Saturday, December 21, 2013

Down to 9 Films for "Foreign Language Film" Oscar in 2014

9 Foreign Language Films Advance in Oscar® Race

BEVERLY HILLS, CA —Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category.

The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are:

Belgium, "The Broken Circle Breakdown," Felix van Groeningen, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, "An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker," Danis Tanovic, director;

Cambodia, "The Missing Picture," Rithy Panh, director;

Denmark, "The Hunt," Thomas Vinterberg, director;

Germany, "Two Lives," Georg Maas, director;

Hong Kong, "The Grandmaster," Wong Kar-wai, director;

Hungary, "The Notebook," Janos Szasz, director;

Italy, "The Great Beauty," Paolo Sorrentino, director;

Palestine, "Omar," Hany Abu-Assad, director.

End of List

Foreign Language Film nominations for 2013 are being determined in two phases.

The Phase I committee, consisting of several hundred Los Angeles-based Academy members, screened the original submissions in the category between mid-October and December 16.  The group's top six choices, augmented by three additional selections voted by the Academy's Foreign Language Film Award Executive Committee, constitute the shortlist.

The shortlist will be winnowed down to the five nominees by specially invited committees in New York and Los Angeles.  They will spend Friday, January 10, through Sunday, January 12, viewing three films each day and then casting their ballots.

The 86th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2013 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® and televised live on the ABC Television Network.  The presentation, produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.


Friday, December 20, 2013

2013 EDA Awards Nominations - Complete List

[Editor's note: The EDA Award winners were announced today, Friday, December 20, 2013.  I list them some time this weekend.]

According the organization’s website, The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), was founded in 2006.  The membership is made up of “highly qualified professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media.”  Its state purpose is to “support work by and about women - both in front of and behind the cameras - through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.”

2013 EDA Award Nominees:
With sincerest appreciation of all the great work that’s been done in film this year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2013 EDA Awards.

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

BEST FILM
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR (Female or Male) 
Joel and Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Spike Jonze - Her
Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Alexander Payne – Nebraska
David O. Russell – American Hustle

BEST SCREENPLAY, ORIGINAL
American Hustle – Eric Singer and David O. Russell
Enough Said – Nicole Holofcener
Her – Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel and Ethan Cohen
Nebraska – Bob Nelson

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED 
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope – Philomena
Daniel Cretton – Short Term 12
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Spectacular Now
Billy Ray – Captain Phillips
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer
After Tiller – Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
20 Feet From Stardom – Morgan Neville
Blackfish - Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Stories We Tell – Sarah Polley

BEST ANIMATED FILM 
The Croods – Kirk DeMicco and Chris Sanders
Despicable Me 2 - Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud
Frozen – Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck
The Wind Rises - Hayao Miyazaki

BEST ACTRESS 
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Emma Thompson – Saving Mr. Banks

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Scarlett Johanson - Her
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Lupita Nyong’o - 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey – Lee Daniels’ The Butler

BEST ACTOR
Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Joaquin Phoenix - Her
Robert Redford – All is Lost

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Bobby Cannavale – Blue Jasmine
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte - Nebraska

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
12 Years A Slave
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Nebraska

BEST EDITING
12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
American Hustle – Alan Baumgarten, Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers
Captain Phillips – Christopher Rouse
Gravity - Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger
Rush - Daniel P. Henley

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
12 Years A Slave – Sean Bobbit
All is Lost – Frank G. DeMarco and Peter Zuccarini
Gravity - Emmanuel Lubezki
Nebraska - Phedon Papamichael
Prisoners - Roger Deakins

BEST MUSIC OR SCORE
12 Years A Slave – Hans Zimmer
Gravity - Steve Price
Inside Llewyn Davis – T-Bone Burnett
Her - Arcade Fire
Nebraska – Mark Orton

BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
Blue Is The Warmest Color – Abdellatif Kechiche – France
The Grandmaster – Wong Kar-Wai – Hong Kong
The Hunt – Thomas Vinterberg – Denmark
The Past – Asghar Farhadi – Iran
Wadjda – Haifaa Al-Mansour - Saudi Arabia

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
These awards honor WOMEN only.

BEST WOMAN DIRECTOR 
Lake Bell – In A World
Gabriele Cowperthwaite – Blackfish
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Jennifer Lee - Frozen
Sarah Polley – Stories We Tell

BEST WOMAN SCREENWRITER 
Lake Bell – In A World
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Jennifer Lee – Frozen
Sarah Polley – Stories We Tell

KICK ASS AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE ACTION STAR
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Jennifer Lawrence - The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Chloe Grace Moretz - Kick Ass 2

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE 
Anna (Kristen Bell) in Frozen
Eep (Emma Stone) in The Croods
Elsa (Idina Menzel) in Frozen

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE 
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years A Slave
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now

ACTRESS DEFYIG AGE AND AGISM 
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Judi Dench – Philomena
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County

AWFJ FEMALE ICON AWARD:
(Presented to an actress for the portrayal of the most positive female role model, or for a role in which she takes personal and/or career risks to plumb the female psyche and therefore gives us courage to plumb our own, and/or for putting forth the image of a woman who is heroic, accomplished, persistent, demands her rights and/or the rights of others.)

Sandra Bullock for the strong, capable and very positive female image presented in ‘Gravity’

Angelina Jolie for continued commitments to humanitarian causes, and for promoting awareness about breast cancer.

Jennifer Lawrence for ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire,’ and for handling her high degree of celebrity extremely well.

THIS YEAR’S OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT By A Woman In The Film Industry:
(Presented only when warranted to a female who has had a banner-making, record-breaking, industry-changing achievement during any given year — such as Kathryn Bigelow’s Best Director Oscar win, or for an actress having multiple outstanding films released during one year.)

Haaifa Al-Mansour for challenging the limitations placed on women within her culture.

Cheryl Boone Isaac for becoming President of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Jahane Noujaim for risking life and limb to document the Egyptian revolution in ‘The Square’

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ HALL OF SHAME AWARD 
The Counselor – Ridley Scott
Grown Ups 2 – Dennis Dugan
Movie 43 - Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Dundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, Will Graham, James Gun, Brett Ratner, Jonathan van Tulleken, Bob Odenkirk

ACTRESS MOST IN NEED OF A NEW AGENT 
Cameron Diaz, The Counselor
Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgins, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine – Spring Breakers
Melissa McCarthy – Identity Thief, The Heat

MOVE YOU WANTED TO LOVE but Just Couldn’t Award
All is Lost
Blue Is The Warmest Color
The Counselor

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT AWARD
Gravity – George Clooney reappears
12 Years A Slave – Patsy pleads for soap
Her – Phone sex sequences
Nebraska – “That’s not my air compressor”
12 Years A Slave – Solomon hanging

BEST DEPICTION OF NUDITY, SEXUALITY, OR SEDUCTION AWARD
Blue Is The Warmest Color Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos
Her Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix
The Spectacular Now – Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller

SEQUEL OR REMAKE THAT SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN MADE AWARD
Carrie
Grown Ups 2
The Hangover
Kick Ass
Oz, Great and Powerful

MOST EGREGIOUS AGE DIFFERENCE Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award:
August: Osage County – Dermot Mulroney and Abigail Breslin
The Invisible Women – Ralph Feinnes and Felicity Jones
Last Vegas – Michael Douglas and Bree Blair
The Lifeguard – Kristen Bell and David Lambert
Oblivion – Tom Cruise and Andrea Reisborough/Olga Kurylenko

http://awfj.org/

END

Sandra Bullock Among Stars to Appear at 2014 People's Choice Awards

Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera, Sandra Bullock, Ellen DeGeneres, LL COOL J, Josh Holloway and Many More to Attend PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2014

People’s Choice Awards To Air Live on CBS Wednesday, January 8, 2014

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jessica Alba, Christina Aguilera, Sandra Bullock, Kaley Cuoco, Ellen DeGeneres, Emily Deschanel, Roma Downey, Marg Helgenberger, Josh Holloway, LL COOL J, Chris O’Donnell, Michael Weatherly and many more are scheduled to attend PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2014, to be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8 (9:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, hosted by Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs (2 Broke Girls).

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014, which is Executive Produced by Mark Burnett and Jane Mun, will feature performances of the Grammy-nominated song “Brave” by Sara Bareilles and the chart-topping single “Counting Stars” from OneRepublic. The live show will also feature comedy pre-tapes starring the host and a series of special guests. All PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014 winners will receive a Waterford Crystal trophy, individually handcrafted in Ireland by Waterford, the official trophy designer and manufacturer of the People’s Choice Awards.

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2014 winners, nominees and categories are determined by the fans who thus far, have logged a record-breaking half a billion votes. The categories of “Favorite New TV Comedy,” “Favorite New TV Drama,” and “Favorite Music Fan Following” remain open for voting at http://www.PeoplesChoice.com/pca/vote/ until show night.

ABOUT PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Now in its 40th year, the People’s Choice Awards continues to be the only major awards show voted on entirely by the public for fan favorites in music, movies and television. The People’s Choice official website at www.PeoplesChoice.com houses the voting platform where fans determine the categories, nominees and winners for the annual awards show. Every year, potential nominees are determined by national ratings averages, box-office grosses, music sales, social media presence and PeoplesChoice.com data, then vetted through EPoll Market Research. Fred Nelson is the President of People’s Choice, Mark Burnett and Jane Mun are the Executive Producers and the awards show is produced by Procter & Gamble Productions, Inc. [NYSE:PG].

CHEAT TWEET: Tune in to CBS on Jan 8 to see @jessicaalba @xtina @TheEllenShow @LLCoolJ and more! #PeoplesChoice

Website: http://www.PeoplesChoice.com

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Dallas-Fort Worth Critics Name "12 Years a Slave" Best Film of 2013

by Amos Semien

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association named 12 Years a Slave the "Best Film" of 2013, one of three honors the film earned.  The critics group spread out the prizes with Gravity winning three honors and Dallas Buyers Club winning two for acting:  Matthew McConaughey (Best Actor) and Jared Leto (Best Supporting Actor).

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association is also known as the DFW Film Critics Association.  The group describes itself as a not-for-profit, unincorporated voluntary organization of print, broadcast and internet film critics based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and greater North Texas who meet its membership criteria.  The DFW Film Critics Association currently consists of 29 broadcast, print, and online journalists from throughout North Texas.

The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 20th Annual Critics’ Poll:

Top 10 Films of 2013:
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Gravity
3. Nebraska
4. American Hustle
5. Dallas Buyers Club
6. Her
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Inside Llewyn Davis
9. Captain Phillips
10. Mud

Best Actor 2013:
1. Matthew McConaughey for DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
2. Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3. Bruce Dern for NEBRASKA
4. Tom Hanks for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
5. Leonardo DiCaprio for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Actress 2013:
1. Cate Blanchett for BLUE JASMINE
2. Sandra Bullock for GRAVITY
3. Judi Dench for PHILOMENA
4. Meryl Streep for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
5. Emma Thompson for SAVING MR. BANKS

Best Supporting Actor 2013:
1. Jared Leto for DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
2. Michael Fassbender for 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3. Barkhad Abdi for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
4. Daniel Bruhl for RUSH
5. Jonah Hill for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Supporting Actress 2013:
1. Lupita Nyong’o for 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2. June Squibb for NEBRASKA
3. Jennifer Lawrence for AMERICAN HUSTLE
4. Julia Roberts for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
5. Sally Hawkins for BLUE JASMINE

Best Director 2013:
1. Alfonso Cuaron for GRAVITY
2. Steve McQueen for 12 YEARS A SLAVE
3. Alexander Payne for NEBRASKA
4. David O. Russell for AMERICAN HUSTLE
5. Martin Scorsese for THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Foreign-Language Film 2013:
1. BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
2. THE HUNT
3. THE GREAT BEAUTY
4. THE WIND RISES
5. THE GRANDMASTER

Best Documentary Film 2013:
1. TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM
2. THE ACT OF KILLING
3. STORIES WE TELL
4. BLACKFISH
5. THE GATEKEEPERS

Best Animated Film 2013:
1. FROZEN
2. DESPICABLE ME 2

Best Screenplay 2013:
1. John Ridley for 12 YEARS A SLAVE
2. TIE: Bob Nelson for NEBRASKA and Spike Jonze for HER

Best Cinematography 2013:
1. Emmanuel Lubezki for GRAVITY
2. Sean Bobbitt for 12 YEARS A SLAVE

Best Musical Score 2013:
Steven Price for GRAVITY

Russell Smith Award: FRUITVALE STATION
(The award is named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.)

END


Thursday, December 19, 2013

18th Satellite Awards Nominations - Motion Picture Categories

by Amos Semien

The International Press Academy (IPA) is an entertainment media association with voting members worldwide who represent domestic and foreign markets via print, television, radio, blogs, and other content platforms for virtually every notable outlet.

Each year the IPA honors artistic excellence in the areas of Motion Pictures, Television, Radio, and New Media via the Satellite® Awards.

The 18th Satellite Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, February 23, 2014.  Nominations were announced Monday, December 2, 2013.

18th Satellite Awards nominations (for the year 2013):

MOTION PICTURE CATEGORIES:

Best Motion Picture:
Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
American Hustle - Sony
Gravity - Warner Bros.
Captain Phillips - Sony
The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics

Director:
Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
Ron Howard for Rush - Universal
Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Martin Scorsese for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Alfonso Cuaron for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Paul Greengrass for Captain Phillips - Sony
David O. Russell for American Hustle - Sony

Actress in a Motion Picture:
Meryl Streep for August: Osage County - The Weinstein Co.
Judi Dench for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
Sandra Bullock for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Amy Adams for American Hustle - Sony
Julia Louis-Dreyfus  Enough Said - Fox Searchlight
Adèle Exarchopoulos for Blue Is the Warmest Color - Sundance
Emma Thompson for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney

Actor in a Motion Picture:
Christian Bale for American Hustle - Sony
Tom Hanks for Captain Phillips - Sony
Robert Redford for All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Bruce Dern for Nebraska - Paramount Pictures
Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Forest Whitaker for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features
Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount

Actress in a Supporting Role:
Julia Roberts for August: Osage County - The Weinstein Co.
Léa Seydoux for Blue Is the Warmest Color - Sundance
June Squibb for Nebraska - Paramount
Oprah Winfrey for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Emily Watson for The Book Thief - 20th Century Fox
Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle - Sony

Actor in a Supporting Role:
Jake Gyllenhaal for Prisoners - Disney, Warner Bros.
Harrison Ford for 42 - Warner Bros.
Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club - Focus Features
Casey Affleck for Out of the Furnace - Relativity Media
Bradley Cooper for American Hustle - Sony
Ryan Gosling for The Place Beyond the Pines - Focus Features
Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Tom Hanks for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney

Motion Picture, International Film
Denmark - The Hunt
France - Blue Is the Warmest Color
South Africa - Four Corners
Serbia - Circles
Saudia Arabia - Wadjda
Iran - The Past
Italy - The Great Beauty
United Kingdom - Metro Manila
Belgium - The Broken Circle Breakdown
Israel - Bethlehem

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media:
Ernest & Celestine - GKIDS
Turbo - DreamWorks
The Wind Rises - Studio Ghibli
The Croods - 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks
Frozen - Disney
Epic - 20th Century Fox
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Sony
Monsters University - Disney*Pixar

Motion Picture, Documentary:
20 Feet from Stardom - Radius-TWC
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie - Ironbound Films
The Square - Netflix Originals, Noujaim Films, Participant
American Promise - Rada Film Group
The Act of Killing - Drafthouse Films
Blackfish - Magnolia Pictures
Stories We Tell - Roadside Attractions
Sound City - Roswell Films
Tim’s Vermeer - Sony Pictures Classics
After Tiller - Oscilloscope Pictures

Screenplay, Original:
Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said - Fox Searchlight
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films
Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine - Sony Pictures Classics
Spike Jonze for Her - Warner Bros.
Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
David O. Russell, Eric Singer for American Hustle - Sony

Screenplay, Adapted:
Billy Ray for Captain Phillips - Sony
Peter Berg for Lone Survivor - Universal
John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Terence Winter for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater for Before Midnight - Sony Pictures Classics
Jeff Pope, Steve Coogan for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.

Original Score:
Alexandre Desplat for Philomena - The Weinstein Co.
Hans Zimmer for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Arcade Fire for Her - Warner Bros.
Steven Price for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Theodore Shapiro for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - 20th Century Fox
John Williams for The Book Thief - 20th Century Fox

Original Song:
“Young and Beautiful” from The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
“Let It Go” from Frozen - Disney
“I See Fire” from The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug - Warner Bros.
“So You Know What It’s Like” from Short Term 12 - Cinedigm
“Happy” from Despicable Me 2 - Universal
“Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis - CBS Films

Cinematography:
Roger Deakins for Prisoners  Warner Bros.
Bruno Delbonnel for Inside Llewyn Davis  CBS Films
Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity  Warner Bros.
Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave  Fox Searchlight
Stuart Dryburgh for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty  20th Century Fox
Anthony Dod Mantle for Rush  Universal

Visual Effects:
Andrew R. Jones, Jessica Norman, Matt Johnson, Scott Farrar for World War Z  Paramount
Markus Manninen, Matt Baer for The Croods  20th Century Fox, DreamWorks
James Schwalm, Scott Stokdyk, Troy Saliba for Oz the Great and Powerful  Disney
Antoine Moulineau, Jody Johnson, Mark Hodgkins for Rush  Universal
Charles Howell, Chris Lawrence, Tim Webber for Gravity  Warner Bros.
Brendon O’Dell, Colin Davies, Robert Munroe for All Is Lost  Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions

Film Editing:
Thelma Schoonmaker for The Wolf of Wall Street - Paramount
Gary D. Roach, Joel Cox for Prisoners - Warner Bros.
Crispin Struthers, Jay Cassidy for American Hustle - Sony
Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill for Rush - Universal
Joe Walker for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight

Sound (Editing and Mixing):
Christopher Scarabosio, Craig Berkey, Dave Whitehead, David Husby for Elysium - Sony
Glenn Freemantle, Niv Adiri, Skip Lievsay for Gravity - Warner Bros.
Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker for All Is Lost - Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions
Danny Hambrook, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler for Rush - Universal
Greg Orloff, Paul Urmson, Peter Kurland, Skip Lievsay for Inside Llewyn Davis  -CBS Films
Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Oliver Tarney for Captain Phillips - Sony

Art Direction & Production Design:
Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald for The Invisible Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
Lauren E. Polizzi, Michael Corenblith for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
Diane Lederman, Tim Galvin for Lee Daniels’ the Butler - The Weinstein Co.
Mark Digby, Patrick Rolfe for Rush - Universal
Beverly Dunn, Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
Nancy Haigh, Robert Stromberg for Oz the Great and Powerful - Disney

Costume Design:
Michael O’Connor for The Invisible Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
Julian Day for Rush - Universal
Catherine Martin for The Great Gatsby - Warner Bros.
Daniel Orlandi for Saving Mr. Banks - Disney
Patricia Norris for 12 Years a Slave - Fox Searchlight
Gary Jones for Oz the Great and Powerful – Disney

Special Achievement Awards:

Honorary Satellite Award:
Ryan Coogler

Breakthrough Performance Award:
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station
Sophie Nelisse - The Book Thief

Best Ensemble, Motion Picture:
Nebraska

END


18th Satellite Awards Nominations - Television and New Media Categories

by Amos Semien

The 18th Satellite Awards ceremony will be held Sunday, February 23, 2014.  Nominations were announced Monday, December 2, 2013.

18th Satellite Awards nominations (for the year 2013):

TELEVISION CATEGORIES:

Television.Miniseries / Motion Picture Made for Television:
Dancing on the Edge - Starz
Parade’s End - HBO
Generation War - Film GmbH, teamWorx Television, ZDF
The White Queen - Starz
Burton and Taylor - BBC America
Mob City - TNT
Top of the Lake - Sundance Channel
Behind the Candelabra - HBO
Phil Spector - HBO
The Big C: Hereafter - Showtime

Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television:
Holliday Grainger  Bonnie & Clyde  Lifetime
Jessica Lange  American Horror Story: Coven  FX
Helen Mirren  Phil Spector  HBO
Rebecca Hall  Parade’s End  HBO
Laura Linney  The Big C: Hereafter  Showtime
Elisabeth Moss  Top of the Lake  Sundance Channel
Helena Bonham Carter  Burton and Taylor  BBC America
Melissa Leo  Call Me Crazy: A Five Film  Lifetime

Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television:
Matt Damon  Behind the Candelabra  HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch  Parade’s End  HBO
Matthew Goode  Dancing on the Edge  Starz
Chiwetel Ejiofor  Dancing on the Edge  Starz
Peter Mullan  Top of the Lake  Sundance Channel
Al Pacino  Phil Spector  HBO
Dominic West  Burton and Taylor  BBC America
Michael Douglas  Behind the Candelabra  HBO

Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Anna Gunn  Breaking Bad  AMC
Emilia Clarke  Game Of Thrones  HBO
Uzo Aduba  Orange is the New Black  Netflix
Merritt Wever  Nurse Jackie  Showtime
Margo Martindale  The Americans  FX
Laura Prepon  Orange is the New Black  Netflix
Judy Parfitt  Call the Midwife  BBC, PBS
Kathy Bates  American Horror Story: Coven  FX

Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Aaron Paul  Breaking Bad  AMC
James Wolk  Mad Men  AMC
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau  Game Of Thrones  HBO
Peter Sarsgaard  The Killing  AMC
Jon Voight  Ray Donovan  Showtime
William Hurt  Bonnie & Clyde  Lifetime
Jimmy Smits  Sons of Anarchy  FX
Corey Stoll  House of Cards  Netflix

Television Series, Drama:
Last Tango in Halifax  BBC, PBS
Mad Men  AMC
The Americans  FX
Masters of Sex  Showtime
Homeland  Showtime
Downton Abbey  PBS
The Good Wife  CBS
House of Cards  Netflix
Breaking Bad  AMC
Rectify  Sundance Channel

Television Series or Miniseries, Genre:
American Horror Story: Coven - FX
Arrow - CW
The Walking Dead - AMC
Once Upon A Time - ABC
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - ABC
Grimm - NBC
Game Of Thrones - HBO
Orphan Black - BBC America
The Returned - Sundance Channel
Supernatural - CW

Actress in a Series, Drama:
Keri Russell  The Americans  FX
Vera Farmiga  Bates Motel  A&E
Anne Reid  Last Tango in Halifax  BBC, PBS
Olivia Colman  Broadchurch  BBC America
Robin Wright  House of Cards  Netflix
Lizzy Caplan  Masters of Sex  Showtime
Tatiana Maslany  Orphan Black  BBC America
Abigail Spencer  Rectify  Sundance Channel

Actor in a Series, Drama
Jon Hamm  Mad Men  AMC
Aden Young  Rectify  Sundance Channel
Michael Sheen  Masters of Sex  Showtime
Jeff Daniels  The Newsroom  HBO
Derek Jacobi  Last Tango in Halifax  BBC, PBS
Kevin Spacey  House of Cards  Netflix
Bryan Cranston  Breaking Bad  AMC
Freddie Highmore  Bates Motel  A&E

Television Series, Comedy or Musical
A Young Doctor’s Notebook  Ovation TV
Modern Family  ABC
Brooklyn Nine-Nine  Fox
Enlightened  HBO
Veep  HBO
Alpha House  Amazon Studios
The Wrong Mans  BBC, Hulu
The Big Bang Theory  CBS
Orange is the New Black  Netflix

Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Lena Dunham  Girls  HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus  Veep  HBO
Laura Dern  Enlightened  HBO
Amy Poehler  Parks And Recreation  NBC
Zooey Deschanel  New Girl  Fox
Taylor Schilling  Orange is the New Black  Netflix
Edie Falco  Nurse Jackie  Showtime
Jessica Walter  Arrested Development  Netflix

Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical
Jake Johnson  New Girl  Fox
Jim Parsons  The Big Bang Theory  CBS
James Corden  The Wrong Mans  BBC, Hulu
Don Cheadle  House Of Lies  Showtime
Andre Braugher  Brooklyn Nine-Nine  Fox
John Goodman  Alpha House  Amazon Studios
Mathew Baynton  The Wrong Mans  BBC, Hulu

Original Short-Format Program
#JustSaying, #SamoKažem  Tuna Fish Studio
EastSiders  Logo TV
High Maintenance  Jankyclown Productions
Burning Love  Abominable Pictures, Paramount Insurge, Red Hour Films, Yahoo!
Ask A Slave  AzieDee Productions
Little Horribles  Barnacle Studios
Blue  Wigs
Ghost Ghirls  Electric Dynamite, Shine America, Yahoo!

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Best Ensemble, Television:
Orange is the New Black

NEW MEDIA CATEGORIES: DVD/BLU-RAY

Best Overall Blu-Ray
Les Misérables  Universal
Star Trek: Into Darkness  Paramount Home Entertainment
The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition  MGM
Waiting for Lightning  First Run Features
Breaking Bad: The Complete Series  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
JFK 50th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition  Warner Bros.
To Be or Not To Be  United Artists
Love Actually 10th Anniversary Edition  Universal
The Talented Mr. Ripley  Miramax
Argo  Warner Bros.

Youth Blu-Ray
Planes  Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Monsters University Collector’s Edition  Walt Disney Home Entertainment
The Smurfs 2  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The Croods  20th Century Fox
Rise Of The Guardians  DreamWorks Video
The Muppet Movie  Henson Associates

VIDEO GAME CATEGORIES:

Outstanding Action / Adventure Video Game
Grand Theft Auto V  Rockstar North
Beyond: Two Souls  Quantic Dream
Crysis 3  Crytek Frankfurt / UK
Battlefield 4  EA Digital Illusions CE
BioShock Infinite  Irrational Games

Outstanding Mobile Game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iOS  Firaxis Games
Warhammer Quest  Rodeo Games
The Room  Fireproof Games Studios
Ridiculous Fishing  Vlambeer
Badland  Frogmind

Outstanding Role Playing Game
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch  Level 5, Studio Ghibli
Tales of Xillia  Namco Tales Studio
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn  Square Enix Product
Sacred 3  Keen Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim  Bethesda Studios

Outstanding Sports / Racing Game
NBA 2K14 - Visual Concepts
Grid 2 - Codemasters Southam
Forza Motorsport 5 - Turn 10 Studios
FIFA 14 - Electronic Arts
Need for Speed Rivals - Electronic Arts, Ghost Games


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San Francisco Film Critics Choose "12 Years a Slave"

by Amos Semien

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle chose 12 Years a Slave as the "Best Picture" of 2013, one of three awards the group gave to the film.  American Hustle and Gravity were also big winners.

The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) was founded in 2002 and is comprised of critics from Bay Area publications.  Its membership includes film journalists from the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, the Oakland Tribune, the Contra Costa Times, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, the East Bay Express, KRON-TV, Variety, and RottenTomatoes.com, among others.

2013 SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS:

Best Picture
AMERICAN HUSTLE
GRAVITY
NEBRASKA
WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Director
WINNER – Alfonso Cuaron, GRAVITY
Spike Jonze, HER
Steve McQueen, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
David O. Russell, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Martin Scorsese, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Best Actor
Bruce Dern, NEBRASKA
Leonardo DiCaprio, THE WOLF OF WALL STREET
WINNER – Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Matthew McConaughey, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB
Robert Redford, ALL IS LOST

Best Actress
WINNER – Cate Blanchett, BLUE JASMINE
Sandra Bullock, GRAVITY
Judi Dench, PHILOMENA
Adele Exarchopolous, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
Brie Larson, SHORT TERM 12
Meryl Streep, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Best Supporting Actor
Barkhad Abdi, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Michael Fassbender, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Harrison Ford, 42
Will Forte, NEBRASKA
WINNER – James Franco, SPRING BREAKERS
Jared Leto, DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Best Supporting Actress
WINNER – Jennifer Lawrence, AMERICAN HUSTLE
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 YEARS A SLAVE
Lea Seydoux, BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
Octavia Spencer, FRUITVALE STATION
June Squibb, NEBRASKA

Best Screenplay, Original
WINNER – AMERICAN HUSTLE, Eric Singer and David O. Russell
GRAVITY, Alfonso and Jonas Cuaron
HER, Spike Jonze
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Joel and Ethan Coen
NEBRASKA, Bob Nelson

Best Screenplay, Adapted
BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Richard Linklater; Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
PHILOMENA, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
THE SPECTACULAR NOW, Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
WINNER – 12 YEARS A SLAVE, John Ridley
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Terence Winter

Best Cinematography
WINNER – GRAVITY, Emmanuel Lubezki
HER, Hoyte Van Hoytema
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Bruno Delbonnel
NEBRASKA, Phedon Papamichael
12 YEARS A SLAVE, Sean Bobbitt

Best Production Design
AMERICAN HUSTLE, Judy Becker
WINNER – GRAVITY, Andy Nicholson
HER, K. K. Barrett
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Jess Gonchor
12 YEARS A SLAVE, Adam Stockhausen

Best Editing
ALL IS LOST, Pete Beaudreau
AMERICAN HUSTLE, Alan Baumgarten; Jay Cassidy and Crispin Struthers
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Christopher Rouse
WINNER – GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger
12 YEARS A SLAVE, Joe Walker
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Animated Feature
THE CROODS
DESPICABLE ME
WINNER – FROZEN
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
THE WIND RISES

Best Foreign Language Picture
WINNER – BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR
A HIJACKING
THE HUNT
THE PAST
WADJDA

Best Documentary
WINNER – THE ACT OF KILLING
THE ARMSTRONG LIE
BLACKFISH
STORIES WE TELL
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

(6 nominations in a category indicates a tie)

Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community:
Ryan Coogler for putting a human face to murder victim Oscar Grant in FRUITVALE STATION and to former Roxie Theater executive director Christopher Statton for putting the Roxie onto more solid ground by transforming it into a nonprofit enterprise.

Special Citation for under-appreciated independent cinema:
COMPUTER CHESS, Andrew Bujalski’s comedy merges documentary techniques and old video technologies to make light of the ’80s race to build a winning computer-chess program.

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