Notes On The Season : ‘Belfast’ And The Ukraine Connection, ‘CODA’s’ Ascension, And How Sam Elliott May Have Just Helped ‘Power Of The Dog’s’ Oscar Campaign
deadline.comA column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit. I have always begun this column with above line that it is all about “events and conversations on the awards circuit”, but sadly in the past two years the great percentage of those “events and conversations” have moved online into the virtual universe of how we learned to keep the awards machine going, and the industry chugging along, inside a global pandemic that just never seemed to stop.
However Sunday night we had a SAG awards show that seemed, well, like a SAG awards show again, and this weekend we return to the tent at the beach for an Indie Spirits awards that hopes to spark memories of the way were in early 2020, the last time it took place there.
We also have live Art Directors Guild and ACE Eddie Awards as other early Guild awards ceremonies on Saturday. Q&As have gone back to in person again as the county relaxes covid rules of engagement, although almost every kudos gathering requires testing either in advance, or on site, as do even moderating Q&As with talent involved.
I have been tested so much my nose doesn’t know what a day would be like without a swab rolling around in it. Between today, and Monday’s Oscar luncheon I have five things for which I must submit a negative result. ‘Tis this season, but I have to say it is good to be out and about again with three weeks of this movie awards season to go.DEL TORO, VILLENEUVE, AND MCKAY MEET UP AT LUMIERE AWARDSJust today I was at the Advanced Imaging Society’s 12th Annual Lumiere Awards luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel, the “geek Oscars” as AIS honcho Jim Chabin called them.
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