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  • 24 Jan

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    84th Annual Academy Award Nominations [Oscars]

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    Good morning! We’re going to be posting the Oscar nominations right here on this page (almost) as quickly as they are announced. Keep refreshing for the titles and names and be sure to sound off in the comments section below. The ten major categories will be posted here immediately and the rest will be posted once they’re made public from the Academy (usually within a couple of hours)

    AMPAS President, Tom Sherak and last year’s Oscar nominee, Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone) took to the stage to make the presentations. This year’s anticipatory surprise was to see exactly how many nominations there would be for best picture. We knew a minimum of five and a maximum of ten, but where would it fall? That question was answered with 9.

    Take a look at the full list of nominees printed below. See anything interesting or surprising? Anyone snubbed or is anything garnering undeserved attention? Make it known in the comments below!

    The award winners will be announced on February 26th at 8pm ET live on ABC at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Billy Crystal will be back once again to guide us through that journey. We’ll see you then for a live blogging/discussion session and hopefully some good times (and lots of snark from our resident buzzkill, Kurt Halfyard!).

     

    TOTAL NOMINATIONS:
    Hugo = 11
    The Artist = 9
    Moneyball = 6
    War Horse = 6
    The Descendants = 5
    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo = 5
    Midnight in Paris, The Tree of Life, The Help, Albert Nobbs, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy = 3

    BEST MOTION PICTURE:
    The Artist
    The Descendants
    The Help
    Hugo
    Midnight in Paris
    Moneyball
    The Tree of Life
    War Horse
    Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

    DIRECTOR:
    Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
    Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
    Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
    Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
    Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

    ACTOR:
    Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
    Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
    George Clooney (The Descendants)
    Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
    Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)

    ACTRESS:
    Viola Davis (The Help)
    Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
    Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
    Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
    Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

    SUPPORTING ACTOR:
    Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
    Nick Nolte (Warrior)
    Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
    Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
    Max Von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
    Octavia Spencer (The Help)
    Berenice Bejo (The Artist)
    Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
    Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
    Jessica Chastain (The Help)

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
    The Artist
    Midnight in Paris
    Bridesmaids
    Margin Call
    A Separation

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
    The Descendants
    Moneyball
    Hugo
    The Ides of March
    Tinker Tailor Solder Spy

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
    A Separation (Iran)
    In Darkness (Poland)
    Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
    Footnote (Israel)
    Bullhead (Belgium)

    ANIMATED FILM:
    Rango
    Kung Fu Panda 2
    A Cat in Paris
    Chico & Rita
    Puss in Boots

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  • 15 Jan

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    2011 Golden Globe Winners

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    Well, it came down to watching Roman Polanski’s newest film tonight or watching the Golden Globes. Take a wild guess which one I chose? So I didn’t get to see Ricky Gervais spitting in the face of Hollywood elite. But when the evening was over, all of the results of course are printed all over the place so they might as well be here as well.

    But what I want to know is, what was the highlight of the evening? Who did Gervais skewer most aggressively? Did anyone get too drunk and fall down? Sound off in the comments section below. And if you want to talk about who won (or didn’t win) an award, that would be fine too I suppose. On that note actually, it is fantastic to see The Artist taking home a lot of gold tonight. Hopefully that spells some major praise on the real award night, on February 26th. Winners in Red.

    BEST DRAMA
    The Descendants
    The Help
    Hugo
    The Ides of March
    Moneyball
    War Horse

    ACTOR, DRAMA
    George Clooney – The Descendants
    Leonardo DiCaprio – J. Edgar
    Michael Fassbender – Shame
    Ryan Gosling – The Ides of March
    Brad Pitt – Moneyball

    ACTRESS, DRAMA
    Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
    Viola Davis – The Help
    Rooney Mara – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
    Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
    Tilda Swinton – We Need To Talk About Kevin

    BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    50/50
    The Artist
    Bridesmaids
    Midnight in Paris
    My Week with Marilyn

    ACTOR, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Jean Dujardin – The Artist
    Brendan Gleeson – The Guard
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
    Ryan Gosling – Crazy, Stupid, Love
    Owen Wilson – Midnight in Paris

    ACTRESS, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Jodie Foster – Carnage
    Charlize Theron – Young Adult
    Kristin Wiig – Bridesmaids
    Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
    Kate Winslet – Carnage

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  • 12 Jan

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    Best Looking Films of the Year?

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    The ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) announced their nominees for best cinematography in a film for 2011. I guess if anyone should know, it’s these guys and gals. Of the nominees, the only one I haven’t seen is Hugo, so I can’t attest to that one. Not having seen Hugo, I’d personally replace it with something like Hanna or maybe even Rango? Dunno, but the rest of these seem pretty spot on to me. Will these be the five that are also nominated for an Academy Award? What’s missing from this list?

    • Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist)
    • Jeff Cronenweth (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
    • Robert Richardson (Hugo)
    • Hoyte van Hoytema (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
    • Emmanuel Lubezki (The Tree of Life)

     

  • 15 Dec

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    69th Annual Golden Globe Nominations

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    Really none of us give much more than a squirt of piss around here for these nominations and awards show (just look at the nominees for best drama picture to understand why – also apparently My Week with Marilyn is somehow a musical and/or comedy). But c’mon, everyone will be tuning in to see how much of a fool Ricky Gervais will make of all the guests present and not present. Or how much of a fool he’ll make of himself. It’s going to be a load of uncomfortable fun to be sure. But if you’re interested in finding out who takes home the statue from The Hollywood Foreign Press, here are the five or six nominees in each category that have a shot at it this year…

    MOVIES

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA:
    The Descendants
    The Help
    Hugo
    The Ides of March
    Moneyball
    War Horse

    BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY:
    50/50
    The Artist
    Bridesmaids
    Midnight in Paris
    My Week with Marilyn

    BEST DIRECTOR:
    Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
    George Clooney, The Ides of March
    Michael Hazanavicius, The Artist
    Alexander Payne, The Descendants
    Martin Scorsese, Hugo

    BEST ACTOR, DRAMA:
    George Clooney, The Descendants
    Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
    Michael Fassbender, Shame
    Ryan Gosling, The Ides of March
    Brad Pitt,Moneyball

    BEST ACTRESS, DRAMA:
    Glen Close, Albert Nobbs
    Viola Davis, The Help
    Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
    Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

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  • 29 Nov

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    2011 Independent Spirit Award Nominees

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    Here we go again. The award season is upon us. Love them or hate them, movie awards season is just a part of a cinema-blogger’s life. You can take them seriously or take them with a grain of salt. Either way, you gotta take ‘em. Probably taking things as least seriously as possible are the annual Spirit Awards. For the most part, these are the films that you didn’t see in the multi-plex, ergo probably worth taking note of.

    Myself, I’m a big fan of many of the films on this year’s nominations list (Another Earth, Yay!). So it will be fun to see all these stars make their way down the very casual and sometimes drunken, red carpet in late February (the 25th, the day before the Oscars) to see who will make the biggest fool of themselves on stage.

    For those of you keeping count, Take Shelter and The Artist were the two leaders in these nominations with 5 nods each. The Descendants came out with 4 (all three films up for best feature). But here are all of the nominees for this year’s awards. The “big” ones are up top, hit the jump to look under the seats and see the rest of the nominees. Then sound off in the comment section. Anything you’re particularly happy to see? Something you’re oh so happy did not make the cut? Something or someone that got snubbed (The Skin I Live In!!!?!??!)? I’m curious…

    Best Feature:
    50/50
    Beginners
    Drive
    Take Shelter
    The Artist
    The Descendants

    Best Director:
    Mike Mills, Beginners
    Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
    Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
    Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
    Alexander Payne, The Descendants

    Best First Feature:
    Another Earth
    In The Family
    Margin Call
    Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Natural Selection

    Best Male Lead:
    Demian Bichir, A Better Life
    Jean Dujardin, The Artist
    Ryan Gosling, Drive
    Woody Harrelson, Rampart
    Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

    Best Female Lead:
    Lauren Ambrose, Think of Me
    Rachel Harris, Natural Selection
    Adepero Oduye, Pariah
    Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

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  • 15 Jun

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    No More Pity Nominations at the Oscars

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    For years I’ve been saying that the Academy needed to change up their “five only” nominations process at the Oscars. Then a couple of years ago, they did; upping the number to ten. Of course I was in favor of this just to add spice to the conversation and for no other reason to spice things up. But all the while I kept asking why they didn’t just nominate the number of films that deserve to be there. Why limit it to ten? Why have at least five? If only three films in a given year are worthy, so be it: three best picture nominations. If there are twelve truly fantastic films, let them be recognized!

    It looks like they’re sort of going with that school of thought this year. While they’re still going to have a minimum of five nominations, the actual number of nomination will vary (with a maximum of ten). So all in all, this is a step in the right direction. The Blind Sides of the world will stop getting nominated out of pity (or whatever the hell the reason was).

    The change came about because of complaints that the Academy was recognizing films just to reach a larger audience and that the films being nominated had no real chance of ever winning (gee, ya think?). This also will add a touch of interest to nominations day as no one will know how many films are to be nominated until the titles are announced.

    The new system, according to the academy, will tighten up the race by adding a picture to the base number of five nominees only if it has received more than 5% of the votes in the nominating process. Between 2001 and 2008, the academy said, the system would have yielded 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 nominees in various years.

    Now all they need to do is narrow the time gap between nominations day and the actual award presentation. Say two weeks? That would be nice for the internet nerds who won’t have gone through every single detail of the nominations and give the entire Oscar evening a feeling of “already been played out.”

    What say you? What do you think of these new “rules” aimed at spicing things up and making the nominations seemingly more realistic?

    source: FilmJunk

  • 22 May

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    The Most Unsurprising News of the Week…

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    Mallick takes home the big prize. Meanwhile, racing in with the antithesis to the title of this post, Kirsten Dunst takes best actress. Von Trier must’ve done something right.

    The winner circle at Cannes:

    Palme d’Or:
    The Tree of Life (dir. Terrence Malick)

    Best Director:
    Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive

    Best Screenplay:
    Joseph Cedar for Footnote

    Jury Prize:
    Polisse

    Camera d’Or:
    Las acacias (dir. Pablo Giorgelli)

    Best Actress:
    Kirsten Dunst for Melacholia (dir. Lars von Trier)

    Best Actor:
    Jean Dujardin for The Artist (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)

    Grand Prix: TIE
    The Kid with a Bike (dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
    Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (Bir Zamanlar Anadoulu’da) (dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

    Short Film Palme d’Or:
    Cross-Country (dir. Maryna Vroda)

     

  • 27 Feb

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    83rd Annual Academy Award Winners [Oscars]

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    “Maybe, tonight,” sings Nicole Atkins, as the same thought runs through countless Hollywood celebs today as we gear up for the big night. Today sadly sort of officially marks the end of the 2010 movie season. But if you’re a glass is half full kind of person, it also marks the beginning of what is shaping up to be a glorious year for film in 2011. That’s right; Oscar night gets underway tonight at 8pm ET live on ABC at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Of course all of the awkwardness of the red carpet will be starting well before that. To get in on the action with the rest of us here in the third row, be sure to check out our Live Blog/Chat session and hang with all the cool kids.

    With all the going on, this post will hopefully be updating the winners (in blazing red) as they are announced. So lots going on with everyone in the third row. Again, stop by the chatroom for all the action during the show. For post-ceremony banter, come back here and keep the conversation going in our comment section below.
     

    BEST MOTION PICTURE
    The Social Network
    Black Swan
    The Fighter
    True Grit
    Toy Story 3
    The King’s Speech
    Inception
    127 Hours
    The Kids Are All Right
    Winter’s Bone

    DIRECTOR
    Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
    David Fincher (The Social Network)
    Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
    Joel and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
    David O. Russell (The Fighter

    ACTOR
    Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
    James Franco (127 Hours)
    Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
    Javier Bardem (Biutiful)
    Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)

    ACTRESS
    Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
    Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
    Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
    Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
    Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

    SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Christian Bale (The Fighter)
    Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
    Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
    Jeremy Renner (The Town)
    John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Jackie Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
    Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
    Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
    Amy Adams (The Fighter)
    Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    Another Year
    The Fighter
    Inception
    The Kdis are All Right
    King’s Speech

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    127 Hours
    Social Network
    Toy Story 3
    True Grit
    Winter’s Bone

    FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
    Biutiful
    Dogtooth
    In a Better World
    Incendies
    Outside the Law

    ANIMATED
    How to Train Your Dragon
    The Illusionist
    Toy Story 3

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  • 27 Feb

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    Independent Spirit Award Winners

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    Less money = more fun. At least that’s how IFC sees it. Looks like Black Swan pretty much ran away with it. Here are all of the nominees and the winners (in red) from today’s Independent Spirit Awards…

    BEST FEATURE:
    127 Hours
    Black Swan
    Greenberg
    The Kids Are All Right
    Winter’s Bone

    BEST DIRECTOR :
    Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
    Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
    Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
    Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
    John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole

    BEST FEMALE LEAD:
    Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
    Greta Gerwig, Greenberg
    Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
    Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
    Natalie Portman, Black Swan
    Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

    BEST MALE LEAD:
    Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
    Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
    James Franco, 127 Hours
    John C. Reilly, Cyrus
    Ben Stiller, Greenberg

    BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:
    Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism
    Dale Dickey, Winter’s Bone
    Allison Janney, Life During Wartime
    Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jack Goes Boating
    Naomi Watts, Mother and Child

    BEST SUPPORTING MALE:
    John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
    Samuel L. Jackson, Mother and Child
    Bill Murray, Get Low
    John Ortiz, Jack Goes Boating
    Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right

    more categories/nominations under the seats…
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  • 25 Feb

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    If We Picked the Winners

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    As an excuse to post yet another list and to proclaim to the world that we think we know everything, the third row thought it might be fun to see who would come out on top in the various categories if we were allowed to pick the nominees and the winners. So for the best in film for 2010, forget about the schlocky and out of touch crew that is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science and check out the definitive list of winners below decided upon by the admins here at RowThree. We fully expect David Fincher to drop by the studio one of these to collect any prize that might be coming his way (a DVD of The Social Network).

    Aside from “Best Picture” (which you can see here), everyone here sort of just put forth a series of suggestions for potential nominees. I took the most mentioned nominees and made a short list of five. We then all voted and here are the declarative winners (nominations are presented in alphabetical order)…

    BEST DIRECTOR:

    And the nominees are:
    Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan
    Danny Boyle – 127 Hours
    David Fincher – The Social Network
    Mike Leigh – Another Year
    Roman Polanski – Ghost Writer

    And the winner is…
    Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan

    BEST ACTRESS:

    And the nominees are:
    Katie Jarvis – Fish Tank
    Jennifer Lawrence – Winter’s Bone
    Leslie Manville – Another Year
    Natalie Portman – Black Swan
    Jackie Weaver – Animal Kingdom

    And the winner is…
    Leslie Manville – Another Year

    BEST ACTOR:

    And the nominees are:
    Jeff Bridges / Matt Damon (duo) – True Grit
    Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
    Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine
    John Hawkes – Winter’s Bone
    Mark Ruffalo – The Kids are Alright

    And the winner is…
    Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

    The rest of the winners are under the seats…
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  • 24 Feb

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    Fourth Annual Row Three Oscar Live Blog!

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    Row Three Live Blogs the OscarsI must admit that I had nearly written off this year’s live blog but kudos to Jandy for spurring me on because honestly, we can’t break tradition now that we’re so close to our fifth year anniversary!

    Returning for another year, our liveblog will include lots of bitching, lots of cooing and probably a few drinks spilled over keyboards. The races don’t seem qutie as close as in years past but there’s always the cut-throat art direction category which could go to a film with hardcore gay porn connections. OK. So that’s a bit of a stretch but an amusing one. And heck, I can’t remember the last time I was more interested in the foreign language race than that of best picture.

    And then there’s the Hathaway/Franco factor. I’m sure that has nothing to do with my excitement (for once!) at seeing the show.

    So come on by on Sunday, Februay 27th to join in the fun. The show starts at 5PM pacific time but we’ll likely kick things off at 4:30PM or so with a call for shooters every time Andrew mentions how awesome Penelope Cruz looks.

    So mark your calendar, set your reminder, make your trip to the liquor store early, be sure to enter our Oscar Pool Contest and then tune into the fun!

  • 13 Feb

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    Everyone Loved “The King’s Speech” – Especially Britain

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    About a month ago I told everyone I know to mark David Fincher’s The Social Network on their Oscar ballot right now. It was a lock. It’s over. Guaranteed. While I will be sticking with that pick, it’s looking more and more like a closer race than I thought. The King’s Speech has been eating up audiences and the buzz is pretty much at its peak. On top of that, it nabbed 7 BAFTA’s last night (winning half of their 12 nominations) which just keeps the freight train a truckin’. Having said that, Fincher did get the win for Best Director and Best Screenplay, so I think there’s still a chance his film will get Best Picture come Oscar day.

    Other than that, nothing here all that surprising or hard to predict. Another ho-hum Oscar season in which just about everything is either a lock or a 1 in 2 chance of winning. So just like last year, it seems there are really only two horses in this race. Who will cross the finish line first?

    BAFTA Winners:

    Best Film
    The King’s Speech

    Outstanding British Film
    The King’s Speech

    Director
    David Fincher – The Social Network

    Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
    Chris Morris – Four Lions

    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

    Original Screenplay
    The King’s Speech – David Seidler

    Adapted Screenplay
    The Social Network – Aaron Sorkin

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

    Animated Film
    Toy Story 3

    Original Music
    The King’s Speech – Alexandre Desplat

    Cinematography
    True Grit – Roger Deakins

    Editing
    The Social Network – Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter

    Production Design
    Inception – Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Doug Mowa

    Costume Design
    Alice in Wonderland – Colleen Atwood

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

    Special Visual Effects
    Inception – Corbould, Franklin, Lockley, Bebb

    Make Up & Hair
    Alice in Wonderland – Valli O’Reilly, Paul Gooch

    Short Animation
    The Eagleman Stag – Michael Pleas

    Short Film
    Until the River Runs Red – Paul Wright, Poss Kondeatis

    Orange Wednesdays Rising Award
    Tom Hardy

     
     

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