by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent DECEMBER 3, 2019  |  BY QUENDRITH JOHNSON LOS ANGELES, CA (UPDATED): With James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari tying the nominations count with Warner Bros JOKER, and a tie between Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Sam Mendes’ 1917, The International Press Academy (IPA) jump-started Awards Season by lining up the finest films of 2019 for the official 24th Satellite Awards Nomin...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent When “Shorts by the Sea” closed its film run at the Santa Monica Laemmle last week, indie film supporters paid $14 to see the slate of little screen gems, including AND THE BRAVE SHALL RISE, a 19-minute documentary. This short was the closer, the last film to be shown each day from 9/13 to 9/19. You didn’t expect it to raise the hair on your neck, but it is in Awards contention (qualifying theatrical run) this year for a reason. ...

HATSHEPSUT WRITTEN BY QUENDRITH JOHNSON (FILMFESTIVALS) Okay, here they are - my Superstars - Director Sonia Machado-Hines who directed my script HATSHEPSUT as a short now up for Awards Consideration & my best Dog Park Friend, Diane Ford, Neonatal Nurse, saves babies at Kaiser.https://t.co/V5TX2FbXX3 pic.twitter.com/B6TTfjnmPt — Quendrith Johnson (@Quendrith) September 19, 2019 Backstory here... Screening this week at https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/quendrith_...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent During Award Season when Hollywood has the limelight, and this includes every major guild and member-based award show up until the 89th Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, there is a shopworn practice of splitting the Nominations announcements in the news, setting up anticipation for several different dates for the same organization. For example, today Jan. 11, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced its TV, Commercial and Documentary Nominees, wi...