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The long-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures looks like it is finally ready for its close-up. Ava DuVernay, Ryan Murphy and Jason Blum will be spearheading plans for the gala opening on September 25, 2021 as part of a weeklong program of celebrations leading to its official unveiling for the public September 30. Murphy and Blum are both Museum Trustees, while DuVernay is an Academy governor who has also been lending her consultation on the upcoming 2022 exhibition Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971. The museum has also announced the establishment of two new annual awards that will be presented for the first time at the gala. Film legend Sophia Loren will receive the inaugural Visionary Award, honoring an artist or scholar whose extensive body of work has advanced the art of cinema. Ethiopian independent filmmaker, professor and author Haile Gerima will receive the Vantage Award, honoring an artist or scholar who has helped to contextualize and challenge dominant … [Read more...] about Academy Museum Sets Opening Plans And Gala Chairs; Sophia Loren To Be Honored With Inaugural Visionary Award

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Amazon Prime Video is all set to announce it's upcoming series Hush Hush led by an all-women cast and crew. Amazon Original Hush Hush not only tells a story with strong female protagonists, but it is also helmed by some of the finest female talents behind the camera. Tanuja Chandra ( Qarib Qarib Singlle, Dushman, Sangharsh ) will serve as the Creative Director & Executive Producer and Shikhaa Sharma ( Shakuntala Devi, Toilet - Ek Prem Katha, Sherni ) will double-hat as Executive Producer and original story writer. Kopal Nathani, one of the most promising names in the advertising films industry directs episodes in the show. National Award-winning writer Juhi Chaturvedi ( Gulabo Sitabo and Piku ), has been roped in to pen the dialogues for the series written by Ashish Mehta. The series will be produced by Vikram Malhotra's Abundantia Entertainment ( Breathe, Breathe: Into the Shadows, Shakuntala Devi, Airlift ). … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Video Announces Amazon Original Hush Hush, An All- Female Led Series

The doings of the international art world often seem arcane and over the top, but never moreso than as depicted in The Man Who Sold His Skin . This is a madly dramatic and engrossing melodrama about a political refugee whose unique predicament bundles with it issues pertaining to personal and political identity, the Middle East quagmire, romantic rejection and the outer limits of art world presumption and extravagance. Tunisia’s shortlisted submission in the International Feature Oscar race is a very tasty couscous of fine ingredients and flat-out entertaining enough to warrant significant international exposure. Kaouther Ben Hania ’s follow-up to her 2017 Cannes Un Certain Regard selection Beauty And The Dogs is notable for its gutsy narrative moves, rich visuals and sheer drive, which marks her, along with her notably resourceful and elegant Lebanese cinematographer Christopher Aoun, as talents who should emerge even more decisively before long. Related … [Read more...] about Int’l Critics Line: Todd McCarthy On Tunisia’s Oscar-Shortlisted ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’

When visual effects supervisor Michael Fong and effects supervisor Bill Watral boarded Soul , they were each a bit intimidated, immediately recognizing the film as one of frighteningly novel ambitions. Meditating on the origins of the human personality, Pixar ’s latest would require them to bring to life characters and worlds unlike any they’d created before. Directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, Soul centers on Joe (Jamie Foxx), a frustrated middle-school band teacher who seeks to return to Earth, to realize his dreams of performing as a jazz musician, after a sudden accident separates him from his body. Thrust into a celestial realm known as The Great Before, the character finds that he’ll only be able to get back to New York City if he agrees to mentor a stubborn, fledgling soul named 22 (Tina Fey). Related Story 'Soul' Directors Pete Docter And Kemp Powers On Bringing Authentic Life To Pixar's First Black Lead Character & The Importance Of … [Read more...] about ‘Soul’ VFX Supervisors Michael Fong & Bill Watral Embrace Inner “Adrenaline Junkie,” Pushing Boundaries With Pixar’s Latest Feature

The 27th Sarajevo Film Festival will pay tribute to German filmmaker Wim Wenders . The event, scheduled to run August 13-20 in the Bosnian capital, will see Wenders presented with an honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award – the fest’s top honor – and a retrospective of his works will be programmed to screen for audiences. The program will include a newly-restored version of his 2000 film The Million Dollar Hotel , which won a Silver Bear in Berlin that year. Wenders will also travel to Sarajevo, pandemic allowing, to host a masterclass. The filmmaker will be returning to Sarajevo 10 years after visiting in 2011 where he presented his 3D film Pina , a feature length documentary homage to the choreographer Pina Bausch. “We are delighted to honour one of the central figures of modern cinema. With his work in the field of visual arts as an exceptional filmmaker and photographer, Wim Wenders continues to give the audience unforgettable stories and emotions”, said … [Read more...] about Wim Wenders To Receive Sarajevo Film Festival’s Heart Of Sarajevo Award & Tribute Program