The highly anticipated Quentin Tarantino ninth feature “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” has a new trailer, and the fans of its A-plus cast are breaking the internet.
The time period where the story is taking place may concern mostly the baby-boomers, but many millennials, who may not be familiar with Tarantino’s movies, are big fans of its terrific cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, Luke Perry, Margot Robbie, Dakota Fanning, Emile Hirsch, Kurt Russell, and Clifton Collins Jr.
Set at the end of Hollywood Golden Age – in 1969, the anticipated film tells the story of a TV actor (Leonardo) and his stunt-double (Brad) struggling to achieve success in a very competitive, and at the same time debauched industry.
During the early 1970s, Hollywood was in the process of transformation, but always a few bad apples fall from the tree.
The scandals of child abuse by Roman Polansky played in the film by the Polish actor Rafal Zawierucha (“Afterimage”), and the infamous murders committed by Charles Manson, incarnated by Australian actor Damon Herriman are also a few of the story-lines to follow in this intricate script.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is written by the two-times Oscar winner writer/director Quentin Tarantino, who is one of the first American directors looked upon by European filmmakers as an auteur.
Michael Madsen and Tim Roth, Tarantino’s regular actors, complement the fascinating cast.
The film is still in the cutting process and is expected to be ready for its world premiere at Cannes 2019. Quentin Tarantino already won the Palme d’Or in 1994 for “Pulp Fiction.”
Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Symposium
The Oscar Week consists of panels and symposiums hosted by the Academy in the days preceding the Awards.
Those events focus on the work of the Oscar® nominees in seven categories: Documentaries - Short Subject and Feature, Shorts - Animated and Live Action, Animated Feature, Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Foreign Language Film.
Most of the nominees speak about their arts and crafts and experiences, making those remarkable films worthy of nomination.
At the Academy, every branch has specific guidelines to nominate a particular film accordingly to its achievements.
The Oscar had the Best Makeup & Hairstyling category for decades in the early 1980s. Before that, the Academy gave two Honorary Awards: One in 1967 to William Tuttle for “7 Faces of Dr. Lao,” and the second one toJohn Chambers for “Planet of the Apes” in 1968.
The Makeup & Hairstyling category is relatively new, and it was established until the year 1981. The Academy honored the work of Rick Baker for “An American Werewolf in London” as the first Makeup Oscar winner.
Since then, three outstanding films have been chosen each year: A time-period piece, a contemporary work, and a Sci-fi/fantasy project.
Every year, the Academy’s Makeup Branch values the quality of a single character's work or the task done by the entire cast in production to nominate a film for the Best Makeup and Hair Styling.
For example, the branch celebrated the job done in the characterization of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady” (2011), Salma Hayek as the iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in “Frida” (2002), Marion Cotillard as the legendary French singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose” (2007), and Gary Oldman as the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour” (2017).
The epic productions that gained the Academy’s recognition in recent years are: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), and “Suicide Squad” (2016).
Fantasy films get the voters’ attention as well. They recognized the past work of Guillermo del Toro in “Pan’s Labyrinth” (2006), “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008), and “Star Trek” (2009).
The members of the Jury of the Berlinale 2019 honored the French/German/Israeli co-production “Synonyms,” a film about the life of a young Israeli living in Paris, who relies on his dictionary to emancipate and feel part of the French society without forgetting his Hebrew roots.
Members of the Jury: Juliette Binoche (Jury President), Justin Chang, Sandra Hüller, Sebastián Lelio, Rajendra Roy and Trudie Styler.
Golden Bear Winner "Synonyms" directed by Nadav Lapid
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM
“Synonyms.”
Director: Nadav Lapid
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
“The Grace of God”
Director: François Ozon
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE
“System Crasher”
Director: Nora Fingscheidt
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Angela Schanelec
“I Was at Home, But”
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Yong Mei
“So Long, My Son”
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Wang Jing Chun
“So Long, My Son”
Silver Bear Best Screenplay, Piranhas
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Maurizio Braucci, Claudio Giovannesi and Roberto Saviano
"La paranza dei bambini"
“Piranhas”
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Rasmus Videbæk, Cinematography
“Out Stealing Horses”
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL - BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Talking About Trees”
Director: Suhaib Gasmelbari
GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM
“Umbra”
Directors: Florian Fischer and Johannes Krell
Silver Bear Short Film "Blue Boy"
SILVER BEAR JURY PRIZE (SHORT FILM)
“Blue Boy”
Director: Manuel Abramovich
AUDI SHORT FILM AWARD
“Rise”
Directors: Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca
SPECIAL MENTION
“Omarska”
Director: Varun Sasindran
BERLIN SHORT FILM CANDIDATE - EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS:
“Watermelon Juice”
Director: Irene Moray
PRIZES OF THE JURIES GENERATION
CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Film
“A Colony”
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles
SPECIAL MENTION
"Daniel"
Director: Marine Atlan
CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Short Film
“Just Me and You”
Director: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
SPECIAL MENTION
“#bullyingstory”
Director: Eef Hilgers
CRYSTAL BEAR - Best Short Film
“Just Me and You”
Director: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
THE GRAND PRIX GENERATION K-PLUS
Best feature-length film
“A First Farewell”
Director: Wang Lina
SPECIAL MENTION
“My Extraordinary Summer with Tess”
Director: Steven Wouterlood
THE SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE GENERATION K PLUS
El Tamaño de las cosas - Berlin 2019
INTERNATIONAL JURY - Best short film,
“El tamaño de las cosas.”
“The Size of Things”
Director: Carlos Felipe Montoya
SPECIAL MENTION
“Dad”
Directors: Atle Blakseth, Einar Dunsæd
CRYSTAL BEAR for the Best Film
“Stupid Young Heart”
Director: Selma Vilhunen
SPECIAL MENTION
“We Are Little Zombies” Director: Makoto Nagahisa
HONORARY GOLDEN BEAR
Charlotte Rampling, actress.
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