Gotham Award Nominations: Female Directors Lead Best Feature Category

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentBananeira Filmes’ Vania Catani, a producer on Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama” and Lisandro Alonso’s “Eureka,” is set to produce Anne Guimaraes’ “Super Powers,” as Catani primes films from leading lights in Brazil’s youngest generation of emerging female filmmakers.Two titles from such directors – Flavia Neves, with Primer Corte’s “Fogaréu” and Monica Demes’ with “Requiem for Clara,” a Punto Género project – will be unveiled at Ventana Sur.  Another,

Mickey Guyton has lots to celebrate! Not only did she receive her first GRAMMY nomination on Tuesday but she also made history. The 37-year-old singer's «Black Like Me» song has been nominated for Best Country Solo Performance, making her the first Black female artist to earn a solo nomination in a country music category. In 1976, The Pointer Sisters' song, «Live Your Life Before You Die,» was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group at the GRAMMYs but never a solo Black

Italy has picked Notturno, an observational documentary by director Gianfranco Rosi (Fire at Sea) to be its 2021 Oscar contender in the best international feature category. Rosi shot Notturno over three years across Lebanon, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Syria.

Clayton Davis STX Films has decided to enter this unconventional awards season with a mighty and timely drama, “The Mauritanian,” formerly called “Prisoner 760,” from Scottish director Kevin Macdonald. The film will be released in theaters on Feb.

Clayton Davis This awards season could showcase possibly one of the most diverse group of contenders ever. A record-breaking number of women are directing and writing films; Tara Miele among them with her cerebral drama “Wander Darkly,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

France is sending Filippo Meneghetti’s feature debut Two of Us starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier into the Oscar race. The drama, about two retired women who have secretly been lovers for decades, is France's entry for the 2021 Academy Awards in the international feature film category.

Clayton Davis Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories.

Denmark has selected Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round, starring Mads Mikkelsen, to represent the country at next year's Oscar race in the international feature film category. Mikkelsen stars alongside Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, and Magnus Millang as four high school teachers stuck in a midlife funk who decide to embark on a drinking experiment.

The winners of the 2020 Critics Choice Documentary Awards were unveiled Monday morning, with Dick Johnson is Dead taking the top prize of best documentary feature as well as best director for Kirsten Johnson. The other film winning two awards is My Octopus Teacher, which won best cinematography and best science/nature documentary.

Clayton Davis Director Ryan Murphy’s upcoming adaptation of the Broadway musical “The Prom” is timely, making strides for diversity and inclusion. With an all-star ensemble and two breakout stars in Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose, the Netflix feature is in prime position to hit the zeitgeist when viewers begin streaming it in December.“The Prom” can easily be envisioned as the movie that runs on repeat by high schoolers everywhere.

Jordan Moreau The fifth annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards announced the 2020 winners Monday morning, honoring “Dick Johnson Is Dead” for best documentary feature as well as the film’s Kirsten Johnson for best director.The film focuses on Richard Johnson, the director’s father, who suffers from dementia and imagines different ways in which he could die with a darkly comedic tone.

Clayton Davis In a year that has given us many large film ensembles, Netflix’s “The Prom” is another awards season hopeful that could crack multiple acting categories. In an exclusive to Variety, Netflix has confirmed the acting submissions for the upcoming Academy Awards.

Clayton Davis Oscar winner Colin Firth and former nominee Stanley Tucci, a pair familiar to the awards circuit, could make a splash for their work in “Supernova.” Variety has learned exclusively that Bleecker Street will campaign Firth in the lead actor category with Tucci in supporting.The film made a strong showing at the London Film Festival in October, where it received praise from critics for the stars’ performances.

Late Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman is among the nominees at this year’s Gotham Awards. The posthumous nomination is for his role in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.

Indonesia has picked Joko Anwar's gory but stylish horror film Impetigore to represent the country in the 2021 Oscar race in the international feature category. The selection was unveiled earlier this week by the Indonesian Academy Awards Selection Committee, and promoted by Anwar on Twitter.

Chadwick Boseman is still making a big impact in the movie industry — even after his death.The Black Panther star died in August at age 43 after privately battling colon cancer for several years.

Is awards season actually happening? Skeptics may still think it’s pointless due to a theatrical distribution system ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, but things are moving forward. And, a small bit of normalcy returned as IFP announced the 2020 Gotham Awards nominations this morning LISTEN: John Magaro never ate an oily cake making “First Cow” [Podcast] “First Cow” led all films with three nominations including Best Feature, Best Actor (John Magaro) and Best Screenplay.

Chadwick Boseman is among the nominees at this year’s Gotham Awards.