RNCI & The Academy Awards: Elevating Indigenous Excellence on Hollywood’s Highest Stage For more than three decades, Red Nation Celebration Institute® (RNCI) has championed Indigenous artists whose work rises to the highest levels of the film industry. Through strategic advocacy, curated platforms, and sustained industry engagement, RNCI has helped cultivate a powerful pipeline of Native...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —The road to the Academy Awards can run through places like New Hampshire, where film festivals can help make movies eligible for the Oscars. The 98th Academy Awards […]
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Editor’s Note: We are updating this piece yearly. By Vanessa Zimmer As the 98th annual Academy Awards approach, independent film fans are cheering for the representatives of the Sundance Film Festival — including Best Picture nominee Train Dreams. The celebrated Clint Bentley film, from the 2025 Festival, is among 10 vying for the top prize at the […]
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The Atlanta Film Society and the Atlanta Film Festival are honored to congratulate and recognize three films from the 49th Annual Atlanta Film Festival nominated for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards taking place on March 15th.
“Oscar-qualifying” and “BAFTA-qualifying” are phrases that get used a lot in the festival world, but they don’t mean the same thing — and confusing the two can lead to unrealistic expectations.
While both designations relate to awards eligibility, the way films qualify for each organization is very different.
Understanding that difference helps filmmakers decide where to submit and...
“Oscar-qualifying” is a misunderstood phrases in the film festival world.
It sounds like a golden ticket. Like if your film plays at an Oscar-qualifying festival, you’re suddenly on the fast track to the Academy Awards.
That’s not how it works.
Here’s what it actually means — and just as importantly, what it doesn’t mean.
Playing an Oscar-qualifying festival does not...
by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent
Wonder if Toto ever chewed on Dorothy's red shoes on the way to Oz? The Academy Museum in LA has all the answers. And you're officially invited!
LOS ANGELES, CA: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announces Oscars® Season at the Academy Museum , running now through March 22. This season of public programming invites audiences to...
A report about 56th IFFI 2025: From a silver bear to a haunted vacuum cleaner: An experienced and knowledgeable film critic’s chronicle of world cinema, chaos and conversations that focused solely on cinema © by film critic Lalit Rao (FIPRESCI) [lalitmax2022@gmail.com]
The 56th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2025 was, for me, an experience of...
With the 92nd Academy Awards just days away, Oscar buzz is looming heavy over Hollywood. Not too far down the road, another cinema fixture is also gearing up: the 11th annual Native Women in FILM Festival.
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IFFI Goa 2025, 11: Film selection--The Good (rare), the Bad (many) and the Ugly (too many)
Beginning where I left off.
My Daughter’s Hair/Iran/2025/Hesam Farahmand
Curious and off-beat title, but only in the English version. In Farsi (Persian), it is named after its lead character, a girl called Raha. Even that could be a bit of a misnomer, because it is as much the story of...