45 Years (2015)

‘Carol’ Leads Nominations for BAFTA Awards

Carol along with Bridge of Spies lead the nominations for the 2016 BAFTA Awards with nine nominations. Carol is nominated for Best Film, Director for Todd Haynes, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair. Cate Blanchett is nominated for Leading Actress and Rooney Mara is nominated for Supporting Actress. Other indie films with multiple nods include Brooklyn was nominated six times, and The Danish Girl and Ex Machina receive five nominations. Brooklyn is nominated for Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair, with two further nominations for Saoirse Ronan in Leading Actress and Julie Walters in Supporting Actress. The Danish Girl is nominated for Outstanding British Film, Costume Design and Make Up & Hair, with Leading Actor and Leading Actress nominations for Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander respectively. Ex Machina is nominated for Outstanding British Film and Special Visual Effects, with nominations for Alex Garland in Original Screenplay and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. Alicia Vikander receives a further nomination for Supporting Actress. Amy receives nominations for Outstanding British Film and Documentary, along with Cartel Land, He Named Me Malala, Listen to Me Marlon and Sherpa. Theeb is nominated for Film Not in the English Language and Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd (Producer). Also nominated for Film Not in the English Language are The Assassin, Force Majeure, Timbuktu and Wild Tales. The British Short Animation nominees are Edmond, Manoman and Prologue. The five nominations for British Short Film are Elephant, Mining Poems or Odes, Operator, Over and Samuel-613. The nominees for the EE Rising Star Award are Bel Powley, Brie Larson, Dakota Johnson, John Boyega and Taron Egerton. The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday 14 February at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry. The complete list of nominations for 2016 BAFTA Awards Film | Outstanding British Film in 2016 The Danish Girl; Tom Hooper, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anne Harrison, Gail Mutrux, Lucinda Coxon Brooklyn; John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey, Nick Hornby Ex Machina; Alex Garland, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich Amy; Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees 45 Years; Andrew Haigh, Tristan Goligher The Lobster; Yorgos Lanthimos, Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Efthimis Filippou Film | Documentary in 2016 Amy; Asif Kapadia, James Gay-Rees Listen to Me Marlon; Stevan Riley, John Battsek, George Chignell, R.J. Cutler He Named Me Malala; Davis Guggenheim, Walter Parkes, Laurie Macdonald Sherpa; Jennifer Peedom, Bridget Ikin, John Smithson Cartel Land; Matthew Heineman, Tom Yellin Film | Film Not in the English Language in 2016 The Assassin; Hou Hsiao-Hsien Theeb; Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd Force Majeure; Ruben Östlund Timbuktu; Abderrahmane Sissako Wild Tales; Damián Szifron Film | British Short Film in 2016 Elephant; Nick Helm, Alex Moody, Esther Smith Mining Poems or Odes; Callum Rice, Jack Cocker Samuel-613; Billy Lumby, Cheyenne Conway Operator; Caroline Bartleet, Rebecca Morgan Over; Jörn Threlfall, Jeremy Bannister Film | Animated Film in 2016 Shaun the Sheep Movie; Mark Burton, Richard Starzak Minions; Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda Inside Out; Pete Docter Film | British Short Animation in 2016 Manoman; Simon Cartwright, Kamilla Kristiane Hodol Prologue; Richard Williams, Imogen Sutton Edmond; Nina Gantz, Emilie Jouffroy Film | Director in 2016 Alejandro G. Iñárritu; The Revenant Adam McKay; The Big Short Steven Spielberg; Bridge of Spies Ridley Scott; The Martian Todd Haynes; Carol Film | Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer in 2016 Sean Mcallister, Elhum Shakerifar; A Syrian Love Story Naji Abu Nowar, Rupert Lloyd; Theeb Debbie Tucker Green; Second Coming Stephen Fingleton; The Survivalist Alex Garland; Ex Machina Film | Adapted Screenplay in 2016 The Big Short; Adam McKay, Charles Randolph Steve Jobs; Aaron Sorkin Brooklyn; Nick Hornby Carol; Phyllis Nagy Room; Emma Donoghue Film | Original Screenplay in 2016 Inside Out; Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Meg Lefauve The Hateful Eight; Quentin Tarantino Ex Machina; Alex Garland Bridge of Spies; Matthew Charman, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Spotlight; Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer Film | Leading Actor in 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio; The Revenant Eddie Redmayne; The Danish Girl Michael Fassbender; Steve Jobs Matt Damon; The Martian Bryan Cranston; Trumbo Film | Leading Actress in 2016 Maggie Smith; The Lady in the Van Alicia Vikander; The Danish Girl Cate Blanchett; Carol Brie Larson; Room Saoirse Ronan; Brooklyn Film | Supporting Actor in 2016 Idris Elba; Beasts of No Nation Christian Bale; The Big Short Mark Rylance; Bridge of Spies Benicio del Toro; Sicario Mark Ruffalo; Spotlight Film | Supporting Actress in 2016 Jennifer Jason Leigh; The Hateful Eight Alicia Vikander; Ex Machina Julie Walters; Brooklyn Kate Winslet; Steve Jobs Rooney Mara; Carol Film | EE Rising Star in 2016 Taron Egerton John Boyega Dakota Johnson Brie Larson Bel Powley Film | Make-Up And Hair in 2016 Brooklyn; Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn Carol; Jerry Decarlo, Patricia Regan The Revenant; Sian Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini Mad Max: Fury Road; Lesley Vanderwalt, Damian Martin The Danish Girl; Jan Sewell Film | Original Music in 2016 The Hateful Eight; Ennio Morricone Bridge of Spies; Thomas Newman The Revenant; Ryuichi Sakamoto, Carsten Nicolai Star Wars: The Force Awakens; John Williams Sicario; Jóhann Jóhannsson Film | Cinematography in 2016 Mad Max: Fury Road; John Seale The Revenant; Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario; Roger Deakins Carol; Ed Lachman Bridge of Spies; Janusz Kaminski Film | Production Design in 2016 Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Rick Carter, Darren Gilford, Lee Sandales Bridge of Spies; Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo Mad Max: Fury Road; Colin Gibson, Lisa Thompson The Martian; Arthur Max, Celia Bobak Carol; Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler Film | Editing in 2016 The Big Short; Hank Corwin Mad Max: Fury Road; Margaret Sixel Bridge of Spies; Michael Kahn The Revenant; Stephen Mirrione The Martian; Pietro Scalia Film | Sound in 2016 The Revenant; Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montaño, Jon Taylor, Randy Thom Mad Max: Fury Road; Scott Hecker, Chris Jenkins, Mark Mangini, Ben Osmo, Gregg Rudloff, David White Star Wars: The Force Awakens; David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, Stuart Wilson Bridge of Spies; Drew Kunin, Richard Hymns, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom The Martian; Paul Massey, Mac Ruth, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor Film | Special Visual Effects in 2016 Ant-Man; Jake Morrison, Greg Steele, Dan Sudick, Alex Wuttke Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan Mad Max: Fury Road; Andrew Jackson, Dan Oliver, Tom Wood, Andy Williams The Martian; Chris Lawrence, Tim Ledbury, Richard Stammers, Steven Warner Ex Machina; Mark Ardington, Sara Bennett, Paul Norris, Andrew Whitehurst
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National Society of Film Critics Picks ‘Spotlight’ As Best Film of 2015; ‘Amy’ ‘Timbuktu’ Win Awards

The National Society of Film Critics chose Spotlight directed by Tom McCarthy, as Best Picture of the Year 2015. Timbuktu directed by Abderrahmane Sissako won the award for Best Foreign Language Film and Amy directed by Asif Kapadia won the award for Best Non-Fiction Film. Film Heritage Awards were given to the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the programmers Jake Perlin and Michelle Materre, for the series Tell It Like It Is: Black Independents in New York, 1968-1986; the Criterion Collection and L’Immagine Ritrovata for the restoration and packaging of the reconstructed version of The Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray; and Association Chaplin for supervising the digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s Essanay Films The Special Citation for a film awaiting American distribution went to One Floor Below, a Romanian film directed by Radu Muntean. The complete list of 2015 National Society of Film Critics award winners BEST ACTOR: Michael B. Jordan (Creed) BEST ACTRESS: Charlotte Rampling (45 Years) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5cpiX18TA BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVHlm7RcDs BEST SCREENPLAY: Spotlight (Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgnrwwiIDlI CINEMATOGRAPHY: Carol (Ed Lachman) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4z7Px68ywk PICTURE: Spotlight (Tom McCarthy) DIRECTOR: Todd Haynes (Carol) FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Timbuktu (Abderrahmane Sissako) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7YeoB5bSBY BEST NON-FICTION FILM: Amy (Asif Kapadia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE
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AARP The Magazine Announces Nominees for 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards incl. ‘Brooklyn’ ‘Spotlight’

AARP The Magazine announced their nominees for the 2015 Movies for Grownups Awards, with Brooklyn, Joy, Love & Mercy, The Martian, and Spotlight contending in the Best Picture category. In the “Best Actress” category, nominations go to Helen Mirren (Woman in Gold), Blythe Danner (I’ll See You In My Dreams), Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), Maggie Smith (The Lady in the Van), and Lily Tomlin (Grandma). In the “Best Actor” category, Bryan Cranston (Trumbo) is nominated alongside Michael Caine (Youth), Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Johnny Depp (Black Mass), and Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes). Additionally, Michael Douglas will be presented with the esteemed Movies for Grownups® Career Achievement Award. “We’re getting the word out, and today’s filmmakers really understand the power of older audiences,” said Robert Love, Editor-in-Chief of AARP The Magazine. “More than ever before, Hollywood is focusing on creating compelling storylines that directly appeal to the 50-plus audience. AARP is thrilled to celebrate this year’s best filmmakers for their excellent work that speaks to the 70 million Americans in our demographic.” The awards celebrate 2015’s standout filmmakers, actors, actresses and movies that bear unique relevance for the 50-plus audience. The awards gala will return to the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills on Monday, February 8th. Chase Card Services will be the Premier sponsor of the event. The complete list of the 15th Annual Movies for Grownups® Award Nominees are: Best Picture: Brooklyn; Joy; Love & Mercy; The Martian; Spotlight Best Documentary: Best of Enemies; In Transit; The Last Man on the Moon; Radical Grace; Very Semi-Serious Best Foreign Film: Mia Madre (Italy); Rams (Iceland); The Salt of the Earth (Brazil, in French); Tangerines (Estonia); Taxi (Iran) Best Actress: Blythe Danner, I’ll See You In My Dreams; Helen Mirren, Woman in Gold; Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years; Maggie Smith, The Lady in the Van; Lily Tomlin, Grandma Best Actor: Michael Caine, Youth; Tom Courtenay, 45 Years; Bryan Cranston, Trumbo; Johnny Depp, Black Mass; Ian McKellen, Mr. Holmes Best Supporting Actress: Joan Allen, Room; Jane Fonda, Youth; Diane Ladd, Joy; Helen Mirren, Trumbo; Cynthia Nixon, James White Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Daniels, Steve Jobs; Robert DeNiro, Joy; Michael Keaton, Spotlight; Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies; Sylvester Stallone, Creed Best Director: Ridley Scott, The Martian; Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies; Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant; David O. Russell, Joy; Todd Haynes, Carol Best Screenwriter: Nick Hornby, Brooklyn; Nancy Meyers, The Intern; Oren Moverman, Michael A. Lerner, Love & Mercy; David O. Russell, Joy; Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs Best Comedy: 5 Flights Up; Danny Collins; The Intern; Joy; The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Best Grownup Love Story: 5 Flights Up; 45 Years; Carol; Freeheld; I’ll See You In My Dreams Best Intergenerational Film: Creed; Grandma; The Intern; Straight Outta Compton; Woman in Gold Best Buddy Picture: The 33; The Intern; Learning to Drive; A Walk in the Woods; Youth Best Time Capsule: Carol; Joy; Love & Mercy; The Man from U.N.C.L.E.; Straight Outta Compton Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up: Inside Out; Kingsman: The Secret Service; Paddington; The Peanuts Movie; Shaun The Sheep Movie
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Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Complete Line-up of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions Competition and Modern Masters

The 27th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) running from January 1-11, 2016 in Palm Springs, California, announced its line-up of Premieres, New Voices/New Visions competition and Modern Masters. “I am thrilled at the breadth and depth of this year’s program,” said Festival Artistic Director Helen du Toit. “While Modern Masters showcases such widely acclaimed filmmakers as as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Barbara Kopple and Terence Davies, our New Voices/New Visions program is evidence that new masters are emerging around the world. The range of approaches is extraordinary. Highlights include Raam Reddy’s Thithi (India), which skillfully juggles myriad characters in a delightful low key comedy; Yorgos Zois’ Interruption (Greece), which challenges the audience with a complex and highly compelling narrative; and Maris Curran’s Five Nights in Maine (USA), featuring David Oyelowo’s nuanced and heartbreaking performance as a widower reconnecting with his estranged mother-in-law.” Showcasing the diversity of international cinema, Festival premieres will include: World premieres: 50 Days in the Desert (Luxembourg) directed by Fabrizio Maltese, Agnes (Germany/Belgium), the documentary Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (US) featuring Alec Baldwin, Carol Channing, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, The Carer (Hungary/UK), Going Going Gone (UK), Searchdog (US) and Set the Thames on Fire (UK). North American premieres: Banat (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Death By Death (Belgium/France), A Decent Man (Switzerland), Departure (France/UK), Fly Away Solo (India/France), Interruption (Greece/Croatia), A Korean in Paris (South Korea/France), The Memory of Water (Chile/Spain/Argentina/Germany), Moor (Pakistan), On My Mother’s Side (Canada), Paradise Trips (Belgium/Croatia), Rosita (Denmark), Spy Time (Spain), Tanna (Australia/Vanuatu), Thithi (India/US/Canada), Utopians (Hong Kong) and When a Tree Falls (Spain). U.S. premieres: 1944 (Estonia/Finland), 3000 Nights (Palestine/France/Jordan/Lebanon), Atomic Falafel (Israel/Germany/New Zealand), Belgian Rhapsody (Belgium), Beyond My Grandfather Allende (Chile/Mexico), Born to Dance (New Zealand), Closet Monster (Canada), Enclave (Serbia/Germany), The Endless River (South Africa/France), Endorphine (Canada), Exotica, Erotica, Etc. (France), Fire Song (Canada), Five Nights in Maine (US), A Heavy Heart (Germany), Home Care (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Let Them Come (Algeria/France), My Big Night (Spain), My Internship in Canada (Canada), The Other Side (Italy/France), Our Everyday Life (Bosnia, Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), The Paradise Suite (Netherlands/Sweden/Bulgaria), Parched (India/US/UK), Parisienne (France), Sabali (Canada), Sleeping Giant (Canada), Summer Solstice (Poland/Germany), Trap (Philippines), The Violin Teacher (Brazil), Wedding Doll (Israel) and Zubaan (India). The New Voices/New Visions competition showcases 12 US premieres from top emerging international directors marking their feature film debut at the Festival, with the additional criteria that the films selected are currently without U.S. distribution. Films selected for this year include: Banat (Italy/Romania/Bulgaria/Macedonia), Director Adriano Valerio Death By Death (Belgium/France), Director Xavier Seron Departure (UK/France), Director Andrew Steggall Five Nights in Maine (US), Director Maris Curran and starring David Oyelowo A Heavy Heart (Germany), Director Thomas Stuber Home Care (Czech Republic/Slovakia), Director Slávek Horák Interruption (Greece/Croatia), Director Yorgos Zois Let Them Come (Algeria/France), Director Salem Brahimi Our Everyday Life (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Slovenia/Croatia), Director Ines Tanovic Paradise Trips (Belgium/Croatia), Director Raf Reyntjens Sleeping Giant (Canada), Director Andrew Cividino Thithi (India/US), Director Raam Reddy The Modern Masters section features 10 films from international directors who set the standards for contemporary cinema. Films selected for this year include: Cemetery Of Splendour (Thailand/UK), Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul Dheepan (France), Director Jacques Audiard Miss Sharon Jones! (US), Director Barbara Kopple Mountains May Depart (China/France/Japan), Director Jia Zhangke My Golden Days (France), Director Arnaud Desplechin My Mother (Italy/France), Director Nanni Moretti Our Little Sister (Japan), Director Hirokazu Kore-eda Sunset Song (UK/Luxembourg), Director Terence Davies Sweet Bean (Japan), Director Naomi Kawase Women He’s Undressed (Australia), Director Gillian Armstrong Other Festival films with notable talent and directors include: 45 Years (UK) directed by Andrew Haigh and starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, Anomalisa (US) directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman with the voices of David Thewlis and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Chronic (Mexico/France) starring Tim Roth, Closet Monster (Canada) with Connor Jessup and Isabella Rossellini, Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Netherlands/Mexico/Finland/Belgium/France) directed by Peter Greenaway, February (US/Canada) starring Kiernan Shipka and Emma Roberts, Hello, My Name is Doris (US) starring Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs and Stephen Root, Hitchcock/Truffaut (France/US) directed by Kent Jones and featuring Peter Bogdanovich, David Fincher and Richard Linklater, The Invitation (US) starring Logan Marshall-Green and Michiel Huisman, The Lady in the Van (UK) directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent and James Corden, (pictured above) Louder Than Bombs (USA) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne and Isabelle Huppert, Men & Chicken (Denmark) starring Mads Mikkelsen, Papa (Cuba) directed by Bob Yari and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Joely Richardson and Minka Kelly, A Perfect Day (Spain) starring Benicio del Toro, Tim Robbins and Olga Kurylenko, The Seventh Fire (US) executive produced by Terrence Malick, Natalie Portman and Chris Eyre, and Where to Invade Next (US) directed by Michael Moore.
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Indiana Film Journalists Association Pick ‘Spotlight’ As Best Film of 2015

“Spotlight,” a drama exploring the Boston Globe’s investigation of widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests, was named Best Film of 2015 by the Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA). In addition to Best Film, “Spotlight” won for Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor, Mark Ruffalo. “Room,” an adaption of the best-selling novel about a woman raising her young son inside a solitary room, won runner-up in the best film race. “Room” also earned the Best Adapted Screenplay Prize, and was recognized for the top two performances of the year: Brie Larson for Best Actress and Jacob Tremblay for Best Actor. “Son of Saul” won Best Foreign Language Film and “Amy” earned Best Documentary. The Hoosier Award, which recognizes a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with roots in Indiana, or a film that depicts Hoosier State locales and stories, went to filmmaker Angelo Pizzo. The following is a complete list of honored films: Best Film Winner: “Spotlight” Runner-up: “Room” Other Finalists (listed alphabetically): “Anomalisa” “The Big Short” “Carol” “The End of the Tour” “Mad Max: Fury Road” “The Martian” “Steve Jobs” “Straight Outta Compton” Best Animated Feature Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-Up: “Inside Out ” Best Foreign Language Film Winner: “Son of Saul” Runner-Up: “Goodnight Mommy” Best Documentary Winner: “Amy” Runner-Up: “Meru” Best Original Screenplay Winner: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Matt Charman, Joel & Ethan Coen, “Bridge of Spies” Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Emma Donoghue, “Room” Runner-up: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, “The Big Short” Best Director Winner: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” Best Actress Winner: Brie Larson, “Room” Runner-up: Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years” Best Supporting Actress Winner: Greta Gerwig, “Mistress America” Runner-up: Elizabeth Banks, “Love & Mercy” Best Actor Winner: Jacob Tremblay, “Room” Runner-up: Jason Segel, “The End of the Tour” Best Supporting Actor Winner: Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight” Runner-up: Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation” Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance Winner: Phyllis Smith, “Inside Out” Runner-up: Tom Noonan, “Anomalisa” Best Musical Score Winner: Junkie XL, “Mad Max: Fury Road” Runner-up: Disasterpeace, “It Follows” Original Vision Award Winner: “Anomalisa” Runner-up: “Chi-Raq” The Hoosier Award Winner: Angelo Pizzo, writer/director/producer (As a special award, no runner-up is declared in this category.)
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‘Carol’ ’45 Years’ Lead Nominations for London Critics’ Circle Film Awards

Todd Haynes’ romantic drama Carol lead the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations including Film of the Year and both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara competing for Actress of the Year. Close behind in the race for the awards, which are voted on by 140 members of The Critics‘ Circle Film Section, is Andrew Haigh’s marital study 45 Years, with six nominations. Unusually, two films received three nominations each: Asif Kapadia’s Amy is nominated for Film, Documentary and British Film, while Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Look of Silence is up for Film, Documentary and Foreign-Language Film. The full list of nominees for the 36th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards: FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Carol Inside Out The Look of Silence Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Spotlight BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR 45 Years Amy Brooklyn The Lobster London Road FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Eden Hard to Be a God The Look of Silence The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Tribe DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR Amy Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief The Look of Silence Palio A Syrian Love Story ACTOR OF THE YEAR Tom Courtenay – 45 Years Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Tom Hardy – Legend ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Rooney Mara – Carol Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Benicio Del Toro – Sicario Tom Hardy – The Revenant Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina Michael Keaton – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Olivia Colman – The Lobster Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria Tilda Swinton – Trainwreck Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Andrew Haigh – 45 Years Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro G Iñárritu – The Revenant George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Emma Donoghue – Room Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Phyllis Nagy – Carol Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy – Spotlight Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR Michael Caine – Kingsman: The Secret Service, Youth Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation, Second Coming Colin Farrell – The Lobster, Miss Julie Michael Fassbender – Macbeth Slow West, Steve Jobs, Tom Hardy – Legend, London Roa, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenantd BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Emily Blunt – Sicario Carey Mulligan – Far From the Madding Crowd, Suffragette Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years, The Forbidden Room Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn, Lost River Kate Winslet – The Dressmaker, A Little Chaos, Steve Jobs YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER Asa Butterfield – X + Y Milo Parker – Mr Holmes, Robot Overlords Florence Pugh – The Falling Liam Walpole – The Goob Maisie Williams – The Falling BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER Tom Browne – Radiator Mark Burton & Richard Starzak – Shaun the Sheep Movie Emma Donoghue – Room Alex Garland – Ex Machina John Maclean – Slow West BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM Directed by Tweedie – dir Duncan Cowles Leidi – dir Simon Mesa Soto Over – dir Jorn Threlfall Rate Me – dir Fyzal Boulifa Stutterer – dir Benjamin Cleary TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Carter Burwell, music – Carol Wade Eastwood, stunts – Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Colin Gibson, production design – Mad Max: Fury Road Elliott Graham, editing – Steve Jobs Edward Lachman, cinematography – Carol Tom Ozanich, sound design – Sicario Sandy Powell, costumes – Cinderella John Seale, cinematography – Mad Max: Fury Road Alistair Sirkett and Markus Stemler, sound design – Macbeth Andrew Whitehurst, visual effects – Ex Machina
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‘Carol’ ‘Brooklyn’ ‘The Danish Girl’ ‘Spotlight’ Among 21st Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations

“Mad Max: Fury Road” leads the nominations for the 21st Critics’ Choice Awards with 13 nominations including Best Picture. “Carol,” impressed with nine nominations including Best Picture, and Best Director. “Spotlight” earned eight nominations, “Brooklyn,” “The Danish Girl,” each garnered five nominations and “Room” earned four. The winners will be revealed live at the Critics’ Choice Awards gala, which will be broadcast from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on A&E, Lifetime and LMN on Sunday, January 17 at 8PM ET/ 5PM PT. Actor and comedian T.J. Miller will serve as the show’s host. NOMINATIONS FOR THE 21st CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS BEST PICTURE The Big Short Bridge of Spies Brooklyn Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant Room Sicario Spotlight BEST ACTOR Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Matt Damon – The Martian Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Tom Hardy – The Revenant Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Rachel McAdams – Spotlight Helen Mirren – Trumbo Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation RJ Cyler – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Shameik Moore – Dope Milo Parker – Mr. Holmes Jacob Tremblay – Room BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE The Big Short The Hateful Eight Spotlight Straight Outta Compton Trumbo BEST DIRECTOR Todd Haynes – Carol Alejandro González Iñárritu – The Revenant Tom McCarthy – Spotlight George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road Ridley Scott – The Martian Steven Spielberg – Bridge of Spies BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen – Bridge of Spies Alex Garland – Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino – The Hateful Eight Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley – Inside Out Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short Nick Hornby – Brooklyn Drew Goddard – The Martian Emma Donoghue – Room Aaron Sorkin – Steve Jobs BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Carol – Ed Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Martian – Dariusz Wolski The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Bridge of Spies – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo Brooklyn – François Séguin, Jennifer Oman and Louise Tremblay Carol – Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler The Danish Girl – Eve Stewart, Michael Standish Mad Max: Fury Road – Colin Gibson The Martian – Arthur Max, Celia Bobak BEST EDITING The Big Short – Hank Corwin Mad Max: Fury Road – Margaret Sixel The Martian – Pietro Scalia The Revenant – Stephen Mirrione Spotlight – Tom McArdle BEST COSTUME DESIGN Brooklyn – Odile Dicks-Mireaux Carol – Sandy Powell Cinderella – Sandy Powell The Danish Girl – Paco Delgado Mad Max: Fury Road – Jenny Beavan BEST HAIR & MAKEUP Black Mass Carol The Danish Girl The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Ex Machina Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian The Revenant The Walk BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Anomalisa The Good Dinosaur Inside Out The Peanuts Movie Shaun the Sheep Movie BEST ACTION MOVIE Furious 7 Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Sicario BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE Daniel Craig – Spectre Tom Cruise – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road Chris Pratt – Jurassic World Paul Rudd – Ant-Man BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE Emily Blunt – Sicario Rebecca Ferguson – Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Bryce Dallas Howard – Jurassic World Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road BEST COMEDY The Big Short Inside Out Joy Sisters Spy Trainwreck BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY Christian Bale – The Big Short Steve Carell – The Big Short Robert De Niro – The Intern Bill Hader – Trainwreck Jason Statham – Spy BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY Tina Fey – Sisters Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Melissa McCarthy – Spy Amy Schumer – Trainwreck Lily Tomlin – Grandma BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE Ex Machina It Follows Jurassic World Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Assassin Goodnight Mommy Mustang The Second Mother Son of Saul BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Amy Cartel Land Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief He Named Me Malala The Look of Silence Where to Invade Next BEST SONG Fifty Shades of Grey – Love Me Like You Do Furious 7 – See You Again The Hunting Ground – Til It Happens To You Love & Mercy – One Kind of Love Spectre – Writing’s on the Wall Youth – Simple Song #3 BEST SCORE Carol – Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone The Revenant – Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto Sicario – Johann Johannsson Spotlight – Howard Shore
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‘Youth’ ‘Mustang’ ‘Amy’ ‘The Lobster’ ‘Marshland’ Win European Film Awards

‘Youth’ (‘La Giovinezza’) directed and written by Academy Award-winner Paul Sorrentino, and starring Michal Kane, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda, won the top award, Best European Film of 2015, at the 28th European Film Awards. ‘Youth’ also won the awards for European Director for Paolo Sorrentino; and European Actor for Michael Caine. ‘Youth’ is the story of a retired orchestra conductor, on holiday in the Alps with his daughter and film director/best friend, who unexpectedly receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. Complete list of winners of 28th European Film Awards EUROPEAN FILM 2015 YOUTH (LA GIOVINEZZA) WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T7CM4di_0c EUROPEAN COMEDY 2015 A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE (EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON) by Roy Andersson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7pna4laaAk EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2015 – Prix FIPRESCI MUSTANG by Deniz Gamze Ergüven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU9JAN8LtIk EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2015 AMY by Asif Kapadia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2015 SONG OF THE SEA by Tomm Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7erpJFZhvTU EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2015 PICNIC (PIKNIK) by Jure Pavlović EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2015 Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH (La Giovinezza) EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2015 Charlotte Rampling in 45 YEARS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg5cpiX18TA EUROPEAN ACTOR 2015 Michael Caine in YOUTH (La Giovinezza) EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2015 Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE LOBSTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z069ldsumxA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2015 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA Martin Gschlacht for GOODNIGHT MOMMY (Ich Seh Ich Seh) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kXpUaQpXMA EUROPEAN EDITOR 2015 Jacek Drosio for BODY (Ciało) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-3VAxWwnk EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2015 Sylvie Olivé for THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (Le Tout nouveau testament) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5QNKcwe_lM EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2015 Sarah Blenkinsop for THE LOBSTER EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2015 Cat’s Eyes for THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-xIMBnclyA EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2015 Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins for ARABIAN NIGHTS – VOL. I-III (As Mil e uma noites – Vol. I-III) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yONovEHyvXo EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Charlotte Rampling EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA Christoph Waltz HONORARY AWARD Sir Michael Caine EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2015 – Prix EURIMAGES Andrea Occhipinti PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2015 for Best European Film MARSHLAND (LA ISLA MÍNIMA) by Alberto Rodríguez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fpk3Lnc638
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‘Spotlight’ ‘Amy’ ‘The Look of Silence’ Among Boston Society of Film Critics 2015 Award Winners

The Boston Society of Film Critics picked ‘Spotlight’ as the Best Film of 2015. ‘Spotlight’ directed by Academy Award-nominee Tom McCarthy and starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, Brian d’Arcy James and Stanley Tucci, tells the riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church. ‘Spotlight’ was also given the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast. The Amy Winehouse documentary titled ‘Amy’ received the award for Best Documentary; and ‘The Look of Silence’, director Joshua Oppenheimer’s powerful companion piece to the Oscar®-nominated The Act of Killing was voted Best Foreign-Language Film. 2015 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Picture – Spotlight Best Actor – (tie) Paul Dano for Love & Mercy and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant Best Actress – Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years Best Supporting Actor – Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies Best Supporting Actress – Kristen Stewart for Clouds of Sils Maria Best Director – Todd Haynes for Carol Best Screenplay – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer for Spotlight Best Cinematography – Edward Lachman for Carol Best Documentary – Amy Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – The Look of Silence Best Animated Film – (tie) Anomalisa and Inside Out Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl Best Ensemble Cast – Spotlight Best Use of Music in a Film – Love & Mercy
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‘Spotlight’ ‘Amy’ ‘Son of Saul’ Among Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners

‘Spotlight’ was named Best Picture of 2015 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), besting ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ which received Runner Up honors. ‘Amy’ beat ‘The Look of Silence’ for Best Documentary honors, and ‘Son of Saul’ took Best Foreign Film, with Runner Up honors going to ‘The Tribe.’ The winners will be honored at the official awards ceremony on January 9, which will be dedicated to the late Belgian director Chantal Akerman. Film editor Anne V. Coates, who won the Oscar for film-editing for her work on 1963’s “Lawrence of Arabia,” will be honored with the group’s career achievement award. BEST PICTURE “SPOTLIGHT” RUNNER UP: (“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgnrwwiIDlI BEST DIRECTOR GEORGE MILLER “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” RUNNER UP:TODD HAYNES (“CAROL”) BEST ACTOR MICHAEL FASSBENDER “STEVE JOBS” RUNNER UP: GÉZA RÖHRIG (“SON OF SAUL”) BEST ACTRESS CHARLOTTE RAMPLING “45 YEARS” RUNNER UP: SAOIRSE RONAN (“BROOKLYN”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MICHAEL SHANNON “99 HOMES” RUNNER UP: MARK RYLANCE (“BRIDGE OF SPIES”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS ALICIA VIKANDER “EX MACHINA” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bggUmgeMCdc RUNNER UP: KRISTEN STEWART (“CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVHlm7RcDs BEST SCREENPLAY JOSH SINGER & TOM MCCARTHY “SPOTLIGHT” RUNNER UP: CHARLIE KAUFMAN (“ANOMALISA”) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY JOHN SEALE “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” RUNNER-UP: EDWARD LACHMAN (“CAROL”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4z7Px68ywk BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN COLIN GIBSON “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD” RUNNER UP: JUDY BECKER (“CAROL”) BEST EDITING HANK CORWIN “THE BIG SHORT” RUNNER UP: MARGARET SIXEL (“MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”) BEST MUSIC SCORE CARTER BURWELL “ANOMALISA” AND “CAROL” RUNNER-UP: ENNIO MORRICONE (“THE HATEFUL EIGHT”) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM “SON OF SAUL” DIRECTED BY LÁSZLÓ NEMES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOHDtPZmYj8 RUNNER-UP :”THE TRIBE” DIRECTED BY MIROSLAV SLABOSHPITSKY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKD0sMntjWE BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM “AMY” DIRECTED BY ASIF KAPADIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3su4q5fVGQg RUNNER UP: “THE LOOK OF SILENCE” DIRECTED BY JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbPN8-juZUI BEST ANIMATION “ANOMALISA” DIRECTED BY DUKE JOHNSON & CHARLIE KAUFMAN RUNNER-UP: “INSIDE OUT” DIRECTED BY PETE DOCTER & BOB PETERSON SPECIAL CITATION FILM PRESERVATIONIST DAVID SHEPARD CAREER ACHIEVEMENT ANNE V. COATES
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2015 AFI European Union Film Showcase Announces Complete Lineup; Opens with A PERFECT DAY, Closes with THE TREASURE

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced the complete slate of films for the 2015 AFI European Union Film Showcase, taking place December 1–20 at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland. This year’s AFI European Union Film Showcase will open December 1 with Fernando León de Aranoa’s A PERFECT DAY (Spain), a darkly comedic portrait of aid workers attempting to provide clean water during the aftermath of the Balkan War, starring Oscar® winners Benicio Del Toro (TRAFFIC, SICARIO) and Tim Robbins (MYSTIC RIVER, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION) alongside Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, OBLIVION) and Mélanie Thierry (THE ZERO THEOREM). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQfqygkNMqE The Closing Night film, THE TREASURE (Romania), directed by Corneliu Porumboiu (POLICE, ADJECTIVE; 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST), is a deadpan comedy of manners that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prix Un Certain Talent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d56mX1P6p2U The Showcase’s Special Presentations section includes Paolo Sorrentino’s YOUTH (Italy) starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Paul Dano and Rachel Weisz; THE LADY IN THE VAN (United Kingdom) starring Maggie Smith; Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner DHEEPAN (France); BODY (Poland) directed by Malgorzata Szumowska, winner of the Best Director prize at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival; 45 YEARS (United Kingdom) starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, winners of Best Actress and Actor at Berlin; Cannes Grand Prix Winner SON OF SAUL (Hungary); Berlin Silver Bear prize winner AFERIM! (Romania); festival favorite MY GOLDEN DAYS (France) directed by Arnaud Desplechin; Venice Film Festival premiere A WAR (Denmark) directed by Tobias Lindholm (A HIJACKING); and A ROYAL NIGHT OUT (United Kingdom) starring Sarah Gadon, Bel Powley, Emily Watson and Rupert Everett. Other highlights include the U.S. premiere of MA MA (Spain) starring Penélope Cruz; DISORDER (France) starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger; THE WAIT (Italy) starring Juliette Binoche; SECOND COMING (United Kingdom) starring Idris Elba; Matteo Garrone’s TALE OF TALES (Italy) starring Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly and Vincent Cassel; KILL YOUR FRIENDS (United Kingdom) starring Nicholas Hoult, James Corden and Rosanna Arquette; and Nanni Moretti’s MIA MADRE starring John Turturro. Among the films featured are a number of 2015 Oscar® submissions for Best Foreign Language Film, including THE HIGH SUN (Croatia); A WAR (Denmark); 1944 (Estonia); THE FENCER (Finland); SON OF SAUL (Hungary); THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE (Lithuania); BABY(A)LONE (Luxembourg); AFERIM! (Romania); and THE TREE (Slovenia). 2014 Oscar® submissions include SIMSHAR (Malta). Complete list of U.S. premieres: MA MA (Spain) EVA NOVÁ (Slovakia) THE SNAKE BROTHERS (Czech Republic) THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN (France) BABY(A)LONE (Luxembourg) IMPRESSIONS OF A DROWNED MAN (Cyprus) Complete list of East Coast premieres: A WAR (Denmark) THE WAIT (Italy) YOU’RE UGLY TOO (Ireland) (BE)LONGING (Portugal) THE TREE (Slovenia) SIMSHAR (Malta)
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YOUTH, THE LOBSTER Leads Nominations for 28th European Film Awards

Youth directed by Paolo Sorrentino, lead the nominations for the 28th European Film Awards with 6 nominations, including Best European Film 2015, European Director for Paolo Sorrentino , European Actress for Rachel Weisz, European Actor for Michael Caine, European Screenwriter for Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Academy Award winner Michael Caine as Fred and Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel as Mick, Paolo Sorrentino’s YOUTH explores the lifelong bond between two friends vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena (Academy Award Winner Rachel Weisz), Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda (Academy Award winner Jane Fonda). And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy (Paul Dano), an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance? Set against a sprawling landscape of unforgettable sights and intoxicating music, YOUTH asks if our most important and life-changing experiences can come at any time – even late — in life. Fox Searchlight will release the film on December 4, 2015. Other films with multiple nominations, include The Lobster directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, with 4 nods, including Best European Film 2015, European Director for Yorgos Lanthimos, European Actor for Colin Farrell and European Screenwriter for Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou. In the very near future, society demands that we live as couples. Single people are rounded up and sent to a seaside compound—part resort and part minimum-security prison—where they are given a finite number of days to find a match. If they don’t succeed, they will be “altered” and turned into an animal. The recently divorced David (Colin Farrell) arrives at The Hotel with his brother, now a dog; in the event of failure, David has chosen to become a lobster… because they live so long. When David falls in love, he’s up against a new set of rules established by another, rebellious order: for romantics, there’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Welcome to the latest dark, dark comedy from Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth), creator of absurdist societies not so very different from our own. With Léa Seydoux as the leader of the Loners, Rachel Weisz as David’s true love, John C. Reilly, and Ben Whishaw. An Alchemy release. EUROPEAN FILM 2015 A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7pna4laaAk MUSTANG France, Germany, Turkey, 100 min. DIRECTED BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven WRITTEN BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour PRODUCED BY: Charles Gillibert https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU9JAN8LtIk RAMS HRÚTAR Iceland, Denmark, 93 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Grímur Hákonarson PRODUCED BY: Grímar Jónsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOFWaltGRw THE LOBSTER UK, Ireland, Greece, France, Netherlands, 118 min. DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos WRITTEN BY: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey & Yorgos Lanthimos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z069ldsumxA VICTORIA Germany, 138 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sebastian Schipper PRODUCED BY: Jan Dressler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp8wcV3GjW0 YOUTH YOUTH – LA GIOVINEZZA Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, 118 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino PRODUCED BY: Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJNxQ8Wzr2I EUROPEAN COMEDY 2015 A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström THE BÉLIER FAMILY LA FAMILLE BELIER France, 106 min. DIRECTED BY: Eric Lartigau WRITTEN BY: Eric Lartigau, Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carre de Malberg & Thomas Bidegain PRODUCED BY: Eric Jehelmann, Philippe Rousselet & Stéphane Celerier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9p0qnj4OC4 THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 114 min. DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael WRITTEN BY: Jaco Van Dormael & Thomas Gunzig PRODUCED BY: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin & Daniel Marquet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9jEA8uzHwQ EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2015 A SYRIAN LOVE STORY UK, 76 min. DIRECTED BY: Sean McAllister PRODUCED BY: Elhum Shakerifar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30JqnWtLvlU AMY UK, 127 min. DIRECTED BY: Asif Kapadia PRODUCED BY: James Gay-Rees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE DANCING WITH MARIA Italy, Argentina, Slovenia, 75 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ivan Gergolet PRODUCED BY: Igor Princic, David Rubio & Miha Cernec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHW5kOLRVP4 THE LOOK OF SILENCE Denmark, Norway, Indonesia, 99 min. DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp1xT302VcY TOTO AND HIS SISTERS TOTO SI SURORILE LUI Romania, Hungary, 93 min. WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexander Nanau PRODUCED BY: Valeriu Nicolae, Hanka Kastelicova, Alexander Nanau, Catalin Mitulescu & Marcian Lazar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXtjJbB1Oh4 EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2015 Roy Andersson for A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE Yorgos Lanthimos for THE LOBSTER Nanni Moretti for MY MOTHER Sebastian Schipper for VICTORIA Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH Małgorzata Szumowska for BODY EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2015 Margherita Buy in MY MOTHER Laia Costa in VICTORIA Charlotte Rampling in 45 YEARS Alicia Vikander in EX MACHINA Rachel Weisz in YOUTH EUROPEAN ACTOR 2015 Michael Caine in YOUTH Tom Courtenay in 45 YEARS Colin Farrell in THE LOBSTER Christian Friedel in 13 MINUTES Vincent Lindon in THE MEASURE OF A MAN EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2015 Roy Andersson for A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE Alex Garland for EX MACHINA Andrew Haigh for 45 YEARS Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu for AFERIM! Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE LOBSTER Paolo Sorrentino for YOUTH
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