27 February 2017

And the winners 2016

And here are the winners:

Picture: La La Land Moonlight
Director: Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Actor: Denzel Washington - Fences Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Actress: Emma Stone - La La Land
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ala - Moonlight
Supporting actress: Viola Davis - Fences
Foreign language film: The Salesman
Makeup and hairstyling: Star Trek: Beyond Suicide Squad
Cinematography: La La Land
Editing: La La Land Hacksaw Ridge
Short film, live action: Ennemis Interiours Sing
Sound mixing: La La Land Hacksaw Ridge
Visual effects: The Jungle Book
Original score: La La Land
Original song: City of Stars - La La Land
Sound editing: Hacksaw Ridge Arrival
Original screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
Adapted screenplay: Moonlight
Costume design: Jackie Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Documentary feature: OJ: Made in America
Documentary short subject: The White Helmets
Production design: La La Land
Animated feature: Zootopia
Animated short: Piper

My score: 16/24.

I had a feeling Casey Affleck is going to win, but I went with the general consensus. Others I could not have even guessed...

26 February 2017

My predictions 2016

My predictions are here:

Picture: La La Land
Director: Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Actor: Denzel Washington - Fences
Actress: Emma Stone - La La Land
Supporting actor: Mahershala Ala - Moonlight
Supporting actress: Viola Davis - Fences
Foreign language film: The Salesman
Makeup and hairstyling: Star Trek: Beyond
Cinematography: La La Land
Editing: La La Land
Short film, live action: Ennemis Interiours
Sound mixing: La La Land
Visual effects: The Jungle Book
Original score: La La Land
Original song: City of Stars - La La Land
Sound editing: Hacksaw Ridge
Original screenplay: Manchester by the Sea
Adapted screenplay: Moonlight
Costume design: Jackie
Documentary feature: OJ: Made in America
Documentary short subject: The White Helmets
Production design: La La Land
Animated feature: Zootopia
Animated short: Piper

25 January 2017

My scores 2016

Picture
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* Moonlight
* Manchester By The Sea
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Silence 
* Hidden Figures
* (Hacksaw Rigde)

Actor
* Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea
* Denzel Washington - Fences
* Ryan Gosling - La La Land
* Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
* Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Actress
* Emma Stone - La La Land
* Natalie Portman - Jackie
* Amy Adams - Arrival Ruth Negga - Loving
* Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
* Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Supporting actor
* Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
* Jeff Bridges - Hell of High Water
* Dev Patel - Lion
* Lucas Hedges - Manchester By The Sea
* Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins Michael Shannon - Nocturnal Animals

Supporting actress
* Viola Davis - Fences
* Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
* Naomie Harris - Moonlight
* Nicole Kidman - Lion
* Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Director
* Damien Chazelle - La La Land
* Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
* Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
* Garth Davis - Lion Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
* Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Original Screenplay
* Manchester By the Sea
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* The Lobster
* Captain Fantastic 20th Century Women

Adapted Screenplay
* Moonlight
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Hidden Figures

Animated Feature
* Zootopia
* Moana
* Kubo and the Two Strings
* My Life as a Zucchini
* Red Turtle

Foreign Language Film
* Tanna - Australia
* Land of Mine - Denmark
* Toni Erdmann - Germany
* The Salesman - Iran
* A Man Called Ove - Sweden

Cinematography
* Arrival
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* Silence

Costume Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* The Dressmaker Allied
* Jackie
* La La Land

Production Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Arrival
* Jackie Hail, Caesar!
* La La Land
* Silence Passengers

Film Editing
* Arrival
* Hacksaw Ridge
* Hell or High Water
* La La Land
* Moonlight

Visual Effects
* Deepwater Horizon
* The Jungle Book
* Rogue One
* Doctor Strange
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them Kubo and the Two Strings

Makeup and Hair
* Deadpool A Man Called Ove
* Florence Foster Jenkins Suicide Squad
* Star Trek Beyond

Original song
* La La Land - City of Stars
* La La Land - Audition
* Hidden Figures - Runnin' Jim: The James Foley Story - The Empty Chair 
* Moana - How Far I'll Go
* Trolls - Can't Stop The Feeling

Original Score
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* The BFG Passengers

Sound Mixing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land
* Rogue One

Sound Editing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Rogue One Sully
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land

Doc Feature
* 13th
* Cameraperson Fire at Sea
* I am Not Your Negro
* Life Animated
* OJ: Made in America

Doc Short subject
* Extremis
* Joe's Violin
* The Mute's House Watani: My Homeland
* 4.1 Miles
* The White Helmets

Docmentary Short, Live action
* Ennemis Interieurs
* Graffiti Timecode
* Nocturne in Black La Femme et le TGV
* Silent Nights
* Sing

Documentary Short, animated
* Blind Vaysha
* Pearl
* The Head Vanishes Pear Cider and Cigarettes
* Inner Workings Borrowed Time
* Piper
 
It seems this was the best year ever: 101/122 (82,79 %) and without the short films 91/107 (85,05 %).

Pretty good scores as I haven't been following the buzz at all this season...

Nominations are here!

Best motion picture of the year
  • “Arrival” Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Aaron Ryder and David Linde, Producers
  • “Fences” Scott Rudin, Denzel Washington and Todd Black, Producers
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Bill Mechanic and David Permut, Producers
  • “Hell or High Water” Carla Hacken and Julie Yorn, Producers
  • “Hidden Figures” Donna Gigliotti, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Pharrell Williams and Theodore Melfi, Producers
  • “La La Land” Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz and Marc Platt, Producers
  • “Lion” Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Angie Fielder, Producers
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck and Kevin J. Walsh, Producers
  • “Moonlight” Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Achievement in directing
  • “Arrival” Denis Villeneuve
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Mel Gibson
  • “La La Land” Damien Chazelle
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Kenneth Lonergan
  • “Moonlight” Barry Jenkins
Performance by an actor in a leading role
  • Casey Affleck in “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Andrew Garfield in “Hacksaw Ridge”
  • Ryan Gosling in “La La Land”
  • Viggo Mortensen in “Captain Fantastic”
  • Denzel Washington in “Fences”
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
  • Mahershala Ali in “Moonlight”
  • Jeff Bridges in “Hell or High Water”
  • Lucas Hedges in “Manchester by the Sea”
  • Dev Patel in “Lion”
  • Michael Shannon in “Nocturnal Animals”
Performance by an actress in a leading role
  • Isabelle Huppert in “Elle”
  • Ruth Negga in “Loving”
  • Natalie Portman in “Jackie”
  • Emma Stone in “La La Land”
  • Meryl Streep in “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
  • Viola Davis in “Fences”
  • Naomie Harris in “Moonlight”
  • Nicole Kidman in “Lion”
  • Octavia Spencer in “Hidden Figures”
  • Michelle Williams in “Manchester by the Sea”
Best animated feature film of the year
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings” Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner
  • “Moana” John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer
  • “My Life as a Zucchini” Claude Barras and Max Karli
  • “The Red Turtle” Michael Dudok de Wit and Toshio Suzuki
  • “Zootopia” Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer
Achievement in cinematography
  • “Arrival” Bradford Young
  • “La La Land” Linus Sandgren
  • “Lion” Greig Fraser
  • “Moonlight” James Laxton
  • “Silence” Rodrigo Prieto
Achievement in costume design
  • “Allied” Joanna Johnston
  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Colleen Atwood
  • “Florence Foster Jenkins” Consolata Boyle
  • “Jackie” Madeline Fontaine
  • “La La Land” Mary Zophres
Best documentary feature
  • “Fire at Sea” Gianfranco Rosi and Donatella Palermo
  • “I Am Not Your Negro” Raoul Peck, Rémi Grellety and Hébert Peck
  • “Life, Animated” Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman
  • “O.J.: Made in America” Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow
  • “13th” Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish
Best documentary short subject
  • “Extremis” Dan Krauss
  • “4.1 Miles” Daphne Matziaraki
  • “Joe’s Violin” Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen
  • “Watani: My Homeland” Marcel Mettelsiefen and Stephen Ellis
  • “The White Helmets” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
Achievement in film editing
  • “Arrival”Joe Walker
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” John Gilbert
  • “Hell or High Water” Jake Roberts
  • “La La Land” Tom Cross
  • “Moonlight” Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon
Best foreign language film of the year
  • “Land of Mine” Denmark
  • “A Man Called Ove” Sweden
  • “The Salesman” Iran
  • “Tanna” Australia
  • “Toni Erdmann” Germany
Achievement in makeup and hairstyling
  • “A Man Called Ove” Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
  • “Star Trek Beyond” Joel Harlow and Richard Alonzo
  • “Suicide Squad” Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
  • “Jackie” Mica Levi
  • “La La Land” Justin Hurwitz
  • “Lion” Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka
  • “Moonlight” Nicholas Britell
  • “Passengers” Thomas Newman
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
  • “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
    Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  • “Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
    Music and Lyric by Justin Timberlake, Max Martin and Karl Johan Schuster
  • “City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
    Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
  • “The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
    Music and Lyric by J. Ralph and Sting
  • “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
    Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Achievement in production design
  • “Arrival” Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Paul Hotte
  • “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
  • “Hail, Caesar!” Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh
  • “La La Land” Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
  • “Passengers” Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena
Best animated short film
  • “Blind Vaysha” Theodore Ushev
  • “Borrowed Time” Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj
  • “Pear Cider and Cigarettes” Robert Valley and Cara Speller
  • “Pearl” Patrick Osborne
  • “Piper” Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer
Best live action short film
  • “Ennemis Intérieurs” Sélim Azzazi
  • “La Femme et le TGV” Timo von Gunten and Giacun Caduff
  • “Silent Nights” Aske Bang and Kim Magnusson
  • “Sing” Kristof Deák and Anna Udvardy
  • “Timecode” Juanjo Giménez
Achievement in sound editing
  • “Arrival” Sylvain Bellemare
  • “Deepwater Horizon” Wylie Stateman and Renée Tondelli
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright
  • “La La Land” Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
  • “Sully” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
Achievement in sound mixing
  • “Arrival” Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye
  • “Hacksaw Ridge” Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace
  • “La La Land” Andy Nelson, Ai-Ling Lee and Steve A. Morrow
  • “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” David Parker, Christopher Scarabosio and Stuart Wilson
  • “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Jeffrey J. Haboush and Mac Ruth
Achievement in visual effects
  • “Deepwater Horizon” Craig Hammack, Jason Snell, Jason Billington and Burt Dalton
  • “Doctor Strange” Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould
  • “The Jungle Book” Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings” Steve Emerson, Oliver Jones, Brian McLean and Brad Schiff
  • “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould
Adapted screenplay
  • “Arrival” Screenplay by Eric Heisserer
  • “Fences” Screenplay by August Wilson
  • “Hidden Figures” Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
  • “Lion” Screenplay by Luke Davies
  • “Moonlight” Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Original screenplay
  • “Hell or High Water” Written by Taylor Sheridan
  • “La La Land” Written by Damien Chazelle
  • “The Lobster” Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
  • “Manchester by the Sea” Written by Kenneth Lonergan
  • “20th Century Women” Written by Mike Mills

24 January 2017

My predictions 2016

Here they are:

Picture
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* Moonlight
* Manchester By The Sea
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Silence
* Hidden Figures
* (Hacksaw Rigde)

Actor
* Casey Affleck - Manchester By The Sea
* Denzel Washington - Fences
* Ryan Gosling - La La Land
* Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
* Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge

Actress
* Emma Stone - La La Land
* Natalie Portman - Jackie
* Amy Adams - Arrival
* Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins
* Isabelle Huppert - Elle

Supporting actor
* Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
* Jeff Bridges - Hell of High Water
* Dev Patel - Lion
* Lucas Hedges - Manchester By The Sea
* Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins

Supporting actress
* Viola Davis - Fences
* Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea
* Naomie Harris - Moonlight
* Nicole Kidman - Lion
* Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures

Director
* Damien Chazelle - La La Land
* Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
* Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester By The Sea
* Garth Davis - Lion
* Denis Villeneuve - Arrival

Original Screenplay
* Manchester By the Sea
* La La Land
* Hell or High Water
* The Lobster
* Captain Fantastic

Adapted Screenplay
* Moonlight
* Arrival
* Fences
* Lion
* Hidden Figures

Animated Feature
* Zootopia
* Moana
* Kubo and the Two Strings
* My Life as a Zucchini
* Red Turtle

Foreign Language Film
* Tanna - Australia
* Land of Mine - Denmark
* Toni Erdmann - Germany
* The Salesman - Iran
* A Man Called Ove - Sweden

Cinematography
* Arrival
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* Silence

Costume Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* The Dressmaker
* Jackie
* La La Land

Production Design
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
* Arrival
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Silence

Film Editing
* Arrival
* Hacksaw Ridge
* Hell or High Water
* La La Land
* Moonlight

Visual Effects
* Deepwater Horizon
* The Jungle Book
* Rogue One
* Doctor Strange
* Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them

Makeup and Hair
* Deadpool
* Florence Foster Jenkins
* Star Trek Beyond

Original song
* La La Land - City of Stars
* La La Land - Audition
* Hidden Figures - Runnin'
* Moana - How Far I'll Go
* Trolls - Can't Stop The Feeling

Original Score
* Jackie
* La La Land
* Lion
* Moonlight
* The BFG

Sound Mixing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land
* Rogue One

Sound Editing
* Arrival
* Deepwater Horizon
* Rogue One
* Hacksaw Ridge
* La La Land

Doc Feature
* 13th
* Cameraperson
* I am Not Your Negro
* Life Animated
* OJ: Made in America

Doc Short subject
* Extremis
* Joe's Violin
* The Mute's House
* 4.1 Miles
* The White Helmets

Docmentary Short, Live action
* Ennemis Interieurs
* Graffiti
* Nocturne in Black
* Silent Nights
* Sing

Documentary Short, animated
* Blind Vaysha
* Pearl
* The Head Vanishes
* Inner Workings
* Piper