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First Photos: ‘Army of the Dead’ Zombie Film from Director Zack Snyder
The 92 voting members of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists – myself included – cast our votes in one of the most confusing, confounding awards seasons to date. Once totaled, Nomadland emerged the year’s big winner, picking up six wins out of its nine nominations. The engaging drama was named the year’s best film and Chloe Zhao snagged wins in the Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay categories.
“All in all, 2020 saw a bumper crop of female-directed and female-centered films that reached widespread audiences via online releases,” stated Jennifer Merin, EDA AWARDS and AWJF founder and film critic. “From AWFJ’s point of view, that’s one ray of sunlight that has shown through this year’s pandemic darkness. We hope that trend will continue as our nation heals from its various ailments.”
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ 14th annual EDA Awards are divided into three sections – Best Of, Female Focus, and Special Mention – and offer 25 different categories.
AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS NOMINEES AND WINNERS – These awards are presented to women and/or men without gender consideration.
Best Film
• MINARI
• NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
• WINNER: NOMADLAND
• ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
Best Director
• Emerald Fennell – PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
• Regina King – ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
• Kelly Reichardt – FIRST COW
• Aaron Sorkin – TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
• WINNER: Chloe Zhao – NOMADLAND
Best Screenplay, Original
• MANK – Jack Fincher
• WINNER:PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN – Emerald Fennell
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 – Aaron Sorkin
Best Screenplay, Adapted
• FIRST COW – Kelly Reichardt and Jon Raymond
• WINNER: NOMADLAND – Chloe Zhao
• ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI – Kemp Powers
Best Documentary (TIE)
• WINNER: ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY
• ATHLETE A
• CRIP
Nonny de la Peña is the producer and director of the 2004 documentary Unconstitutional, and Peggy Weil is a professor at the University of Southern California. Both are the creators of Gone Gitmo, a virtual Guantánamo in Second Life.
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the day the first prisoners were brought to Guantánamo. We are pleased to be able to participate in this event with the ACLU on Progressive Islandwith the common goal to Close Guantánamo.
Our purpose is to raise awareness, initiate discussion and educate on habeas corpusissues by making a virtual but accessible Guantánamo Bay Prison in contrast to the real, but inaccessible, U.S. prison camp. We are using Second Lifeto expose a substantially new audience to these issues by extending the methods and images from documentary filmmaking into new online, participatory environments.
Gone Gitmo was incubated during a residency at the Bay Area Video CoalitionProducers Institute for New Media Technologies funded by The MacArthur Foundation. We answered the call to translate an “existing, significant, documentary work” into digital media. Our intention was to translate the Guantánamo portion of Nonny de la Peña’s 2004 film, Unconstitutional, into a virtual, cinematic experience. On September 17, we were able to simulcast Seton Hall Law School’s Constitution Day Eventfrom our event stage, Habeas Commons.
Our overriding philosophical challenge is to communicate a gravely serious matter in a medium known for games and entertainment. This is changing as use of the medium has evolved: Second Life has a growing nonprofit community including several noteworthy activist sites. As artists, we confront how to portray the practices in Guantánamo effectively and design an experience that does not trivialize torture (we will not torture your avatar) but will provoke thought and insight into the complicated issues surrounding detainees' rights.
— Peggy Weil and Nonny de la Peña
Reminder List of Productions Eligible for the 85th Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences:
The 85th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2013.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
Benjamin Walker. Dominic Cooper. Anthony Mackie. Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Rufus Sewell. Marton Csokas. Jimmi Simpson. Joseph Mawle. Robin McLeavy. Erin Wasson. John Rothman. Cameron M. Brown. Frank Brennan. Lux Haney-Jardine. Curtis Harris. Bill Martin Williams. Alex Lombard. Raevin Stinson. Jaqueline Fleming. John Neisler. Aaron Toney. Meade Patton. Teri Wyble. Lawrence Turner. Jake La Botz. Dane Rhodes. Earl H. Maddox. John McConnell. Bernard Hocke. Ritchie Montgomery. Scott Michael Jefferson. Pierre Pichon. Maya M. Marshall. Michael Madary. Alex Bulat.
ACT OF VALOR
Roselyn Sanchez. Jason Cottle. Alex Veadov. Nestor Serrano. Ailsa Marshall. Gonzalo Menendez. Emilio Rivera. Dimiter Marinov. LCDR Rorke. SOC Dave. SOC Sonny. SOC Weimy. SOI Ray. SOI Ajay. SOC Mikey. SOCS Van O. Katelyn. Admiral Callaghan. Captain Duncan Smith. SOCS Billy. Tommy Rosales, Jr.. Marc Margulies. Dan Southworth. Carla Jimenez. Ed Abel Pineda. Angela Mora. Anthony Corone. Artie Malesci. Maria Juani. Aspen Widowson. Lydia Lane. Sopheakna Ngourn.
ADVENTURES IN ZAMBEZIA
ANIMATION VOICEOVERS. Jeremy Suarez. Abigail Breslin. Jeff Goldblum. Leonard Nimoy. Samuel L. Jackson. Richard E. Grant. Jenifer Lewis. Jim Cummings. Jamal Mixon. David Shaughnessy. Noureen DeWulf. Tania Gunadi. Deep Roy. Phil LaMarr. Kelly Stables. Kristen Rutherford. Corey Burton. Tress MacNeille. Tom Kenny. Wayne Thornley. Brent Palmer. Jon Olson. Sam Riegel. Keeno-Lee Hector. Nik Rabinowitz. Lee Duru. Zolani Mahola.
AFTER THE WIZARD
Orien Richman. Jermel Nakia. Helen Richman. Loren Lester. Peter Mark Richman
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