Best Feature
- Amreeka – Cherien Dabis, director (National Geographic Entertainment)
- Big Fan – Robert Siegel, director (First Independent Pictures)
- The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow, director (Summit Entertainment)
- The Maid - Sebastian Silva, director (Elephant Eye Films)
- A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors (Focus Features)
Best Documentary
- Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner, director (Magnolia Pictures)
- Good Hair – Jeff Stilson, director (Liddell Entertainment and Roadside Attractions in association with HBO Films)
- My Neighbor My Killer – Anne Aghion, director/producer (Gacaca Productions)
- Paradise – Michael Almereyda, director (Post Factory Films)
- Tyson – James Toback, director (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Ensemble Performance
- Adventureland – Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Ryan Reynolds (Miramax Films)
- Cold Souls – Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Katheryn Winnick, David Strathairn (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
- The Hurt Locker - Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, Evangeline Lilly (Summit Entertainment)
- A Serious Man – Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed (Focus Features)
- Sugar – Algenis Perez Soto, Rayniel Rufino, Michael Gaston, Andre Holland, Ann Whitney, Richard Bull, Ellary Porterfield, Jaime Tirelli (Sony Pictures Classics)
Breakthrough Director
- Cruz Angeles for Don’t Let Me Drown
- Frazer Bradshaw for Everything Strange and New
- Noah Buschel for The Missing Person (Strand Releasing)
- Derick Martini for Lymelife (Screen Media Films)
- Robert Siegel for Big Fan (First Independent Pictures)
Breakthrough Actor
- Ben Foster in The Messenger (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
- Patton Oswalt in Big Fan (First Independent Pictures)
- Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
- Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (Elephant Eye Films)
- Soulémane Sy Savané in Goodbye Solo (Roadside Attractions)
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
- Everything Strange and New – Frazer Bradshaw, director; Laura Techera Francia, A.D. Liano, producers
- Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench - Damien Chazelle, director; Jasmine McGlade, producer
- October Country – Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher, directors/producers
- You Won’t Miss Me - Ry Russo-Young, director/producer
- Zero Bridge – Tariq Tapa, director; Tariq Tapa, Josée Lajoie, Hilal Ahmed Langoo, producers
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While this doesn't tell us much, it really is the start of the "awards season", so it's exciting times...
ReplyDeleteAgreed. I'm glad to see Big Fan here, I really like Robert Siegel. Haven't seen the film yet, but I'm dying to.
ReplyDeleteIt's a solid flick
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see how The Hurt Locker measures up to A Serious Man in the indie awards circuit. The Coens tend to do pretty well there.
ReplyDeleteI too want to see Big Fan. I loved The Wrestler and thought it was completely overlooked in the awards for writing last year.
I was just about to make the same comment David, but you beat me to it. Whoever wins between The Hurt Locker and A Serious Man should tell us quite a bit about The Hurt Locker's chances in awards season. It seems to be a film most people are forgetting about and a win over A Serious Man is very important for it staying relevant.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I hope A Serious Man wins because in my opinion it is the superior film. I didn't fall in love with The Hurt Locker like most people seemed to. I thought it was good, just not great.
I also find it odd that Ben Foster was nominated for breakthrough actor, when it has been at least two or three years since he broke out. But I guess any love for him is good love.
-Robbie
We shall certainly see...and agreed on Ben Foster, he's very underrated
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