Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Fincher. Show all posts

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Ten Bets #3 for TFF #50 / New Trailer for Killers of the Flower Moon / Fincher's The Killer and Venice? / 800,000

 TEN BETS #3 FOR TFF #50




Here's the third iteration of my "Ten Bets" for TFF #50.  As I post this morning we are just a couple of weeks away from the clarity that announcements from the Toronto International Film Festival can provide.  TIFF announces its first wave of Galas and Special Presentations along with their revealing "premiere status" on that day.  

TIFF announcement days are always exhilarating and heart breaking.  Exhilarating because it's often the first hard evidence of a film's disposition vis-a-vis Telluride and heartbreaking because inevitably films that I want to play Telluride are discovered on that day as World Premieres for TIFF and thus will not make the trip to southwest Colorado.

So that's coming on July 19th.  I'll attempt a little social media coverage on the 19th as information becomes available and then have a full on report on my regular posting day on July 20th.

All that said to get to this week's Ten Bets.

As a reminder, here are last week's Ten Bets:

1) The Holdovers/Payne
2) May December/Haynes
3) Nyad/Chin and Vasarhelyi
4) Strangers/Haigh
5) Poor Things/Lanthimos
6) Monster/Kore-eda
7) Anatomy of a Fall/Triet
8) El Conde/Larrain
9) Saltburn/Fennell
10) The End/Oppenheimer

Other possibilities: The Zone of Interest/Glazer, Freud's Last Session/Brown, The Teachers' Lounge/Catak, The Royal Hotel/Green, Rustin/Wolfe, The American Buffalo/Burns, Priscilla/Coppola and Shirley/Ridley.

And here's the update, the third Ten Bets for TFF #50:

1) May December/Haynes
2) Poor Things/Lanthimos
3) Strangers/Haigh
4) The Holdovers/Payne
5) Monster/Kore-eda
6) Saltburn/Fennell
7) Nyad/ Chin and Vasarhelyi
8) Anatomy of a Fall/Triet
9) El Conde/Larrain
10) The Teachers' Lounge/Catak

Other possibilities: The Zone of Interest/Glazer, Fallen Leaves/Kaurismaki, The End/Oppenheimer, The Pot-au-Feu/Hung,  Freud's Last Session/Brown, The Royal Hotel/Green, Rustin/Wolfe, The American Buffalo/Burns, Priscilla/Coppola and Shirley/Ridley.


NEW TRAILER FOR KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Apple dropped a new trailer for my most anticipated film for 2023, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon.  The film is set for limited release on Oct. 6th and then opens wide on Oct. 20th. 

My guess, at this point is that Killers maybe plays the New York Film Festival prior to its release and bypasses both Telluride and Toronto.  I hope my assessment is way off.

As many know, I did a day of background work on the film. I can tell you that I'm not in either trailer.  Here's the new one:


 


FINCHER'S THE KILLER AND VENICE?


Michael Fassbender on the set of The Killer (via IMDb)



By and large I have discounted any possibility that David Fincher would return to Telluride this year with The Killer starring Michael Fassbender.  Up to now I have surmised that the film produced in part by Paramount and Plan B and distributed by Netflix likely wouldn't play any festival though its planned Nov. 10th release date would allow it to.

However, Jordan Ruimy's World of Reel reported on Sunday (7/2) that the door might still be open for the film to screen at Venice:

"On Friday, I was rather stunned by an Italian source telling me that Netflix is now thinking of bringing David Fincher’s “The Killer” to Venice. 
This source told me, “negotiations are underway, Barbera did see it and he wants it in competition. I’m not sure if he will be able to get it as the odds are 50/50 right now since Netflix would rather premiere it closer to the November release.”

Now, if the door is open for Venice, could it also be open for the jump to Telluride?  Fincher was the recipient of a Telluride tribute back in 2008 where Zodiac was screened in its entirety and scenes from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button were screened so he's been in the San Juans before.

Personally I'm still very skeptical that The Killer lands in Colorado and frankly I tend to buy the conventional wisdom that if The Killer plays a fest at all it will probably be New York.

But I'd like to be wrong.


800,000

Just passed another milestone in the history of MTFB last night as total views for the blog went beyond the 800,000 mark.  That means that each post of the 2,135 I have published since August 8th, 2008 has averaged 347.7 views.

Thanks for reading!



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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Oscar Update: Best Director / Ammonite News / The Climb Releases / MLK/FBI Trailer

 OSCAR UPDATE: BEST DIRECTOR


Here are my latest Oscar nomination predictions for Best Direction updated since I last posted this category on  Sept. 21st.  A director's past position is indicated to the right in parentheses.  TFF #47 films are indicated in Bold.


1) Chloe Zhao/Nomadland (1)
2) David Fincher/Mank (2)
3) Aaron Sorkin/The Trial of the Chicago 7 (4)
4) Regina King/One Night in Miami (7)
5) Florian Zeller/The Father (6)
6) Spike Lee/Da 5 Bloods (5)
7) Lee Isaac Chung/Minari (10)
8) Paul Greengrass/News of the World (3)
9) George C. Wolfe/Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (9)
10)Shaka King/Judas and the Black Messiah (8)

Others: Christopher Nolan/Tenet
Hot: Regina King, Lee Isaac Chung
Not: Paul Greengrass, Shaka King, Francis Lee, Sophia Coppola


AMMONITE NEWS


Annabelle Gutterman separates fact from fiction about the characters and story of Ammonite for Tome.com.  That's linked here.



THE CLIMB RELEASES

From TFF #46. The Climb rose into theaters this past week.  Here's the trailer from YouTube:




 




MLK/FBI TRAILER

Here's the trailer for Sam Pollards' documentary MLK/FBI from YouTube






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Monday, June 22, 2020

Mank in October and an Interesting Note / Netflix and the Chicago 7 / The Distribs: A24

MANK IN OCTOBER AND AN INTERESTING NOTE



Mank Photo montage via World of Reel 


Multiple outlets reported recently that Eric Roth, one of the producers on David Fincher's upcoming Netflix film Mank, has said that the film will premiere at some point in October.

Roth made the statement on the Pardon My Take podcast.

If it's true it suggests that the film might have been ready in time for some of the fall fest run.  As we know, however, Netflix has announced that none of their projects will be fall festing this year.

There are a couple of cracks in that armor, however.  You may recall that I wrote the following in my June 1 post:

"Further, Hammond (Deadline) opens the door slightly to there being the possibility that Netflix's announcement that it would be doing any fall fests might not be 100% carved in stone:
"Netflix, which has been a key presence in the last couple of years is sitting this one out, at least at this point."
The key sentence there being the "At least at this point".

And, as an aside...due to Telluride's secretive nature, you kind of have to wonder that if Netflix was ONLY going to screen at Telluride that they might suggest they weren't going anywhere.
Personally, I take Netflix at its word that they won't screen anywhere...but it's fun to speculate."

Now, in the Zack Sharf/Indiewire article about the possible October release for Mank, there's this sentence:

"While Netflix has not confirmed the “Mank” release date, a fall debut around October or November has been widely expected considering the title is one of the streaming giant’s big Oscar contenders. Similar to last year’s “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story,” Netflix is expected to world premiere “Mank” at one of the fall film festivals."

The Playlist's Charles Barfield seemed to second the motion writing in a story posted on Friday:

"that would give the film ample time to premiere at one of the upcoming fall festivals, which have been welcoming to Netflix films in years past, especially ones with well-known filmmakers and possible awards recognition. So, maybe we’ll see “Mank” 

In fairness, Barfield mentions Venice and Toronto as possible destinations...but still...

The Playlist story is here

So, clearly, something is off-kilter here somewhere.

It's worth keeping an eye and an ear open on this topic.

The entire Sharf/Indiewire post is here.



NETFLIX AND THE CHICAGO 7


I saw reporting over the weekend that Netflix is nearing a deal with Paramount to acquire domestic distribution for Aaron Sorkin;s The Trial of the Chicago 7.  Variety reported over the weekend that negotiations were ongoing.

I've had this Sorkin project on my TFF #47 radar since October of 2018.  The film's TFF chances for a TFF berth seemed to be 50/50.  Then with the stoppage of work in post-production because of the pandemic I had begun to think that it wouldn't be ready in time.  Now, also working against it's Telluride chances, assuming the deal gets done, is Netflix announcing that it won't be taking any of their films to film fests.

The Variety article suggests that the film might still be aimed for release prior to election day in November.

Given the Netflix weirdness detailed in the first section of this post above, I can't definitively say that Chicago 7 won't be a TFF selection.  The door is still open just a wee bit.




THE DISTRIBS: A24



A24's presence at Telluride has been a hit and miss affair since the company's first appearance at the fest in 2012 but their level of success when they have had films there has been impressive with three of the ten films they've screened at Telluride earning Best Picture nominations and, of course, having Moonlight's win after premiering at TFF in 2016.

Here's A24's past at the Telluride Film Festival":

2019: First Cow, Uncut Gems, Waves
2018: No SHOW
2017: Lean on Pete, First Reformed, Lady Bird
2016: Moonlight
2015: Room
2014:  No SHOW
2013: Under the Skin
2012: Ginger and Rosa

Ten films in eight years.  But, as I said...it's been hit or miss with No SHOW's in 2014 and 2018 but three films apiece in 2017 and 2019.

A24 has several films that could be in for a TFF play:

Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks.  Coppola re-teams with Bill Murray for the first time since her debut film, Lost in Translation, which screened at Telluride in 2003.  She hasn't returned to TFF since.  Murray was in town in 2012 in support of Hyde Park on Hudson.  Rashida Jones also stars.  also in its favor-It went into post-production last July.  I was surprised that the film wasn't on the list of films that Cannes "selected".  That makes me think that it may be headed to Venice.  With the uncertainty about how the pandemic will impact fests, films and fest-goers decision making, my sense is that we may see less Telluride/Venice crossover than in recent years.

Mike Mills' C'mon C'mon starring recent Best Actor Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.  Mills has never been to Telluride but he hasn't been averse to playing the fest circuit with his past films:
Thumbsucker: Sundance, Berlin, Toronto
Beginners: Toronto
20th Century Women: New York, AFI
The film went into post in December which may suggest that it hasn't had enough time to be completed.

Stephen Karam's adaptation of his Tony Award winning play The Humans.  Richard Jenkins, Amy Schumer and Beanie Feldstein star in the story of a family gathering at Thanksgiving.  It's Karam's first gig as director but he has a scripted adaptations of his own play, Speech and Debate as well as Chekhov's The Seagull.  The film went into post in October so is possibly ready.

Three other A24 titles that seem to be less likely TFF participants are False Positive, After Yang, The  and the Untitled Lila Neugebauer Project.

I appears that the Joel Coen MacBeth project starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand has been moved to 2021.

Chances:

On the Rocks 30%
C'mon C'mon 30%
The Humans 30%

All other A24 properties: 10%.





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Thursday, May 28, 2020

SPECIAL: NO NETFLIX FOR FALL FESTS

SPECIAL: NO NETFLIX FOR FALL FESTS

It is rare that I deviate from the publishing schedule for MTFB but this news justifies and additional post today.  Anne Thompson at Indiewire has reported that Netflix has determined that they will be sending no films to any of the major fall fests Telluride included.

That report came late yesterday.

The news means that a number of high profile projects are no longer in play for TFF as well Venice, Toronto and New York.

Titles from Netflix that have been a part of the conversation:  Mank, Hillbilly Elegy, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and White Tiger.

The news could impact Telluride considerably as Netflix has been a major presence at the fest over the last few years:

2015: Beasts of No Nation, Winer on Fire
2016: The Ivory Game, Into the Inferno
2017: First They Killed My Father, Wormwood
2018: Roma, Dovlatov, Girl, Reversing Roe, The Other Side of the Wind, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2019: Marriage Story, The Two Popes, Tell Me Who I Am, Inside Bill's Brain

Thompson's claim is pretty definitive as she writes:

"As awards groups adjust to the evolving post-pandemic reality, so will the studios. And the first up is everyone’s favorite Oscar insurgent, Netflix: While it will provide sponsorship for some major festivals in 2020, it’s not planning to send any of their films or talent to attend them."

Thompson's complete article is linked here.

Monday, October 7, 2019

Oscar History and TFF Part 10: Directors / Oscar Predictions: Best Picture Updated / Old Hollywood to Be Featured in New Films

OSCAR HISTORY AND TFF PART 10:  DIRECTORS




I'm turning now to a breakdown of the history between TFF and The Academy Awards as related to each of the feature categories.  Today I bring you the Best Director nominees from films that have screened at the festival since its inception in 1974:

1986- David Lynch/Blue Velvet
1989- Jim Sheridan/My Left Foot
1990- Barbet Schroeder/Reversal of Fortune
1992- Neil Jordan/The Crying Game
1993- Krzysztof Kielowski/Blue
1994- Woody Allen/Bullets Over Broadway
1996- Mike Leigh/Secrets and Lies
1997- Atom Egoyan/The Sweet Hereafter
2000- Ang Lee/Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
2001- David Lynch/Mulholland Drive
2002- Fernando Meirelles/City of God, Pedro Almodovar/Talk to Her
2003- Sophia Coppola/Lost in Translation
2005- Ang Lee/Brokeback Mountain-WINNER, Bennett Miller/Capote
2006- Alejandro Inarritu/Babel
2007- Jason Reitman/Juno, Julian Schnabel/The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Paul Thomas Anderson/There Will Be Blood (scenes screened)
2008- Danny Boyle/Slumdog Millionaire-WINNER, David Fincher/The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (scenes screened)
2009- Jason Reitman/Up in the Air
2010- Tom Hooper/The King's Speech-WINNER, Darren Aronofsky/Black Swan
2011- Michel Hazanavicius/The Artist-WINNER, Alexander Payne/The Descendants
2012- Michael Haneke/Amour
2013- Alfonso Cuaron/Gravity-WINNER, Steve McQueen/12 Years a Slave, Alexander Payne-Nebraska
2014- Alejandro Inarritu/Birdman-WINNER, Bennett Miller/Foxcatcher
2015- Tom McCarthy/Spotlight, Lenny Abrahamson/Room
2016- Damien Chazelle/La La Land-WINNER, Barry Jenkins/Moonlight, Kenneth Lonergan/Manchester by the Sea, Denis Villenueve/Arrival
2017- Guillermo Del Toro/The Shape of Water-WINNER, Greta Gerwig/Lady Bird
2018- Alfonso Cuaron/Roma-WINNER, Yorgos Lanthimos-The Favourite

Total of 44 nominations for Best Director with nine winners...Alfonso Cuaron twice.


OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST PICTURE UPDATED



Here's my updated prediction for the Best Picture Oscar nominations.  These were last posted at MTFB on Sept. 19th.  Each film is followed by its position in the last prediction posting in parentheses.  TFF #46 films are Bold.


1) Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood (2)
2) Marriage Story (3)
3) The Irishman (2)
4) JoJo Rabbit (7)
5) Parasite (5)
6) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (10)
7) 1917 (6)
8) Ford v. Ferrari (4)
9) The Two Popes (9)
10) The Farewell (8)

Other possibles: Joker, Waves, Judy, Little Women

You're seeing a nice jump up for JoJo Rabbit and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.  Tough dive for Ford v. Ferrari.  I expect that The Irishman will move back up to the #23 or even #1 slot when I next check in as it has now screened as a part of the New York Film Fest and will be rolling out at Mill Valley, Hamptons, London, Rome, Chicago and Tokyo Fests over the next couple of weeks.



OLD HOLLYWOOD TO BE FEATURED IN NEW FILMS



Photo from Shutterstock and Deadline


Deadline.com shared a few weeks back the ongoing news about the development of two films that harken back to old Hollywood for their setting.  Both films could end up on TFF watch lists in the next year or two.

Deadline reported recently that Brad Pitt could be joining Damien Chazelle's next feature project which is currently titled Babylon.  The film is also rumored to be seeking past Chazelle collaborator Emma Stone who won the 2017 Best Actress Oscar for Chazelle's La La Land.  Lionsgate is rumored to be out front in terms of the studio where the project could land.

Meanwhile, in the same story, Deadline also says that David Finches is lining up a project focused on the life of Casablanca screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz.  The film is said to be set up at Netflix and would feature Gary Oldman in the lead.  The film is tentatively titled Mank.

Each feature reported for both films by Deadline would suggest at least the possibility of a play at The SHOW.

The complete Deadline story is linked here.


That's today on MTFB.

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Friday, July 12, 2019

Ten Bets 2019 #3 / A Couple to Keep an Eye On / Country Music Preview in San Fran

Welcome to Friday...hope you have a great weekend...


TEN BETS 2019 #3



Here's your weekly update concerning where I think the best bets are right now for making the lineup for the 46th Telluride Film Festival.

Last week's Ten Bets (plus some bonus speculation):

10) Jojo Rabbit
9) The Good Liar
8) Nomadland
7) Untitled Noah Baumbach Project
6) The Climb
5) Little Women
4) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
3) Family Romance LLC
2) Varda by Agnes
1) Parasite

Other films in serious play: The Goldfinch, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Untitled Todd Haynes Project, Atlantics, The Laundromat, Radioactive, Country Music, The Lighthouse, Harriet, The Truth, Synonyms, Motherless Brooklyn, Ad Astra, Molly, Lucy in the Sky.


This week's Ten Bets...

10) Nomadland
9) Judy
8) Motherless Brooklyn
7) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
6) Untitled Noah Baumbach Project
5) The Climb
4) Little Women
3) Family Romance LLC
2) Agnes by Varda
1) Parasite

The Good Liar and Jojo Rabbit drop into the "Other films in serious play" category which also includes: The Goldfinch, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Untitled Todd Haynes Project, Atlantics, The Laundromat, Radioactive, Country Music/Ryman Concert, The Lighthouse, Harriet, The Truth, Synonyms, Ad Astra, Molly, Lucy in the Sky.


A COUPLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON


Sophia Loren via Variety


Normally when I run across items about a new film that is getting off the ground and it sounds like a project that I should keep in mind as a possible Telluride choice down the line, I slap that into a folder on my laptop called "Future Telluride".

The oldest item I currently have in there is a notice that Steve McQueen was going to direct a biopic about Paul Robeson.  That's from 2014.   The oldest one that I have that is currently relevant is a notice from Variety about Reese Witherspoon would be in Pale Blue Dot from Fox Searchlight.  That's become Natalie Portman in Lucy in the Sky.  Reese Witherspoon is now a producer on the film.  It's still at Fox Searchlight and is scheduled for release sometime this fall.

All of that is to tell you that a project announcement has to really grab my eye for me to slap it on this page before or instead of putting it into the "Future Telluride" folder.  A couple of those happened within the last 48 hours.

First, a report from Variety that 84 year old screen legend Sophia Loren is working a new film.  The film entitled The Life Ahead is a re-imagining of  a Romain Gary novel that was previously adapted into 1978's Foreign Film Oscar winner Madame Rosa starring Simone Signoret.

Loren hasn't appeared in a feature film since Rob Marshall's Nine in 2009.

TFF #47 anyone?

That Variety story is linked here.

And if that wasn't enough, news that director David Fincher (Se7en, , Zodiac, The Social Network) is set to direct a biopic about Oscar winning screen writer Herman Mankiewicz (winning for Citizen Kane).  The film is Fincher's first feature since 2014's Gone Girl. 

The film is tentatively titled Mank and is said to feature recent Oscar winner Gary Oldman in the role.  Fincher is planning to shoot the film in black and white and the production is set up at Netflix.

Again, TFF #47???

I have linked stories on the Fincher project here from:

The Hollywood Reporter

Variety

SlashFilm 



COUNTRY MUSIC PREVIEW IN SAN FRAN



Ken Burns and PBS are going to preview his new documentary in San Francisco on July 24th.  The SFStation.com reported that earlier this week.

The preview is scheduled to go from 7:30 to 10:00 that evening and will be followed by a Q+A.  That timing leads me to believe that it is probably a screening of the Ryman Auditorium concert I wrote about last week.

Normally I'd think this kind of screening would disqualify the film from a TFF bow but I still think there's a good chance that it makes  an appearance at TFF.

Linked here is the SFStation interview with Burns.


That does it for this week.  I'll have more on Monday.  Enjoy the weekend!

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Telluride Film #37, The OC, BAFTA and Oscar


The British Academy of Film and Television Arts named their 2011 winners two nights ago and, as you might expect, "The King's Speech" did very well. But there was a surprise or two along the way...


Here's the complete BAFTA run-down from Hollywood.com:

Best Film- The King’s Speech

Director - The Social Network - David Fincher

Leading Actor - Colin Firth - The King’s Speech

Leading Actress - Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush - The King’s Speech

Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter - The King’s Speech

Adapted Screenplay- The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin

Original Screenplay - The King’s Speech - David Seidler

Animated Film - Toy Story 3 - Lee Unkrich

Outstanding British Film - The King’s Speech

Film Not In The English Language - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer - Four Lions - Chris Morris (Director/Writer)

Cinematography - True Grit - Roger Deakins

Editing - The Social Network - Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Production Design - Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowat

Sound - Inception - Richard King, Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo, Ed Novick

Special Visual Effects - Inception - Chris Corbould, Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Peter Bebb

Make Up & Hair - Alice In Wonderland - Valli O'Reilly, Paul Gooch

Original Music - The King’s Speech - Alexandre Desplat

Costume Design - Alice In Wonderland - Colleen Atwood

Short Film - Until The River Runs Red - Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

Short Animation - The Eagleman Stag - Michael Please

The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award (voted by the public) - Tom Hardy


Biggest surprise was that English director and TKS helmer Tom Hooper did NOT win Best Direction...David Fincher did for "The Social Network" in what was essentially an upset of the home team that was dominant in almost every other category.


It wasn't really a surprise that Geoffrey Rush won Supporting Actor but a bit of a surprise that Helena Bonham Carter did...even with the home field advantage she wasn't expected to win Supporting Actress.


Finally, the American Society of Cinematographers awarded its top prize a couple of nights ago to Wally Pfister for "Inception." That leads one to second guess the expected Oscar for Roger Deakins and "True Grit."


Coming tomorrow, The OC updates the Big 8 races...

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Telluride Film and The Golden Globes/TFF #37 and The OC


Colin Firth and Natalie Portman win Golden Globes...Oscars in their immediate future?

A great night for "The Social Network" as it won 4 awards, Drama Film, Director, Screenplay and Score.




TFF #37 participants won 3 Globes...Colin Firth/Best Actor-Drama for "The King's Speech," Natalie Portman/Best Actress-Drama for "Black Swan" and "Carlos" for Best TV Movie/Mini-Series. Telluride constant Laura Linney won a Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy for "The Big C." TFF #37 film "Biutiful" was upset in the Foreign Film category by Denmark's "In a Better World" in one of the few surprises of the evening.




Full film winners listed here from IndieWire.com




Best Motion Picture - Drama“The Social Network” - Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
Best Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical- The Kids Are All Right” - Antidote Films, Mandalay Vision, Gilbert Films; Focus Features
Best Director - Motion Picture-David Fincher (TFF #35 Honoree) – “The Social Network”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama-Natalie Portman – “Black Swan”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama- Colin Firth – “The King’s Speech”
Best Actress: Comedy or Musical- Annette Bening – “The Kids Are All Right”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical- Paul Giamatti – “Barney’s Version”
Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture- Melissa Leo – “The Fighter”
Best Supporting Actor-Christian Bale for “The Fighter”
Best Foreign Language Film-“In A Better World” (Denmark) (Hævnen) Zentropa Entertainment; Sony Pictures Classics
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture-Aaron Sorkin - “The Social Network”
Best Original Score - Motion Picture-Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - “The Social Network”
Best Animated Feature Film“Toy Story 3” - Disney * Pixar; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Best Original Picture - Motion Picture “You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me” from “Burlesque” - Music & Lyrics By: Diane Warren