Awards
Doc from Saelyx Finna, Mia Imani, & Laurie Polisky Wins Gamechanger-Sandbox Accelerator Award
Director-producers Saelyx Finna, Mia Imani, and Laurie Polisky will make a documentary about dream technology and surveillance with the backing of Gamechanger Films and Sandbox Films. According to a...
Michelle Yeoh to Receive Inaugural TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award
Michelle Yeoh is making history at the Toronto International Film Festival. The “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star has been named as the inaugural recipient of the TIFF Share Her...
Sally El Hosaini and Hildur Guðnadóttir to Receive TIFF Tribute Awards
Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini and Academy Award-winning Icelandic artist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir are set to be honored with TIFF Tribute Awards. The former will be...
Charlotte Gainsbourg Set to Be Honored at Zurich Film Festival
The 18th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will celebrate Charlotte Gainsbourg for her “exceptional acting.” According to a press release, the “Nymphomaniac” star will receive the...
Margarethe von Trotta to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at European Film Awards
Trailblazing German filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Film Academy for her outstanding body of work. A press release announced the...
Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media to Be Honored with TV Academy’s Governors Award
With over four decades of credits under her belt and an Oscar for her role in “The Accidental Tourist,” Geena Davis’ acting career has made a major mark on the biz. But it’s...
Quinta Brunson and “Abbott Elementary” Dominate Black Reel TV Awards
Hot on the heels of signing an overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, “Abbott Elementary” creator, star, and exec producer Quinta Brunson made a major splash at the sixth annual Black Reel TV...
Michelle Yeoh to Receive Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Kirk Douglas Award
2022 is shaping up to be a very good year for Michelle Yeoh. She toplined the critical and commercial hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” — which has become A24’s...
Awards Roundup: Honors for Dede Gardner, Sara Summa, and Milena Aboyan
Powerhouse producer Dede Gardner is set to be honored later this year at Austin Film Festival. According to a press release, she will be awarded the Polly Platt Award for Producing at the...
Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” Wins Big at TCA Awards
The love for “Abbott Elementary” keeps pouring in. Quinta Brunson’s mockumentary about a group of intrepid teachers at an underfunded Philadelphia elementary school was the big...
Tilda Swinton Will Chair Jury for BFI’s Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity
Tilda Swinton will lend her expertise to the BFI’s new initiative, the Filmmaker Awards: Celebrating Creative Audacity. According to Deadline, the Oscar-winner will chair the awards’ jury...
Awards Roundup: Dolly Parton Receives Philanthropy Medal, Ana de Armas Honored by Deauville Fest
A seasoned vet and an emerging talent will both be celebrated with awards this fall. According to the Associated Press, Dolly Parton will be among those receiving the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy...
Emmy Nominations: Quinta Brunson Makes History, Women Directors Lead in Comedy Category
It turns out that “Abbott Elementary” is a major hit with viewers, critics, and Emmy voters. Emmy nominations are in, and Quinta Brunson’s loving tribute to underpaid and...
Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” Leads Television Critics Association’s Awards Nominations
More great news for ABC’s runaway success “Abbott Elementary” — the show has racked up five nominations in the Television Critics Association’s just announced TCA...
Inaugural Dear Producer Awardees: Liz Cardenas, Megan Gilbride, Sabrina Schmidt Gordon, & Avril Z. Speaks
Four producers are set to receive the inaugural Dear Producer Award from the platform of the same name. According to a press release, Liz Cardenas (“7 Days,” “Never Goin’...
Ava DuVernay to Receive 2022 International Emmy Founders Award
Ava DuVernay is being recognized for her trailblazing work. The writer, director, and producer will receive this year’s Founders Award at the 2022 International Emmys. The Hollywood Reporter...
Black Women on Broadway Will Present Inaugural Awards to Lynn Nottage, Qween Jean, & Kara Young
Since 2019, Broadway mainstays Danielle Brooks, Jocelyn Bioh, and Amber Iman have been working to create a support network for Black women working in theater. The trio launched the “Black Women...
Angela Lansbury Will Be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at 2022 Tonys
Angela Lansbury will soon have a sixth Tony to add to her mantel. The stage and screen legend will be presented with the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre at the 2022 awards...
Siân Heder to Receive American Film Institute’s Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal
Siân Heder is set to accept yet another honor following a whirlwind awards season that culminated in the “CODA” writer-director landing a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar and the...
Viola Davis to Receive Women In Motion Award at Cannes
Viola Davis is set to be honored at Cannes this month with the 2022 Women In Motion Award, to be presented by the festival in partnership with global luxury group Kering. As noted by a press release...
“Insecure” and “Black and Missing” Among Television Academy Honors Selections
“Insecure,” “Black and Missing,” and more are being recognized for their use of “powerful and innovative storytelling to advance social change.” As Deadline...
Kelly Reichardt to Receive Carrosse d’Or Award at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Sidebar
Kelly Reichardt is one of the three women with films screening in Competition at Cannes this year. She’ll also be making an appearance at the prestigious fest’s sidebar, Directors’...
Oscars: Jane Campion Lands Best Director for “The Power of the Dog,” “CODA” Goes Three for Three
Jane Campion became the third woman to ever take home the honor Best Director at last night’s Academy Awards. Her “Power of the Dog” win follows on the heels of Chloé Zhao’s...
“CODA,” “Hacks,” and “Maid” Win Big at WGA Awards
“CODA” continued its hot streak, while “Hacks” and “Maid” received some much-deserved love at the WGA Awards Sunday night. Writer-director Siân Heder won the...
“CODA” Wins the Top Prize at the PGA Awards
“CODA’s” odds of securing the Oscar for Best Picture are looking brighter by the day. Sian Heder’s sophomore feature took home the top honor at Saturday night’s PGA...
“The Power of the Dog” and “CODA” Land Major Honors at the BAFTA Awards
“The Power of the Dog” continues to dominate awards season. Jane Campion’s Western about Montana ranchers was named best film at last night’s BAFTA Awards. Campion also landed...
Jane Campion and Maggie Gyllenhaal Make History at DGA Awards
Jane Campion made history at Saturday night’s DGA Awards, becoming the third woman ever to take home the night’s top honor, the Theatrical Feature Film award. Recognized for her first...
Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards: “CODA” Wins Best Pic, “Power of the Dog’s” Jane Campion Ties for Best Director
“CODA” is gaining momentum leading up to film’s biggest night. Sian Heder’s sophomore feature took home the the top honor at the SAG Awards on Sunday, Outstanding Performance...
SAG Awards: The Cast of “CODA” and “West Side Story’s” Ariana DeBose Make History
“CODA” took home the top honor — and made history — at last night’s SAG Awards. Sian Heder’s coming-of-age story about an aspiring singer who is also the only...
NAACP Image Awards: “Insecure,” “Black and Missing,” and More
Issa Rae just landed another NAACP Image Award. The budding media mogul received the honor for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for “Insecure’s” series finale,...
“The Power of the Dog” Leads GALECA LGBTQ Critics’ Dorian Award Film Nominations
Dorian Award nominations are in, and “The Power of the Dog” is as strong as ever. Jane Campion’s queer Western set in 1920s Montana leads with nine nominations from The Society of...
Irish Film & TV Awards: Kate Dolan’s “You Are Not My Mother” Up for Best Film, Director, Script, & More
Nominations have been announced for this year’s edition of the Irish Film and TV Academy Awards (IFTAs), and Kate Dolan’s feature directorial debut is up for a slew of honors. A modern...
“The Power of the Dog” Leads Vancouver Film Critics Circle Nominations
“The Power of the Dog” is poised to collect even more honors. Jane Campion’s first feature in over a decade, a Western psychodrama about a dysfunctional family of ranchers, leads...
The Girls on Film Podcast Launches Girls on Film Awards
The Girls on Film Podcast is set to “reward excellence in the field of feminism, inclusion and diversity, female representation, and the female gaze” with its inaugural Girls on Film...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award
Cate Blanchett is joining the likes of Barbra Steisand, Meryl Streep, and Jane Fonda. The two-time Oscar winner has been announced as the 47th recipient of Film at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin...
Helen Mirren to Receive SAG Life Achievement Award, Kate Winslet Presenting the Honor
Two of England’s finest actors will share the stage at the 2022 SAG Awards. A press release announced that Kate Winslet is set to present Helen Mirren with the 57th SAG Life Achievement Award....
Berlinale: Carla Simón’s “Alcarràs” Wins Top Prize, Claire Denis Named Best Director
“Alcarràs” has landed the top honor from the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival. Carla Simón’s second feature, a drama about a family of peach farmers in Catalonia that...
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez to Receive GLAAD’s Stephen F. Kolzak Award
GLAAD is honoring “Pose” star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez for her “promotion of LGBTQ acceptance.” According to Deadline, Rodriguez is set to receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award...
Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes Will Host This Year’s Oscars Ceremony
For three years in a row, the Oscars didn’t have a host. In 2022, it will have three: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, and Wanda Sykes are set to share emcee duties at the 94th edition of the Academy...
Issa Rae to Be Honored with the Visionary Award at the PGA Awards
Issa Rae is following in the footsteps of Ava DuVernay and Octavia Spencer. The Emmy-nominated “Insecure” co-creator, star, writer, and exec producer has been named as the recipient of...
Oscars: Jane Campion Makes History in Best Director Race, “Power of the Dog” Leads Nominations
Oscar nominations are upon us, and Jane Campion is making history. Again. The first woman to claim Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or, is now the first woman to be nominated...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Inaugural International Goya Award
Cate Blanchett is set to make history at the Goya Awards. A press release announced that the two-time Oscar winner will receive the inaugural International Goya Award from the Spanish Film Academy....
London Critics’ Circle: “The Power of the Dog” Named Best Film, Jane Campion Best Director
“The Power of the Dog” has been collecting honor after honor since its world premiere at last year’s Venice Film Festival, where it took home the Silver Lion for Best Director. Jane...
Jane Campion’s “Power of the Dog” Earns Eight BAFTA Noms, More Gains for Women Directors
The 2022 BAFTA nominations are in — and Jane Campion’s western “The Power of the Dog” has received an impressive eight in total. It’s the only woman-directed film to...
Ellen Kuras Will Make History as First Woman to Receive ASC’s Lifetime Achievement Award
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is paying tribute to Ellen Kuras. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the cinematographer and director will be presented with ASC’s Lifetime...
Paz Encina’s “EAMI” Wins Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam
The 2022 International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has handed out its competition awards, with Paz Encina taking home the top prize. A press release has announced Encina’s “EAMI”...
Sundance Winners: “Nanny,” “The Exiles,” and More
It’s a wrap on Sundance 2022. Over 60 percent of Competition titles this year were directed or co-directed by women, and a number of them took home top honors. The U.S. Grand Jury Prize:...
DGA Film Nominations: Jane Campion, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and More
It’s looking more and more likely that Jane Campion will be making history at the upcoming Academy Awards. If Campion receives a directing nod for “The Power of the Dog,”...
“The Power of the Dog” and “CODA” Among the Films Up for PGA Awards’ Top Honor
“The Power of the Dog” and “CODA” are one step closer to becoming Best Picture contenders at this year’s Academy Awards. Nominations for the PGA Awards are in, and both...
DGA TV Nominations: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Lorene Scafaria, Lucia Aniello, and More
The TV nominations are in for the 2022 Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. Oscar favorites Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin are among the directors in the running for Documentary Feature...
Fox Maxy Named as Sundance Institute’s 2022 Merata Mita Fellow
Fox Maxy (Payómkawichum and Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians) has been named as the recipient of the 2022 Merata Mita Fellowship, an annual fellowship designed to support Indigenous...