Awards Season 2013

[domino harvey]

First big award nominations of the season, the Gotham Awards:

Best Feature
12 Years a Slave
Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas, producers. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints
David Lowery, director; Tony Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Kaufman, Cassian Elwes, producers (IFC Films)
Before Midnight
Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors; Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, producers (CBS Films)
Upstream Color
Shane Carruth, director; Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Ben LeClair, producers. (erbp)

Best Documentary
The Act of Killing
Joshua Oppenheimer, director; Signe Byrge, Joshua Oppenheimer, producers (Drafthouse Films)
The Crash Reel
Lucy Walker, director; Julian Cautherly, Lucy Walker, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
First Cousin Once Removed
Alan Berliner, director and producer (HBO Documentary Films)
Let the Fire Burn
Jason Osder, director and producer (Zeitgeist Films)
Our Nixon
Penny Lane, director; Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, producers (Cinedigm and CNN Films)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
Adam Leon for Gimme the Loot (Sundance Selects)
Alexandre Moors for Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects)
Stacie Passon for Concussion (RADiUS-TWC)
Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t Shine (Factory 25)

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films)
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features)
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (Relativity Media)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (Cinedigm)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color (erbp)
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (A24)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics)
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight (The Film Arcade and Cinedigm)
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Robin Weigert in Concussion (RADiUS-TWC)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ Grant

For the third consecutive year, IFP is proud present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.

The nominees are:
Afia Nathaniel, director, Dukhthar
Gita Pullapilly, director, Beneath the Harvest Sky
Deb Shoval, director, AWOL

[Jeff]

Independent Spirit Award Nominees

BEST SCREENPLAY

Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater, Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Spectacular Now
John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

Blue Caprice – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alexandre Moors, PRODUCERS: Kim Jackson, Brian O’Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi
Concussion – DIRECTOR: Stacie Passon, PRODUCER: Rose Troche
Fruitvale Station – DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler, PRODUCERS: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker
Una Noche – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Lucy Mulloy, PRODUCERS: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago
Wadjda – DIRECTOR: Haifaa Al Mansour PRODUCERS: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Lake Bell, In A World
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Jon
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Jill Soloway, Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director, and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.

Computer Chess – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Bujalski PRODUCERS: Houston King & Alex Lipschultz
Crystal Fairy – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sebastiàn Silva, PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín & Pablo Larraín
Museum Hours – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jem Cohen, PRODUCERS: Paolo Calamita & Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Pit Stop – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Yen Tan, WRITER: David Lowery, PRODUCERS: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, Kelly Williams
This is Martin Bonner – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan, PRODUCER: Cherie Saulter

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now

BEST MALE LEAD

Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross, Go For Sisters
June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte, Nebraska
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie, Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco, All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky, Computer Chess

BEST EDITING

Shane Carruth & David Lowery, Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Marc Vives, Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame, Frances Ha
Cindy Lee, Una Noche
Nat Sanders, Short Term 12

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

20 Feet From Stardom – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville, PRODUCERS: Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers
After Tiller – DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Martha Shane & Lana Wilson
Gideon’s Army – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dawn Porter, PRODUCER: Julie Goldman
The Act of Killing – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joshua Oppenheimer, PRODUCERS: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo
The Square – DIRECTOR: Jehane Nouja im, PRODUCER: Karim Amer

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

A Touch of Sin (China) – DIRECTOR: Jia Zhang-Ke
Blue is the Warmest Color (France) – DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche
Gloria (Chile) – DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
The Great Beauty (Italy) – DIRECTOR: Paolo Sorrentino
The Hunt (Denmark) – DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

Mud
Director: Jeff Nichols
Casting Director: Francine Maisler
Ensemble Cast: Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, Reese Witherspoon

17th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 17th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

20th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 20th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

My Sister’s Quinceañera – DIRECTOR: Aaron Douglas Johnston
Newlyweeds – DIRECTOR: Shaka King
The Foxy Merkins – DIRECTOR: Madeline Olnek

19th ANNUAL STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 19th annual Truer Than Fiction Award, sponsored by Stella Artois, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Kalyanee Mam – A River Changes Course
Jason Osder – Let the Fire Burn
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez – Manakamana

[mfunk9786]

Am I missing Best Feature on that list?

[knives]

Here's that.

Best Feature:
12 Years A Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

[Matt]

Also Best Director:

Shane Carruth - 'Upstream Color'
J.C. Chandor - 'All Is Lost'
Steve McQueen - '12 Years a Slave'
Jeff Nichols - 'Mud'
Alexander Payne - 'Nebraska'

So, basically, Frances Ha is one of the year's best pictures, but only because of its editing.

[matrixschmatrix]

Definitely surprising that it wouldn't get a nod in Best Female or Best Supporting Female- I don't see how you could like the movie without liking Gerwig and Sumner's performances.

[FrauBlucher]

Two top ten lists.......
Cahiers du Cinema
1. Stranger by the Lake, Alain Guiraudie (France)
2. Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine (United States)
3. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche (Belgium/France/Spain)
4. Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico/United States)
5. A Touch of Sin, Jia Zhangke (China)
6. Lincoln, Steven Spielberg (United States)
7. Jealousy, Philippe Garrel (France)
8. Nobody's Daughter Haewon, Hong Sang-soo (South Korea)
9. You and the Night, Yann Gonzalez (France)
10. Age of Panic, Justine Triet (France)

Sight & Sound
1. The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer (Denmark/United Kingdom/Norway/Germany/Finland/Sweden/Netherlands/Poland)
2. Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron (Mexico/United States)
3. Blue Is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche (Belgium/Spain/France)
4. The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino (France/Italy)
5. Frances Ha, Noah Baumbach (Brazil/United States)
*6. A Touch of Sin, Jia Zhangke (China)
*6. Upstream Color, Shane Carruth (United States)
8. The Selfish Giant, Clio Barnard (United Kingdom)
*9. Norte, the End of History, Lav Diaz (Philippines)
*9. Stranger by the Lake, Alain Guiraudie (France)

[lacritfan]

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

Best Picture: American Hustle
Best Actor: Robert Redford, All Is Lost
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay: American Hustle
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Animated Film: The Wind Rises
Best Cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best First Film: Fruitvale Station
Best Foreign Film: Blue Is the Warmest Color
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): Stories We Tell
Special Award: Frederick Wiseman

[lacritfan]

Oscars Documentary Features Shortlist

The Act of Killing
The Armstrong Lie
Blackfish
The Crash Reel
Cutie and the Boxer
Dirty Wars
First Cousin Once Removed
God Loves Uganda
Life According to Sam
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
The Square
Stories We Tell
Tim’s Vermeer
20 Feet from Stardom
Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington

[lacritfan]

The National Board of Review

Best Film: Her
Best Director: Spike Jonze, Her
Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks
Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, Nebraska
Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station
Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises
Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Breakthrough Performance: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue Is The Warmest Color
Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
Best Foreign Language Film: The Past
Best Documentary: Stories We Tell
William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.
Best Ensemble: Prisoners
Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda
Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity

Scroll down for top films, foreign, docs and ind films

[mfunk9786]

Oh man, as if I weren't excited for Her already...

[warren oates]

The Oscar doc shortlist has come a long way. But how did a middling puff piece like Dirty Wars make the cut (preaching to the converted and offering no new information) while something truly innovative like Leviathan was snubbed? Wiseman released a qualifying film this year too, and while I haven't seen it yet I highly doubt that half of these other titles (some of which I have seen) could top it. It seems like the Oscars still favor approachable journalistic narrative over anything more challenging. Lucky for The Act of Killing that its couches its extreme subject matter in a somewhat formally digestable package.

[lacritfan]

The Oscar doc shortlist has come a long way. But how did a middling puff piece like Dirty Wars make the cut (preaching to the converted and offering no new information) while something truly innovative like Leviathan was snubbed?

I just noticed on the L.A. Film Critics site that they gave Leviathan the experimental award last year so guessing it wasn't eligible as a 2013 release.

[Kirkinson]

Looking at the rules for qualifying documentary features, it seems that Leviathan would be ineligible because it never had a week-long run in LA and Manhattan (or anywhere in the US, where it only had one or two screenings per theater). Evidently, those screenings -- and even the source image format, if I'm reading the rules correctly -- must also adhere to some pretty specific technical requirements if the film was shot and projected digitally, and Leviathan probably would have been disqualified on those grounds even if it did have qualifying theatrical runs.

[reno dakota]

Leviathan was eligible.

[Kirkinson]

I happily stand corrected, thanks!

[FrauBlucher]

European Film Awards

EUROPEAN FILM
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)

Italy/France , 140 min

DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino

WRITTEN BY: Paolo Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello

PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima

EUROPEAN COMEDY
LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED

Denmark, 111 min

DIRECTED BY: Susanne Bier

WRITTEN BY: Anders Thomas Jensen & Susanne Bier

PRODUCED BY: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Vibeke Windeløv

EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI
OH BOY
Germany, 83 min

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jan Ole Gerster

PRODUCED BY: Marcos Kantis & Alexander Wadouh

EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY
THE ACT OF KILLING

Denmark/Norway/UK, 159 min

DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer

PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen

EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
THE CONGRESS

Israel/Germany/Poland/Luxembourg/France/Belgium, 120 min

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ari Folman

ANIMATION: Yoni Goodman

EUROPEAN SHORT FILM
DOOD VAN EEN SCHADUW
DEATH OF A SHADOW

directed by Tom Van Avermaet

Belgium/France 2012, 20 min, fiction

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR
Paolo Sorrentino for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)

EUROPEAN ACTRESS
Veerle Baetens in THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN

EUROPEAN ACTOR
Toni Servillo in LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (THE GREAT BEAUTY)

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER
François Ozon for DANS LA MAISON (IN THE HOUSE)

EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER – Prix CARLO DI PALMA

Asaf Sudry
for LEMALE ET HA’HALAL
FILL THE VOID

Israel

EUROPEAN EDITOR

Cristiano Travaglioli
for LA GRANDE BELLEZZA (
THE GREAT BEAUTY)

Italy/France

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Sarah Greenwood
for ANNA KARENINA
UK

EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER

Paco Delgado
for BLANCANIEVES

Spain/France

EUROPEAN COMPOSER

Ennio Morricone
for THE BEST OFFER

Italy

EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER

Matz Müller & Erik Mischijew
for PARADIES: GLAUBE
PARADISE: FAITH

Austria/Germany/France

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Catherine Deneuve

EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA

Pedro Almodóvar

EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD– Prix EURIMAGES

Ada Solomon

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD for Best European Film

THE GILDED CAGE directed by Ruben Alves

[dad1153]

L.A. Film Critics

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Blue Is the Warmest Color
Runner-up: The Great Beauty

BEST PICTURE (tie): Gravity and Her

BEST ACTRESS (tie): Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine and Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color

BEST SCREENPLAY: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her

BEST ACTOR: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Runner-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her

BEST DOCUMENTARY, Stories We Tell
Runner-up: The Act of Killing

Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce

BEST MUSIC SCORE, T Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis
Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, Her

BEST ANIMATION, Ernest & Celestine
Runner-up: The Wind Rises

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Winner (tie): James Franco, Spring Breakers, and Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Runner-up, Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST EDITING: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Runner-up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, Upstream Color

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Runner-up: June Squibb, Nebraska

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: K.K. Barrett, HER
Runner-up: Jess Gonchor, Inside Llewyn Davis

Talk about punting with all those ties in the main categories.

[Professor Wagstaff]

Boston Society of Film Critics

Best Picture - 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor - Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress - Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Best Supporting Actor - James Gandolfini for Enough Said

Best Supporting Actress - June Squibb for Nebraska

Best Director - Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave

Best Screenplay - Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said

Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity

Best Documentary - The Act of Killing

Best Foreign-Language Film - Wadjda

Best Animated Film - The Wind Rises

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) - Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill for Rush
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) - Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station

Best Ensemble Cast - Nebraska

Best Use of Music in a Film - Inside: Llewyn Davis

[Jeff]

The Los Angeles Film Critics also gave their Legacy of Cinema Award to something called The Criterion Collection.

[FrauBlucher]

AFI Top Ten- Film and TV
BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR

1. 12 Years A Slave
2. American Hustle
3. Captain Phillips
4. Fruitvale Station
5. Gravity
6. Her
7. Inside Llewyn Davis
8. Nebraska
9. Saving Mr. Banks
10. The Wolf of Wall Street

BEST TV SHOWS OF THE YEAR

1. The Americans
2. Breaking Bad
3. Game of Thrones
4. The Good Wife
5. House of Cards
6. Mad Men
7. Masters of Sex
8. Orange Is The New Black
9. Scandal
10. Veep

[domino harvey]

Those are in alphabetical order, so ignore the numbers

[mistakaninja]

Thank God. Scandal as low as nine is just madness.

[adavis53]

Cahiers du Cinema
2. Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine (United States)

Am I the only one like significantly shocked by this? does anyone here have access to a copy of cahiers who can explain their rationale behind including this above things like La Grande Bellezza or Blue Is the Warmest Color or most other films that have shown up on other lists?

[John Cope]

Cahiers du Cinema
2. Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine (United States)

Am I the only one like significantly shocked by this?

I'm sure you're not but why should you be? It's a great film.

Personally, I'm a lot more flummoxed by what Lincoln is doing on there but that's me.