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  • Directors of “Lady Bird” “Patti Cake$” “Wind River” Earn Nominations for 2017 Directors Guild of America Feature Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_19920" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Patti Cake$ Patti Cake$[/caption] Directors Guild of America President Thomas Schlamme announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, and also for First-Time Feature Film Director for 2017. “2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the DGA Awards, and filmmaking has reached new heights with each passing year. These nominees embody the excellence that comes to life when unique vision, craft and skill come together in pursuit of masterful storytelling,” said Schlamme. “Being nominated by their peers is what makes this award especially meaningful for directors, and I congratulate all of the nominees for their outstanding work.”

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

    The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2017 are (in alphabetical order): 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. GRETA GERWIG Lady Bird (A24) Ms. Gerwig’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Lila Yacoub, Danielle Blumstein, Jamin O’Brien (New York Crew) First Assistant Directors: Jonas Spaccarotelli, Cedric Vara (New York Crew) Second Assistant Directors: Brendan Lee, Dana Zolli (New York Crew) Second Second Assistant Directors: Lillian Awa, Teri Barber This is Ms. Gerwig’s first DGA Award nomination. MARTIN McDONAGH Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. McDonagh’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Bergen Swanson Assistant Unit Production Manager: Peggy Robinson First Assistant Director: Peter Kohn Second Assistant Director: Paula Case Second Second Assistant Director: Spencer Taylor This is Mr. McDonagh’s first DGA Award nomination. CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Dunkirk (Warner Bros.) Mr. Nolan’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: David Witz, Christine Raspillere (France Unit), Chris Brock (UK Unit), Nicky Tüske (Netherlands Unit) First Assistant Directors: Nilo Otero, William Pruss (France Unit), Willem Quarles van Ufford (Netherlands Unit) Second Assistant Director: Eric Lasko, Nicolas Baldino (France Unit), Alexis Chelli (France Unit), Clément Comet (France Unit) Second Second Assistant Director: Alina Gatti This is Mr. Nolan’s fourth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated for Inception in 2010, for The Dark Knight in 2008 and for Memento in 2001. 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 Engler (New York Unit) This is one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Peele. He is also nominated in the First-Time Feature Film category for Get Out.

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film

    The nominees for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director for 2017 are (in alphabetical order): GEREMY JASPER Patti Cake$ (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. Jasper’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Sara Blechman First Assistant Director: Inna Braude Second Assistant Director: Natasha Rivera Second Second Assistant Director: Lucas Isabella Additional Second Second Assistant Director: Alice Johnson This is Mr. Jasper’s first DGA Award nomination. WILLIAM OLDROYD Lady Macbeth (Roadside Attractions) Mr. Oldroyd’s Directorial Team: Production Manager: Robert K. Harm Unit Manager: Eugene Galbrath First Assistant Director: George Every Second Assistant Director: Richard Stanley Jan Harris This is Mr. Oldroyd’s first DGA Award nomination. 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 Engler (New York Unit) This is one of two DGA Award nominations this year for Mr. Peele. He is also nominated in the Feature Film category for Get Out. TAYLOR SHERIDAN Wind River (Acacia Entertainment) Mr. Sheridan’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: Christopher H. Warner First Assistant Director: Nicolas Harvard Second Assistant Director: Jason Altieri Second Second Assistant Director: Kristina Massie This is Mr. Sheridan’s first DGA Award nomination. AARON SORKIN Molly’s Game (STX Entertainment) Mr. Sorkin’s Directorial Team: Unit Production Managers: Lyn Lucibello-Brancatella, Stuart M. Besser, Michael Beugg (Los Angeles Unit) Assistant Unit Production Manager: Bart Lipton (Los Angeles Unit) First Assistant Director: Walter Gasparovic Second Assistant Directors: Penny Charter, Travis Rehwaldt (New York Unit), Paula Case (Los Angeles Unit) Second Second Assistant Directors: Conor Griff (New York Unit), Drew Ritson (New York Unit), Bryan Snodgrass (Los Angeles Unit) Location Manager: Dena Ghieth (New York Unit) This is Mr. Sorkin’s first DGA Award nomination.

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  • THE SHAPE OF WATER Leads Nominations for 2017 BAFTA Awards

    [caption id="attachment_25167" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Shape Of Water 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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  • THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Leads 38th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations

    [caption id="attachment_23572" align="aligncenter" width="1000"]THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri[/caption] Martin McDonagh’s drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri lead the nominations for the 38th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with seven nominations, including Film, Director, Screenwriter, Actress for Frances McDormand, and Supporting Actor for both Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson. In addition, as a British production the film is nominated for British/Irish Film of the Year. Following close behind with six nominations each are William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread. Four films earned five nominations each: Luca Guagadino’s Call Me By Your Name, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, Paul King’s Paddington 2, and Francis Lee’s God’s Own Country. The 10 films contending for Film of the Year are Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Florida Project, Get Out, God’s Own Country, Lady Bird, Loveless, Phantom Thread, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The winners will be announced at a gala ceremony on Sunday, January 28th at The May Fair Hotel, at which Kate Winslet will receive the critics’ highest honor, The Dilys Powell Award for Excellence in Film. Full List of Nominations: FILM OF THE YEAR Call Me By Your Name Dunkirk The Florida Project Get Out God’s Own Country Lady Bird Loveless Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR Aquarius Elle The Handmaiden Loveless Raw DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR 78/52 Human Flow I Am Not Your Negro Jane The Work BRITISH/IRISH FILM OF THE YEAR: The Attenborough Award Dunkirk God’s Own Country Lady Macbeth Paddington 2 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Sean Baker – The Florida Project Guillermo Del Toro – The Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird James Ivory – Call Me By Your Name Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jordan Peele – Get Out ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water Isabelle Huppert – Elle Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth ACTOR OF THE YEAR Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread James Franco – The Disaster Artist Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Lily Gladstone – Certain Women Holly Hunter – The Big Sick Allison Janney – I, Tonya Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project Hugh Grant – Paddington 2 Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me By Your Name BRITISH/IRISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR Emily Beecham – Daphne Judi Dench – Victoria & Abdul/Murder on the Orient Express Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water/Maudie/Paddington 2 Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird/Loving Vincent BRITISH/IRISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread Colin Farrell – The Killing of a Sacred Deer/The Beguiled Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out Josh O’Connor – God’s Own Country Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour/The Space Between Us YOUNG BRITISH/IRISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats Tom Holland – The Lost City of Z/Spider-Man: Homecoming Noah Jupe – Suburbicon/Wonder/The Man With the Iron Heart Dafne Keen – Logan Fionn Whitehead – Dunkirk BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH/IRISH FILMMAKER: The Philip French Award Alice Birch – Lady Macbeth Simon Farnaby – Paddington 2/Mindhorn Francis Lee – God’s Own Country Rungano Nyoni – I Am Not a Witch William Oldroyd – Lady Macbeth BRITISH/IRISH SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR The Cloud of Unknowing – Mike Hannon The Dog and the Elephant – Mike Sharpe Tuesday – Charlotte Wells We Love Moses – Dionne Edwards Your Mother and I – Anna Maguire TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Baby Driver – Darrin Prescott, stunts Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner, production design Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer, music God’s Own Country – Joshua James Richards, cinematography Lady Macbeth – Holly Waddington, costumes The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji, cinematography The Love Witch – Emma Willis, hair & makeup Paddington 2 – Pablo Grillo, visual effects Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges, costumes Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Ben Morris, visual effects EXCELLENCE IN FILM: The Dilys Powell Award Kate Winslet  

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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 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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  • Toronto Film Critics Association Names THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Film of 2017

    [caption id="attachment_23729" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Florida Project THE FLORIDA PROJECT[/caption] The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s drama about kids growing up fast in a welfare motel in the shadow of Disney World, was named the year’s Best Picture winner by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Willem Dafoe was chosen Best Supporting Actor for his role as the empathetic motel manager. Greta Gerwig was named Best Director for her coming-of-age comedic drama, Lady Bird, while the film’s co-star Laurie Metcalf, was chosen Best Supporting Actress. The TFCA chose Frances McDormand as Best Actress for her portrayal of a driven and tormented mother in Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Faces Places, a whimsical journey through France directed by Agnès Varda and muralist JR, was given the Allan King Documentary Film Award. Art-world satire The Square, directed by Ruben Östlund, was chosen Best Foreign-Language film. Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner, based on Canadian author Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel about an 11-year-old Afghan girl who provides for her family in difficult times, was named Best Animated Feature. The membership also chose the three finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award: Hello Destroyer directed by Kevan Funk, Werewolf directed by Ashley McKenzie and Wexford Plaza directed by Joyce Wong. The winner will be named at the 21st TFCA awards gala, to be held in Toronto, on January 9, 2018, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. Other awards include the 2017 recipient of the Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award is Inuk director, producer and writer Zacharias Kunuk. Kunuk has earned international acclaim for his dramatic work, including winning the prestigious Caméra d’Or for Best First Feature at Cannes 2001 for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner. He has chosen Montreal-based Inuk filmmaker and visual artist Isabella Weetaluktuk to receive $50,000 worth of services from Technicolor. She will accept the award at the gala. Weetaluktuk, a graduate of NSCAD University in Halifax, premiered her short Three Thousand, her first film with the National Film Board, at the 18th annual imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in October.

    2017 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:

    BEST PICTURE “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) BEST ACTOR Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Runners-up Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) Gary Oldman “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features) BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Runners-up Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water” (Fox Searchlight) Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe “The Florida Project” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Fox Searchlight) Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name” (Mongrel Media) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laurie Metcalf “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Allison Janney, “I, Tonya” (VVS Films) Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) BEST DIRECTOR Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread” (Focus Features) Jordan Peele, “Get Out” (Universal Pictures) BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL “Get Out” by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Bird” by Greta Gerwig (Elevation Pictures) “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” by Martin McDonagh (Fox Searchlight) BEST FIRST FEATURE “Get Out” directed by Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures) Runners-up “Lady Macbeth” directed by William Oldroyd (D Films) “Werewolf,” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “The Breadwinner” (Elevation Pictures) Runners-up “Coco” (Disney/Pixar) “Window Horses” (Mongrel Media) BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM “The Square” (The Archive of Film Inc.) Runners-up “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) “Loveless” (Mongrel Media) ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY FILM AWARD “Faces Places” (Cohen Media Group) Runners-up “Jane” (National Geographic) “Kedi” (Blue Ice Docs) ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS “Hello Destroyer” directed by Kevan Funk (Northern Banner) “Werewolf” directed by Ashley McKenzie (grassfire films) “Wexford Plaza” directed by Joyce Wong (LevelFILM)

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  • GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, LADY MACBETH Win Big at 2017 British Independent Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_19901" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]God's Own Country God’s Own Country[/caption] The 2017 British Independent Film Awards took place today in London and God’s Own Country was awarded the top prize Best British Independent Film. The film also walked with awards for Best Actor for Josh O’Connor, Debut Screenwriter for Francis Lee and Best Sound. Other big winners include Lady Macbeth which snagged the awards for Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Screenplay, Most Promising Newcomer for Naomi Ackie, and Best Actress for Florence Pugh.

    2017 British Independent Film Awards Winners

    Best Casting SARAH CROWE for The Death of Stalin Best Cinematography sponsored by Blackmagic Design ARI WEGNER for Lady Macbeth Best Costume Design HOLLY WADDINGTON for Lady Macbeth Best Editing JON GREGORY for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Effects NICK ALLDER and BEN WHITE for The Ritual Best Make Up & Hair Design NICOLE STAFFORD for The Death of Stalin Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group CARTER BURWELL for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Production Design CRISTINA CASALI for The Death of Stalin Best Sound ANNA BERTMARK for God’s Own Country Debut Screenwriter FRANCIS LEE for God’s Own Country The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) RUNGANO NYONI for I Am Not A Witch Best Documentary ALMOST HEAVEN, dir: Carol Salter Breakthrough Producer EMILY MORGAN for I Am Not A Witch Best International Independent Film GET OUT, dir: Jordan Peele Best British Short Film FISH STORY Most Promising Newcomer NAOMI ACKIE for Lady Macbeth Best Screenplay ALICE BIRCH for Lady Macbeth Best Actress FLORENCE PUGH for Lady Macbeth Best Actor JOSH O’CONNOR for God’s Own Country Best Director RUNGANO NYONI for I Am Not A Witch Best British Independent Film GOD’S OWN COUNTRY

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  • THE SQUARE Sweeps 2017 European Film Awards, Wins Best Film, Best Director

    [caption id="attachment_22898" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Square Ruben Ostlunds The Square[/caption] The Square written and directed by Ruben Östlund is the big winner at this year’s 2017 European Film Awards held today in Berlin, winning 6 major awards including Best Film, Best Comedy, Best Director and Best Director for Ruben Östlund; and Best Actor for Claes Bang.

    2017 European Film Awards Winners

    EUROPEAN FILM 2017 THE SQUARE WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN COMEDY 2017 THE SQUARE WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2017 – Prix FIPRESCI LADY MACBETH DIRECTED BY William Oldroyd WRITTEN BY Alice Birch EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2017 COMMUNION WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Anna Zamecka EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 2017 LOVING VINCENT DIRECTED BY Dorota Kobiela & Hugh Welchman WRITTEN BY Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman & Jacek Dehnel ANIMATION: Dorota Kobiela & Łukasz Mackiewicz EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2017 TIMECODE by Juanjo Giménez EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2017 Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2017 Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL EUROPEAN ACTOR 2017 Claes Bang in THE SQUARE EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2017 Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 2017 – Prix CARLO DI PALMA Michail Krichman for LOVELESS EUROPEAN EDITOR 2017 Robin Campillo for BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER 2017 Josefin Åsberg for THE SQUARE EUROPEAN COSTUME DESIGNER 2017 Katarzyna Lewińska for SPOOR EUROPEAN HAIR & MAKE-UP ARTIST 2017 Leendert van Nimwegen for BRIMSTONE EUROPEAN COMPOSER 2017 Evgueni & Sacha Galperine for LOVELESS EUROPEAN SOUND DESIGNER 2017 Oriol Tarragó for A MONSTER CALLS EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Aleksandr Sokurov EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA Julie Delpy EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD 2017 – Prix EURIMAGES Cedomir Kolar PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2017 for Best European Film STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE (VOR DER MORGENRÖTE) DIRECTED BY Maria Schrader WRITTEN BY Maria Schrader & Jan Schomburg

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  • National Board of Review Announces 2017 Award Winners – THE POST, LADY BIRD, JANE and More…

    [caption id="attachment_24371" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig Lady Bird[/caption] The National Board of Review today named THE POST as Best Film of the Year, Greta Gerwig as Best Director of the Year for LADY BIRD, FOXTROT for Best Foreign Language Film, and JANE for Best Documentary. NBR President Annie Schulhof said, “THE POST is a beautifully crafted film that deeply resonates at this moment in time. We are so thrilled to award it our best film as well as to honor the wonderfully talented Greta Gerwig as our Best Director.” The National Board of Review’s awards celebrate excellence in filmmaking with categories that include Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress, Best Original and Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Performance, and Directorial Debut, as well as signature honors such as the Freedom of Expression and the NBR Spotlight Award. The honorees will be feted at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, hosted by Willie Geist, on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Cipriani 42nd Street. Below is a full list of the 2017 award recipients, announced by the National Board of Review: Best Film: THE POST Best Director: Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD Best Actor: Tom Hanks, THE POST Best Actress: Meryl Streep, THE POST Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe, THE FLORIDA PROJECT Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf, LADY BIRD Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, THE DISASTER ARTIST Best Animated Feature: COCO Breakthrough Performance: Timothée Chalamet, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Best Directorial Debut: Jordan Peele, GET OUT Best Foreign Language Film: FOXTROT Best Documentary: JANE Best Ensemble: GET OUT Spotlight Award: WONDER WOMAN, Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot NBR Freedom of Expression Award: FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER NBR Freedom of Expression Award: LET IT FALL: LOS ANGELES 1982-1992

    Top Films

    BABY DRIVER CALL ME BY YOUR NAME THE DISASTER ARTIST DOWNSIZING DUNKIRK THE FLORIDA PROJECT GET OUT LADY BIRD LOGAN PHANTOM THREAD

    Top 5 Foreign Language Films

    A FANTASTIC WOMAN FRANTZ LOVELESS SUMMER 1993 THE SQUARE

    Top 5 Documentaries

    ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL BRIMSTONE & GLORY ERIC CLAPTON: LIFE IN 12 BARS FACES PLACES HELL ON EARTH: THE FALL OF SYRIA AND THE RISE OF ISIS

    Top 10 Independent Films

    BEATRIZ AT DINNER BRIGSBY BEAR A GHOST STORY LADY MACBETH LOGAN LUCKY LOVING VINCENT MENASHE NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER PATTI CAKE$ WIND RIVER

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  • THE DEATH OF STALIN, LADY MACBETH Among First Winners of 2017 British Independent Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_23440" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]The Death of Stalin Directed by Armando Iannucci The Death of Stalin[/caption] The Death of Stalin, Lady Macbeth and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, got a jump start at the 2017 – British Independent Film Awards, winning much of the the nine newly created craft award categories. The winners of the 2017 – British Independent Film Awards, will be announced by host Mark Gatiss at the British Independent Film Awards Ceremony on Sunday December 10 at Old Billingsgate. Best Casting SARAH CROWE for The Death of Stalin Best Cinematography ARI WEGNER for Lady Macbeth Best Costume Design HOLLY WADDINGTON for Lady Macbeth Best Editing JON GREGORY for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Effects NICK ALLDER and BEN WHITE for The Ritual Best Make Up & Hair Design NICOLE STAFFORD for The Death of Stalin Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group CARTER BURWELL for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Production Design CRISTINA CASALI for The Death of Stalin Best Sound ANNA BERTMARK for God’s Own Country

    The nominees in the BIFA 2017 Craft categories were:

    Best Casting SHAHEEN BAIG Lady Macbeth SHAHEEN BAIG, LAYLA MERRICK-WOLF God’s Own Country * SARAH CROWE The Death of Stalin SARAH HALLEY FINN Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DEBBIE McWILLIAMS Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Best Cinematography sponsored by Blackmagic Design BEN DAVIS Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri DAVID GALLEGO I Am Not a Witch TAT RADCLIFFE Jawbone THOMAS RIEDELSHEIMER Leaning Into the Wind * ARI WEGNER Lady Macbeth Best Costume Design DINAH COLLIN My Cousin Rachel SUZIE HARMAN The Death of Stalin SANDY POWELL How to Talk to Girls at Parties HOLLY REBECCA I Am Not a Witch * HOLLY WADDINGTON Lady Macbeth Best Editing JOHNNY BURKE Williams DAVID CHARAP Jawbone * JON GREGORY Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri PETER LAMBERT The Death of Stalin JOE MARTIN Us and Them Best Effects * NICK ALLDER, BEN WHITE The Ritual LUKE DODD Journeyman RONALD GRAUER, BERNARD NEWTON The Death of Stalin DAN MARTIN Double Date CHRIS REYNOLDS Their Finest Best Make Up & Hair Design JULENE PATON I Am Not a Witch JAN SEWELL, MARK COULIER Breathe NADIA STACEY Journeyman * NICOLE STAFFORD The Death of Stalin SIAN WILSON Lady Macbeth Best Music sponsored by Universal Music Publishing Group * CARTER BURWELL Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri FRED FRITH Leaning into the Wind MATT KELLY I Am Not a Witch PAUL WELLER Jawbone CHRISTOPHER WILLIS The Death of Stalin Best Production Design JACQUELINE ABRAHAMS Lady Macbeth * CRISTINA CASALI The Death of Stalin JAMES MERIFIELD Final Portrait NATHAN PARKER I Am Not a Witch EVE STEWART Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool Best Sound * ANNA BERTMARK God’s Own Country MAIKEN HANSEN I Am Not a Witch ANDY SHELLEY, STEVE GRIFFITHS Jawbone JOAKIM SUNDSTRÖM Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri IAN WILSON, BECKI PONTING Breathe

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  • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Leads Nominations for 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

    Call Me By Your Name
    Call Me By Your Name

    Call Me by Your Name leads the nominations for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards with eight nods including Best Director and Best Feature. 

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  • ON BODY AND SOUL and THE SQUARE Lead Nominations for European Film Awards

    [caption id="attachment_20704" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Testről és lélekről On Body and Soul by Ildikó Enyedi ON BODY AND SOUL[/caption] Ildikó Enyedi’s ON BODY AND SOUL and Ruben Östlund’s social satire THE SQUARE, lead the nominations for the 30th European Film Awards with four nominations each, including Best European Film, Best European Director and Best European Screenwriter, as well actress Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL and actor Claes Bang in THE SQUARE. Two films have garnered three nominations each: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s LOVELESS, and Yorgos Lanthimos’ family drama THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER.  LOVELESS is nominated for European Film, as well as Zvyagintsev for directing and together with Oleg Negin as screenwriter. Yorgos Lanthimos is nominated for director and, shared with co-author Efthimis Filippou, as screenwriter. Colin Farrell is nominated as actor in the film. Aki Kaurismäki’s refugee melodrama THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE is nominated for European Film and directing. The remaining film nominated for European Film is Robin Campillo’s AIDS drama BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE), actor Nahuel Pérez Biscayart received a nomination as well. Nominees for Best Documentary include AUSTERLITZ by Sergei Loznitsa (Germany); COMMUNION (Komunia) by Anna Zamecka (Poland); LA CHANA by Lucija Stojevic (Spain, Iceland, USA); STRANGER IN PARADISE by Guido Hendrikx (the Netherlands) and THE GOOD POSTMAN by Tonislav Hristov (Finland, Bulgaria). The winners will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.

    European Film Awards 2017 Nominations

    EUROPEAN FILM 2017

    BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE France 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Robin Campillo PRODUCED BY Marie-Ange Luciani & Hugues Charbonneau LOVELESS НЕЛЮБОВЬ (NELYUBOV) Russia, Belgium, Germany, France 127 min DIRECTED BY Andrey Zvyagintsev WRITTEN BY Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev PRODUCED BY Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov & Gleb Fetisov ON BODY AND SOUL TESTRŐL ÉS LÉLEKRŐL Hungary 116 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ildikó Enyedi PRODUCED BY Mónika Mécs, András Muhi & Ernö Mesterházy THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN Finland, Germany 100 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Aki Kaurismäki THE SQUARE Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark 145 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Ruben Östlund PRODUCED BY Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober

    EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY 2017

    AUSTERLITZ Germany 94 min WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY Sergei Loznitsa COMMUNION KOMUNIA Poland 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Anna Zamecka PRODUCED BY Anna Wydra, Anna Zamecka, Zuzanna Krol, Izabela Lopuch & Hanka Kastelicová LA CHANA Spain, Iceland, USA 86 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Lucija Stojevic PRODUCED BY Lucija Stojevic, Greta Olafsdottir, Deirdre Towers & Susan Muska STRANGER IN PARADISE Netherlands 72 min WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY Guido Hendrikx PRODUCED BY Frank van den Engel THE GOOD POSTMAN Finland, Bulgaria 80 min DIRECTED BY Tonislav Hristov WRITTEN BY: Tonislav Hristov, Lubomir Tsvetkov PRODUCED BY Kaarle Aho & Kai Nordberg

    EUROPEAN DIRECTOR 2017

    Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Aki Kaurismäki for THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE Yorgos Lanthimos for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESS

    EUROPEAN ACTRESS 2017

    Paula Beer in FRANTZ Juliette Binoche in BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN Alexandra Borbély in ON BODY AND SOUL Isabelle Huppert in HAPPY END Florence Pugh in LADY MACBETH

    EUROPEAN ACTOR 2017

    Claes Bang in THE SQUARE Colin Farrell in THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Josef Hader in STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE Nahuel Pérez Biscayart in BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) Jean-Louis Trintignant in HAPPY END

    EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER 2017

    Ildikó Enyedi for ON BODY AND SOUL Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Oleg Negin & Andrey Zvyagintsev for LOVELESS Ruben Östlund for THE SQUARE François Ozon for FRANTZ

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  • Lady Macbeth Leads with 15 Nominations for 2017 British Independent Film Awards | Complete List

    [caption id="attachment_19551" align="aligncenter" width="1200"]Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth[/caption] Lady Macbeth topped the list of nominations for the 2017 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) with 15 nominations including Best British Independent Film.  The Death of Stalin, I Am Not a Witch follow with 13 nominations each; and God’s Own Country and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri each nominated 11 times. Overall, debut features dominate the nominations list, with the first-time writers, producers and directors of Lady Macbeth, I Am Not a Witch and God’s Own Country all recognized in the three newcomer categories – Debut Screenwriter, Breakthrough Producer  and The Douglas Hickox Award for Best Debut Director – as well as Best Screenplay, Best Director and Best British Independent Film. Past BIFA winners Armando Iannucci and Martin McDonagh are the writer-directors of this year’s other two Best British Independent Film nominees, The Death of Stalin and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Both films have two nominees in the Best Supporting Actor category, with The Death of Stalin’s Simon Russell Beale and Steve Buscemi taking on Three Billboards’ Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. Frances McDormand is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Three Billboards and Andrea Riseborough for Supporting Actress for The Death of Stalin. Both films also have nominations for Best Director, Best Screenplay. Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool has four nominations including two for past BIFA winners Jamie Bell and Julie Walters, nominated for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Gary Oldman will receive The Variety Award at the ceremony.The Variety Award recognizes a director, actor, writer or producer who has made a global impact and helped to focus the international spotlight on the UK. Past winners include Kate Winslet, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Greengrass, Jude Law, Kenneth Branagh, Liam Neeson, Sir Michael Caine, Naomie Harris, Daniel Craig, Helen Mirren and Richard Curtis. Winners will be announced by host Mark Gatiss at the British Independent Film Awards Ceremony on Sunday December 10 at Old Billingsgate.

    Best British Independent Film

    The Death of Stalin God’s Own Country I Am Not a Witch Lady Macbeth Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Best International Independent Film

    The Florida Project Get Out I Am Not Your Negro Loveless The Square

    Best Director

    Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth)

    Best Screenplay

    Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin (The Death of Stalin) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch)

    Best Actress

    Emily Beecham (Daphne) Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Margaret Mulubwa (I Am Not a Witch) Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) Ruth Wilson (Dark River)

    Best Actor

    Jamie Bell (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool) Paddy Considine (Journeyman) Johnny Harris (Jawbone) Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country) Alec Secareanu (God’s Own Country)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) Patricia Clarkson (The Party) Kelly MacDonald (Goodbye Christopher Robin) Andrea Riseborough (The Death of Stalin) Julie Walters (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool)

    Best Supporting Actor

    Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) Steve Buscemi (The Death of Stalin) Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Ian Hart (God’s Own Country) Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)

    Most Promising Newcomer sponsored by The London EDITION

    Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) Harry Gilby (Just Charlie) Cosmo Jarvis (Lady Macbeth) Harry Michell (Chubby Funny) Lily Newmark (Pin Cushion)

    The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

    Deborah Haywood (Pin Cushion) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Thomas Napper (Jawbone) Rungani Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch) William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth)

    Debut Screenwriter

    Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) Gaby Chiappe (Their Finest) Johnny Harris (Jawbone) Francis Lee (God’s Own Country) Rungani Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch)

    Breakthrough Producer

    Gavin Humphries (Pin Cushion) Emily Morgan (I Am Not a Witch) Brendan Mullin, Katy Jackson (Bad Day For The Cut) Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Lady Macbeth) Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson (God’s Own Country)

    The Discovery Award

    Even When I Fall Halfway In Another Life Isolani R My Pure Land

    Best Documentary

    Almost Heaven Half Way Kingdom Of Us Uncle Howard Williams

    Best British Short Film

    1745 Fish Story The Entertainer Work Wren Boys

    Best Cinematography

    Ben Davis (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) David Gallego (I Am Not a Witch) Tat Radcliffe (Jawbone) Thomas Riedelsheimer (Leaning Into the Wind) Ari Wegner (Lady Macbeth)

    Best Casting

    Shaheen Baig (Lady Macbeth) Shaheen Baig, layla Merrick-Wolf (God’s Own Country) Sarah Crowe (The Death of Stalin) Sarah Halley Finn (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Debbie McWilliams (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool)

    Best Costume Design

    Dinah Collin (My Cousin Rachel) Suzie Harman (The Death of Stalin) Sandy Powell (How to Talk to Girls at Parties) Holly Rebecca (I Am Not a Witch) Holly Waddington (Lady Macbeth)

    Best Editing

    Johnny Burke (Williams) David Charap (Jawbone) Jon Gregory (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Peter Lambert (The Death of Stalin) Joe Martin (Us And Them)

    Best Effects

    Nick Allder, Ben White (The Ritual) Luke Dodd (Journeyman) Effects team (The Death of Stalin) Dan Martin (Double Date) Chris Reynolds (Their Finest)

    Best Make Up & Hair Design

    Julene Paton (I Am Not a Witch) Jan Sewell (Breathe) Nadia Stacey (Journeyman) Nicole Stafford (The Death of Stalin) Sian Wilson (Lady Macbeth)

    Best Music

    Carter Burwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Fred Frith (Leaning Into The Wind) Matt Kelly (I Am Not a Witch) Paul Weller (Jawbone) Christopher Willis (The Death of Stalin)

    Best Production Design

    Jacqueline Abrahams (Lady Macbeth) Cristina Casali (The Death of Stalin) James Merifield (Final Portrait) Nathan Parker (I Am Not a Witch) Eve Stewart (Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool)

    Best Sound

    Anna Bertmark (God’s Own Country) Maiken Hansen (I Am Not a Witch) Andy Shelley, Steve Griffiths (Jawbone) Joakim Sundström (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Sound team (Breathe)

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