Sunday, January 31, 2016

Sundance 2016 Winners




The list of winners at SUNDANCE 2016:

U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize: The Birth of a Nation
U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize: Weiner

The Birth of a Nation

World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Dramatic: Sand Storm
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, Documentary: Sonita

Sand Storm

U.S. Dramatic Directing Award: Daniel Scheinart and Daniel Kwan, Swiss Army Man
U.S. Documentary Directing Award: Roger Ross Williams, Life, Animated

Swiss Army Man

World Cinema Dramatic Directing Award: Belgica
World Cinema Documentary Directing Award: All These Sleepless Nights

Spa Night

U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Awards:

Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Chad Hartigan, Morris From America
Special Jury Prize: As You Are
Breakthrough Performance Award: Joe Seo, Spa Night
Individual Performance Award: Craig Robinson, Morris From America
Individual Performance Award: Melanie Lynskey, The Intervention

U.S. Documentary Special Jury Awards:

Editing Award: NUTS!
Social Impact Filmmaking Award: Trapped
Writing Award: Kate Plays Christine
Verite Filmmaking Award: The Bad Kids

Between Land and Sea

World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Awards:

Acting Award: Vicky Hernandez and Manolo Cruz, Between Land and Sea
Screenwriting Award: Mi Amiga del Parque
Unique Vision and Design Award: The Lure
Alfred P. Sloan Prize: Embrace of the Serpent

World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Awards:

Editing Award: We Are X
Cinematography Award: The Land of the Enlightened
Best First Feature Award: When Two Worlds Collide

Sonita

 Audience Awards:
 
U.S. Dramatic: The Birth of a Nation
U.S. Documentary: Jim
World Cinema Dramatic: Between Land and Sea
World Cinema Documentary: Sonita
NEXT: First Girl I Loved


 

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

César 2016 Nominations

41st César Award Nominations - 2016



The 41st annual César Awards ceremony will take place on February 26 at the Théâtre du Châtelet. Michael Douglas will receive the career achievement honorary César. Here’s the complete list of the nominees:

BEST FILM
Dheepan, dir: Jacques Audiard
Fatima, dir: Philippe Faucon
La Loi du Marché, dir: Stéphane Brizé
Marguerite, dir: Xavier Giannoli
Mon Roi, dir: Maiwenn
Mustang, dir: Deniz Gamze Erguven
La Tête Haute, dir: Emmanuelle Bercot
Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse (My Golden Days), dir: Arnaud Desplechin

BEST FIRST FILM
L’Affaire SK1, dir: Frédéric Tellier
Les Cowboys; dir: Thomas Bidegain
Mustang, dir: Deniz Gamze Erguven
Ni le Ciel Ni la Terre, Clément Cogitore
Nous Trois ou Rien, dir: Kheiron

BEST DIRECTOR
Jacques Audiard, Dheepan
Stéphane Brizé, La Loi du Marché
Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite
Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Mustang
Emmanuelle Bercot, La Tête Haute
Arnaud Desplechin, My Golden Days
Maïwenn, Mon Roi



BEST ACTOR
Jean-Pierre Bacri, La Vie Très Privée de Monsieur Sim
Vincent Cassell, Mon Roi
François Damiens, Les Cowboys
Gérard Depardieu, Valley of Love
Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Dheepan
Vincent Lindon, La Loi du Marché
Fabrice Luchini, L’Hermine

BEST ACTRESS
Loubna Abidar, Much Loved
Emmanuelle Bercot, Mon Roi
Cécile de France, La Belle Saison
Catherine Deneuve, La Tête Haute
Catherine Frot, Marguerite
Isabelle Huppert, Valley of Love
Soria Zeroual, Fatima



BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michel Fau, Marguerite
Louis Garrel, Mon Roi
Benoit Magimel, La Tête Haute
André Marcon, Marguerite
Vincent Rottiers, Dheepan

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sara Forestier, La Tête Haute
Agnès Jaoui, Comme un Avion
Sidse Babett Knudsen, L’Hermine
Noémie Lvovsky, La Belle Saison
Karin Viard, 21 Nuits Avec Pattie



BEST FOREIGN FILM
Birdman, dir: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Son of Saul, dir: Laszlo Nemes
Je Suis Mort Mais J’ai Des Amis, dirs: Guillaume Malandrin, Stéphane Malandrin
Mia Madre, dir: Nanni Moretti
Taxi Tehran, dir: Jafar Panahi
The Brand New Testament, dir: Jaco van Dormael
Youth, dir: Paolo Sorrentino

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Le Bouton de Nacre, dir: Patrico Guzman
Cavanna, dirs: Denis and Nina Robert
Tomorrow, dirs: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent
The Missing Picture, dir: Rithy Panh
Une Jeunesse Allemande, dir: Jean-Gabriel Periot

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Adama; dir: Simon Rouby
Le Petit Prince, dir: Mark Osborne
Avril et le Monde Truqué, dirs: Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci




BEST NEWCOMER (FEMALE)
Lou Leroy-Collinet, My Golden Days
Diane Rouxel, La Tête Haute
Zita Hanrot, Fatima
Sara Giraudeau, Les Bêtises
Camille Cottin, Connasse, Princesse des Coeurs

BEST NEWCOMER (MALE)
Swann Arlaud, Les Anarchistes
Quentin Dolmaire, My Golden Days
Félix Moati, A Trois on y Va
Finnegan Oldfield, Les Cowboys
Rod Paradot, La Tête Haute



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Eponine Momenceau, Dheepan
Glynn Speeckaert, Marguerite
David Chizallet, Mustang
Irina Lubtchansky, My Golden Days
Christophe Offenstein, Valley of Love

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
David Oelhoffen, Frédéric Tellier, L’Affaire SKI
Samuel Benchetrit, Asphalte
Vincent Garenq, Stéphan Cabel, L’Enquete
Philippe Faucon, Fatima
Héléne Zimmer, Benoît Jacquot, Journal d’une Femme de Chambre

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard, Dheepan
Xavier Giannoli, Marguerite
Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, Mustang
Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Roman, La Tête Haute
Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, My Golden Days



BEST EDITING
Juliette Welfing, Dheepan
Cyril Nakache, Marguerite
Simon Jacquet, Mon Roi
Mathilde Van De Moortel, Mustang
Laurence Briau, My Golden Days

BEST SOUND
Daniel Sobrino, Valérie Deloof, Cyril Holtz, Dheepan
François Musy, Gabriel Hafner, Marguerite
Nicolas Provost, Agnès Ravez, Emanuel Croset, Mon Roi
Ibrahim Gök, Damien Guillaume, Olivier Goinard, Mustang
Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant, Stéphane Thiébaut, My Golden Days



BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Raphaël, Les Cowboys
Ennio Morricone, En Mai, Fais Ce Qu’il Te Plaît
Stephen Warbeck, Mon Roi
Warren Ellis, Mustang
Grégoire Hetzel, My Golden Days

BEST COSTUMES
Anaïs Romand, Journal d’une Femme de Chambre
Pierre-Jean Larroque, Marguerite
Selin Sözen, Mustang
Catherine Leterrier, L’Odeur de la Mandarine
Nathalie Raoul, My Golden Days

BEST SET DECORATION
Michel Barthélémy, Dheepan
Katia Wyszkop, Journal d’une Femme de Chambre
Martin Kurel, Marguerite
Jean Rabasse, L’Odeur de la Mandarine
Toma Baqueni, My Golden Days



BEST SHORT FILM
La Contre Allée, dir: Cécile Ducrocq
Le Dernier des Céfrans, dir: Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun
Essaie de Mourir Jeune, dir: Morgon Simon
Guy Moquet, dir: Demis Herenger
Mon Héros, dir: Sylvain Desclous

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
La Nuit Américaine d’Angélique, dirs: Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet, Joris Clerté
Le Repas Dominical, dir: Céline Devaux
Sous Tes Doigts, dir: Marie-Christine Courtès
Tigre à la Queue Leu Leu, dir: Benoît Chieux




Thursday, January 14, 2016

Academy Awards 2016

Academy Awards Nominations 2016




The 88th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 28 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and will be televised live by ABC at 7 p.m. ET/ 4 p.m. PST.

Chris Rock is hosting this year!

Here is the complete list of nominations:

Best Picture 
 The Big Short 
 Bridge of Spies 
 Brooklyn 
 Mad Max: Fury Road 
 The Martian 
 The Revenant 
 Room 
 Spotlight

Best Actress in a Leading Role
 Cate Blanchett, Carol
 Brie Larson, Room
 Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
 Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
 Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn

Best Actor in a Leading Role
 Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
 Matt Damon, The Martian
 Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
 Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
 Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl



Actress in a Supporting Role 
 Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight 
 Rooney Mara, Carol 
 Rachel McAdams, Spotlight 
 Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl 
 Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
 
Actor in a Supporting Role
 Christian Bale, The Big Short
 Tom Hardy, The Revenant
 Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
 Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
 Sylvester Stallone, Creed



 
Best Director
 Adam McKay, The Big Short
 George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
 Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
 Lenny Abrahamson, Room
 Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Documentary
 Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom

 
Best Foreign Language Film 
 Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
 Mustang - France
 Son of Saul - Hungary
 Theeb - Jordan
 A War - Denmark


 
Best Screenplay
 Bridge of Spies
 Ex Machina
 Inside Out
 Spotlight
 Straight Outta Compton

 
Best Adapted Screenplay
 The Big Short
 Brooklyn
 Carol
 The Martian
 Room
 
Best Cinematography 
 Ed Lachman, Carol
 John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
 Robert Richardson, The Hateful Eight
 Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
 Roger Deakins, Sicario
 

 
 
Best Original Score
 Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
 Carter Burwell, Carol
 Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
 
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
 John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best Original Song
 “Earned It” from Fifty Shades of Grey
 “Manta Ray” from Racing Extinction
 “Simple Song No. 3” from Youth
 “Til It Happens To You” from The Hunting Ground
 “Writing’s on the Wall” from Spectre

Best Animated Feature 
 Anomalisa
 Boy and the World
 Inside Out
 Shaun The Sheep
 When Marnie Was There


 
 
Editing
 The Big Short
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Revenant
 Spotlight
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 
Production Design
 Bridge of Spies
 The Danish Girl
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Martian
 The Revenant
 
Visual Effects
 Ex Machina
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Martian
 The Revenant
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens


 
 
Achievement in Sound Mixing
 Bridge of Spies
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Martian
 The Revenant
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 
Achievement in Sound Editing 
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Martian
 The Revenant
 Sicario
 Star Wars: The Force Awakens

 
Best Costume Design
 Carol
 Cinderella
 The Danish Girl
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The Revenant
 
Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling 
 Mad Max: Fury Road
 The 100-Year Old Men Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared
 The Revenant


 
 
Best Live Action Short Film 
 Ave Maria
 Day One
 Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)
 Shok
 Stutterer
 
Best Documentary Short Subject
 Body Team 12
 Chau, Beyond the Lines
 Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
 A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
 Last Day of Freedom
 
Best Animated Short Film 
 Bear Story
 Prologue
 Sanjay’s Super Team
 We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
 World of Tomorrow