AFI Top Ten

The AFI have announced their top ten films of year. as always these are most likely going to be the Best Pictures at the Academy Awards.   

12 YEARS A SLAVE
AMERICAN HUSTLE
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
FRUITVALE STATION
GRAVITY
HER
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS
NEBRASKA
SAVING MR. BANKS
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

12 Years a Slave Wins the Washington DC Critics

Best Film:
12 Years a Slave

Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Best Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)

Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)

Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)

Best Acting Ensemble:
12 Years a Slave

Best Youth Performance:
Tye Sheridan (Mud)

Best Adapted Screenplay:
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)

Best Original Screenplay:
Spike Jonze (Her)

Best Animated Feature:
Frozen

Best Documentary:
Blackfish

Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown

Best Art Direction:
Production Designer: Catherine Martin, Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)

Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, A.M.C. (Gravity)

Best Editing:
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger (Gravity)

Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler

For complete List of Nominee Click Here 

Metro Manila Win BIFA awards

• Best British Independent Film: Metro Manila
• Best Director: Sean Ellis, Metro Manila
• Best Actor: James McAvoy, Filth
• Best Actress:  Lindsay Duncan, Le Week-end
• Best Supporting Actor: Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up
• Best Supporting Actress: Imogen Poots, The Look of Love
• Douglas Hickox award for Debut Feature: Paul Wright, For Those in Peril
• Best Screenplay:  Steven Knight, Locke
• Best International Independent Film: Blue Is the Warmest Colour
• Best British Documentary: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
• Best Achievement in Production: Metro Manila
• Best Technical Achievement: Casting for The Selfish Giant
• Most Promising Newcomer: Chloe Pirrie, Shell
• Variety Award: Paul Greengrass
• Richard Harris Award: Julie Walters
• Best British Short Film: Z1

12 Years a Slave Wins New York Online Film Critics

12 years a Slave took home yet another Best Picture award at the NYFCO.  

Best Picture:
12 Years a Slave
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuaon for Gravity

Best Actor:

Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave 

Best Actress:

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine 
Best Supporting Actor:

Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay:
Spike Jonze for Her

Best Ensemble:

American Hustle

Best Foreign Film:

Blue is the Warmest Color

Best Animated Film:

The Wind Rises

Best Documentary:

The Act of Killing
Best Debut Director:

Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station

Breakthrough Performance:

Adele Exarchopoulos for Blue is The Warmest Color
Best Use of Music:
T-Boen Burnett for Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Cinematography:
Emanuel Lubeski for Gravity

Her and Gravity Win LA Film Critics

 

Best Picture: TIE-Gravity and Her
Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron-Gravity
Runner Up: Spike Jonze-Her
Best Actor: Bruce Dern-Nebraska
Runner Up: Chiwetel Ejiofor-12 Years a Slave
Best Actress: TIE-Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine and Adele Exarchopoulos-Blue is the Warmest Color
Best Supporting Actor: TIE-James Franco-"Spring Breakers" and Jared Leto-"Dalla Buyers Club"
Best Supporting Actress: Luptia Nyong'o-12 Years a Slave
Runner Up: June Squbb-Nebraska
Best Foreign Film: Blue is the Warmest Color
Runner Up: The Great Beauty

Best Animation: Ernest and Celestine

Runner Up: The Wind Rises
Best Score: T-Bone Burnett-Inside Llewyn Davis
Runner Up: Arcade Fire-Her 
Best Cinematography: Emanuel Lubeski-Gravity
Runner Up: Bruno Delbonnel-Inside Llewyn Davis  

Best Editing: Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Sanger-Gravity

Runner Up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery-UpStream Color  
Best Production Design: K.K Barret-Her
Runner Up: Inside Llewyn Davis 
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: "Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce."
The New Generation Prize: Megan Ellison
Special Citation: 12 Years a Slave

12 Years A Slave wins Boston Film Critic

Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
Best Director: Steve Mcqueen: 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor-12 Years a Slave
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett-Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor-James Gandolfini-Enough Said
Best Supporting Actress: June Squibb-Nebraska
Best Screenplay: Nicole Holofcener-Enough Said
Best Ensemble: Nebraska
Best Animated Film: The Wind Rises
Best Foreign Film: Wadjda
Best Documentary: The Act of Killing
Best Cinematography: Emanuel Lubeski-Gravity
Best Editing: Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill-Rush
Best Music: Inside Llewyn Davis
Best New Filmmaker-Ryan Coogler-Fruitvale Station

The Great Beauty wins the European Film Award

"The Great Beauty" has won the Best European Film Award of the Year. The win gives the Italian Oscar submission a boost for an Academy nomination for Best Foreign Film. Meanwhile "Blue is the Warmest Color went home empty handed.   

European Film 2013
La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty)

European Director
Paolo Sorrentino, La Grande Bellezza

European Screenwriter
François Ozon, Dans la maison (In the House)

European Actor
Toni Servillo, La Grande Bellezza

European Actress
Veerle Baetens, The Broken Circle Breakdown

European Animated Feature
The Congress, dir: Ari Folman

European Documentary
The Act Of Killing, dir: Joshua Oppenheimer

European Comedy
Love Is All You Need, dir: Susanne Bier

European Discovery Award – FIPRESCI
Oh Boy!, dir: Jan Ole Gerster

European Short Film
Death Of A Shadow, dir: Tom Van Avermaet

European Composer
Ennio Morricone, La migliore Offerta

European Cinematographer
Asaf Sudry, Fill The Void

European Editor
Cristiano Travaglioli, La Grande Bellezza

European Production Designer
Sarah Greenwood, Anna Karenina

European Costume Designer
Paco Delgado, Blancanieves

European Sound Designers
Matz Müller and Erik Mischijew, Paradise: Faith

People’s Choice Award
The Gilded Cage, dir: Ruben Alves