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Academy Awards $450,000 to US Film Festivals
Alternative Film Guide 4 days ago
True/False Film Fest
In case you think the Academy only hands out Oscars:
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Academy Foundation has awarded a total of $450,000 to 24 U.
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Oscar-Winning Filmmakers Mark Jonathan Harris, Tracy Seretean at Academy Screening
Alternative Film Guide 4 days ago
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Into the Arms of Stranger: Stories of the Kindertransport, shown as part of the "Oscar’s Docs" series, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood on Monday, November 2, 2009.
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Real Horrorshow! Event Photos
Alternative Film Guide 4 days ago
"The Sound Behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!," presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ Science and Technology Council, which focused on the role of sound in horror films from its beginning through the digital age, took place at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Thursday, October 29, 2009.
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2009 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Nominees
Alternative Film Guide Oct 29 09Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Oscar 2010: Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, Kirk Douglas to Present Honorary Oscars
Alternative Film Guide Oct 29 09
Lauren Bacall
Oscar winners Anjelica Huston, Jonathan Demme, and Quentin Tarantino, and Honorary Award recipient Kirk Douglas will be some of the presenters at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ first Governors Awards event on November 14 at Hollywood & Highland Center’s Grand Ballroom.
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Oscar 2010: Oscar Correspondent Contest
Alternative Film Guide Oct 28 09
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, have announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” which gives college journalists across the US the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet arrivals and backstage activities at the 2010 Academy Awards.
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Johnny Mercer Centennial Tribute
Alternative Film Guide Oct 27 09
Johnny Mercer (top); Mercer, Donald O’Connor, Hoagy Carmichael at the 1951 Academy Awards ceremony (bottom)
Johnny Mercer’s musical legacy will be celebrated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with a gala centennial tribute featuring film clips of many of Mercer’s classic songs, in addition to performances and appearances by friends and colleagues, on Thursday, November 5, at 8 p.
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DAVID MCCULLOUGH, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILIP Screening
Alternative Film Guide Oct 26 09
David McCullough: Painting with Words (top); Philip Glass in GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts (bottom)
David McCullough: Painting with Words and GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, November 4, at 7 p.
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The Sound behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow
Alternative Film Guide Oct 21 09
Forbidden Planet lobby card (top); Lon Chaney in the 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera (middle); Heather Donahue in The Blair Witch Project (bottom)
"The Sound behind the Image III: Real Horrorshow!" sounds like an ideal pre-Halloween night out for horror movie fans.
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The Oscars Chose a Homo to Produce. Will They Choose a Homo to Host?
Queerty Oct 21 09
Normally, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected who will produce, and who will host its annual Oscar show by September, because these things take months to prepare for.
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Oscar 2010: Adam Shankman, Bill Mechanic to Produce Academy Awards Telecast
Alternative Film Guide Oct 20 09Adam Shankman (right) and Bill Mechanic will produce the 2010 Academy Awards telecast, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Tom Sherak has announced today.
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Oscar Overdrive: With a longer Best Pic list, even popcorn flicks may be deemed statuesq
EyeGossip.com Oct 18 09As fall's high-profile movies ramp up for release, film lovers are finding themselves in the midst of a revamped Academy Awards race for Best Picture, thanks to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' decision last June to increase the number of Best Picture nominees from five movies to 10.
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ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD, FLOW: FOR LOVE OF WATER Screening
Alternative Film Guide Oct 14 09
Werner Herzog’s Academy Award-nominated Encounters at the End of the World (above, lower photo) and Irena Salina’s Flow: For Love of Water will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 28th annual “Contemporary Documentaries” series on Wednesday, October 21, at 7 p.
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Marlon Brando, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren Home Movies
Alternative Film Guide Oct 14 09
Paulette Goddard in Modern Times
Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Edward G. Robinson, Ginger Rogers, and Natalie Wood’s rarely seen home movies will be screened at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ presentation of “Hollywood Home Movies II: Treasures from the Academy Film Archive” on Saturday, October 17, at 7 p.
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Oscar 2010: Documentary Short Subject Semi-Finalists
Alternative Film Guide Oct 10 09
Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak (top); The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (middle); China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (bottom)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the list of eight semi-finalists in the Documentary Short Subject category for the 2010 Academy Awards.
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Editors Brian Johnson, Joe Bini, Kate Amend, William Cartwright at Academy Seminar
Alternative Film Guide Oct 08 09
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "Editing for Documentary Films" as part of the series "Perspectives on Editing" on Tuesday, October 6, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
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Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting 2009: Finalists
Alternative Film Guide Oct 08 09Eleven finalists remain in the running for the Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE: Oscar’s Docs
Alternative Film Guide Oct 08 09
Michael Moore shooting Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine, Kevin Macdonald’s One Day in September, and Errol Morris‘ The Fog of War are among the 12 Oscar-winning short and feature documentaries to be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Oscar’s Docs, Part Five: Academy Award-Winning [.
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Perspectives on Editing – Anne Coates: Profile of an Editing Master
Alternative Film Guide Oct 08 09
Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean (top); John Hurt in The Elephant Man (middle); Diane Lane, Richard Gere in Unfaithful (bottom)
Legendary film editor Anne Coates, 83, will be the subject of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Perspectives on Editing – Anne Coates: Profile of an Editing Master" on Wednesday, October [.
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Animation Editors Kevin Nolting, Nancy Frazen at “Perspectives on Editing” Evening
Alternative Film Guide Oct 02 09
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented "Editing for Animation" as part of its "Perspectives on Editing" series on Tuesday, September 29, at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
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