The Artist takes top prize at the Richard Attenborough Film Awards

The winners of the Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2012 were announced in London earlier this afternoon, with Oscar front-runner The Artist continuing it's run of awards success as it was named Film of the Year, while director Michel Hazanavicius also collected the gong for Filmmaker of the Year. Now in its sixth year, the Richard Attenborough Awards consist of thirteen categories, with six decided by UK film critics and the remaining seven open to public vote.

Take a look at all of the winners here...

Critics categories...

Film of the Year – The Artist
Filmmaker of the Year – Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Screenwriter of the Year – Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Actor of the Year – Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class, Shame)
Actress of the Year – Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Rising Star of the Year – Tom Hiddleston (War Horse, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, Midnight in Paris)

Public Vote...

British Film of the Year – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Animated Film of the Year – Arthur Christmas
Family Film of the Year – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
British Film Star of the Year – Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Film Star of the Year – Robert Pattinson (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1)
UK Film Blog Site of the Year – CineVue
Most Anticipated Film of 2012 – The Dark Knight Rises

Finally, we'd just like to say thank you to everyone who took the time to vote for Flickering Myth in the UK Film Blog Site of the Year category - your support is much appreciated!

Michel Hazanavicius collects the DGA Award for The Artist

The Directors Guild of America's 2012 Career Achievement Awards were presented at the Grand Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center last night, with Michel Hazanavicius the recipient of the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, further cementing The Artist's status as front runner for Best Feature at the Academy Awards next month. Of the previous sixty-three recipients of the award only six have failed to replicate their success with an Oscar win for Best Director, while fifty have also went on to see their film collect the coveted Best Picture, including last year's winner, Tom Hooper, for The King's Speech.

Take a look at all of the winners from last night's DGA Awards...

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary
James Marsh (Project Nim)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series
Jon Cassar (The Kennedys)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series
Patty Jenkins (The Killing)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series
Robert B. Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety
Glenn Weiss (65th Annual Tony Awards)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs
Neil P. Degroot (Biggest Loser)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Daytime Serials
William Ludel (General Hospital)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
Amy Schatz (A Child's Garden of Poetry)

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials
Noam Murro

DGA Honorary Life Member Award
Ed Sherin

Frank Capra Achievement Award
Katy E. Garretson

Franklin J. Schaffner Achievement Award
Dennis W. Mazzocco

Awards season has been very kind to The Artist so far, with recent honours including Golden Globe awards for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Actor - Musical or Comedy and Best Original Score, along with the Darryl F. Zanuck Award from the Producers Guild of America. The Artist will contend the Best Picture Oscar against The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse, while Hazanavicius is nominated alongside Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life), Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo) in the category of Best Director. The Oscars will be presented on February 26th.

84th Academy Award nominations revealed

This morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees for the 84th Academy Awards, with Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone, X-Men: First Class, The Hunger Games) handling the official announcement. Leading the field with eleven nominations including Best Picture and Best Director is Martin Scorsese's Hugo, with Michel Hazanavicius' Golden Globe-winner The Artist hot on its heels with nods in ten categories.

The Artist and Hugo will face off for the coveted Best Picture Oscar against The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and War Horse, while Scorsese and Hazanavicius are joined by Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) and Alexander Payne (The Descendants) in the race for Best Director.

Check out the full list of nominations...

Best Picture
The Artist
The Descendants
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
The Help
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Best Director
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Actor
Demián Bichir (A Better Life)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Nick Nolte (Warrior)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

Foreign Language Film
A Separation
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar

Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico and Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated

Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

Film Editing
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

Makeup
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady

Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Sound Mixing
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse

Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Original Score
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Original Song
Man or Muppet (The Muppets)
Real in Rio (Rio)

Animated Short
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Documentary Short
The Barber of Birmingham
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Live Action Short
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

Which film do you think deserves to win Best Picture? Be sure to vote in our poll, and feel free to let us know your predictations for this year's Oscars in the comments below...

The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Academy Awards ceremony, which takes place on February 26th at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California and sees Billy Crystal returning as host for the ninth time.

BAFTA reveal the nominees for the 65th annual British Academy Film Awards

Following on from its success at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, The Artist leads the nominations for the 65th annual British Academy Film Awards with nods in an impressive twelve categories including Best Film, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius) and Best Leading Actor (Jean Dujardin). The acclaimed silent feature will contest the Best Film Award against fellow Golden Globes winner The Descendants, along with Drive, The Help and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, with the latter receiving eleven nominations in total.

Meanwhile Hugo picked up nine nominations, with Martin Scorsese contesting the Best Director gong against Hazanavicius, Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), in addition to being this year's recipient of the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship.

The nominees were announced this morning by Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and actress Holliday Grainger at BAFTA HQ, and you can check out the full list right here...

Best Film
The Artist
The Descendants
Drive
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Outstanding British Film
My Week with Marilyn
Senna
Shame
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Richard Ayoade (Submarine)
Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
Ralph Fiennes (Coriolanus)
Will Sharp (Black Pond)

Film Not in the English Language
Incendies
Pina
Potiche
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Documentary
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Project Nim
Senna

Animated Film
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango

Director
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Original Screenplay
The Artist
Bridesmaids
The Guard
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris

Adapted Screenplay
The Descendants
The Help
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Leading Actor
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)

Leading Actress
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Viola Davis (The Help)

Supporting Actor
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Jim Broadbent (The Iron Lady)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March)

Supporting Actress
Carey Mulligan (Drive)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Judi Dench (My Week with Marilyn)
Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)

Original Music
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Editing
The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Senna
Tinker Tailor Solider Spy

Production Design
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Costume Design
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
My Week with Marilyn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Make Up & Hair
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Hugo
The Iron Lady
My Week with Marilyn

Sound
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

Special Visual Effects
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
War Horse

Short Animation
Abuelas
Bobby Yeah
A Morning Stroll

Short Film
Chalk
Mwansa the Great
Only Sound Remains
Pitch Black Heist
Two and Two

Orange Rising Star Award (public vote, previously announced)
Adam Deacon
Chris Hemsworth
Tom Hiddleston
Chris O'Dowd
Eddie Redmayne

BAFTA Fellowship (previously announced)
Martin Scorsese

The winners will be annouced during the British Academy Film Awards ceremony on February 12th.

The Artist and The Descendants take top honours at the Golden Globes 2012

The stars descended on Beverly Hills last night as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed the winners for the 69th Golden Globes, with Michel Hazanavicius' silent feature The Artist taking home Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Alexander Payne's The Descendants claiming the award for Best Motion Picture - Drama.

It was certainly a good night for The Artist, which also received Best Actor - Comedy or Musical (Jean Dujardin) and Best Score (Ludovic Bource), and must surely now be the front runner for the coveted Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards next month.

In other highlights, George Clooney was named Best Actor - Drama for his work in The Descendants, while Martin Scorsese received the Best Director award for Hugo and Morgan Freeman was the recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.

Take a look at all of the Golden Globe winners (in bold) here...

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Director
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
George Clooney (The Ides of March)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Actor - Drama
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress - Drama
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)
Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love)
Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster (Carnage)
Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Kristin Wiig (Bridesmaids)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Kate Winslet (Carnage)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Best Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (The Ides of March)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Howard Shore (Hugo)
John Williams (War Horse)
Abel Korzeniowski (W.E.)

Best Original Song
“Lay Your Head Down” (Albert Nobbs)
“Hello Hello” (Gnomeo and Juliet)
“The Living Proof” (The Help)
“The Keeper” (Machine Gun Preacher)
“Masterpiece” (W.E.)

Best Drama TV Series
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland

Best Actor - TV Drama Series
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Jeremy Irons (The Borgias)
Damian Lewis (Homeland)

Best Actress - TV Drama Series
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Mireille Enos (The Killing)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)
Callie Thorne (Necessary Roughness)

Best Comedy TV Series
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl

Best Actor - TV Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
David Duchovny (Californication)
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
Thomas Jane (Hung)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)

Best Actress - TV Comedy Series
Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Linney (The C Word)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Zooey Deschanel (The New Girl)

Best Television Series – Miniseries/Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
Idris Elba (Luther)
William Hurt (Too Big to Fail)
Bill Nighy (Page Eight)
Dominic West (The Hour)

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Tim Robbins (Cineme Verite)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai (The Hour)
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey)
Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series or TV Movie
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)

Cecil B. DeMille Award
Morgan Freeman

BAFTA announces the five nominees for the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award for 2012

Flickering Myth reporter Jess Barratt attended the BAFTA headquarters for the unveiling of the five young actors nominated for The Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award in 2012...


Deputy Chair of BAFTA’s Film Committee, Pippa Harris led the announcements of the five stars selected by public vote from a long list of eight. The nominees are as follows:

Chris O’Dowd

Initially Chris was famed for his role as Roy in award winning comedy The IT Crowd. Chris’ outstanding comedic performances over the four series of The IT Crowd have lead him to star in films such as Dinner For Schmucks (2010) starring Steve Carell and Gulliver’s Travels (2010) with Jack Black. Chris made his mark when he co-starred with comedic actress Kritsen Wiig in hit comedy Bridesmaids (2011). Chris’ next film due for release will be This Is 40 (2012), directed by Judd Apatow.




Chris Hemsworth

Melbourne-born Chris Hemsworth began his career on Australian soap opera Home and Away. He made his Hollywood debut playing George Kirk in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek (2009). Chris then had to battle it out against his brother Liam for the lead role in the film adaptation of Marvel comic, Thor (2011), which then led him on to star in The Avengers released in May 2012.






Tom Hiddleston

Cambridge graduate Hiddleston recently shot to fame working alongside the worlds’ best directors such as Woody Allen for his role in Midnight in Paris (2011) and Steven Spielberg in his depiction of War Horse (2011). Audiences worldwide now recognise him for his role as Loki in Kenneth Branagh’s Thor. He will also be starring in The Avengers alongside fellow nominee Chris Hemsworth.






Eddie Redmayne

Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne began his acting career with highly acclaimed theatre and television roles. His profile increased significantly as a result of last years’ box office hit My Week with Marilyn (2011) starring alongside Michelle Williams, which subsequently led him to be noticed by fashion giants Burberry to become a face for their 2012 collection.

Eddie commented, “It’s lovely that the Marilyn film in itself is a celebration of the British film industry and the nostalgia of the British film industry which BAFTA is such a big part of.”

Eddie will next be seen in Hick (2012) where he plays a Nebraskan paedophile. Eddie is currently warming up his vocal chords for an upcoming film adaptation of Les Misérables (2012).


Adam Deacon

London-born Adam first found fame from his role in Noel Clarke’s Kidulthood (2006) and then sequel Adulthood (2008). Adam used his success from these productions to co-write and co-direct urban comedy Anuvahood (2011). Adam told Flickering Myth, “I found co-writing and co-directing really stressful. It actually made me get like, five grey hairs on my head!”

He also commented on how Government funded acting schools for youths in deprived areas, like the Anna Scher Theatre which he attended, can be therapeutic and sometimes life changing for young people “…they take the most craziest guys in and teach them how to read scripts and be disciplined and turn up on time…”

Adam’s manager has confirmed that Adam is currently working on his music career.


Deputy Chair of BAFTA’s Film Committee, Pippa Harris spoke about the award itself, “The award honours a young actor or actress who has demonstrated exceptional talent and ambition and who has captured the imagination and the hearts of the British public.”

Eddie Redmayne shared his thoughts with Flickering Myth about his fellow nominees for the award: “It’s such an interesting group of actors, such an eclectic mix of genres of film that everyone’s done. I feel really privileged to be a part of this group.”

For more information on the Orange Wednesdays Rising Star Award and to cast your vote go to www.orange.co.uk/bafta.

Jess Barratt

Martin Scorsese to receive the Academy Fellowship from BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts have announced that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese will be the recipient of this year's Academy Fellowship at the Orange British Academy Film Awards, which takes place at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday, February 12th.

The Academy Fellowship is BAFTA's highest honour, with previous Fellows including Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Sean Connery, Elizabeth Taylor, Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Hopkins, Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave and last year's recipient, Christopher Lee.

Scorsese will be presented with the accolade in recognition of a career that spans six decades, during which the acclaimed director, producer and screenwriter has delivered such classics as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Departed, along with his most recent work (and first foray into 3D), Hugo, and ground-breaking music documentaries such as No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, Shine a Light and George Harrison: Living in the Material World.

The nominations for the Orange British Academy Film Awards will be announced on Tuesday January 17th ahead of February's ceremony, which will be broadcast in the UK by the BBC.

Be sure to check out our profile, Understanding Scorsese, for an in-depth look at his body of work.

The Artist leads the nominations for the 69th Golden Globes

The contenders for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards have been announced earlier today by the Hollywood Foreign Press, with Michel Hazanavicius' silent drama The Artist leading the nominations with nods in six categories including Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Best Dirtector, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Jean Dujardin). In terms of the Globes' top honours, The Artist was joined in the Best Musical or Comedy category by 50/50, Bridesmaids, Midnight in Paris and My Week with Marilyn, while the Best Drama field saw nominations for The Descendants, The Help, Hugo, The Ides of March, Moneyball and War Horse.

The Golden Globes typically have a strong bearing on the nominees for the Academy Awards and George Clooney will certainly be hoping that's the case with nominations for Best Director and Best Screenplay (The Ides of March) in addition to Best Actor - Drama (The Descendants). Clooney will contest the directing honour with Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Alexander Payne (The Descendants) and Martin Scorsese (Hugo), while on the acting front he finds himself up against The Ides of March co-star Ryan Gosling, who is also nominated in the Comedy or Musical category for Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Take a look at all of the Golden Globe nominations here...

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Descendants
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
War Horse

Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
50/50
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Midnight in Paris
My Week with Marilyn

Best Director
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
George Clooney (The Ides of March)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Martin Scorsese (Hugo)

Best Actor - Drama
George Clooney (The Descendants)
Leonardo DiCaprio (J. Edgar)
Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Ryan Gosling (The Ides of March)
Brad Pitt (Moneyball)

Best Actress - Drama
Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
Viola Davis (The Help)
Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Actor - Comedy or Musical
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Brendan Gleeson (The Guard)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)
Ryan Gosling (Crazy, Stupid, Love)
Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris)

Best Actress - Comedy or Musical
Jodie Foster (Carnage)
Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Kristin Wiig (Bridesmaids)
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Kate Winslet (Carnage)

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
Albert Brooks (Drive)
Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)

Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
Jessica Chastain (The Help)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Octavia Spencer (The Help)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

Best Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (The Ides of March)
Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (Moneyball)

Best Foreign Language Film
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
The Kid with a Bike
A Separation
The Skin I Live In

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin
Arthur Christmas
Cars 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

Best Original Score
Ludovic Bource (The Artist)
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
Howard Shore (Hugo)
John Williams (War Horse)
Abel Korzeniowski (W.E.)

Best Original Song
“Lay Your Head Down” (Albert Nobbs)
“Hello Hello” (Gnomeo and Juliet)
“The Living Proof” (The Help)
“The Keeper” (Machine Gun Preacher)
“Masterpiece” (W.E.)

Best Drama TV Series
American Horror Story
Boardwalk Empire
Boss
Game of Thrones
Homeland

Best Actor - TV Drama Series
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire)
Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)
Kelsey Grammer (Boss)
Jeremy Irons (The Borgias)
Damian Lewis (Homeland)

Best Actress - TV Drama Series
Claire Danes (Homeland)
Mireille Enos (The Killing)
Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife)
Madeleine Stowe (Revenge)
Callie Thorne (Necessary Roughness)

Best Comedy TV Series
Enlightened
Episodes
Glee
Modern Family
New Girl

Best Actor - TV Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
David Duchovny (Californication)
Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
Thomas Jane (Hung)
Matt LeBlanc (Episodes)

Best Actress - TV Comedy Series
Laura Dern (Enlightened)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Laura Linney (The C Word)
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Zooey Deschanel (The New Girl)

Best Television Series – Miniseries/Movie
Cinema Verite
Downton Abbey
The Hour
Mildred Pierce
Too Big to Fail

Best Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey)
Idris Elba (Luther)
William Hurt (Too Big to Fail)
Bill Nighy (Page Eight)
Dominic West (The Hour)

Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones)
Paul Giamatti (Too Big to Fail)
Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce)
Tim Robbins (Cineme Verite)
Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family)

Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Romola Garai (The Hour)
Diane Lane (Cinema Verite)
Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey)
Emily Watson (Appropriate Adult)
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce)

Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series or TV Movie
Jessica Lange (American Horror Story)
Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire)
Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
Sofia Vergara (Modern Family)
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce)

The winners of the 69th Golden Globe Awards will be announced on January 15th, 2012, when Ricky Gervais hosts the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

The Richard Attenborough Film Awards 2012 - Vote Flickering Myth for Best UK Film Blog

The Richard Attenborough UK Regional Film Awards have revealed their nominees for their 2012 honours and we are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for Best UK Film Blog Site of the Year, bringing an end to what has been an absolutely fantastic year for us here at Flickering Myth.


As with several of the RAFAs, the award for Best UK Film Blog will be decided by you, the public, meaning we really need the help of our lovely readers. There are of course some great sites contending the award, so we fully expect to come up short when the dust settles. However, if you'd like to show your support for us then please head on over to the site to register your vote. It'll only take you a moment, and we'd be eternally grateful.

Cast your vote here: http://www.filmoftheyear.co.uk/votetopfilmblogsite.php

Along with Best UK Film Blog, you can also cast your vote on several other categories. Take a look at the nominees here...

British Star
Rhys Ifans - Anonymous
Jamie Bell - The Eagle, The Adventures Of Tintin
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Tilda Swinton - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Robert Pattinson - Water for Elephants, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Jude Law - Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows, Contagion
Ewan McGregor - Beginners, Perfect Sense
James McAvoy - X-Men: First Class, Arthur Christmas, Gnomeo & Juliet
Kate Winslet - Contagion


Film Star of the Year
Bradley Cooper
Ryan Gosling
Daniel Radcliffe
Robert Pattinson
Jake Gyllenhaal
Kate Winslet
Emma Watson
Reese Witherspoon
Anne Hathaway
Tilda Swinton


Family Film Award
Tangled
Yogi Bear
Gnomeo & Juliet
Hop
Rio
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Cars 2
The Smurfs
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Rango
Arrietty
The Lion King


Best Animation
Rango
Mars Needs Moms
Rio
Winnie The Pooh
Kung Fu Panda 2
Cars 2
The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn
Arthur Christmas
Happy Feet Two
Puss In Boots
Tangled


Voting on the 2012 Richard Attenborough Film Awards runs from today (December 12th) until January 20th and the winners will be announced on Thursday, January 26th, 2012.

Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur takes top honours at the British Independent Film Awards

Just last week the Gotham Awards and Spirit Awards honoured the best in indepedent cinema from the past twelve months, and last night it was the UK's turn as the winners of the 14th Moët British Independent Film Awards were announced in London. Taking the ceremony's top honour - Best British Independent Film - was Paddy Considine's acclaimed directorial debut Tyrannosaur, which also picked up Best Actress (Olivia Colman) and Best Debut Director (Considine), with its haul of three accolades making it the most celebrated film of the evening.

In the other main categories, Lynne Ramsay was named Best Director for We Need To Talk About Kevin, while Michael Fassbender took home Best Actor for Steve McQueen's Shame and Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus) and Michael Smiley (Kill List) were honoured in the supporting categories. Ralph Fiennes was also presented with the coveted Richard Harris Award for his outstanding contributions to British film and Kenneth Branagh was the recipient of the Variety Award. Take a look at all the winners (in bold) right here...

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon
TYRANNOSAUR
SENNA
SHAME
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST DIRECTOR
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership
Lynne Ramsay - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Ben Wheatley – KILL LIST
Steve McQueen – SHAME
Tomas Alfredson – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD [BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR]
Sponsored by 3 Mills Studios
Paddy Considine – TYRANNOSAUR
Joe Cornish – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Ralph Fiennes – CORIOLANUS
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE

BEST SCREENPLAY
Sponsored by BBC Films
Richard Ayoade – SUBMARINE
John Michael McDonagh – THE GUARD
Ben Wheatley, Amy Jump – KILL LIST
Abi Morgan, Steve McQueen – SHAME
Lynne Ramsay, Rory Kinnear – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST ACTRESS
Sponsored by M.A.C
Olivia Colman – TYRANNOSAUR
Rebecca Hall – THE AWAKENING
Mia Wasikowska – JANE EYRE
MyAnna Buring – KILL LIST
Tilda Swinton – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST ACTOR
Michael Fassbender – SHAME
Brendan Gleeson – THE GUARD
Neil Maskell – KILL LIST
Gary Oldman – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Peter Mullan – TYRANNOSAUR

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vanessa Redgrave – CORIOLANUS
Felicity Jones – ALBATROSS
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
Tom Cullen – WEEKEND
Jessica Brown Findlay – ALBATROSS
John Boyega – ATTACK THE BLOCK
Craig Roberts – SUBMARINE
Yasmin Paige – SUBMARINE

BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION
Sponsored by Deluxe142
WEEKEND
KILL LIST
TYRANNOSAUR
WILD BILL
YOU INSTEAD

BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Maria Djurkovic – Production Design – TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Chris King, Gregers Sall – Editing – SENNA
Sean Bobbitt – Cinematography – SHAME
Joe Walker – Editing – SHAME
Seamus McGarvey – Cinematography – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

BEST DOCUMENTARY
SENNA
HELL AND BACK AGAIN
LIFE IN A DAY
PROJECT NIM
TT3D: CLOSER TO THE EDGE

BEST BRITISH SHORT
CHALK
0507
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
RITE
ROUGH SKIN

BEST FOREIGN INDEPENDENT FILM
A SEPARATION
ANIMAL KINGDOM
DRIVE
PINA
THE SKIN I LIVE IN

THE RAINDANCE AWARD
Sponsored by Exile Media
LEAVING BAGHDAD
ACTS OF GODFREY
BLACK POND
HOLLOW
A THOUSAND KISSES DEEP

THE RICHARD HARRIS AWARD (FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION BY AN ACTOR TO BRITISH FILM)
Ralph Fiennes

THE VARIETY AWARD
Kenneth Branagh

THE SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
Graham Easton

Melancholia takes Best Film at the European Film Awards

The 24th annual European Film Awards took place in Berlin last night, with Lars von Trier's Melancholia taking home the top honour, Best European Film, along with the Carlo di Palma European Cinematographer Award (Manuel Alberto Claro) and Best Production Design (Jette Lehmann).

However, von Trier lost out on the gong for Best Director to fellow Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (In a Better World), while Melancholia stars Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg were also overlooked for Best Actress, with Tilda Swinton receiving the award for her work in Lynne Ramsay's hard-hitting drama We Need to Talk About Kevin. Further British success came in the form of Colin Firth, who added the Best European Actor gong to his impressive collection of accolades for The King's Speech, which of course includes Best Actor at the 83rd Academy Awards back in February of this year, while Stephen Frears was the recipient of the EFA Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of a career that includes the likes of Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters, Mary Reilly, High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things, The Queen and Tamara Drewe.

Take a look at all the winners (in bold) from last night's ceremony...

European Film
MELANCHOLIA (dir. Lars von Trier)
THE ARTIST (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
IN A BETTER WORLD (dir. Susanne Bier)
THE KID WITH A BIKE (dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)
THE KING'S SPEECH (dir. Tom Hooper)
LE HAVRE (dir. Aki Kaurismaeki)

European Director
Susanne Bier - IN A BETTER WORLD
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Aki Kaurismaeki - LE HAVRE
Bela Tarr - THE TURIN HORSE
Lars von Trier - MELANCHOLIA

European Actor
Colin Firth - THE KING’S SPEECH
Jean Dujardin - THE ARTIST
Mikael Persbrandt - IN A BETTER WORLD
Michel Piccoli - HABEMUS PAPAM
Andre Wilms - LE HAVRE

European Actress
Tilda Swinton - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN
Kirsten Dunst - MELANCHOLIA
Cecile de France - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Charlotte Gainsbourg - MELANCHOLIA
Nadezhda Markina - ELENA

European Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Anders Thomas Jensen - IN A BETTER WORLD
Aki Kaurismaeki - LE HAVRE
Lars von Trier - MELANCHOLIA

Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award
Manuel Alberto Claro - MELANCHOLIA
Fred Kelemen - THE TURIN HORSE
Guillaume Schiffman - THE ARTIST
Adam Sikora - ESSENTIAL KILLING

European Editor
Tariq Anwar - THE KING’S SPEECH
Mathilde Bonnefoy - THREE
Molly Malene Stensgaard - MELANCHOLIA

European Production Designer
Jette Lehmann - MELANCHOLIA
Paola Bizzarri - HABEMUS PAPAM
Antxon Gomez - THE SKIN I LIVE IN

European Composer
Ludovic Bource - THE ARTIST
Alexandre Desplat - THE KING’S SPEECH
Alberto Iglesias - THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Mihaly Vig - THE TURIN HORSE

European Discovery - Prix Fipresci
OXYGEN (dir. Hans Van Nuffel)
BREATHING (dir. Karl Markovics)
MICHAEL (dir. Markus Schleinzer)
NOTHING'S ALL BAD (dir. Mikkel Munch-Fals)
TILVA ROS (dir. Nikola Ležaić)

European Film Academy Documentary - Prix Arte
PINA (dir. Wim Wenders)
POSITION AMONG THE STARS (dir. Leonard Retel Helmrich)
¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS! (dir. Victor Kossakovsky)

European Film Academy Animated Feature Film
CHICO & RITA (dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal and Fernando Trueba)
THE RABBI'S CAT (dir. Antoine Delesvaux and Joann Sfar)
A CAT IN PARIS (dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol

European Film Academy Short Film
THE WHOLLY FAMILY (dir. Terry Gilliam)

European Co-Production Award
Mariela Besuievsky

European Achievement in World Cinema
Mads Mikkelsen

European Film Academy Special Honorary Award
Michel Piccoli

EFA Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen Frears

The People's Choice Award
THE KING'S SPEECH (dir. Tom Hooper)

And the nominees for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards are...

Monday night brought the first ceremony of awards season as the Gotham Independent Film Awards took place in New York City, and the dust barely had time to settle before the nominations for indie cinema's most pretigious accolades - Film Independent's Spirit Awards - were announced on Tuesday evening.

Despite sharing Best Feature with Max Mills Beginners at the Gotham Awards, there was no place for Terrence Malick's divisive drama The Tree of Life (nor acclaimed efforts Like Crazy and We Need to Talk About Kevin) among the nominees, with Beginners set to contest Best Film - won last year by Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller Black Swan - with Jonathan Levine's 50/50, Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, Jeff Nichols' Take Shelter, Michel Hazanavicius' The Artist and Alexander Payne's The Descendants.

Mills, Winding Refn, Nichols, Michel Hazanavicius and Payne also received nods for Best Director, while the likes of Ryan Gosling (Drive), Woody Harrelson (Rampart), Michael Shannon (Take Shelter), Albert Brooks (Drive), Christopher Plummer (Beginners), John C. Reilly (Cedar Rapids), Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn), Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter) and Anjelica Huston (50/50) are among the names vying for the acting honours. Take Shelter and The Artist lead the field with five nominations apiece, and you can take a look at the full list of nominees right here...

Best Film
50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants

Best Director
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

Best First Feature
Another Earth
In The Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection

Best Male Lead
Demian Bichir (A Better Life)
Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Ryan Gosling (Drive)
Woody Harrelson (Rampart)
Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)

Best Female Lead
Lauren Ambrose (Think of Me)
Rachel Harris (Natural Selection)
Adepero Oduye (Pariah)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn)

Best Supporting Male
Albert Brooks (Drive)
John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
John C. Reilly (Cedar Rapids)
Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris)

Best Supporting Female
Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter)
Anjelica Huston (50/50)
Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
Harmony Santana (Gun Hill Road)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)

John Cassavetes Award (for best film made for under $500,000)
Bellflower
Circumstance
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter

Best Documentary
An African Selection
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Were Here

Best Cinematography
Joel Hodge (Bellflower)
Benjamin Kasulke (The Off Hours)
Darius Khondji (Midnight in Paris)
Guillaume Shiffman (The Artist)
Jeffrey Waldron (The Dynamiter)

Best Screenplay
Joseph Cedar (Footnote)
Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
Tom McCarthy (Win Win)
Mike Mills (Beginners)
Alexander Payne (The Descendants)

Best First Screenplay
Mike Cahill and Brit Marling (Another Earth)
J.C. Chandor (Margin Call)
Patrick DeWitt (Terri)
Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids)
Will Reiser (50/50)

Best Foreign Film
A Separation
Melancholia
Shame
The Kid With a Bike
Tyrannosaur

Robert Altman Award
Margin Call

Piaget Producers Award
Chad Burris (Mosquita)
Y Mari Sophia Lin (Take Shelter)
Josh Mond (Martha Marcy May Marlene)

Someone to Watch Award
Simon Arthur (Silver Tongues)
Mark Jackson (Without)
Nicholas Ozeki (Mamitas)

Truer Than Fiction Award
Heather Courtney (Where Soldiers Come From)
Danfung Dennis (Hell and Back Again)
Alma Har'el (Bombay Beach)

The Independent Spirit Awards will be presented on February 25th, one day prior to the 84th Academy Awards.

Beginners and The Tree of Life tie for Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2011

Awards season got underway on Monday night as the stars gathered in New York City for the 21st Annual Gotham Awards, with Mike Mills' comedy drama Beginners sharing the top honour - Best Feature - with Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winner The Tree of Life, after fending off competition from The Descendants, Meek's Cutoff and Take Shelter. The award for Best Breakthrough Actor / Actress went to rising English actress Felicity Jones for Like Crazy, while Dee Rees was named Best Breakthrough Director for her debut feature Pariah.

Along with Best Feature, Beginners took home a second award as the likes of Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer Ewan McGregor and Mélanie Laurent were honoured with Best Ensemble Performance, while special tribute awards were also given to Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman, CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment. Take a look at the full list of winners (and nominees) right here...

Best Feature
Beginners (dir. Mike Mills)
The Tree of Life (dir. Mike Mills)
The Descendants (dir. Alexander Payne)
Meek's Cutoff (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
Take Shelter (dir. Jeff Nichols)

Best Breakthrough Actor/Actress
Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)
Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Harmony Santana (Gun Hill Road)
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Jacob Wysocki (Terri)

Best Breakthrough Director
Dee Rees (Pariah)
Mike Cahill (Another Earth)
Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Vera Farmiga (Higher Ground)
Evan Glodell (Bellflower)

Best Documentary
Better This World (dir. Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega)
Bill Cunningham New York (dir. Richard Press)
Hell and Back Again (dir. Danfung Dennis)
The Interrupters (dir. Steve James)
The Woodmans (dir. C. Scott Willis)

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
Scenes of a Crime (dir. Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock)
Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same (dir. Madeleine Olnek)
Green (dir. Sophia Takal)
The Redemption of General Butt Naked (dir. Eric Strauss and Daniele Anastasion)
Without (dir. Mark Jackson)

Audience Award
Girlfriend (dir. Justin Lerner)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteers Journey (dir. Constance Marks)
Buck (dir. Cindy Meehl)
The First Grader (dir. Justin Chadwick)
Wild Horse, Wild Ride (dir. Alex Dawson and Greg Gricus)

Best Ensemble Performance
Beginners - (Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos)
The Descendants - (George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel)
Margin Call - (Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi)
Martha Marcy May Marlene - (Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson)
Take Shelter - (Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisagay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers: Live the Dream Grant
Lucy Mulloy (Una Noche)
Jenny Deller (Future Weather)
Rola Nashef (Detroit Unleaded)

The longlist for the BAFTA Orange Rising Star Award 2012...

As the British Academy Film Awards 2012 approaches, BAFTA have announced their shortlist for the Orange Wednesday's Rising Star Award - their only accolade to be decided by the British public. The award looks to honour emerging talent, with previous winners including Kristen Stewart (Twilight), Noel Clarke (Adulthood), Shia LaBeouf (Transformers), Eva Green (Casino Royale) and James McAvoy (The Last King of Scotland), and last year's recipient, Tom Hardy (Inception).

This year's nominees for BAFTA's Orange Rising Star Award are...

Adam Deacon - British rapper and actor Adam Deacon enjoyed roles in the likes of Ali G Indahouse, Kidulthood, Adulthood and Shank before co-writing, co-directing and starring in the urban comedy Anuvahood. He has a number of future acting projects in production, such as the comedy Outside Bet and drama Payback Season.

Chris Hemsworth - Following a stint in Home and Away, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth made the shift to Hollywood and enjoyed a brief appearance in Star Trek before securing the lead role in Marvel Studios' Thor. Hemsworth is set to reprise his role as the God of Thunder in next year's team-up, The Avengers, and will also be seen in Snow White and the Huntsman, along with the remake of Red Dawn.

Felicity Jones - Brummie actress Felicity Jones' career has really taken off in the past few years, with well-received performances in films such as Brideshead Revisited, Cemetery Junction, Albatross and Chalet Girl, while she also received a Special Jury Prize (Dramatic) at Sundance for her work in the 2011 romantic drama Like Crazy.

Tom Hiddleston - After a number of stage and television roles, English actor Tom Hiddleston enjoyed his breakthrough this year as Loki in Marvel's Thor - a role he is set to return to for The Avengers in May. He has since went on to feature in Midnight in Paris and The Deep Blue Sea and will next be seen in Steven Spielberg's War Horse.

Jennifer Lawrence - American actress Jennifer Lawrence became the second-youngest ever nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her work in Winter's Bone and followed that up this year with appearances in The Beaver, Like Crazy and X-Men: First Class. Lawrence will next be seen in Gary Ross' adaptation of The Hunger Games and she has also completed work on the horror film House at the End of the Street.

Chris O'Dowd - Best known for his role in the TV series The IT Crowd, Irish comedian Chris O'Dowd has successfully made the transition to the silver screen with appearances in films such as The Boat That Rocked, Dinner for Schmucks, Gulliver's Travels and Bridesmaids. Upcoming film roles include Friends with Kids, This is Forty and Sean Carlin Goes Crazy.

Jessica Chastain - American actress Jessica Chastain made her feature debut in 2008 with Jolene and she has since went on to build an impressive CV with roles this year including The Debt, The Help, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, Texas Killing Fields and Coriolanus. She will next be seen alongside past Rising Star winners Tom Hardy and Shia LaBeouf in The Wettest County.

Eddie Redmayne - Along with film roles such as The Good Shepherd, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Other Boleyn Girl and Black Death, English actor Eddie Redmayne received a Tony Award in 2010 for his work in Red and he can currently be seen in the British drama My Week with Marilyn alongside Michelle Williams.

Who would be your choice for the Rising Star Award? Head over to the BAFTA site to cast your vote, with the winners annouced during the British Academy Film Awards ceremony on February 12th.

Lars Von Trier's Melancholia leads the nominations for the 24th European Film Awards

Filmmaker Lars von Trier appears to have brushed aside the controversy over his Hitler comments at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year as his apocalyptic drama Melancholia leads the field at the European Film Awards with nominations in eight categories. Melancholia will compete for the Best European Film award against In a Better World, Le Havre, The Artist, The Kid with the Bike and 2010's awards darling, The King's Speech.

Von Trier will also contest the awards for Best European Director and European Screenwriter, while stars Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg have both received nominations in the Best European Actress category. Take a look the full list of nominations here...

EUROPEAN FILM

THE ARTIST (dir. Michel Hazanavicius)
IN A BETTER WORLD (dir. Susanne Bier)
THE KID WITH A BIKE (dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)
THE KING'S SPEECH (dir. Tom Hooper)
LE HAVRE (dir. Aki Kaurismaeki)
MELANCHOLIA (dir. Lars von Trier)

EUROPEAN DIRECTOR

Susanne Bier - IN A BETTER WORLD
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Aki Kaurismaeki - LE HAVRE
Bela Tarr - THE TURIN HORSE
Lars von Trier - MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN ACTOR

Jean Dujardin - THE ARTIST
Colin Firth - THE KING’S SPEECH
Mikael Persbrandt - IN A BETTER WORLD
Michel Piccoli - HABEMUS PAPAM
Andre Wilms - LE HAVRE

EUROPEAN ACTRESS

Kirsten Dunst - MELANCHOLIA
Cecile de France - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Charlotte Gainsbourg - MELANCHOLIA
Nadezhda Markina - ELENA
Tilda Swinton - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

EUROPEAN SCREENWRITER

Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne - THE KID WITH A BIKE
Anders Thomas Jensen - IN A BETTER WORLD
Aki Kaurismaeki - LE HAVRE
Lars von Trier - MELANCHOLIA

CARLO DI PALMA EUROPEAN CINEMATOGRAPHER AWARD

Manuel Alberto Claro - MELANCHOLIA
Fred Kelemen - THE TURIN HORSE
Guillaume Schiffman - THE ARTIST
Adam Sikora - ESSENTIAL KILLING

EUROPEAN EDITOR

Tariq Anwar - THE KING’S SPEECH
Mathilde Bonnefoy - THREE
Molly Malene Stensgaard - MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Paola Bizzarri - HABEMUS PAPAM
Antxon Gomez - THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Jette Lehmann - MELANCHOLIA

EUROPEAN COMPOSER

Ludovic Bource - THE ARTIST
Alexandre Desplat - THE KING’S SPEECH
Alberto Iglesias - THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Mihaly Vig - THE TURIN HORSE

The winners will be announced on December 3rd when the 24th European Film Awards ceremony takes place in Berlin.

The contenders for the Best Animated Feature Oscar are revealed

With 2011 rapidly drawing to a close, we're now just a few short months away from awards season and yesterday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the eighteen films that will duke it out for an Oscar nomination in the category of Best Animated Feature at the 84th Academy Awards in February.

Specifying that 'submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and meet all of the category's other qualifying rules before they can advance in the voting process', the Academy announced the potential nominees, which includes the Steven Spielberg / Peter Jackson collaboration The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Pixar sequel Cars 2, Aardman's Arthur Christmas and live-action/animation hybrids such as The Smurfs and Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.

Take a look at all of the contenders...

The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (dir. Steven Spielberg)
Alois Nebel (dir. Tomáš Luňák)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked (dir. Mike Mitchell)
Arthur Christmas (dir. Sarah Smith)
Cars 2 (dir. John Lasseter, Brad Lewis)
A Cat in Paris (dir. Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol)
Chico & Rita (dir. Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba)
Gnomeo & Juliet (dir. Kelly Asbury)
Happy Feet Two (dir. George Miller)
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (dir. Mike Disa)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (dir. Jennifer Yuh)
Mars Needs Moms (dir. Simon Wells)
Puss in Boots (dir. Chris Miller)
Rango (dir. Gore Verbinski)
Rio (dir. Carlos Saldanha)
Winnie the Pooh (dir. Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall)
Wrinkles (dir. Ignacio Ferreras)

With 18 features submitted this year, Academy rules state that five films will receive a nomination, unlike last year when Pixar's Toy Story 3 took the Oscar against competition from How to Train Your Dragon and The Illusionist. Toy Story 3's victory was the fourth consecutive year that Pixar were honoured with the award following victories for Ratatouille, WALL-E and Up and indeed, the last time they tasted defeat was back in 2006 when Cars lost out to Happy Feet. Both sequels will be strong possibilities for a nomination this time out, but if I had to hazard a guess as to the winner, I'd say the lure of having Spielberg and Jackson up on stage together will prove to much for the Academy voters to ignore (even though Tintin falls somewhat short of Oscar-winning material).

And finally, I'd be hugely surprised if a live-action/animation hybrid secures a nomination, as this would really open up a can of worms in terms of what constitutes an 'Animated Feature'. Rise of the Planet of the Apes, anyone?

The Oscar nominations are announced on January 24th and the 84th Academy Awards ceremony takes place on February 26th, 2012.

And the nominations for the 14th Moët British Independent Film Awards are...

The nominations for the 14th annual Moët British Independent Film Awards have been announced today, with Shame, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Tyrannosaur leading the field with seven nods apiece, including the coveted Best British Film Award, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor or Actress awards.

“This year’s nominees really highlight the immense wealth of British talent in this country today," said joint directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson. "We are incredibly proud that the Awards have grown to a level that garners attention worldwide, helping to bring British talent and independent filmmaking to the international stage.”

Take a look at all the nominations for this year's awards...

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM
Sponsored by Moët & Chandon

SENNA
SHAME
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
TYRANNOSAUR
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN


BEST DIRECTOR
Sponsored by The Creative Partnership

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
Sponsored by Deluxe142

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

In addition to those mentioned above, The Richard Harris Award (for outstanding contribution by an actor to British Film), The Variety Award and the Special Jury Prize will all be announced at the Moët British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 4th December.

Harry Potter and The King's Speech win big at the National Movie Awards

Awards season may have drawn to a close back in February with the Academy Awards but that hasn't stopped the National Movie Awards from announcing their winners at a star-studded ceremony held at Wembley Arena last night. Hosted by Christine Bleakley, the fourth NMAs saw The King's Speech pick up three awards (Best Drama, Performance of the Year and Special Recognition), while the Harry Potter franchise bagged two and Johnny Depp was named Screen Icon.

Take a look at the full list of winners (and nominees)...

Best Fantasy
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Gulliver's Travels
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Tron: Legacy

Best Drama
The King's Speech
127 Hours
Black Swan
The Social Network

Best Comedy
Paul
Due Date
Just Go With It
Little Fockers

Best Animation
Tangled
Despicable Me
Gnomeo & Juliet
Megamind

Must See Movie of the Summer
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Hangover Part II
X-Men: First Class

One to Watch: Brits Going Global
Jamie Campbell Bower
Henry Cavill
Luke Evans
Andrew Garfield
Tom Hardy
Felicity Jones
Alex Pettyfer
Andrea Riseborough
Ed Westwick

Performance of the Year
Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Rupert Grint (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1)
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1)
Emma Watson (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1)
Jennifer Aniston (Just Go With It)
Ben Barnes (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader)
Nick Frost (Paul)
Simon Pegg (Paul)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech)
Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Jeff Bridges (Tron: Legacy / True Grit)

Screen Icon - Johnny Depp

Special Recognition - The King's Speech

The King's Speech takes top honours at the Academy Awards

Awards season drew to a close for another year last night as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences honoured the very best in cinematic achievement from 2010 at the 83rd annual Academy Awards. Taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, the ceremony was hosted by actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco, who was himself nominated for Best Actor for his performance in Danny Boyle's 127 Hours.

The King's Speech had led the pack going into the night with twelve nominations and picked up four awards in total - Best Picture, Best Director (Tom Hooper), Best Actor (Colin Firth) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler) - while Christopher Nolan's Inception also managed four awards, enjoying success in the technical categories of Visual Effects, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing and Cinematography.

Check out the full list of awards, with the winners highlighted in each category...

Best Picture
The Kids Are All Right (dir. Lisa Cholodenko)
Toy Story 3 (dir. Lee Unkrich)
The Social Network (dir. David Fincher)
The King’s Speech (dir. Tom Hooper)
Inception (dir. Christopher Nolan)
The Fighter (dir. David O. Russell)
Black Swan (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
127 Hours (dir. Danny Boyle)
True Grit (dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
Winter’s Bone (dir. Debra Granik)

Best Director
David Fincher (The Social Network)
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (True Grit)
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
David O. Russell (The Fighter)

Best Actor
Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
James Franco (127 Hours)
Jeff Bridges (True Grit)
Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
Javier Bardem (Biutiful)

Best Actress
Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right)
Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone)
Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine)
Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole)

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech)
Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
John Hawkes (Winter’s Bone)
Jeremy Renner (The Town)

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Bonham Carter (The King’s Speech)
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit)
Amy Adams (The Fighter)
Jackie Weaver (Animal Kingdom)

Best Animated Feature
The Illusionist (dir. Sylvain Chomet)
Toy Story 3 (dir. Lee Unkrich)
How To Train Your Dragon (dir. Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders)

Best Original Screenplay
Inception (Christopher Nolan)
The King’s Speech (David Seidler)
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg)
The Fighter (Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson)
Another Year (Mike Leigh)

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)
True Grit (Joel Coen and Ethan Coen)
127 Hours (Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy)
Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt)
Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik and Anne Roselini)

Best Foreign Film
Dogtooth (Greece, dir. Giorgos Lanthimos)
Biutiful (Mexico, dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu)
Incendies (Canada, dir. Denis Villeneuve)
In a Better World (Denmark, dir. Susanne Bier)
Outside the Law (Algeria, dir. Rachid Bouchareb)

Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop (dir. Banksy)
Gasland (dir. Josh Fox)
Restrepo (dir. Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger)
Wasteland (dir. Lucy Walker and Karen Harley)
Inside Job (dir. Charles Ferguson)

Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland (Robert Stromberg, Karen O’Hara)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan)
Inception (Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat)
The King’s Speech (Eve Stewart, Judy Farr)
True Grit (Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh)

Cinematography
Black Swan (Matthew Libatique)
Inception (Wally Pfister)
The King’s Speech (Danny Cohen)
The Social Network (Jeff Cronenweth)
True Grit (Roger Deakins)

Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland (Colleen Atwood)
I Am Love (Antonella Cannarozzi)
The King’s Speech (Jenny Beavan)
The Tempest (Sandy Powell)
True Grit (Mary Zophres)

Film Editing
Black Swan (Andrew Weisblum)
The Fighter (Pamela Martin)
The King’s Speech (Tariq Anwar)
127 Hours (Jon Harris)
The Social Network (Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)

Makeup
Barney’s Version (Adrien Morot)
The Way Back (Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng)
The Wolfman (Rick Baker and Dave Elsey)

Original Score
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Inception (Hans Zimmer)
The King’s Speech (Alexandre Desplat)
127 Hours (A.R. Rahman)
The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

Original Song
“Coming Home” from Country Strong
“I See the Light” from Tangled
“If I Rise” from 127 Hours
“We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3

Sound Editing
Inception (Richard King)
Toy Story 3 (Tom Myers and Michael Silvers)
Tron: Legacy (Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague)
True Grit (Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey)
Unstoppable (Mark P. Stoeckinger)

Sound Mixing
Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick)
The King’s Speech (Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley)
Salt (Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin)
The Social Network (Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten)
True Grit (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland)

Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland (Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi)
Hereafter (Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojanski and Joe Farrell)
Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
Iron Man 2 (Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick)

Best Animated Short Film
Day & Night
The Gruffalo
Let’s Pollute
The Lost Thing
Madagascar, carnet de voyage

Best Live Action Short Film
The Confession
The Crush
God of Love
Na Wewe
Wish 143

Best Documentary Short Subject
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

In addition to the winners above, film historian Kevin Brownlow, acclaimed filmmaker Jean-Luc Goddard and veteran actor Eli Wallach were recipients of Academy Honorary Awards, while legendary American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola was presented with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, all of which were handed out back in November at the 2nd annual Governors Awards ceremony.

Results of our Best Picture poll...

We've been running a poll this past month asking for your pick for Best Picture and - after a grand total of 1138 votes (a new record!) - Inception proved to be the clear victor...

Inception - 32% (372 votes)
The King's Speech - 16% (187 votes)
The Social Network - 14% (164 votes)
Toy Story 3 - 13% (148 votes)
Black Swan - 9% (107 votes)
True Grit - 5% (57 votes)
127 Hours - 4% (46 votes)
The Fighter - 2% (32 votes)
Winter's Bone - 1% (15 votes)
The Kids Are All Right - 0% (10 votes)