The nominations for the 2017 Independent Spirit Awards were announced today at the W Hotel in Hollywood by Jenny Slate and Edgar Ramirez. Leading the pack in nominations are American Honey and Moonlight, which garnered six nominations each. The drama Manchester by the Sea received five noms while the biopic Jackie got four.
Jeff Nichols
Loving director Jeff Nichols is finalizing a deal write and direct Alien Nation, a remake of the 1988 sci-fi thriller which also spawned a TV series, for 20th Century Fox.
Loving celebrates the real-life interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), who married and spent nine years fighting for the right to live as a family in their hometown. Their civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme Court, which in 1967 reaffirmed the very foundation of the right to marry.
The 2016 Cannes Film Festival lineup is out! Woody Allen’s Cafe Society is set to open the festival and also includes Steven Spielberg’s The BFG and Shane Black’s The Nice Guys. Check out the lineup here.
A father, goes on the run to protect his young son, Alton, and uncover the truth behind the boy’s special powers.
A dad goes on the run with his young son when he finds out the boy has special powers.
Follows the true story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple behind the seminal 1967 civil rights case Loving vs. Virginia. After getting married, authorities broke into their home, arrested them, and they were sentenced to a year in the state penitentiary.
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Logline: Amidst an alien race’s attempt to assimilate into Earth’s culture, a cop teams with a newfound alien to solve a homicide.
Logline: A fractured family tries to hold it together in a small refinery town in Texas.
Logline: A father and son go on the run after learning the 8 year-old child possesses special powers.
A fugitive forms an unlikely friendship with two 14-year-old boys help him stay on the run from authorities.
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Logline: A young Arkansas boy goes behind his family’s back to create a small nuclear reactor in their work shed.
Nominees announced for the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Awards
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Logline: A fugitive forms an unlikely friendship with two 14-year-old boys help him stay on the run from authorities.
Logline: A man becomes obsessed with building a storm shelter in his backyard after he’s haunted by a series of terrifying dreams.
Logline: Story follows a young couple whose honeymoon aboard a luxury yacht is turned upside down when they come across a murder at sea.
