40 Years of SBIFF 2025 OPENING NIGHT: on a rainy night, the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) opened its 40th edition with the U.S. premiere of “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,”, offering a much-needed respite after a challenging month marked by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
Starting on February 4, the festival features 33 world premieres from 60...
MTFB OSCAR SPECIAL; FINAL NOMINATION PREDICTIONS
Well, here we are...months removed from the close of TFF #51 and now down to less than 24 hours until the big reveal of nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. It could be a history making day for film from Telluride and the Oscars. The largest number of nominees in a single year that have come from TFF films is 35 which has...
Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley, in Park City, Utah, starting January 24 at 6:30 p.m. MT with a cocktail reception. The dinner and program will begin at 8 p.m. MT.
Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, co-chaired by Ebs Burnough and Pat Mitchell, will celebrate Michelle Satter, Sundance Institute’s Founding...
BAFTA AND TFF #51
First came the longlists and now we have the actual nominees from the British Academy of Film and Televisions Arts (BAFTA). The Brits have nominated 14 films that played at TFF #51 for a total of 45 nominations. Conclave and Emilia Perez had the most noms with a dozen and 11 respectively. Here's the complete rundown of BAFTA nominations and TFF films:
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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS AND MORE
Before we get to this post's Oscar nomination predictions, The Academy last night extended the nomination voting window by two days and moved the announcement of nominees to Sunday, January 19th due to the L.A. fires. Now, onto the predictions which seem sort of a small consideration in light of what's going on in Southern California....
THE FESTIVAL BEAT MAKER ! SHARING MOTION AND EMOTION SINCE 1995 Wishing you happy new year
I take this opportunity to extend our warmest wishes for a successful new year on the festival circuit. We are working hard on a new version of our platform to better serve our community. Filmfestivals.com was established in 1995 before google existed, turned...
The Golden Globes, often referred to as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year®,” is the largest awards show in the world to celebrate the best of both film and television. Emmy®-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser hosted this year’s show, and multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) served as executive producing...
The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global star Ariana Grande was the recipient of the Rising Star Award for her performance in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, her first starring role in a major studio film. The Film Awards took place on January 3, 2025, at...
The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced that Kieran Culkin is the recipient of the Breakthrough Performance Award, Actor for his performance in A Real Pain. The Film Awards took place on January 3, 2025, at the Palm Springs Convention Center, with the festival running January 2-13, 2025. The event was presented by Silvercrest and sponsored by Entertainment...
MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: LEAD ACTING AND MORE
I'm updating the Lead Acting categories today as well as Cinematography, Editing and Production Design. These categories were last updated on Dec. 19th. An actor's/film's previous position is indicated in (parentheses). TFF #51 films are in Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
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