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82Oscar 2010

The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture and Best Director, at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards.

Best Picture

The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart

Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds

Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side

Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Animated Feature Film
Up
Pete Docter

Art Direction
Avatar
Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (Art Direction); Kim Sinclair (Set Decoration)

Cinematography
Avatar
Mauro Fiore

Costume Design
The Young Victoria
Sandy Powell

Directing
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow

Documentary Feature
The Cove
Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens

Documentary Short
Music by Prudence
Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett

Film Editing
The Hurt Locker
Bob Murawski and Chris Innis

Foreign Language Film
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Argentina
Directed by Juan José Campanella

Makeup
Star Trek
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow

Music (Original Score)
Up
Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)
Crazy Heart
"The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)"
Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Short Film (Animated)
Logorama
Nicolas Schmerkin

Short Film (Live Action)
The New Tenants
Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson

Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker
Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett

Visual Effects
Avatar
Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher

Writing (Original Screenplay)
The Hurt Locker
Written by Mark Boal

Mad Cow

MirrorMountain Pictures, home of Tengers and The Game of My Life, is set to roll cameras on its latest feature film, a modestly budgeted co-production with UK-based Hibiki Films.

Mad Cow is a broad comedy spoof, comparable to the Monty Python films and other cult favourites like Shaun of the Dead.

The film is set on a South African game farm where a series of gruesome murders suggest that a killer beast is on the loose. But it soon becomes clear that this beast is not part of the official BIG FIVE!

With TANYA VAN GRAAN in the lead, and with a definite adult audience in mind, there is enough sexiness in Mad Cow to rival anything Starship Troopers 3 had to offer. GREG VILJOEN (best known for being scolded by Louis Gosset Jnr for his red speedo) is her male counterpart and together they must uncover the truth behind a diabolical Frankenstein-like experiment gone wrong, slay the monster, and save the (game) farm!

Should you require any further info on the project, please contact the producer, Mike Rix at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

No more Zone 1 DVDs

Johannesburg, 02 February 2010: - In late September 2009, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Nu Metro Filmed Entertainment (Pty) Ltd and a number of international film studios, dismissing an appeal brought by Mr Video and certain of its franchisees, in a landmark ruling on the rights of copyright holders in South Africa in DVD films.

The Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling was the outcome of interdict proceedings brought by Nu Metro and the various Hollywood studios against Mr Video, which commenced in May 2008. Nu Metro had discovered that certain of the Mr Video franchisees were renting out Zone 1 DVDs of films in which Nu Metro is the exclusive licensee in South Africa, without Nu Metro’s, or the relevant studio’s, consent.

Oscar Nomination for 2010

Herewith the 82nd Annual Academy Award Nominations.

Sundance Film Festival

VIDEOVISION ENTERTAINMENT MAKES EARLY SUNDANCE ACQUISITIONS

Sanjeev Singh, Videovision Entertainment’s Director of Acquisition and Distribution, announced on the opening day of Sundance Film Festival, the acquisition of The Killer Inside Me and The Extra Man prior to their premiere screenings at the Festival. The Sundance Film Festival opened yesterday, 21 January and ends on Sunday 31 January 2010.