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Chad Hartigan’s clever sci-fi drama “Little Fish” sums its chief concerns in one grim line: “When your disaster is everyone’s disaster, how do you grieve?” A change of pace for the director of “Morris From America,” Hartigan’s weighty romance takes place in world afflicted by memory loss, with all the devastating results implied by that premise. , “Little Fish” plays as both an effective metaphor for Alzheimer’s, and the disintegration of a relationship without closure or reason.

Lead couple Emma (Olivia Cooke) and Jude (Jack O’Connell) are battling to recover their memories of each other as Jude succumbs to the affliction, which so far leaves Emma untouched. They aren’t the only ones working through that problem: In “Little Fish,” everyone in the world is collectively losing their memory to something called Nia, or “neuroinflammatory affliction.” It’s first seen in victims who suddenly forget who they...

AMC gave horror fans a lot to look forward to at the Television Critics Association Press Tour, announcing several in-the-works projects, including Shock Theatre, a sci-fi horror anthology series from director/executive producer Greg Nicotero:

Press Release: Beverly Hills, CA – July 29, 2017 – AMC announced today from the Television Critics Association (TCA) Press Tour a look at a current slate of select scripted and non-fiction projects in various stages of development for 2018 and beyond. New projects include many from existing AMC creative partners like “Better Call Saul” producers Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment, “Talking Dead” host Chris Hardwick’s production company Fish Ladder, “The Walking Dead” executive producer, director and special FX make-up designer Greg Nicotero, and “Fear The Walking Dead” star Colman Domingo, among others. These seven scripted projects for potential series consideration are among a broad number of projects currently being developed as part of AMC’s “scripts-to-series” model, which the...

AMC could be taking a trip to Christmasland in the future. Back in December of 2015, it was revealed that the network was considering developing a TV series based on Joe Hill's supernatural novel NOS4A2, and today AMC announced that it has opened a writers' room for NOS4A2 and two other projects.

Led by Jami O'Brien (Hell on Wheels), who, along with Joe Hill, will serve as an executive producer on the series should it move forward, NOS4A2 is now being developed in the aforementioned writers' room.

O'Brien and her team will work together to write scripts for multiple episodes and a framework for the first season, and if AMC likes the concept and story that O'Brien and company come up with, NOS4A2 could be ordered to series.

This "scripts-to-series" system was used by the network to create the new series The Son and the upcoming Lodge...

AMC is opening writers' rooms for three drama projects earmarked for potential straight-to-series orders: NOS4A2 from Jami O'Brien (Hell On Wheels, Fear the Walking Dead) based on the novel by Joe Hill; Pandora, from Sam Vincent & Jonathan Brackley (Humans, Mi-5); and Silent History, from Claire Carré & Charles Spano, (Embers). All three projects come from AMC Studios; NOS4A2 is a co-production with Tornante. The projects are being developed as part of AMC's…...

The 32nd Independent Spirit Awards took place on Feb. 25 in Los Angeles. Many Oscar contenders — such as “Moonlight” and “Manchester by the Sea” — were nominated alongside smaller titles such as “American Honey” and “Chronic,” making for a truly unpredictable show.

Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Who Will Win and Who Should Win — Critics Survey

The full list of nominees is below, with winners in bold.

Best Feature

“Moonlight”

“American Honey”

“Chronic”

“Jackie”

“Manchester by the Sea”

Best Director

Barry Jenkins –”Moonlight”

Andrea Arnold –”American Honey”

Pablo Larraín –”Jackie”

Jeff Nichols –”Loving”

Kelly Reichardt –”Certain Women”

Best Male Lead

Casey Affleck –”Manchester by the Sea” as Lee Chandler

David Harewood –”Free in Deed” as Abe Wilkins

Viggo Mortensen –”Captain Fantastic” as Ben Cash

Jesse Plemons –”Other People” as David Mulcahey

Tim Roth –”Chronic” as David Wilson

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Huppert –”Elle” as Michèle Leblanc

Annette Bening –”20th Century Women” as...

A24’s drama – and the distributor itself – enjoyed a huge Saturday afternoon at Film Independent’s 32nd annual Spirit Awards ceremony on the beach in Santa Monica.

Best feature winner Moonlight won six awards and took the plaudits on an afternoon that also sends best director winner Barry Jenkins to Sunday’s Oscars in high spirits and recognised Friday night’s César winner Isabelle Huppert for Elle and Casey Affleck for Manchester By The Sea in the lead acting categories.

Besides best feature and director, Moonlight won screenplay for Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, cinematography for James Laxton, and editing for Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders.

The film started the ceremony as joint frontrunner with American Honey on six nominations and converted all six, including the previously announced Robert Altman Award. American Honey went away empty-handed.

It was a triumphant afternoon for A24, which made its first financing foray on Moonlight and also distributed Robert Eggers’s first...

The 32nd annual Independent Spirit Awards, sponsored by Perrier-Jouët, kicked off Saturday at the Santa Monica Pier in California, honoring the best independent films of 2016.

Oscar contenders like Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight are both nominated for awards, alongside smaller films like American Honey and Chronic, making Saturday's awards ceremony truly anyone's game.

Related: Final Oscars Predictions 2017: Here's Who Should Win and Who Will Win the Biggest Awards!

Check back for updates to see who wins big.

Best Feature

American Honey

Chronic

Jackie

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Andrea Arnold –American Honey

Barry Jenkins –Moonlight

Pablo Larraín –Jackie

Jeff Nichols –Loving

Kelly Reichardt –Certain Women

Best Male Lead

Casey Affleck –Manchester by the Sea

David Harewood –Free in Deed

Viggo Mortensen –Captain Fantastic

Jesse Plemons –Other People

Tim Roth –Chronic

Best Female Lead

Annette Bening –20th Century Women

Isabelle Huppert –Elle

Sasha Lane –American Honey

Ruth Negga –Loving

Natalie Portman –Jackie

Best Supporting...

We learned early last month that Nick Kroll and John Mulaney are co-hosting the Independent Spirit Awards, and now IndieWire can exclusively announce the presenters at this Saturday’s ceremony. Nine actors will be lending their talents to the proceedings: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Kerry Washington, Miles Teller, Samuel L. Jackson, Freida Pinto, Fred Armisen and Amanda Peet.

Read More: Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney Love Spending Every Waking Hour Together in New Promos

In addition, Gary Clark Jr. is serving as the one-man house band for the ceremony, the Spirit Awards’ 32nd. The awards will be broadcast live on IFC at 5 p.m. Est this Saturday. Full list of nominees below.

Read More: 2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to Co-Host Ceremony

Best Feature:

“American Honey”

“Chronic”

“Jackie”

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

Best Director:

Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”

Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

Pablo Larraín,...

As the definition of an independent film has shifted with the ever-expanding budget divide in American filmmaking — particularly Hollywood cutting back on its mid-range projects — when it comes time for awards season, it’s often only the highest profile of “indie films” that get recognized. While we do our best to recognize the films that often get unfortunately, a new awards has launched that honors the best of truly independent American cinema, featuring films all under a $1 million budget.

Aptly titled the American Independent Film Awards (aka AIFAs), they were voted on by international film festival programmers, U.S. based film festival programmers, and North American film critics (including yours truly.) “First and foremost, we would like to thank all film producers and distribution companies who helped us identify qualifying films and outline the categories. We’d also like to thank the international and American based film festival programmers, and...

I'm so glad that Barry Jenkins' "Moonlight" is getting lots of love from the Independent Spirit Awards. It is raw, honest, pure! One of my favorite films of the year! I also enjoyed "Jackie" but largely due to Natalie Portman's wonderful performance. Oh, I'm also loving "Manchester by the Sea!" I interviewed the cast at the Toronto International Film Festival, check it out here. Affleck and Hedges received nominations from the film among its many accomplishments. And I love Ruth Negga from "Loving!" She's nominated for Best Female Lead. Check out my interview with the actress where I told her we'll all remember her name by year's end!

Here's the complete list of the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations! We'll find out the winners on Feb. 25!

2017 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

Best Feature:

.American Honey.

.Chronic.

.Jackie.

.Manchester by the Sea.

.Moonlight.

Best Director:

Andrea Arnold, .American Honey.

Barry Jenkins,...

Jenny Slate and Edgar Ramírez announced the 2017 Independent Spirit Award nominations live from the W Hollywood this morning, with “American Honey,” “Jackie,” “Manchester by the Sea” and “Moonlight” all doing especially well for themselves — each film was nominated for Best Feature, Director and several other awards. The ceremony itself will air on IFC on February 25. Here’s the full list of nominees:

Read More: Here’s How the Independent Spirit Awards Will Impact the Oscar Race: Analysis

Best Feature:

“American Honey”

“Chronic”

“Jackie”

“Manchester by the Sea”

“Moonlight”

Best Director:

Andrea Arnold, “American Honey”

Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”

Pablo Larraín, “Jackie”

Jeff Nichols, “Loving”

Kelly Reichardt, “Certain Women”

Best First Feature:

“The Childhood of a Leader”

“The Fits”

“Other People”

“Swiss Army Man”

“The Witch”

Best Female Lead:

Annette Bening, “20th Century Women”

Isabelle Huppert, “Elle”

Sasha Lane, “American Honey”

Ruth Negga, “Loving”

Natalie Portman, “Jackie”

Best Male Lead:

Casey Affleck,...

Embers, Claire Carré's philosophical science fiction film, added to its awards caché this past weekend at the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, winning the Asteroide Award. I was proud to be on the jury, along with Pedro Suoto from MotelX, and film critic Mauro Gervasini. In his review, Ben Umstead described it as a film "that reaches deep inside humanity, inside our collective soul (a collective history beyond memory), searching for that basic instinct, that inherent self beyond self." The physical award is created each year by a local artist, making it even more memorable for the filmmakers. Other notable award winners include Under the Shadow, which was given the Web Critics award from Italian film journalists; Sum of Histories, which won the Méliès d'Argent for Best...

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There are few greater pleasures than discovering a talented filmmaker at the start of what promises to be a dynamic career in storytelling. Claire Carré is one of those filmmakers, and her directorail debut Embers is one of those films. A Science Fiction yarn that charts the lives of a group of survivors in a world post-memory, Embers releases today on iTunes and VOD platforms stateside. But for those in Los Angeles, it gets a full theatrical release this Friday, August 5th. With richly varied production design and costuming I certainly think Embers warrants the big screen experience. As such, ScreenAnarchy is partnering with Slamdance Presents to giveaway two pairs of tickets for Opening Night and the Big Ideas, Small Budget: Indie Sci-fi panel which...

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Among the numerous post-apocalyptic stories in recent years, there are only a handful that tackle the feeling of disconnection and disorientation that comes with living in confused chaos. One of these is Claire Carré’s debut film “Embers,” a film about a group of survivors struggling with sustained short-term memory loss after a global neurological epidemic.

Read More: Here’s the Best Science Fiction Discovery of the Year

At the center of the film is the romance between a wandering couple (Jason Ritter and Iva Gocheva) who wake up every morning unfamiliar with their surroundings and unsure of who they are. Other characters include a wealthy father and daughter stuck in an underground bunker where they retain their memory, a scientist who can’t comprehend his own mental state, a young boy drifting through the woods, and a demented man who can’t figure out why he’s filled with rage.

Science Fiction with vision -- and done on a budget no less -- is one of our favorite kinds of cinema to give attention to here at TwitchFilm. Claire Carré's feature debut Embers is exactly one of those indie sci-fi darlings. Not only do we think this, but so do the folks at Slamdance and The Orchard who have struck a joint deal to bringCarré's vision of a world post-memory to big and small screens, alike. Slamdance Presents, the theatrical release wing of the Diy film festival, will be brining Embers to Arclight Hollywood on August 5th, for a week long run of screenings and extra-special Q&As, while The Orcahrd will be doing a VOD day-and-date release. Co-written with Charles Spano, Embers is, as I...

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Plus: Gkids executives join Angelina Jolie on The Breadwinner as executive producers; and more…

Outfest top brass announced the complete line-up of 162 films from 19 countries on Thursday ahead of the July 7-17 festival.

Opening the festival is Samuel Goldwyn Films’ The Intervention, Clea Duvall’s directorial and screenwriting feature debut, while Vertical Entertainment’s Other People closes the event.

“I am proud and honoured to present a program that focuses on the most talented queer voices across all media – from film to television to the web,” said Outfest executive director Christopher Racster.

For full details click here.

Slamdance Presents will release Claire Carré’s directorial debut Embers, which closed the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival, on August 5 at the ArcLight Hollywood. The Orchard will release the film at the same time on VOD.Gkids announced that CEO and founder Eric Beckman and senior vice-president of distribution David Jesteadt will serve as executive producers alongside Angelina Jolie Pitt and others...

The first programming has been revealed for the 20th annual Fantasia International Film Festival. Taking place from July 14th–August 2nd in Montreal, this year’s Fantasia will honor Guillermo del Toro with the Cheval Noir Award, and the newly revealed first wave of programming includes screenings of Lights Out, Abattoir, In a Valley of Violence, Under the Shadow, Trash Fire, Teenage Cocktail, and more:

Press Release: Montreal, May 26, 2016 – The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th Anniversary in Montreal this summer, taking place from July 14-August 2, with its Frontiéres international co-production market and Industry Rendez-Vous weekend being held July 21-24. The full lineup of over 130 feature films will be announced July 5th. In the meantime, the festival is excited to announce a selected first wave of titles, along with several special happenings.

For Fantasia’s 2016 poster, the festival has once again turned to award-winning Quebec visual artist Donald Caron.

Montreal’s genre festival also unveils first wave of titles for its upcoming 20th Anniversary edition.Scroll down for first wave of titles

Guillermo del Toro and Takashi Miike are set to attend the 20th anniversary edition of Fantasia International Film Festival (July 14-Aug 2) in Montreal.

In his first-ever appearance at the festival, del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) will be presented with the Cheval Noir award.

He will also deliver a masterclass and host the Canadian premiere of documentary Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex, in which he is featured.

Meanwhile, prolific director Miike will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award for the mark he has left on the festival over its 20 years. Nearly 30 of his films have been showcased at Fantasia and he has opened the festival three times.

Miike will also host the North American premiere of his latest film Terraformars, about a team of misfits who must fight humanoid cockroaches to colonise Mars, and As The...

Claire Carré’s Embers scooped best feature film in the juried awards as the southern California festival came to an end.

Carré was also named best director, while George Kosuros won best actor for American Wrestler: The Lizard. Best documentary went to Off The Rails by Adam Irving.

In the audience awards, Jeremy Profe’s The Lennon Report and Jesse Shapiro’s Nobody Walks In La took the feature film prize.

Zack Bennett and Kevin Schlanser prevailed in the documentary category for The Ataxian, while Dmitry Meskhiev’s Battalion (Russia) was named best foreign film.

The Outstanding achievement in filmmaking: feature film award went to Alex Ranarivelo for American Wrestler: The Wizard, and The Violin Teacher director Sergio Machado and The Innocents director Anne Fontaine collected the corresponding prize for foreign film.

Bob Yari took the directing honours for Papa: Hemingway In Cuba, while Dev Patel and Evanna Lynch were named best actors for The Man Who Knew Infinity and My Name Is Emily...

In Claire Carré's accomplished feature debut, we're presented a post-apocalyptic world in which the few remaining inhabitants struggle for survival amidst a mass epidemic of reoccurring amnesia. The entire population are only able to recall events which happen to them during a single day, completely forgetting who and where they are whenever they wake from sleep.

The film is structured as a series of interconnected vignettes, revisiting multiple characters over the course of several days, and providing a glimpse into their strange, unhappy lives, and how they manage to cope. It's a low-key little film, meditative and slow-burning, but containing moments of pathos, humour, tension and occasional violence, and like the best films of its kind, it lingers in the mind long after view [Continued ...]...

Embers Trailer. Claire Carré‘s Embers (2016) movie trailer stars Jason Ritter, Iva Gocheva and Greta Fernández. Embers‘ plot synopsis: “After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.” We previously reported on Embers when the movie poster was released. Take a look at that here. According to Twitch, “Finding deeply thoughtful and […]...

Claire Carré makes her directorial debut with Embers, a lyrical and stylish, adult science fiction film about a world struggling for meaning without memory. Who are we as individuals and What becomes of cultural in a world without memory. It's definitely an interesting notion and the film's first trailer makes us want to see more.

The impressive cast includes Jason Ritter and Iva Gocheva as the leads with Dominique Swain, Karl Glusman and Tucker Smallwood in supporting roles.

Synopsis:

After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.

Embers was a regular player last fall on the festival circuit and wraps up its run at the 22nd Slamdance Film Festival next Thursday, January 28.

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Finding deeply thoughtful and rich Sci-fi for the big and small screen always seems like an up hill battle. Even with more adult fare like Ex Machina finding audiences, this kind of work is once in a blue moon.Enter: Embers, Claire Carré's tale about the survivors of a global neurological epidemic. In other words, this is a world post-memory. Already making waves late last fall on the festival circuit, and wrapping up the 22nd Slamdance Film Festival this Thursday, January 28 at 5:30, Carré's debut feature is utterly humane sci-fi at its most soul stirring (yes, a full review is coming next week).We at TwitchFilm have no doubt Carré will be going on to exciting things in the very near future. Today, we invite you...

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Festival top brass said the Park City event will open with a Special screening of Adam Rifkin and Penn Jillette’s Director’s Cut.

Overall the additional selections announced on Tuesday encompass 23 world, 13 North American and 13 Us premieres.

Special Screenings include sci-fi features Let’s Be Evil from Martin Owen and Embers from Claire Carré, which will close the festival.

Beyond Program selections include Axel Ranisch’s Alky Alky and Daniel Martinico’s Excursions.

The Oscar-qualifying shorts section presents 39 American and 32 international productions in Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Anarchy and Experimental sections.

“The Slamdance Special Screenings section this year is a mix of higher profile work, remarkable talent and a film we thought truly deserved further exposure,” said Special Screenings programmer Paul Rachman.

“Our closing night choice of Claire Carre’s Embers is not a premiere but so what? We’re far more interested getting behind a visionary film from a woman director we are excited to support...

Festival top brass said the Park City event will open with a Special screening of Adam Rifkin and Penn Jillette’s Director’s Cut.

Overall the additional selections announced on Tuesday encompass 23 world, 13 North American and 13 Us premieres.

Special Screenings include sci-fi features Let’s Be Evil from Martin Owen and Embers from Claire Carré, which will close the festival.

Beyond Program selections include Axel Ranisch’s Alky Alky and Daniel Martinico’s Excursions.

The Oscar-qualifying shorts section presents 39 American and 32 international productions in Narrative, Documentary, Animation, Anarchy and Experimental sections.

“The Slamdance Special Screenings section this year is a mix of higher profile work, remarkable talent and a film we thought truly deserved further exposure,” said Special Screenings programmer Paul Rachman.

“Our closing night choice of Claire Carre’s Embers is not a premiere but so what? We’re far more interested getting behind a visionary film from a woman director we are excited to support...

Read More: Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2016 Competition Lineup Organizers of the Slamdance Film Festival have announced a handful of upcoming sections for their 22nd year, including Special Screenings, Beyond Features and its Short Film Competitions. This year, several Slamdance alumni are returning with feature presentations in the Beyond Program, including Axel Ranisch’s "Alky Alky" and Daniel Martinico’s "Excursions." The Festival will open with a Special Screening of Adam Rifkin and Penn Jillette’s "Director’s Cut," starring Missi Pyle, Penn Jillette and Harry Hamlin. Special Screenings also include sci-fi features "Let's Be Evil" from Martin Owen and "Embers" from Claire Carré, which will close the Festival. "The Slamdance Special Screenings section this year is a mix of higher profile work, remarkable talent and a film we thought truly deserved further exposure," said Special Screenings...

Nabbing Best Actress, Screenplay, Breakthrough Director and Feature noms, Marielle Heller’s Diary of a Teenage Girl leads all Gotham Award nominations with four, while Carol is technically tied with a foursome of mentions as well. With a pre-win (Directors Tribute) accompanied by a trio of noms in the Best Feature, Screenplay and Actress categories, Todd Haynes’ drama will likely find xeroxed nom mentions for both the Indie Spirits and Oscars.

While Rick Alverson’s Entertainment and Sebastien Silva’s Nasty Baby are noticeably absent in what some consider a backhanded compliment of a ceremony, the noms for this year’s Gothams do have some wholeheartedly merited double nom mentions for the Safdie Bros.’ Heaven Knows What, Sean Baker’s Tangerine, Bill Pohlad’s Love & Mercy and Josh Mond’s James White. The ceremony takes place on November 30th. Here are the complete noms for the 25th anniversary Gotham Independent...

Ifp unveiled on Thursday the nominations for the 25th annual Ifp Gotham Independent Film Awards.

Winners will be announced on November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street. A special Gotham Jury Award has gone to the ensemble cast of Spotlight.

“We congratulate this year’s nominated independent storytellers, who represent a richly diverse range of cinematic achievements that are bold, risk-taking, and beautifully crafted, ” said Joana Vicente, executive director of Ifp and the Made In NY Media Center.

The 2015 Ifp Gotham Independent Film Award nominations are:

Best Feature

Carol

The Diary Of A Teenage Girl (pictured)

Heaven Knows What

Spotlight

Tangerine

Best Documentary

Approaching the Elephant

Cartel Land

Heart Of A Dog

Listen To Me Marlon

The Look Of Silence

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior

Jonas Carpigano for Mediterranea

Marielle Heller for The Diary Of A Teenage Girl

John Magary for The Mend

Josh Mond for James White

Best Screenplay

Carol, Phyllis Nagy

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We are excited to get a look at the feature debut from by Claire Carré Embers which made its world premiere at the Oldenburg Film Fest last month and gets its North American bow tomorrow at the Chicago International Film Fest. Ahead of that premiere, we've got the exclusive debut of the film's beautiful poster from artist/filmmaker/all around good guy Yen Tan. The film is an apocalyptic ensemble that stars Jason Ritter and deals heavily in the subject of amnesia. The world as we know it has been forgotten. A decade after a global epidemic, those who remain suffer from lasting effects of the virus - retrograde and anterograde amnesia. The survivors navigate a decaying landscape, unable to recall the past or create new memories....

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Tom Sommerlatte’s debut Summers Downstairs (Im Sommer wohnt er unten) was picked by the audience at this year’s Oldenburg International Film Festival (Sep 16-20) for the German Independence Award.

The French-German co-production, handled internationally by Arri Worldsales, premiered in the Berlinale’s Perspektive Deutsches Kino sidebar in February, won Best Feature Film at the Achtung Berlin! festival in April, and was the opening film of Filmfest Schwerin in May.

There were double honours for Sommerlatte at the closing night gala on Sunday (Sep 20) when the nomination jury for the European Film Awards’ European Discovery - Prix Fipresci announced that Summers Downstairs had been chosen as one of five finalists.

The Seymour Cassel Award - in honour of one of Oldenburg’s aficianados - was shared this year for the first time between two actors: actress Sarah Silverman for her performance in I Smile Back and former European Shooting Star Nikola Rakočević for his role in...

We’ve been tracking the development of Claire Carré‘s directorial debut since it successfully launched its Kickstarter campaign in late 2013 (it was subsequently selected as one of ten narrative projects in the 2014 Ifp Independent Filmmaker Lab) and finally Embers is ready to ride the festival circuit with the Oldenburg Int. Film Fest announcing that the sci-fi drama is among its selections for the 22nd edition.

Written by Carré and Charles Spano and starring Jason Ritter, Iva Gocheva, Greta Fernández and Karl Glusman (the lead in Gaspar Noé’s Love), after a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past. We’ve landed the poster premiere to the international poster below.

Light-hearted drama won Sundance audience award.

The Oldenburg Film Festival (Sept 16-20) is to close with Umrika, an Indian drama from writer-director Prashant Nair’s that stars Life of Pi’s Suraj Sharma and The Grand Budapest Hotel’s Tony Revolori.

The film, first seen at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the audience award, is set in the mid-1980s and centres on a small village in India that is invigorated when one of their own travels to America and details his adventures through letters home.

But when the letters mysteriously stop, his younger brother Rama ( Sharma) sets out on a journey to find him. With the help of his best friend Lalu (Revolori), Rama retraces his brother’s steps and charts a path of his own.

The Hindi-language film will be jointly released in German cinemas on Nov 19 by Ascot Elite and CaminoFilmverleih.

Highlights at this year’s Oldenburg Film Festival include the world...

The premiere post-tiff destination (September 20-25th) in the film community and a major leg up for narrative and non-fiction films in development, the Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced a whopping 140 projects selected for the Project Forum at the upcoming Ifp Independent Film Week. Made up of several sections (Rbc’s Emerging Storytellers program, No Borders International Co-Production Market and Spotlight on Documentaries), we find latest updates from the likes of docu-helmers Doug Block (112 Weddings) and Lana Wilson (After Tiller), and among the narrative items we find headliners in Andrew Haigh (coming off the well received 45 Years), Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls and Madame Bovary), Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty), Lawrence Michael Levine (Wild Canaries), Jorge Michel Grau (We Are What We Are), Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal (Stranger Things) and new faces in Sundance’s large family in Charles Poekel (Christmas, Again) and Olivia Newman (First Match). Here...

As we head into December, awards season is well under way, and though we’ll have to wait until the spring for really big fish like the Oscars and the Golden Globes, this month has a respectable number of ceremonies of its own. Last night, celebrities gathered at Cipriani Wall Street in New York for the 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards.

It was a long, casual ceremony for those in attendance, but when the night finally wrapped up, few could argue with the results. Birdman spread its wings and took home Best Feature, while Michael Keaton nabbed Best Actor for his revelatory role in the Alejandro G. Iñárritu-directed film. Meanwhile, Julianne Moore continued her unstoppable march to the Oscars, receiving Best Actress for her devastating work as an Alzheimer’s-afflicted linguistics professor in Still Alice. And Laura Poitras was awarded Best Documentary Feature for her eye-opening Edward Snowden doc Citizenfour.

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It may have taken one off the nose, but the competition just took one off the chin. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) claimed the Best Actor prize, and the Best Feature at the 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards. Here are the winners & noms.

Best Feature

“Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”

“Boyhood”

“The Grand Budapest Hotel”

“Love Is Strange”

“Under the Skin”

Prediction: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Who Won: Boyhood

Who Should Have Won: “Under the Skin”

Best Actress

Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”

Gugu Mbatha-Raw in “Beyond the Lights”

Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”

Scarlett Johansson in “Under the Skin”

Mia Wasikowska in “Tracks”

Prediction: Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”

Who Won: Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”

Who Should Have Won: Scarlett Johansson in “Under the Skin”

Best Actor

Bill Hader in “The Skeleton Twins”

Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”

Oscar Isaac in “A Most Violent Year...

The 2014 Gotham Awards were handed out Dec. 1, 2014 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. "Birdman" walked away the big winner on the night, taking Best Feature and Best Actor, for Michael Keaton. Check out the full list of nominees and winners below, and relive the evening at our live blog here. Best Feature "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" - Winner "Boyhood" "The Grand Budapest Hotel" "Love is Strange" "Under the Skin" Best Documentary "Actress" "Citizenfour" - Winner "Life Itself" "Manakamana" "Point and Shoot" Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Ana Lily Amirpour ("A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night") - Winner James Ward Byrkit ("Coherence") Dan Gilroy ("Nightcrawler") Eliza Hittman ("It Felt Like Love") Justin Simien ("Dear White People") Best Actor Bill Hader ("The Skeleton Twins") Ethan Hawke ("Boyhood") Oscar Isaac ("A Most Violent Year") Michael Keaton ("Birdman") - Winner Miles Teller ("Whiplash") Best Actress Patricia Arquette ("Boyhood...

Gotham Awards 2014 nominations: Julianne Moore, Michael Keaton among famous names shortlisted Best Feature Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu, director; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Boyhood Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, producers (IFC Films) The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson, director; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Love Is Strange Ira Sachs, director; Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, producers (Sony Pictures Classics) Under the Skin Jonathan Glazer, director; Nick Wechsler, James Wilson, producers (A24 Films) Best Actress Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (IFC Films) Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (Relativity Media) Julianne Moore in Still Alice (Sony Pictures Classics) Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (A24 Films) Mia Wasikowska in Tracks (The Weinstein Company) Best Actor Bill Hader...

Deemed as his career best, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood leads all nominations for the 24th Gotham Independent Film Awards with winks in the Best Feature, Best Actor (Ethan Hawke), Best Actress (Patricia Arquette) and Breakthrough Actor (Ellar Coltrane) while Birdman, Nightcrawler, Under the Skin and Dear White People technically place second with two noms a piece in the five possible categories. Arguably 2014′s most prolific indie film in Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash failed to move the five-critic panels in the Best Film category and sans a Best Supporting category, means Miles Teller receives Best Award nom but J.K. Simmons will just have to wait it out for the Indie Spirit Awards to acknowledge his perf. A special Gotham Jury Award has already been awarded to the ensemble performance of the players of Foxcatcher (Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum) shrewd Vanessa Redgrave perhaps didn’t get enough screen time...

The Independent Filmmaker Project officially fired the starting gun on the film awards season as always this morning with the announcement of this year's Gotham Awards nominees. Unsurprisingly, the most high-profile indie in the race — "Boyhood" — drew the most nominations with a whopping four mentions, including Best Feature. That's extremely high for the Gotham Awards and it sends IFC's campaign sailing into the season with a huge burst of wind. Speaking of revving the campaign engine on an early year release, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" landed in the Best Feature category. Two years ago Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" won that category but still didn't end up with a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Can Fox Searchlight find better luck? And speaking of Searchlight, "Birdman" landed Best Feature and Best Actor nominations. Fully expected. Filling out the Best Feature category was Ira Sachs' beautiful "Love is Strange" and Jonathan Glazer...

And the Oscar season is off and running! Nominees for the 24th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards have been unleased and Richard Linklater's fantastic "Boyhood" led the pack with four nods including Best Feature, Best Actor for Ethan Hawke, Best Actress for Patricia Arquette, and Breakthrough Actor for Ellar Coltrane.

We'll find out the winners of the 2014 Gotham Awards on December 1st! Here's the complete list of nominees:

Best Feature

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, director; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Boyhood

Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, producers (IFC Films)

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson, director; Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Love Is Strange

Ira Sachs, director; Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, producers (Sony Pictures Classics...

The Independent Filmmaker Project (Ifp) announced Thursday morning the nominees for the 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. Highlighting the best of the year’s independent film, the Gotham Awards give an early bump to the smaller films that could get lost in the studio shuffle. For 2014, the seven competitive awards include Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Actor, Best Actress (presenting sponsor euphoria Calvin Klein), Breakthrough Actor, the Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director award, and the Gotham Audience Award. In addition to the competitive awards, Tilda Swinton, director Bennett Miller, Netflix’s Ted Sarandos will be honored with tributes. 24 films received nominations this year, not including a special award handed bestowed to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum for their ensemble work in “Foxcatcher.” Voting for the primary awards begins on Nov. 19th at 12:01 Am Est and concludes on November 26th at 5:00 Pm Est. “Each year the Gotham...

On the heels of the 39th edition of the Toronto Int. Film Festival (Sept 4-14), Ifp’s Independent Film Week is where a plethora of fiction, non-fiction and new this year, web-based series from the likes of Desiree Akhavan and Calvin Reeder find future coin. Sectioned off as projects at the very beginning of financing to those that are nearing completion, there happens to be tons of Sundance alumni in the names below. Among those that caught our attention we have Medicine for Melancholy‘s Barry Jenkins’ sophomore feature, produced by Bad Milo!‘s Adele Romanski, Moonlight is about “two Miami boys navigate the temptations of the drug trade and their burgeoning sexuality in this triptych drama about black queer youth”. Concussion‘s Stacie Passon digs into the thriller genre with Strange Things Started Happening. Produced by vet Mary Jane Skalski (Mysterious Skin), this is about “a woman who has...

Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.

The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.

The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.

The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.

The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).

As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.

“We are thrilled...

Top brass at the Independent Filmmaker Project announced on Monday (9) the 10 narrative features selected for the 2014 Independent Filmmaker Labs.

The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a nationwide pool of more than 150 submissions, are attending the first session of the program – The Time Warner Foundation Completion Labs – taking place this week in New York.

The 2014 Labs mark the 10th anniversary edition of the mentorship programme.

The scheme was established in 2005 by Filmmaker Magazine’s editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay as a three-day event for eight narrative projects and has evolved under the leadership of head of programming Amy Dotson and senior director of programming Milton Tabbot into a year-round process for 20 projects – 10 documentaries and 10 narratives.

The ninth documentary lab took place recently (pictured).

As an extension of the Labs programme, Ifp has launched First Run to host week-long theatrical releases at the Made In NY Media Center by Ifp this autumn.

“We are thrilled...