2017 New York Film Critics Circle Awards Winners

Early today the east coast group started to vote for their annual winners and seems that there is no visible trend from an independent film award and the two major film critics, as for example Best Film category in Gotham went to Call Me by Your Name, in NBR to The Post and the NYFCC to Lady Bird.  There are high probabilities current award season will be interesting and perhaps even unpredictable which makes all exercises a lot more fun.

The NYFCC also announced that this year's ceremony will be dedicated to the memory of late film critic, filmmaker and author Richard Schickel.  The awards will be handed out in New York in January.

In previous years the call-by-many "harbingers of the Oscars nominations" score have been on the lower side but last year score was on the positive side with La La Land, Moonlight and Manchester by the Sea got top and many awards.  So, if this year group repeats, Lady Bird, The Florida Project and Call Me By Your Name could get nominations.

My most expected win in the current award season was finally honored by this group, I really hope Faces Places run to finish line ends with Oscar for Best Documentary and I'm not alone as many in both side of the ocean are hoping for the honor that will give Agnes Varda the second Oscar in the same year.

The Winners. To check winners at official site go here.

Best Picture: Lady Bird
Best Animated Film: Coco
Best Non-Fiction Film: Faces Places
Best Foreign Language Film: BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Best First Film: Get Out

Best Director: Sean Baker for The Florida Project

Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Supporting Actress: Tiffany Haddish in Girls Trip
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project

Best Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Cinematographer: Rachel Morrison for Mudbound

Career Achievement Special Award: Molly Haskell

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2017 Film Critics Awards

Today, November 29 the post becomes alive again and activity will become intense until a week before Christmas when will quiet a bit with January activity will gain full force to end quietly around the first weeks of February 2018.

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10/7/17
The annual film critics awards post starts today.  Now all the fuzz and buzz about #Oscars2018 foreign-language submissions is over and it's time to start with all the fuzz and buzz from film critics that always gives you a better idea about the films that could win nominations and the one that will collect the award.  Yes, we know that not very often great films win AMPAS accolades, so IF we wish to guess right on the Oscars office pool or any of the many online polls -some with good prices- then here will find info for better guessing.  Enjoy!

Post will be a work in progress until the last critics group announces their winner which will happen in early February 2018.

Most critics' groups are American but you will also find groups from Canada, Ireland and UK -if info becomes available online.  This year will include again the FIPRESCI Grand Prix, an award voted by film critics from all over the world.  As in previous years' posts will publish link to read all the winners and will list winners in the following categories:  Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Documentary.  Before the list, and to have ALL critics info in one post, is the summary for major film critics' groups; each major group has a post in blog.

By now most know that announced or estimated date for each critics' group announcement is in blog's 2017/2018 Key Dates Calendar.  Most dates come from group official site while some estimates come from industry sources.

Major Critics' Groups

FIPRESCI
2017 Grand Prix: Toivon Tuolla Puolen  (The Other Side of Hope) by Aki Kaurismäki

Cahiers du Cinéma (CdC)
Top Ten List: Official Site
No.1 Film: Twin Peaks by David Lynch

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)
Official Site
Winners:  Post Official Site
Best Film: Call Me by Your Name
Best Director: tie
Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Luca Guadagningo for Call Me by Your Name
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Critics' Choice Movie Awards (BFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site Post
Winners: Feature Films Documentary Post
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

Golden Globe Awards (HFPA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site  Post
Winners: Official Site Post
Best Film:
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Lady Bird
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
James Franco in the Disaster Artist
Best Documentary: N/A

International Press Academy (Satellite Awards) (IPA) - Due to many "tie" not added to tally.
Official Site
Nominations:  Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: (tie)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
God's Own Country
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: (tie)
Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Diane Kruger in In the Fade
Best Actor: (tie)
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky
Best Documentary: Chasing Coral

National Board of Review (NBR)
Official Site
Winners: Post Official Site
Best Film: The Post
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Meryl Streep in The Post
Best Actor: Tom Hanks in The Post
Best Documentary: Jane

New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
Official Site
Winners:  Post Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Sean Baker for The Florida Project
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Faces Places

The List

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)
Official Site
Winners: Article
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Best Documentary: Step

Alliance of Women Film Journalists (EDA Awards) (AWFJ)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Atlanta Film Critics Circle (AFCC)
Official Site
Winners: Article
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Sally Hawinks in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Thimothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: (tie)
Jane
Kedi

Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Twitter
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Black Film Critics Circle (BFCC)
facebook
Winners: Article
Best Film: Mudbound
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Strong Island

Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Phantom Thread
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Best Documentary: Dawson City: Frozen Time

Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Thimothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady bird
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Jane

Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle (CIFCC)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: tie
Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: City of Ghosts

Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS1)
Official Site
Nominations: Article
Winners: Article
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS2)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners:  Official Site
Best Film: The Florida Project
Best Director: Sean Baker for The Florida Project
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Best Documentary: Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) - for info only, not added to tally
Winners: Article
Best Film: Dunkirk
Best Director: Christopher Noland for Dunkirk
Best Actress: tie
Natalie Portman in Jackie
Isabelle Huppert in Elle
Best Actor: James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Best Documentary: The Farthest

Entertainment Weekly (EW)
2017 List: Article
Best Film: Dunkirk

Filmcomment Film Society of Lincoln Center (FFSLC)
Official Site
Best films of 2017: Article
Best Film: Good Times

Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Dunkirk
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Jane

Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (Dorian Awards) (GALECA)
Official Site
Nominations: Article
Winners: Article
Best Film: Call Me by Your Name
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Best Documentary: Jane

The Guardian UK Top 10 films (TGUS and TGUK)
Official Site
Best Film US 2017: Call Me By Your Name
Best Film UK 2017: Call Me By Your Name

The Houston Film Critics Society (HFCS)
facebook
Nominations: facebook post
Winners: Article
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Best Documentary: Jane

Indiana Film Journalist Association (IFJA)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky
Best Documentary: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

Indiewire Annual Critics Survey Voted by over 200 individuals (IW)
Official Site
Best Films and Performances: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out

Iowa Film Critics Association (IFCA)
Winners: Article
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

Kansas City Film Critics Circle (KCFCC)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: Jane

Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS)
Official Site
Winners: Official Twitter
Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shahpe of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Best Documentary: Jane

Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society (LAOFCS)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: two awards
Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: tie
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jane

London Film Critics Circle (LFCC)
Official Site
Nominations:  Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director: Sean Baker for The Florida Project
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: I Am Not Your Negro

Miami Film Awards (MFA)
Winners: Article
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: N/A

National Society of Film Critics (NSFC)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lardy Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor:  Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Nevada Film Critics Society (NFCS)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: tie
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Best Documentary: Jane

New Mexico Film Critics (NMXFC)
Official Site
Winners: Official Twitter
Best Film: Blade Runner 2049
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence in Mother!
Best Actor: Sam Elliott in The Hero
Best Documentary: City of Ghosts

New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO)
Official Site
Winners:  Official Site
Best Film: tie
The Florida Project
Mudbound
Best Director: Dee Rees for Mudboud
Best Actress: Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Kedi

North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA)
facebook
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Post
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle (OFCC)
Official Site Facebook
Winners: Official Twitter
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Oklahoma City

Online Film Critics Society (OFCS)
Official Site
Nominations:  Official Site
Winners:  Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC)
Official Site
Winners: Official Twitter
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom
Best Documentary: Jane

Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: tie
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: tie
Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Timothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Documentary: City of Ghosts

Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboarads Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: City of Ghosts

RollingStone Magazine (RS)
Article in Magazine: Official Site
Best Film: Dunkirk

St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA)
Official Site
Nominations: Article
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Shape of Water
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in Maudie
Best Actor: James McAvoy in Split
Best Documentary: Jane

San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC)
Official Site
Nominations:  facebook
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Florida Project
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Best Actor: Andy Serkis in War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Documentary: Faces Places

ScreenDaily UK Magazine (SD)
Article in Magazine:  Official Site

Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Christopher Nolan
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Sight&Sound Film Magazine (188 International Critics) (S&S)
Best Films of 2017:  Official Site
Number 1 Film: Get Out

Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA)
Official Site Awards Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA)
Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: The Florida Project
Best Director: Great Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread
Best Documentary: Faces Places

Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA)
Nominations: Article
Winners: Article
Best Film: A Ghost Story
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins in The Shape of Water
Best Actor: Andy Serkis in War for the Planet of the Apes
Best Documentary: Jane

Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC)
Official Site
Nominations: Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread
Best Documentary: Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Variety Film Critics Poll (VFCP)
Official Site

The Village Voice Critics Poll (TVVC)
Official Site

The Washington DC Area Film Critics (WAFCA)
Official Site
Nominations:  Official Site
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Get Out
Best Director: Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: Jane

Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC)
Official Site
Nominations:  Article
Winners: Official Site
Best Film: Lady Bird
Best Director: N/A
Best Actress: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Actor: Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Best Documentary: tie
Jane
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

Tally

The following is a summary with winners in the five main categories. Tally will be update when each group makes their announcement.

Best Film
16- Get Out (S&S, WAFCA, BOFCA, PFCC, AFCC, SDFCS, AAFCA, KCFCC, SFCS, SEFCA, IW, OFCS, MFA, OFCC, NCFCA, AFCA)
13- Lady Bird (NYFCC, CFCA, VFCC, IFJA, WFCC, CIFCC, NSFC, COFCA, HFCS, HFPA, IFCA, GAFCA, DFCS1)
7- The Shape of Water (DFWFCA, StLFCA, PCC, LAOFCS, PFCS, AWFJ, BFCA)
5- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (PCC, LVFCS, NFCS, HFPA, LFCC)
4- The Florida Project (DFCS2, TFCA, SFFCC, NYFCO) 
4- Call Me by Your Name (LAFCA, TGUK, TGUS, GALECA)
3- Dunkirk (RS, FFCC, EW) 
2- The Post (NBR, NTFCA)
2- Mudbound (NYFCO, BFCC)
1- Twin Peaks (CdC)
1- Phantom Thread (BSFC)
1- Blade Runner 2049 (NMXFC)
1- Good Times (FFSLC)
1- A Ghost Story (UFCA)

Best Director
15- Guillermo del Toro (LAFCA, SFFCC, DFWFCA, StLFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, SEFCA, NTFCA, LAOFCS, NFCS, PFCS, AFCA, HFPA, AWFJ, BFCA)
13- Greta Gerwig (NBR, TFCA, NMXFC, SDFCS, LAOFCS, IFJA, MFA, NSFC, COFCA, HFCS, IFCA, GAFCA, GALECA)
9- Christopher Nolan (WAFCA, AFCC, CFCA, UFCA, PCC,  SFCS, FFCC, OFCS, DFCS1)
6- Jordan Peele (PFCC, AAFCA, BFCC, CIFCC, OFCC, NCFCA) 
3- Paul Thomas Anderson (BOFCA, BSFC, VFCC) 
3- Sean Baker (NYFCC, DFCS2, LFCC)
1- Luca Guadagnino (LAFCA)
1- Dee Rees (NYFCO)

Best Actress
18- Sally Hawkins (LAFCA, BSFC, PFCC, AFCC, DFWFCA, KCFCC, UFCA, PCC, SEFCA, LAOFCS, NFCS, OFCS, OFCC, NCFCA, NSFC, COFCA, HFCS, GALECA) 
17- Frances McDormand (DFCS2, WAFCA, BOFCA, TFCA, AAFCA, StLFCA, PCC, LVFCS, NTFCA, BFCC, PFCS, WFCC, AFCA, HFPA, AWFJ, BFCA, LFCC) 
11- Saoirse Ronan (NYFCC, CFCA, SFCS, VFCC, IFJA, MFA, CIFCC, HFPA, IFCA, GAFCA, DFCS1)
3- Margot Robbie (SFFCC, NYFCO, FFCC)
1- Meryl Streep (NBR)
1- Jennifer Lawrence (NMXFC)
1- Sally Hawkins in Maudie (SDFCS)

Best Actor
21- Gary Oldman (WAFCA, NYFCO, DFWFCA, StLFCA, SEFCA, NTFCA, BFCC, LAOFCS, NFCS, PFCS, WFCC, OFCS, CIFCC, OFCC, NCFCA, COFCA, HFPA, IFCA, AWFJ, BFCA, DFCS1)
12- Timothee Chalamet (NYFCC, LAFCA, BOFCA, AFCC, CFCA, KCFCC, PCC, FFCC, MFA, AFCA, LFCC, GALECA)
6- Daniel Kaluuya (BSFC, AAFCA, LVFCS, CIFCC, NSFC, GAFCA)  
4- Daniel Day-Lewis (TFCA, PFCC, SFCS, VFCC)
4- James Franco (DFCS2, NFCS, HFCS, HFPA)  
2- Andy Serkis (SFFCC, UFCA)
1- Tom Hanks (NBR)
1- Sam Elliot (NMXFC)
1- James McAvoy (SDFCS)
1- Harry Dean Stanton (IFJA)

Best Documentary
21- Jane (NBR, WAFCA, PFCC, AFCC, SDFCS, CFCA, StLFCA, KCFCC, UFCA, PCC, LVFCS, SEFCA, NTFCA, LAOFCS, FFCC, NFCS, WFCC, HFCS, IFCA, BFCA, GAFCA)
14- Faces Places (NYFCC, LAFCA, BOFCA, TFCA, SFFCC, SFCS, OFCS, CIFCC, NSFC, COFCA, AFCA, AWFJ, DFCS1, GALECA)
3- City of Ghosts (NMXFC, DFWFCA, PFCS)
2- Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (DFCS2, LAOFCS)
2- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (NYFCO, WFCC)
2- Kedi (AFCC, NCFCA)
1- Dawson City: Frozen Time (BSFC)
1- Step (AAFCA)
1- Ex Libris: The New York Public Library (VFCC)
1- Strong Island (BFCC)
1- Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (IFJA)
1- Oklahoma City (OFCC)
1- I Am Not Your Negro (LFCC)

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27th Annual IFP Gotham Awards Winners

Last Monday, November 27th, the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced the winners of the current edition of the annual Gotham Awards at a ceremony hosted by John Cameron Mitchell and held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Wasn't able to watch ceremony live but was able to see a couple of tweets that made me laugh loud as one was saying something like this:  "Who is that guy?" referring of course to wonderful real-life character and film director extraordinaire John Cameron Mitchell; another questions his ensemble piece that wasn't until saw Mitchell's photos understood why can someone who isn't familiar with his outstanding/remarkable looks will question what he's wearing, lol!  He is just fab but can understand if someone haven't seen him before will have extreme reactions, either you love him or you hate him.  I do love him and enjoy every single time he's on shows like for example, the Good Wife.

Get Out got the most nominations and perhaps not surprising also got the most wins by winning two out of the four nominations it got plus the Audience Award to a total of three (3) wins but top award didn't go to this film as went to Luca Guadagnino's Call Me by Your Name, a film that also was honored with the Breakthrough Actor award to Thimothee Chalamet.

These are the winners

Best Film:  Call Me by Your Name, Luca Guadagnino
Best Documentary:  Strong Island, Yance Ford

Breakthrough Director Award:  Jordan Peele for Get Out

Best Screenplay: Jordan Peele for Get Out

Best Actress: Saorise Ronan in Lady Bird
Best Actor:  James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Breakthrough Actor: Thimothee Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance: Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan and Jonathan Banks in Mudbound

Audience Award:  Get Out

Have to agree with those that comment Mudbound is an excellent movie and deserved more recognition than the ensemble award.  Mudbound slowly grabs you, takes you inside story and film; doesn't release you when it ends, you need a few minutes to break the spell. Kudos to Dee Rees for such magnificent and yet, very-simple straight-forward film.

Usually Gotham Awards do not signal a trend but I'm hoping this year becomes an exception and we see Guadagnino's and Gerwig's films collecting more honors in the 2017-2018 awards season.  Sigh.

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2017 National Board of Review Awards Winners

A few hours ago the NBR announced their awards winners and its choices gives us a possible trend into the Awards Season than will not be surprising but predictable, as their top award went to big -really big- The Post plus the top acting awards to film leads, Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.  Of course I'm looking forward to see film, but with all the available options was hoping for more "exciting" results.

On the plus side, Greta Gerwig winning Best Director is exciting and let's hope winning strike continues with other groups.

NBR President Annie Schulhof said, “The Post is a beautifully crafted film that deeply resonates at this moment in time. We are so thrilled to award it our best film as well as to honor the wonderfully talented Greta Gerwig as our Best Director.”

These awards are the latest citation of excellence by the National Board of Review, a tradition going back 108 years. This year 265 films were viewed by this select group of film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics, students, many of which were followed by in-depth discussions with directors, actors, producers, and screenwriters.

The honorees will be feted at the National Board of Review Awards Gala, hosted by Willie Geist, on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Cipriani 42nd Street, NY.

The full list of the 2017 award recipients:

Best Film:  The Post
Best Animated Feature: Coco
Best Foreign Language Film: Foxtrot
Best Documentary: Jane

Best Director: Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Best Directorial Debut: Jordan Peele for Get Out

Best Actress: Meryl Streep in The Post
Best Supporting Actress: Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird
Best Actor: Tom Hanks in The Post
Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project
Breakthrough Performance: Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Best Ensemble: Get Out

Best Original Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Best Adapted Screenplay: Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber for The Disaster Artist

Spotlight Award:  Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot for Wonder Woman
NBR Freedom of Expression Award
First They Killed My Father
Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

As usual film group published their top lists

Top Films
Baby Driver
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Logan
Phantom Thread

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
A Fantastic Woman
Frantz
Loveless
Summer 1993
The Square

Top 5 Documentaries
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brimstone & Glory
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Faces Places
Hell On Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

Top 10 Independent Films
Beatriz at Dinner
Brigsby Bear
Lady Macbeth
Logan Lucky
Loving Vincent
Menashe
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Patty Cake$
Wind River

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11th Asia Pacific Screen Awards Winners

Yesterday tried to watch the awards ceremony live stream but was not interesting at all especially because it took too long to get to honoring winners and when finally -after a long piano break- started with the first award the sound went off.  So gave up.

Nevertheless checked winners and today its time to do the post.  According to official press release there are some milestones like it's the first ever APSA win for Georgia; Georgia and Russia Federation have top winner tally with three wins each, and most interesting, majority of Best Feautre awards go to female-directed films.

Notable is Warwick Thornton who became the first director to have two films win APSA Best Feature Film and to be the only Australian director to have a film win in this category.  Will say does not surprise me his top award win which believe is a major honor as was competing against extraordinary films by Samuel Maoz and Sergei Loznitsa.



The Winners

Best Feature Film: Sweet Country, Warwick Thorton, Australia

Jury Grand Prize: Aritmiya (Arrhythmia), Boris Khlebnikov, Russia

Best Youth Feature: Sekala Niskala (The Seen and Unseen),  Kamila Andini, Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia and Qatar

Best Animated Feature:  Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming, Ann Marie Fleming, Canada

Best Documentary: Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad, Syria, Denmark and Germany
Special Mention: Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, Annie Goldson, New Zealand

Achievement in Directing: Andrey Zvyagintsev for Nelyubov (Loveless), Russia, Belgium, France and Germany

Achievement in Cinematography: Timofey Lobov and Pyotr Dukhovskoi for Meshok Bez Dna (The Bottomless Bag), Rustam Khamdamov, Russia

Best Screenplay: Mayank Tewari and Amit V. Masurkar for Newton, Amit V Masurkar, India

Best Performance by an Actress: Nata Murvanidze in Sashishi Deda (Scary Mother), Anna Urushadze, Georgia and Estonia

Best Performance by an Actor: Rajkummar Rao in Newton, Amit V Masurkar, India
Special Mention: Navid Mohammadzadeh in Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza (No Date, No Signature), Vahid Jalilvand, Iran

UNESCO  Cultural Diversity Award: Dede, Mariam Khatchvani, Georgia, Croatia, Netherlands, Qatar and UK
Special Mention: Loktak Lairembee (Lady of the Lake), Haobam Paban Kumar

Artistic Acknowledgement: Abbas Kiarostami, 24 Frames
Young Cinema Award: Nar Bagi (Pomegranate Orchard), Ilgar Najaf, Azerbaijan
FIAPF Award: Bianca Balbuena, Philippines

2017 Recipients of the MPA APSA Academy Film Fund
Chosen from 105 projects from 34 countries
Rajit Kaput for Paradise in Flames, India
Robert Connolly for Magic Beach, Australia
Guy Davidi for Senseless, Israel
Vladimer Katacharava for Nene, Georgia

To read info about each of the winning films and more, go to official site here.

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2018 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations

Recently organizers announced the nominations and perhaps the most interesting situation is what is written in the first paragraph of the official nominations press release which reads as follows:

The past couple months of entertainment news have not been the cheeriest, to say the least. But as the necessary work of righting longstanding injustices continues, the importance of elevating new and diverse voices inside the film industry remains. And while awards shows may seem like small potatoes in the face of larger global events, the fact remains: championing creative independence and supporting a diverse community of unique, innovative artists remains vitally important—sowing the seeds via pop culture of a better, more equitable future.

Yes we are in turbulent times as finally rocks are being turned and the dirtiest dirt is being exposed, no doubt what's going on affects all kind of occupations in all kind of industries, but no doubt that the one that's being hit the hardest is the entertainment business and yes, I'm glad so many women have the courage to make public what they were forced to keep silent.  Let's hope creativity could flourish even more now when women could stop being afraid of speaking out.

So on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 Lily Collins and Tessa Thompson at the Jeremy hotel in West Hollywood unveiled the nominees in a year where I believe where too-many good indie films and many were bound to be left out and so it happened.  Perhaps the most notorious are the absence of best film nod for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, no nods at all for much-honored Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water and gee, Greta Gerwig opera prima gets no directorial nod, not even in the debut category.  Another annoying absence is Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories.  Know Yorgos Lanthimos is not for all audiences but imagined more honors for this film, including perhaps a nod for Colin Farrell.

On the other side of the nods, can't understand the fuzz for Beatriz at Dinner, a film that was so-terrible had to stop watching, sigh.  Movie got a best actress nod that perhaps belonged to Rooney Mara in Ghost Story or many other great performances.

Perhaps a bit surprising due to the controversy it has generated mainly in "good-old-USA" Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name leads with six (6) nominations followed closely by Get Out and Good Time with 5 nods each and Lady Bird with four nominations.

These are the nominees

Best Feature
Call Me By Your Name, Luca Guadagnino
The Florida Project, Sean Baker
Get Out, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig
The Rider, Chloé Zhao



Best First Feature
Columbus, Kogonada
Ingrid Goes West, Matt Spicer
Menashe, Joshua Z. Weinstein
Oh Lucy!, Atsuko Hirayanagi
Patti Cake$, Geremy Jasper

Best International Film
BPM (Beats per Minute), Robin Campillo, France
A Fantastic Woman, Sebastian Lelio, Chile
I Am Not A Witch, Rungano Nyoni, UK
Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, UK
Loveless, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia

Best Documentary
The Departure, Lana Wilson
Faces Places, Agnes Varda and JR
Last Men in Aleppo, Feras Fayyad
Motherland, Ramona S. Diaz
Quest, Jonathan Olshefski

Best Director
Sean Baker for The Florida Project
Jonas Carpignano for A Ciambra
Luca Guadagnino for Call Me by Your Name
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Ben Safdie and Josh Safdie for Good Time
Chloé Zhao for The Rider

Best Screenplay
Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Azazel Jacobs for The Lovers
Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Mike White for Beatriz at Dinner

Best First Screenplay
Kris Avendisian, Kyle Espeleta and Jesse Wakeman for Donald Cried
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani for The Big Stick
Ingrid Jungermann for Women Who Kill
Kogonada for Columbus
David Smith and Matt Spicer for Ingrid Goes West

John Cassavetes Award
Dayveon, Amman Abbasi
A Ghost Story, David Lowery
Life and Nothing More, Antonio Mendez Esparza
Most Beautiful Island, Ana Asensio
The Transfiguration, Michael O'Shea

Best Female Lead
Salma Hayek in Beatriz at Dinner
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Saorise Ronan in Lady Bird
Regina Williams in Life and Nothing More
Shinobu Terajima in Oh Lucy!

Best Supporting Female
Holly Hunter in The Big Sick
Allison Janney in I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird
Lois Smith in Marjorie Prime
Taliah Lennice Webster in Good Time

Best Male Lead
Harris Dickinson in Beach Rats
Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Robert Pattinson in Good Time
James Franco in The Disaster Artist

Best Supporting Male
Nnamdi Asomugha in Crown Heights
Arnie Hammer in Call Me by Your Name
Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Benny Safdie in Good Time

Best Cinematography
Thimios Bakatakis for The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Elisha Christian for Columbus
Hélène Louvart for Beach Rats
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom for Call Me by Your Name
Joshua James Richards for The Rider

Best Editing
Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie for Good Time
Walter Fasano for Call Me by Your Name
Alex O'Flinn for The Rider
Gregory Plotkin for Get Out
Tatiana S. Riegel for I, Tonya

Robert Altman Award
Given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast
Mudbound
Director: Dee Rees
Casting Directors: Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram
Ensemble Cast: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan and Carey Mulligan

Truer Than Fiction Award
Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition
Jeff Unay for The Cage Fighter
Shevaun Mizrahi for Distant Constellation
Jonathan Olshefski for Quest

Someone To Watch Award
Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition
Amman Abbasi for Dayveon
Justin Chon for Gook
Kevin Phillips for Super Dark Times

Producers Award
Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films.
Giulia Caruso and Ki Jin Kim
Ben LeClair
Summer Shelton

Bonnie Award
Recognizes a mid-career female director
So Yong Kim
Lynn Shelton
Chloé Zhao

Now Film Independent members have to vote to select winners in each category.  Awards ceremony  will be in the beach in Santa Monica on March 3, 2018 and will be broadcast live on IFC at 2p PT/5 ET. Hosts are Nick Kroll and John Mulaney.

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30th European Film Awards Nominations

Last Saturday, November 4, at the Seville European Film Festival the nominations for the major categories were announced and my spontaneous reaction when watching live the press conference was that nominees are extraordinary films and Academy members will have a difficult task deciding their votes, as for example in the top category, voting between Cannes Golden Palm, Grand Prix and Jury Award is not easy but then you have to add Berlin Golden Bear and on top a movie by master filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki. Very difficult decision, not easy at all.

But the category that blew my mind is European Actress were you have Juliette Binoche and Isabelle Huppert, then Paula Beer and Alexandra Borbély, and finish with almost newcomer Florence Pugh!  What an eclectic combination of talent!  To be honest, have skipped Lady Macbeth but after BIFA and now this, imagine will have to "unskip" film (lol).



My biggest shock is the absence of Michael Haneke in major categories, only his main actors got a nomination.  Well, have to admit that was a year with several great productions that are not honored even with one nomination so, being optimist, it was an extraordinary year for filmmaking, for audiences but was very-crowded with great films by outstanding directors.

Leading the pack is Cannes Golden Palm winner The Square with five (5) nominations followed by Berlin Golden Bear winner On Body and Soul with four (4) nominations, then Loveless, The Other Side of Hope and The Killing of a Sacred Deer with three each.

Most interesting were the news about the next awards ceremony that will take place on Decembers 2018 and no other city but the one that have always held the nominations announcement, Seville.

The more than 3,000 EFA members will now vote for the winners who will be presented during the awards ceremony on December 9 in Berlin.

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10/25/17
The European Film Academy in the past few weeks has been announcing nominations for some categories, but major categories will be announced at the press conference on November 4 in the Seville European Film Festival; consequently, this post will be In Progress until that date.

Worth noting that the 30th anniversary award ceremony will be in Berlin on Saturday, December 9, 2017 and will be streamed live at the awards official site and broadcast across Europe.

The following are the #EFA2017 nominations.  The nominated films will soon be submitted to the more than 3,000 EFA members to elect the winner.

European Film
120 Battements par minute (BPM (Beats per minute)), Robin Campillo, France
Нелюбо́вь Nelyubov (Loveless), Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia, Belgium, Germany and France
Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul), Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary
Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismäki, Finland and Germany
The Square, Ruben Östlund, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark



European Comedy
King of the Belgians, Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens, Belgium, Netherlands and Bulgaria
The Square, Ruben Östlund, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark
Vincent (Vincent and the End of the World), Christophe van Rompaey, Belgium and France
Willkommen bei den Hartmanns (Welcome to Germany), Simon Verhoeven, Germany



European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI
Petit Paysan (Bloody Milk), Hubert Charuel, France
БЕЗБОГ Bezbog (Godless), Ralitza Petrova, Bulgaria, Denmark and France
Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, UK
Estiu 1993 (Summer 1993), Carla Simón, Spain
Die Einsiedler (The Eremites), Ronny Trocker, Germany



European Animated Film
Ethel & Ernest, Roger Mainwood, UK and Luxembourg
Louise by the Shore,  Jean-François Laguionie, France and Canada
Loving Vincent, Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, Poland and UK
Zombillénium, Arthur de Pins and Alexis Ducord, France and Belium



European Documentary
Austerlitz, Sergei Loznitsa, Germany
Komunia (Communion), Anna Zamecka, Poland
La Chana, Lucija Stojevic, Spain, Iceland and USA
Stranger in Paradise, Guido Hendrikx, Netherlands
The Good Postman, Tonislav Hristov, Finland and Bulgaria

European Director
Andrey Zvyagintsev for Нелюбо́вь Nelyubov (Loveless), Russia, Belgium, Germany and France
Ildikó Enyedi for Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul), Hungary
Aki Kaurismäki for Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismäki, Finland and Germany
Ruben Östlund for The Square, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark
Yorgos Lanthimos for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, UK, Ireland and USA

European Actress
Paula Beer in Frantz, François Ozon, France and Germany
Juliette Binoche in Un beau soleil intérieur (Bright Sunshine In), Claire Denis, France and Belgium
Alexandra Borbély in Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul), Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary
Isabelle Huppert in Happy End, Michael Haneke, France, Austria and Germany
Florence Pugh in Lady Macbeth, William Oldroyd, UK

European Actor
Claes Bang in The Square, Ruben Östlund, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark
Colin Farrell in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos, UK, Ireland and USA
Josef Hader in Vor der Morgenröte (Stefan Zweig-Farewell to Europe), Maria Schrader, Austria, Germany and France
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart in 120 Battements par minute (BPM (Beats per Minute)), Robin Campillo, France
Jean-Louis Trigntignant in Happy End, Michael Haneke, France, Austria and Germany

European Screenwriter
Ildikó Enyedi for Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul), Hungary
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos, UK, Ireland and USA
Oleg Negin and Andrey Zvyagintsev for Нелюбо́вь Nelyubov (Loveless), Andrei Zvyagintsev, Russia, Belgium, Germany and France
Ruben Östlund for The Square, Sweden, Germany, France and Denmark
François Ozon for Frantz, François Ozon, France and Germany

European University Film Award (EUFA)
Hjartasteinn (Heartsone), Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, Iceland and Denmark
Home, Fien Troch, Belgium
Нелюбо́вь Nelyubov (Loveless), Andrei Zvagintsev, Russia, Belgium, Germany and France
Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismäki, Finland and Germany
The War Show, Andreas Dalsgaard and Obaidah Zytoon, Denmark, Syria and Finland



European Short Film
Copa-Loca, Christos Massalas, Greece, 14'
En La Boca, Matteo Gariglio, Switzerland and Argentina, 25' (documentary)
Fight On A Swedish Beach!!, Simon Vahine, Sweden, 15'
Gros Chagrin (You Will Be Fine), Céline Devaux, France, 15' (animation)
Havêrk (The Circle), Rûken Tekeş, Turkey, 14'
Information Skies, Metahaven, Netherlands and South Korea,  24' (experimental)
Jeunes Hommes à la fenêtre (Young Men at their Window), Loukianos Moshonas, France, 18'
Los Desheredados (The Disinherited), Laura Ferrés, Spain, 18'
Love, Réka Bucsi, Hungary and France, 16' (animation)
Os Humores Artificiais (The Artificial Humors), Gabriel Abrantes, Portugal, 30'
Scris/Nescris (Written/Unwritten), Adrian Silisteanu, Romania, 20'
The Party, Andrea Harkin, Ireland, 14'
Timecode, Juanjo Giménez, Spain, 15'
Ugly, Redbear Easterman and Nikita Diakur, 12'
Wannabe, Jannis Lenz, Austria and Germany, 29'

People's Choice Award for Best European Film
A Monster Calls, J.A. Bayona, Spain
Bacalaureat (Graduation), Cristian Mungiu, Romania, France and Belgium
Bridget Jones's Baby, Sharon Maguire, UK, France and USA
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, David Yates, UK and USA
Frantz, François Ozon, France and Germany
La Pazza Gioia (Like Crazy), Paolo Virzi, Italy and France
Kollektivet (The Commune), Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Toivon Tuolla Puolen (The Other Side of Hope), Aki Kaurismäki, Finland and Germany
Von der Morgenrote (Stefan Zweig-Farewell to Europe), Maria Scharader, Germany, Austria and France



European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award: Aleksandr Sokurov
European Achievement in World Cinema: Julie Delpy

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