01 March 2016

And the winners 2015 are

Best motion picture of the year
  • “Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Achievement in directing
  • “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Performance by an actor in a leading role
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  • Brie Larson in “Room”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  • Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  • Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”

Adapted screenplay
  • “The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Original screenplay
  • “Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
Achievement in film editing
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
Achievement in cinematography
  • “The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
Best foreign language film of the year
  • “Son of Saul” Hungary
Best animated feature film of the year
  • “Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Best documentary feature
  • “Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  • “The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  • “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
    Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Achievement in production design
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
Achievement in costume design
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
Achievement in sound editing
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
Achievement in sound mixing
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
Achievement in visual effects
  • “Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
Best animated short film
  • “Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Best documentary short subject
  • “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Best live action short film
  • “Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage
I got 16/24. I missed the picture, supporting actor, documentary short, original song, live action short, sound editing, sound mixing and visual effects. Picture, sound editing and mixing I could picked correctly but the rest never. Here we go; let's start a new one!

28 February 2016

My predictions 2015


My predictions are here:

Best Picture The Revenant
Best Director Alejandro González Iñárritu, The Revenant
Best Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress Brie Larson, Room
Best Supporting Actor Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Adapted Screenplay The Big Short
Best Original Screenplay Spotlight
Best Cinematography Emmanuel Lubezki, The Revenant
Best Film Editing Mad Max
Best Animated Feature Inside Out
Best Foreign Language Film Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Documentary Feature Amy
Best Documentary Short Body Team 12
 Best Live Action Short Shok
Best Animated Short Bear Story
Best Original Score The Hateful Eight
Best Original Song SongTil it Happens to you, The Hunting Ground (Lady Gaga)
Best Sound Mixing The Revenant
Best Sound Editing The Revenant
Best Production Design Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Visual Effects The Revenant
Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Mad Max: Fury Road

18 January 2016

Critics Choice winners

  • BEST PICTURE – Spotlight
  • BEST DIRECTOR – George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST ACTOR – Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
  • BEST ACTRESS – Brie Larson – Room
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Sylvester Stallone – Creed
  • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl
  • BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS – Jacob Tremblay – Room
  • BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – Spotlight
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
  • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Charles Randolph and Adam McKay – The Big Short
  • BEST EDITING – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST SCORE – Ennio Morricone – Hateful Eight
  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – The Revenant
  • BEST COMEDY – The Big Short
  • BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY – Christian Bale – The Big Short
  • BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY – Amy Schumer – Trainwreck

  • BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE – Ex Machina
  • BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM – Son of Saul
  • BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Inside Out
  • BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Amy
  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST HAIR & MAKEUP – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST VISUAL EFFECTS – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST ACTION MOVIE – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE – Tom Hardy – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE – Charlize Theron – Mad Max: Fury Road
  • BEST SONG – Furious 7 – See You Again

14 January 2016

And my scores 2015

Best animated feature film of the year
* Inside Out
* Anomalisa
* Shaun the Sheep Movie
* The Peanuts Movie Boy and the World
* The Good Dinosaur When Marnie Was Here

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
* Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
* Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
* Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
* Matt Damon - The Martian



Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
* Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
* Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation Tom Hardy - The Revenant
* Christian Bale - The Big Short
* Michael Shannon - 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone - Creed

So Sylvester Stallone got nominated after all. Idris Elba I should have seen coming; I was very doubtful earlier but as he was everywhere, I thought it would happen. I really like him but this was not his year and probably the Academy still prefers the big screen.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Carol
* Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
* Brie Larson - Room
* Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
* Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl Jennifer Lawrence - Joy

The golden girl got nominated again. This was my own risk that I took and for the fifth place I could have chosen Jennifer Lawrence; but I didn't.


Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
* Helen Mirren - Trumbo Rachel McAdams - Spotlight
* Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl
* Rooney Mara - Carol
* Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

And this could have been the Danish Girl but I chose otherwise. Rachel McAdams I didn't see coming.

Achievement in cinematography
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Carol
* The Revenant
* Sicario
* Bridge of Spies The Hateful Eight

Achievement in costume design
* Carol
* Cinderella
* The Danish Girl
* Brooklyn The Revenant
* Mad Max: Fury Road

Achievement in directing
* Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant
* Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
* Adam McKay - The Big Short
* George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
* Ridley Scott - The Martian Lenny Abrahamson - Room

Best documentary feature
* Amy
* The Look of Silence
* Cartel Land
* He Named Me Malala What Happened, Miss Simone?
* Listen To Me Marlon Winter on Fire

Achievement in film editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Big Short
* The Revenant
* The Martian Spotlight
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best foreign language film of the year
* Hungary - Son of Saul
* Germany - Labyrinth of Lies Embrace of the Serpent - Colombia
* Mustang - France
* Viva - Ireland Theeb - Jordan
* The Brand New Testament - Belgium A War - Denmark


Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Mr Holmes The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
* The Revenant

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* Bridge of Spies
* The Danish Girl Carol
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Hateful Eight
* Spotlight Sicario

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Furious 7 - See You Again Earned It Fifty Shades of Grey
* The Hunting Ground - Til It Happens To You
* I'll See You In My Dreams - I'll See You In My Dreams Manta Ray - Racing Extinction
* Shaun the Sheep Movie - Feels Like Summer Writing’s On The Wall - Spectre
* Youth - Simple Song #3

Best motion picture of the year
* Spotlight
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* The Big Short
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* Carol Room
* Brooklyn
* (Straight Outta Compton)
* (Inside Out)

Achievement in production design
*
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Danish Girl

Achievement in sound editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Revenant

* The Martian
* The Revenant
* Sicario

Achievement in sound mixing
* Bridge of Spies
* The Hateful Eight The Martian
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in visual effects
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Martian
* Ex Machina
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Revenant

Adapted screenplay
* Steve Jobs Brooklyn
* The Big Short
* The Martian
* Room
* Carol

Original screenplay
* Spotlight
* Bridge of Spies
* Inside Out
* Straight Outta Compton
* Hateful Eight Ex Machina

My scores: 78/106 (73,6 %)

Not good, not bad; let's called it ok year.

Nominations are here

Performance by an actor in a leading role
  • Bryan Cranston in “Trumbo”
  • Matt Damon in “The Martian”
  • Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant”
  • Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs”
  • Eddie Redmayne in “The Danish Girl”

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  • Christian Bale in “The Big Short”
  • Tom Hardy in “The Revenant”
  • Mark Ruffalo in “Spotlight”
  • Mark Rylance in “Bridge of Spies”
  • Sylvester Stallone in “Creed”

Performance by an actress in a leading role
  • Cate Blanchett in “Carol”
  • Brie Larson in “Room”
  • Jennifer Lawrence in “Joy”
  • Charlotte Rampling in “45 Years”
  • Saoirse Ronan in “Brooklyn”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh in “The Hateful Eight”
  • Rooney Mara in “Carol”
  • Rachel McAdams in “Spotlight”
  • Alicia Vikander in “The Danish Girl”
  • Kate Winslet in “Steve Jobs”

Best animated feature film of the year
  • “Anomalisa” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson and Rosa Tran
  • “Boy and the World” Alê Abreu
  • “Inside Out” Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
  • “Shaun the Sheep Movie” Mark Burton and Richard Starzak
  • “When Marnie Was There” Hiromasa Yonebayashi and Yoshiaki Nishimura

Achievement in cinematography
  • “Carol” Ed Lachman
  • “The Hateful Eight” Robert Richardson
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” John Seale
  • “The Revenant” Emmanuel Lubezki
  • “Sicario” Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design
  • “Carol” Sandy Powell
  • “Cinderella” Sandy Powell
  • “The Danish Girl” Paco Delgado
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Jenny Beavan
  • “The Revenant” Jacqueline West

Achievement in directing
  • “The Big Short” Adam McKay
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” George Miller
  • “The Revenant” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
  • “Room” Lenny Abrahamson
  • “Spotlight” Tom McCarthy

Best documentary feature
  • “Amy” Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
  • “Cartel Land” Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
  • “The Look of Silence” Joshua Oppenheimer and Signe Byrge Sørensen
  • “What Happened, Miss Simone?” Liz Garbus, Amy Hobby and Justin Wilkes
  • “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor

Best documentary short subject
  • “Body Team 12” David Darg and Bryn Mooser
  • “Chau, beyond the Lines” Courtney Marsh and Jerry Franck
  • “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” Adam Benzine
  • “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
  • “Last Day of Freedom” Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman

Achievement in film editing
  • “The Big Short” Hank Corwin
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Margaret Sixel
  • “The Revenant” Stephen Mirrione
  • “Spotlight” Tom McArdle
  • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey

Best foreign language film of the year
  • “Embrace of the Serpent” Colombia
  • “Mustang” France
  • “Son of Saul” Hungary
  • “Theeb” Jordan
  • “A War” Denmark

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
  • “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
  • “The Revenant” Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  • “Bridge of Spies” Thomas Newman
  • “Carol” Carter Burwell
  • “The Hateful Eight” Ennio Morricone
  • “Sicario” Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” John Williams

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  • “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
    Music and Lyric by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Daheala Quenneville and Stephan Moccio
  • “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
    Music by J. Ralph and Lyric by Antony Hegarty
  • “Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
    Music and Lyric by David Lang
  • “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
    Music and Lyric by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga
  • “Writing’s On The Wall” from “Spectre”
    Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith

Best motion picture of the year
  • “The Big Short” Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
  • “Bridge of Spies” Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers
  • “Brooklyn” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Doug Mitchell and George Miller, Producers
  • “The Martian” Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam, Producers
  • “The Revenant” Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon, Producers
  • “Room” Ed Guiney, Producer
  • “Spotlight” Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers

Achievement in production design
  • “Bridge of Spies” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo and Bernhard Henrich
  • “The Danish Girl” Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Michael Standish
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
  • “The Martian” Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Celia Bobak
  • “The Revenant” Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Hamish Purdy

Best animated short film
  • “Bear Story” Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
  • “Prologue” Richard Williams and Imogen Sutton
  • “Sanjay’s Super Team” Sanjay Patel and Nicole Grindle
  • “We Can’t Live without Cosmos” Konstantin Bronzit
  • “World of Tomorrow” Don Hertzfeldt

Best live action short film
  • “Ave Maria” Basil Khalil and Eric Dupont
  • “Day One” Henry Hughes
  • “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)” Patrick Vollrath
  • “Shok” Jamie Donoughue
  • “Stutterer” Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armitage

Achievement in sound editing
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Mark Mangini and David White
  • “The Martian” Oliver Tarney
  • “The Revenant” Martin Hernandez and Lon Bender
  • “Sicario” Alan Robert Murray
  • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Matthew Wood and David Acord

Achievement in sound mixing
  • “Bridge of Spies” Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom and Drew Kunin
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
  • “The Martian” Paul Massey, Mark Taylor and Mac Ruth
  • “The Revenant” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Randy Thom and Chris Duesterdiek
  • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson

Achievement in visual effects
  • “Ex Machina” Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
  • “Mad Max: Fury Road” Andrew Jackson, Tom Wood, Dan Oliver and Andy Williams
  • “The Martian” Richard Stammers, Anders Langlands, Chris Lawrence and Steven Warner
  • “The Revenant” Rich McBride, Matthew Shumway, Jason Smith and Cameron Waldbauer
  • “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould

Adapted screenplay
  • “The Big Short” Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
  • “Brooklyn” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
  • “Carol” Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy
  • “The Martian” Screenplay by Drew Goddard
  • “Room” Screenplay by Emma Donoghue

Original screenplay
  • “Bridge of Spies” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen
  • “Ex Machina” Written by Alex Garland
  • “Inside Out” Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
  • “Spotlight” Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
  • “Straight Outta Compton” Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff

Predictions are in

My predictions are here. I haven't been following the buzz that much this year either, but here are my predictions anyway.


Best animated feature film of the year
* Inside Out
* Anomalisa
* Shaun the Sheep Movie
* The Peanuts Movie
* The Good Dinosaur

Performance by an actor in a leading role
* Bryan Cranston - Trumbo
* Eddie Redmayne - The Danish Girl
* Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
* Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
* Matt Damon - The Martian







Hopefully Leo will eventually get nominated. He has been snubbed a couple of times before and therefore he's never a lock until the nominations have been announced.

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
* Mark Rylance - Bridge of Spies
* Mark Ruffalo - Spotlight
* Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
* Christian Bale - The Big Short
* Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

Sylvester Stallone could get nominated but I did not feel like it. I chose Michael Shannon.

Performance by an actress in a leading role
* Cate Blanchett - Carol
* Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn
* Brie Larson - Room
* Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years
* Alicia Vikander - The Danish Girl





The fifth spot was hard. Maybe Alicia Vikander will be nominated twice therefore The Danish Girl is leading and Ex Machina supporting.

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
* Kate Winslet - Steve Jobs
* Helen Mirren - Trumbo
* Alicia Vikander - Ex Machina
* Rooney Mara - Carol
* Jennifer Jason Leigh - The Hateful Eight

Achievement in cinematography
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Carol
* The Revenant
* Sicario
* Bridge of Spies

Achievement in costume design
* Carol
* Cinderella
* The Danish Girl
* Brooklyn
* Mad Max: Fury Road

Achievement in directing
* Alejandro Inarritu - The Revenant
* Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
* Adam McKay - The Big Short
* George Miller - Mad Max: Fury Road
* Ridley Scott - The Martian

Best documentary feature
* Amy
* The Look of Silence
* Cartel Land
* He Named Me Malala
* Listen To Me Marlon

Achievement in film editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Big Short
* The Revenant
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best foreign language film of the year
* Hungary - Son of Saul
* Germany - Labyrinth of Lies
* Mustang - France
* Viva - Ireland
* The Brand New Testament - Belgium

Hopefully Finland's entry will be nominated but as this category is a wild game, you will never know.  

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Mr Holmes
* The Revenant

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
* Bridge of Spies
* The Danish Girl
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Hateful Eight
* Spotlight

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
* Furious 7 - See You Again
* The Hunting Ground - Til It Happens To You
* I'll See You In My Dreams - I'll See You In My Dreams
* Shaun the Sheep Movie - Feels Like Summer
* Youth - Simple Song #3

Best motion picture of the year
* Spotlight
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* The Big Short
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* Carol
* Brooklyn
* (Straight Outta Compton)
* (Inside Out)

Achievement in production design
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Bridge of Spies
* The Martian
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Danish Girl

Achievement in sound editing
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Martian
* The Revenant
* Sicario

Achievement in sound mixing
* Bridge of Spies
* The Hateful Eight
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Revenant
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Achievement in visual effects
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* The Martian
* Ex Machina
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* The Revenant

Adapted screenplay
* Steve Jobs
* The Big Short
* The Martian
* Room
* Carol

Original screenplay
* Spotlight
* Bridge of Spies
* Inside Out
* Straight Outta Compton
* Hateful Eight

12 January 2016

CAS nominations

Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

VES nominations

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

“Furious 7”
“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Martian”
“San Andreas”
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature

“Bridge of Spies”
“Everest”
“In the Heart of the Sea”
“The Revenant”
“The Walk”


Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature

“Anomalisa”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“The Peanuts Movie”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project

“Assassin’s Creed Syndicate”
“Destiny: The Taken King”
“Halo 5: Guardians”
“The Hobbit: A Thief in the Shadows”
“The Order: 1886”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

“Childhood’s End” — “Night Three”
“Game of Thrones” — “The Dance of Dragons”
“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” — “Arabella”
“Nezlamna” — “Sea Dogfight”
“The Strain” — “Identity”

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial

Audi — “Birth”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
Ikea — “T-shirts”
SSE — “Pier”
“Game of War” — “Rooftop Alliance”
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
“Fast and Furious: Supercharged”
“Goosebumps” VR Adventure
Nike — “The Neymar Jr. Effect”
“Kaka’s Great Adventure”
“SpongeBob SubPants”

Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature

“Ant-Man” — The Microverse
“Jurassic World” — Jungle Chase
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
“Tomorrowland” — Tomorrowland Center
“The Walk” — World Trade Center

Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode

“Agent Carter” — “Now is Not the End”
“Black Sails” — “XVIII”
“Daredevil” — “Speak of the Devil”
“Penny Dreadful” — “And They Were Enemies”
“Vikings” — “To the Gates”

Outstanding Animated Performance in a Photoreal Feature

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulk
“Chappie” — Chappie
“The Revenant” — The Bear
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Maz

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur” — Spot
“Inside Out” — Joy
“The Peanuts Movie” — Charlie Brown
“The Peanuts Movie” — Snoopy

Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur” — The Farm
“Inside Out” — Imagination Land
“The Peanuts Movie” — Charlie Brown’s Neighborhood
“Shaun the Sheep Movie” — Under the Arches

Outstanding Animated Performance in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Game of Thrones” — “The Dance of Dragons” — Drogon Arena Rescue
“Game of Thrones” — “Mother’s Mercy” — Wounded Drogon
SSE — “Pier” — Orangutan
Sainsbury’s — Mog

Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Black Sails” — Charles Town Harbor
Game of Thrones” — City of Volantis
“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Arena
“Vikings” — Paris

Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a Photoreal Project

“Ant-Man” — Macro Action
“Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” — Underwater Torus Chamber
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Falcon Chase/Graveyard
“The Walk” — Towers Walk

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial or Real-Time Project

“Game of Thrones” — “Hardhome”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
Lipton — “The Revolution in Tea”
SSE — “Pier”

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature

“Mad Max: Fury Road”
“The Revenant” — Bear Attack
“San Andreas” — Los Angeles Destruction
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
“Tomorrowland”

Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulkbuster
“Everest” — Mt. Everest
“Jurassic World” — Indominus Rex
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — BB-8

Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” — Hulk vs. Hulkbuster
“Mad Max: Fury Road” — Toxic Storm
“San Andreas” — Hoover Dam/San Francisco Tsunami
“San Andreas” — Los Angeles Destruction
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — Starkiller Base

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Episode

“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Arena
“Game of Thrones” — Drogon Lair
“Game of Thrones” — “Hardhome”
“Vikings” — “To the Gates”

Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature

“The Good Dinosaur”
“Home”
“Inside Out”
“The Peanuts Movie”

Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Commercial

“Game of War” — “Rooftop Alliance”
“Halo 5” — “The Hunt Begins”
SSE — “Pier”
Under Armour — “Rule Yourself

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project

“Citipati”
“Jagon”
“Korser”
“Skål”

DGA noms

  • Alejandro G. Inarritu, The Revenant
  • Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
  • Adam McKay, The Big Short
  • George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
  • Ridley Scott, The Martian

11 January 2016

ACE Eddies

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (DRAMATIC):
Mad Max: Fury Road
Margaret Sixel
The Martian
Pietro Scalia, ACE
The Revenant
Stephen Mirrione, ACE
Sicario
Joe Walker, ACE
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Maryann Brandon, ACE & Mary Jo Markey, ACE
BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Anomalisa
Garret Elkins
Inside Out
Kevin Nolting, ACE
The Good Dinosaur
Stephen Schaffer, ACE
BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE):
Amy
Chris King
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Joe Beshenkovsky & Brett Morgen
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
Andy GrieveHe Named Me Malala
Greg Finton, ACE, Brian Johnson & Brad Fuller
The Wrecking Crew
Claire Scanlon

ADG nominations

1. PERIOD FILM
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Production Designer: ADAM STOCKHAUSEN
CRIMSON PEAK
Production Designer: THOMAS E. SANDERS
THE DANISH GIRL
Production Designer: EVE STEWART
THE REVENANT
Production Designer: JACK FISK
TRUMBO
Production Designer: MARK RICKER
2. FANTASY FILM
CINDERELLA
Production Designer: DANTE FERRETTI
JURASSIC WORLD
Production Designer: EDWARD VERREAUX
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Production Designer: COLIN GIBSON
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
Production Designers: RICK CARTER, DARREN GILFORD
TOMORROWLAND
Production Designer: SCOTT CHAMBLISS

3. CONTEMPORARY FILM
EX MACHINA
Production Designer: MARK DIGBY
JOY
Production Designer: JUDY BECKER
THE MARTIAN
Production Designer: ARTHUR MAX
SICARIO
Production Designer: PATRICE VERMETTE
SPECTRE
Production Designer: DENNIS GASSNER

PGA noms

The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Ø  The Big Short
Producers: Brad Pitt & Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Ø  Bridge of Spies
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Marc Platt, Kristie Macosko Krieger
Ø  Brooklyn
Producers: Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey
Ø  Ex Machina
This film is in the process of being vetted for producer eligibility
Ø  Mad Max: Fury Road 
Producers: Doug Mitchell & George Miller
Ø  The Martian
Producers: Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Michael Schaefer, Mark Huffam
Ø  The Revenant
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon
Ø  Sicario
Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Edward L. McDonnell, Molly Smith
Ø  Spotlight
Producers: Michael Sugar & Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
Ø  Straight Outta Compton
Producers: Ice Cube & Matt Alvarez, F. Gary Gray, Dr. Dre, Scott Bernstein

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Ø  Anomalisa
Producers: Rosa Tran, Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Ø  The Good Dinosaur
Producer: Denise Ream
Ø  Inside Out
Producer: Jonas Rivera
Ø  Minions
Producers: Chris Meledandri, Janet Healy
Ø  The Peanuts Movie
Producers: Craig Schulz, Michael J. Travers

The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures:
Ø  Amy
Producer: James Gay-Rees
Ø  The Hunting Ground
Producer: Amy Ziering
Ø  The Look of Silence
Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen
Ø  Meru
Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
Ø  Something Better to Come
Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Hanna Polak

ASC nominations

Bridge of Spies
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

WGA noms

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

  • Bridge of Spies, Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen; DreamWorks Pictures
  • Sicario, Written by Taylor Sheridan; Lionsgate
  • Spotlight, Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy; Open Road Films
  • Straight Outta Compton, Screenplay by Jonathan Herman and Andrea Berloff; Story by S. Leigh Savidge & Alan Wenkus and Andrea Berloff; Universal Pictures
  • Trainwreck, Written by Amy Schumer; Universal Pictures

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

  • The Big Short, Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay; Based on the Book by Michael Lewis; Paramount Pictures
  • Carol, Screenplay by Phyllis Nagy; Based on the Novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith; The Weinstein Company
  • The Martian, Screenplay by Drew Goddard; Based on the Novel by Andy Weir; Twentieth Century Fox
  • Steve Jobs, Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin; Based on the Book by Walter Isaacson; Universal Pictures
  • Trumbo, Written by John McNamara; Based on the Biography by Bruce Cook; Bleecker Street Media


DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

  • Being Canadian, Written by Robert Cohen; Candy Factory Films
  • Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, Written by Alex Gibney; HBO Documentary Films
  • Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Written by Brett Morgen; HBO Documentary Films
  • Prophet’s Prey, Written by Amy J. Berg; Showtime Documentary Films

Scripter nominations

FILM
  • The Big Short
    Screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, adapted from Michael Lewis’s nonfiction work “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine”
    Paramount Pictures and W.W. Norton
  • Brooklyn
    Novelist Colm Tóibín and screenwriter Nick Hornby
    Fox Searchlight and Viking
  • The End Of The Tour
    Screenwriter Donald Margulies, adapted from David Lipsky’s memoir “Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace”
    A24 and Broadway Books
  • The Martian
    Novelist Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard
    Twentieth Century Fox and Crown Publishing Group
  • Room
    Emma Donoghue for the novel and screenplay
    A24 and Little, Brown and Company

Golden Globe winners

Best Picture (Drama)
  • The Revenant
Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)
  • The Martian
Best Actor (Drama)
  • Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Best Actress (Drama)
  • Brie Larson – Room
Best Director – Motion Picture
  • Alejandro G. Inarritu – The Revenant
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)
  • Matt Damon – The Martian
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)
  • Jennifer Lawrence – Joy
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
  • Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
  • Sylvester Stallone – Creed

Best Original Score
  • The Hateful Eight  – Ennio Morricone
Best Screenplay
  • Steve Jobs – Aaron Sorkin
Best Original Song
  • Spectre“Writings on the Wall”
Best Foreign Language Film
  • Son of Saul (Hungary)
Best Animated Feature
  • Inside Out