33rd Annual Gotham Award Nominations

Best Feature 

Passages

Ira Sachs, director; Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt, producers (MUBI)

Past Lives

Celine Song, director; David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, producers (A24)

Reality

Tina Satter, director; Brad Becker-Parton, Riva Marker, Greg Nobile, Noah Stahl, producers (HBO Films)

Showing Up

Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (A24)

A Thousand and One 

A.V. Rockwell, director; Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Bred Weston, producers (Focus Features)

Best International Feature

All of Us Strangers

Andrew Haigh, director; Graham Broadbent, Peter Czemin, Sarah Harvey, producers (Searchlight Pictures)

Anatomy of a Fall

Justine Triet, director; Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion, producers (NEON)

Poor Things

Yorgos Lanthimos, director; Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos,  Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers (Searchlight Pictures)

Tótem

Lila Avilés, director; Lila Avilés, Tatiana Graullera, Louise Riousse, producers (Sideshow/Janus Films)

The Zone of Interest

Jonathan Glazer, director; Ewa Puszczynska, James Wilson, producers (A24)

Best Documentary Feature 

20 Days in Mariupol

Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Derl McCrudden, Michelle Mizner, producers (PBS Distribution)

Against the Tide

Sarvnik Kaur, director; Koval Bhatia, Sarvnik Kaur, producers (Snooker Club Films, A Little Anarky Films)

Apolonia, Apolonia 

Lea Glob, director; Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, producer (Danish Documentary Production) 

Four Daughters

Kaouther Ben Hania, director; Nadim Cheikhrouha, producer (Kino Lorber)

Our Body 

Claire Simon, director; Kristina Larsen, producer (Cinema Guild)

Breakthrough Director Award, Presented by Cadillac

Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (A24)

Georgia Oakley, Blue Jean (Magnolia Pictures)

Michelle Garza Cervera, Huesera (XYZ Films)

Celine Song, Past Lives (A24)

A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One (Focus Features)

Best Screenplay

All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh (Searchlight Pictures)

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (NEON)

May December, Samy Burch (Netflix)

R.M.N., Cristian Mungiu (IFC Films)

The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer (A24)

Outstanding Lead Performance 

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Origin (NEON)

Lily Gladstone, The Unknown Country (Music Box Films)

Greta Lee, Past Lives (A24)

Franz Rogowski, Passages (MUBI)

Babetida Sadjo, Our Father, The Devil (Cineverse)

Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures) 

Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla (A24)

Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One (Focus Features) 

Michelle Williams, Showing Up (A24)

Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Juliette Binoche, The Taste of Things (IFC Films) 

Penélope Cruz, Ferrari (NEON)

Jamie Foxx, They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix) 

Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Films) 

Ryan Gosling, Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures) 

Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry (IFC Films) 

Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest (A24)

Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Lionsgate) 

Charles Melton, May December (Netflix) 

Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (Focus Features)

Breakthrough Series – Under 40 minutes

Beef, Lee Sung Jin, creator; Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich, Jake Schreier, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, executive producers (Netflix)

High School, Clea DuVall, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, creators; Clea Duvall, Dede Gardner, Laura Kittrell, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, Carina Sposato, executive producers (Amazon Freevee)

I’m A Virgo, Boots Riley, creator; Tze Chun, Michael Ellenberg, Marcus Gardley, Carver Karaszewski, Jharrel Jerome, Boots Riley, Rebecca Rivo, Lindsey Springer, executive producers (Prime Video) 

Rain Dogs, Cash Carraway, creator; Cash Carraway, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, executive producers (HBO | Max)

Swarm, Donald Glover, Janine Nabers, creators; Ibra Ake, Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Janine Nabers Jamal Olor, Steven Prinz, Michael Schaefer, Fam Udeorji, executive producers (Amazon Studios) 

Breakthrough Series – Over 40 minutes

Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire

Rolin Jones, creator; Mark Johnson, Rolin Jones, Anne Rice, Christopher Rice, Alan Taylor, executive producers (AMC)

Dead Ringers

Alice Birch, creator; Alice Birch, Anne Carey, Sean Durkin, Megan Ellison, Erica Kay, Ali Krug, Sue Naegle, Stacy O’Neil, David Robinson, James G. Robinson, Polly Stokes, Barbara Wall, Rachel Weisz, executive directors (Prime Video)

The English

Hugo Blick, creator; Hugo Blick, Emily Blunt, Greg Brenman, executive producers (Prime Video)

The Last of Us

Craig Mazin, Neil Druckmann, creators; Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin, Rose Lam, Asad Qizilbash, Carolyn Strauss, Carter Swan, Evan Wells, executive producers; (HBO | Max)

A Small Light

Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, creator; Susanna Fogel, William Harper, Avi Nir, Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Lisa Roos, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, executive producers (National Geographic)

Telemarketers

Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern, directors; Nancy Abraham, Dani Bernfeld, David Gordon Green, Lisa Heller, Jody Hill, Brandon James, Sam Lipman-Stern, Adam Bhala Lough, Danny McBride, Tina Nguyen,  Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Greg Stewart, executive producers (HBO | Max)

Outstanding Performance in a New Series

Jacob Anderson, Anne Rice’s Interview with The Vampire (AMC) 

Dominique Fishback, Swarm (Amazon Studios)

Jharrel Jerome, I’m A Virgo (Prime Video)

Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face (Peacock)

Bel Powley, A Small Light (National Geographic)

Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us (HBO | Max)

Chaske Spencer, The English (Prime Video)

Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers ((Prime Video)

Ali Wong, Beef (Netflix)

Steven Yeun, Beef (Netflix)

British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nomination Longlists: Breakthrough Performance

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE SPONSORED BY NETFLIX

JOE ANDERS Bonus Track

JEDAIAH BANNERMAN The Kitchen

LE’SHANTEY BONSU Girl

LOLA CAMPBELL Scrapper

CARLY-SOPHIA DAVIES The Eternal Daughter

DAVID JONSSON Rye Lane

PRIYA KANSARA Polite Society

MIA MCKENNA BRUCE How to Have Sex

KEENAN MUNN-FRANCIS Black Dog

TEMILOLA OLATUNBOSUN Pretty Red Dress

VIVIAN OPARAH Rye Lane

SAMUEL SMALL Bonus Track

FREDDY SMITH Suicide Kelly

DAVE TURNER The Old Oak

ALIN UZUN Scrapper

British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nomination Longlists: Best British Short Film

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

THE ARCHIVE: QUEER NIGERIANS Simisolaoluwa Akande, Ermias Asfaw, Maxine Gordon, Joseph Bushell

AREA BOY Iggy London, Lorine Plagnol, Georgia Rose

BIRDSONG Omi Zola Gupta, Sparsh Ahuja, Dorn Bouttasing

CHRISTOPHER AT SEA Tom C J Brown, Laure Desmazières, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron, Amanda Miller, Hannah Stolarski, Nick Read, Emily-Jane Brown

FESTIVAL OF SLAPS Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer

THE GOLDEN WEST Tom Berkeley, Ross White, Jamie Tarr 

IF YOU’RE HAPPY Phoebe Arnstein, Sophia Gibber, Myles Payne, Scarlett Barclay

LIONS Beru Tessema, Ama Ampadu

THE MÖBIUS TRIP Simone Smith, Lewis Wardrop, David Neilson 

MUNA Warda Mohamed, Angela Moneke, Simon Hatton

OBA Femi Oladigbolu, Ray Okudzeto

ORIGINAL SKIN Mdhamiri Á Nkemi, Eve Hedderwick Turner, Sabina Smitham

PUFFLING Jessica Bishopp, Alice Hughes, Gannesh Rajah, 

SHACKLE Ainslie Henderson, Will Anderson

THE TALENT Thomas May Bailey, Emma D’Arcy, Ellen Spence

WHITE ANT Shalini Adnani, Sara Bonakdar, Michael Graf, Kaarthekeyen Santhanam, Mrunalini Havaldar

British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nomination Longlists: Best Documentary

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY SPONSORED BY INTERMISSION FILM

ANOTHER BODY Sophie Compton, Reuben Hamlyn, Isabel Freeman, Elizabeth Woodward

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, John Battsek

HIGH & LOW: JOHN GALLIANO Kevin MacDonald, Chloe Mamelok

IF THE STREETS WERE ON FIRE Alice Russell, Gannesh Rajah

IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? Ella Glendining, Janine Marmot

LYRA Alison Millar, Jackie Doyle

NAME ME LAWAND Edward Lovelace, Fleur Nieddu, Sam Arnold,  Beyan Taher, Neil Andrews, Marisa Clifford

THE NETTLE DRESS Dylan Howett, Allan Brown

OCCUPIED CITY Steve McQueen, Bianca Stitger, Floor Onrust, Anna Smith-Tenser

THE PIGEON TUNNEL Errol Morris, Dominic Crossley-Holland, Steven Hathaway, Simon Cornwell, Stephen Cornwell

RED HERRING Kit Vincent, Ed Owles

TISH Paul Sng, Jen Corcoran

WHILE WE WATCHED Vinay Shukla, Luke Moody, Kushboo Ranka

WHITE NANNY BLACK CHILD Andy Mundy-Castle, Rochelle Newman, Natasha Dack Ojumu

YOUR FAT FRIEND Jeanie Finlay

British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nomination Longlists: Best International Independent Film

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM SPONSORED BY CHAMPAGNE TAITTINGER

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, Raney Aronson-Rath, Derl McCrudden

ANATOMY OF A FALL Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion

THE DELINQUENTS Rodrigo Moreno, Ezequiel Borovinsky

EO Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska

FALLEN LEAVES Aki Kauriskmäki, Misha Jaari, Mark Lwoff, Reinhard Brundig

FREMONT Babak Jalali, Carolina Cavalli, Marjaneh Moghimi (PGA), Sudnya Shroff (PGA), Rachael Fung

HOLY SPIDER Ali Abbasi, Afshin Kamran Bahrami, Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek

KOKOMO CITY D. Smith, Harris Doran, Bill Butler

MAY DECEMBER Todd Haynes, Samy, Birch, Natalie Portman, Sophie Mas, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Grant S. Johnson, Tyler W. Konney, Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell

MONSTER Hirokazu Kore-Eda, Yuji Sakamoto, Genki Kawamura, Kenji Yamada

PASSAGES Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt

PAST LIVES Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler

RETURN TO SEOUL Davy Chou, Charlotte Vincent, Katia Khazak

SAMSARA Lois Patiño, Garbiñe Ortega, Leire Apellaniz

SHAYDA Noora Niasari, Vincent Sheehan

SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD Anna Hints, Marianne Ostrat

WAR PONY Gina Gammell, Riley Keough, Franklin Sioux Bob, Bill Reddy, Willi White, Bert Hamelinck, Ryan Zacarias, Sacha Ben Harroche

British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nomination Longlists: New Talent Categories

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR) SPONSORED BY BBC FILM

PRASANNA PUWANARAJAH Ballywalter

SAVANAH LEAF Earth Mama

MAHALIA BELO The End We Start From

SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme

ADURA ONASHILE Girl

MOLLY MANNING WALKER How To Have Sex

NAQQASH KHALID In Camera

NEIL BOYLE, KIRK HENDRY Kensuke’s Kingdom

KIBWE TAVARES, DANIEL KALUUYA The Kitchen

NIDA MANZOOR Polite Society

DIONNE EDWARDS Pretty Red Dress

PARIS ZARCILLA Raging Grace

RAINE ALLEN-MILLER Rye Lane

CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

MOIN HUSSAIN Sky Peals

FARAH NABULSI The Teacher

BEST DEBUT SCREENWRITER SPONSORED BY FILM4

SAVANAH LEAF Earth Mama

SAM H FREEMAN, NG CHOON PING Femme

ADURA ONASHILE Girl

MOLLY MANNING WALKER How To Have Sex

NAQQASH KHALID In Camera

DANIEL KALUUYA The Kitchen (also written by Joe Murtagh)

ALEX MACKEITH The Lesson

ANGELI MACFARLANE LOLA (also written by Andrew Legge)

NIDA MANZOOR Polite Society

DIONNE EDWARDS Pretty Red Dress

PARIS ZARCILLA Raging Grace

NATHAN BRYON, TOM MELIA Rye Lane

CHARLOTTE REGAN Scrapper

MOIN HUSSAIN Sky Peals

FARAH NABULSI The Teacher

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR – FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

OSCAR HARDING A Life on the Farm

CHRISTOPHER MORRIS A Year In a Field

SOPHIE COMPTON, REUBEN HAMLYN Another Body

CHRISTOPHER SHARP Bobi Wine: The People’s President (also directed by Moses Bwayo)

FRANKY MURRAY BROWN Dalton’s Dream (also directed by Kim Longinotto)

RICH FELGATE Finite: The Climate of Change

ALICE RUSSELL If the Streets Were on Fire

ELLA GLENDINING Is There Anybody Out There?

EVA WEBER Merkel

PETER BEARD, BRUCE FLETCHER Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story

KATE STONEHILL Phantom Parrot

KIT VINCENT Red Herring

JANE GILES, ALI CATTERALL Scala!!! Or, the incredibly strange rise and fall of the world’s wildest cinema and how it influenced a mixed-up generation of weirdos and misfits

CHLOE ABRAHAMS The Taste Of Mango

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER SPONSORED BY PINEWOOD & SHEPPERTON STUDIOS

SOPHIE COMPTON, REUBEN HAMLYN Another Body (also produced by Elizabeth Woodward)

LORINE PLAGNOL Dalton’s Dream (also produced by Kim Longinotto)

MEDB RIORDAN, SHIRLEY O’CONNOR, SAVANAH LEAF Earth Mama (also produced by Cody Ryder and Sam Bisbee)

SAM RITZENBERG, MYLES PAYNE Femme

GANNESH RAJAH If the Streets Were on Fire

JULIETTE LARTHE In Camera (also produced by Mary Burke)

FLEUR NIEDDU, EDWARD LOVELACE, SAM ARNOLD, BEYAN TAHER, NEIL ANDREWS Name Me Lawand (also produced by Marisa Clifford)

GEORGIA GOGGIN Pretty Red Dress

CHI THAI Raging Grace

YVONNE ISIMEME IBAZEBO Rye Lane

THEO BARROWCLOUGH Scrapper

ADAM DEACON, JAZZIE ZONZOLO Sumotherhood (also produced by Finn Bruce)

FARAH NABULSI, SAWSAN ASFARI The Teacher (also produced by Ossama Bawadi)

JULIET DOWLING The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (also produced by Marilyn Milgrom and Kevin Loader)

The Oscar Narrative: Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions - Best Supporting Actor

The Oscar Narrative: Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Willem Dafoe "Poor Things"

Robert DeNiro "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Robert Downey Jr. "Oppenheimer"

Ryan Gosling "Barbie"

Mark Ruffalo "Poor Things"

Other Contenders - Colman Domingo "The Color Purple", Charles Melton "May December", Dominic Sessa "The Holdovers", John Magaro "Past Lives", Jeremy Allen White "The Iron Claw", Sterling K. Brown "American Fiction", Paul Mescal "All of Us Strangers", Ben Affleck "Air", Chris Tucker "Air", Chris Messina "Air", Ramy Youssef "Poor Things", Jesse Plemmons "Killers of the Flower Moon", Tom Hardy "The Bikeriders", Matt Damon "Oppenheimer", Jon Bernthal "Origin", Jacob Elrodi "Priscilla", Jacob Elrodi "Saltburn"

Commentary - Three actors continue to lead this race. Ryan Gosling for Barbie, Robert Downey Jr. for Oppenheimer, and Robery DeNiro for Killers of the Flower Moon. Going into the critics awards in about six weeks, they are the strongest. Poor Things is also doing incredibly well so far, and I think that previous nominees Willem Dafoe and Mark Ruffalo will pull another Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz double nominations for a Yorgos Lanthimos film. These five feel safe, which means I am missing something, and of course, this wild Oscar ride can change at any moment. Colman Domingo could end up being a double nominee this year, which has happened a lot in the recent past. Charles Melton is getting a lot of raves for May December. I hope John Magaro continues to be a part of the conversation, Dominic Sessa could benefit from The Holdovers success, American Fiction could bring Sterling K. Brown along, and The Iron Claw could make Jeremy Allen White an Oscar and Emmy nominee in the same year. Paul Mescal could return to the Oscarsfor All of Us Strangers, the guys from Air are all great, Jesse Plemons could ride the Killers of the Flower Mon wave and don't forget Tom Hardy, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal, and Jacob Elrodi times two. 

8th Annual Critic Choice Documentary Award Nominations

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)

American Symphony (Netflix)

Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)

The Deepest Breath (Netflix)

The Eternal Memory (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)

Judy Blume Forever (Amazon Studios)

Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)

The Mission (National Geographic)

Stamped from the Beginning (Netflix)

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Maite Alberdi – The Eternal Memory (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)

Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)

Davis Guggenheim – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

Matthew Heineman – American Symphony (Netflix)

Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss – The Mission (National Geographic)

Steve McQueen – Occupied City (A24)

 

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)

26.2 to Life (Film Halau)

Bad Press (Oklafilm)

Bobi Wine: The People’s President (National Geographic)

Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)

Orlando, My Political Biography (Sideshow)

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Greenwich Entertainment)

The Thief Collector (FilmRise)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Tim Cragg – The Deepest Breath (Netflix)

Tony Hardmon, Matthew Heineman, Thorsten Thielow – American Symphony (Netflix)

Lennert Hillege – Occupied City (A24)

Franz Lustig – Anselm (Sideshow)

D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)

Toby Strong, James Boon, Bob Poole, Neil Fairlie, Wim Vorster, Joshua Tarr, Pete Allibone, Neil Harvey, Andreas Knausenberger – Secrets of the Elephants (National Geographic)

 

BEST EDITING

Sammy Dane, Jim Hession, Matthew Heineman, Fernando Villegas – American Symphony (Netflix)

Madeleine Gavin – Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)

Michael Harte – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+

Michelle Mizner – 20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)

D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)

Aaron Wickenden – The Mission (National Geographic)

 

BEST SCORE

Jon Batiste – American Symphony (Netflix)

Danny Bensi & Saunder Jurriaans – The Mission (National Geographic)

Nainita Desai – The Deepest Breath (Netflix)

Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan – The Pigeon Tunnel (Apple TV+)

Katya Richardson & Kris Bowers – The Last Repair Shop (Breakwater Studios)

D. Smith – Kokomo City (Magnolia Pictures)

 

BEST NARRATION

20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)

   Written and Performed by Mstyslav Chernov

32 Sounds (Abramorama)

   Written and Performed by Sam Green

The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)

   Written by Nicole Newnham

   Performed by Dakota Johnson

Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+)

   Performed by Kiefer Sutherland

Secrets of the Elephants (National Geographic)

   Written by Martin Williams

   Performed by Natalie Portman

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

   Written and Performed by Michael J. Fox

 

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

Being Mary Tyler Moore (HBO | Max)

The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)

It Ain’t Over (Sony Pictures Classics)

JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic)

The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu/ABC News Studios)

The League (Magnolia Pictures)

 

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

The 1619 Project (Hulu/Onyx Collective)

JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic)

The Lady Bird Diaries (Hulu/ABC News Studios)

Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films)

The League (Magnolia Pictures)

Occupied City (A24)

Stamped from the Beginning (Netflix)

 

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

Being Mary Tyler Moore (HBO | Max)

The Disappearance of Shere Hite (IFC Films)

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project (HBO Documentary Films)

Judy Blume Forever (Amazon Studios)

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu/ABC News Studios)

Sly (Netflix)

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (Apple TV+)

 

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

American Symphony (Netflix)

Carlos (Sony Pictures Classics)

Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Netflix)

Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures/CNN Films)

Love to Love You, Donna Summer (HBO | Max)

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres)

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? (Abramorama)

 

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)

Beyond Utopia (Roadside Attractions)

Bobi Wine: The People’s President (National Geographic)

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (Showtime)

Every Body (Focus Features)

Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films)

Silver Dollar Road (Amazon MGM Studios)

 

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

32 Sounds (Abramorama)

Between Earth & Sky (PBS)

Life on Our Planet (Netflix)

Path of the Panther (National Geographic)

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (Netflix)

Secrets of the Elephants (National Geographic)

Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West (Gravitas Ventures)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Black Ice (Roadside Attractions)

BS High (HBO | Max)

The Deepest Breath (Netflix)

It Ain’t Over (Sony Pictures Classics)

The League (Magnolia Pictures)

Reggie (Amazon Studios)

Stephen Curry: Underrated (Apple TV+)

Welcome to Wrexham (FX)

 

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

Burden of Proof (HBO | Max)

The Jewel Thief (Hulu)

John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+)

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (Netflix)

Telemarketers (HBO | Max)

The Thief Collector (FilmRise)

Victim/Suspect (Netflix)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

The ABCs of Book Banning (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)

The Barber of Little Rock (Story Syndicate)

Between Earth & Sky (PBS)

Keys to the City (New Yorker)

The Last Repair Shop (Breakwater Studios)

Last Song From Kabul (MTV Documentary Films/Paramount+)

 

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

The 1619 Project (Hulu/Onyx Collective)

Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (Netflix)

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court (Showtime)

JFK: One Day in America (National Geographic)

John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial (Apple TV+)

Secrets of the Elephants (National Geographic)

Shiny Happy People (Amazon Studios)

Telemarketers (HBO | Max)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

30 for 30 (ESPN)

Frontline (PBS)

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal (Netflix)

POV (PBS)

Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic)

Welcome to Wrexham (FX)

The Oscar Narrative: Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions - Best Supporting Actress

Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Emily Blunt "Oppenheimer"

Danielle Brooks "The Color Purple" 

America Ferrera "Barbie"

Taraji P. Henson "The Color Purple"

Da'Vine Joy Randolph "The Holdovers"

Other Contenders - Julianne Moore "May December", Viola Davis "Air", Cara Jade Myers "Killers of the Flower Moon", Jodie Foster "Nyad", Erika Alexander "American Fiction", Sandra Huller "The Zone of Interest", Penelope Cruz "Ferrari", Rosamund Pike "Saltburn", Niecy Nash-Betts "Origin", Lily James "The Iron Claw", Rhea Perlman "Barbie", Juliette Binoche "The Taste of Things", Vanessa Kirby "Napoleon", Issa Rae "American Fiction", Audra McDonald "Origin", Jodie Comer "The Bikeriders"

Commentary - Out of the festivals, a lot of consensus is building around Da'Vine Joy Randolph's role in The Holdovers as the early frontrunner. Emily Blunt, still, for some crazy reason, is still seeking her first Oscar nomination. As Oppenheimer continues to dominate the conversation, I think she might finally make the top five. America Ferrera's monologue in Barbie has become a cultural phenomenon. Plus, she is great in there rest of the film too. If the film continues to do well, I think she gets in. Finally, every trailer of The Color Purple looks like it is going to be an emotional, and visual spectacular. I really hope so, because the potential is through the roof. Julianne Moore is a safe bet for a of pundits right now, but I am concerned that May December will get lost in the mix. I could be totally wrong, and betting on Moore is never a bad idea. Viola Davis stuns in Air, Cara Jade Myers benefits from Lily Gladstone's move to lead, Jodie Foster is a legend, Penelope Cruz stuns in Ferrari, and Erika Alexander could finally get her due for American Fiction. Sandra Huller could be a double nominee, Niecy Nash-Betts could win an Emmy and get an Oscar nod in the same year, Rhea Perlman is nostalgic, and watch out for Lily James, Juliette Binoche, Issa Rae, Audra McDonald, Vanessa Kirby, Rosamund Pike, and Jodie Comer. 

The Oscar Narrative: Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions - Best Original Screenplay

Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach "Barbie"

David Hemingson "The Holdovers"

Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer "Maestro"

Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik "May December"

Celine Song "Past Lives"

Other Contenders - Justin Triet and  Arthur Harari "Anatomy of a Fall", Jeff Nichols "The Bikeriders", Sean Durkin "The Iron Claw", Emerald Fennell "Saltburn", Chloe Domont "Fair Play", Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola "Asteroid City", Alex Convery "Air", David Scarpa "Napoleon", Julian Breece and Dustin Lance Black "Rustin", Jennifer Lee and Allison Moore "Wish", Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao and Adele Lim "Joy Ride", Ari Aster "Beau is Afraid"

Commentary - I think there are 10 movies for 5 slots. Barbie is still hitting the original screenplay campaign hard. It will be interesting to see if Academy members agree. Alexander Payne's latest The Holdovers should easily make the cut, even if his name is not attached to the screenplay. Maestro, I think, will play well with Academy voters, and Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer are perennial nominees at this point. I think that Celine Song's Past Lives will have a nice push as the Fall hits, and will particularly do well with this branch. Finally, I moved in Todd Haynes' May December. I'm not convinced that it will survive the season, but it seems to be a lot of people's list in the early go of it. That leaves Anatomy of a Fall on the outside. If it has a strong race, it could easily move in the top five. Same for The Bikeriders, which is being campaigned in this category, but could get moved into Adapted by votes. Sean Durkin's latest The Iron Claw has promise, Fair Play was a Sundance favorite, Air is a great screenplay, and Saltburn, while divisive, also has its cheerleaders that will be going all out for it. Asteroid City is Wes Anderson's return, Napoleon could storm th race, and I would watch out for Rustin, Joy Ride, Wish, and Beau is Afraid. 

The Oscar Narrative: Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Nomination Predictions - Best Adapted Screenplay

Post Telluride/Venice/Toronto Predictions

Cord Jefferson "American Fiction"

Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese "Killers of the Flower Moon"

Christopher Nolan "Oppenheimer"

Tony McNamara "Poor Things"

 Jonathan Glazer "The Zone of Interest"

Other Contenders - Ava DuVernay "Origin",  Andrew Haigh "All of Us Strangers", Jeff Nichols "The Bikeriders", Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", Marcus Gardley "The Color Purple", Doug Wright and Maggie Betts "The Burial", Kelly Fremon Craig "Are You There God, It's Me Margaret?", Sofia Coppola "Priscilla", Andrew Kevin Walker "The Killer", Tran Anh Hung "The Taste of Things", Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum "Dumb Money", Troy Kennedy Martin "Ferrari", Julia Cox "Nyad", Nia DaCosta, Megan McDonnell, and Elissa Karasik "The Marvels",  Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller "BlackBerry", Mark L. Smith "The Boys in the Boat", Mark St. Germain "Freud's Last Session"

Commentary - Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, and Poor Things continue to dominate the predictions and are set for a lot of nominations and wins this season. Added to the bunch is American Fiction which came blazing out of Toronto with the People's Choice Award which has led to a lot of Oscar gold in the last decade plus (think The King's Speech, Silver Linings Playbook, Green Book, 12 Years a Slave, Room, La La Land, Three Billboards, Jojo Rabbit, Nomadland, Belfast, and The Fabelmans). The last slot now is a huge toss up. A lot of folks think that Origin, from Ava DuVernay is going to do well this season, but I feel like it has some mixed reactions, and I wonder if it is going to play across the guilds. In comparison, The Zone of Interest is a critical smash. I have it in fifth place. Beyond those six, Andrew Haigh's latest got rave reviews and Jeff Nichols has been on the cusp of a nod for a long time. Priscilla, The Kller, The Taste of Things, The Burial, Ferrari, Nyad, Dumb Money, Freud's Last Session, and BlackBerry are all flirting with awards attention. Finally, don't forget the big guys and literary adaptations like The Marvels, The Boys in the Boat, Are You There God It's Me Margaret?, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and of course, The Color Purple.