Clayton Davis
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Oscars: International Feature — ‘La Bola Negra,’ ‘Fjord’ and ‘Woman Unknown’ Lead Early Contenders (opens the original)
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Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change
10 Animators to Watch on AI, Animation’s Future and Why the Human Hand Still Matters: ‘Nobody Else Has Your Point of View’ (opens the original)
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On the final day of the 10th annual SCAD AnimationFest in Atlanta, 10 animators and an Oscar-nominated director took the stage to talk about the future of their craft and why the human hand still matters. The 2026 class of 10 Animators to Watch, profiled in Variety’s New York issue, represents a broad cross-section of the medium. The group includes artists from Ireland, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada and the U.S., working across hand-drawn, stop-motion and CG animation a
Netflix Has Chased the Best Picture Oscar for Nearly a Decade. Can ‘La Bola Negra’ Finally Win It for the Streamer? (opens the original)
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Awards Circuit Column: The Spanish-language epic has already made history at Toronto. Now Netflix hopes it can do what “Roma,” “The Power of the Dog” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” could not. The streaming giant has built Hollywood’s most expensive awards machine. The serial billboards on the Sunset Strip, the designer screening rooms and the elite tastemaker dinners have earned Netflix a decade of best picture nominations. What it doesn’t have is the big trophy. Is this the year that fina
Middleburg Film Festival Sets ‘Being Heumann’ as Closing Night Film, Martin McDonagh, Seth Rogen and Rosalind Eleazar Lead Honorees (opens the original)
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“Being Heumann,” Oscar winner Siân Heder’s Apple Original Film, will close the 14th Middleburg Film Festival, which runs Oct. 15-18. The festival has also set Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s “La Bola Negra” as its Friday Spotlight and Tony Gilroy’s “Behemoth!” as its Sunday Spotlight. As previously announced, the festival will open with Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut.” Martin McDonagh, Brad Bird, Seth Rogen, Rosalind Eleazar, Guitarricadelafuente and casting directors Adam Caldwell and Bernard
Golden Globes Predictions: Let the Genre Games Begin for ‘Obsession,’ ‘Michael,’ ‘Wildwood’ and More (opens the original)
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Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change
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