This Date in Film

Creating a 'cinematic calendar' for #filmlovers everywhere. Curated by @AdamofVaughan.

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#OnThisDay 150 years ago Charles Dickens passed away. What are some of your favourite film adaptations of his works? #CharlesDickens

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#OnThisDay 50 years ago, the Stonewall riots begin in New York City. It proved to be a lightning rod for LGBTQ rights in America and the birth of #pride. Some references in film: #Stonewall50 #StonewallRiots

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Remembering Doris Day who has died at the age of 97. #OnThisDay #dorisday

[Francis Lee @strawhousefilms]

Today I am 50 and no better place I could spend my birthday working

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#OnThisDay 75 years ago, Allied POWs escape from Stalag Luft III compound in Poland. Inspiration for THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963). #TheGreatEscape75

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Remember Stanley Donen (1924-2019). #OnThisDay #StanleyDonen #RIP

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Remembering #AlbertFinney who has died aged 82. #OnThisDay A life in film:

[Straight to the Front Row @STFRUoN]

Following our first keynote, we kick off with a panel on @CMBYNFilm, with papers from @MTWSoton who will talk on: ‘Daring You to Desire Them: @CMBYNFilm ,Timothée Chalamet, And Queer Classicism’ and Edward Lamberti who will focus on: ‘@CMBYNFilm And the Ethics of Desire’

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Happy #GroundhogDay, everyone! #OnThisDay

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Finally, our BEST FILM nominees:
#120BPM #ColdWar #FacesPlaces #AFantasticWoman #Loveless #PhantomThread #TheRider #Roma #Zama

And the winner is... #Shoplifters (again!). #TDiFAwards

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Our penultimate award, LEADING ACTOR, goes to Daniel Day-Lewis for #PhantomThread who fended off stern competition from Stefan Denolyubov (#Glory), Marcello Fonte (#Dogman), Nahuel Biscayart (#120BPM), Joaquin Phoenix (#YouWereNeverReallyHere) & Nakhane Touré (#TheWound).

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The nominees for LEADING ACTRESS are:

Viola Davis - #Widows
Lady Gaga - #AStarIsBorn
Margita Gosheva - #Glory
Sally Hawkins - #TheShapeofWater
Joanna Kulig - #ColdWar

But the winner is the fantastic Daniela Vega for #AFantasticWoman! #TDiFAwards

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Our shortlist for SUPPORTING ACTOR are:

Steve Buscemi - #LeanonPete
Richard Jenkins - #TheShapeofWater
Terry Notary - #TheSquare
Antoine Reinartz - #120BPM
Tom Waits - #TheBalladofBusterScruggs

But they all miss out to Michael B. Jordan for #BlackPanther! #TDiFAwards

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Lesley Manville beats out Mackenzie Davis (#Tully), Elizabeth Debicki (#Widows), Claire Foy (#FirstMan), Vanessa Kirby (#MissionImpossible Fallout) and Laurie Metcalf (#LadyBird) to win SUPPORTING ACTRESS for #PhantomThread. #TDiFAwards

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#Shoplifters also nabs our award for ACTING ENSEMBLE. #TDiFAwards

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Our nominees for BEST DIRECTOR are: #TDiFAwards

Paul Thomas Anderson - #PhantomThread
Alfonso Cuarón - #Roma
Pawel Pawlikowski - #ColdWar
Chloé Zhao - #TheRider
Andrey Zvyagintsev - #Loveless

But the (metaphorical) award goes to Hirokazu Koreeda for #Shoplifters!

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Meanwhile Paul Thomas Anderson is our winner of ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY for #PhantomThread #TDiFAwards