All quiet on the western front

Netflix has topped this year’s list of distributors nominated for BAFTA film awards for the fourth year running with 21 nominations overall. The platform was propelled to the top slot by a record-equalling haul of 14 nominations for Edward Berger’s German-language anti-war drama All Quiet On The Western Front . This is the highest number of BAFTA nominations for a Film Not In The English film since Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2001, which was also nominated in 14 categories. The film went on to win the David Lean Award for Direction for Ang Lee, Best Film Not In The English Language, Costume and Music. It also marks the highest number of BAFTA nominations for an individual feature, since the King’s Speech in 2011, which was also nominated in 14 categories. Prior to that, the record was held by Gandhi with 16 nominations in 1982. The tally also makes All Quiet On The Western Netflix’s most BAFTA-nominated film since its first controversial triumph at … [Read more...] about Netflix Leads Distributors In BAFTA Nominations With Record-Equalling Haul For ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’

Six months ago you would have got sky-high odds on the BAFTA nominations being dominated by a German-language film and movies by heavyweights Spielberg, James Cameron and Iñárritu only garnering a handful of nominations between them. That was what came to pass this morning with Netflix’s war film All Quiet On The Western Front pitching a whopping 14 nominations, a record-equalling number for a foreign-language movie (with 2001’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ) and only two off the all-time record for a single film ( Gandhi scored 16). The mega haul, including nods for Best Film and Director, is the most a film has garnered since The King’s Speech also got 14 back in 2011. It’s a special achievement and a sign of the growing influence and permeability of foreign-language films at awards ceremonies but also with the general public, partly thanks for the streaming revolution. Another movie that has exceeded all expectations is Everything Everywhere All At Once … [Read more...] about BAFTA Noms Snubs & Surprises: ‘All Quiet’ Blazes A Trail While ‘The Fabelmans’ & ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Sink In Major Categories

At the start of awards season, Edward Berger ’s All Quiet On The Western Front was a lock for International, but few could have foreseen how much further it would go. Alongside that nomination, the German film is now also in the running for Best Picture, having made the shortlist for Sound, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design, Visual Effects and Cinematography. This grand haul follows its performance at the BAFTAs, where it gathered an astonishing 14 nominations in almost all major categories. As a result, the film joins Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2002) in second place to Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1981), which still holds the BAFTA record for nominations with 16. It’s a double-whammy that will surely prompt some second thoughts at Netflix: in a year that the streamer invested in some of cinema’s biggest names, one of its biggest critical hits is a foreign-language remake with no major stars, from a director best … [Read more...] about 2023 Oscars: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ Earns Nine Nominations

With the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences having expanded its shortlist for the Best International Feature Film Oscar to 15 in recent years, it’s inevitable that some deserving titles miss the nominations cut. However, several of the perceived front-runners are in the mix after today’s announcement, including Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front , which has nine total nominations including Best Picture , and is yet another sign of how foreign-language films are crossing over into other main categories. RELATED: Oscar Best Picture Winners Through The Years – Photo Gallery Netflix’s Edward Berger-directed retelling of the classic Erich Maria Remarque novel, All Quiet on the Western Front is in the international race as expected, while other non-shocks include Lukas Dhont’s Close from Belgium, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO from Poland and Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985 from the eponymous country. RELATED: Deadline’s Contenders Film: … [Read more...] about Oscars: ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Leads The Charge For Best International Feature Nominees, A First For Ireland & Some Snubs

Legal docudrama Saint Omer was voted Best Picture at the 34 th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, which announced this year’s juried award winners today. Saint Omer wins for its ability “to expertly interrogate issues of society, culture, race, and gender,” the festival release stated. “Alice Diop, as screenwriter and director, delivers a film that explores different dynamics of Black women in contemporary France, drawing empathetic lead performances from Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanga (whose characters never interact, save for one momentous glance). By harnessing the skills of her technical team, Diop turns Saint Omer into a shrewd, cogent, ambitious, and overwhelming film which teases a metafictional awareness while remaining clear-eyed and unsentimental.” The Palm Springs festival took place from January 5-16 and screened 134 films from 64 countries, including 27 premieres. The lineup includes 35 of the International Feature Film Oscar … [Read more...] about ‘Saint Omer’ Takes Top Honors At 34th Palm Springs Film Festival

For at least some of you 10,000 or so Academy Awards voters, it’s not too late. You’ve still got 33 hours to have some fun with your Oscar ballot, to shake up the race and to put some awesome new stats in the record books. And it’s easy. All you have to do is follow the lead of your brethren at the Producers Guild of America (to which a lot of you belong anyway), and nominate not one, not two, but four blockbuster sequels for the Best Picture prize. How delicious would it be to see the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences follow the PGA by handing nominations to that multibillion-dollar quartet Avatar: The Way of Water , Top Gun: Maverick , Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (yes, a streamer)? Overnight, the awards contest would be transformed, from a chess game among pinched sophisticates moving important little pictures around the board to an all-out slugfest among heavyweights with big studio backing and a … [Read more...] about C’mon Voters: The Oscars Could Use A Little Sequel-itis

BFI Distribution has picked up the well-received Irish drama God’s Creatures for theatrical release in the UK. The deal also includes a partnership with independent Irish distributor Volta Pictures, who have acquired the film for Ireland. Volta Pictures will release the film in Ireland on March 23, 2023, and BFI Distribution will take it to UK cinemas a week later on March 31. The film was acquired from A24, marking the first time the BFI has picked up a film from the prolific American studio. A24 released the film in the US in September. Directed by New York-based filmmakers Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer ( The Fits ) in their feature debut as a duo, God’s Creatures debuted in the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar at Cannes last year. The film stars Emily Watson ( Breaking the Waves ), Paul Mescal ( Normal People, Aftersun ), and Aisling Franciosi ( The Fall ). Billed as a “quietly devastating drama,” the film is set on the coast of Ireland in and around a … [Read more...] about BFI Distribution Acquires Emily Watson & Paul Mescal Pic ‘God’s Creatures’ For UK Release, Partners With Volta Pictures For Ireland

Nominations for the EE British Academy Film Awards will be unveiled Thursday in London via a livestream that begins at 12 GMT/4 AM PST. Actors Hayley Atwell and Toheeb Jimoh will reveal nominations from BAFTA headquarters at 195 Piccadilly. Among frontrunners for awards are Netflix’s German-language World War I drama All Quiet on the Western Front, which was longlisted in 15 categories, and Martin McDonagh’s tragicomedy The Banshees of Inisherin , which landed on 14 lists. All Quiet’s longlist showing is the largest haul a non-English language film has achieved during BAFTA’s longlist voting stage, which was first launched in 2021. The BAFTA ceremony will take place February 19 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London and will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK. Actor Richard E. Grant has been set as the host, while British presenter Alison Hammond will lead the BAFTA studio, a new behind-the-scenes stream launched for this year’s … [Read more...] about BAFTA Film Awards Nominations: How To Watch Online

Netflix’s wartime epic All Quiet On The Western Front leads the 2023 BAFTA film awards with what new BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip described as an “extraordinary” haul of nominations across craft and performance categories. The German-language film nabbed 14 nominations, the most BAFTA noms for an individual film since The King’s Speech in 2011, which also had 14. Millichip, who this year oversees her first Film Awards as BAFTA CEO, said the film’s success represents the “mesmerizing” range of this year’s nominations as well as the films that can now be embraced by BAFTA voters. “I think that the breadth of storytelling is really interesting,” Millichip said. “So you have big commercial films like Elvis , which has nine nominations, and then indie films like Aftersun . There is also 40% ethnic diversity in our nominees.” All Quiet’s haul also matches the previous record set by Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon for the most nominations for a non-English … [Read more...] about BAFTA Heads Jane Millichip & Emma Baehr On An “Extraordinary” Nominations Outcome, Spielberg & Diversity

Comedian Michelle Buteau will host the 75th annual Writers Guild Awards at New York’s Edison Ballroom on March 5. Buteau, the creator, writer and star of the upcoming Netflix series Survival of the Thickest , is also the host of The Circle , a Netflix reality competition show. Her one-hour comedy special, Welcome to Buteaupia , which is streaming on Netflix, won the Critics Choice Award for Best Comedy Special. RELATED: Top Oscar Screenplay Contenders ‘Banshees Of Inisherin’, ‘Triangle Of Sadness’, ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’, ‘Living’, ‘Pinocchio’ Among Those Ruled Ineligible By WGA “I am beyond excited to host the Writers Guild Awards ceremony in New York City,” she said. “This is the awards’ 75th anniversary, so it’s the diamond anniversary and hunnnnney, you better believe I am going to make sure this show is going to sparkle! Put a ring on March 5th because I said yes to the dress!” RELATED: Spike Lee To Receive WGA East’s Ian McLellan Hunter … [Read more...] about Michelle Buteau To Host 75th Annual Writers Guild Awards In New York