Washington DC Area Association Awards (WAFCA)
Best Film:
The Artist*
The Descendants
Drive
Hugo
Win Win
Best Director:
Woody Allen/Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius/The Artist
Alexander Payne/The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn/Drive
Martin Scorsese/Hugo*
Best Actor:
George Clooney/The Descendants*
Jean Dujardin/The Artist
Michael Fassbender/Shame
Brad Pitt/Moneyball
Michael Shannon/Take Shelter
Best Actress:
Viola Davis/The Help
Elizabeth Olsen/Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep/The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton/We Need to Talk About Kevin
Michelle Williams/My Week with Marilyn*
Best Supporting Actor:
Kenneth Branagh/My Week with Marilyn
Albert Brooks/Drive*
John Hawkes/Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer/Beginners
Andy Serkis/Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Best Supporting Actress:
Berenice Bejo/The Artist
Melissa McCarthy/Bridesmaids
Carey Mulligan/Shame
Octavia Spencer/The Help*
Shailene Woodley/The Descendants
Best Acting Ensemble:
Bridesmaids*
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Help
Hugo
Margin Call
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Alexander Payne and Nate Faxon & Jim Rash/The Descendants*
Tate Taylor/The Help
John Logan/Hugo
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin/Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor & Peter Straughan/Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Best Original Screenplay:
Woody Allen/Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius/The Artist
Tom McCarthy/Win Win
Annie Mumolo & Kristen Wiig/Bridesmaids
Will Reiser/50/50*
Best Animated Feature:
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Puss in Boots
Rango*
Winnie the Pooh
Best Documentary:
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Buck
Cave of Forgotten Dreams*
Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
Project Nim
Best Foreign Language Film:
13 Assassins
Certified Copy
I Saw the Devil
Pina
The Skin I Live In*
Best Art Direction:
Lawrence Bennett, Production Designer, and Gregory S. Hooper, Art Director/The Artist
Stuart Craig, Production Designer, and Stephenie McMillan, Set Decorator/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Dante Ferretti, Production Designer, and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Set Decorator/Hugo*
Jack Fisk, Production Designer, and Jeanette Scott, Set Decorator/The Tree of Life
Rick Carter, Production Designer, and Lee Sandales, Set Decorator/War Horse
Best Cinematography:
Guillaume Schiffman/The Artist
Robert Richardson/Hugo
Manuel Alberto Claro/Melancholia
Emmanuel Lubezki/The Tree of Life*
Janusz Kaminski/War Horse
Best Score:
Ludovic Bource/The Artist*
Cliff Martinez/Drive
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross/The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Howard Shore/Hugo
John Williams/War Horse
Couple things of note here. First of all, J. Edgar and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close were completely shut out here. In the case of EL&IC, it may not have screened, but they most certainly saw J. Edgar. Another thing of note is that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo got one sole nomination, in Score. Honestly, I don’t think they saw the movie. It’s not hard to get your hands on the score, and the fact that it missed everywhere else seems to indicate that they may not have seen in (at least not en-mass).
Those are the snubbies.
But, onto warmer notes, Drive keeps getting mentioned everywhere. Could this really be a Best Picture contender? Also, Michelle Williams wins here, which is pretty awesome. I love her, and I’ve felt that this could have been her Oscar vehicle had she not had such stiff competition (originally thought to be the Streep/Close effect) but in recent mornings I’ve come to the conclusion that this is going to be a Williams/Mara battle to the end. Hugo is also becoming a far bigger contender than I initially thought (techs only was my assumption).
My Oscar predicts are due for an overhall!
British Independent Film Awards
BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
SENNA
SHAME
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
TYRANNOSAUR*
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST DIRECTOR
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Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST
Steve McQueen – SHAME
Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
Lynne Ramsay – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN*
THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR*
BEST SCREENPLAY
Sponsored by BBC Films
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE*
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST ACTRESS
Sponsored by M.A.C
Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING
Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE
MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST
Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR*
Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD
Neil Maskell – KILL LIST
Michael Fassbender – SHAME*
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS*
Carey Mulligan – SHAME
Sally Hawkins – SUBMARINE
Kathy Burke – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Smiley – KILL LIST*
Tom Hardy – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Benedict Cumberbatch – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Eddie Marsan – TYRANNOSAUR
Ezra Miller – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Sponsored by STUDIOCANAL
Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS
John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE
Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE
Tom Cullen – WEEKEND*
BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
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KILL LIST
TYRANNOSAUR
WEEKEND*
WILD BILL
YOU INSTEAD
BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME
Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY*
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
BEST DOCUMENTARY
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
LIFE IN A DAY
PROJECT NIM
SENNA*
TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE
BEST BRITISH SHORT
0507
CHALK*
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
RITE
ROUGH SKIN
BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
ANIMAL KINGDOM
DRIVE
PINA
A SEPARATION*
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Exile Media
ACTS OF GODFREY
BLACK POND
HOLLOW
LEAVING BAGHDAD*
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP
These really mean nothing on the scope of the Oscar race, but these are all really strong nominees/winners from hyped and well-reviewed films. They’re fun to see, regardless.
Title: The WAFCA and those British Independent awards!
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