Nominees for the 8th Annual Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) Awards were unveiled by LMGI president John Rakich/LMGI, who is also committee chair for this year’s awards.
The awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television and commercials from around the globe. The LMGI Awards also recognize outstanding service by film commissions for their support “above and beyond” during the production process. Winners will be revealed during the virtual awards gala “Celebrate the Where,” on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 2pm PST.
This year, the LMGI Awards drew more than 300 qualified submissions from around the world, each uniquely demonstrating how locations enrich the art of filmmaking. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 8th Annual LMGI Awards will, once again, be presented on a digital platform, streaming to a worldwide and more inclusive audience.
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 8th ANNUAL LMGI AWARDS ARE:
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD FILM
Dreamland, Paramount
Enola Holmes, Netflix
Judas and the Black Messiah, Warner Bros
Mank, Netflix
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Netflix
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY FILM
A Quiet Place 2, Paramount
Black Is King, Disney+
Concrete Cowboy, Netflix
Nomadland, Searchlight Pictures
Tenet, Warner Bros
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A PERIOD TELEVISION SERIES
Bridgerton, Netflix
The Crown – Season 4, Netflix
Fargo – Season 4, FX
The Nevers, HBOMax
Ratched, Netflix
Snowfall – Season 4, FX
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
The Handmaid’s Tale – Season 4, Hulu
Lupin, Netflix
The Mosquito Coast, Apple TV+
Warrior Nun, Netflix
Woke, Hulu
Yellowstone – Season 3, Paramount Network
OUTSTANDING LOCATIONS IN A TV SERIAL PROGRAM, ANTHOLOGY, OR LIMITED SERIES
Halston, Netflix
Mare of Easttown, HBO
The Queen’s Gambit, Netflix
The Serpent, Netflix
The Stand, Paramount +
The Underground Railroad, Amazon Prime
OUTSTANDING COMMERCIAL
It Already Does That, Apple Watch Series 6
Awareness About Organ Transplantation, Match
For When It’s Time, Extra Gum
Create the Beyond, Sony
Play New, Nike
OUTSTANDING FILM COMMISSION
Bath Film Office, Bridgerton
Estonian Film Institute/Film Estonia, Tenet
Hamilton Music and Film Office, Umbrella Academy
Liverpool Film Office, Tin Star: Liverpool
Savannah Regional Film Commission, The Underground Railroad
Screen Queensland Australia, Love and Monsters
Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian, Trail Blazer and the Eva Monley Awards which recognize and honors industry members who support the work of location professionals, will be announced in the near future.
Supreme Court declines to hear appeal from singer R. Kelly, convicted of child sex crimes
The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal Monday from the singer R. Kelly, who is now serving 20 years in prison after being convicted of child sex convictions in Chicago.
The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was found guilty in 2022 of three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex.
His lawyers argued that a shorter statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to offenses dating back to the 1990s. Current law permits charges while an accuser is still alive.
The justices did not detail their reasoning in declining to hear the case, as is typical. And none publicly dissented. Lower courts previously rejected his arguments.
Federal prosecutors have said the video showed Kelly abusing a girl. The accuser identified only as Jane testified that she was 14 when the video was taken.
Kelly has also appealed a separate 30-year sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking convictions in New York.
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