially for groups that still aren’t very well represented among Oscar contenders or in films in general. Check out the complete list of nominations here.
To start, the Best Picture nominees are encouraging from a gender standpoint. In terms of their lead characters they’re almost evenly split: four films have exclusively male leads (“Call Me by Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Dunkirk,” and “Get Out”), three have exclusively female leads (“Lady Bird,” “The Shape of Water,” and “Three Billboards”), and two...
To start, the Best Picture nominees are encouraging from a gender standpoint. In terms of their lead characters they’re almost evenly split: four films have exclusively male leads (“Call Me by Your Name,” “Darkest Hour,” “Dunkirk,” and “Get Out”), three have exclusively female leads (“Lady Bird,” “The Shape of Water,” and “Three Billboards”), and two...
- 1/23/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Countdown to the Oscars and the Biggest show in Hollywood happened Tuesday morning as the nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced from AMPAS headquarters at the Samuel Goldwyn theater.
This year’s most nominated film, The Shape of Water, is the tenth film in Oscar history to earn thirteen nominations. The current record of fourteen nominations is held by three films, All about Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). Dunkirk received eight nods, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri seven nominations, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread saw 6 nominations each, with Lady Bird and Blade Runner 2049 each earning five nods.
Actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish and actor-director Andy Serkis, joined by
Academy President John Bailey, announced the 90th Academy Awards nominations today.
Haddish and Serkis announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:22 a.m. Pt, with pre-taped category introductions by Academy members Priyanka Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Michelle Rodriguez,...
This year’s most nominated film, The Shape of Water, is the tenth film in Oscar history to earn thirteen nominations. The current record of fourteen nominations is held by three films, All about Eve (1950), Titanic (1997) and La La Land (2016). Dunkirk received eight nods, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri seven nominations, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread saw 6 nominations each, with Lady Bird and Blade Runner 2049 each earning five nods.
Actress-comedian Tiffany Haddish and actor-director Andy Serkis, joined by
Academy President John Bailey, announced the 90th Academy Awards nominations today.
Haddish and Serkis announced the nominees in 11 categories at 5:22 a.m. Pt, with pre-taped category introductions by Academy members Priyanka Chopra, Rosario Dawson, Gal Gadot, Salma Hayek, Michelle Rodriguez,...
- 1/23/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When host — and living documentary legend — Steve James took the stage on Thursday night to kick off the start of the 11th Annual Cinema Eye Honors Awards at Queens’ own Museum of the Moving Image, he might have enjoyed the benefit of being tipped off as to who would dominate the ceremony. For James, the night was all about a “new generation” of filmmakers, and bringing them further into a tight-knit community that could support them for the rest of their lives.
No surprise then that Yance Ford and his debut feature, the deeply personal and long-gestating “Strong Island,” emerged as the night’s biggest winner, pulling in wins for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Debut, and Outstanding Nonfiction Feature Film. Ford’s win for Outstanding Direction was also a history-maker: the filmmaker is the first to ever win the award for a debut film.
Read More:Cinema Eye Honors Announces Nominees; ‘Strong Island,...
No surprise then that Yance Ford and his debut feature, the deeply personal and long-gestating “Strong Island,” emerged as the night’s biggest winner, pulling in wins for Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Debut, and Outstanding Nonfiction Feature Film. Ford’s win for Outstanding Direction was also a history-maker: the filmmaker is the first to ever win the award for a debut film.
Read More:Cinema Eye Honors Announces Nominees; ‘Strong Island,...
- 1/12/2018
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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