2025 Oscar Predictions: One Last Look at the Nominees
Awards Focus Deputy Awards Editor Matt Koss and Senior Staff Writer Ben Lei take one last look at the 2025 Oscar nominations and share their picks on who will win.
Oscar-Winning ‘Anora’ Producer Samantha Quan on Awards Season Success
Note: This interview was originally conducted before the Academy Awards. We're reposting it to celebrate Anora's Oscar wins.
Anora has had an incredible journey over the course of the past year, from winnin... Read More...
Oscar-Winning Producer Alex Coco Talks ‘Anora’
Note: This interview was originally conducted before the Academy Awards. We're reposting it to celebrate Anora's Oscar wins.
It’s been an incredible few days for the team behind Anora, the scrappy, widely b... Read More...
Academy Award Nominated Songwriters Camille & Clément Ducol on Interweaving Musical Genres in ‘Emilia Perez’
Songwriters Camille and Clément Ducol of 'Emilia Perez' sat down with Awards Focus to discuss the compositional threads connecting the film’s soundtrack.
Academy Award Nominated Director Chris Sanders on Animating with Dimension on ‘The Wild Robot’
Filmmaker Chris Sanders finished the week by watching The Wild Robot sweep every category in which it was nominated at the 52nd Annie Awards. Next up for The Wild Robot is the Oscars in March, where it is nomi... Read More...
Academy Award Nominees Tim Fehlbaum & Moritz Binder Talk The Physicality of Television With ‘September 5’
The Oscar-nominated screenwriters Tim Fehlbaum--who also directs--and Moritz Binder approached writing "September 5" with a keen focus on the media's role in relaying information to a global audience on t... Read More...
Academy Award-Nominated ‘Sugarcane’ Directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie On the Power of Testimony
Academy Award Nominated 'Sugarcane' directors Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie discuss bringing a profoundly personal story to life.
Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and Hollywood’s Rising Forces Shine at SBIFF’s Virtuosos Award Celebration
Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, and a dynamic group of rising stars took center stage at the 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Award. Honoring performances that shaped this year’s cinematic landscape, the event celebrated actors whose transformative work continues to captivate as awards season reaches its peak.
Inside the Oscar-Nominated “I Am Ready, Warden” with Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp
The Academy Award-nominated short documentary “I Am Ready, Warden” offers an intimate look at justice, redemption, and forgiveness in the final days of a man on death row. Awards Focus sat down with Smriti Mundhra and Maya Gnyp to discuss the film’s journey, the challenge of exploring such a complex subject, and the artistic choices that shaped its emotional tone.
Academy Award Nominees Cindy Lee and Darwin Shaw On The Far-Reaching Impact Of Their Short Film ‘The Last Ranger’
Producer and Writer Darwin Shaw and Director Cindy Lee spoke with Awards Focus about their Oscar-nominated short "The Last Ranger".