Sean Baker News

The 33rd Film Independent Spirit Award ceremony aired live on IFC on Saturday, March 3 at 2:00 pm PT/5:00 pm ET. Nick Kroll and John Mulaney returned to host the event.

Rooftop Films is excited to host their second annual Gala on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Saint Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan. The evening will raise funds for Rooftop's vital community programs as well as celebrate two gifted, creative and fearless artists who have made a contribution to the art of filmmaking this past year: Sean Baker , whose film The Florida Project was nominated for four Gotham Awards in 2017, and Best Supporting Actor at the 2018 Academy Awards, and won the Heterodox Award at the 2018 Cinema Eye Honors Awards and Yance Ford , whose feature Strong Island was awarded Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film, and Outstanding Achievement in Direction at the 2018 Cinema Eye Honors, and has been nominated for best documentary at the 2018 Academy Awards.

AARP The Magazine's 17th Annual Movies for Grownups® Awards were held tonight at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills, celebrating 2017's standout films with unique appeal to movie lovers with a grownup state of mind and recognizing the inspiring artists who make them. Co-produced by the Great Performances series, the awards will be broadcast for the first time on Friday, February 23 at 9 p.m. on PBS, (check local listings), pbs.org/gperf and PBS apps.

The global hit independent film, The Florida Project opens this Today, January 25th at The Park Theatre's River Street Theatre in Jaffrey after scoring an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor by Willem Dafoe.

The global hit independent film, The Florida Project opens this Thursday, January 25th at The Park Theatre's River Street Theatre in Jaffrey after scoring an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor by Willem Dafoe.

The UK's leading film critics today announced the nominations for the 38th annual London Critics' Circle Film Awards presented by Dover Street Entertainment. Martin McDonagh's drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri was out front with seven nominations

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.

The New York Film Critics Circle is now voting on this year's winners. The ballot submissions began at 9AM this morning. Awards will be handed out at a Gala dinner to be held on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Tao Downtown.

Aspen Film today announced its full program of 29 feature films which comprise the 26th Academy Screenings at the historic Wheeler Opera House and the Paepcke Auditorium, both in Aspen. This annual film series, which has now been a part of Aspen's holiday tradition for over a quarter-century, running December 19-30, 2017, is a showcase that highlights a cross-section of the forthcoming awards-season contenders.

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.

BET does it for the culture and serves up hip hop all night long on Tuesday, October 10. Kicking off the celebration is the first-ever 'LIP SYNC BATTLE HIP HOP AWARDS EDITION', hosted by entertainment icon and Grammy(R) Award-winner LL Cool J and supermodel Chrissy Teigan

The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) released a lineup of the year's must-see films on the big screen as part of the distinguished Special Presentations series. These films represent the world's boldest storytellers and their exceptional works as part of the festival's Panorama stream.

The Toronto International Film Festival® today revealed the hundreds of special guests and talent that will attend the Festival this September.

The Toronto International Film Festival® today unveiled its second serving of titles premiering in the Gala and Special Presentations programmes in September.

Warm, winning and gloriously alive, Sean Baker's THE FLORIDA PROJECT is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood.

The New York Film Critics Series (NYFCS), one of the leading word-of-mouth screening companies, has partnered with the nation's leading independent cinemas to present live, national, in-theater screenings.

Netflix announced today that the company has acquired worldwide rights to Joe Piscatella's JOSHUA: TEENAGER VS. SUPERPOWER, which recently made its world premiere to critical acclaim at Sundance Film Festival.

The musical comedy show Sandy Kane the Naked Cowgirl is set for The Metropolitan Room on Today, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:30 PM (Doors open at 9:00 PM).

The musical comedy show Sandy Kane the Naked Cowgirl is set for The Metropolitan Room on Friday, Dec 30, 2016 at 9:30 PM (Doors open at 9:00 PM).

The 15th annual Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, today announced its jurors - a diverse group of industry leaders, including award-winning actors, acclaimed filmmakers, writers, entrepreneurs, artists and cultural leaders.