Critics choice awards

EXCLUSIVE: Wild Bunch International (WBI) has boarded sales on buzzy Portuguese director, artist and producer Gabriel Abrantes ’ upcoming English-language feature Amelia’s Children . The film is among half a dozen new titles being launched by WBI at the EFM, alongside a raft of previously announced upcoming films, including Cannes hopefuls such as Hirokazu Kore-Eda ’s Monster . The company is also handling Berlinale Competition selections, Philippe Garrel’s The Plough and Makoto Shinkai’s hotly awaited anime Suzume, and the Panorama title Heroic , which world premiered at Sundance. Abrante’s psychological thriller Amelia’s Children is his solo feature debut and his first feature since his 2018 Cannes Critics’ Week winner Diamantino (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt). The film reunites him with its star Carloto Cotta. Other key cast members are Brigette Lundy-Paine ( Atypical) and Alba Baptiste ( Warrior Nun ). Cotta plays a man whose … [Read more...] about Wild Bunch Int’l Boards New Films From ‘Diamantino’ Director Gabriel Abrantes, Qiu Yang & Hirokazu Kore-Eda As It Unveils EFM Slate

11:40 AM PT -- Sources connected to the party tell TMZ ... Kwanten was invited to the party as a guest of George Clooney and his GF Stacy Keibler ... and SHOULD have been on the list. We're told party organizers are trying to find out how Kwanten's name was left off the list ... but it's clear the actor wasn't trying to crash the party uninvited. TV stars get no respect on Oscar night ... just ask " True Blood " star Ryan Kwanten ... who was embarrassingly REJECTED at the door of a huge Academy Awards party ... and TMZ caught the whole thing on tape. Kwanten -- sporting a fancy bow tie -- arrived to Craig's in Hollywood with a handler last night ... when they came face-to-face with the security team guarding the front door. Kwanten and his buddy insisted they were personally invited by Craig himself ... but the bouncer wasn't buyin' it. Kwanten's handler even whipped out his cell phone and got someone important on the phone to vouch for him ... … [Read more...] about ‘True Blood’ Star Ryan Kwanten — REJECTED from Oscar Party