MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND MORE
I'm updating the Supporting Acting categories today and adding three other categories going forward. The categories I am adding today are: Original Score, Original Song And Sound. The acting categories were last updated on Nov. 25th. An actor's previous position is indicated in (parentheses). TFF #51 films are in Bold.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez (1)
2) Isabella Rossellini/Conclave (2)
3) Danielle Deadwyler/The Piano Lesson (3)
4) Ariana Grande/Wicked (4)
5) Felicity Jones/The Brutalist (5)
Others: Selena Gomez/Emilia Perez, Saoirse Ronan/Blitz and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor/Nickel Boys.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1) Kieran Culkin/A Real Pain (1)
2) Denzel Washington/Gladiator II (2)
3) Guy Pearce/The Brutalist (3)
4) Clarence Maclin/Sing Sing (4)
5) Yura Borisov/Anora (-)
Others: Edward Norton/A Complete Unknown, Stanley Tucci/Conclave. Jeremy Strong/The Apprentice and John Magaro/September 5.
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Conclave
2) The Brutalist
3) Emilia Perez
4) The Wild Robot
5) The Room Next Door
Others: Blitz, Challengers and Saturday Night.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1) Mi Camino/Emilia Perez
2) El Mal/Emilia Perez
3) Kiss the Sky/The Wild Robot
4) Piece by Piece/Piece by Piece
5) The Journey/The Six Triple Eight
Others: Winter Coat/Blitz, Beyond/Moana 2 and Harper and Will Go West/Will & Harper.
BEST SOUND
1) Dune Part Two
2) Wicked
3) Gladiator II
4) A Complete Unknown
5) Emilia Perez
Others: Blitz, Maria and The Brutalist.
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS AND TFF
Here are the TFF films That were nominated for Golden Globes this morning:
Twelve TFF Films earned 35 Golden Globe nominations early theis morning. Emilia Perez led all films with 10 nominations. Here are the results from the announcement:
Emilia Perez (10): Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Actress (Musical or Comedy-Gascon), Supporting Actress (Saldana and Gomez), Screenplay, Song (El Mal and Mi Camino) and Score.
Conclave (6): Best Picture (Drama), Direction, Actor (Drama-Fiennes), Supporting Actress (Rossellini), Screenplay and Score.
Anora (5): Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Direction, Actress (Musical or Comedy-Moore), Supporting Actor (Burisov), and Screenplay.
A Real Pain (4): Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), Actor (Musical or Comedy-Eisenberg), Supporting Actor (Culkin) and Screenplay.
All We Imagine as Light (2): Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction.
The Apprentice (2): Best Actor (Drama-Stan), Supporting Actor (Strong).
September 5 (1): Best Picture (Drama).
Nickel Boys (1): Best Picture (Drama).
Memoir of a Snail (1): Best Animated Film.
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (1): Best Film Not in the English Language.
Saturday Night (1): Best Actor (Musical or Comedy-LaBelle).
Maria (1): Best actress (Drama-Jolie).
The Golden Globes winners will be announced on January 5th, 2025.
CRITICS AND AWARDS GROUPS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND
***THE LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS AND TFF
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named their "Best Of" yesterday. Here's how films that played at TFF fared:
Best Picture: Anora
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof/The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Runner-up: Sean Baker/Anora
Lead Performance: Mikey Madison/Anora
Supporting Performance: Yura Borisov/Anora and Kieran Culkin/A Real Pain.
Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg/A Real Pain. Runner-up: Sean Baker/Anora
Cinematography: Nickel Boys.
Editing: Nickel Boys and September 5 (tied).
Best Film Not in the English Language: All We Imagine as Light. Runner-up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
Best Documentary: No Other land.
***EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS AND TFF
Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez dominated the European Film Awards which announced their recipients on Dec. 7th.
Emilai Perez won Best European Film, Direction for Audiard and Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascon. Audiard was also awarded Best Screenwriter. Additionally the film won Best Editing. The other TFF winner was No Other Land as Best European Documentary.
***BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS AND TFF
The British Independent Film Association announced its winners on Sunday evening. TFF films winning are as follows:
Best Screenplay: Santosh.
Best Supporting Performance: Frank Rogowski/Bird.
Breakthrough Producer: Santosh.
Best Independent Foreign Film: Anora.
THE PLAYLIST 100 MOST ANTICIPATED FOR 2025
Each year about this time The Playlist publishes a list of 100 films that they're most interested in for the following year. The 2025 list was posted last week. Also each year I spend some time culling the list for what feel like possible titles for TFF. Normally I come up with a list of around 20 titles and on average 5-6 of those actually make it into The SHOW. Last year was actually a low point for me as only four of the films I highlighted actually made it to Telluride: The End, Anora, Bird and Maria. Nevertheless, here's my best shot at what might be in TFF #52 from this list of 100 films:
#85) Echo Valley
#73 The Actor (again)
#65) The Roses
#56) The Way of gthe Wind (again)
#52) The History of Sound
#50) Pressure
#47) Splitsville
#43) Deliver Me from Nowhere
#42) The Ballad of a Small Player
#37) Hamnet
#28) Anemone
#14) The Phoenician Scheme
#13) Untitled Noah Baunbach (Jay Kelly?)
#8) Frankenstein
#5) Untitled Alejandro Inarritu (Judy?)
#4) Bugonia
#2) Die My Love
Personally, I'm most excited for Anemone (Daniel Day Lewis unretires), Hamnet (Chole Zhao and Shakespeare) and Del Toro's Frankenstein.
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