City of Ghosts

Captivating in its immediacy, City of Ghosts follows the journey of “Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently,” a group of anonymous Syrian activists who band together to document the Islamic State’s crimes after the city is taken by ISIS.

Directed by Matthew Heineman

Genre(s) Documentary Film

THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Nominations for 19th Golden Trailer Awards

[caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.[/caption] The Shape of Water along with Hitman’s Bodyguard lead the nominations for the 19th annual Golden Trailer Awards competition that has emerged as the most recognized event devoted to the artistry of film marketers and companies that create movie trailers, commercials and posters worldwide. GTA 19 will take place on Thursday, May 31st at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles hosted by comedienne and actress Michelle Buteau (“The Tick,” “Broad City,” “Key & Peele”).
19th Golden Trailer Awards Nominations

Best Independent Trailer
The Florida Project, “Trailer,” A24, Mark Woollen & Associates I, Tonya, “Haters,” Neon, Zealot Thoroughbreds, “Red Band Trailer,” Focus Features, Motive The Shape of Water, “Connection,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Under the Silver Lake, “Trailer 1,” A24, Motive
Best Documentary
The China Hustle, “Trailer,” Magnolia, Zealot City of Ghosts, “Promise,” Amazon Studios, MOCEAN Icarus, “Distance,” Netflix, GrandSon Won’t You Be My Neighbor, “Trailer,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates Three Identical Strangers, “Reunited,” Neon, Zealot
Best Drama
All The Money In The World, “Power,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Darkest Hour, “Trailer,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates The Shape of Water, “Escape,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Megan Leavey, “Mission,” Bleecker Street, Open Road Chappaquiddick, “Conspiracy,” Entertainment Studios, MOCEAN
Best Comedy
Game Night, “Welcome,” New Line Cinema, MOCEAN Uncle Drew, “Uncle Drew,” Lionsgate, Seismic Productions Sorry to Bother You, “Voice,” Annapurna Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc. Lady Bird, “Domestic Trailer #1,” A24 Films, Giaronomo Productions Gringo, “Friendly,” Amazon, GrandSon
Best Horror
A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Place | Teaser – Listen,” Paramount, Ignition Insidious: The Last Key, “Family,” Universal Pictures, Buddha Jones Mother!, “Puzzle,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Place,” Paramount, AV Squad Hereditary, “Hereditary,” A24, AV Squad
Best Action
Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Team,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group Black Panther, “Crown,” Walt Disney Studios, Create Advertising Group Tomb Raider, “SURVIVOR,” Warner Bros., Ant Farm Avengers: Infinity War, “Millions,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN Rampage, “Battle,” Warner Bros., Aspect
Best Animation / Family
The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, “Clara,” Walt Disney Pictures, TRANSIT Peter Rabbit, “Home,” Sony Pictures, Create Advertising Group Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2, “Wired Refresh,” Disney/Pixar, MOCEAN Isle Of Dogs, “Domestic Trailer #1,” Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Productions Despicable Me 3, “Mojo,” Universal Pictures, Workshop Creative
Best Fantasy Adventure
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle, “New World,” Sony, TRANSIT Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, “Expelliarmus,” Warner Bros., Jax Thor: Ragnarok, “New Journey,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “Rebellion Reborn DCM Trailer,” Walt Disney Studios / Lucasfilm, Tiny Hero Solo: A Star Wars Story, “Something,” Disney, Disney In-house
Best Music
The Greatest Showman, “Imagination,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card All The Money In The World, “True Story,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Ocean’s 8, “7 People,” Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc. Pacific Rim: Uprising, “Untouchable,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job
Best Summer Blockbuster Trailer
Ocean’s 8, “7 People,” Warner Bros., Trailer Park, Inc. Mission: Impossible – Fallout, “CHOICE,” Paramount Pictures, Ant Farm The Incredibles 2, “Illegal,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Deadpool 2, “Comeback,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Kingdom,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job
Best Teaser
Murder on the Orient Express, “Suspect,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Red Sparrow, “Program,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Deadpool 2, “Cable Red,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN Mortal Engines, “London,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Avengers: Infinity War, “Balance,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN
Best Thriller
Annihilation, “Mission,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Unsane, “Believe,” Bleecker Street, Buddha Jones The Commuter, “The Commuter,” Lionsgate, AV Squad It Comes At Night, “It Comes at Night,” A24, AV Squad Sicario Day of the Soldado, “Win,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, MOCEAN
Best Video Game Trailer
Assassin’s Creed Origins, “Order of The Ancients,” Ubisoft, Sunny Side Up Creative Assassin’s Creed: Origins, “Legend,” Ubisoft, Buddha Jones Far Cry 5, “Story Trailer,” Ubisoft, Buddha Jones Call of Duty: WWII, “Call of Duty:WWII – Reveal Trailer,” Activision, gnet Outlast Series Switch Trailer, “Outlast Series Trailer for the Nintendo Switch,” Red Barrels, Altar Creative
Golden Fleece
Proud Mary, “Rolling, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Flatliners, “Relax,” Sony Pictures & Columbia Pictures, Buddha Jones Death Wish, “Reaper,” MGM, Create Advertising Group The Meg, “Carnage,” Warner Bros., Trailer Park, Inc. Snowman, “Domestic Trailer #1,” Universal Studios, Giaronomo Productions
Most Original Trailer
Thoroughbreds, “Red Band Trailer,” Focus Features, Motive Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Deadpool 2, “Paintings – Bob Ross Trailer,” 20th Century Fox, MOCEAN/Big Picture Hereditary, “Hereditary,” A24, AV Squad Patti Cake$, “PATTI CAKE$ Lyric Video,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Studio Cadre & Ruff Mercy
Best Independent Trailer (for film budget shot under a million US)
Still/Born, “Still/Born Trailer,” Vertical Entertainment, Jay Gartland Ghost House, “Ghost House Trailer,” Vertical Entertainment, Jay Gartland Gemini, “Trailer,” Neon, Mark Woollen & Associates MEAT, “COMPLEX,” M.P.I, Dhruv Kumar The Endless, “The Endless “Cult” Official Trailer,” Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative
Best Motion/Title Graphics
Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Ready Player One, “Hall H,” Warner Bros. , Buddha Jones THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, “Bond”,” Lionsgate, Seismic Productions Thoroughbreds, “Twisted,” Focus Features, GrandSon Slice, “Line Rider,” A24, GrandSon
Best Original Score
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Ignite,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Avengers: Infinity War, “Millions,” Disney/Marvel, MOCEAN The Incredibles 2, “Illegal,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Good Time, “Feelin It,” A24, GrandSon The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Make New Friends,” Lionsgate, In House
Best Romance
Our Souls at Night, “Sunday Love Teaser,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Love, Simon, “Courage,” 20th Century Fox, TRANSIT Call Me By Your Name, “Call Me By Your Name,Theatrical Trailer,” Sony Pictures Classics, The Grossmyth Company Mamma Mia 2, “Memories,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Adrift, “Bon Voyage,” STX Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc.
Best Sound Editing
Baby Driver, “Heist,” Sony, Wild Card Baby Driver, “Tekillyah,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Trailer Park, Inc. Mother!, “Puzzle,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Pacific Rim Uprising, “Pacific Rim Uprising,” Universal, AV Squad Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “Rebellion Reborn” DCM Trailer, Walt Disney Studios / Lucasfilm, Tiny Hero
The Don LaFontane Award for Best Voice Over
Micro Machines World Series Trailer, “Micro Machines World Series,” Deep Silver/Codemasters, YellowPike Media Mudbound, “Trailer,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ninja Theory Mother!, “FEAR,” Paramount Pictures, Ant Farm The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Bonus Sh*t!,” Lionsgate, Tiny Hero
Trashiest Trailer
Father Figures, “Every Dad,” Warner Bros., Create Advertising Group The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Bonus Sh*t!,” Lionsgate,Tiny Hero The Little Hours, “The Little Hours,” Gunpowder & Sky, Jump Cut Creative Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Make New Friends”, Lionsgate, In House Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, “Stronger,” SyFy, AV Squad
Best Foreign Action Trailer
Salut – 7, “Salyut -7,” Eugeny Makharashvili, Butterfly Effect Beyond the edge, “Beyond the edge TRL,” KINODANZ, On/Off Production The Outsider, “Never Go Back,” Netflix, Jax Rubicon, “Trailer,” RFG, Most, Chechen Film, Alexandr Serzhantov The Villainess, “The Villainess, Official US Trailer,” Well Go USA Entertainment, Red Circle, Inc.
Best Foreign Animation Family Trailer
In This Corner Of The World, “International Trailer,” Manga, Editpool Bilal, “Unite,” Vertical, Zealot Monster Hunt 2, “Adventure,” EDKO Films Ltd., Trailer Park, Inc. Here Comes the Grump, “Here Comes The Grump Trailer,” GFM Films, Zealot UK Kikoriki. Dejavu, “Kikoriki. Dejavu,” The Riki Group, Stanislav Ivanov
Best Foreign Comedy Trailer
The Death Of Stalin, “US Trailer,” IFC, Intermission Film The Square, “Trailer,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates THE PARTY, “Trailer 1,” Roadside Attractions, Big Science Film Swinging Safari, “Swinging Safari Trailer,” Becker Film Group, Zealot UK Blockbuster, “Blockbuster Trailer,” NETFLIX, Zealot UK
Best Foreign Documentary Trailer
Faces Places, “Trailer,” Cohen Media Group, Mark Woollen & Associates Charcoal Burner Nights, Zeitraum Film, Trailerhaus GmbH McLaren, “McLaren Trailer,” Gunpowder & Sky, Zealot UK Devil’s Freedom, “JUNKY SKULL,” ANIMAL DE LUZ, ART Kingdom Yellow is Forbidden, “Couture,” Madman/NZ Film Commission, AV Squad
Best Foreign Drama Trailer
One Percent, “Trailer,” See Pictures, Zealot The Eternal Feminine, “The Eternal Feminine,” Luxbox , Good Hands Peace Breaker first trailer, “Peace Breaker first trailer,” Nurostar Rubicon, “Trailer,” RFG, Most, Chechen Film, Alexandr Serzhantov A Fantastic Woman, “A Fantastic Woman Trailer,” Curzon Artificial Eye, Intermission Film
Best Foreign Horror Trailer
From A House On Willow Street, “From A House On Willow Street.” Fat Cigar, The First Order Ghost Stories, “Trailer,” Lionsgate UK, Intermission Film Killing Ground, “Trailer,” IFC, Zealot The Secret Of Marrowbone, eOne, SILK FACTORY Slumber, “Slumber Trailer,” Goldcrest Films, Zealot UK
Best Foreign Independent Trailer
BPM, “Trailer,” The Orchard, Mark Woollen & Associates Moka, “Driven,” Film Movement, PK Creative Edie, “Trailer,” Arrow Films, Editpool Double Lover, “Lust,” Cohen Media Group, AV Squad IN THE AISLES, Zorro Film GmbH, Requination/Niemiproduktion
Best Foreign Music Trailer
MY GENERATION, “My Generation – UK Trailer,” Lionsgate, SILK FACTORY Youth, “Youth,” Nurostar Witnesses, “Silent” Trailer,” RFG, ARK PICTURES, Alexandr Serzhantov Foundling, “Foundling “Trailer,” Amedia Production, 1tv, Andrei Solodovnikov Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, Universal Pictures International, Muniq Creative Agency
Best Foreign Romance Trailer
About Love. Adults Only, Stanislav Ivanov From the Land of the Moon, IFC, Zealot A Fantastic Woman, Sony Pictures Classic, The Grossmyth Company Submergence, Embankment Films, Zealot UK Breathe, Bleecker Street, Zealot UK
Best Foreign Teaser
Coach, Kinoslovo/DK Entertainment, Vadzim Khudabets The Whiskey Bandit Viszkis Film, Film Force Team, Peter Varsics Yardie, Studiocanal, Intermission Film Viy 2: The Mystery of the Dragon’s Seal, “Visit”, RFG, Alexandr Serzhantov Wings of the Empire, 3xmedia, 1tv, Andrei Solodovnikov
Best Foreign Thriller Trailer
Killing Ground, IFC, Zealot THE GIRL IN THE FOG, Studio Canal, Silk Factory Luna, Universum Film, Trailerhaus GmbH Beast, Altitude, Intermission Film Double Lover, “Lust” Cohen Media Group, AV Squad
Most Original Foreign Trailer
The Square, Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Frontier, Studio “KIT,” Stanislav Ivanov Youth, Nurostar Ichi The Killer, Well Go USA Entertainment, Sequence Creative Jeannette, Luxbox, Good Hands
Best Action TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Poppy Dance,” 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park, Inc. Wonder Woman, “Together :60,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Black Panther, “Entourage :60,” Walt Disney Pictures, AV Squad Deadpool 2, “Save Me / Tea,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Tomb Raider, “:30 “Brilliant,” Warner Bros., Mob Scene Creative & Productions
Best Animation / Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
The Greatest Showman, “World,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group Ferdinand, “Week Before Xmas,” 20th Century Fox Animation, MOCEAN Wonder, “TV60 “You Are A Wonder,” Lionsgate, Markus Wernig – Offramp Creative Inc. Isle Of Dogs, “:30TV “Sic Em,” Fox Searchlight, Giaronomo Productions Despicable Me 3, “Evil Mastermind,” Universal Pictures , Workshop Creative
Best Comedy TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Mofo Count” :30,” Lionsgate, Outpost Media Thoroughbreds, “Society Story,”Focus Features, Buddha Jones The Disaster Artist, “Make Movie,” A24, GrandSon Daddy’s Home 2, “Let’s Hold Hands,” Paramount Ocean’s 8, “7 People Cutdown,” Warner Bros. Pictures, Trailer Park, Inc.
Best Documentary TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond, “Andy,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates I Am Not Your Negro, “PBS Independent Lens – I Am Not Your Negro,” ITVS RBG, “Truth,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Faces Places, “Cutdown 30,” Cohen Media Group, Mark Woollen & Associates Icarus, “RIVETING,” Netflix, Ant Farm
Best Drama TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
The 15:17 to Paris, “Departure,” Warner Bros., Wild Card Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “Pointy,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive The Shape of Water, “Tale of Love,” Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates War for the Planet of the Apes, “Fear :30,” Fox, AV Squad Mudbound, “Beautiful,” Netflix, GrandSon
Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Thor: Ragnarok, “Thor: Ragnarok, “Mjolnir” Digital,” Disney, Aspect Ready Player One, “Fantasy,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, “OogaChaka,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero Ready Player One, “Come With Me 60,” Warner Bros., Statement Advertising Jumanji, “Worlds Apart :60,” Sony Pictures, Big Picture
Best Foreign TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Selfie, “Selfie TV Spot “Double,” Stanislav Ivanov The Square, “Museum,” Magnolia Pictures, Mark Woollen & Associates Okja, “Ready Action,” Netflix, Bond Youth, “Youth and Fire,” Nurostar Black Water, “Koch Media Film,” Muniq Creative Agency
Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
War for the Planet of the Apes, “War / Letters,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Notes From The Field, “Graphic Tease,” HBO, Buddha Jones Get Out, “Poetic Review,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job THE SPY WHO DUMPED ME, “TSR BOND,” LIONSGATE, Seismic Productions Thoroughbreds, “Princess,” Focus Features, GrandSon
Best Horror TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Alien: Covenant, “Born Neo,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card IT, “:30TV “Friends,” Warner Bros., Aspect Mother!, “Experience,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones A Quiet Place, “Survive,” Paramount Pictures, Project X/AV Insidious: The Last Key, “Invite :30,” Sony Pictures, AV Squad
Best Independent TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Thoroughbreds, “Shall We,” Focus Features, Motive Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, “Just About Right,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Motive Mudbound, “Land Cutdown,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates The Killing of a Sacred Deer, “Me,” A24, GrandSon Lady Bird, “Playgirl,” A24, GrandSon
Best Music TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Bright, “Heroes/Danger MGK” Trailer,” Netflix, AV Squad Life Itself, “Love,” Amazon Studios, Trailer Park, Inc. Tomb Raider, “Lara,” Warner Brothers, Cole Barager/ Deva Studios Ocean’s 8, “7 People Cutdown,” Warner Bros.,Trailer Park, Inc. Black Panther, “Women of Wakanda,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero
Best Original Score TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Phantom Thread, “Taste,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones Phantom Thread, “Dying to Wear,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones Phantom Thread, “Triumph Review :60,” Focus Features, Buddha Jones The Greatest Showman, “Different,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group
Best Romance TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Phantom Thread, “Dream,” Focus Features, Mark Woollen & Associates Fifty Shades Freed, “BROUGHT TO LIFE,” Universal Pictures, Ant Farm Life Itself, “Love,” Amazon Studios, Trailer Park, Inc. Love, Simon, “Digital “Heart,” 20th Century Fox, Aspect The Shape of Water, “Princess Without a Voice,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing
Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Atomic Blonde, “Begin,” Universal, Wild Card Baby Driver, “Hip-Hop,” Sony Pictures, Project X|AV Star Wars: The Last Jedi, “It’s Time,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. The Killing of a Sacred Deer, “Me,” A24, GrandSon Black Panther, “Team,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero
Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Solo: A Star Wars Story, “So Low Super Bowl,” Disney, Disney In-house Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, “Miracle,” Universal Pictures, Inside Job Solo: A Star Wars Story, “45TV “Crew,” Disney, Aspect Deadpool 2, “Save Me / Tea,” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card Deadpool 2, “Selfless.” 20th Century Fox, Wild Card
Best Thriller TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Dunkirk, “Dunkirk | TV 60 – Never Surrender,” Warner Bros, Ignition Annihilation, “Evolution :60,” Paramount Pictures, Buddha Jones Suburbicon, “Doors :60,” Paramount, AV Squad The Shape of Water, “Ticking Thriller,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, MOCEAN Unsane, “Never Safe,” Bleecker Street, Open Road
Best Video Game TV Spot
Overwatch, “Dare,” Blizzard Entertainment, Mark Woollen & Associates Call of Duty WW2, “Heroes,” Activision, Aspect Gran Turismo Sport, “GT Sport – Go Get It,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Call of Duty: WWII, “Call of Duty: WWII Story Trailer,” Activision, gnet PUBG, “PUBG – Unknown Air,” PUBG Corp., gnet
Best Voice Over TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
Atomic Blonde, “Modern Woman,” Universal, Wild Card Coco, “Coco – “You Know” – Christian Lanz,” Disney – Pixar, Create Advertising Insidious: The Last Key, “Welcome To New Mexico,” Sony, BOND Guardians Of The Galaxy 2, “Get it!,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “#1 Movie!,” Lionsgate, Tiny Hero
Golden Fleece TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
The Mummy, “Thrill Kids,” Universal Pictures, Rogue Planet Fifty Shades Freed, “Happy Ending,” Universal Pictures,Trailer Park, Inc. Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, “Reviewing Evil with Chris Hardwick,” Screen Gems, Viacom Velocity Flatliners, “Relax :30,” Sony Pictures & Columbia Pictures, Buddha Jones The Dark Tower, “Battle,” Sony Pictures, Create Advertising Group
Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film)
The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “Mofo Count” :30,” Lionsgate, Outpost Media I, Tonya, “Mirror,” Neon, Zealot Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Poppy Dance,” 20th Century Fox, Trailer Park, Inc. Insidious: The Last Key, “Welcome To New Mexico,” Sony, Bond The House, “Frank’s Place,” New Line Cinema, MOCEAN
Best Action (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Narcos: S3, “Succession,” Netflix, TRANSIT Jessica Jones S2, “Official Trailer “Control,” Netflix, Aspect Jack Ryan, “Brave – Super Bowl,” Amazon, Jax The Punisher, “The Punisher – Reflections,” Netflix, gnet Altered Carbon,”Altered Carbon – Last Night I Died Again,” Netflix, gnet
Best Animation / Family (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Big Mouth S1, “Official Trailer “Life,” Netflix, Aspect Bojack Horseman S4, “Official Trailer “Missing,” Netflix, Aspect Trollhunters, “Trailer,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Spirit Riding Free, Dreamworks Animation Television, Jamestown Productions Trollhunters Tales of Arcadia – Season 3, Dreamworks Animation Television, Outpost Media
Best Comedy (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
American Vandal, “Conspiracy,” Netflix, Zealot Future Man, “Future Man | Trailer – Time Travel,” Hulu, Ignition Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT GLOW, “Become,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Hidden America: Season 2, “Travel,” Seeso, AV Squad
Best Documentary/Reality (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
National Geographic, “One Strange Rock Trailer,” 2C Creative Wormwood, “Disappeared,” Netflix, Wild Card Rock and a Hard Place “Redemption” Trailer”, HBO, AV Squad Flint Town, “System,” Netflix, GrandSon Bobby Kennedy for President, “Change,” Netflix, Mob Scene Creative & Productions
Best Drama (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Ozark, “Last Resort – Trailer,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates The Alienist, “Game,” TNT, Zealot Mr. Robot, “Democracy,” USA Network, Buddha Jones Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Westworld Season 2, “Locked Inside,” HBO, Jax
Best Fantasy Adventure (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Game of Thrones, “Legendary,” HBO, Editpool Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. Legion – season 2, “Everything,” FX, Create Advertising Group The Tick, “Team,” Amazon Studios, Create Advertising Group Game of Thrones Season 7, “Survive,” HBO, Jax
Best Foreign (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
The Pack (Wataha) “Season 2 Heartbeat Teaser,” HBO Europe Dark: S1, “Tick Tock,” Netflix, TRANSIT Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones O Mecanismo, “Greed,” Netflix, BOND YOU ARE WANTED S2 FOR AMAZON PRIME VIDEO, Amazon Prime Video, Pantaleon Films GmbH, Warner Bros. Entertainment GmbH, BDA Creative GmbH
Best Graphics (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT Real Time with Bill Maher, “Open Our Eyes,” HBO, Buddha Jones Rotten The Future, “Netflix,” Buddha Jones Lady Dynamite, “Fancy Guest,” Netflix, GrandSon The Punisher, “The Punisher – Reflections,” Netflix, gnet
Best Horror / Thriller (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 3), “Supernatural,” Starz, Zealot Westworld, “New Chaos,” HBO, Motive Rellik, “What You Deserve,” Cinemax, Buddha Jones The Walking Dead Season 8B, “Nightmare,” AMC Network, Giaronomo Productions The Alienist, “Monster,” TNT, Trailer Park
Best Music (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Ozark, Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. The Defenders, “Quartet,” Netflix, MOCEAN Impulse, “Impulse Teaser,” YouTube, Trailer Park The Crown, “For You,” Netflix, GrandSon
Best Opening Title Sequence or Closing Credit Sequence for a feature film
Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman Main-On-End Titles,” Warner Bros, Greenhaus GFX Insidious – The Last Key, “The Last Key – Main-On-End Titles,” Blum House, Greenhaus GFX DC, “DC Logo,” Warner Bros., Buddha Jones Proud Mary, “Opening Title GFX,” Screen Gems, Seismic Productions Game Night, “Game Night,” New Line Cinema, Aspect
Best Original Score (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Blood Drive, “Master Collection,” SyFy, Buddha Jones Fox League X Briggs- “HERE,” Fox Sports Creative Westworld Season 2, “Locked Inside,” HBO, Jax Westworld Season 2, “Beautiful World – Super Bowl,” HBO, Jax
Best Promo for a OTO or Special (i.e. Oscars, CMAs or Super Bowl)
NBC Sports: Championship Season, Agency: 2C Creative ESPN: Curry/Lonzo Game Promo, 2C Creative Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre, “Deadliest,” A&E, The Shop The OSCARS, “The Oscars 2018 Jimmy Returns,” ABC Entertainment Marketing + Black Label Content
Best Promo for a TV Network
2017 PBS Previews Campaign, “2017 PBS Previews Campaign: Drama,” PBS Stan Lee, “Stan the Man,” Disney/Marvel & Netflix, MOCEAN HBO Documentary, “Trailer,” HBO, Create Advertising Group HBO “Game of Thrones” Image, HBO, Trailer Park truTV, “truTV onair refresh,” truTV, TruTV
Best Sound Editing (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
The Pack (Wataha) “Season 2 Heartbeat Teaser,” HBO Europe Stranger Things Season 2, “Darkness,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. Dark, “Machine,” Netflix, Buddha Jones The Punisher, “Family Man,” Netflix, MOCEAN Westworld S2, “30TV “Revenge,” HBO, Aspect
Best Voice Over (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
Ozark, “Last Resort Cutdown,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Ozark, “Money,” Netflix, Mark Woollen & Associates Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT GRAND PRIX DRIVER, “Series Trailer,” Amazon Studios, Tiny Hero
Most Original (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)
American Vandal, “Conspiracy,” Netflix, Zealot Comrade Detective, “Comrades,” Amazon Studios, TRANSIT The Innocents, “Changes Everything,” Netflix, Trailer Park, Inc. The Crown 2, “The Crown Trailer,” Netflix, Intermission Film Altered Carbon, “Live Forever” Date Announce,” Netflix, gnet
Best Action Poster
Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman, One-Sheet,” Warner Bros., BOND Thor: Ragnarok, “Thor: Ragnarok, One-Sheet,” Walt Disney Studios, BOND Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman One Sheet,” Warner Bros., P+A Tomb Raider, “Tomb Raider Ice Pick,” Warner Bros., WORKS ADV
Best Animation / Family Movie Poster
Peter Rabbit, “Peter Rabbit One Sheet,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV
Best Billboard
Wonder Woman, “Wonder Woman,” Warner Bros., “Concept Arts” Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Billboard,” Sony, BOND Love, Simon, “Love, Simon LA Billboard 20th Century Fox,” WORKS ADV Black Panther, “Arclight Motion Billboard,” Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor
Best Comedy Poster
Game Over, Man! Digital Finish, Netflix, Ignition Life of the Party, Warner Bros. Pictures, Cold Open A Futile and Stupid Gesture,Netflix, Leroy & Rose Super Troopers 2, “Payoff Poster 2,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil
Best Comedy Poster for a TV Show / TV Series
Baskets S3 One-Sheet, FX Networks, Ignition Vice Principals One-Sheet, “Vice Principals One-Sheet,” HBO, Ignition Hap & Leonard: Mucho Mojo, SundanceTV, The Refinery The Mick, “Season 2,” Fox, Leroy & Rose
Best Documentary / Reality Poster for a TV Show or TV Series
Wormwood One-Sheet, Netflix, Ignition Mind Field – Season 2, YouTube Red, Cold Open Daughters of Destiny, Netflix, Concept Arts Adam Ruins Everything, “Adam Ruins the Rest Room,” truTV, TruTV
Best Documentary Poster
DOLORES, PBS, POV Studio 54, AE Films, Concept Arts Lenny, HBO, Cold Open Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond, Netflix, BOND
Best Drama / Action TV Series Poster
Ozark, Netflix, The Refinery Handmaids Tale, Hulu, Leroy & Rose The Americans: Season 6, FX, P+A American Gods, Starz, BOND
Best Drama Poster
Mudbound, Netflix, The Refinery Realive, Syfy Films, The Refinery Dunkirk, “Bus Shelter,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Fox Searchlight, BOND
Best Fantasy / Adventure Poster
Blade Runner 2049, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV Ready Player One, “Payoff,” Warner Brothers, BOND Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Walt Disney Studios, BOND The Shape of Water, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil, Digital Finishing by Daniel Clark Creative
Best Foreign Poster
Das Schweigende Klassenzimmer, “Silence speaks volumes,” The Dream Factory The Death of Stalin, AllCity Media Euphoria, Great Point Media, Coffee & Cigarettes Birthmarked, Aqute Media, Champ & Pepper
Best Horror / Thriller TV Series Poster
The Strain Digital Finish, FX Networks, Ignition Dark, Netflix, The Refinery American Horror Story: Cult, FX, BOND Fight of the Living Dead: Paradise Calls, YouTube Red, Cold Open
Best Horror Poster
The Cured, IFC Films, InSync PLUS Insidious: The Last Key, “Scream,” Universal Pictures, Concept Arts Winchester, CBS Films, Cold Open Slender Man, “Teaser,” Screen Gems, P+A
Best Independent Poster
Okja, Netflix, BOND Thelma, The Orchard, P+A The Little Hours, GUNPOWDER & SKY, Jump Cut Creative The Endless, Well Go USA Entertainment, Jump Cut Creative
Best International Poster
Downsizing One-Sheet, Paramount, Ignition Winchester – International Poster (Spain), CBS Films, Cold Open Wonder Woman, “Walking,” Warner Bros., WORKS ADV A Wrinkle in Time, “International (Germany),” Walt Disney Pictures, Cold Open
Best Motion Poster
Peter Rabbit, Sony Pictures Entertainment, WORKS ADV Dunkirk, “Destroyer,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Isle Of Dogs, “Wild Post,”Fox Searchlight Pictures, BLT Communications, LLC Isle Of Dogs, “Sneezing,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, BLT Communications, LLC
Best pre-show Theatrical Advertising for a Brand
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, “The Sprint Disruption,” Screenvision Media, 40 Foot Solutions Cinemark XD, “Magic,” Cinemark, MOCEAN A Quiet Theater, “A Quiet Theater,” Paramount Pictures, M3 Creative SHUDDER, “EVOKE,” SHUDDER, HEART SLEEVE CREATIVE Gogol, ‘Gogol asks to turn off phones in cinemas,” TV-3
Best Radio / Audio Spot
The Cloverfield Paradox, “Stop,” Netflix, Buddha Jones Kingsman: The Golden Circle, “Summer,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Group The Hitman’s Bodyguard, “RADIO :30 SAM VS RYAN,” NEW LINE, Seismic Productions The Shape of Water, “Score Radio,” Fox Searchlight, Mark Woollen & Associates Black Panther, “Just Getting Started,” Walt Disney Studios / Marvel, Tiny Hero
Best Summer Blockbuster Poster
Rampage, New Line Cinema, Concept Arts Skyscraper, Universal Pictures, Concept Arts Wonder Woman, Warner Brothers, BOND Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Walt Disney Studios, BOND
Best Teaser Poster
Ocean’s 8, Warner Bros., WORKS ADV Game Night, Warner Brothers, Leroy & Rose All The Money In the World, Sony Pictures, P+A Super Troopers 2, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil
Best Thriller Poster
The New Mutants, 20th Century Fox, Ignition Flatliners, Sony, Concept Arts Annabelle: Creation, “Tea Party,” New Line Cinema, Concept Arts You Were Never Really Here, Amazon Studios, P+A
Best Trailer for Book or Novel
The Bad Seed, HarperCollins Publishers Everless, HarperCollins Publishers Tattoo, The 8 Percent The Butchering Art, Light Arcade The Sheriff’s Catch (Part 1 of The Sassana Stone Pentalogy), “Unbound,” James Vella-Bardon
Best TrailerByte for a Feature Film
Flatliners, “What Could Go Wrong,” Sony, BOND Thoroughbreds, “Alibi,” Focus Features, GrandSon The Greatest Showman, “Singalong Social Campaign,” 20th Century Fox, Create Advertising Super Troopers 2, “Super Troopers 2, Cologne Commercial,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing Peter Rabbit, “Bring The Fight,” Sony Pictures Entertainment, Workshop Creative
Best TrailerByte for a TV Series/Streaming Series
Ballers: Season 3, HBO, AV Squad GAME OF THRONES, “Season 7 Social Carousel,” HBO, Silk Factory Westworld S2, “Digital “Out There,” HBO, Aspect The Long Road Home, National Geographic, InSync PLUS Truth or Dare, “:10 Do or Die,” Universal Pictures Intl, The Picture Production Company
Best Video Game Poster
Civilization VI, 2K Games, Inc., Ignition Uncharted, “10th Anniversary Poster,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Horizon Zero Dawn The Frozen Wilds, Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative Shadow of the Colossus, “Hero,” Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Creative
Best Viral Campaign
Bright, “Digital Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Impractical Jokers, “Surprise and Delight,” truTV, Fooji Gogol.Origins, “The first audience talks about the film Gogol. Origins,” TV-3, TV-3 Good Time, “Social Campaign,” A24, GrandSon The Disaster Artist, “The Tommy Award,” A24, GrandSon
Best Wildposts (Teaser Campaign)
Justice League, “Justice League,” Warner Bros., The Refinery Blade Runner 2049, “Blade Runner 2049 11up,” Warner Bros., Concept Arts Love, Simon, “Love Letter Wildposts,” 20th Century Fox, WORKS ADV Black Panther, “Character Series,” Marvel Studios, Art Machine
Most Innovative Advertising (for a TV Series / Streaming Series)
Altered Carbon, “Psychasec Campaign,” Netflix, gnet Westworld 2, “Loops,” HBO, HBO (Internal) The Long Road Home, “National Geographic,” InSync PLUS F Is For Family (Season 2), “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS Impractical Jokers, “Block Party,” truTV, Brand Connections
Most Innovative Advertising for a Brand / Product
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, “Sprint Disruption,” Screenvision Studios, 40 Foot Solutions Citizen Graduation Gift, Screenvision Studios, 40 Foot Solutions Coco, “Celebration Family Digital,” Disney, Trailer Park, Inc. Oculus “Step into Rift” Brand Anthem, Oculus, space.camp
Most Innovative Advertising for a Feature Film
Bright, “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS The Babysitter, “Social Campaign,” Netflix, InSync PLUS A Quiet Place, “A Quiet Theater,” Paramount Pictures, M3 Creative A Ghost Story, “A Ghost Pie,” A24, GrandSon Coco, Walt Disney Motion Pictures, The M Factor
Most Innovative Advertising for a Video Game
Space Pirate Trainer, I-Illusions, kertgartner.com Call of Duty: WW2, “Brotherhood,” Activision, Aspect Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, “Accolades Trailer,” Ninja Theory Oculus “Step into Rift” Brand Anthem, Oculus, space.camp Clash Royale, “Flash Royale,” Supercell, gnet
Most Original Poster
The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, “Reflections,” PBS Okja, Netflix, BOND Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Walt Disney Studios, BOND The Shape of Water, “Embrace Art,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Midnight Oil, Digital Finishing by Daniel Clark Creative
Best Film Festival Trailer
Palm Springs International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Society, Stampede Studios Online Film Festival 2017, PBS Kamloops Film Festival 2018, Josh Sunderman BOFA Film Festival, Rhino Post Production BFI Bergman Season, BFI, The Picture Production Company
Best Film Festival Poster
Online Film Festival 2017, PBS Battle of the Sexes, “Telluride Poster,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing Battle of the Sexes, “Toronto Film Festival Poster,” Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Marketing
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“The Shape of Water” and “City of Ghosts” Among Winners of 70th DGA Awards

[caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.[/caption] The winners of the Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directorial Achievement Awards for 2017 were announced on Saturday night during the 70th Annual DGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills hosted byJudd Apatow. Guillermo del Toro won the DGA’s Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The Shape of Water, and Matthew Heineman won the Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for City of Ghosts.
70th Annual DGA Awards Winners
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film GUILLERMO del TORO The Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. del Toro’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale Production Manager: Dennis Chapman First Assistant Director: Pierre Henry Second Assistant Director: Tyler Delben This is Mr. del Toro’s first DGA Award nomination. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film JORDAN PEELE Get Out (Universal Pictures) Mr. Peele’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Marcei A. Brown, Rick A. Osako (Fairhope Unit) First Assistant Director: Gerard DiNardi Second Assistant Directors: Ram Paul Silbey, Marc Newland (Fairhope Unit), Jack McKenna (New York Unit) Second Second Assistant Director: Maggie Ballard Location Manager: Kurt Enger (New York Unit) This was one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Peele. He was also nominated in the Feature Film category for Get Out. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary MATTHEW HEINEMAN City of Ghosts (Amazon) This is Mr. Heineman’s second DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 2015 for Cartel Land. Outstanding Directorial Achievement inDramatic Series REED MORANO The Handmaid’s Tale, “Offred” (Hulu) Ms. Morano’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Joe Boccia This is Ms. Morano’s first DGA Award nomination Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series BETH McCARTHY-MILLER Veep, “Chicklet” (HBO) Ms. McCarthy-Miller’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: David Hyman First Assistant Director: Dale Stern Second Assistant Director: Jeff Rosenberg Second Second Assistant Director: Yarden Levo Additional Second Assistant Director: Chalis Romero This is Ms. McCarthy-Miller’s twelfth DGA Award nomination. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series in 2013 for the 30 Rock episode “Hogcock!/Last Lunch.” She was also nominated that year, together with Rob Ashford, in the Movies for Television and Mini-Series category for The Sound of Music Live! She was previously nominated in the Comedy Series category for 30 Rock episodes “Live from Studio 6H” in 2012, “Live Show” in 2010, “The Reunion Episode #304” in 2008 and “Somebody to Love” in 2007. She won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety twice, in 2001 for America: A Tribute to Heroes (co-directed with Joel Gallen) and in 2000 for the “Val Kilmer and U2” episode of Saturday Night Live. She was also twice nominated in that category for Saturday Night Live episodes “Christopher Walken and The Foo Fighters” in 2003 and the 25th Anniversary episode in 1999. She was also nominated in 2015 in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials category for Adele Live in New York City. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series JEAN-MARC VALLÉE Big Little Lies (HBO) Mr. Vallée’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Barbara A. Hall, G.D. Fienberg First Assistant Director: David Ticotin Second Assistant Director: Christine Danahy Second Second Assistant Director: Bob Riley Additional Second Assistant Directors: Bryan Landrine, Rob Burgess, Allison Rushton, Mallory Squeo This is Mr. Vallée’s first DGA Award nomination. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming DON ROY KING Saturday Night Live, “Host: Jimmy Fallon” (NBC) Mr. King’s Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Bob Caminiti Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly This is Mr. King’s twelfth DGA Award nomination. He previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in this category for Saturday Night Live, “Host: Dave Chappelle” in 2016 and for Saturday Night Live “Host: Justin Timberlake” in 2013. Mr King also won the DGA Award for Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials for Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special in 2015. He was previously nominated for Saturday Night Live episodes in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014, and in 2015 in the Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming category for the Saturday Night Live episode, “Host: Tracy Morgan/Musical Guest: Demi Lovato.” Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials GLENN WEISS The 89th Annual Academy Awards (ABC) Mr. Weiss’s Directorial Team: Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Eve Adair, Susan Kopensky, Lori Margules, Robin Mishkin Abrams, Michael Polito Stage Managers: Gary Natoli, Rita Cossette, Dave Cove, John Esposito, Valdez Flagg, Chris Hines, Alissa Levisohn Hoyo, Arthur Lewis, Roxanne Lozano, Ron Paul, Tammy Raab, Jason Seligman, Jackie Stathis, Cheryl Teetzel-Moore, Debbie Williams, Ari Woog This is Mr. Weiss’s fourteenth DGA Award nomination. He previously won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials in 2013, 2014 and 2016 for the 67th, 68th and 70th Annual Tony Awards and in the Musical Variety category in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012 for the 61st, 64th, 65th, and 66th Annual Tony Awards. He was also nominated in the Musical Variety category in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2008 for the 55th, 56th, 59th, 60th, and 62nd Annual Tony Awards. Additionally, Mr. Weiss was nominated in 2015 for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series, together with Rob Ashford, for Peter Pan Live! Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs BRIAN SMITH MasterChef, “Vegas Deluxe & Oyster Shucks” (FOX) Mr. Smith’s Directorial Team: Associate Director: Anna Moulaison Stage Managers: Drew Lewandowski, Brady Hess This is Mr. Smith’s fifth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs in 2012 for MasterChef, “Episode #305.” He was previously nominated in this category for episodes of MasterChef in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and in 2016 for S.T.R.O.N.G., “Welcome to Strong.” Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs NIKI CARO Anne with an E, “Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny” (Netflix) This is Ms. Caro’s first DGA Award nomination Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials MARTIN de THURAH (Epoch Films) Festival, StubHub – Goodby Silverstein First Assistant Director: Charles Conner Machines, StubHub – Goodby Silverstein First Assistant Director: Charles Conner Mad World, WealthSimple – WealthSimple In House First Assistant Directors: Jey Wada Second Assistant Director: Custis Smith This is Mr. de Thurah’s second DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials in 2013 for The Man Who Couldn’t Slow Down (Hennessy VS) and Human Race (Acura MDX 2014). Lifetime Achievement & Service Award Recipients MICHAEL APTED Honorary Life Member Award Given in recognition of leadership in the industry, contribution to the Guild and the profession of directing, and outstanding career achievement. DWIGHT WILLIAMS Frank Capra Achievement Award This award is given to an Assistant Director or Unit Production Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America. JIM TANKER Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award This award is given to an Associate Director or Stage Manager in recognition of career achievement in the industry and service to the Directors Guild of America.
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Directors of Documentaries “Icarus” “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail” “City of Ghosts” among 5 Nominated for Directors Guild of America Awards

[caption id="attachment_15896" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Abacus: Small Enough to Jail[/caption] The directors of five documentaries have been nominated for the Directors Guild of America for the DGA award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2017. “Directors are driving the push to more distinctive television, eye-catching commercials and powerful documentaries,” said Schlamme. “From 30-second spots to multi-hour mini-series, the nominees across these nine categories are leading that charge. We are proud to honor the tremendous range of excellence found in the projects nominated today. Congratulations to all of the nominees.” The winners will be announced at the 70th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary for 2017 are (in alphabetical order): KEN BURNS & LYNN NOVICK The Vietnam War PBS This is Mr. Burns’ and Ms. Novick’s second DGA Award nomination. They were previously nominated in this category in 2007 for The War. BRYAN FOGEL Icarus Netflix This is Mr. Fogel’s first DGA Award nomination. MATTHEW HEINEMAN City of Ghosts Amazon This is Mr. Heineman’s second DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 2015 for Cartel Land. STEVE JAMES Abacus: Small Enough to Jail PBS This is Mr. James’s fourth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 1994 for Hoop Dreams, and was also nominated in this category in 2008 for At the Death House Door (co-directed with Peter Gilbert) and 2011 for The Interrupters. ERROL MORRIS Wormwood Netflix This is Mr. Morris’s fourth DGA Award nomination. He was nominated in this category in 1999 for Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred Leuchter, Jr. and in 2003 for The Fog of War. Mr. Morris was also nominated in the Commercials category in 2003 for “Pager” and “Alternative Fuel” (Miller), “Bernard” and “Kathryn” (Nike) and “Meanwhile” (Cisco).
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THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Nominations for 2017 BAFTA Awards

[caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer in the film THE SHAPE OF WATER.[/caption] The Shape of Water leads the nominations for 2017 BAFTA Awards (EE British Academy Film Awards) announced this morning by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The Shape of Water is nominated in 12 categories, followed by Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri both receive nine nominations. The Shape of Water is nominated for Best Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Editing and Special Visual Effects. Guillermo del Toro is nominated for both Director and Original Screenplay, Sally Hawkins for Leading Actress and Octavia Spencer for Supporting Actress. Darkest Hour receives nominations for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Original Music, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, and Make Up & Hair, as well as Leading Actor for Gary Oldman and Supporting Actress for Kristin Scott Thomas for their roles as Winston and Clementine Churchill. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is nominated in Leading Actress for Frances McDormand. Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson are both nominated for Supporting Actor for their roles. The film is also nominated for Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Cinematography and Editing. Martin McDonagh is nominated for both Director and Original Screenplay. The nominations for Film Not in the English Language are Elle, First They Killed My Father, The Handmaiden, Loveless and The Salesman. The nominations in the Documentary category are City of Ghosts, I Am Not Your Negro, Icarus, An Inconvenient Sequel, and Jane. The British Short Animation nominees are Have Heart, Mamoon and Poles Apart. The five nominations for British Short Film are Aamir, Cowboy Dave, A Drowning Man, Work and Wren Boys. The EE British Academy Film Awards take place on Sunday February18th at the Royal Albert Hall, London, hosted by Joanna Lumley.
Nominations List for the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2018
2017 NOMINATIONS (presented in 2018) BEST FILM CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Emilie Georges, Luca Guadagnino, Marco Morabito, Peter Spears DARKEST HOUR Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM DARKEST HOUR Joe Wright, Tim Bevan, Lisa Bruce, Eric Fellner, Anthony McCarten, Douglas Urbanski THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, Kevin Loader, Laurent Zeitoun, Yann Zenou, Ian Martin, David Schneider GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Francis Lee, Manon Ardisson, Jack Tarling LADY MACBETH William Oldroyd, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly, Alice Birch PADDINGTON 2 Paul King, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER THE GHOUL Gareth Tunley (Writer/Director/Producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (Producers) I AM NOT A WITCH Rungano Nyoni (Writer/Director), Emily Morgan (Producer) JAWBONE Johnny Harris (Writer/Producer), Thomas Napper (Director) KINGDOM OF US Lucy Cohen (Director) LADY MACBETH Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Producer) FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELLE Paul Verhoeven, Saïd Ben Saïd FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER Angelina Jolie, Rithy Panh THE HANDMAIDEN Park Chan-wook, Syd Lim LOVELESS Andrey Zvyagintsev, Alexander Rodnyansky THE SALESMAN Asghar Farhadi, Alexandre Mallet-Guy DOCUMENTARY CITY OF GHOSTS Matthew Heineman I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck ICARUS Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk JANE Brett Morgen ANIMATED FILM COCO Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson LOVING VINCENT Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE Claude Barras, Max Karli DIRECTOR BLADE RUNNER 2049 Denis Villeneuve CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Luca Guadagnino DUNKIRK Christopher Nolan THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY GET OUT Jordan Peele I, TONYA Steven Rogers LADY BIRD Greta Gerwig THE SHAPE OF WATER Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Martin McDonagh ADAPTED SCREENPLAY CALL ME BY YOUR NAME James Ivory THE DEATH OF STALIN Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, David Schneider FILM STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL Matt Greenhalgh MOLLY’S GAME Aaron Sorkin PADDINGTON 2 Simon Farnaby, Paul King LEADING ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool FRANCES McDORMAND Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri MARGOT ROBBIE I, Tonya SALLY HAWKINS The Shape of Water SAOIRSE RONAN Lady Bird LEADING ACTOR DANIEL DAY-LEWIS Phantom Thread DANIEL KALUUYA Get Out GARY OLDMAN Darkest Hour JAMIE BELL Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET Call Me by Your Name SUPPORTING ACTRESS ALLISON JANNEY I, Tonya KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS Darkest Hour LAURIE METCALF Lady Bird LESLEY MANVILLE Phantom Thread OCTAVIA SPENCER The Shape of Water SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER All the Money in the World HUGH GRANT Paddington 2 SAM ROCKWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WILLEM DAFOE The Florida Project WOODY HARRELSON Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ORIGINAL MUSIC BLADE RUNNER 2049 Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer DARKEST HOUR Dario Marianelli DUNKIRK Hans Zimmer PHANTOM THREAD Jonny Greenwood THE SHAPE OF WATER Alexandre Desplat CINEMATOGRAPHY BLADE RUNNER 2049 Roger Deakins DARKEST HOUR Bruno Delbonnel DUNKIRK Hoyte van Hoytema THE SHAPE OF WATER Dan Laustsen THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Ben Davis EDITING BABY DRIVER Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss BLADE RUNNER 2049 Joe Walker DUNKIRK Lee Smith THE SHAPE OF WATER Sidney Wolinsky THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Jon Gregory PRODUCTION DESIGN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer BLADE RUNNER 2049 Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola DARKEST HOUR Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer DUNKIRK Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis THE SHAPE OF WATER Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau COSTUME DESIGN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jacqueline Durran DARKEST HOUR Jacqueline Durran I, TONYA Jennifer Johnson PHANTOM THREAD Mark Bridges THE SHAPE OF WATER Luis Sequeira MAKE UP & HAIR BLADE RUNNER 2049 Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn DARKEST HOUR David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji I, TONYA Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee VICTORIA & ABDUL Daniel Phillips WONDER Naomi Bakstad, Robert A. Pandini, Arjen Tuiten SOUND BABY DRIVER Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater BLADE RUNNER 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth DUNKIRK Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten THE SHAPE OF WATER Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Zoern STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS BLADE RUNNER 2049 Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson DUNKIRK Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson THE SHAPE OF WATER Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Nominees tbc WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Nominees tbc BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION HAVE HEART Will Anderson MAMOON Ben Steer POLES APART Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low BRITISH SHORT FILM AAMIR Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster COWBOY DAVE Colin O’Toole, Jonas Mortensen A DROWNING MAN Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Patrick Campbell WORK Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell WREN BOYS Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, John Fitzpatrick EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public) DANIEL KALUUYA FLORENCE PUGH JOSH O’CONNOR TESSA THOMPSON TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
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“I, Tonya” “Call Me By Your Name” “Cries from Syria” and More Nominated for 2018 Producers Guild Awards

[caption id="attachment_25916" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Call Me By Your Name[/caption] The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced the theatrical motion picture and television nominations for the 29th Annual Producers Guild Awards. This year, the nominees in the category for The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures included a tie, so for the first time the PGA presents 11 film nominees. All 2018 Producers Guild Awards winners will be announced on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. The Producers Guild will also present special honors to Donna Langley with the Milestone Award, Ryan Murphy with the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television, Charles Roven with the David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures, the feature film “Get Out” with the Stanley Kramer Award, and Ava DuVernay with the Visionary Award. In 1990, the Producers Guild held the first-ever Golden Laurel Awards, which were renamed the Producers Guild Awards in 2002. Richard Zanuck and Lili Fini Zanuck took home the award for Best Produced Motion Picture for “Driving Miss Daisy,” establishing the Guild’s awards as a bellwether for the Oscars.
Theatrical Motion Pictures

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
“The Big Sick” Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel “Call Me By Your Name” Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Marco Morabito “Dunkirk” Producers: Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan “Get Out” Producers: Sean McKittrick & Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Jason Blum, Jordan Peele “I, Tonya” Producers: Bryan Unkeless, Steven Rogers, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley “Lady Bird” Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill “Molly’s Game” Producers: Mark Gordon, Amy Pascal, Matt Jackson “The Post” Producers: Amy Pascal, Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger “The Shape Of Water” Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Producers: Graham Broadbent & Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh “Wonder Woman” Producers: Charles Roven & Richard Suckle, Zack Snyder & Deborah Snyder
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
“The Boss Baby” Producer: Ramsey Naito “Coco” Producer: Darla K. Anderson “Despicable Me 3” Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy “Ferdinand” Producers: Lori Forte, Bruce Anderson “The Lego Batman Movie” Producers: Dan Lin, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures:
“Chasing Coral” Producers: Jeff Orlowski, Larissa Rhodes “City of Ghosts” Producer: Matthew Heineman “Cries from Syria” Producers: Evgeny Afineevsky, Den Tolmor, Aaron I. Butler “Earth: One Amazing Day” Producer: Stephen McDonogh “Jane” *This film is still in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility this year. “Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower” *This film is still in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility this year. “The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee” Producers: Teddy Kunhardt, George Kunhardt
Television

The Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama:
“Big Little Lies” (Season 1) “The Crown” (Season 2) “Game of Thrones” (Season 7) “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 1) “Stranger Things” (Season 2)
The Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy:
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (Season 9) “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Season 1) “Master of None” (Season 2) “Silicon Valley” (Season 4) “Veep” (Season 6)
The David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television:
The Long-Form Television category encompasses both movies of the week and limited series. “Black Mirror” (Season 4) “Fargo” (Season 3) “FEUD: Bette and Joan” (Season 1) “Sherlock: The Lying Detective” “The Wizard of Lies”
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television:
“30 for 30” (Season 8) “60 Minutes” (Season 50) “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown” (Season 9, Season 10) “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath” (Season 1, Season 2) “Spielberg”
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television:
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (Season 2) “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (Season 15) “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (Season 4) “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (Season 3) “Saturday Night Live” (Season 43)
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Competition Television:
“The Amazing Race” (Season 29) “American Ninja Warrior” (Season 9) “Lip Sync Battle” (Season 3) “Top Chef” (Season 14) “The Voice” (Season 12, Season 13)
The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program:
“Better Call Saul’s Los Pollos Hermanos Employee Training” (Season 1) “Carpool Karaoke” (Season 1) “Humans of New York: The Series” (Season 1) “National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts” (Season 3) “Viceland at the Women’s March” (Season 1)
The Award for Outstanding Sports Program:
“All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams” (Season 2) “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers” (Season 12) “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” (Season 23) “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt” (Season 3) “VICE World of Sports” (Season 2)
The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program:
“Doc McStuffins” (Season 4) “Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2017” “School of Rock” (Season 3) “Sesame Street” (Season 47) “SpongeBob SquarePants” (Season 10, Season 11)
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70 Original Songs Qualify to Compete in 90th Academy Awards

[caption id="attachment_19920" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Patti Cake$[/caption] 70 songs from eligible feature-length motion pictures released in 2017 qualify for nomination in the Original Song category for the 90th Academy Awards. To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits. Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. The 90th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The original songs, along with the motion picture in which each song is featured, are listed below in alphabetical order by film title and song title: “U.N.I (You And I)” from “And the Winner Isn’t” “Love And Lies” from “Band Aid” “If I Dare” from “Battle of the Sexes” “Evermore” from “Beauty and the Beast” “How Does A Moment Last Forever” from “Beauty and the Beast” “Now Or Never” from “Bloodline: Now or Never” “She” from “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story” “Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go” from “The Book of Henry” “Buddy’s Business” from “Brawl in Cell Block 99” “The Crown Sleeps” from “The Breadwinner” “World Gone Mad” from “Bright” “Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name” “Visions Of Gideon” from “Call Me by Your Name” “Captain Underpants Theme Song” from “Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie” “Ride” from “Cars 3” “Run That Race” from “Cars 3” “Tell Me How Long” from “Chasing Coral” “Broken Wings” from “City of Ghosts” “Remember Me” from “Coco” “Prayers For This World” from “Cries from Syria” “There’s Something Special” from “Despicable Me 3” “It Ain’t Fair” from “Detroit” “A Little Change In The Weather” from “Downsizing” “Stars In My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)” from “Drawing Home” “All In My Head” from “Elizabeth Blue” “Dying For Ya” from “Elizabeth Blue” “Green” from “Elizabeth Blue” “Can’t Hold Out On Love” from “Father Figures” “Home” from “Ferdinand” “I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” from “Fifty Shades Darker” “You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way” from “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool” “This Is How You Walk On” from “Gifted” “Summer Storm” from “The Glass Castle” “The Pure And The Damned” from “Good Time” “This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman” “The Hero” from “The Hero” “How Shall A Sparrow Fly” from “Hostiles” “Just Getting Started” from “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast” “Truth To Power” from “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” “Next Stop, The Stars” from “Kepler’s Dream” “The Devil & The Huntsman” from “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” “Have You Ever Wondered” from “Lake of Fire” “I’ll Be Gone” from “Lake of Fire” “We’ll Party All Night” from “Lake of Fire” “Friends Are Family” from “The Lego Batman Movie” “Found My Place” from “The Lego Ninjago Movie” “Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall” “Rain” from “Mary and the Witch’s Flower” “Myron/Byron” from “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” “Longing For Summer” from “Moomins and the Winter Wonderland” “Mighty River” from “Mudbound” “Never Forget” from “Murder on the Orient Express” “Hold The Light” from “Only the Brave” “PBNJ” from “Patti Cake$” “Tuff Love (Finale)” from “Patti Cake$” “Lost Souls” from “The Pirates of Somalia” “How A Heart Unbreaks” from “Pitch Perfect 3” “The Promise” from “The Promise” “Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe” from “Pulimurugan” “Maanathe Maarikurumbe” from “Pulimurugan” “Stubborn Angel” from “Same Kind of Different as Me” “Dancing Through The Wreckage” from “Served Like a Girl” “Keep Your Eyes On Me” from “The Shack” “On The Music Goes” from “Slipaway” “The Star” from “The Star” “Jump” from “Step” “Tickling Giants” from “Tickling Giants” “Fly Away” from “Trafficked” “Speak To Me” from “Voice from the Stone” “Walk On Faith” from “Year by the Sea”
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THE SHAPE OF WATER, THE SQUARE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT Among Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Best Films of 2017

[caption id="attachment_22898" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] The Square[/caption] The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the fantasy romance THE SHAPE OF WATER as the best film of 2017, according to the results of its 24th annual critics’ poll released today. Guillermo del Toro was voted Best Director for THE SHAPE OF WATER The association voted THE SQUARE as the best foreign-language film of the year, and CITY OF GHOSTS won for Best Documentary THE FLORIDA PROJECT was selected as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film. The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 34 broadcast, print and online journalists from North Texas.
2017 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AWARD WINNERS
(Choices listed in order of votes received) BEST PICTURE Winner: THE SHAPE OF WATER Runners-up: THE POST; LADY BIRD; CALL ME BY YOUR NAME; GET OUT; DUNKIRK; THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI; I, TONYA; THE FLORIDA PROJECT; DARKEST HOUR BEST ACTOR Winner: Gary Oldman, DARKEST HOUR Runners-up: James Franco, THE DISASTER ARTIST; Daniel Day-Lewis, PHANTOM THREAD; Timothee Chalamet, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME; Tom Hanks, THE POST BEST ACTRESS Winner: Sally Hawkins, THE SHAPE OF WATER Runners-up: Frances McDormand, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI; Margot Robbie, I, TONYA; Saoirse Ronan, LADY BIRD; Meryl Streep, THE POST BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Winner: Sam Rockwell, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Runners-up: Willem Dafoe, THE FLORIDA PROJECT; Richard Jenkins, THE SHAPE OF WATER; Armie Hammer, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME; Woody Harrelson, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Winner: Allison Janney, I, TONYA Runners-up: Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD; Mary J. Blige, MUDBOUND; Holly Hunter, THE BIG SICK; Octavia Spencer, THE SHAPE OF WATER BEST DIRECTOR Winner: Guillermo del Toro, THE SHAPE OF WATER Runners-up: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD; Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK; Steven Spielberg, THE POST; Jordan Peele, GET OUT BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Winner: THE SQUARE Runners-up: THELMA; BPM; FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER; IN THE FADE BEST DOCUMENTARY Winner: CITY OF GHOSTS Runners-up: JANE; AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL; EX LIBRIS: THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY; LAST MEN IN ALEPPO BEST ANIMATED FILM Winner: COCO Runners-up: LOVING VINCENT BEST SCREENPLAY Winner: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, THE SHAPE OF WATER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Winner: Dan Laustsen, THE SHAPE OF WATER Runner-up: Roger Deakins, BLADE RUNNER 2049 BEST MUSICAL SCORE Winner: Alexandre Desplat, THE SHAPE OF WATER Runner-up: Hans Zimmer, DUNKIRK RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film) Winner: THE FLORIDA PROJECT
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

[caption id="attachment_25916" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Call Me By Your Name[/caption] Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name, leads the nominations for the 2017 Chicago Film Critics Association awards with eight nods, including Best Picture, and Guadagnino for Best Director. Co-stars Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg were both nominated for Best Supporting Actor and young star Timothee Chalamet received dual nominations for Actor and Breakthrough Performer. Coming in second place in the nomination count with seven was The Shape of Water, visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s Cold War-era romantic fantasy. The film was nominated for Best Picture and del Toro received nods for Director and Original Screenplaywith co-writer Vanessa Taylor; while Sally Hawkins landed in the Best Actress category. Now in its 30th year, the CFCA will announce its winners during their year-end awards dinner to be held on December 12, 2017.
2017 CHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo Del Toro (-) The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig (-) Lady Bird Luca Guadagnino (-) Call Me By Your Name Christopher Nolan (-) Dunkirk Jordan Peele (-) Get Out BEST ACTRESS Sally Hawkins (-) The Shape of Water Vicky Krieps (-) Phantom Thread Frances McDormand (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie (-) I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan (-) Lady Bird BEST ACTOR Timothee Chalamet (-) Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis (-) Phantom Thread James Franco (-) The Disaster Artist Gary Oldman (-) Darkest Hour Harry Dean Stanton (-) Lucky BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mary J. Blige (-) Mudbound Holly Hunter (-) The Big Sick Allison Janney (-) I, Tonya Lesley Manville (-) Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf (-) Lady Bird BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe (-) The Florida Project Armie Hammer (-) Call Me By Your Name Jason Mitchell (-) Mudbound Sam Rockwell (-) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg (-) Call Me By Your Name BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Hampton Fancher & Michael Green Call My By Your Name (-) James Ivory The Disaster Artist (-) Scott Neustadta & Michael H. Weber Logan (-) Scott Frank, James Mangold & Michael Green Mudbound (-) Virgil Williams & Dee Rees BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Big Sick (-) Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanijani Get Out (-) Jordan Peele Lady Bird (-) Greta Gerwig Phantom Thread (-) Paul Thomas Anderson The Shape of Water (-) Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (-) Martin McDonagh BEST ANIMATED FILM The Breadwinner Coco The LEGO Batman Movie Loving Vincent Your Name BEST DOCUMENTARY Abacus: Small Enough to Jail City of Ghosts Ex Libris: New York Public Library Faces Places Jane Kedi BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM BPM (Beats Per Minute) A Fantastic Woman Loveless Raw The Square BEST ART DIRECTION Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water BEST EDITING Baby Driver (-) Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss Call Me By Your Name (-) Walter Fasano Dunkirk (-) Lee Smith The Florida Project (-) Sean Baker Get Out (-) Gregory Plotkin BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Blade Runner 2049 (-) Benjamin Walifisch & Hans Zimmer Dunkirk (-) Hans Zimmer Phantom Thread (-) Johnny Greenwood The Shape of Water (-) Alexandre Desplat War For the Planet of the Apes (-) Michael Giacchino BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Blade Runner 2049 (-) Roger Deakins Dunkirk (-) Hoyte Van Hoyteme The Florida Project (-) Alexis Zabe Mudbound (-) Rachel Morrison The Shape of Water (-) Dan Laustsen MOST PROMISING PERFORMER Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Dafne Keen, Logan Jessie Pinnick, Princess Cyd Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project Florence Pugh, Lady Macbeth Bria Vinaite, The Florida Project MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER Kogonada, Columbus Jordan Peele, Get Out Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird John Carroll Lynch, Lucky Julia Ducournau, Raw
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2017 IDA Documentary Awards – DINA Wins Best Feature

[caption id="attachment_19891" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Dina[/caption] Dina, directed by Dan Sickles and Antonio Santini, about a love story between two people who have autism spectrum disorder, won Best Feature at the 33rd International Documentary Association awards ceremony on Saturday in Hollywood. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4BSWA7pWuc Other winners at the IDA Documentary Awards include Edith+Eddie directed by Laura Checkoway snagging the prize for Best Short. The short film tells the story of America’s oldest interracial newlyweds.
2017 IDA Documentary Award winners:
Best Feature Dina Directors/Producers: Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles The Orchard Best Short Edith+Eddie Director: Laura Checkoway Producer: Thomas Lee Wright Kartemquin Films Best Cinematography Machines Cinematography by: Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva Kino Lorber Best Editing Dawson City: Frozen Time Edited by: Bill Morrison Kino Lorber Best Music Brimstone & Glory Original Score by: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin Oscilloscope Laboratories Best Writing Donkeyote Written by: Chico Pereira, Manuel Pereira and Gabriel Molera Scottish Documentary Institute Pare Lorentz Award THE PARE LORENTZ AWARD RECOGNIZES FILMS THAT DEMONSTRATE EXEMPLARY FILMMAKING WHILE FOCUSING ON THE APPROPRIATE USE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, JUSTICE FOR ALL AND THE ILLUMINATION OF PRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS. Watani: My Homeland (Recipient) Director: Marcel Mettelsiefen Intent to Destroy (Special Mention) Director: Joe Berlinger ABC News VideoSource Award THIS AWARD IS GIVEN EACH YEAR FOR THE BEST USE OF NEWS FOOTAGE AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT IN A DOCUMENTARY. LA 92 Directors: Dan Lindsay & TJ Martin National Geographic Best Curated Series Award Independent Lens Executive Producers: Lois Vossen and Sally Jo Fifer PBS Best Limited Series The Defiant Ones Executive Producers: Allen Hughes, Doug Pray, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Jerry Longarzo, Michael Lombardo, and Gene Kirkwood HBO Best Episodic Series Award Planet Earth II Executive Producer: Michael Gunton BBC AMERICA/BBC Worldwide Best Short Form Series Award The New York Times Op-Docs Executive Producer: Kathleen Lingo The New York Times David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL AND BRINGS GREATER PUBLIC AND INDUSTRY AWARENESS TO THE WORK OF STUDENTS IN THE DOCUMENTARY FIELD. Man on Fire Director: Joel Fendelman Producer: James Chase Sanchez University of Texas, Austin Career Achievement Award Lourdes Portillo Amicus Award Abigail Disney Emerging Documentary Filmmaker Award Yance Ford Courage Under Fire Award The filmmaking teams and subjects of: City of Ghosts Cries from Syria Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS Last Men in Aleppo
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15 Documentary Feature Films Advance in Oscar Race

[caption id="attachment_23408" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Human Flow[/caption] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected 15 films in the Documentary Feature category that will advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. One hundred seventy films were originally submitted in the category. The Academy’s Documentary Branch will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles. Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT. The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their production companies: “Abacus: Small Enough to Jail,” Mitten Media, Motto Pictures, Kartemquin Educational Films and WGBH/FRONTLINE “Chasing Coral,” Exposure Labs in partnership with The Ocean Agency & View Into the Blue in association with Argent Pictures & The Kendeda Fund “City of Ghosts,” Our Time Projects and Jigsaw Productions “Ex Libris – The New York Public Library,” Ex Libris Films “Faces Places,” Ciné Tamaris “Human Flow,” Participant Media and AC Films “Icarus,” Netflix Documentary in association with Impact Partners, Diamond Docs, Chicago Media Project and Alex Productions “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,” Paramount Pictures and Participant Media “Jane,” National Geographic Studios in association with Public Road Productions “LA 92,” Lightbox “Last Men in Aleppo,” Larm Film “Long Strange Trip,” Double E Pictures, AOMA Sunshine Films and Sikelia “One of Us,” Loki Films “Strong Island,” Yanceville Films and Louverture Films “Unrest,” Shella Films and Little by Little Films
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BRIMSTONE AND GLORY , CITY OF GHOSTS and STRONG ISLAND Lead Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

[caption id="attachment_24386" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Brimstone & Glory[/caption] Three films – Viktor Jakovleski’s Brimstone & Glory, Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts and Yance Ford’s Strong Island – lead the 2018 Cinema Eye Honors nominations with 4 apiece. Five films received three nominations: Yuri Ancarani’s The Challenge, Jeff Orlowski’s Chasing Coral, Agnès Varda and JR’s Faces Places, Brett Morgen’s Jane and Jonathan Olshefski’s Quest. City of Ghosts, Faces Places, Quest and Strong Island are joined in the Outstanding Nonfiction Feature category by Frederick Weisman’s Ex Libris: The New York Public Library and Feras Fayyad’s Last Men in Aleppo. Kitty Green (Casting Jon Benet) joins the aforementioned Yuri Ancarani, Yance Ford, Matthew Heineman, Agnés Varda and JR, and Frederick Wiseman as a nominee in the Outstanding Achievement in Direction category. With his nomination, Frederick Wiseman becomes the first filmmaker in Cinema Eye history to be nominated three times for Outstanding Direction, having been previously nominated for La Danse – The Paris Opera Ballet and In Jackson Heights. He also received Cinema Eye’s 2012 Legacy Award for his 1967 classic Titicut Follies. Agnès Varda won the Outstanding Direction Award in 2010 for The Beaches of Agnés. Outstanding Direction nominees Kitty Green and Yuri Ancarani were both previously nominated for Outstanding Nonfiction Short, Green in 2016 for The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul and Ancarani was nominated twice for Il Capo (2012) and Da Vinci (2014). Chasing Coral received three nominations, including a nod for Outstanding Cinematography for director Jeff Orlowski, an Honor he won in 2013 for Chasing Ice. Stefan Nadelman, nominated for his Graphic Design work on the Grateful Dead documentary Long Strange Trip, won the same award in 2016 for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. Ten films were nominated for the annual Audience Choice Prize, which includes many of the year’s most popular and talked about nonfiction films, notably Brett Morgen’s Jane, Ceyda Torun’s Kedi, Amanda Lipitz’ Step, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis’ Whose Streets? and Gethin Aldous and Jairus McLeary’s The Work. The winner in this category is voted on by the general public. This year’s Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking category includes a number of notable filmmakers, among them a previous Cinema Eye winner and a nominee. Fisher Stevens, a winner for Outstanding Production and Feature for The Cove (2010), is nominated this year with his co-director Alexis Bloom for Bright Lights: Starring Carrie FIsher and Debbie Reynolds (HBO). Ryan White, who was nominated for Production in 2015 for The Case Against 8, is up this year for his Netflix series The Keepers. Oscar nominee Ava DuVernay received her first Cinema Eye nomination for her Netflix film 13th, while veteran filmmaker Kristi Jacobson gets her first nod for the HBO feature doc Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison. This year’s winners will be announced at the 2018 Honors Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 11, 2018 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. The ceremony will be hosted, for the third consecutive year, by award-winning nonfiction filmmaker Steve James (The Interrupters, Life Itself, Hoop Dreams), who is a Cinema Eye nominee this year for his latest film, Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
2018 Cinema Eye Honors Award Nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
City of Ghosts Directed and Produced by Matthew Heineman Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Directed and Produced by Frederick Wiseman Faces Places Directed by Agnès Varda and JR (Director) | Produced by Rosalie Varda Last Men in Aleppo Directed by Feras Fayyad | Produced by Kareem Abeed, Stefan Kloos and Søren Steen Jespersen Quest Directed by Jonathan Olshefski | Produced by Sabrina Schmidt Gordon Strong Island Directed by Yance Ford | Produced by Joslyn Barnes and Yance Ford
Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Kitty Green | Casting JonBenet Matthew Heineman | City of Ghosts Yuri Ancarani | The Challenge Frederick Wiseman | Ex Libris: The New York Public Library Agnès Varda and JR | Faces Places Yance Ford | Strong Island
Outstanding Achievement in Editing
Bill Morrison | Dawson City: Frozen Time Joe Beshenkovsky | Jane TJ Martin | LA92 Keith Fraase and John Walter | Long Strange Trip Lindsay Utz | Quest Francisco Bello, Daniel Garber and David Barker | The Reagan Show
Outstanding Achievement in Production
Nominees to be Determined | Brimstone and Glory Matthew Heineman | City of Ghosts Heino Deckert, Ai Weiwei and Chin-Chin Yap | Human Flow Kareem Abeed, Stefan Kloos and Søren Steen Jespersen | Last Men in Aleppo Brenda Coughlin, Yoni Golijov and Laura Poitras | Risk
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Tobias von dem Borne | Brimstone and Glory Yuri Ancarani, Luca Nervegna and Jonathan Ricquebourg | The Challenge Andrew Ackerman and Jeff Orlowski | Chasing Coral TBD | Human Flow Rodrigo Trejo Villanueva | Machines
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score
Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin | Brimstone and Glory Francesco Fantini and Lorenzo Senni | The Challenge Alex Somers | Dawson City: Frozen Time Philip Glass | Jane Dan Deacon | Rat Film Hildur Gudnadóttir and Craig Sutherland | Strong Island
Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design or Animation
Chad Herschberger | 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene Matt Schultz and Shawna Schultz | Chasing Coral Grant Nellessen | Citizen Jane: Battle for the City Daniel Gies and Emily Paige | Let There Be Light Stefan Nadelman | Long Strange Trip
Audience Choice Prize
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail |Directed by Steve James City of Ghosts | Directed by Matthew Heineman Chasing Coral | Directed by Jeff Orlowski Faces Places | Directed by Agnès Varda and JR Jane | Directed by Brett Morgen Kedi | Directed by Ceyda Torun Quest | Directed by Jonathan Olshefski Step | Directed by Amanda Lipitz Whose Streets? | Directed by Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis The Work | Directed by Gethin Aldous and Jairus McLeary
Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Viktor Jakovleski | Brimstone and Glory Anna Zamecka | Communion Rahul Jain | Machines Theo Anthony | Rat Film Yance Ford | Strong Island
Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking
13th Directed by Ava DuVernay | Produced by Ava DuVernay & Howard Barish | For Netflix: Executive Producers Ben Cotner, Adam Del Deo and Lisa Nishimura Abortion: Stories Women Tell Directed and Produced by Tracy Droz Tragos | For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins, Senior Producer Sara Bernstein Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Directed by Alexis Bloom & Fisher Stevens | Produced by Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens, Julie Nives & Todd Fisher | For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins, Senior Producer Nancy Abraham Five Came Back Directed by Laurent Bouzereau | Produced by John Battsek & Laurent Bouzereau | For Netflix: Executive Producers Ben Cotner, Adam Del Deo and Lisa Nishimura The Keepers Directed by Ryan White | For Netflix: Executive Producers Ben Cotner, Jason Springarn-Koff and Lisa Nishimura Solitary: Inside Red Onion State Prison Directed and Produced by Kristi Jacobson | Produced by Katie Mitchell and Julie Goldman | For HBO Documentary Films: Executive Producer Sheila Nevins, Senior Producer Nancy Abraham
Spotlight Award
Donkeyote | Directed by Chico Pereira An Insignificant Man | Directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle | Directed by Gustavo Salmerón Plastic China | Directed by Jiuliang Wang Stranger in Paradise | Directed by Guido Hendrikx Taste of Cement | Directed by Ziad Kalthoum
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking
Edith+Eddie | Directed by Laura Checkoway Heroin(e) | Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon Little Potato | Directed by Wes Hurley and Nathan M. Miller Polonaise | Directed by Agnieszka Elbanowska The Rabbit Hunt | Directed by Patrick Bresnan Ten Meter Tower | Directed by Maximilien Van Aertryck & Axel Danielson
The Unforgettables | Non-competitive Honor
Chanterelle Sung, Hwei Lin Sung, Jill Sung, Thomas Sung & Vera Sung |Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Bobbi Jene Smith | Bobbi Jene Abdalaziz Alhamza, Hamoud Almousa and Mohamad Almusari | For City of Ghosts Ola Kaczanowska | Communion Dolores Huerta | Dolores Dina Buno and Scott Levin | Dina Agnès Varda | Faces Places Daje Shelton | For Ahkeem Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov | Icarus Dr. Jane Goodall | Jane Jim Carrey | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Christine’a Rainey, Christopher “Quest” Rainey, PJ Rainey and William Withers | Quest Yance Ford | Strong Island Jennifer Brea | Unrest Brian, Charles, Chris, Dark Cloud, Kiki and Vegas | The Work
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170 Documentary Feature Films Submitted for 90th Academy Awards

[caption id="attachment_25315" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Gaga: Five Foot Two[/caption] One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 90th Academy Awards. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December. Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories. Nominations for the 90th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2018. The 90th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood, and will be televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscars also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Aida’s Secrets Al Di Qua All the Rage All These Sleepless Nights AlphaGo The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy And the Winner Isn’t Angels Within Architects of Denial Arthur Miller: Writer Atomic Homefront The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography Bang! The Bert Berns Story Bending the Arc Big Sonia Bill Nye: Science Guy Birthright: A War Story Bobbi Jene Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Born in China Born to Lead: The Sal Aunese Story Boston Brimstone & Glory Bronx Gothic Burden California Typewriter Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story Casting JonBenet Chasing Coral Chasing Trane Chavela Citizen Jane: Battle for the City City of Ghosts Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Cries from Syria Cruel & Unusual Cuba and the Cameraman Dawson City: Frozen Time Dealt The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Destination Unknown Dina Dolores Dream Big: Engineering Our World A Dying King: The Shah of Iran Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Earth: One Amazing Day 11/8/16 Elian Embargo Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars Escapes Everybody Knows… Elizabeth Murray Ex Libris – The New York Public Library Extraordinary Ordinary People Faces Places The Farthest The Final Year Finding Oscar 500 Years Food Evolution For Ahkeem The Force The Freedom to Marry From the Ashes Gaga: Five Foot Two A German Life Get Me Roger Stone Gilbert God Knows Where I Am Good Fortune A Gray State Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It All Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story Hearing Is Believing Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS Human Flow I Am Another You I Am Evidence I Am Jane Doe I Called Him Morgan Icarus If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast The Incomparable Rose Hartman An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Intent to Destroy Jane Jeremiah Tower The Last Magnificent Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond – Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower Karl Marx City Kedi Keep Quiet Kiki LA 92 The Last Dalai Lama? The Last Laugh Last Men in Aleppo Legion of Brothers Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982 – 1992 Let’s Play Two Letters from Baghdad Long Strange Trip Look & See Machines Man in Red Bandana Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance Motherland Mully My Scientology Movie Naples ’44 Neary’s – The Dream at the End of the Rainbow Night School No Greater Love No Stone Unturned Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press Nowhere to Hide Obit Oklahoma City One of Us The Paris Opera The Pathological Optimist Prosperity The Pulitzer at 100 Quest Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman The Rape of Recy Taylor The Reagan Show Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan Risk A River Below Rocky Ros Muc Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Santoalla School Life Score: A Film Music Documentary Served Like a Girl The Settlers 78/52 Shadowman Shot! The Psycho Spiritual Mantra of Rock Sidemen: Long Road to Glory The Skyjacker’s Tale Sled Dogs Soufra Spettacolo Step Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex-Trafficking Strong Island Surviving Peace Swim Team Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton Take My Nose… Please! They Call Us Monsters 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous Tickling Giants Trophy Twenty Two Unrest Vince Giordano – There’s a Future in the Past Voyeur Wait for Your Laugh Wasted! The Story of Food Waste Water & Power: A California Heist Whitney. Can I Be Me Whose Streets? The Work
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City of Ghosts

19th Golden Trailer Awards Nominations

Best Independent Trailer

Best Documentary

Best Drama

Best Comedy

Best Horror

Best Action

Best Animation / Family

Best Fantasy Adventure

Best Music

Best Summer Blockbuster Trailer

Best Teaser

Best Thriller

Best Video Game Trailer

Golden Fleece

Most Original Trailer

Best Independent Trailer (for film budget shot under a million US)

Best Motion/Title Graphics

Best Original Score

Best Romance

Best Sound Editing

The Don LaFontane Award for Best Voice Over

Trashiest Trailer

Best Foreign Action Trailer

Best Foreign Animation Family Trailer

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer

Best Foreign Documentary Trailer

Best Foreign Drama Trailer

Best Foreign Horror Trailer

Best Foreign Independent Trailer

Best Foreign Music Trailer

Best Foreign Romance Trailer

Best Foreign Teaser

Best Foreign Thriller Trailer

Most Original Foreign Trailer

Best Action TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Animation / Family TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Comedy TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Documentary TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Drama TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Fantasy Adventure TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Foreign TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Graphics in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Horror TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Independent TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Music TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Original Score TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Romance TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Sound Editing in a TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Summer Blockbuster TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Thriller TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Video Game TV Spot

Best Voice Over TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Golden Fleece TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Most Original TV Spot (for a Feature Film)

Best Action (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Animation / Family (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Comedy (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Documentary/Reality (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Drama (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Fantasy Adventure (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Foreign (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Graphics (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Horror / Thriller (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Music (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Opening Title Sequence or Closing Credit Sequence for a feature film

Best Original Score (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Promo for a OTO or Special (i.e. Oscars, CMAs or Super Bowl)

Best Promo for a TV Network

Best Sound Editing (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Voice Over (in a TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Most Original (TV Spot / Trailer / Teaser for a series)

Best Action Poster

Best Animation / Family Movie Poster

Best Billboard

Best Comedy Poster

Best Comedy Poster for a TV Show / TV Series

Best Documentary / Reality Poster for a TV Show or TV Series

Best Documentary Poster