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CRITICAL WOMEN: WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

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Contact: Prairie Miller, Paula Farmer

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SEE: http://moviecitynews.com/awards/2005/critics_awards/womens.html

WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE PRESENTS:
FILM AWARDS FOR 2004
Awards Presented December 6th, 2004 at 10:00 am on Critical Women Awards Special, on WBAI Radio

We are an association of women film critics from around the country, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media. We have come together to form the first women critics association in the country, in the belief that women's voices in film criticism need to be recognized fully.

Among our picks for Women Film Critics Circle Awards this year are:

BEST PICTURE: Vera Drake

BEST ACTRESS: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake

BEST ACTOR: Paul Giamatti, Sideways

BEST COMEDIC PERFORMANCE: (Tie) Irma P. Hall, The Lady Killers and Halle Berry, Catwoman

BEST FEMALE IMAGES IN A MOVIE: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full Of Grace

BEST SONG: She Walks In Beauty (Sissel), Vanity Fair (Mira Nair, director)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Margarethe von Trotta (Rosenstrasse)

SPECIAL MENTION FOR PROMOTING A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO MALE ROLES IN MOVIES:

Queen Latifah (Taxi)

ACTING AND ACTIVISM: Susan Sarandon

SPECIAL MENTION FOR UP AND COMING FILMMAKING: Nicole Kassell, The Woodsman

BEST DOCUMENTARIES

In Recognition Of Women's Excellence In The Documentary Category, In Light Of Their General Exclusion From Mainstream Filmmaking:

ABOVE AND BEYOND: Born Into Brothels, Zana Briski

GROUNDBREAKER: (Tie)

Control Room, Jahane Nohan

The Corporation: Jennifer Abbott

COURAGE IN FILMMAKING: Audrey Brohey, Plan Colombia, The Oil Factor

MOST OFFENSIVE MALE CHARACTER: Ben Affleck, Surviving Christmas

WFCC HALL OF SHAME: She Hate Me (Spike Lee)

Stay tuned for spot broadcasts of Critical Women, on WBAI Radio, on The WBAI Arts Magazine (Tuesdays, 2-3 pm) and the monthly Womens Show (4th Mondays, 10-11 am). 99.5 FM, and on Web Radio at WBAI.ORG.

Movie City News link: http://moviecitynews.com/awards/2005/critics_awards/womens.html

WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE
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