Vancouver Film Critics Love "The Artist," Fassbender, Olsen! Check Out Full List of Winners!
When the nominations for the Vancouver Film Critics Circle were revealed on January 3rd, "The Artist" received the most nods. So it's just fitting that the excellent silent film by Michel Hazanavicius took home the top prize, the Best Film trophy, when the winners were announced today.
In the acting department, Michael Fassbender's raw performance in "Shame" won the Best Actor award, while Elizabeth Olsen beat both Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") and Michelle Williams ("My Week with Marilyn") for the Best Actress trophy for her performance in "Martha Marcy May Marlene."
Christopher Plummer's engaging portrayal of a father who came out gay later in life in "Beginners" received the Best Supporting Actor trophy, while Jessica Chastain, pretty much in everything she did in 2011, got the Best Supporting Actress nod.
Here is the full list of winners (highlighted), to see winners/nominees of other award-giving bodies, visit our Awards Avenue coverage right here)
BEST CANADIAN FILM
Café de flore
Small Town Murder Songs
Starbuck
BEST ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Mohamed Fellag, Monsieur Lazhar
Patrick Huard, Starbuck
Peter Stormare, Small Town Murder Songs
BEST ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method
Vanessa Paradis, Café de flore
Ingrid Veninger, i am a good person/i am a bad person
Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower
Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Vincent Cassel, A Dangerous Method
Viggo Mortensen, A Dangerous Method
Seth Rogen, Take This Waltz
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Hélène Florent, Café de flore
Jill Hennessy, Small Town Murder Songs
Hallie Switzer, I am a good person/I am a bad person
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
David Cronenberg, A Dangerous Method
Ed Gass-Donnelly, Small Town Murder Songs
Ken Scott, Starbuck
Jean-Marc Vallée, Café de flore
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Daydream Nation
People of a Feather
Sisters&Brothers
BEST FILM
The Artist
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
BEST ACTOR
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
BEST ACTRESS
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh, My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks, Drive
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terence Malick, The Tree of Life
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
The Interrupters
Nostalgia for the Light
Project Nim
Surviving Progress
BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, Moneyball
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation
Poetry
The Kid with a Bike
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Miley Cyrus is Lola who travels throughout her high school life with help from YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook. But when her mom, played by Demi Moore, accidentally reads her journal, problems arise.
"LOL" is the Lionsgate-Mandate Pictures remake of the 2008 French comedy and LIsa Azuelo, the original writer-director, is also remaking her own film. There's no release date set yet, come on Lionsgate, but you can see the trailer below:
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Pedro Almodovar's "The Skin I Live In" snatched the most nominations for the XXVI Goya Awards, Spain's main national film awards and considered the Spanish equivalent to the Oscars. Starring Antonio Banderas, "The Skin I Live In" received 16 nods including Best Film.
Banderas was nominated for Best Actor and will compete with Daniel Bruhl for "Eva," Luis Tosar for "Minetras duermes," and Jose Coronado for "No Rest for the Wicked." The actor's co-star in the recent DreamWorks Animation "Puss in Boots," Salma Hayek, received a Best Actress nod for "As Luck Would Have It."
Winners for the XXVI Goya Awards will be revealed Feb. 19.
Here's the complete list of nominees:
Film
The Skin I Live In, Pedro Almodovar
No Rest for the Wicked, Enrique Urbizu
The Sleeping Voice, Benito Zambrano
Blackthorn, Mateo Gil
Director
Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In
Benito Zambrano, The Sleeping Voice
Enrique Urbizu, No Rest for the Wicked
Mateo Gil, Blackthorn
New Director
Paula Ortiz, De tu ventana a la mía
Kike Maillo, Eva
Paco Arango, Maktub
Eduardo Chapero-Jackson, Verbo
Original Script
Miguel Barros, Blackthorn
Marti Roca, Sergi Belbel, Cristina Clemente and Aintza Serra, Eva
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Enrique Urbizu and Michel Gaztambide, No Rest for the Wicked
Adapted Script
Angel de la Cruz, Ignacio Ferreras, Paco Roca and Rosanna Cecchini, Wrinkles
Iciar Bollain, Katmandu
Pedro Almodovar, The Skin I Live In
Benito Zambrano and Ignacio del Moral, The Sleeping Voice
Original Score
Lucio Godoy, Blackthorn
Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine, Eva
Alberto Iglesias, The Skin I Live In
Mario de Benito, No Rest for the Wicked
Original Song
Debajo del limon, De tu ventana a la mia
Nana de la hierbabuena, La voz dormida
Nuestra playa eres tu, Maktub
Verbo, Verbo
Lead Actor
Daniel Bruhl, Eva
Antonio Banderas, The Skin I Live In
Luis Tosar, Mientras duermes
Jose Coronado, No Rest for the Wicked
Lead Actress
Veronica Echegui, Katmandu: un espejo en el cielo
Elena Anaya, The Skin I Live In
Inma Cuesta, La voz dormida
Salma Hayek, As Luck Would Have It
Supporting Actor
Juan Diego, 23-F: la película
Lluis Homar, Eva
Juanjo Artero, No Rest for the Wicked
Raul Arevalo, Cousins
Supporting Actress
Goya Toledo, Maktub
Maribel Verdu, De tu ventana a la mía
Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Intruders
Ana Wagener, The Sleeping Voice
New Actor
Jose Mota, As Luck Would Have It
Jan Cornet, The Skin I Live In
Adrian Lastra, Cousins
Marc Clotet, The Sleeping Voice
New Actress
Maria Leon, The Sleeping Voice
Blanca Suarez, The Skin I Live In
Michelle Jener, No tengas miedo
Alba Garcia, Verbo
Production Design
Andres Santana, Blackthorn
Toni Carrizosa, Eva
Toni Novella, The Skin I Live In
Paloma Molina, No Rest for the Wicked
Photography
Juan Antonio Ruiz Anchia, Blackthorn
Arnau Valls Colomer, Eva
Jose Luis Alcaine, The Skin I Live In
Unax Mendia, No Rest for the Wicked
Editing
David Gallart, Blackthorn
Elena Ruiz, Eva
Jose Salcedo, The Skin I Live In
Pablo Blanco, No Rest for the Wicked
Artistic Director
Juan Pedro de Gaspar, Blackthorn
Laia Colet, Eva
Antxon Gomez, The Skin I Live In
Anton Laguna, No Rest for the Wicked
Wardrobe
Clara Bilbao, Blackthorn
Paco Delgado, The Skin I Live In
Maria Jose Iglesias Garcia, The Sleeping Voice
Patricia Monne, No Rest for the Wicked
Makeup and Hair
Ana Lopez-Puigcerver and Belen Lopez-Puigcerver, Blackthorn
Concha Rodriguez and Jesus Martos, Eva
Karmele Soler, David Marti and Manolo Carretero, The Skin I Live In
Montse Boqueras, Nacho Diaz and Sergio Perez, No Rest for the Wicked
Sound
Daniel Fontrodona, Marc Orts and Fabiola Ordoyo, Blackthorn
Jordi Rossinyol, Oriol Tarrago and Marc Orts, Eva
Ivan Marin, Marc Orts and Pelayo Gutierrez, The Skin I Live In
Licio Marcos de Oliveira and Ignacio Royo-Villanova, No Rest for the Wicked
Special Effects
Arturo Balseiro and Lluis Castells, Eva
Raul Romanillos and David Heras, Intruders
Reyes Abades and Eduardo Diaz, The Skin I Live In
Raul Romanillos and Chema Remacha, No Rest for the Wicked
Animated Feature
Wrinkles
Carthago Nova
Papa, soy una zombi
The Little Wizard
Documentary Film
30 anos de oscuridad
El cuaderno de barro
Escuchando al juez Garzon
Morente
Ibero-American Film
Boleto al paraiso
Miss Bala
Un cuento chino
Violeta se fue a los cielos
European Film
Jane Eyre
Melancholia
The Artist
Un dios salvaje
Spanish Fiction Short
El barco pirata
Matar a un nino
El premio
Meine Liebe
Animated Short
Ella
Quien aguanta mas
Big Boy
Rosa
Documentary Short
Alma
Nuevos tempos
Regreso a Viridiana
Virgen negra
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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the seven remaining films in competition in the Makeup category for the 84th Oscars. And they are:
"Albert Nobbs"
"Anonymous"
"The Artist"
"Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"
"Hugo"
"The Iron Lady"
According to the Academy, the Makeup Branch will be invited to watch 10-minute excerpts of the above-mentioned movies, and then the members will vote nominate three films!
We'll find out on January 24th which films made the cut when the nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are revealed.
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The Directors Guild of America has announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2011. Missing from the nominees was Steven Spielberg who crafted not one but two movies this awards season namely "War Horse" and "The Adventures of Tintin."
The winner will be announced at the 64th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, January 28.
Here's the full list of nominees, to visit our Awards Avenue coverage of other award-giving bodies, winners and nominees, click here:
The nominees are (in alphabetical order):
WOODY ALLEN
Midnight in Paris
(Sony Pictures Classics)
Mr. Allen’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Matthieu Rubin, Helen Robin
First Assistant Director: Gil Kenny
Second Assistant Director: Delphine Bertrand
This is Mr. Allen’s fifth DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for Annie Hall (1977), and was previously nominated in that category for Manhattan (1979), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Mr. Allen was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.
DAVID FINCHER
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
(Columbia Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures)
Mr. Fincher’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Daniel M. Stillman
First Assistant Director: Bob Wagner
Second Assistant Director: Allen Kupetsky
Production Manager (Sweden Unit): Karolina Heimburg
Second Assistant Directors (Sweden Unit): Hanna Nilsson, Pontus Klänge
2nd Second Assistant Director (Sweden Unit): Niklas Sjöström
2nd Second Assistant Director (U.S. Unit): Maileen Williams
Unit Production Manager (Zurich Unit): Christos Dervenis
Unit Production Manager (U.K. Unit): Lara Baldwin
Second Assistant Director (U.K. Unit): Paul Taylor
This is Mr. Fincher’s third DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated in this category last year for The Social Network and for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2008. He previously won the DGA Commercial Award for Speed Chain (Nike), Gamebreakers (Nikegridiron.com), and Beauty for Sale (Xelibri Phones) in 2003 and was nominated in that category again in 2008.
MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS
The Artist
(The Weinstein Company)
Mr. Hazanavicius’ Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: Antoine De Cazotte
Production Manager (FR): Ségoléne Fleury
First Assistant Director (FR): James Canal
First Assistant Director (US): David Cluck
Second Assistant Director: Dave Paige
Second Second Assistant Directors: Karla Strum, Ricky Robinson
This is Mr. Hazanavicius’ first DGA Feature Film Award nomination.
ALEXANDER PAYNE
The Descendants
(Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Mr. Payne’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Manager: George Parra
First Assistant Director: Richard L. Fox
Second Assistant Director: Scott August
Second Second Assistant Director: Amy Wilkins Bronson
This is Mr. Payne’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He was previously nominated in that category for Sideways in 2004.
MARTIN SCORSESE
Hugo
(Paramount Pictures)
Mr. Scorsese’s Directorial Team:
Unit Production Managers: Charles Newirth, Georgia Kacandes, Angus More Gordon
First Assistant Director: Chris Surgent
Second Assistant Director: Richard Graysmark
Second Assistant Directors: Tom Brewster, Fraser Fennell-Ball
Production Managers (Paris Unit): Michael Sharp, Gilles Castera
First Assistant Director (Paris Unit): Ali Cherkaoui
This is Mr. Scorsese’s ninth DGA Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film in 2006 for The Departed, and was previously nominated in that category for Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Age of Innocence (1993), Gangs of New York (2002), and The Aviator (2004). Mr. Scorsese also won the DGA Award last year for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Television for Boardwalk Empire. In 1999, Mr. Scorsese was presented with the Filmmaker Award at the inaugural DGA Honors Gala, and he was honored with the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.
The DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film has traditionally been one of the industry's most accurate barometers for who will win the Best Director Academy Award.
Only six times since the DGA Awards began in 1948 has the Feature Film winner not gone on to win the corresponding Academy Award.
The six exceptions are as follows:
1968: Anthony Harvey won the DGA Award for The Lion in Winter while Carol Reed took home the Oscar® for Oliver!
1972: Francis Ford Coppola received the DGA's nod for The Godfather while the Academy selected Bob Fosse for Cabaret.
1985: Steven Spielberg received his first DGA Award for The Color Purple while the Oscar® went to Sydney Pollack for Out of Africa.
1995: Ron Howard was chosen by the DGA for his direction of Apollo 13 while Academy voters selected Mel Gibson for Braveheart.
2000: Ang Lee won the DGA Award for his direction of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon while Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for Traffic.
2002: Rob Marshall won the DGA Award for Chicago while Roman Polanski received the Academy Award for The Pianist.
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