Bong Joon-ho is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black humor, and sudden tone shifts.
The New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) is an organization founded by Harvey Karten in 2000, composed of Internet film critics based in New York City. The group meets once a year, in December, for voting on its annual NYFCO Awards.
The Dublin Film Critics' Circle is an Irish film critic association. From 2006, every year, members of the association give out their annual awards.
Claire Mathon is a French cinematographer. Her work includes The Queen of Hearts, Going South, and Stranger by the Lake. Mathon photographed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, for which she received a César Award for Best Cinematography.
The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from the U.S. state of Georgia. Inclusion is open to film critics throughout the entire state of Georgia, although the majority of members are concentrated in the Metro Atlanta area. GAFCA members represent the reviewing press through online, radio, television, or print media.
Neon is an American independent film production and distribution company founded in 2017 by CEO Tom Quinn and Tim League, who also was the co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema chain. Its first film, Colossal, was released on April 7, 2017. The company is best known for distributing critically acclaimed and award-winning films, such as I, Tonya (2017), Three Identical Strangers (2018), Apollo 11 (2019), Parasite (2019), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Palm Springs (2020), Flee (2021), Spencer (2021), The Worst Person in the World (2021), All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022), Fire of Love (2022), Triangle of Sadness (2022), and Anatomy of a Fall (2023). Parasite is Neon's highest-grossing film at the worldwide box office with more than $200 million.
The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president. The Palme d'Or went to the South Korean film Parasite, directed by Bong Joon-ho; Bong became the first Korean director to win the award.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a 2019 French historical romantic drama film written and directed by Céline Sciamma, starring Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel. Set in France in the late 18th century, the film tells the story of a lesbian sexual affair between an aristocrat and a painter commissioned to paint her portrait. It marked Haenel's final film role prior to her retirement from the French film industry in 2023.
The 23rd Hollywood Film Awards were held on November 3, 2019. The ceremony took place at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, and was hosted by Rob Riggle.
The 91st National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 3, 2019.
The 84th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2019, were announced on December 4, 2019.
The 24th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 9, 2019.
The 54th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 4 January 2020, honored the best in film for 2019.
The 40th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2019, were given on December 15, 2019.
The 18th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2019.
