Awards Daily

1 week ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

Hollywood used to be a mighty empire. The public used to love celebrities. And while there is still some vague interest in some of them, they do not have the same power as they used to. They must know it. It isn’t just the box office. Their appearances on talk shows and their interviews don’t go viral unless they say something that gets them in trouble. Not to mention, celebrities are being minted every hour of every day on YouTube and TikTok.

1 week ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

Feature Films Palme d’or UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT Jafar PANAHI Grand Prix AFFEKSJONSVERDI (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) Joachim TRIER Joint Jury Prize SIRÂT Oliver LAXE SOUND OF FALLING Mascha SCHILINSKI Best Director Kleber MENDONÇA FILHO for O AGENTE SECRETO (THE SECRET AGENT) Best Screenplay Jean-Pierre DARDENNE & Luc DARDENNE for JEUNES MÈRES Best performance by an actress Nadia MELLITI in LA PETITE DERNIÈRE directed by Hafsia HERZI Best performance by an actor Wagner MOURA in O AGENTE SECRETO (THE...

2 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

LA MISTERIOSA MIRADA DEL FLAMENCO (THE MYSTERIOUS GAZE OF THE FLAMINGO)Diego Céspedes1st filmJury PrizeUN POETA (A POET)Simón Mesa SotoBest DirectingARAB & TARZAN NASSERin Once Upon a Time in GazaBest ActorFRANK DILLANEin Urchin directed by Harris DickinsonBest ActressCLEO DIÁRAin O Riso e a Faca (I Only Rest in the Storm) directed by Pedro PinhoBest ScreenplayPILLIONHarry Lighton1st film

2 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

The Cannes Film Fest has been mostly muted, I’d say. The attendees are always looking for The Big One. It looks like that landed today with Joaquim Trier’s Sentimental Value. Credit where credit is due, our NextGen Oscarwatcher Scott Kernen has been saying he thought this would be The Big One, and it appears he was right. Here are some tweets: Here is a clip:Sentimental Value apparently received a 19-minute ovation.

3 weeks ago | awardsdaily.com | Sasha Stone

Back in the old days, when the Oscars were held in March, the most influential festival was the Toronto Film Festival. No one thought about Cannes, not even when No Country for Old Men screened there and then won Best Picture. The Artist would be another who followed the same path. These are films that would have won no matter what. After the date for the Oscars was pushed back from March to late February, the more influential festivals became Telluride and Venice.