Monday, December 26, 2022

Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) EDA Award Nominations

Best Film
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE FABELMANS
TAR
THE WOMAN KING
WOMEN TALKING

Best Director
The Daniels – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
Martin McDonagh – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Sarah Polley – WOMEN TALKING
Gina Prince-Bythewood – THE WOMAN KING
Steven Spieiberg – THE FABELMANS
Charlotte Wells – AFTERSUN

Best Screenplay, Original
AFTERSUN – Charlotte Wells
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE – the DANIELS
THE FABELMANS – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
TAR – Todd Field
THE WOMAN KING – Dana Stevens and Maria Bello

Best Screenplay, Adapted
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Edward Berger, Lesley Patterson, Ian Stokell
GLASS ONION – Rian Johnson
SHE SAID – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
THE WHALE – Samuel D. Hunter
WOMEN TALKING – Sarah Polley
THE WONDER – Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue, Sebastian Lelio

Best Documentary
ALL THAT BREATHES – Shaunak Sen
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Laura Poitras
DESCENDANT – Margaret Brown
FIRE OF LOVE – Sara Dosa
GOODNIGHT OPPY – Ryan White
THE JANES – Tia Lessen and Emma Pildes

Best Animated Film
GDT’S PINOCCHIO – Guiilermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Dean Fleischer-Camp
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado
THE SEA BEAST – Chris Williams
TURNING RED – Domee Shi
WENDELL & WILD – Henry Selick

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TAR
Viola Davis – THE WOMAN KING
Danielle Deadwyler – TILL
Vicki Krieps – CORSAGE
Emma Thompson – GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Michelle Yeoh – EVERTHING EVERYWHERE

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Angela Bassett – WAKANDA FOREVER
Jessie Buckley – WOMEN TALKING
Hong Chau – THE WHALE
Kerry Condon – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Jamie Lee Curtis – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
Janelle Monae – GLASS ONION

Best Actor
Austin Butler – ELVIS
Colin Farrell – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser – THE WHALE
Paul Mescal – AFTERSUN
Bill Nighy – LIVING
Jeremy Pope – THE INSPECTION

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Brendon Gleeson – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brian Henry Tyree – CAUSEWAY
Barry Keoghan – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Eddie Redmayne – THE GOOD NURSE
Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
Ben Wishaw – WOMEN TALKING

Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Louise Kiely
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE – Sarah Finn
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Pauline Hansson
WAKANDA FOREVER – Sarah Finn
THE WOMAN KING – Aisha Coley
WOMEN TALKING – John Buchan and Jason Knight

Best Cinematography
BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Ben Davis
THE FABELMANS – Janusz Kaminski
EMPIRE OF LIGHT – Roger Deakins
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE – Larkin Seiple
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Claudio Miranda
THE WOMAN KING – Polly Morgan

Best Editing
ELVIS – Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE – Paul Rogers
TAR – Monika Willis
TOP GUN – Eddie Hamilton
THE WOMAN KING – Terilyn A. Shropshire
WOMEN TALKING – Christopher Donaldson, Rosalyn Kallop

Best Non-English-Language Film
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
BARDO
DECISION TO LEAVE
HAPPENING
RRR
SAINT OMER

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director
Chinoye Chukwu – TILL
Marie Kreutzer – CORSAGE
Gina Prince-Bythewood – THE WOMAN KING
Sarah Polley – WOMEN TALKING
Maria Schrader – SHE SAID
Charlotte wells – AFTERSUN

Best Woman Screenwriter
Alice Birch – THE WONDER and MOTHERING SUNDAY
Rebecca Lenkiewicz – SHE SAID
Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews – WOMEN TALKING
Domee Shi – TURNING RED
Dana Stevens and Maria Bello – THE WOMAN KING
Charlotte Wells – AFTERSUN

Best Animated Female
Connie – Isabella Rossellni MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Izzy – Keke Palmer – LIGHTYEAR
Kat – Lyric Ross. WENDELL & WILD
Kitty Softpaws – Salma Hayed – PUSS IN BOOTS: LAST WISH
Mei – Rosalyn Chiang- TURNING RED
Ming – Sandra Oh – TURNING RED

Best Woman’s Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio – AFTERSUN
Danielle Deadwyler – TILL
Stephanie Hsu – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
Thuso Mbedu – THE WOMAN KING
Amber Midthunder – PREY
Sadie Sink – THE WHALE

Outstanding Achievement by A Woman in The Film Industry
Viola Davis – For getting THE WOMAN KING made as her lifetime passion project and creating opportunities for other women creatives.
Nina Menkes and Maria Giese for making BRAINWASHED, analyzing and illustrating the misogynistic representation of women in Hollywood movies.
Domee Shi for being the first woman to direct a film for Pixar and for becoming Pixar’s VP of Creative
Jacqueline Stewart for ongoing advocacy of the underrepresented and becoming president of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Michelle Yeoh- lifetime achievement award.

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

Grand Dame Award for defying ageism.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Viola Davis
Emma Thompson
Michelle Yeoh

Most Egregious Lovers’ Age Difference Award
CONFESS FLETCH – Jon Hamm born 1971 and Lorenza Izzo born 1989
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE – Viggo Mortensen born 1958 and Lea Sedoux born 1985
DEEP WATER – Ben Affleck born 1972 and Ana de Armas born 1988
EIFEL – Romain Duris born 1974 and Emma Mackey born 1996

She Deserves A New Agent Award (NOTE: This is not a put down. On the contrary, it suggests that the actor is better than the role she’s been given.)
Ana de Armas for BLONDE
Bryce Dallas Howard for JURASIC WORLD DOMINION
Margot Robbie for BABYLON
Rebel Wilson for SENIOR YEAR

Most Daring Performance
Cate Blanchett – TAR
Viola Davis – THE WOMAN KING
Danielle Deadwyler – TILL
Emma Thompson – GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
Michelle Yeoh – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE

Time Waster Remake or Sequel Award
FIRESTARTER
HALLOWEEN ENDS
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION
PINOCCHIO (Disney’s)

AWFJ Hall of Shame Award (Women and men are eligible)
Alec Baldwin and the crew of RUST for continuing to deny responsibility for the on set shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The situation is still messy. A wrongful death lawsuit was settled, but the criminal investigation continues. In November, Baldwin sued crew members for giving him the loaded prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. News reports say Baldwin also texted Hutchins’s husband, Matthew, saying that the gun was never meant to be fired at a particular camera angle.
BLONDE and Andrew Dominik
Will Smith for his behavior at the Oscars and in the aftermath.
Harvey Weinstein for everything and forever.

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