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David Lynch receives honorary Academy Award, his first Oscar after three nominations: Here's his 20-word acceptance speech
Fp Staff •David Lynch is known for directing cult classics like Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, as well as television's Twin Peaks.
National Awards 2019: Uri: The Surgical Strike helmer Aditya Dhar on winning the Best Director for his first film
Udita Jhunjhunwala •Aditya Dhar says winning the Best Director at National Awards 2019 is a matter of good timing since he has been looking to make his debut for over 10 years now.
National Awards 2019: Vicky Kaushal says winning Best Actor for Uri is 'truly a moving moment'
Fp Staff •Vicky Kaushal, who won the National Award for Best Actor for Uri: The Surgical Strike, was congratulated by his colleagues Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Karan Johar and Anil Kapoor
Tamil film Super Deluxe team heads to IFFM for special screening, masterclass
Fp Staff •Super Deluxe, directed by Thiagarajan Kumararaja, has been nominated in the Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film categories at the Festival
Cannes 2019: Belgium's Dardenne brothers win best director for Young Ahmed
Fp Staff •The Dardenne brothers are already Cannes legends with two Palme d'Or prizes under their belt
Critics' Choice Film Awards: Mukkabaaz, Raazi, Andhadhun, Badhaai Ho win top honours
Fp Staff •While Vineet Kumar Singh scored a surprise win for his Best Actor performance in Mukkabaaz, Alia Bhatt won Best Actress for Raazi at the Critics' Choice Film Awards.
Netflix responds to Steven Spielberg's plan to push for excluding streaming services from Oscars eligibility
•Other Academy members also argued that Netflix went overboard with its marketing campaign for Roma ahead of the Oscars
Oscars 2019: Alfonso Cuaron wins his second Academy Award for Best Director after Gravity, for Roma
•At the Oscars, Cuaron who also won the Best Cinematography and Best Foreign film, paid tributes to domestic workers, who are often relegated in the background in cinema
Oscars 2018 failed to walk the talk on inclusiveness by choosing The Shape of Water over Three Billboards, Get Out
Anshu Lal •The Shape of Water is a good film and certainly deserved a nomination. But did it really deserve the Best Picture Award at the Oscars 2018?