Academy Awards 2014 shift to March
The 86th Academy Awards presentation will be held on Sunday March 2, 2014, announced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ to release in India on May 4
Viacom18 Motion Pictures has officially confirmed that Hugo will hit the theatres in 3D across the country on May 4. The film won 5 Academy Awards 2012 which included awards for visual effects, art direction and cinematography. It was nominated for the Academy Awards in 11 categories including Best Motion Picture and Best Direction. In [...]
Adaminte Makan Abu out of Oscar race
Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu directed by Salim Ahamed, India’s official entry to the Oscars couldn’t make it to the shortlist of nominations for the 84th Academy awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the final nine contenders for the foreign language category from the 63 foreign-language films that initially qualified. Belgium, [...]
Three songs from Indian film in Academy Award long-list
Three songs from the India-UAE co-production Dam999 have made it to the long-list of nominations for the Original Song category for the 84th Academy Awards. The songs are: “Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu”, “DAM999 Theme Song” and “Mujhe Chodh Ke”. Written and directed by Sohan Roy, the 3-D film was released in theatres on November 25, 2011 [...]
Reliance Mediaworks’ “The Lowry Process” nominated for Technical Oscar
Reliance Mediaworks’ Image processing technology—“The Lowry Process” has been nominated for the Scientific and Technical Awards 2012 of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It is one among the nine scientific and technical achievements that have been selected for further consideration. Lowry Digital is a digital film restoration company in California, part of [...]
The King’s Speech rules 83rd Academy awards, wins Best Picture
The King’s Speech ruled the 83rd Academy Awards. It won the Best Picture and the Best Original Screenplay, while Tom Hooper won the Best Director. Colin Firth bagged the Oscar for Actor in a Leading Role for the same film. In a Better World from Denmark won the Best Foreign Language Film. AR Rahman who [...]
The Road To The Oscars: 2011
A quick round up (I’ll refrain from using the term “dummy’s guide”) of the films nominated for the Oscars in the major categories this year. Some notables such as The Ghost Writer are missing. But otherwise, it has been a good mix this year. The Social Network When I heard about a film being made [...]
AR Rahman wins two Oscar nominations for 127 Hours
The nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards are out. AR Rahman won two nominations for Music (Original Score) and Music (Original Song) in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours. The King’s Speech topped the chart with 12 nominations, including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Original Screenplay and Best Actor. Best Director: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky The Fighter, David O. [...]
Film and discussion series- “Moving Politics Cinemas from India at a Germany museum
A film and discussion series, “Moving Politics Cinemas from India”, curated by Dorothee Wenner and Nicole Wolf will be held at the Deutsche Guggenheim museum at Germany. The event will be organized on the occasion of the exhibition, “Being Singular Plural: Moving Images from India” at the museum.
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