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Contender: Production Sound Mixer Yves-Marie Omnes – Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name is a breath-taking story about falling in love with someone you know you’re not supposed to, and being open to believing that doesn’t have to matter. Directed by Luca Guadagnino and based on the critically acclaimed novel by Andre Aciman, Call Me By Your Name leaves audience members sympathizing with the main character, Elio, while revisiting his or her own forbidden love story. Production Sound […]

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Director Scott Waugh on 6 Below: Miracle on The Mountain

When you live in a city like LA, you wonder how it’s possible to ever feel completely alone. When the silence you once craved haunts every minute of every hour. When all you have to comfort you is the burning sensation of numbness creeping over your limbs. The whistling of the wind is the only thing to distract you from the painful memories of the life you know you destroyed. […]

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Official Below The Line Screening Series featuring Detroit with Q&A in Los Angeles

Released on the 50th anniversary of the 1967 riots, Kathryn Bigelow’s latest psychological thriller, Detroit, tells the true story of what happened when the riots began and how a few bad cops turned a questioning of an unconfirmed shooter into the murder scene of three kids. And shockingly, were ultimately acquitted. Below the Line News hosted a special screening of the film at the Directors Guild of America on October […]

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Contender: Composer Nitin Sawhney – Breathe

Nitin Sawhney has had a year that most artists only dream of: winning the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement Award, having his latest CD turned into a fully choreographed production that will be touring globally, and scoring two films, Breathe, released October 13, and The Jungle Book, premiering in 2018. Both films were directed by long-time friend and colleague Andy Serkis. When asked how this year and these achievements impacted him […]

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Contender: Production Designer James Merifield – Andy Serkis’ Breathe

Andy Serkis’, Breathe is the type of film you know will require a box of tissues. Based on the true story of Robin Cavendish, played by Andrew Garfield, a young husband and father contracts polio at the age of 29 and gets a life sentence to a hospital bed; Robin and his wife, Diana, put up the fight of a lifetime to live a full, adventurous life, all while changing […]