Curry and Ben Proudfoot focused a lens on Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s speechwriter. Other prizes went to ‘Crisis Actor,’ ‘Jazz Infernal,’ ‘The Boys and the Bees’ and ‘Living With a ...

A short film by artist Alexandre Singh and art historian Natalie Musteata has been nominated for a 2026 Academy Award. The film, titled Two People Exchanging Saliva (2024), is set in a dystopian ...

The release of GTA 6 may still be a long way off, but indie filmmaker Todd Wiseman Jr. has made an ambitious new short film, titled Six Stars, that essentially brings Grand Theft Auto into live-action ...

Two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry is adding award-winning director to his résumé. "The Baddest Speechwriter of All," a short film Curry directed with Canadian filmmaker Ben Proudfoot, took home the Short ...

Lee Knight says accolade for A Friend of Dorothy, based on friendship with neighbour, sends message to never give up A writer-director from Stanmore in Middlesex whose short film has been nominated ...

Dublin native John Kelly was prepared to use the disappointment of his animated film not securing a nomination for an Oscar as a learning curve for his two children. But that was not the case. On ...

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Lights, camera, Boulder City! The 22nd Annual Dam Short Film Festival is back February 11–16, 2026, at the Elaine K. Smith Center in downtown Boulder City, Nevada. With more than 150 films and 32 ...

A swimming film has been nominated for the 98th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. “Butterfly” depicts the life of Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the 1936 ...

Martin Short will be the subject of a new Netflix documentary. “Marty, Life Is Short” will chronicle the rise and career longevity of the legendary comedian. The 75-year-old became famous as a writer ...

Music Conference The city of Austin was already calling itself the music capital of the world. Other cities like Los Angeles, New York and London were also claiming to be music meccas. A group of ...