2026 British Independent Film Award (BIFA) Nominations

Best British Independent Film

Effi o Blaenau

Marc Evans  /  Gary Owen  /  Branwen Cennard

Elsinore

Simon Stone  /  Stephen Beresford  /  Andrea Occhipinti  /  Gabrielle Tana  /  Pete Shilaimon  /  Mickey Liddell  /  Stefano Massenzi  /  Carolyn Marks Blackwood  /  Andrew Scott

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Clio Barnard  /  Enda Walsh  /  Tracy O’Riordan

Queen at Sea

Lance Hammer  /  Tristan Goligher

Tender Loving Care

Mike Leigh  /  Georgina Lowe

Best Screenplay

Effi o Blaenau

Gary Owen

Elsinore

Stephen Beresford

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Enda Walsh

Queen at Sea

Lance Hammer

Tender Loving Care

Mike Leigh

Best Director

Elsinore

Simon Stone

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Clio Barnard

A Long Winter

Andrew Haigh

Rose of Nevada

Mark Jenkin

Tender Loving Care

Mike Leigh

Best Lead Performance

Animol

Tut Nyuot

Effi o Blaenau

Leisa Gwenllian

Elsinore

Andrew Scott

Faith

Erin Doherty

Florid

Jonathan Jules

Queen at Sea

Juliette Binoche

Best Ensemble Performance

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Lola Petticrew  /  Daryl McCormack  /  Jay Lycurgo  /  Joe Cole  /  Anthony Boyle

Sunny Dancer

Daniel Quinn-Toye  /  Ruby Stokes  /  Earl Cave  /  Conrad Khan  /  Jasmine Elcock  /  Bella Ramsey  /  Neil Patrick Harris  /  James Norton  /  Jessica Gunning  /  Shalom Brune-Franklin  /  Josie Walker  /  James Blunt  /  Louis Gaunt

Tender Loving Care

Marion Bailey  /  Paul Jesson  /  Kate O’Flynn  /  Alice Bailey Johnson

Best Joint Lead Performance

California Schemin’

Séamus McLean Ross  /  Samuel Bottomley

The Education of Jane Cumming

Flora Nicholson  /  Clare Dunne  /  Mia Tharia

Extra Geography

Marni Duggan  /  Galaxie Clear

Small Gods

Chimpaye Florence Mariserena  /  Bizimana Hussain

Best Supporting Performance

Animol

Sekou Diaby

Elsinore

Billie Piper

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Bill Pullman

Ink

Claire Foy

Queen at Sea

Anna Calder-Marshall

Queen at Sea

Tom Courtenay

Breakthrough Performance

Animol

Tut Nyuot

Animol

Sekou Diaby

Effi o Blaenau

Leisa Gwenllian

Extra Geography

Galaxie Clear

Florid

Jonathan Jules

The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director)

Animol

Ashley Walters

Extra Geography

Molly Manners

Florid

Billy Lumby

The Incomer

Louis Paxton

Masc

Bertil Nilsson

Best Debut Screenwriter

Bad Apples

Jess O’Kane

Black Church Bay

Rhys Marc Jones

Extra Geography

Miriam Battye

The Incomer

Louis Paxton

Surviving Earth

Thea Gajić

Best Debut Director – Feature Documentary

Birds of War

Janay Boulos  /  Abd Alkader Habak

Something Familiar

Rachel Taparjan

Super Nature

Ed Sayers

Breakthrough Producer

Animol

Tom Hawkins

also produced by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Nick Love, Ashley Walters

Bad Apples

Oskar Pimlott

Black Church Bay

Alex Polunin

also produced by Tristan Goligher

Effi o Blaenau

Branwen Cennard

One in a Million

Itab Azzam  /  Jack MacInnes  /  Will Anderson  /  James Bluemel  /  Andrew Palmer

also produced by Raney Aronson-Rath

Best Feature Documentary

All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea

Jeanie Finlay  /  Charlie Phillips

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Felipe Bustos Sierra  /  Ciara Barry

One in a Million

Itab Azzam  /  Jack MacInnes  /  Will Anderson  /  Andrew Palmer  /  James Bluemel  /  Raney Aronson-Rath

Something Familiar

Rachel Taparjan  /  Aleksandra Bilić  /  Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

We, the Hated

Rich Felgate  /  David Allen

The Raindance Maverick Award

Act 3

Christine Molloy  /  Joe Lawlor  /  Alex Thiele  /  Hannah Patterson

Chatlines

Lloyd Eyre-Morgan  /  Paul Mortlock  /  Neil Ely

Masc

Bertil Nilsson

The Peril at Pincer Point

Noah Stratton-Twine  /  Jake Kuhn

Something Familiar

Rachel Taparjan  /  Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan  /  Aleksandra Bilić  /  Elena Martin

Best International Independent Film

All of a Sudden

Ryusuke Hamaguchi  /  Léa Le Dimna  /  David Gauquié  /  Julien Deris  /  Kôsuke Oshida  /  Yûji Sadai  /  Jean-Luc Ormières  /  Renan Artukmaç  /  Hiroko Matsuda

Club Kid

Jordan Firstman  /  Galen Core  /  Alex Coco

La Bola Negra

Javier Calvo  /  Javier Ambrossi

La Gradiva

Marine Atlan  /  Anne Brouillet  /  Inès Daïen Dasi

Possible Love

Lee Chang-dong  /  Oh Jung-mi

Best British Short Film

Allies in Exile

Orlando von Einsiedel  /  Hasan Kattan

Coyotes

Said Zagha  /  Myriam Sassine  /  Laura Jumel

Forgotten Spaceman

Lorraine Bhattachary  /  Elham Ehsas

Untitled Woman

Sorcha Bacon  /  Camille Summers-Valli  /  Rosmarie Vind  /  Martha McGuirk  /  David Zander

Vote Gavin Lyle

Aneil Karia  /  Scott O’Donnell  /  Tom Gardner

Best Casting

Animol

Heather Basten

Elsinore

Jessica Ronane

Extra Geography

Lucy Pardee

Florid

Lara Manwaring

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Shaheen Baig

Best Cinematography

Elsinore

Mike Eley

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Piers McGrail

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Simon Tindall

A Long Winter

André Turpin

Straight Circle

Christopher Ripley

Best Costume Design

Elsinore

Mel Page

The Incomer

Sarah Blenkinsop

A Long Winter

Carol Case

Savage House

Alex Bovaird

Straight Circle

Darion Hing

Best Editing

Black Is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story

Otto Burnham

Elsinore

Valerio Bonelli

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Maya Maffioli

Ink

Fin Oates

Straight Circle

Fouad Gaber

Best Effects

The Incomer

Daniel Morris

The Magic Faraway Tree

Ruslan Borysov  /  Richard Cheal  /  Tim Ledbury

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom

Jon Biggins  /  Jeff Dillon

Best Make-Up & Hair Design

Elsinore

Nadia Stacey

Madfabulous

Nadia Stacey

The Magic Faraway Tree

Karen Hartley-Thomas

Savage House

Jacquetta Levon

Straight Circle

Tristan Versluis

Best Music Supervision

I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

Connie Farr

Queen at Sea

Connie Farr

Sunny Dancer

Phil Canning

Best Original Music

Effi o Blaenau

Siôn Trefor  /  Ioana Selaru

Elsinore

Stefan Gregory

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Roger Goula

Rose of Nevada

Mark Jenkin

Underland

Hannah Peel

Best Production Design

Elsinore

Helen Scott

Ink

Gareth Pugh  /  Carson McColl

The Magic Faraway Tree

Alexandra Walker

Savage House

Gary Williamson

Straight Circle

Luke Moran-Morris

Best Sound

Everybody Digs Bill Evans

Andy Coles  /  John Brennan

Florid

Dario Swade  /  George Elliott  /  Tom Harburt

Ink

Simon Hayes  /  Johnnie Burn

A Long Winter

Joakim Sundström  /  Paul Cotterell  /  Ron Osiowy

Rose of Nevada

Mark Jenkin  /  Ian Wilson

Cinema of the Year

Abbeygate Cinema

Campus West

The Hippodrome Cinema

The Kinema in the Woods

The Ultimate Picture Palace

53rd Daytime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series

“General Hospital” (ABC)

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

Tamara Tunie as Anita Williams Dupree, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor

Scott Clifton as Liam Spencer, “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.])

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress

Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor

Roger Howarth as Matt Clark, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series

Ambyr Michelle as Eva Thomas, “Beyond the Gates” (CBS)

Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series

Jeff Kober as Cyrus Renault, “General Hospital” (ABC)

Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

“Days of Our Lives” (Peacock [Corday Productions, Inc. | Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series

“General Hospital” (ABC)

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series

“The Kelly Clarkson Show” (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host

Sherri Shepherd, “Sherri” (Debmar-Mercury)

Outstanding Entertainment News Series

“Entertainment Tonight” (CBS Media Ventures)

Outstanding Culinary Instructional Series

“Be My Guest with Ina Garten” (Food Network [Pacific Productions])

Outstanding Culinary Cultural Series

“Lucky Chow” (PBS [Lucky Rice])

Outstanding Culinary Host

Ina Garten, “Be My Guest with Ina Garten” (Food Network [Pacific Productions])

Outstanding Legal / Courtroom Series

“Justice For The People with Judge Milian” (Entertainment Studios)

Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program

“Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross” (Roku [Joy Mill Entertainment | Story Syndicate | Artists First])

Outstanding Instructional / How-To Program

“Home Town Takeover” (HGTV [RTR Media Inc.])

Outstanding Lifestyle Program

“A Different Breed” (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])

Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program

“Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter” (The Hollywood Reporter [IFC])

Outstanding Daytime Special

“Unleashing Hope: The Power of Service Dogs for Children with Autism” (Hulu [NY27 Productions | Shivelight LLC | Zables & Associates])

Outstanding Daytime Short Form Program

“Glam Through The Ages” (KeyTV Network)

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily

Star Jones & Corey Jovan, “Divorce Court” (Fox)

Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily

Giada De Laurentiis, “Giada in My Kitchen” (Prime Video [Butternut])

Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series

(TIE) “Expedition Unknown”: Searching for World War II’s Lost Hero (Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]) AND “This Old House”: Asheville Rebuilds (PBS | Roku [This Old House Productions])

Outstanding Directing for a Daytime Non-Studio Non-Fiction Series

“A Different Breed”: The Season Begins (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])

Outstanding Directing for a Daytime Studio Non-Fiction Series

 “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)

Outstanding Art Direction / Set Decoration / Scenic Design for a Daytime Program

"The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)

Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Program

"General Hospital” (ABC)

Outstanding Cinematography or Camerawork for a Daytime Program

“Long Way Home”: Lost in Lapland (Apple [Long Way Productions])

Outstanding Costume Design / Styling for a Daytime Program

“The Young and the Restless”: Episode 13273 (CBS [Sony Pictures Television])

Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Non-Studio Program

“A Different Breed”: The Season Begins (InkBlot Narratives [Purina Films])

Outstanding Editing for a Daytime Studio Program

“Craft Roundtables”: Editors (IndieWire.com)

Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup for a Daytime Program

(TIE) “Beyond the Gates”: Episode 103 (CBS) AND  “The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5033 

Outstanding Lighting Direction for a Daytime Program

“Beyond the Gates”: Episode 104 (CBS)

Outstanding Main Title and Graphic Design for a Daytime Program

“The Drew Barrymore Show” (CBS Media Ventures)

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime Program

“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Prerecorded Daytime Program

“Long Way Home”: Lost in Lapland (Apple [Long Way Productions])

Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Daytime Program

“The Kelly Clarkson Show”: Episode 5007 (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)

Outstanding Technical Direction and Video for a Daytime Program

“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted])

2026 IFP Gotham Award Nominations

Best Feature

Clarissa

Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (Neon)

Club Kid

Jordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24)

The Debut

Jesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24)

Dreams in Nightmares

Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films)

The Invite

Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)

Josephine

Beth de Araújo, director; Beth de Araújo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures)

Mouse

Kelly O'Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company)

Paper Tiger

James Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON)

Primetime

Lance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24)

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

Jane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (Mubi)

Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Bassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best International Feature

All of A Sudden

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director; Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai, producers (Neon)

Ben'Imana

Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, director; Samantha Biffot, Pierre-Adrien Ceccaldi, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu, producers (Alexander)

Blue Heron

Sophy Romvari, director; Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth, producers (Janus Films)

Everytime

Sandra Wollner, director; David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, producers (1-2 Special)

Fatherland

Pawel Pawlikowski, director; Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Dimitri Rassam, Jeanne Tremsal, producers (Mubi)

Filipiñana

Rafael Manuel, director; Bianca Balbuena, Jeremy Chua, Omar El Kadi, Bradley Liew, Rafael Manuel, Alex Polunin, Nadia Turincev, producers (Kino Lorber)

La Gradiva

Marine Atlan, director; Inès Daïen Dasi, producer (1-2 Special)

Minotaur

Andrey Zvyagintsev, director; Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andrey Zvyagintsev, producers (Mubi)

Possible Love

Lee Chang-dong, director; Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard, producers (Netflix)

Tender Loving Care

Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)

Best Documentary Feature

Closure

Michal Marczak, director; Monika Braid, Rémi Grellety, Karolina Marczak, Michal Marczak, Katarzyna Szczerba, producers (1-2 Special)

A Fox Under a Pink Moon

Soraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei, directors; Siavash Jamali, Mehrdad Oskouei, producers (Kino Lorber)

NAZA

Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, directors; Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton, James Wilson, producers (Neon)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

David Greaves, director; Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, producers (Neon)

You Can See Everything

Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)

Best Director 

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, All of a Sudden (Neon)

Sandra Wollner, Everytime (1-2 Special)

Andrey Zvyagintsev, Minotaur (Mubi)

Jane Schoenbrun, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Mubi)

Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)

Breakthrough Director

Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron (Janus Films)

Jordan Firstman, Club Kid (A24)

Aleshea Harris, Is God Is (Amazon MGM Studios)

Marine Atlan, La Gradiva (1-2 Special)

Joel Alfonso Vargas, Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

John Early, Maddie's Secret (Magnolia Pictures)

Best Original Screenplay

Everytime, Sandra Wollner (1-2 Special)

La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet (1-2 Special)

Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi (Netflix)

Tender Loving Care, Mike Leigh (Bleecker Street)

Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Adapted Screenplay

All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Neon)

Clarissa, Chuko Esiri (Neon)

The Invite, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24)

Minotaur, Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (Mubi)

Primetime, Ajon Singh (A24)

Outstanding Lead Performance

Mahershala Ali, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios)

Gillian Anderson, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Mubi)

Jeon Do-yeon, Possible Love (Netflix)

John Early, Maddie's Secret (Magnolia Pictures)

John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures)

Ian McKellen, The Christophers (Neon)

Julianne Moore, The Debut (A24)

Sophie Okonedo, Clarissa (Neon)

Andrew Scott, Elsinore (Focus Features)

John Turturro, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Sony Pictures Classics)

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Tom Courtenay, Queen at Sea (Greenwich Entertainment)

Esmé Creed-Miles, Sense and Sensibility (Focus Features)

Penélope Cruz, The Invite (A24)

Adam Driver, Paper Tiger (Neon)

Andrew Garfield, Artificial (Neon)

Skyler Gisondo, Primetime (A24)

Sandra Hüller, Fatherland (Mubi)

Kate O'Flynn, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)

Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden (Neon)

Channing Tatum, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures)

Breakthrough Performer

Adia, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios)

India Amarteifio, Clarissa (Neon)

Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra (Netflix)

Colas Quignard, La Gradiva (1-2 Special)

Mason Reeves, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures)

Gotham Audience Award

Backrooms

Kane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24)

La Bola Negra

Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix)

The Drama

Kristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24)

The Invite

Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)

Michael

Antoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate)

Obsession

Curry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features)

Project Hail Mary

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O'Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)

You Can See Everything

Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)

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

Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Olivia Wilde "The Invite"

Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo "La Bola Negra"

Christopher Nolan "The Odyssey"

Martin McDonagh "Wild Horse Nine"

Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim "You Can See Anything"

Other Contenders - Phil Lord and Chris Miller "Project Hail Mary", Ryusuke Hamaguchi,

"All of a Sudden", Denis Villeneuve "Dune: Part Three", David Fincher "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth", Jesse Eisenberg "The Debut", Cristian Mungiu "Fjord", Lee Chang-dong "Possible Love", Alejandro González Iñárritu "Digger", Luca Guadagnino "Artificial", Siân Heder "Being Heumann", Tony Gilroy "Behemoth!", Mike Leigh "Tender Loving Care", Peter Farrelly "I Play Rocky", Jordan Firstman "Club Kid", Curry Barker "Obesession", Travis Knight "Wildwood", Robert Eggers "Werwulf", Danny Boyle "Ink", Antoine Fuqua "Michael", Kane Parsons "Backrooms", Steven Spielberg "Disclosure Day", Andrew Haigh "A Long Winter"

Commentary - I feel good about Christopher Nolan and Ambrossi/Calvo at this point, but that is kind of it. Martin McDonagh also feels good as his recent track record with voters suggests he and the film will do well. Olivia Wilde has held on for The Invite, but I feel like that one may not last the onslaught. I also worry about You Can See Anything. No documentary has ever gotten a BP/BD Nod, but people are going nuts for its chances. So who replaces those two if things go differently? Lord and Miller are populist choices, which may hurt them with the directors. Denis Villenueve is overdue for another directors nod, but can he get in after missing out for the first two parts of Dune? There are a bunch of solid international film contenders, and usually at least one, often two have made the cut recently. So maybe Hamaguchi, Mungiu, or Chang-dong. Previous nominees and winners in this category like David Fincher, Steven Spielberg, Danny Boyle, Mike Leigh will compete with previous nominees and winners in other categories like Jesse Eisenberg, Luca Guadagnino, Tony Gilroy, and Sian Heder. Finally lookout for Eggers, Knight, Fuqua, Parsons, Haigh, Firstman, Barker, and Parsons, to breakthrough. 

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

Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Matt Damon "The Odyssey"'

Ryan Gosling "Project Hail Mary"

John Malkovich "Wild Horse Nine"

Andrew Scott "Elsinore"

John Turturro "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York"

Runners Up - Jafaar Jackson "Michael", Tom Cruise "Digger", Sebastian Stan "Fjord", Pedro Pascal "Behemoth!", Robert Pattinson "Primetime", Anthony Ippolito "I Play Rocky",  Yura Borisov "Artificial", Seth Rogen "The Invite", David Corenswet "Mr. Irrelevant", Austin Abrams "Whalefall", Austin Abrams "Resident Evil", Mahershala Ali "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother", Brad Pitt "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth", Jordan Firstman "Club Kid", Robert Aramayo "I Swear", Timothée Chalamet "Dune: Part III", Nathan Fielder "You Can See Everything", Aaron Taylor Johnson "Werewulf", Fred Hechinger "A Long Winter", Jack O'Connell "Ink"

Commentary - An interesting race with a lot of contenders from potential Oscar hopefuls, and not has many from the slam dunks. Let's start with the latter. Right now Matt Damon and John Malkovich seem like locks as their films are big BP Contenders. I also think that Ryan Gosling can hang on and manage to still be a potent contender as the critics awards start rolling in. Andrew Scott got a huge boost when Elsinore did so well at TIFF, and is positioning himself as a real contender. Finally, I am a bit up in the air about the last slot. I see a lot of love for veteran actor John Turturro to finally get an Oscar nod for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. So I am putting him in, but he and the film need some help soon to keep his hopes alive. Beyond those five, Jaafar Jackson and Tom Cruise are still in the mix, but will have to overcome the mixed reactions to their films. Fjord seemed like it was going to do really well, but Sebastian Stan seems like an outsider (unlike Reinsve). Pascal, Pattinso, Ippolito, Borisov, and Rogen all appear in films that could be bigger contenders (which might bring them into the conversation). Austin Abrams as two shots for his breakthrough year. Pevious nominees and winners like Brad Pitt, Mahershala Ali, and Timothee Chalamet are battling it out with potential first time nominees like Jordan Firstman, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Jack O'Connell, Robert Aramayo, David Corenswet, and the true wildcard of the season, Nathan Fielder. 

11th Annual Critics Choice Documentary Award Nominations

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

14th (Netflix)

Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

Musk (Bleecker Street)

NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

Remake (Music Box Films)

You Can See Everything (A24)

BEST DIRECTOR

Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor – NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Felipe Bustos Sierra – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Ava DuVernay – 14th (Netflix)

Nathan Fielder & Lance Oppenheim – You Can See Everything (A24)

Ross McElwee – Remake (Music Box Films)

Orlando von Einsiedel – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)

BEST FIRST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

David Greaves – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Baz Luhrmann – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Xander Robin – The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Poh Si Teng – American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures) 

John Wilson – The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

David Bolen – You Can See Everything (A24)

David Bolen & Matt Clegg – The Python Hunt (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

Sophie Darlington – Lion (National Geographic)

Franklin Dow – The Cycle of Love (Variance Films)

Gabriela Osio Vanden & Jack Weisman – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Clair Popkin, Jimmy Chin, Christopher Murphy – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

BEST EDITING

Spencer Averick – 14th (Netflix)

Anne de Mare & Lynn True – Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Adam Locke-Norton – You Can See Everything (A24)

Colin Monie – Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Jonathan Redmond – EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon) 

Cori Wapnowska – The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

BEST NARRATION

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features)

Written by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

Performed by Daniel Roher & Caroline Lindy

The History of Concrete (Magnolia Pictures)

Written by John Wilson

Performed by John Wilson

Lorne (Focus Features)

Written by Morgan Neville, Alan Lowe, Jake Hostetter

Performed by Chris Parnell

Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Written by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

Performed by Mike Tunalaaq Gibbons

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

Written by Pegah Ahangarani

Performed by Pegah Ahangarani

Remake (Music Box Films)

Written by Ross McElwee

Performed by Ross McElwee

BEST MUSIC SCORE

Ari Balouzian – You Can See Everything (A24)

Dan Deacon – Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Caroline Ho – Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Jason Moran – 14th (Netflix)

Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Hans Zimmer, Niccolò Pacella, George Hutson Warren – Lion (National Geographic)

BEST MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) (HBO Max)

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)

Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (Greenwich Entertainment)

Sara Bareilles: Good Grief (Group Effort Films / Naked Edge Films)

BEST POLITICAL DOCUMENTARY

14th (Netflix)

American Doctor (Watermelon Pictures)

Ask E. Jean (Abramorama)

Everybody to Kenmure Street (Icarus Films)

Musk (Bleecker Street)  

NAZA (The Guardian / mk2 films)

Union Town (Cabin Creek Films)

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

14th (Netflix)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

SCTV: The Greatest Show You’ve Never Heard Of (Netflix)

Soul Patrol (Kino Lorber)

Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (Netflix)

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY

Avedon (Netflix)

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Netflix)

Lorne (Focus Features)

Marty, Life Is Short (Netflix)

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max)

Musk (Bleecker Street)

BEST ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (Neon)

Making Marie Antoinette (Mubi)

Man on the Run (Amazon MGM Studios)

Once Upon a Time in Harlem (Neon)

Rehearsals for a Revolution (Sony Pictures Classics)

Remake (Music Box Films)

BEST SCIENCE/NATURE DOCUMENTARY

The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (Focus Features)

Ghost Elephants (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Lion (National Geographic)

Nuisance Bear (Mubi)

Secrets of the Bees (National Geographic)

Time and Water (National Geographic Documentary Films)

BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)

Everest: The Other Side (National Geographic Documentary Films)

Give Me the Ball! (ESPN)

Rafa (Netflix)

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Tyson (Netflix)

BEST TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY

Baby Doe (Narrative Distribution)

Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story (Dark Star Pictures)

The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (Netflix)

A Killer Story (HBO Max)

Lost Women of Alaska (Investigation Discovery)

Murder in Glitterball City (HBO Max)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

The Baddest Speechwriter of All (Netflix)

A Derailment (POV)

Escalation (Bonfire Films)

Miller Night Football (HBO Max)

Oh Whale (The New Yorker / Switchboard Magazine)

The Second Life of Freddie Nole (Sweet World Films)

A Short Documentary About a Giant Pencil (archilux)

They’re Here (Praxis Films)

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

9/11: Reunited (National Geographic)

The Dark Wizard (HBO Max)

The Dynasty: UConn Huskies (Apple TV)

High Horse: The Black Cowboy (Peacock) 

Lion (National Geographic)

The Man Will Burn (HBO Max)

Rafa (Netflix)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

30 for 30 (ESPN)

American Masters (PBS)

America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix)

The Food That Built America (History)

Hazardous History with Henry Winkler (History)

Independent Lens (PBS)

Untold (Netflix)

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

Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Ruth Madeley "Being Heumann"

Julianne Moore "The Debut"

Inde Navarrette "Obsession"

Renate Reinsve "Fjord"

Olivia Wilde "The Invite"

Other Contenders - Virginia Efira "All of the Sudden", Sandra Huller "Rose", Sandra Huller "Fatherland", Rosalind Eleazar "Misty Green", Emily Blunt "Disclosure Day", Léa Seydoux "Gentle Monster", Marion Bailey "Tender Loving Care", Carrie Coon "The Liberation", Daisy Edgar-Jones "Sense and Sensibility",  Jeon Do-yeon "Possible Love", Meryl Streep "The Devil Wears Prada 2", Jessica Lange "Long Day's Journey into Night", Olivia Colman "Wicker", Zendaya "The Drama", Mason Reeves "Josephine", Mallori Johnson "Is God Is", Kara Young "Is God Is", Penelope Cruz "Bunker"

Commentary - Julianne Moore has had many Oscar nominations, and might be the next great actor two win a second one for The Debut. Olivia Wilde could be the next artist to get acting, writing, and maybe a directing nod in the same year for The Invite. Being Heumann is the Sian Heder follow-up to her Oscar-winning CODA, and Ruth Madeley could be this year's Troy Kotsur. Fjord seems to have lost some steam since Cannes, but Renate Reinsve has broken through and repeat nods tend to follow. Finally, I am not sure if Obsession is going to have the Sinners treatment, but Inde Navarrette is going to make a case for her inclusion. Beyond those tentative five, Virginia Efira has been getting a lot of buzz for Hamaguchi's latest, Sandra Huller has two great opportunities, Emily Blunt could return, and Rosalind Eleazar is getting a lot of deserved buzz. Previous nominees and winners like Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, Olivia Colman, and Penelope Cruz are always possibilities. Plus a great mixture of veterans and newcomers ike Marion Bailey, Carrie Coon, Lea Seydoux, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jeon Do-yeon, Kara Young, Malori Johnson, Mason Reeves and Zendaya are always possibilities. 

41st Casting Society of America (CSA) Award Nominations: Television, Theater, Commercials, Short Film, and Short-Form Series

Television Series: Comedy

"Abbott Elementary" (S5): Wendy O'Brien, Chris Gehrt

"Hacks" (S5): Morgan Smith, Linda Lowy; Associate Casting Director: Lily Trotter

"Nobody Wants This" (S2): Collin Daniel, Brett Greenstein; Associate Casting Director: Alexa Pereira

"Only Murders In The Building" (S5): Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly, Bernard Telsey; Associate Casting Director: Danielle King

"Shrinking" (S3): Brett Benner, Debby Romano

"The Four Seasons" (S2): Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy; Italy Casting Director: Armando Pizzuti; Associate Casting Director: Katie Rampey

Television Series: Drama

"Paradise" (S2): Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn; Associate Casting Director: Brian Sutow

"Slow Horses" (S5): Nina Gold, Melissa Gethin Clarke

"The Diplomat" (S3): Julie Schubert; U.K. Casting Directors: Lucinda Syson, Natasha Vincent

"The Gilded Age" (S3): Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell; Associate Casting Director: Amelia McCarthy

"The Pitt" (S2): Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Erica Berger; Associate Casting Director: Seth Caskey

"Your Friends And Neighbors" (S2): Cindy Tolan, Suzanne Ryan; Associate Casting Director: Nicholas Petrovich

Television Pilot And First Season: Comedy

"Boots": Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein; Louisiana Casting Director: Ryan Glorioso; Associate Casting Director: Josh Ropiequet; Louisiana Associate Casting Director: Justin Coulter

"I Love L.A. ": Mary Vernieu, Bret Howe; Associate Casting Director: Benjamin Bermudez

"Margo's Got Money Troubles": David Rubin, Matt Lander; Associate Casting Directors: Jesse Haddock, Djinous Rowling

"Murderbot": Sharon Bialy, Russell Scott, Sherry Thomas; Toronto Casting Directors: Jason Knight, John Buchan; Associate Casting Director: Stacia Kimler

"The Paper": Leslie Woo; Associate Casting Directors: Dayna Katz, Julina Baber

"Young Sherlock": Dan Hubbard, Rory Okey

Television Pilot And First Season: Drama

"A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms": Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann; Northern Ireland Casting Director: Carla Stronge; Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon; Northern Ireland Associate Casting Director: Mike Hooley

"Heated Rivalry": Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay; Associate Casting Director: Kalene Osborne

"Off Campus": Deanna Brigidi, Andrea Bunker; Vancouver Casting Directors: Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page; Vancouver Associate Casting Director: Ciarra Cook

"Pluribus": Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott; New Mexico Casting Director: Marie A.k. McMaster

"Task": Avy Kaufman; Philadelphia Casting Directors: Diane Heery, Jason Loftus

"The Testaments": Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott; Canada Casting Director: Robin D. Cook; Associate Casting Director: Stacia Kimler; Canada Associate Casting Directors: Kelly Boaz, Jonathan Oliveira

Films, First Released For Television Or Streaming

"Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice": Jenny Jue; Vancouver Casting Director: Candice Elzinga

"Oh. What. Fun. ": Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield; Atlanta Casting Directors: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris; Associate Casting Director: Rose Bochner

"People We Meet On Vacation": Mary Vernieu, Jessica Kelly; New Orleans Casting Director: Meagan Lewis; Associate Casting Director: Benjamin Bermudez

"Remarkably Bright Creatures": Lindsay Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu; Vancouver Casting Directors: Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page; Associate Casting Director: Alexandra Presas; Vancouver Associate Casting Director: Ciarra Cook

"Roommates": Mary Vernieu, Sydney Shircliff; New York Casting Director: Christine Kromer; Associate Casting Director: Alexandra Presas

"The RIP": Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas; Associate Casting Director: Alyssa Morris

"Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War": Natasha Vincent, Lucinda Syson

Reality Series: Competition

"Beast Games" (S2): Katy Wallin-Sandalis; Casting Producer: Erin Tomasello

"Love Island USA" (S7): Jodi Thomas, Danielle Gervais, Beyhan Oguz; Casting Producer: Debbie Pierre

"Pop Culture Jeopardy!" (S2): Mindy Zemrak; Casting Producer: Ashley Holt

"RuPaul's Drag Race" (S18): Goloka Bolte, Adam Cook, Michelle Redwine

"The Challenge: Vets & New Threats" (S41): Lisi Alpert

"Top Chef" (S23): Ron Mare; Casting Producers: Heather Allyn, Joy Barrett, Anna Sturgeon

Reality Series: Structured And Unstructured

"Ladies Of London": The New Reign (S4): Erin Tomasello; Casting Producer: Ally Erush

"My Strange Addiction "(S7): Suzie Strosin

"Queer Eye" (S10): Danielle Gervais, Pamela Vallarelli, Natalie Pino; Casting Producer: Jasmin Pettaway

"Shark Tank" (S17): Mindy Zemrak; Casting Producer: Ashley Holt

"Vanderpump Villa" (S3): Suzie Strosin, Kelley Allen, Lindsay Liles

Animated Program For Television

"Bob's Burgers" (S16): Julie Ashton

"Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw": Christian Kaplan; Associate Casting Directors: Beth Day, Steven Tylor O'Connor

"Eb White's Charlotte's Web" (S1): Danielle Aufiero, Amber Horn

"Family Guy" (S24): Christine Terry, Jackie Sollitto

"King Of The Hill" (S14): Leslie Woo, Associate Casting Director: Julina Baber

"Rick And Morty" (S8): Robert McGee

International Television Series

"Acapulco" (S4): Susan Vash, Alexandra Niedt

"Boho" (S1): Sien Josephine Teijssen

"Film Club" (S1): Kelly Valentine Hendry, Jessica Mescall

"Prisoner" (S1): Kelly Valentine Hendry; Associate Casting Director: Lilly Hanbury

"The Big f**k Up" (S1): Sien Josephine Teijssen

"The House Of The Spirits" (S1): Roberto Matus

Limited Series

"All Her Fault": David Rubin, Matt Lander; Australia Casting Director: Jane Norris; Associate Casting Director: Djinous Rowling

"Beef" (S2): Jeanie Bacharach; Associate Casting Director: Maddalena Zuppetta

"DTF St. Louis" (S1): Francine Maisler, Amber Wakefield; Atlanta Casting Directors: Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein Bennett; Associate Casting Director: Molly Rose; Atlanta Associate Casting Director: Tasha Ward

"Love Story" (S1): Nicole Daniels, Courtney Bright; Associate Casting Director: Jennifer Brooks

"Murdaugh: Death In The Family" (S1): John Papsidera; Atlanta Casting Directors: Amanda Lenker Doyle, Erica Bream; Associate Casting Director: Emily Bohbrink

"The Beast In Me" (S1): Julie Tucker

Live Action Children & Family Program For Television

"Electric Bloom" (S1): Collin Daniel, Brett Greenstein; Associate Casting Directors: Alexa Pereira, Danny Dunitz

"One Piece" (S2): Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein; Associate Casting Director: Samantha Garrabrant

"Vampirina: Teenage Vampire" (S1): Amber Horn, Danielle Aufiero

"Wizards Beyond Waverly Place" (S2): Alexis Koczara, Christine Shevchenko; Associate Casting Director: Gianna Butler

"XO, Kitty" (S3): David Rapaport, Lyndsey Baldasare; Korea Casting Director: Su Kim; Associate Casting Director: Rosie Lobb, Claire Yenson

"Zombies 4: Dawn Of The Vampires": Danielle Aufiero, Amber Horn, Steven Tylor O'Connor; Australia Casting Director: Kirsty McGregor

Broadway: Comedy Or Drama

"Arthur Miller's Death Of A Salesman": Taylor Williams

"Becky Shaw": Daniel Swee

"Dog Day Afternoon": Bernard Telsey, Karyn Casl; Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano

"Giant": Daniel Swee

"Liberation": Jillian Cimini; Associate Casting Director: Neal Buckley

"Proof": Daniel Swee

Broadway: Musical

"Cats: The Jellicle Ball": Victor Vazquez, Sujotta Pace

"Ragtime": Craig Burns

"Schmigadoon!:" Bernard Telsey, Kristian Charbonier

"The Lost Boys": Kristian Charbonier, Craig Burns; Associate Casting Director: Jimmy Larkin

"The Rocky Horror Show": Carrie Gardner, Stephen Kopel; Associate Casting Directors: Neal Buckley, Sujotta Pace

London Theatre

"Avenue Q": Rosie Pearson, James Pearson

"Every Brilliant Thing": Jessica Ronane

"Mary Page Marlowe": Jim Carnahan; Associate Casting Director: Liz Fraser

"Romeo & Juliet": Jim Carnahan; Associate Casting Director: Liz Fraser

"The Lady From The Sea": Jessica Ronane

"War Horse": Jill Green; Associate Casting Director: Olivia Laydon

Los Angeles Theater

"Foursome": Jordan Bass

"Here Lies Love": Richie Ferris, Michael Donovan

"Jesus Christ Superstar": Bernard Telsey, Lindsay Levine

"Primary Trust": Henry Russell Bergstein

The Blank Theatre Company's Young Playwrights Festival: Alexa Pereira

New York Theater: Comedy Or Drama

"Anna Christie": Bernard Telsey, Will Cantler

"Ginger Twinsies": Xavier Rubiano; Associate Casting Director: Louis DiPaolo

"Kyoto": Jim Carnahan, Alexandre Bleau

"Meet The Cartozians": Daniel Swee

"Prince Faggot": Alaine Alldaffer, Taylor Williams

"Trophy Boys": Charlie Hano

"What Happened Was…: "Jim Carnahan, Alexandre Bleau

New York Theater: Musical

"Come From Away": Mark Brandon, Jarrett Reiche

"Heathers: The Musical": Jimmy Larkin, Rachel Hoffman

"Masquerade": Kate Lumpkin; Associate Casting Director: Joseph Cook

"Romy & Michele": Mark Brandon, Patrick Maravilla

"Saturday Church": Erica A. Hart, Nicholas Petrovich; Associate Casting Director: Sujotta Pace

"The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee": Geoff Josselson, Felicia Rudolph

Regional Theater

"A Raisin In The Sun": Katja Zarolinski

"Amadeus": JC Clementz

"Chez Joey": Tara Rubin, Peter Van Dam, Raiyon Hunter; Associate Casting Director: Olivia Paige West

"Damn Yankees": Tara Rubin, Merri Sugarman; DC Casting Director: Raiyon Hunter; Associate Casting Director: Spencer Gualdoni

"Dear Evan Hansen": Geoff Josselson, Felicia Rudolph

"Fences": David Caparelliotis

"Freak The Mighty": Rachel Hoffman; Associate Casting Directors: Charlie Hano, Jimmy Larkin

"Working Girl": Rachel Hoffman, Rashad Naylor

Special Theatrical Performance

"Bat Boy: The Musical": Patrick Goodwin; Associate Casting Director: Jimmy Larkin

"Bring It On: The Musical": Lindsay Levine

"Come From Away": Rachel Hoffman

"High Spirits": Rachel Hoffman

"La Cage Aux Folles": Rashad Naylor

"The Wild Party": Bethany Knox

"West Side Story": Xavier Rubiano, Merri Sugarman; Associate Casting Director: Olivia Paige West

Theater Tours

"Stereophonic": Alaine Alldaffer

"Suffs": Rachel Hoffman

"The Notebook: The Musical: "Patrick Goodwin

"The Outsiders": Xavier Rubiano; Associate Casting Director: Louis DiPaolo

"The Phantom Of The Opera": Claire Burke, Peter Van Dam; Associate Casting Director: Frankie Ramirez

Commercials

Adidas Backyard Legends | The Greatest Football Story Ever Told: Kharmel Cochrane

Every Human's Dog – The Farmer's Dog: Chelsea Bloch, Marisol Roncali, Jason Crow

Everyone Has Something To Protect: Danya Solomon

Irn Bru – This Is Not A Soft Drink: Sally McCleery

The Marketers: Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington; Associate Casting Director: Jane Flowers

Uktv ‘u & You': Tree Petts

Short Film

"Hatchlings": Salvatore Schiavone, Gianna Butler

"Marina": Danielle Pretsfelder Demchick

"MR Benjamin's Birthday": Natasha Ward-shaw

"Mushroom Dad": Tanya Giang

"Please Return Your Cart": Ryan Maharaj

"Standby": Stephanie Klapper

"¡que Suene La Banda! ": Jaime Gallagher

Short Form Series

Country Heartthrob (S1): Howard Meltzer, Tim Pratt

Quokka's Wild Life (S1): Kristin Paiva

Strings Attached (S1): Howard Meltzer, Tim Pratt

The Family Car: an American Love Story: Isis Masoud

Very Important People (S3): Jazzy Collins

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

Post Venice/Telluride/Toronto Nomination Predictions

Andrew Garfield "Artificial"

Paul Giamatti "The Debut" 

Guitarricadelafuente "La Bola Negra"

John Leguizamo "The Odyssey"

Sam Rockwell "Wild Horse Nine"

Other Contenders - Robert Pattinson "The Odyssey", Edward Norton "The Invite", Steve Buscemi "Wild Horse Nine", John Goodman "Digger", Jeremy Strong "The Social Reckoning", Colman Domingo "Michael", Guy Pearce "Ink", James Ortiz "Project Hail Mary", Paul Jesson "Tender Loving Care", Sklyer Gisondo "Primetime", Reggie Absolom "Club Kid", Diego Calva "Club Kid", Antonio Banderas "Tony", Ray Nicholson "The Mosquito Bowl", Channing Tatum "Josephine", Tom Holland "The Odyssey", Adam Driver "Paper Tiger", Daniel Kaluuya "Misty Green", Yahya Abdul-Mateen II "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth", Willem Dafoe "Werwulf", Bill Burr "The Social Reckoning", Jeremy Allen White "The Social Reckoning", Peter Mullan "I Swear", Mark Ruffalo "Being Heumann", Riz Ahmed "Digger", Stanley Tucci "The Devil Wears Prada 2", Stephan James "I Play Rocky", Giancarlo Esposito "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York"

Commentary - A weirdly weak race, that is four top heavy, and then a lot of possibilities beyond that lineup. Paul Giamatti is so damn overdue for an Oscar, but I don't want to put too much hope out there that this is his time. That being said, he is in strong position for another nomination for The Debut. The Odyssey has several possibilities, but it looks like John Leguizamo, a popular veteran actor, might finally get his first Oscar nomination. Artificial premiered this week to pretty good reviews, but almost universal praise for Andrew Garfield. I do hope that Guitarricadelafuente gets into some big races, if only to hear people have to pronounce his name. In all seriousness, he is getting a tone of buzz for La Bola Negra, which is set to be huge contender across the board. Finally, Sam Rockwell pairing back up with Martin McDonagh could lead to more Oscar gold. Beyond those five, Edward Norton's early success with The Invite could translate. Robert Pattinson could join Leguizamo, Steve Buscemi could join Sam Rockwell, and despite mixed reviews don't discount previous nominees John Goodman, Jeremy Strong, and Colman Domingo. Breakouts Paul Jesson, James Ortiz, Skyler Gisondo, Reggie Absolomand Ray Nicholson could break through. Previous nominees and winners like Guy Pearce, Antonio Banderas, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, Riz Ahmed, and Stanley Tucci could return. Finally, don't discount some overdue veterans like Channing Tatum, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Bill Burr, Jeremy Allen White, Peter Mullan, Stephan James, and Giancarlo Esposito could crash the party. 

2026 MTV VMA Award Winners

Video of the Year

Taylor Swift – “The Fate of Ophelia” 

Artist of the Year

Madonna 

Song of the Year

BTS – “Swim”

Best New Artist

Sienna Spiro 

Best Collaboration

Madonna & Sabrina Carpenter – “Bring Your Love” 

Best Pop

LISA – “Dream” feat. Kentaro Sakaguchi

Best Hip-Hop

Cardi B feat. Kehlani – “Safe” 

Best R&B

Bruno Mars – “I Just Might”

Best Alternative

Olivia Rodrigo – “the cure”

Best Dance

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” 

Best Latin

Bad Bunny – “NUEVAYoL” 

Best K-Pop

BTS – “SWIM” 

Best Country

Ella Langley – “Choosin’ Texas” 

Best Direction

Taylor Swift – “Opalite” 

Best Art Direction

PinkPantheress – “Stateside + Zara Larsson”

Best Cinematography

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film”

Best Editing

Sabrina Carpenter – “House Tour”

Best Choreography

Madonna – “Confessions II – The Film” 

Best Visual Effects

Ariana Grande – “hate that i made you love me”

Best Group

BTS

Best Long Form Video

Madonna – Confessions II – The Film 

Best Album

Madonna –Confessions II 

Song of Summer

Ariana Grande – “Hate That I Made You Love Me”