BAFTA NOMINEES AND TELLURIDE
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced their nominees for excellence in 2017 earlier this week and TFF #44 films snagged 31 of them. Big TFF #44 players were The Shape of Water with 12, which topped all films and Darkest Hour with nine. The robust presence of Darkest Hour combined with Gary Oldman's Golden Globe win for Best Actor-Drama has given the Joe Wright film a boost at the opportune moment right in the middle of Oscar voting.
TFF #44 films and their nominations for BAFTA awards were:
The Shape of Water (12): Best Film, Direction, Original Screenplay, Sally Hawkins/Actress, Octavia Spencer/Supporting Actress, Original Music, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound, Visual Effects and Costumes.
Darkest Hour (9): Best Film, Best British Film, Gary Oldman/Actor, Kristen Scott Thomas/Supporting Actress. Original Music, Cinematography, Production Design, Makeup/Hair, Costumes.
Lady Bird (3): Original Screenplay, Saoirse Ronan/Actress, Laurie Metcalf/Supporting Actress.
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (3): Adapted Screenplay, Annette Bening/Actress, Jamie Bell/Actor
First They Killed My Father (1): Best Film not in the English Language
Loveless (1): Best Film not in the English Language
An Inconvenient Sequel (1):Documentary
Loving Vincent (1): Animated Film
The complete list of nominees is here from the official BAFTA website.
MORE PRECURSORS TODAY
We have a precursor double whammy today with the announcement of the five directors nominated for excellence by the Directors Guild of America (DGA). I'm guessing: Del Toro, Nolan, Gerwig, McDonagh and Spielberg. Peele is also a real possibility.
Meanwhile, The Critic's Choice Awards are announced tonight. We'll find out which films and individuals the Broadcast Film Critics of America have determined are the best for 2017. The Critics Choice Awards broadcast will be at 8:00pm ET on The CW Network.
Oscar voting comes to a conclusion tomorrow and the nominees will be revealed early in the morning on Jan. 23rd.
THIS YEAR'S OSCAR POSTER
The poster for the 90th Academy Awards has been unleashed and features host Jimmy Kimmel and a reminder of the conclusion of last year's awards:
DGA DOCUMENTARY NOMINATIONS INCLUDE MORRIS, BURNS AND NOVICK
Although the Directors Guild names their nominees for feature films today, they have already named their five nominees for direction of feature length documentaries. Among the nominees were two films that played at Telluride last Labor Day.
Errol Morris was nominated for Wormwood and Ken Burns and Lynn Novick were nominated for The Vietnam War. Other directors were nominated for Icarus, City of Ghosts and Abacus: Small Enough to Jail.
Anne Thompson of Indiewire has the complete rundown here.
That's your Thursday. I'll have more on Monday.
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