Monday, February 8, 2021

Oscar Update: Animated Feature, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Song /Gurus: The Second Batch / SAG Awards and TFF / BAFTA and Telluride

OSCAR UPDATE



In today's post I am updating nomination predictions in five categories.  The film's previous ranking is to the right in parentheses. TFF films are in Bold.


ANIMATED FEATURE

1) Soul (1)
2) Wolfwalkers (2)
3) Over the Moon (3)
4) Onward (4)
5) Earwig and the Witch (8)

6) A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (5)
7) The Croods: A New Age (9)
8) Trolls: World Tour (7)
9) The Willoughbys (6)
10) Demon Slayer (10)

Other Possibles: Lupin III
Hot: Earwig and the Witch, The Croods: A New Age
Not: The Willoughbys


CINEMATOGRAPHY



1) Nomadland (2)
2) Mank (1)
3) News of the World (3)
4) Tenet (4)
5) Judas and the Black Messiah (5)

6) Da 5 Bloods (8)
7) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (9)
8) Minari (6)
9) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (7)
10) First Cow (10)

Other Possibles: One Night in Miami, Midnight Sky, I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Hot: Da 5 Bloods, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Not: Minari, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom


FILM EDITING

1) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (1)
2) Nomadland (2)
3) Tenet (5)
4) News of theWorld (4)
5) Mank (3)

6) The Father (6)
7) Da 5 Bloods (9)
8) One Night in Miami (8)
9) Judas and the Black Messiah (10)
10) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (7)

Other Possibles: Promising Young Woman, Minari, Sound of Metal
Hot: Da 5 Bloods
Not: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

ORIGINAL SCORE

1) Soul (1)
2) News of the World (2)
3) Midnight Sky (4)
4) Mank (3)
5) Tenet (6)

6) Minari (5)
7) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (7)
8) Da 5 Bloods (8)
9) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (-)
10) The Little Things (9)

Other Possible: Hillbilly Elegy
Hot: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Not: Mank

ORIGINAL SONG

1) One Night in Miami/Speak Now (1)
2) The Life Ahead/Seen (2)
3) Over the Moon/Rocket to the Moon (3)
4) The Prom/Wear Your Crown (4)
5) The Trial of the Chicago 7/Hear My Voice (5)

6) Eurovision/Husavik (6)
7) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm/ Wuhan Flu (7)
8) Judas and the Black Messiah/Fight for You (10)
9) Trolls: World Tour/Just Sing (8)
10) Mank/If Only You Could Save Me (9)

Other Possibles: Miss Americana/Only the Young, Onward/Carried Me with You, 40 Year Old Version/Poverty Porn

Hot/Not: A really stable category right now.


GURUS: THE SECOND BATCH



The second wave of collective predictions from The Movie City News' Gurus of Gold was up just before the weekend.  Categories include: Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Documentary and International Feature.



SAG AWARDS AND TFF




The Screen Actors Guild nominees were announced and TFF films produced three nominees;  Anthony Hopkins was nominated for Best actor and Olivia Colman for Best Supporting Actress fpr TFF #47 announced film The Father.  Hopkins would have been one of 2020's Tribute recipients had the fest been able to go on.  Frances McDormand was nominated for Best Actress for Nomadland.

All three actors are currently predicted to be Oscar nominees in their respective categories by MTFB.



BAFTA LONG LISTS AND TELLURIDE




The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) released their long lists of potential nominees for film this past week.  This is the first listing of films that could eventually be nominated for BAFTA awards.

Among the films named to the list were six from the TFF #7 and one from TFF #46.  In a bit of a surprise the most named TFF #47 film was Francis Lee's Ammonite with nine mentions followed by both Nomadland and The Father with eight.

Ammonite's long list mentions were for: Best British Film, Best Actress (Kate Winlset), Supporting Actress (Saoirse Ronan), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Costumes, Makeup and Hair, Score and Production Design.

Nomaldland is listed for Best Film, Direction (Chloe Zhao), Actress (Frances McDormand), Supporting Actor (David Stratharin), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Films Editing and Sound.

The Father is listed for Best Film, Best British Film, Direction (Florian Zeller), Best Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Supporting Actress (Olivia Colman), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Production Design.

Other TFF films making the long lists were:

The Truffle Hunters with two: Best Film in a Language Other than English and Best Documentary.

All In: The Fight for Democracy: Best Documentary

MLK/FBI: Best Documentary

And from TFF #46- The Assistant with three mentions: Best Direction (Kitty Green), Best Actress (Julia Garner) and Original Screenplay





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