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  1. 1 day ago · At the 1st Academy Awards ceremony held in 1929 (for films made in 1927 and 1928), there were two categories of awards that were each considered the top award of the night: "Outstanding Picture" and "Unique and Artistic Picture," the former being won by the war epic Wings, and the latter by the art film Sunrise.

  2. 3 days ago · Plus, it’s Ingmar Bergman’s birthday, so…Cries & Whispers! And while it may not have laughs, it’s one of the greatest films ever made (imho). In a country house in turn-of-the-20th-century rural Sweden, a woman is dying of cancer.

  3. 1 day ago · A house where screams and cries and quiet whispers are heard. The hideout of a former gangster with ghosts that have scared off the current owner's family.

  4. 1 day ago · Richard Schweizer was the first to win for a foreign-language film, Marie-Louise. Other winners for a non-English screenplay include Albert Lamorisse, Pietro Germi, Claude Lelouch, Pedro Almodóvar, Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.

  5. 4 days ago · Introduction to Swedish cinema. Sweden’s first screening of moving images took place in Malmö in June 1896, and the country’s earliest film shows were sponsored by religious organizations.

  6. 3 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.

  7. 2 days ago · The Cinematograph is a new website promoting a better understanding of classic, important, and challenging movies.