The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 395 artists and executives that have been invited to join this year — about half the number of last year’s class. The 2021 class is comprised of 46% women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities and 53% international from 49 countries outside the United States. Of the 395 invitees, 89 are former Oscar nominees, including 25 winners.
Eight individuals have been invited to join by multiple branches and must select one branch upon acceptance. They include Leslie Odom Jr, Kaouther Ben Hania, Craig Brewer, Lee Isaac Chung, Emerald Fennell, Shaka King, Alexander Nanau, Florian Zeller.
Other big names among the newly invited include Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek, “Promising Young Woman” original screenplay winner Emerald Fennell and “Minari” stars Steven Yeun, Ye-ri Han and recently crowned supporting actress Yuh-Jung Youn.
In the directing category, new invitees include Janicza Bravo, Nia DaCosta, Cathy Yan, Darius Marder, Michael Almereyda, Lizzie Borden,...
Eight individuals have been invited to join by multiple branches and must select one branch upon acceptance. They include Leslie Odom Jr, Kaouther Ben Hania, Craig Brewer, Lee Isaac Chung, Emerald Fennell, Shaka King, Alexander Nanau, Florian Zeller.
Other big names among the newly invited include Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek, “Promising Young Woman” original screenplay winner Emerald Fennell and “Minari” stars Steven Yeun, Ye-ri Han and recently crowned supporting actress Yuh-Jung Youn.
In the directing category, new invitees include Janicza Bravo, Nia DaCosta, Cathy Yan, Darius Marder, Michael Almereyda, Lizzie Borden,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn, who took Supporting Actress in April for Minari, along with a number of her recent fellow acting nominees including Maria Bakalova, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Leslie Odom Jr., Paul Raci, and Steven Yeun, are among the new class of 395 artists and executives who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. A number of other recent winners and nominees including both of the latest screenwriting victors, Emerald Fennell and Florian Zeller, Music Score winner Jon Batiste, and all three writers of Oscar winning song “Fight For You” including H.E.R. are also on the list from the 17 branches of the Academy. Overall, there are 89 Oscar nominees, including 25 winners, among the new class. 46% are women, 39% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53% coming from countries outside of the U.S. this time around.
Although receiving an Oscar and/or a nomination is a big plus,...
Although receiving an Oscar and/or a nomination is a big plus,...
- 7/1/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has extended invitations for 395 artists and executives working in film to join the ranks of a growing membership of more than 9,000 film industry figures. Per AMPAS, “membership selection decisions are based on professional qualifications, with representation, inclusion and equity remaining a priority of Academy Aperture 2025.”
Statistically, the 2021 class is comprised of 46 percent women, 39 percent underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53 international members from 49 countries outside of the United States. Among the new class are 89 Oscar nominees and 25 winners, including “Minari” Best Supporting Actress winner Yuh-jung Youn, Best Actor nominee Steven Yeun, multi-nominated director/writer Lee Isaac Chung, and co-star Ye-ri Han, plus “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Best Actress nominee Andra Day, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Supporting Actress nominee Maria Bakalova, “Pieces of a Woman” Best Actress nominee Vanessa Kirby, and Supporting Actor nominees Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) and Paul Raci...
Statistically, the 2021 class is comprised of 46 percent women, 39 percent underrepresented ethnic/racial communities, and 53 international members from 49 countries outside of the United States. Among the new class are 89 Oscar nominees and 25 winners, including “Minari” Best Supporting Actress winner Yuh-jung Youn, Best Actor nominee Steven Yeun, multi-nominated director/writer Lee Isaac Chung, and co-star Ye-ri Han, plus “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” Best Actress nominee Andra Day, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” Supporting Actress nominee Maria Bakalova, “Pieces of a Woman” Best Actress nominee Vanessa Kirby, and Supporting Actor nominees Leslie Odom Jr. (“One Night in Miami”) and Paul Raci...
- 7/1/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Oscar-nominated actors Leslie Odom Jr., Maria Bakalova and Steven Yeun are among the 395 people who have been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy announced on Thursday.
Also on the list of invites: actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Nicole Beharie, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Carrie Coon, Laverne Cox, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Nathan Lane, Jonathan Majors, Robert Pattinson and Issa Rae; directors Lee Isaac Chung, Sean Durkin, Emerald Fennell, Jonathan Glazer, Shaka King, Darius Marder and Florian Zeller; and musicians Jon Batiste, H.E.R., Janet Jackson and Emile Mosseri.
Eight people were invited by two different branches: Chung, Fennell, King, Zeller, Kaouther Ben Hania and Craig Brewer were invited by both the directors and writers branches, while Alexander Nanau was invited by the directors and documentary branches, and Odom Jr. by both the actors and music branches. If they accept the invitations, double invitees must choose a single branch...
Also on the list of invites: actors Yahya Abdul-Mateen, Nicole Beharie, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Carrie Coon, Laverne Cox, Andra Day, Vanessa Kirby, Nathan Lane, Jonathan Majors, Robert Pattinson and Issa Rae; directors Lee Isaac Chung, Sean Durkin, Emerald Fennell, Jonathan Glazer, Shaka King, Darius Marder and Florian Zeller; and musicians Jon Batiste, H.E.R., Janet Jackson and Emile Mosseri.
Eight people were invited by two different branches: Chung, Fennell, King, Zeller, Kaouther Ben Hania and Craig Brewer were invited by both the directors and writers branches, while Alexander Nanau was invited by the directors and documentary branches, and Odom Jr. by both the actors and music branches. If they accept the invitations, double invitees must choose a single branch...
- 7/1/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
When Nigerian cinemas reopened in September after a months-long lockdown, Moses Babatope, co-founder of the distributor and production company FilmOne Entertainment, began looking ahead to a busy fall season that could get the local industry back on track.
“We were just beginning to see a recovery,” Babatope says, with “Fate of Alakada” — the third installment in Toyin Abraham’s blockbuster Nollywood franchise, directed by Kayode Kasum — bursting out of the gate after an Oct. 1 Nigerian Independence Day release. A slew of highly anticipated Nigerian titles were to follow. “Local films started driving our recovery. Whereas everybody was concerned about Hollywood films, we started seeing local films driving the return of cinemas,” he adds.
But days later, Nigeria erupted in nationwide protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious police unit with a long record of brutality, eventually leading to wider demonstrations against corruption and police violence. Security forces turned on peaceful protesters,...
“We were just beginning to see a recovery,” Babatope says, with “Fate of Alakada” — the third installment in Toyin Abraham’s blockbuster Nollywood franchise, directed by Kayode Kasum — bursting out of the gate after an Oct. 1 Nigerian Independence Day release. A slew of highly anticipated Nigerian titles were to follow. “Local films started driving our recovery. Whereas everybody was concerned about Hollywood films, we started seeing local films driving the return of cinemas,” he adds.
But days later, Nigeria erupted in nationwide protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a notorious police unit with a long record of brutality, eventually leading to wider demonstrations against corruption and police violence. Security forces turned on peaceful protesters,...
- 11/8/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
It appears my first foray into Nollywood (Nigerian cinema) was well selected being the latest from director Izu Ojukwu, one of the nation’s most ambitious artists. Add some heavy hitters in Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, and Chidi Mokeme and ’76 delivers a wonderful sampler platter of the best talent this region has to offer. But don’t look at the genre and think Bollywood song and dance because Ojukwu’s film is a straightforward drama with historical significance and emotional gravitas. While it’s first and foremost a love story bridging a racial divide between expectant Suzy (Dominic) and her husband Captain Dewa (Nouah) — who’s already been disavowed by his in-laws — at its back exists a real life assassination plot on Communist General Murtala Mohammed that threatens to rip them apart.
Nigeria is only six years removed from Civil War: a fight pitting Suzy’s father and brother against...
Nigeria is only six years removed from Civil War: a fight pitting Suzy’s father and brother against...
- 9/15/2016
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
Exclusive: Nigerian war drama features Nollywood stars Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic and Chidi Mokeme.
La-based Shoreline Entertainment is at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) launching world sales excluding Africa on Izu Ojukwu’s Nigerian Tiff selection ’76 ahead of its world premiere this weekend.’76 will premiere in City To City on Sunday and features Nollywood superstars Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic and Chidi Mokeme.
The film takes place against the backdrop of Nigeria’s Civil War in the 1970s as an army officer and expectant father in an intercultural marriage gets caught up in a coup to assassinate military General Murtala Mohammed. Lonzo Nzekwe of Toronto-based streaming platform IronFlix brokered the deal between Shoreline Entertainment, Adonis Production and Princewill Trust.
La-based Shoreline Entertainment is at Toronto International Film Festival (Sept 8-18) launching world sales excluding Africa on Izu Ojukwu’s Nigerian Tiff selection ’76 ahead of its world premiere this weekend.’76 will premiere in City To City on Sunday and features Nollywood superstars Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic and Chidi Mokeme.
The film takes place against the backdrop of Nigeria’s Civil War in the 1970s as an army officer and expectant father in an intercultural marriage gets caught up in a coup to assassinate military General Murtala Mohammed. Lonzo Nzekwe of Toronto-based streaming platform IronFlix brokered the deal between Shoreline Entertainment, Adonis Production and Princewill Trust.
- 9/9/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
"'76," previously titled "Lions of '76," is an upcoming Nigerian historical fiction drama film produced by Adonaija Owiriwa and Izu Ojukwu, and directed by Izu Ojukwu. It stars some of the more internationally-recognized actors in Nigerian cinema, like Ramsey Nouah and Rita Dominic, as well as Chidi Mokeme, Ibinabo Fiberesima, Memry Savanhu, Adonijah Owuruwa, Daniel K. Daniel, Nelly Ekwereogu and Shuaibu Ebenehi Adams. The story goes... Six years after the Nigerian civil war (also known as the Biafran War, 1967 - 1970, which was fought to counter the secession of Biafra from Nigeria), a young officer from the middle belt gets entangled in a romantic...
- 11/18/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
"Nollywood," a new documentary that premiered on Al Jazeera English yesterday, July 28, 2015, is now available to watch in full online. It provides an insider look at Nigeria’s prolific film industry, which makes more films than Hollywood – 50 a week. Only India’s Bollywood makes more. Contributing to the documentary are leading Nollywood directors like James Omokwe, Kunle Afolayan, Mildred Okwo, Obi Emelonye, Stanlee Ohikhuare, Tunde Kelani, and Udoka Oyeka, as well as acclaimed actors Bimbo Manuel, Genevieve Nnaji, Joke Silva, Kiki Omeili, Mercy Johnson, Olu Jacobs and Ramsey Nouah. The documentary is embedded at the bottom of this post. I don't know if you have read...
- 7/29/2015
- by Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi
- ShadowAndAct
In what is undoubtedly a first, the first ever Nollywood film premiere in IMAX will take place this Thursday Feb. 26 in London at the BFI IMAX Cinema Located in South Bank Waterloo The film is filmmaker Obi Emelonye’s latest film, Thy Will be Done starring Ramsey Noah, Mercy Johnson Okojie and Mary Njoku, and which deals with Pius, pastor in Lagos, whose happy and contented world turns completely upside down when his long thought dead first wife suddenly appears on his doorstep and ‘weakened by guilt and overwhelmed by sensational revelations, nothing would have prepared Pius for how rapidly things would descend into violent chaos”. Not only is this is first Nollywood...
- 2/23/2015
- by Sergio
- ShadowAndAct
What a way to start the day... with this, the trailer for an upcoming new feature film titled "30 Days in Atlanta" - a Nigerian-produced project featuring a mix of Nigerian and Black American actors. Specifically, Vivica Fox and Lynn Whitfield, who co-star alongside Ay, Ramsey Nouah, Karlie Redd, Richard Mofe Damijo, Desmond Elliot, Rachael Oniga, Mercy Johnson, Adah Ameh, Kesse Jabari, Majid Michel, and Juliet Ibrahim. That Vivica Fox is in this isn't a surprise to me, given her resume - especially in recent years. It's not a knock on Fox; it just is. She's earning a living and that's ultimately what most want out of life and career. But Lynn Whitfield is a surprise;...
- 8/19/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
From newly-formed Nigerian production company Cinema Kpatakpata, comes a new dramedy titled Confusion Na Wa, directed by Kenneth Gyang, from a script penned by Tom Rowlands-Rees and Kenneth Gyang. Starring Ramsey Nouah (Kunle Afolayan's The Figurine), Confusion Na Wa traces the lives of a disparate group of individuals as their paths cross over the course of one day, resulting in tales of lust, infidelity, friendship, revenge, heartbreak and, of course, confusion. Ali Nuhu, Oc Ukeje, Ikponmwosa Gold, Tony Goodman, Tunde Aladese and Nat Deme co-star in the social-commentary dramedy that is Cinema Kpatakpata’s first...
- 1/28/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
On October 1st, Nigeria will celebrate its 50th year of independence from Britain. During the month, and through the autumn, there will be a sseries of events to mark Nigerian culture, the first being Nollywood Now!
Despite the prolificacy of nollywood, the festival will screen a total of just six films, to be shown one a day from Wednesday 6th to Tuesday 12th October.
For long-term nollywood fans, there’s be nothing new to see but the festival will be a chance for them to get together and celebrate Nigerian film in a public space. For those not so versed in nollywood, the festival will introduce the joy and excitement of Nigerian film to new audiences.
The schedule is as follows:
Wed 6: Nollywood Babylon (Dir: Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, Canada 2008. 75 minutes)
A documentary feature which captures the Nigerian film industry in its social and political context.
Thu 7:...
Despite the prolificacy of nollywood, the festival will screen a total of just six films, to be shown one a day from Wednesday 6th to Tuesday 12th October.
For long-term nollywood fans, there’s be nothing new to see but the festival will be a chance for them to get together and celebrate Nigerian film in a public space. For those not so versed in nollywood, the festival will introduce the joy and excitement of Nigerian film to new audiences.
The schedule is as follows:
Wed 6: Nollywood Babylon (Dir: Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, Canada 2008. 75 minutes)
A documentary feature which captures the Nigerian film industry in its social and political context.
Thu 7:...
- 9/25/2010
- by MsWOO
- ShadowAndAct
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