New Theater In T-Ride?/Independent Spirit/Oscar Matters/TFF 39 Films/Two Directors

Good Thursday to Everyone!

A NEW THEATER FOR TELLURIDE?

The Telluride town council appears to moving forward with plans to convert The Haney Pavilion in Town Park to an enclosed facility (with financial help from the Festival) which is intended to have it ready as a new theater space for the 5 day 40th anniversary festival next Labor Day.  Here's the story from The Telluride Daily Planet:

http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/26/news/doc50b393bbb660c659837852.txt

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT

The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced earlier this week.  Here's a list of the nominees via Awards Daily:

2013 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Breakfast with Curtis, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Laura Colella
Middle of Nowhere, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay, PRODUCERS: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes,
Mosquita y Mari, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Aurora Guerrero, PRODUCER: Chad Burris
Starlet, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
The Color Wheel, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Ross Perry, WRITER: Carlen Altman

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini, Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce, Four

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna, End of Watch
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
How to Survive a Plague
DIRECTOR: David France
PRODUCERS: David France, Howard Gertler

Marina Abramoviæ: The Artist is Present
DIRECTOR: Matthew Akers
PRODUCERS: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre

The Central Park Five
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon

The Invisible War
DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick
PRODUCERS: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering

The Waiting Room
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Peter Nicks
PRODUCERS: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
Amour
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch

16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 16th annual Piaget Producers
Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources
demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce
quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted
grant funded by Piaget.

Nobody Walks PRODUCER: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie

19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 19th annual Someone to Watch
Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet
received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000
unrestricted grant.

Pincus, DIRECTOR: David Fenster
Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 18th annual Truer Than
Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features
who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a
$25,000 unrestricted grant.

Leviathan
DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and
its ensemble cast)
Starlet, Director: Sean Baker

Telluride connections included nominations for "The Central Park Five", "Amour", and "Rust and Bone".

Also I have included links to posts for the Indy Spirits from Awards Daily, InContention and Movie City News:

http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/11/27/film-independent-spirit-awards-coming-at-10am-pacific/

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2013-independent-spirit-awards-nominees

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/


OSCAR MATTERS

     AWARDS DAILY OSCAR PODCAST

http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode9.mp3

     ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-talking-oscars-award-screeners-ending-of-life-of-pi-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/

     THIS WEEK'S "FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG"

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-voters-394080


     ROGER EBERT'S OSCAR PREDICTIONS (FROM HOS BLOG)

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/11/and_the_nominees_are.html

     THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER DIRECTORS' ROUND TABLE:  AFFLECK, TARANTINO, VAN SANT, LEE, RUSSELL AND HOOPER

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-affleck-quentin-tarantino-4-394576



TFF #39 FILMS IN THE NEWS

     "HYDE PARK ON HUDSON" AND BILL MURRAY

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-murray-talks-fdr-comparison-395151

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/bill-murray-star-of-hyde-park-on-hudson.html?_r=1&

     "RUST AND BONE" AND MARION COTILLARD

http://www.hulu.com/watch/428816#i0,p0,d1

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118062441/

     "THE GATEKEEPERS"

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/dror-moreh-q-a-the-gatekeepers-pops-the-lid-off-israeli-arab-conflict


TWO TFF DIRECTORS WITH ONE STONE



I loved Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" which showed at the SHOW in 2010 and I also loved Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours" which SHOWED in 2008 and 2010 respectively...so when I saw that this had happened...well...

Aronofsky and Boyle discuss directing in the same interview that Fox Searchlight had put together in 2008 when the two men were in the midst of "Slumdog" and Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" so I had to provide the link:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/darren-aronofsky-danny-boyle-interview-each-other-on-directing/?uid=6e9c63f1183d2627a911d0de9748ed1c04590c8c


That's going to have to do it for today.  I'll get a new "Coming Attractions" segment on Monday's post.  More then...

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