Los Angeles, Feb 29 (IANS) Indian-American Pixar artist Sanjay Patel’s animated short “Sanjay’s Super Team”, which tells the story of an immigrant community and “a family of color”, lost the Oscar to Chilean film “Bear…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (IANS) Mark Rylance was named as the Best Supporting Actor at the 88th Academy Awards ceremony here on Sunday night for Steven Spielberg’s cold war drama “Bridge of Spies”, which was…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (PTI) Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won the best documentary Oscar for “Amy”, a poignant examination of singer Amy Winehouse’s life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Kapadia, who…
Los Angeles, Feb 29 (PTI) Disney-Pixar’s much-appreciated “Inside Out”, an adventure epic set inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl, won the best animated feature Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards here. With sequences devoted…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Sanjay Patel’s animated short, “Sanjay’s Super Team”, which tells the story of an immigrant community and “a family of colour”, is up against movies like “Bear Story” and “World of…
Los Angeles, Feb 17 (IANS) This year’s Oscar statuettes will look a little bit different with a new manufacturer for the first time in 34 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced…
Los Angeles, Feb 16 (IANS) It was a clean sweep for rapper Kendrick Lamar at the 58th Grammy Awards here on Monday, when he bagged five trophies for his album “To Pimp a Butterfly”. Singer…
Los Angeles, Feb 16 (IANS) Indian origin filmmaker Asif Kapadia on Monday bagged a Grammy Award for his film “Amy”; while internationally acclaimed sitarist Anoushka Shankar failed to take home the prestigious golden gramophone for…
London, Feb 15 (AFP) Epic survival tale “The Revenant” has won the best film prize at Britain’s Bafta awards, seen as a key predictor of success at the upcoming Oscars. The film took top honours…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar will be conferred with an honorary Doctorate in Arts by Ahmedabad-based Rai University to appreciate his contribution to the Indian cinema and for laying a…
Los Angeles, Feb 9 (IANS) Amidst the racial diversity debate at the Oscars, actor Sylvester Stallone was considering his options to boycott the ceremony, but African-American director Ryan Coogler stopped him. Stallone, who is nominated…
New York, Feb 6 (IANS) Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman has been named the recipient of the 43rd annual Chaplin Award, the honour given out by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The announcement was made…
Aakash Doshi receiving the”Best Documentary” award for his film “Shifting Tides” at the National Students Film Awards held at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, in 2015 A still from the film “Shifting…
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Bajirao Mastani” has landed five nominations, including in the Best Film category, at the 10th Asian Film Awards, where “The Assassin” is the front-runner with nine nominations. “Bajirao…
Mumbai, Feb 3 (IANS) Manipuri documentary film “Phum Shang” won the coveted Golden Conch Award for the best documentary at the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) which ended here on Wednesday. Swiss film “My…
Los Angeles, Feb 2 (IANS) Australian director George Miller has been selected to head the jury at the upcoming 69th Cannes International Film Festival, which will run from May 11-22, the festival officials have announced….
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Indian filmmaker Kanu Behl directorial Titli has bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC). The awards were announced on Monday…
Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Actress-filmmaker Geethu Mohandas has won the Global Filmmaking award at the Sundance Film Festival 2016. Besides Geethu, who was elected for the award for her upcoming feature “Insha’ Allah”, the award…
Los Angeles, Jan 31 (IANS) Actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Idris Elba won the big honours at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which focussed on diversity amongst winners, especially in the wake of the…
Los Angeles, Jan 30 (IANS) George Miller’s directorial Mad Max: Fury Road and Todd Haynes’s directorial Carol bagged two awards each at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards (AACTA) here. The…