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'You will die at 20,' becomes Sudan's first entry to the Oscars and first feature film in almost 20 years

The 78th Golden Globe Awards are scheduled for Feb. 28 and will be shown on NBC.  Amy Poehler and Tina Fey will return to host the ceremony, which they last led in 2015.  The Golden Globes typically take place in January.  The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which gives out the awards, pushed the ceremony to February this year, citing the coronavirus pandemic.  Streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon, dominated the list of nominees, both with their own films — like “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “One Night in Miami,” which wouldn’t have relied on open movie the...

Virtual Events Calendar Feb. 16-20 $20–25   Northwest Portland’s iconic Lan Su Chinese Garden will be hosting a socially distanced New Year celebration. This year’s lantern exhibit will feature the debut of a new, 18-foot phoenix sculpture from China.   6 p.m. Slumdog Millionaire—offers a comprehensive three-course Zoom seminar on 20th century Indian cinema.     Uninsured and BIPOC folks are prioritized for free flu shots and COVID-19 testing. Call in advance to schedule. Walking, driving and biking are all permitted.     The Annual Cascade Festival of African Films—which, nat...

 12 Feb 2021 - 9:38 Snapshot from trailer of Notturno Raynald C.Rivera Notturno, a film by Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter Gianfranco Rosi, has made the Oscars shortlist for Best Documentary Feature following a preliminary voting by the members of the Academy. Co-financed by Doha Film Institute (DFI), Notturno is among the list of 15 films chosen from among 238 films eligible for the award which was announced on Tuesday along with eight other categories. Shot over the course of three years between Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, and Lebanon, Notturno follows different p...

Listen • 3:44 Islam Mubarak as Sakina in em You Will Die at Twenty /em , the first Sudanese film submitted for an Academy Award. What do Mexico, Malaysia, Morocco and Montenegro have in common? They're among the 93 countries hoping for Oscar consideration this year. For the first time, a movie from Sudan is also in the running for Best International Feature Film. You Will Die at Twenty is also notably the first feature film made in Sudan in 20 years — and only the seventh to come from the country. "I wanted to see how stories can be told in Sudan," explains director ...