Cinema Eye announces winners, Bong Joon Ho’s ‘Mickey 17’ to premiere in Berlin, and more of today’s top stories
Gold Derby’s top news stories for Jan. 10, 2025
2025 Cinema Eye Honors announces winners
On Thursday, Cinema Eye announced this year’s documentary and nonfiction winners at the New York Academy of Medicine in East Harlem. No Other Land, the war doc made by four young Palestinian and Isreali filmmakers, won three trophies including Best Nonfiction Feature. Directors Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor shared the award for Debut Feature, while Abraham and Adra were also recognized as Unforgettables for their onscreen appearances. No Other Land is currently the Oscar frontrunner to win Best Documentary Feature. Here is the complete list of winners for the 2025 Cinema Eye Honors:
Nonfiction Feature: No Other Land
Direction: Mati Diop, Dahomey
Editing: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat (Rik Chaubet)
Production: Union (Bretty Story, Stephen Mang, Mars Verrone, Samantha Curley, and Martin DiCicco)
Cinematography: Sugarcane (Christopher LaMarca and Emily Kassie)
Original Music Score: The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Uno Helmersson)
Sound Design: Sountrack to a Coup d’Etat (Ranko Pauković and Alek Goosse)
Visual Design: Eno (Brendan Dawes)
Audience Choice Prize: Porcelain War
Debut Feature: No Other Land
Unforgettables: Shiori Ito for Black Box Diaries, Brian Eno for Eno, Lhakpa Sherpa for Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa, Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra for No Other Land, Patrice Jetter for Patrice: The Movie, Genna Marvin for Queendom, Chris Smalls for Union, and Harper Steele for Will and Harper
Nonfiction Short: “Incident”
Broadcast Film: Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.
Nonfiction Series: Telemarketers
Anthology Series: How To with John Wilson Season 3
Broadcast Editing: Girls State (Amy Foote)
Broadcast Cinematography: Ren Faire (Nate Hurtsellers)
Spotlight Award: Black Snow
Heterodox Award: Songs from the Hole
SEE 2025 Oscars calendar update
The Traitors takes over NYC
Season 3 of Peacock’s The Traitors debuted its first three episodes on Jan. 9, and that same day, cloaked Traitors popped up all over New York City to help celebrate its launch. Top of the Rock, Katz’s Deli, and The Strand were some of the notable landmarks, and the festivities ended at Alan Cumming‘s nightclub in the East Village, Club Cumming, for an exclusive watch party. The newly minted Emmy winner was joined by the cloaked Traitors as he introduced Episode 1 to a packed house that included current contestants Bob Harper and Dolores Cantania, and former players Peter Weber and Peppermint.
Looking ahead, the immersive competitive game “The Traitors Experience” will return to Los Angeles on Jan. 31. The fun pop-up divides real people into Traitors or Faithfuls, and they have to determine who’s who before time runs out. Details and ticket reservations can be found HERE. Read Gold Derby’s The Traitors Season 3 recaps of Episode 1, Episode 2, and Episode 3. The popular reality TV show won two Emmy Awards in 2024 for Best Competition Program and Best Reality Host.
Association of Motion Picture Sound nominations announced
On Friday, the 12th annual Association of Motion Picture Sound Awards revealed its nominations for the Excellence in Sound for a Feature Film category. More categories will be announced in the coming weeks. The feature film nominees are A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, The Substance, and Wicked. Created in 1989, the AMPS has roughly 600 members and is based in the United Kingdom. Read more at Gold Derby, including how these feature film nominees line up with our Oscar predictions for Best Sound.
Producers Guild announces Trailblazer Award recipients
Late producers Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein will be honored posthumously at this year’s Producers Guild Awards ceremony on Feb. 8 as the recipients of the PGA Trailblazer Award. They were both were known for championing the voices of female filmmakers in the industry. Obst (an Emmy nominee for The ’60s) died on Oct. 22, 2024, and Weinstein (a double Emmy winner for Too Big to Fail and Truman) passed away on March 25, 2024.
Producers Guild of America presidents Stephanie Allain and Donald De Line said, “Lynda Obst and Paula Weinstein have made a lasting impact on the industry with their trailblazing work and steadfast commitment to amplifying women’s voices. Lynda and Paula embody the spirit of women who have broken barriers and paved the way for future generations of producers. Their visionary work includes iconic films that have defined eras, alongside their unwavering commitment to championing underrepresented stories. Honoring them highlights their dedication to empowerment, innovation, and mentorship, celebrating not just their individual legacies but also their shared commitment to advocating for women and fostering collaboration.”
Warwick Davis announced as BAFTA Fellowship honoree
Warwick Davis, the English actor who starred in Willow (1988), Leprechaun (1993) and the Harry Potter franchise (as Griphook and Prof. Filius Flitwick) will receive BAFTA’s most prestigious honor at the Feb. 16 ceremony. The BAFTA Fellowship prize recognizes artists who’ve made made “an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games, or television.” In addition to appearing onscreen, Davis is also the founder of Willow Management, an organization that represents performers under five feet tall and over seven feet tall, and is a co-founder of the Little People U.K. charity and the Reduced Height Theatre Company.
Davis said on Friday, “The Fellowship, to me, embodies the spirit of inclusivity, creativity, and collaboration that BAFTA stands for. This recognition is not just about the body of work I’ve contributed but also about the people who’ve stood by me and the audiences who have made this journey worthwhile. I accept this Fellowship in honor of everyone living with dwarfism or any form of difference, reminding us that our uniqueness can be our greatest asset.”
Mickey 17 from Bong Joon Ho to premiere in Berlin
Bong Joon Ho won three Oscars for writing, directing, and producing Parasite (2019), and now he’s back with his next feature film, Mickey 17. The high-octane sci-fi flick will have its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February, our sister site Variety reports. Based on Edward Ashton‘s 2022 novel Mickey7, the movie stars Robert Pattinson as an employee with many duplicates who are sent on dangerous missions to colonize an ice planet. Joining Pattinson in the cast are Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette, and Mark Ruffalo.
Warner Bros. has moved Mickey 17 around on its release calendar several times, ultimately finalizing March 7, 2025, as the official date here in the United States. It will premiere a week earlier in South Korea, on Feb. 28. The Berlin Film Festival runs from Feb. 13 to Feb. 23. Mickey 17 reportedly has a budget of $118 million, and Bong is credited as writing, directing, and producing the movie through his production company Offscreen.
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