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HFPA Grantee “Dedicated to building and supporting a thriving documentary culture” the IDA fosters a form which in recent years has vastly expanded, producing some of the most profound and exciting films of the past decade. The documentary renaissance has brought new voices to bear on film making with works of insight, lyricism, political force and passion, expanding as the IDA states, “our understanding of shared human experience.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced a new initiative in which rising filmmakers from the 2018 Venice International Film Festival and the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival will be selected for a three-week residency program in partnership with Film Independent. Three filmmakers (writers, directors, producers) from The Orrizonti Section of the Venice International Film Festival and three filmmakers from TIFF's Filmmaker Lab, the Festival's flagship talent development program, will be selected to travel to Los Angeles from January 2 – 23, 2019 for mentorship, master classes, and workshops.

In the box office lexicon, a “drop” refers to how much a movie’s revenues have fallen in its second outing, following the opening weekend. The drop is important, as it offers a pretty accurate way to project the final outcome of that particular film’s life in theaters around the world.

It's a summer tradition in Jerusalem: at the end of July, when the weather in this ancient city built over seven hills is cooler and drier than in the rest of Israel, people come from all over the country to watch some of the films that will be in everybody's conversations for month to come. Quality is never an issue here, perhaps because this film festival that this year celebrates its 35th anniversary does not request mandatory premieres.

Armie Hammer has a supporting role as a psychopathic CEO in Boots Riley’s debut feature film Sorry to Bother You. But in his eyes, his character is not too far-fetched.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced today the presenters for the HFPA’s Annual Grants Banquet, taking place at The Beverly Hilton on Aug. 9.

In the morning before the Los Angeles Premiere of the Disney film Christopher Robin  we met Golden Globe winner Ewan McGregor, the star of the movie, a stylish actor born in Scotland and now living in California. During the interview he mentioned music and how much it has affected his life growing up.

Will & Grace star and Golden Globe nominee  Debra Messing got together with HFPA journalist Barbara Gasser at the London hotel in West Hollywood. Messing talked about how she will celebrate her 50th birthday,  reflected on her life experiences as a young woman, and how she found a meaningful purpose to her life in college and later became a Global Health Ambassador for Populations Services International, which led her to visit HIV prevention programs in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

HFPA Grantee They are between 14-22 and have covered the Democratic National Convention, the Women’s March and yes, the Golden Globes. They are young women from under-served communities that find empowerment and on-the-job training in digital journalism and media to bring their powerful perspectives to the global media stage.

Sixty years ago, American audiences willing to be scared could go to theaters to see Macabre, a horror movie advertised with great fanfare and an unusual warning: that viewers will be insured by Lloyd’s of London for one thousand dollars each, in case…they die of fright! It worked. The catchy gimmick was a new concept from the fertile and smartly mercantile mind of its director William Castle.