Film Industry News

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to The Artist, The Descendants and Margin Call at this afternoon's 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards. My Week With Marilyn, Beginners, 50/50, A Separation and The Interrupters also received awards at the ceremony, held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. Here is the complete list of winners: BEST FEATURE "The Artist" BEST DIRECTOR Michel [Read more...]

The British Academy of Film and Television presented this year's BAFTA Awards this evening. The Artist took home seven major ones, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. Meryl Streep won the BAFTA for Best Actress for The Iron Lady, Octavia Spencer was presented with the award for Best Supporting Actress for The Help, and Christopher Plummer won the award for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy won the BAFTAs for [Read more...]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has announced the complete list of the 2012 Oscar nominations: Best Picture "The Artist" Thomas Langmann, Producer "The Descendants" Jim Burke, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Producers "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close" Scott Rudin, Producer "The Help" Brunson Green, Chris Columbus and Michael Barnathan, Producers "Hugo" Graham King and Martin Scorsese, Producers "Midnight in Paris" Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, [Read more...]