Dee Rees News

NYU Tisch School of the Arts today announced it will honor notable alumni Academy Award nominated producer, director and screenwriter Chris Columbus ('80) and filmmaker Eleanor Columbus ('11) at its 2018 gala. The annual event will be held on Monday, April 16, 2018, at Capitale.

According to the Hollywood Reporter the 2018 Academy Awards nominations, for director especially, are much more diverse than recent years. Announced earlier this week, nominees for the 90th Annual Academy Awards include actors of color in major acting categories along with men of color and a woman nominated for directing. The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag which was trending throughout the last several years has not seen a major comeback this year. This step towards a more diverse Awards Show occurs after The Academy of of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences faced backlash for nominating all white actors in leading acting categories 2016 and 2015.

The nominations for the 90th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS were announced this morning on a global live stream. Find out which of your favorite theater stars received a nomination!

The SAG Awards Ceremony Auction begins Thursday, January 18 at 9 p.m. (ET) / 6 p.m. (PT) at sagawards.org/auction. The SAG Awards Ceremony Auction offers movie and television fans the chance to win autographed collectibles signed by many of this year's nominated actors and casts

The nominations for the 90th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS were announced this morning.The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. PDT.

Amazon announced that its new sci-fi anthology series PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS will premiere today, January 12, exclusively on Prime Video.

The Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2017. Winners will be honored at the 2018 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 11, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.

Sixteen emerging screenwriters will come together at Sundance Institute's 2018 Screenwriters Lab, an immersive five-day writers' workshop announced today and taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah, January 12-17, 2018. The Lab brings independent screenwriters together with accomplished writers, in an environment that encourages the art and craft of writing and creative risk-taking. Through one-on-one story sessions with Creative Advisors, Fellows work intensively on their feature film scripts and engage in an artistically rigorous process that offers them indispensable lessons in craft. The Lab is the first step in a year-round CONTINUUM of customized creative and tactical support for each project and team.

Film Comment's annual end-of-year survey was released today with Josh and Benny Safdie's Good Time, Terence Davies's A Quiet Passion, and Olivier Assayas's Personal Shopper taking the top spots among films released in 2017.

Nominations for the 75th the Golden Globe Awards will be announced on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. beginning at 5:15 a.m (PST). Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell, and Sharon Stone will announce the nominees.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards Holiday Auction benefiting the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Children's Literacy and Actors' Assistance programs begins today at 6 p.m. (PST) at sagawards.org/auction.

Nominations for THE CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS were announced today. Fox Searchlight's THE SHAPE OF WATER leads the pack with a whopping 14 nominations. Best Picture and Director contenders included DUNKIRK, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, LADY BIRD and THE POST, each with eight nominations.

Winners of the 27th Annual IFP GOTHAM AWARDS were announced last night at an event held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Among the top winners Luca Guadagnino's CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, which picked up the trophy for Best Feature while Jordan Peele's GET OUT received awards for Best Director and Screenplay and the Audience Award.

The 33rd Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations were announced live today by Tessa Thompson and Lily Collins. The ceremony will air live on IFC on March 3rd. Nick Kroll and John Mulaney will return to host the event.

Amazon announced that its new sci-fi anthology series PHILIP K. DICK'S ELECTRIC DREAMS will premiere on Friday, January 12, exclusively on Prime Video.

Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers' and filmmakers' contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today two late additions to its film slate.

DisneyPixar film COCO, directed by Lee Unkrich, co-directed by Adrian Molina and starring Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garca Bernal and Benjamin Bratt, will receive the 'Hollywood Animation Award,' while Dee Rees directed Netflix film, MUDBOUND will receive the prestigious 'Hollywood Breakout Ensemble Award,'

Mary J Blige and more attended the premiere of the new film MUD BOUND at this year's Toronto Film Festival. Check out photos below!

The Toronto International Film Festival debuted the 2017 Discovery programme lineup with 45 first and second feature films by up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Good news for the future of global cinema: this is the biggest Discovery programme to date, with 25% more titles than the 2016 roster and two-thirds of the selection World Premiering at TIFF.

From director/co-writer Dee Rees, the singular talent who brought you Pariah and Bessie, comes the ambitious new film MUDBOUND, which premiered to great acclaim at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.