Congratulations to MFF 2010’s DOGTOOTH, which against long odds was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Foreign Language Film! If you missed this edgy Greek thriller at the festival and during its late-Fall theatrical run at The Charles, as of this week you can now catch it on DVD. Here’s a New York Times piece commenting on this year’s foreign-film nominees…
Posts Tagged 'Oscar Nominations'
DOGTOOTH Nominated for an Academy Award!
Published January 26, 2011 Uncategorized ClosedTags: 2010, Academy Award, Best Foreign Language Film, Dogtooth, Greek, Maryland Film Festival, Oscar, Oscar Nominations
Sragow Profiles Local and Nation Oscar Noms
Published February 4, 2010 1 ClosedTags: American Heart, Baltimore, Edward Furlong, Jeff Bridges, MICA, Mike Sragow, Music by Prudence, Oscar Nominations, Oscars, Patrick Wright, shorts
Sragow, one of the best film writers in the country, explores one of the documentary short nominees, MUSIC BY PRUDENCE, produced and co-edited by MICA’s Patrick Wright. Patrick’s been such a great partner with us on the film series’ we’ve done at MICA, often including special sessions in the classroom with the students and visiting filmmakers. He’s put together a pretty great film program for MICA students. I haven’t seen his finished film, but early scenes I saw were unbelievable, and it’s been fun watching the project grow. MICA has been supportive from the beginning. I don’t know any of the other nominees, but I hope this one wins.
No news flash: Jeff Bridges is going to win the Oscar for Best Actor. It will act as a Lifetime Achievement Award and, on that basis, is richly deserved. If you want to see him deliver a really fresh performance of a man struggling with self-destructive impulses, rent AMERICAN HEART. Bridges plays a reluctant father to Edward Furlong (discovered by Jim Cameron for TERMINATOR), and he’s just great.
OSCARS: Baltimore & Beyond
Published February 2, 2010 1 3 CommentsTags: Anna Kendrick, AVATAR, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Documentary Short, Best Editing, Best Original Screeplay, best picture, Elinor Burkett, Geeta Gandbhir, James Cameron, Kathryn Bigelow, Music by Prudence, Oscar Nominations, Pathric Wright, PRUDENCE, Rocket Science, Roger Williams, The Hurt Locker
MFF 2009 Closing Night: THE HURT LOCKER
Screenwriter Mark Boal, Director Kathryn Bigelow, & Washington Post Film Critic Ann Hornaday
Unbelievably, defying all odds, MFF 2009 Closing Night film, THE HURT LOCKER, was nominated for NINE (!!!!!!) Oscars, sharing the Most Nominated title with the Biggest Movie in History, James Cameron’s AVATAR. THE HURT LOCKER was nominated in many major categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Actor, and Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, etc. If Kathryn wins Best Director she will be the first female director to do so. She’s already broken one glass (titanium ?) ceiling- she’s the first female to win the Directors Guild Best Director, which is a pretty good predictor of Oscar favor.
Also, MICA professor and MFF Alum Patrick Wright’s new film, MUSIC BY PRUDENCE, for which he produced and edited was the co-producer and assistant editor, was nominated in the Best Documentary Short Category. Maybe, like KING GIMP, he’ll bring another Oscar back to Baltimore in this category.
Other Bmore related Oscars: Anna Kendrick, nominated for Best Supporting Actress was at our event for CAMP, and is the female lead of ROCKET SCIENCE, a filmed in Baltimore movie that was MFF 2007 Closing Night. She’s up against another Marylander, Mo’Nique.
-JED
**CORRECTION**: MUSIC BY PRUDENCE was produced by Elinor Burkett and Roger Williams – and edited by Geeta Gandbhir. We apologize to the filmmakers for the mistake.
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