Michael's Telluride Film Blog : November 2026

Thursday, November 5, 2026

MTFB Oscar Update: Round Two for Lead Acting / BIFA Nominees Announced / Trailers and Clips: The Liberation, Tender Loving Care and Minotaur

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: ROUND TWO FOR LEAD ACTING

I.m updating predictions today for Lead Acting for the 2027 Oscars. MTFB's last predictions in these categories on Oct. 19th. As always TFF #53 films are in Bold. A film's previous rank is indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Julianne Moore/The Debut (1)

2) Sandra Huller/Rose (2)

3) Inde Navaerette/Obsession (3)

4) Olivia Wilde/The Invite (4)

5) Viginie Efira/All of a Sudden (NR)

Others: Rene Reinsve/Fjord, Marion Bailey/Tender Loving Care, Carrie Coon/The Liberation.

BEST ACTOR

1) Andrew Scott/Elsinore (1)

2) John Malkovich/Wild Horse Nine (2)

3) Matt Damon/The Odyssey (3)

4) John Turturro/The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (4)

5) Ryan Gosling/Projrct Hail Mary (5)

Others: Tom Cruise/Digger, Anthony Ippolito/I Play Rocky, Jafar Jackson/Michael.

BIFA NOMINEES ANNOUNCED-TFF #53 WELL REPPED

From the British Independent Film Association, here are the TFF #53 films nominated.

Elsinore (12): Best British Independent Film, Direction, Lead Performance (Scott), Supporting Performance (Piper) Screenplay, Casting, Cinematography, Costumes. Editing, Makeup/Hair, Original Music, Production Design.

Tender Loving Care (4): Best British Independent Film, Direction, Ensemble Performance, Screenplay.

A Long Winter (4): Best Direction, Cinematography, Costumes, Sound.

Ink(4): Best Supporting Performance (Foy), Editing, Production Design, Sound.

Club Kid (1): Best Independent International Film.

La Bola Negra (1): Best Independent International Film.

Totals: Six TFF #53 films earn 26 nominations.

Here's the link to the complete list of BIFA nominees.

https://www.bifa.film/awards/2026/winners-nominations/

Comment: I think we might be sleeping on Elsinore re; Oscars. I can imagine five nominations: Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Original Score.

TRAILERS AND CLIPS

TRAILER FOR THE LIBERATION (via YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FUDA_I-BQ

TRAILER FOR TENDER LOVING CARE (via YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CDgxJgiQY4

CLIP FROM MINOTAUR (via YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urx44hR1oLI

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Monday, November 2, 2026

Three Million / MTFB Oscar Update: Round Two for Picture and Direction / Visitations: Fielder, Oppenheim, Coon and More

THREE MILLION

MTFB passed three million overall views since its inception last week. My mind is well and truly boggled. Thanks for looking in everyone!

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: ROUND TWO FOR PICTURE AND DIRECTION

I.m updating predictions today for Best Picture and Direction for the 2027 Oscars. MTFB's last predictions in these categories on Oct. 19th. As always TFF #53 films are in Bold. A film's previous rank is indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST PICTURE

1) The Odyssey (1)

2) La Bola Negra (3)

3) Wild Horse Nine (2)

4) Project Hail Mary (4)

5) You Can See Everything (10)

6) Dune: Part Three (6)

7) The Invite (5)

8) The Debut (7)

9) Artificial (NR)

10) Elsinore (NR)

Others: I Play Rocky, All of a Sudden,Club Kid.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Christopher Nolan/The Odyssey (1)

2) Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo/La Bola Negra (3)

3) Martin MacDonagh/Wild Horse Nine (2)

4) Olivia Wilde/The Invite (4)

5) Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim/You Can See Everything (NR)

Others: Denis Villenueve/Dune: Part Three, Christopher Lord and Phil Miller/Project Hail Mary, Ryusuke Hamagachi/All of a Sudden.

VISITATIONS: FIELDER, OPPENHIEM, COON AND MORE

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim for You Can See Everything from The Hollwood Reporter.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/you-can-see-everything-nathan-fielder-lance-oppenheim-1236741967/

Carrie Coon for The Liberation from Indiewire.

https://www.indiewire.com/features/podcast/carrie-coon-podcast-interview-the-liberation-1235224738/

Barry Jenkins and Liani Greaves for Once Upon a Time in Harlem from Film Comment.

https://www.filmcomment.com/the-film-comment-podcast-liani-greaves-and-barry-jenkins-on-once-upon-a-time-in-harlem/

Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi for Everest: The Other Side from Next Best Picture.

https://nextbestpicture.com/the-next-best-picture-podcast-interview-with-everest-the-other-side-filmmakers-elizabeth-chai-vasarhelyi-jimmy-chin/