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Phew! Honestly, we’re not used to staying up this late to wrap our awards season (although to be fair, we
have been this drunk). But if nothing else, 2020/21 has certainly been a year of firsts. Including our first and hopefully last pandemic-era Film Independent
Spirit Awards. And while we miss our big cacophonous beach tent, it’s hard to imagine having any more fun than we did tonight with host Melissa Villaseñor and this wholly unforgettable 2021 Spirit Awards.
So congrats again to all of this year’s nominees and winners including those of our inaugural TV/streaming categories. And whether you watched this year’s show on IFC, streamed it on AMC+ or joined us for our first-ever Virtual Show experience, we can’t say it enough:
9:49 AM 4/14/2021
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Rebecca Ford
Producers on Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah and Sound of Metal open up about how they did endless research, brought on experts and often went straight to the people who had lived those lives.
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From left: Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound of Metal and Nomadland
Several of the producers on best picture nominees this year were challenged to make films that portray a community and capturing those communities authentically was imperative to telling these stories in the right way. To succeed, they did endless research, brought on experts and often went straight to the people who had lived those lives.
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Culture
From producers to actors to inspiration, many films relied on Belgium for their very existence
The nominations for Hollywood’s famous Oscar awards were announced yesterday, and Belgium had its hand in several of the movie titles you’re seeing splashed across the media today. One of the films nominated for Best Picture might never have been made had it not been for the Brussels company that ultimately stepped up to produce it.
Sound of Metal has gotten nothing but rave reviews for its story of a heavy metal drummer who loses his hearing. The feature film debut of American director Darius Marder was stalled for years with no financing when the Brussels-based production company Caviar entered the picture.
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