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37th Artios Awards
37th Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America, honoring the best originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a film, television, theatre and short-form projects, was held on March 23, 2022, virtually. It was originally scheduled to be held on March 17, 2022. The nominations for the television, theatre, shorts and shortform series categories were announced on November 22, 2021. The nominees for the film categories were announced on January 31, 2022. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the American theatre, a new category was presented named ''Virtual Theatre'' in order to recognize the efforts done by the theatre community during the 2020-21 season. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface: Film Television Short-Form Projects Theatre References {{Artios Awards A Artios The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casting Society Of America
The Casting Society, formerly known as Casting Society of America (CSA), was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1982 as a Professional association, professional society of about 1,200 Casting (performing arts), casting directors and associate casting directors for film, television, theatre, and commercials in Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia and Africa, and the United States. The nonprofit organization announced the name change from Casting Society of America to Casting Society on February 10, 2022. The society is not to be confused with an Trade union, industry union. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represent most (though not all) of the major casting directors and associate casting directors in Hollywood. Members use the post-nominal letters "CSA" when credited for their work. Membership eligibility The following requirements must be met in order to join the CSA: *Sponsorship letters from at least two current members of the CSA. *Two years of screen or stage credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Power Of The Dog (film)
''The Power of the Dog'' is a 2021 revisionist Western psychological drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. It is based on Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of the same title. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Set in Montana and shot mostly within rural Otago, the film is an international co-production among New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. ''The Power of the Dog'' had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2021, where Campion won the Silver Lion for Best Direction. The film had a limited theatrical release in November 2021, and was released to stream worldwide on Netflix on December 1, 2021. ''The Power of the Dog'' received universal acclaim from critics, who praised Campion's direction and screenplay, cinematography, score, and performances of the four leads. It was highly regarded as one of the best films of 2021 by multiple top-ten lists and has re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Novice (film)
''The Novice'' is a 2021 American psychological sports drama film written and directed by Lauren Hadaway (in her feature directorial debut). The film stars Isabelle Fuhrman as an obsessive freshman who joins her university's rowing team. It also stars Amy Forsyth, Dilone, Charlotte Ubben, Jonathan Cherry, and Kate Drummond. ''The Novice'' had its world premiere at the 20th Tribeca Film Festival on June 13, 2021, where it won three awards. The film was simultaneously released in theaters and on VOD on December 17, 2021. It earned five nominations at the 37th Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Feature. Plot After a physics class in which she takes the same exam multiple times over, obsessively competitive college freshman Alex Dall sets out to join the Wellington College Novice Rowing Program. Shortly after the first training session her thoughts become occupied with the sport - in particular with the consistent form practiced while rowing. Jamie Brill, another freshman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bayou (film)
''Blue Bayou'' is a 2021 American drama film written and directed by Justin Chon. The film stars Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh Dan Pham, Sydney Kowalske, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Emory Cohen. ''Blue Bayou'' had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in July 13, 2021 and was released in the United States on September 17, 2021, by Focus Features. Plot Antonio LeBlanc is a Korean-American adoptee and tattoo artist living outside New Orleans with his pregnant wife Kathy, a rehabilitation nurse, and her daughter Jessie. Due to his criminal record, Antonio is unable to find additional employment to support his family, though Kathy offers to resume working to help make ends meet. After being physically harassed by NOPD officers Ace and Denny, the former being Jessie’s absent biological father, Antonio is violently arrested. He is placed into ICE custody and faces deportation when it is revealed that his adoptive parents never naturalized him pursuant to Child Citi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Humans (film)
''The Humans'' is a 2021 American psychological drama film written and directed by Stephen Karam in his feature directorial debut, and based on his one-act play of the same name. It stars Richard Jenkins, Jayne Houdyshell, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun and June Squibb. It had its world premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2021. The film was released by A24 on November 24, 2021, both in theaters and on Showtime. Plot On Thanksgiving, Erik and Deirdre Blake, their daughter Aimee, and Erik's senile mother, Momo, visit their other daughter, Brigid, at her new apartment that she shares with her partner, Richard. Erik is immediately disapproving of the apartment, as it is run-down, in a flood risk zone, and close to Ground Zero. He has lingering trauma from 9/11: he had driven Aimee to a job interview on that day, and had planned to visit the observation deck of the Twin Towers, but had waited across the street as the deck had not yet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hand Of God (film)
''The Hand of God'' ( it, È stata la mano di Dio, ) is a 2021 Italian drama film written, directed, and produced by Paolo Sorrentino. It stars Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo, Teresa Saponangelo, Marlon Joubert, Luisa Ranieri, Renato Carpentieri, Massimiliano Gallo, Betti Pedrazzi, Biagio Manna, and Ciro Capano. The film refers autobiographically to Sorrentino's youth in Naples. It competed for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize and where Filippo Scotti received the Marcello Mastroianni Award. It was released in a limited release on 24 November 2021, followed by streaming on Netflix on 15 December 2021. It was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Plot In the 1980s, young Fabietto lives at home in Naples with his father Saverio Schisa and mother Maria Schisa. He doesn’t have many friends nor a lover and wants to study philosophy in college. For the time being, he's mainly l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passing (film)
''Passing'' is a 2021 black-and-white romantic drama film written, produced, and directed by Rebecca Hall in her feature directorial debut. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Nella Larsen, and its title refers to African-Americans who had skin color light enough to be perceived as white, referred to as " passing". The film stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, and Alexander Skarsgård. ''Passing'' had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021, and began a limited theatrical release on October 27, 2021, prior to streaming on Netflix on November 10. The film received acclaim from critics, who praised Hall's screenplay and direction, and performances of Thompson and Negga. The film was named one of the top ten films of 2021 by the African American Film Critics Association. For her performance, Negga was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Daughter (film)
''The Lost Daughter'' is a 2021 psychological drama film adapted for the screen and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal (in her feature directorial debut) based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante. The film stars Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Dagmara Domińczyk, Jack Farthing, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Peter Sarsgaard, and Ed Harris. Colman also serves as an executive producer. ''The Lost Daughter'' had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2021, where Gyllenhaal won the Golden Osella Award for Best Screenplay, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 17, 2021, prior to streaming on December 31, 2021, by Netflix. The film was acclaimed by critics, and at the 94th Academy Awards received three nominations: Best Actress (Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Buckley), and Best Adapted Screenplay. Plot While on holiday in Greece, middle-aged university professor and noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast (film)
''Belfast'' is a 2021 British coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Kenneth Branagh. The film stars Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan and Jude Hill. The film, which Branagh has described as his "most personal", follows a young boy's childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland, at the beginning of The Troubles in 1969. ''Belfast'' had its world premiere at the 48th Telluride Film Festival on 2 September 2021; shortly thereafter, it won the People's Choice Award at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in the United States on 12 November 2021 by Focus Features, and in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 21 January 2022, by Universal Pictures. It received praise from critics for Branagh's direction and screenplay, cinematography and the performances of the cast, and grossed over $49 million worldwide. The film received seven nominations at the 94th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CODA (2021 Film)
''CODA'' is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film ''La Famille Bélier'', it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, the titular child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family, a teenager who attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business while pursuing her own aspirations of being a singer. The movie uses deaf actors to play the deaf characters, who, along with Jones, communicate using American Sign Language. Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant, and Marlee Matlin are featured in supporting roles. An international co-production between the United States and France, with Philippe Rousselet of ''La Famille Bélier'' reprising his role as producer, it was filmed on location in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the United States. ''CODA'' had its world premiere on , 2021, at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, where Apple acquired its distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Sellers (film)
''Best Sellers'' is a 2021 comedy-drama film directed by Lina Roessler and written by Anthony Grieco. It stars Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Speedman, Ellen Wong, Veronica Ferres, and Cary Elwes. The film was an official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was released in the United States and Canada on September 17, 2021, by Screen Media Films and Mongrel Media, respectively. Plot Lucy Stanbridge is a young publisher who inherited her father's once successful publishing house. To keep it afloat in face of a recent streak of disastrous releases, she seeks the help of cantankerous old writer Harris Shaw, a legendary author who hasn't published a book in 50 years. Lucy has a contract that stipulates Shaw still owes the publishing house a book and is required to do a book tour for it. Reluctantly, Harris agrees to gives his unpublished manuscript to Lucy and to go on tour with her, but his wild antics prove to be hard to handle. Cast * Michael Caine as Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zola (film)
''Zola'' is a 2020 American black comedy crime film directed by Janicza Bravo and written by Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris. It is based on a viral Twitter thread from 2015 by Aziah "Zola" King and the resulting ''Rolling Stone'' article "Zola Tells All: The Real Story Behind the Greatest Stripper Saga Ever Tweeted" by David Kushner. It stars Taylour Paige as Zola, a part-time stripper who is convinced by her new friend (Riley Keough) to travel to Tampa, Florida, in order to earn money, only to get in over her head; Colman Domingo, Nicholas Braun, and Ari'el Stachel also star. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, and was released in the United States on June 30, 2021, by A24, following a year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ''Zola'' received positive reviews from critics and earned nominations at numerous awards shows, including a leading seven nods at the 37th Independent Spirit Awards, among them Best Film, Best Director, and Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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