This morning, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced its nominees for the 2023 Academy Awards ceremony otherwise known as The Oscars.
Of the ten Best Picture nominees, Pickford Film Center, Bellingham's local, non-profit community cinema, screened six of them in their first run. These films include: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Tár, Triangle Of Sadness, Avatar: The Way of Water.
Everything Everywhere All At Once, the oddball sensation that played the Pickford all the way back in April, led the nominees in sheer numbers with 11 total nominations. That film will be returning to our screens in honor of the announcement this Friday, January 27th for a limited time only.
Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, nominated for 7 awards including Best PIcture, will also be playing this weekend starting on Friday.
Tickets on sale at pickfordfilmcenter.org.
Founded in 1998, the Pickford Film Center serves the Whatcom community by screening independent films 365 days a year, producing and presenting the annual Doctober film festival, the Bellingham Children’s Film Festival, numerous film series and special events. The Pickford offers free documentary film showings to all Whatcom middle schools through Doc-ED and partners with students and schools for many other events during the year.