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Actor Morgan Freeman and his pilot are Ok after their plane was forced to make an “unscheduled” landing Saturday in the Mississippi town of Tunica, Fox 13 News in Memphis reported. Freeman was on a trip for a National Geographic photo shoot. Freeman later released a statement that he was en route to Texas to shoot a segment for the TV series The Story Of God. A tire blew out on takeoff from Clarksdale, Freeman’s statement said, which caused other problems. He said they… »

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Emceed by Tig Notaro at the Paramount Theatre, Saturday night's 2015 Ida Documentary Awards in Los Angeles handed top honors to Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence," which made the Oscar shortlist earlier this week. This PGA-nominated followup to "The Act of Killing" has a winning streak going back to Venice 2014, where Oppenheimer collected five awards including the Grand Special Jury Prize. "Act of Killing" was Ida-nominated in 2013 but lost to Netflix's "The Square." Read More: Oscar Documentary Shortlist of 15 Revealed Director Matthew Heineman accepted the Courage Under Fire Award from his executive producer Kathryn Bigelow for Sundance winner "Cartel Land," which is on the Oscar shortlist. Other Academy shortlisters that scored Ida Awards include "Listen to Me Marlon," whose director Stevan Riley hopes the film will restore Marlon Brando's reputation; short doc "Last Day of Freedom" and Vidal vs. »

- Anne Thompson

1 hour ago | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »

“The Look of Silence,” Joshua Oppenheimer’s critically-acclaimed companion piece to “The Act of Killing,” won top honors at the International Documentary Association’s Ida Awards Saturday night. The film is one of 15 finalists squaring off for Oscar nominations this year.

Winning in the short category was Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman’s “Last Day of Freedom,” an animated account of Bill Babbitt’s decision to support and help his brother in the face of war, crime and capital execution, which is also on the shortlist of Academy contenders.

Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville’s “Best of Enemies,” about the 1968 televised debates between Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr., won a pair of awards: best editing and the ABC News VideoSource Award.

Actor and comedian Bob Odenkirk presented the org’s Pioneer Award to Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos, while Danny Glover presented Tony Tabatznik and the Bertha »

- Kristopher Tapley

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Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look Of Silence was named Best Feature tonight at the 2015 Ida Documentary Awards. A followup to Oppenheimer’s Act Of Killing, the new movie explores a man’s journey to locate and confront the men who killed his brother brother during anti-communist purges in Indonesia. The Look of Silence won the Grand Jury Prize in Venice this year and was acquired by Drafthouse Films and Participant Media just before on the eve of that fest. Last Day Of… »

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The official Star Wars Twitter account has been busy today. Actually for many days. They posted a legacy featurette in connection with that behind-the-scenes footage that screened at Comic-Con Brazil plus a lot of other stuff but for now let’s focus on what looks like one of several character posters to be unveiled as The Big Day approaches. This is Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron as “Black Leader: standing by.” Who will be next? Black Leader: standing by. #TheForceAwakens pic… »

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Operated as a component of ScreenSingapore for the first time, with Europe’s Ties That Bind and Singapore-based Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association [Saava], the Singapore Media Festival’s project market unveiled its winners on Friday.

Southeast Asian Film Financing Project Market Winners

Grand prize (Silver Media Group first look deal worth Sgd 25,000)

“The Happiness (R)evolution” (Bhutan/Singapore) Producer – William Lim. Director – Thukten Yeshi. Genre – Documentary. Budget SGD120,000

Red cinema package worth Sgd 25,000

“The Happiness (R)evolution”

“One Two Jaga” (Malaysia) Producers – Bront Palarae, Rozi Isma Abdul Karim. Director – Nam Ron. Crime Drama. SGD420,000

Gateway to Digital Award (Sgd 10,000 of post-production services)

“The Long Walk” (Laos) Producers Douangmany Soliphanh, Pithai Smithsuth, Mattie do. Director – Mattie Do. Supernatural Drama. SDGD292,000

“Lonely Fish” (Vietnam) Producer Nguyen Hoang Diep. Director Vo Thach Thao. Drama. SGD380,000

Red Education course worth SGD4,500

“The Happiness (R)evolution”

“One Two Jaga”

G-Drive prizes (SGD2000 + G-Drive Thunderbolt hard drive »

- Variety Staff

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