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  • 21 Jan

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    BAFTA Nominations

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    Exactly a month before its awards ceremony, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts nominations have been released. Another of the many possible indicators of what will be on Oscar ballots, the BAFTAs are always fun to peruse since they tend to include a couple of surprises and films that aren’t on the same calendar cycle as North America.

    You can find the full list of their nominees on their site, but here’s a list of the “major” ones:

     

    BEST FILM
    Avatar
    An Education
    The Hurt Locker
    Precious
    Up In The Air

    OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
    An Education
    Fish Tank
    In The Loop
    Moon
    Nowhere Boy

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  • 21 Jan

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    Foreign Langauge Oscar Short List

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    After all the love on the festival circuit, I am surprised not to see Police, Adjective on the final short list for the Best Foreign Language Film nominees. Looks like Michael Haneke is the clear front-runner in this category with The White Ribbon, but this one is often very hard to predict. And yes, it is sad that Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother did not make the cut, as it is a very strong film with a fabulous central performance. Argentina’s entry, El Secreto de Sus Ojos, stars the great Ricardo Darín (Nine Queens, El Aura), who would have been in two films on this list if Spain’s entry, (no, it was not Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces) Fernando Trueba’s The Dancer and The Thief, had made the cut; which it did not.

    AMPAS has narrowed it down to nine (below), with further pruning to five entries forthcoming.

    El Secreto de Sus Ojos, Juan Jose Campanella – Argentina
    Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton – Australia
    The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner, Stephan Komandarev – Bulgaria
    Un Prophete, Jacques Audiard – France
    The White Ribbon, Michael Haneke – Germany
    Ajami, Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani – Israel
    Kelin, directed by Ermek Tursunov – Kazakhstan, – Kazakhstan
    Winter in Wartime, directed by Martin Koolhoven – The Netherlands
    The Milk of Sorrow, directed by Claudia Llosa – Peru

    Want to know what other countries’ entries missed out? Check out all the details at The Film Experience.

  • 20 Jan

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    Wes Anderson Accepts

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    Maybe we’re a little late to the game on this one – I think it’s been on YouTube for quite some time. But if you’re a fan of Wes Anderson or more importantly a fan of his latest work, Fantastic Mr. Fox (as we are in the third row), you’ll want to take a look at this quick video of Wes Anderson accepting his “Special Achievement in Film Making” award from the National Board of Review. Animated characters have accepted awards before: from Beavis and Butthead to several of the Pixar characters to Bart Simpson to CGI Yoda. But I can’t remember ever seeing a director “dress up” and create himself as he might have appeared in his movie to accept the award before. Either way, it’s kind of fun. Check it out below it Quick Time.

     

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  • 19 Jan

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    Scorsese’s Cecil B DeMille Award Montage

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    In case you missed Sunday night’s broadcast of the Golden Globe awards, you didn’t see Martin Scorsese receiving the DeMille Award. Before his acceptace speech, there was quite an awesome montage that included bits from almost all of the films he’s worked on, including some documentaries and his as of yet unreleased, Shutter Island. Someone was awesome enough to get it up on YouTube for us all to check out again. So here it is. Enjoy.

     

  • 17 Jan

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    67th Annual Golden Globe Award Winners

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    Hi folks! Just getting an early jump here on tonight’s “biggest party in Hollywood.” Everyone will be there and so will some of the folks in the third row. We’ll be updating the list below live, to reflect the announcement of the winners as they happen. We’ll also be Tweeting all night with thoughts and observations. If you’re not already there, be sure to follow us at twitter.com/rowthree.

    The awards will be broadcast live on NBC at 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST and we’ll be set to begin shortly thereafter. Here is a refresher on all of the nominees and remember to stop back here tonight for live coverage and plenty of commentary in the comments section. Hope to see you there!

    MOVIES

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
    Avatar
    The Hurt Locker
    Inglourious Basterds
    Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
    Up in the Air

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    (500) Days of Summer
    The Hangover
    It’s Complicated
    Julie and Julia
    Nine
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  • 17 Jan

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    15th Annual Critics Choice Awards Winners

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    One might presume that the more prestigious (at least in name rcognition) Golden Globes are the precursos to the Oscars to which everyone should look at before checking off boxes on their Oscar ballot. Not so fast, the group of almost 200 critics from the Broadcast Critics Association have predicted the winners of the Oscar every year for the past ten years but 2004 and 2005. If there’s any doubt now that The Hurt Locker is pretty much a lock for best picture as is Kathryn Bigelow for best director, they are fading fast. In fact, not that it’s any surprise, but this is one of the first year’s I can remember in which just about every one of the six major categories are all pretty much locks – as proved here by the Critics. The tie for lead actress is a little bit weird, but I”m sure the Academy will hash it out.

    Box office success (i.e. fan favorites) were also high on the evening’s priorities, with The Hangover taking home best comedy, Up walking away with best animated film, and Avatar continuing its rule of Hollywood with a record-breaking six awards, including best action film and a slew of tech honors, including best visual effects and sound.

    Check out the full list below. Is this just about en exact duplicate of what we’ll see at The Kodak Theatre on March 7th?

    BEST PICTURE:
    Avatar, An Education
    The Hurt Locker
    Inglourious Basterds
    Invictus
    Nine
    Precious
    A Serious Man
    Up, Up In The Air

    BEST ACTOR:
    Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
    George Clooney – Up In The Air
    Colin Firth – A Single Man
    Morgan Freeman – Invictus
    Viggo Mortensen – The Road
    Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

    BEST ACTRESS (tie):
    Emily Blunt – The Young Victoria
    Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
    Carey Mulligan – An Education
    Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones
    Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
    Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
    Matt Damon – Invictus
    Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
    Christian McKay – Me And Orson Welles
    Alfred Molina – An Education
    Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
    Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
    Marion Cotillard – Nine
    Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
    Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
    Mo’Nique – Precious
    Julianne Moore – A Single Man
    Samantha Morton – The Messenger

     
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  • 05 Jan

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    UPDATE: Hurt Locker Still Leading Critics’ Awards. By a Long Shot

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    UPDATED: (01/05)Continuing into the new year, critics all across the country are placing their votes and announcing the “winners” of their picks for outstanding achievement in film in all of the usual categories. These are all precursors of course to the Oscars, with the pinnacle of those being The Golden Globe nominations which were announced in December.

    Other than The Hurt Locker taking the spotlight in almost every case by a huge margin, early indications are not really all that surprising. George Clooney, current front-runner for a leading man Oscar leads mentions while Christophe Waltz is not surprisingly completely running away with it for his breakout role in Inglourious Basterds. Carrie Mulligan and Mo’Nique are also top winners so far in the leading and supporting actress categories respectively. Oh and even more surprising (at least to me, who hasn’t seen the film (update: I have now)), NY Critics give the best picture award to Avatar! Interesting.

    Of course it’s still early, but other than The Hurt Locker taking home so many wins for best picture and best director, I’d say this is about as an exact replica of the Oscar ceremony as you’re going to see – at least for the five major categories.

    Below are the Indiewire links to many of the critics choice awards around the country with the full results from the Boston and L.A. critics awards just for reference below that. Take a look below. See anything shamefully overlooked or is this about right? Does the uber-love for The Hurt Locker surprise anyone?

    AWARDS and NOMINATIONS announced so far:
    African-American Film Critics
    Alliance of Women Film Journalists
    Austin Film Critics
    Boston Film Critics
    British Indie Awards
    Broadcast Film Critics Awards
    Chicago Film Critics
    Cinema Eye Honors
    Dallas-Fort Worth Critics
    Detroit Film Critics
    European Film Awards
    Florida Film Critics
    Golden Globes
    Golden Satellites
    Gotham Awards
    Houston Critics
    Int’l Doc. Assoc.
    Indiana Film Critics
    Las Vegas Film Critic
    London Film Critics
    Los Angeles Film Critics
    National Board of Review
    National Society of Film Critics
    New York Film Critics
    New York Film Critics Online
    Online Film Critics Society
    PGA Awards
    Phoenix Film Critics
    San Diego Critics
    San Francisco Film Critics
    Screen Actors Guild Awards
    Southeastern Film Critics
    Spirit Awards
    St. Louis Film Critics
    Toronto Film Critics
    Utah Film Critics
    Washington D.C. Area Critics

     

     

    Best Picture:
    The Hurt Locker 11 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, Las Vegas, Austin, Satellites, Houston San Francisco, Boston, Gothams), 13 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Online, BFCA, Utah, Southeastern, St. Louis, Detroit, African-American, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
    Up In The Air 7 wins (Dallas, Florida, Southeastern, Utah, Indiana, NBR, Washington) 12 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Online, Chicago, Dallas, African-American, BFCA, St. Louis, LA, Satellites, Detroit, NY Online)
    Inglourious Basterds 3 wins (Toronto, Phoenix, San Diego) 14 mentions (PGA, Globes, BFCA, NSFC, Online, Chicago, Utah, Dallas, Southeastern, Detroit, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
    Precious 1 win (African-American Critics) 10 mentions (PGA, Globes, Dallas, BFCA, Southeastern, St. Louis, Spirits, Washington, NY Online, Satellites)
    Up 1 win (Detroit) 11 mentions (PGA, BFCA, African-American, Online Southeastern, Dallas, St. Louis, NBR, Washington, NY Online)
    Avatar 1 win (NY Online) 5 mentions (PGA, Globes, London, Dallas, BFCA)
    Moon 1 win (British Indie)
    Hunger 1 win (Toronto)
    A Serious Man 9 mentions (BFCA, Southeastern, Online, Chicago, NBR, Dallas, Gothams, NY Online, Satellites)
    (500) Days of Summer 6 mentions (Globes, Southeastern, St. Louis, Spirits, Detroit, NBR)
    An Education 6 mentions (PGA, BFCA, Dallas, St. Louis, NBR, Satellites)
    The Messenger 4 mentions (Southeastern, NBR, NY Online, Satellites)
    Fantastic Mr. Fox 4 mentions (Dallas, Southeastern, Indiana, NY Online)
    Invictus 4 mentions (PGA, BFCA, St. Louis, NBR)

    Best Director:
    Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker 14 wins (NY, LA, NSFC, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Southeastern, Houston, Satellites, NY Online, Washington, Las Vegas, Austin, Toronto) 6 mentions (BFCA, London, Online, St. Louis, Globes, Detroit)
    Jason Reitman, Up in the Air 3 wins (Utah, Florida, Dallas) 7 mentions (Globes, Chicago, London, BFCA, Southeastern, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
    Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds 2 wins (Phoenix, San Diego) 6 mentions (Globes, Online, Chicago, BFCA, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
    Lee Daniels, Precious 1 win (African-American) 4 mentions (BFCA, Spirits, Satellites, Washington)
    Clint Eastwood, Invictus 1 win (NBR) 3 mentions (Globes, BFCA, Washington)
    Spike Jonze, Where The Wild Things Are 1 win (Indiana) 1 mention (Chicago)
    Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 1 win (British Indie)
    Pete Docter, Up 1 win (Detroit)
    James Cameron, Avatar 4 mentions (London, Online, Globes, BFCA)

    Best Actor:
    George Clooney, Up in the Air 9 wins (NY, Dallas, Phoenix, Indiana, Florida, NBR, Houston, Southeastern, Washington) 9 mentions (Globes, Online, Chicago, SAGs, London, BFCA, St. Louis, Detroit, Satellites)
    Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker 5 wins (NSFC, Las Vegas, Chicago, Satellites, Boston) 8 mentions (SAGs, Online, Utah, Southeastern, Indiana, BFCA, St. Louis, Washington)
    Colin Firth, A Single Man 4 wins (Austin, Detroit, San Diego, San Francisco) 7 mentions (Globes, SAGs, BFCA, LA, Spirits, Washington, Satellites)
    Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart 2 wins (LA, NY Online) 10 mentions (SAGs, Chicago, NSFC, Online, London, Globes, BFCA, St. Louis, Spirits, Satellites)
    Morgan Freeman, Invictus 2 wins (African-American, NBR) 5 mentions (SAGs, Globes, BFCA, St. Louis, Washington)
    Viggo Mortensen, The Road 1 win (Utah) 2 mentions (BFCA, Washington)
    Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant 1 win (Toronto) 1 mention (NSFC)
    Tom Hardy, Bronson 1 win (British Indie)
    Matt Damon, The Informant! 4 mentions (Globes, Chicago, Detroit, Satelllites)
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer 3 mentions (Globes, Spirits, Detroit)
    Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man 1 win (Satellites) 3 mentions (London, Globes, Chicago)

    Best Actress:
    Carey Mulligan, An Education 9 wins (NBR, Toronto, Dallas, San Diego, Utah, Chicago, Washington, Indiana, British Indie) 9 mentions (Globes, SAGs, London, Online, BFCA, St. Louis, LA, Detroit, Satellites)
    Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia 7 wins (NY, San Francisco, Phoenix, Boston, Satellites, Southeastern, NY Online) 12 mentions (Globes, BFCA, SAGs, NSFC, Online, Chicago, London, Indiana, St. Louis, Detroit, Washington)
    Gabourey Sidibe, Precious 3 wins (Detroit, Florida, Las Vegas) 9 mentions (Globes, SAGs, Chicago, BFCA, Online, Southeastern, St. Louis, Washington, Spirits)
    Yolande Moreau, Seraphine 2 wins (NSFC, LA)
    Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds 1 win (Austin) 1 mention (Online)
    Nicole Beharie, American Violet 1 win (African-American)
    Shoreh Aghdashloo, The Stoning of Soraya M. 1 win (Satellites)
    Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side 4 mentions (SAGs, Globes, BFCA, Washington)
    Abbie Cornish, Bright Star 4 mentions (Chicago, NSFC, London, Satellites)
    Maya Rudolph, Away We Go 4 mentions (Chicago, Utah, St. Louis, Washington)

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  • 22 Dec

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    London Critics Award Nominations

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    It’s been 30 years for the London Critics Association. Here are their picks for the best of 2009 in film (yes, Avatar is a best of the year nominee):

    FILM OF THE YEAR
    Avatar
    The Hurt Locker
    A Prophet
    The White Ribbon
    Up in the Air

    THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
    Bright Star
    An Education
    Fish Tank
    In the Loop
    Moon

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
    The Class
    Katyn
    Let the Right One In
    A Prophet
    The White Ribbon

    DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
    Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
    Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
    James Cameron – Avatar
    Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
    Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
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  • 15 Dec

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    67th Annual Golden Globe Nominations

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    I know that the thumbs snubbed at the Golden Globes each year is just something I have to deal with, but honestly, there are things to really like about this award ceremony. One, it splits up the acting awards into two groups: drama and musical or comedy. The ceremony itself is rather short and to the point which I rather like and maybe most importantly to us bloggers/readers, it’s the award show that most clearly gives us an indication of what to expect from The Academy.

    So with all that in mind and still expecting the vitriol in the comments below, here are the nominees for the 2009 Golden Globe Awards. Not too surprisingly, Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air takes the cake with 6 nominations and NINE comes to the table with 5 nods.

    Who do you think got snubbed and who shouldbn’t be here? I might make the case that the great Meryl Streep competing against herself is at least discussion worthy, if not kind of cheap. Presentation of the awards will be telecast live on NBC at 8pm EST on Sunday, January 17th.

    MOVIES

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
    Avatar
    The Hurt Locker
    Inglourious Basterds
    Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
    Up in the Air

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    (500) Days of Summer
    The Hangover
    It’s Complicated
    Julie and Julia
    Nine

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
    James Cameron, Avatar
    Clint Eastwood, Invictus
    Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
    Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

    BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR
    Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
    George Clooney, Up in the Air
    Colin Firth, A Single Man
    Morgan Freeman, Invictus
    Tobey Maguire, Brothers

    BEST DRAMATIC ACTRESS
    Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria
    Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
    Helen Mirren, The Last Station
    Carey Mulligan, An Education
    Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire

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  • 10 Dec

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    Oscar Nomination Extravaganza – Contest!

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    There’s still time to get into the the drawing for an Inglourious Basterds DVD, but let’s not stop the contests there!

    In 2010 for the first time in decades, there will be ten Academy Award nominations for Best Picture instead of just five. What exactly this will mean is yet to be determined. Will it encourage the Academy to include more offbeat, indie, and maybe even foreign films in the category? Or will it provide an opportunity for the top-level summer blockbusters to get a shot at major awards? Could we possibly see movies like Star Trek and Antichrist both nominated this year?

    Thanks to Goon, who came up with this idea as a Row Three Challenge a couple of weeks ago, here’s your chance to guess! Which ten films from 2009 do you think will end up with the Oscar nominations come February? Remember, to be eligible, the films have to have had a theatrical release in the United States during 2009. Post your guesses in the comments section and we’ll tally them all up after the nominations are announced. Whoever has the most correct will receive a yet–to-be-determined prize pack, probably a DVD. We’ll let you know what the prize will be closer to the February nomination announcement. Sorry, contributors, you can play, but only for the glory.

    We’d like to have all entries in before the Golden Globe nominations are announced on December 15th (because Golden Globes tend to be too good a predictor of the Oscars), so you’ve got about five days to come up with your picks and post them in a comment here. I’d also like to note that for the first time ever, there will be five nominations in the Animated Feature category, so please include five guesses for those nominations as well. We will use those guesses as a tie-breaker.

    After the cut, a few possibilities to get you thinking (courtesy of Goon and Rusty, thanks for getting us started!). Feel free to throw in any others as well, of course – this is just a starter list.

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  • 03 Dec

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    NBR Winners

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    Jason Reitman kicks all sorts of ass as this year’s National Board of Review of Motion Pictures handed out its honors for top films of the year. Up in the Air (our review) winds up with four wins. Up in the Air opens wide this weekend, so I can’t wait to check it out tomorrow night.

    Full list of winners and their top ten lists are listed below.

    Best Film: Up In The Air
    Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Invictus
    Best Actor: Morgan Freeman, Invictus and George Clooney, Up In The Air (tie
    Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
    Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
    Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
    Best Foreign Film: A Prophet
    Best Documentary: The Cove
    Best Animated Feature: Up
    Best Ensemble Cast: It’s Complicated
    Breakthrough Performance by an Actor: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
    Breakthrough Performance by an Actress: Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
    Spotlight Award for Best Directorial Debut: Duncan Jones, Moon, Oren Moverman, The Messenger and Marc Webb, 500 Days of Summer (tie)
    Best Original Screenplay: Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
    Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up In The Air
    Special Filmmaking Achievement Award: Wes Anderson, The Fantastic Mr. Fox
    William K. Everson Film History Award: Jean Picker Firstenberg

    top ten lists are below the seats…
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  • 01 Dec

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    25th Annual Independent Spirit Award Nominees

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    Last year was the first year I ever actually sat down and watched the Independent Spirit Awards. The first and won’t be the last. After the enjoyment I got out of that awards ceremony I’d be hard pressed to ever miss it again. They maybe aren’t as “important” as the Oscars, but around here we love our indie gems and to see the proper movies recognized for achievement rather than the wrong ones is always nice.

    For the Spirit Awards, all eligible feature films must be at least 70 minutes in length, and the entire cost of a completed project must be under $20 million. A film also must have either screened at a major film festival including Sundance, Toronto or Film Independent’s own Los Angeles Film Festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.

    The mood and celebratory nature of the indie awards is so much more fun too. The guests are all partying and drinking and cussing and some are wearing jeans and a t-shirt rather than the stuffy penguins suits or triptastic ballroom gowns. This year’s ceremony will air live and uncut on IFC on March 5th. The nominees were announced this morning and we’ve got them all posted right here. Best feature is first and the rest of the nominees are stuck under the seats…

    Best Feature

    • 500 Days Of Summer
    • Amreeka
    • Precious
    • Sin Nombre
    • The Last Station

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