Category: Film News

World Wide is pleased to announce that in partnership with its supporters at the Chlotrudis Society For Independent Film, Applause was screened in Boston at the Brattle Theatre. “It went very well, with a great, responsive audience,” Chlotrudis president Michael Colford reveals. "We had a great discussion after the film with everyone giving it a thumbs up, especially Paprika’s performance." The screening, one of several that Chlotrudis has planned in different locations, including Denver, was targeted specifically at fans of independent and foreign films. “The audience was split about 50/50 between Chlotrudis members and members of the Cine-Cache [bi-weekly film/discussion] series,” Colford says. “Everyone could see why Paprika [Steen] was being [submitted] for an Academy Award, and several people mentioned that even if she didn’t get it, this would really raise her profile in America.” World Wide would like to offer a big round of its own applause to the Chlotrudis Society for its continued support of this film.

Applause, which is a film about an actress struggling to reconcile her personal and professional lives, has been especially well received by those in the entertainment industry. Following on the heels of a successful screening for members of the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America have both requested to share the movie with their members. The WGA screening will take place at its Beverly Hills, CA, theater on Monday, January 10, at 6 p.m. Details of the DGA event will follow. Additionally, members of the Academy and the New York press will be congregating on Wednesday, January 6, at the 57 Screening Room in Manhattan for another screening of the picture prior to its January 21 general release.

Paprika Steen received numerous awards for her performance in Applause while the picture was on the international festival circuit. Now that the film is being released by World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation, the public has more recognition on her talent as well! This week, the Alliance Of Women Film Journalists (a North American association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers) nominated Steen for a 2010 EDA Award in the category of Bravest Performance. Winners will be announced on Monday, January 10.

Paprika Steen's recent press tour has U.S. audiences hungry to learn more about the actress who is already the toast of Europe. To hold everyone over until her return, Ms. Steen has been continuing to participate in World Wide's "Ask Paprika" campaign by responding to questions submitted by her fans and followers. The fourth and fifth videotaped answers haverecently been posted. Do you have a question for the actress? Be sure to post it here. Yours could be chosen next!

With the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations last week came some confusion about why Paprika Steen was not included for her jaw-dropping performance in Applause. World Wide would like to clarify that Ms. Steen was not submitted for consideration because Applause opened a few weeks too early in Denmark last year for the film to qualify. However, thanks to the film’s successful one-week run in Los Angeles earlier this month, she is qualified for Oscar consideration. Ms. Steen was submitted in the category of Best Actress and a full campaign is underway. The Academy will be announcing its 2010 nominations in late January.

The reviews are in and the consensus is unanimous: Paprika Steen's performance in Applause is simply jaw dropping! In the wake of the numerous screenings for the film held on both coasts, in addition to the one-week Oscar-qualifying run held in Los Angeles last week, critics are confirming what World Wide knew all along: this film is a winner! In fact, the theater circuits were so impressed with Applause's popularity that they've requested additional copies of the trailer and more prints so that they can increase the film's pre-premiere exposure and hopefully show it in additional theaters.