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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday said it has named Fernando Garcia as its Executive Vice President, Member Relations and Awards. He replaces Lorenza Munoz, who left to join Amazon Studios in September as the streamer’s Senior Global Awards Executive. Garcia will lead engagement and outreach…

Netflix has dominated the Oscar documentary race in recent years, winning best feature in both 2020 and 2018. But this year it could be Amazon Studios' Time to shine. Time, directed by Garrett Bradley and produced by Amazon in partnership with Concordia Studio, enters Oscar season as a favorite, having won prizes from…

In another move due to complications caused by the coronavirus pandemic, sources tell Deadline that there are some key changes to the process of shortlisting potential nominees for the International Feature Film category (formerly Best Foreign Language Film). Instead of the main committee of volunteers from all…

In what has been the strangest year on recent record for myriad reasons, the International Feature Film Oscar race is not immune to the impact of Covid. Along with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tweaking submission deadlines, many films vying for recognition in the International Feature category have…

EXCLUSIVE: Cloudburst Entertainment has acquired rights to Songs of Solomon, Armenia's official entry for this year’s International Feature Film Oscar race. The drama, directed by Arman Nshanian, who also produced the pic with Oscar-winning Green Book producer and co-writer Nick Vallelonga and Asko Akopyan, will get a…

Coronavirus has taken a toll on philanthropy by Hollywood's premier nonprofit, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. According to a person briefed on the matter, the Academy this week will begin posting notice that its FilmWatch and FilmCraft grants programs have been put on hold for the rest of the 2021…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. A little less than four months to the Oscars. Are you counting the days, folks? You actually have to wonder how the astounding and constantly unfolding events in America and the world are going to impact Hollywood’s favorite guessing game: who will…

When this is all over—Covid, unrest, financial reconstruction—will Los Angeles still be the Movie Capital? Perhaps not. This week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency put Los Angeles County at the top of its new National Risk Index, which calculates danger from natural disasters like earthquakes, fire and flood…

UPDATED with new SAG Awards date: If you are an awards pundit looking to past habits to predict the trajectory of this awards season, think again. All bets are off as we are clearly, and rather obviously, in uncharted territory when trying to assess how voters, particularly the early ones at SAG and the Golden Globes…

On Sunday, February 9, 2020, history was made at the 92nd annual Academy Awards when, for the first time, a foreign-language film took the coveted Best Picture prize — along with three others including Best Director, Original Screenplay and the newly named Best International Feature. That movie of course was Bong…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was battered, but not quite beaten, by rising expenses, falling investment income and an increasing debt load in its fiscal year ended June 30, according to a financial report disclosed to bondholders on Thursday. According to the 35-page report, which is posted on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has picked up U.S. rights to Lili Horvát's Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time, which is this year's Oscar submission for Hungary. The film premiered in Venice Days and was also selected for Toronto. It follows a Hungarian neurosurgeon, who after 20 years in the…