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  • Five films nominated to Golden Globe animated feature category

    MUMBAI: Five nominated films will vie for the best animated feature Golden Globe Awards after members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) voted to expand the category.


    The nominees for the 67th annual awards will be announced in Hollywood on 15 December before the prize-giving ceremony on 17 January next year.


    Under the amended HFPA rules, in order to qualify as an animated feature, eligible films must be 70 minutes and not longer and should contain not more than 25 per cent live-action.


    If less than eight animated films qualify the award will not be given. In that case the films would be eligible for best picture.


     

  • Three Indian films among others vying for Golden Globe award

    MUMBAI: Harischandrachi Factory and Chandni Chowk To China are among 69 foreign-language films that have qualified for the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Of these, five nominees will be announced on 15 December. The awards will take place on 17 January next year.


    Among the other films are Palme d‘Or winner The White Ribbon, A Prophet, Mother and City Of Life And Death, About Elly (Iran), Ajami (Israel), Baaria (Italy), Backyard (Mexico), Broken Embraces (Spain), Broken Promise (Slovak Republic), Can Not Live Without You (Taiwan), Cell 211 (Spain), Chameleon (Hungary), Chilango Chronicles (Mexico), City Of Life And Death (China), Coco Before Chanel (France), The Dancer And The Thief (Spain), Dawson, Island 10 (Chile), A Day At The Museum (France), Donkey (Croatia), Eden Is West (France), For a Moment, Freedom (Austria/France), I Galantuomini (Italy).


    The Girl On The Train (France), The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Sweden), God‘s Offices (France/Belgium), Grandpa Is Dead (Philippines), Grown Ups (France/Sweden), Hello Goodbye (France/Israel/Italy), Hipsters (Russia), I Killed My Mother (Canada), I Saw The Sun (Turkey), Il Grande Sogno (Italy).


    John Rabe (Germany), Lebanon (Israel), Letters To Father Jacob (Finland), London River (Algeria), Louise-Michel (France/Belgium/Luxembourg), Made In Hungaria (Hungary).
    The Maid (Chile), Max Manus (Norway), Micmacs (France), The Misfortunates (Belgium), Mother (South Korea), My Queen Karo (Belgium), Nobody To Watch Over Me (Japan) Police, Adjective (Romania), Prank (Hungary), Prince Of Tears (Hong Kong/Taiwan), A Prophet (France) Protektor (Czech Republic), Queen To Play (France/Germany), Refractaire (Draft Dodgers) (Luxembourg), The Reverse (Poland), The Road From Elephant Pass (Sri Lanka), Rudo And Cursi (Mexico), Samson & Delilah (Australia).


    The Secret Of Her Eyes (Argentina), Secrets Of State (France), Someone I Loved (France/Belgium/Italy), Southern District (Bolivia), Terribly Happy (Denmark), Thirst (South Korea), Vincere (Italy), The Waltz (Italy), Ward No. 6 (Russia), Welcome (France), The White Ribbon (Germany), Winter In Wartime (The Netherlands), With A Little Help From Myself (France).
     

  • Up In the Air bags six nominations at Golden Globe

    MUMBAI: Jason Reitman‘s Up In The Air emerged as the frontrunner with six nominations followed by Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglorious Basterds, Rob Marshall‘s Nine and James Cameron‘s Avatar with four apiece when the nominations for the 67th Golden Globe awards were announced yesterday.


    The Hurt Locker will vie for best drama with Up In The Air, Inglourious Basterds, Precious and Avatar.


    Nine competes for the musical or comedy award against 500 Days Of Summer, The Hangover, It‘s Complicated and Julie & Julia.


    Kathryn Bigelow got a best director nomination along with James Cameron for Avatar, Tarantino, Reitman and Clint Eastwood for Invictus. The first two have also been nominated for screenplay.


    The dramatic actors category features heavyweight contenders Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart, George Clooney for Up In The Air, Colin Firth for A Single Man and Morgan Freeman for Invictus, with Brothers‘ Tobey Maguire filling the fifth spot, possibly at the expense of The Hurt Locker‘s Jeremy Renner.


    Matt Damon was nominations twice, one for best comedy or musical actor for The Informant! and the other as supporting actor for Invictus with favourite Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds.


    Two actresses – Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock have been nominated twice for acting awards. Streep dominates the musical or comedy category with It‘s Complicated and Julie & Julia, while Bullock rounds off her best ever year at the box-office with a musical or comedy nod for The Proposal and dramatic recognition for The Blind Side.


    British stars overshadow the dramatic actress category with Helen Mirren for The Last Station, breakout Carey Mulligan for An Education and Emily Blunt for The Young Victoria all up against Bullock and Gabourey Sidibe for Precious.


    Going by the studios, films from The Weinstein Company and Relativity Media drew 12 nominations apiece, followed by Universal and Paramount on seven.


    The 67th Golden Globes ceremony is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on 17 January.
     

  • Ricky Gervais to host Golden Globe Awards

    MUMBAI: Actor Ricky Gervais will host The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January, 2010.


    The show, which is organised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), recognises work in television and film.


    NBC and Universal Media Studios executive VP, alternative programming Paul Telegdy says, “Ricky is certainly one of the funniest people on the planet and has provided some of the most hilarious and memorable awards show moments in recent memory.


    “His unique comedic style will enhance the only awards show that brings together television and film stars to celebrate entertainment‘s biggest night of the year.”
     

  • Jennifer Aniston among three to present Golden Globe awards

    MUMBAI: MUMBAI: Jennifer Aniston, Mickey Rourke and Julia Roberts will be presenting the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards that takes place on 17 January.


    They join Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, who will present the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Martin Scorsese.


    Roberts is also a nominee in the category of best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy for her role in Duplicity.


    The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton.
     

  • Golden Globes awards on 17 January

    MUMBAI: Halle Berry, Colin Farrell and Matthew Fox will present the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards on 17 January.


    They join Jennifer Aniston, Mickey Rourke and Julia Roberts. Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, the names of whom were previously announced.


    The Hollywood Foreign Press Association‘s Cecil B. DeMille award to Martin Scorsese for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field.”


    The show, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will be broadcast live on NBC.


    The Annual Golden Globe Awards will be seen in more than 160 countries worldwide and is one of the few awards ceremonies that span both television and motion picture achievements.
     

  • Golden Globe nominations out

    MUMBAI: The Golden Globe Awards has released its list of nominations for the upcoming award ceremony scheduled to be held on 17 January at the Beverly Hilton.


    The nominations are:


    Best Motion Picture – Drama


    Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment; Twentieth Century Fox


    The Hurt Locker, Voltage Pictures ; Summit Entertainment


    Inglourious Basterds, The Weinstein Company


    Precious: Lee Daniels Entertainment / Smokewood Entertainment Group Production; Lionsgate


    Up In The Air, Paramount Pictures; Paramount Pictures
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama


    Emily Blunt, The Young Victoria


    Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side


    Helen Mirren, The Last Station


    Carey Mulligan, An Education


    Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama


    Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart


    George Clooney, Up In The Air


    Colin Firth, A Single Man


    Morgan Freeman, Invictus


    Tobey Maguire, Brothers
    Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical


    (500) Days of Summer, Watermark Pictures; Fox Searchlight Pictures


    The Hangover, Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures


    It‘s Complicated, Relativity Media, Scott Rudin Productions; Universal Pictures


    Julie & Julia, Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing


    Nine, The Weinstein Company; The Weinstein Company


    Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picturee – Comedy or Musical


    Sandra Bullock, The Proposal


    Marion Cotillard, Nine


    Julia Roberts, Duplicity


    Meryl Streep, It‘s Complicated


    Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical


    Matt Damon, The Informant!


    Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine


    Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes


    Joseph-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer


    Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
    Best Animated Feature Film


    Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation; Sony Pictures Releasing


    Coraline, Laika, Inc.; Focus Features


    Fantastic Mr. Fox, American Empirical Picture; Twentieth Century Fox


    The Princess and The Frog, Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures


    UP, Walt Disney Pictures/PIXAR Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
    Best Foreign Language Film


    Baaria (Italy), Medusa Film; Summit Entertainment


    Broken Embraces (Spain), El Deseo SA; Sony Pictures Classics


    The Maid (Chile), (La Nana), Forastero; Elephant Eye Films


    A Prophet (France), Chic Films; Sony Pictures Classics


    The White Ribbon (Germany), (Das Weisse Band – Eine Deutsche Kindergeschichte), Wega Films; Sony Pictures Classics

  • HAF Awards winners announced

    Hong Kong: The Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum today announced the winners for the HAF awards, the Technicolor Bangkok awards, the Lacarno Open Doors awards and the Paris Project awards.


    The HAF Excellence award this year was presented to Charlie Young, director of Christmas Rose (Hong Kong), for being the first project to successfully achieve full financing at the HAF.



    Wanted by Dante Lam and The Murderer by Na Hong-jin were awarded HKD 100,000 (USD13,000 approx) each for projects originating in Hong Kong and outside of Hong Kong respectively.














    The Technicolor Bangkok awards of $20,000 (approx. HKD 156,000) each were given to Blood Maple and the Passion of the Kid (Thailand) by Chartchai Ketnust and Veritigo (Vietnam) by Chuyen Bui Thac.



    The Locarno Open Doors award – 5,000 Euros (HKD 50,000) – were presented to Help By Li Ying and Winter Vacation by Li Hong-qi. Both the projects are from the Chinese mainland. The projects will be invited to participate at the Locarno International Film Festival’s Open Door’s award section in 2009. Two round trips and hotel accommodations will be provided to each project.



    The Paris Project award –Euros 5,000 (HKD 50,000) – was presented to And Protect, Protected by Baomi Kawase (Japan). This includes one round trip and hotel accommodation at the Paris Cinema International Film Festival to participate in the Paris Project 2009.This year’s line-up included film projects from 11 territories.



    The HAF is one of the leading hubs of film-financing in Asia. This year it saw a 38 per cent increase in applicants for places in the forum, with guest registrations numbering over 900. This year’s Forum has also organised close to 500 successfully concluded meetings.

  • 5th Entertainment Expo Hong Kong opens

    Hong Kong: The opening ceremony for the fifth Entertainment Expo Hong Kong (EEHK) and the third Asian Film Awards was held yesterday evening at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).


    “Covering nine multimedia events in four critical sectors – film, television, digital entertainment and music – Entertainment Expo has firmly cast Hong Kong as the entertainment capital of Asia,” said HKTDC Chairman Jack So.



    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Financial Secretary John Tsang said, “We will shortly establish a new office – “Create Hong Kong” (CreateHK) – to support the development of our creative industries. CreateHK will realign resources from various government departments to enable us to respond more effectively to the industries‘ demands, and better serve them through a one-stop service.”













    Jang added, “In my Budget last month, I earmarked $300 million, to support the development of our creative industries over the coming three years. This will be in addition to the existing funding schemes established to support our design and film sectors. The Government‘s total financial commitment to creative industries is currently more than $1 billion.”



    EEHK’s three founding events include the Hong Kong International Film and Television Market, or Filmart, the Hong Kong International Film Festival and the Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony. EEHK also features six core events: the Asian Film Awards; the Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum; the Hong Kong Music Fair; the IFPI Hong Kong Top Sales Music Award 2008; the Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2009; and the Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards.

  • Japan tops awards tally at 3rd AFA

    Hong Kong: During Hong Kong’s 100th year of movie making, Japanese films walked away with awards in five of the 13 categories at the 3rd Asian Film Awards organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society.


    Tokyo Sonata, a story that portrays the breakdown of a Japanese family after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company, was awarded Best film.



    Tokyo Sonata also received the best screenwriter award for its screenwriter trio of Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Max Mannix and Tanaka Sachiko from Japan, The Netherlands and Hong Kong respectively.



    Hirokazu won the best director award for his Still Walking, a film about a family commemorating the drowning of one of its family members.



    Oscar award winning film (Best foreign language film) Departures lead star Motoki Masahiro was awarded Best Actor for his performance in the film. In the film Motoki plays a cellist who works in a funeral parlor business after his orchestra is dissolved. India’s Akhsay Kumar was among the nominees for this category for his performance in the Hindi super-hit film Singh is Kinng.












    Japan’s Hisaishi Joe won the award for the best composer for his music composition for Ponyo on the Cliff. India’s AR Rahman composition for Jodha Akbar among other’s had also been nominated for this category.



    Zhou Xun won the best actress award for the mainland Chinese film The Equation of Love and Death. India’s Deepika Podukone was also in the reckoning for this category for her performance in Chandni Chowk to China.



    India’s Nitin Chandrasekhar was one of the nominees for best production designer award for Jodha Akbar. The award was won by Daniel Yan-kong Lee for Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon.



    The Nielsen Box Office award was conferred on India’s Priyanka Chopra. The Edward Yang New Talent Award was conferred on Taiwanese director Wei Te-Sheng. Hong Kong director Tsui Hark and his wife Shi Nansun were presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Asia Cinema award.



    Awards for the other categories went to: Best Newcomer – Mainland China’s Yu Shaoqun (Forever Enthralled); Best Supporting Actor – South Korean Jung Woo-sung (The Good, the Bad, the Weird); Best Supporting Actress – Filipino Gina Pareno (Service);Best Cinematographer Europe’s Jola Dylewska (Tulpan) ; Best Editor South Korea’s Kim Sun-min (The Chaser);Best Visual Effects – Craig Hayes from the Chinese mainland (Red Cliff).


    The award ceremony was held at Hong Kong yesterday. Michelle Yeoh was the president of the jury that decided the awards.



    The glittering ceremony was hosted by VJ and MC Derek Li, Monaco born Hong Kong’s top model Lisa S and character actor Terence Yin. The awards ceremony was tastefully interspaced with audio visuals and performances by Justin Lo and Alan, among others.