“Moonlight” leads London Critics' Circle Film Awards nomsDecember 20, 2016 - 17:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Outside of costume design, Love & Friendship may not be considered to be among the Academy Awards hopefuls. But Whit Stilman's period comedy has emerged as a leader of the pack for London Critics' Circle Film Awards, for which nominations were announced Tuesday, December 20, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film tied with Moonlight – which is very much considered in the running for a few Oscars come February – with seven nominations and is both up for film of the year alongside several acting honors. Maren Ade's German comedy Toni Erdmann was close behind with six nominations, while La La Land, Manchester by the Sea and American Honey each earned five. The winners will be voted on by the 140 members of the film section of the Critics' Circle, the U.K.'s leading and longest-standing film critics group. The ceremony is set to take place on Jan. 22 at London's May Fair Hotel. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. |