Dates announced for 2014 and 2015 Oscars

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network today announced the dates for the 86th and 87th Oscar® presentations. The 86th and 87th Academy Awards® will air live on ABC on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, and February 22, 2015, respectively.

Key dates for the Awards season are:

Saturday, November 16, 2013: The Governors Awards
Monday, December 2, 2013: Official Screen Credits due
Friday, December 27, 2013: Nominations voting begins
Wednesday, January 8, 2014: Nominations voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Thursday, January 16, 2014: Oscar nominations announced
Monday, February 10, 2014: Nominees Luncheon
Friday, February 14, 2014: Final voting begins
Saturday, February 15, 2014: Scientific and Technical Awards
Tuesday, February 25, 2014: Final voting ends 5 p.m. PT
Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014: 86th Academy Awards
Oscar Sunday, February 22, 2015: 87th Academy Awards

 

The 86th and 87th Academy Awards ceremonies will be held at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.

2013 Cannes Film Festival unveils new festival poster

Poster for Cannes Film Festival 2013

 

The poster for the 66th Cannes Film Festival features Hollywood couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward from Melville Shavelson’s 1963 film ” A New Kind of Love.”

 

 

The festival runs from 15th to 26th May.

 

Festival de Cannes

SXSW award winners announced

Narrative and documentary awards were dished out last night at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Grand Jury prizes were awarded to “Short Term 12” narrative feature and to documentary “William and the Windmill.”

The list of winners:

Documentary Feature

Grand Jury Winner: “William and the Windmill”

Special Jury Prize (Cinematography): “TOUBA”

Special Jury Prize for Directing: “We Always Lie to Stangers”

Narrative Feature

Grand Jury Winner: “Short Term 12”

Special Jury Prize (Ensemble Cast): “Burma”

Special Jury Prize (Acting): Tishuan Scott, “The Retrieval”

Short Film Jury Awards

NARRATIVE SHORT
Winner: “Ellen Is Leaving”
(Honorable Mentions: “Sequin Raze” and “Skin”)

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
Winner: “SLOMO”

ANIMATED SHORTS
Winner: “Oh Willy”

MIDNIGHT SHORTS
Winner: “The Apocalypse”

MUSIC VIDEOS
Winner: Vitalic, “Stamina”

Texas High School Short Film Jury Award:
Winner: “The Benefactress”

SXSW Film Design Awards

EXCELLENCE IN POSTER DESIGN
Winner: “Kiss of the Damned”

EXCELLENCE IN TITLE DESIGN
Winner: “Joven Y Alocada”

SXSW Special Awards

SXSW WHOLPHIN AWARD
Winner:

SXSW CHICKEN & EGG EMERGENT NARRATIVE WOMAN DIRECTOR AWARD
Winner: Hannel Fiddel, “A Teacher”
(Honorable Mention: “Zero Charisma”)

LOUIS BLACK LONE STAR AWARD
Winner: “Loves Her Gun”

KAREN SCHMEER FELLOWSHIP
Jim Hession

 

 

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