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AFI AWARDS 2015

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The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced its recipients of The AFI Awards 2015: Honoring A Year Of Excellence.

Movies of the Year                             TV Programs of the Year

The Big Short                                                The Americans

Bridge of Spies                                              Better Call Saul

Carol                                                                Black-ish

Inside Out                                                      Empire

Mad Max: Fury Road                                    Fargo

The Martian                                                   Game of Thrones

Room                                                               Homeland

Spotlight                                                        Master of None

Star Wars: The Force Awakens                 Mr. Robot

Straight Outta Compton                            Unreal

 

 

AFI SPECIAL AWARD

MAD MEN

 

The award is the only national honor for each creative team as a whole documenting the year’s most artistically and culturally significant films and television programming. AFI recognizes and celebrates the collaborative nature of the art form with its AFI Awards.

This year the iconic TV series, Mad Men,  receives recognition for its contributions to America’s cultural legacy with an AFI Special Award.

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Sundance Film Festival 2016

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Sundance Institute has announced its feature film lineup for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival with its highly anticipated film narratives in conjunction with its Event Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Spotlight, Sundance Kids and Special Events sections.

Sundance Film Festival was founded in 1985 and is showcasing a selection of 200 feature-length and short films  out of over 12,500 submissions from 120 countries. In addition, the festival also presents panels, musical programming and exhibitions for emerging media.

Several notable independent filmmakers got their big break at Sundance including Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, David O. Russell, Steven Soderbergh, and Darren Aronofsky.

Executive Director Keri Putnam invites audiences from all over the world to witness and discover the works and voices of highly original filmmakers and to join the festival dedicated to independent storytelling.

The Festival is scheduled for January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah. For more information click here on this year’s film lineup click here: Festival Program

 

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Rooney Mara Receiving SBIFF’s Cinema Vanguard Award

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Actress Rooney Mara is set to receive the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s (SBIFF) prestigious Cinema Vanguard Award. The diminutive Rooney will join a notable group of honorees including last year’s recipients Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.  Other recipients include Amy Adams, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Nicole Kidman, Ryan Gossling and Stanley Tucci.

The award was created to recognize “actors who have forged their own path – taking artistic risks while making a significant and unique contribution to film.”

In 2012 Mara was nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama for her work in The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo (2011).

SBIFF is recognizing Mara for her work in the recently released film Carol, a melodrama from acclaimed director Todd Haynes. Mara will receive the award from her co-star, Cate Blanchett, February 12, 2016 at the historic Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA. For information on attending click here: Tickets

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