What Foreign Language films get nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars?
When the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences released its 5 Oscar nominees in the Foreign Language Film category, no one was
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Awards
The Awards Machine Behind the Golden Globes and Oscars
Before I joined the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in 2010, and became a Golden Globe awards voter, I had often been baffled
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Oscar puts awards season to bed with The Artist
Within hours of The Artist becoming the first French film to win the Best Picture Oscar, at the end of a glittering night for the silent, black and white film, the streets around the Hollywood Highland Center, known as the Kodak Theatre until the photographic company went bankrupt last
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Animated Feature Oscar celebrates 10th birthday
“Some stories can be told better in animation,” explained Fernando Trueba, one of the directors of the British-funded Chico Rita, as he discussed what he had learned from the experience of making his first animated feature. Trueba – who, along with his fellow Spaniard Javier Mariscal, was representing the
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Brad Bird hosts Academy celebration of short film nominees
A busy week of pre-Oscar events has kicked off in style with the makers of the ten live action and animated short film nominees screening their work and answering questions at the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills.
In another good year for the future of British film, each competition includes a
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UKscreen’s Best and Worst films of 2011
2011 has been a busy year for UKscreen, bringing you reviews of more than a hundred theatrical releases, interviews with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood and coverage of film festivals and awards events from as far and wide as Toronto, Cannes and, of course, London.
Looking
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Youth without youth at the Oscars
The Hollywood calendar has peaked with the top film talent being recognised by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, and awarded golden trophies called Oscars.
Presenters James Franco
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Black Swan takes a bow at the Spirits
Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have gathered in a marquee on Santa Monica beach to honour the makes of the year’s best independent American films.
The annual event neatly comes a day before the Oscars, so the biggest names in the movie business
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Even Oscar nominees like a free lunch
This year’s Oscar nominees have gathered for the annual luncheon, thrown by the Academy in their honour, at an exclusive hotel in Beverly Hills.
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Even Oscar nominees like a free lunch
This year’s Oscar nominees have gathered for the annual luncheon, thrown by the Academy in their honour, at an exclusive hotel in Beverly Hills.
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