TV Reviewer

2022 EMMYS PREDICTIONS:
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR TV MOVIE

Is Colin Firth about to do a “double”. Colin Firth just might be on course to win both an Oscar and an Emmy for work he has released in just the last month. Early word is very promising for Colin Firth’s work on HBO’s “The Staircase” alongside Toni Collette, which could be a latecomer to a race that has so far been dominated by Michael Keaton’s work in Hulu’s “Dopesick.” – Variety.

And his work in the WW2 movie “Operation Mincemeat” now playing on Netflix is exceptional and certainly Oscarworthy.

*BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TV MOVIE*
Frontrunners
Michael Keaton (Dopesick) — podcast
Colin Firth (The Staircase)
Oscar Isaac (Scenes from a Marriage) — podcast
Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven) — podcast
Sebastian Stan (Pam and Tommy)
– The Hollywood Reporter

Oscar for Colin Firth for Operation Mincemeat?

Netflix just released, Operation Mincemeat, starring Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen, and Johnny Flynn. 

Set in 1943 when things were make or break for the Allies fighting Hitler in Europe, the movie is based on real events. The story follows intelligence officers Ewen Montagu (Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Macfadyen) who come up with a great “headfake” strategy involving, of all things, a dead man. Their plan helped turn the tide of the whole war and may have changed the course of history.

Kelly Macdonald, Jason Isaacs, and Mark Gatiss also star and the movie was directed by John Madden. His previous work includes the Academy Award-winning Shakespeare in Love (in which Firth also starred) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Operation Mincemeat is the director’s first movie since 2016’s Miss Sloane with Jessica Chastain. The movie comes from the same production company as The King’s Speech, the 2010 historical drama that won Firth the Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of King George VI.

And if that isn’t enough Colin Firth news for you. Maybe another Oscarworthy performance in the works?

We at least know a little bit about Sam Mendes’s follow-up to 1917, called Empire of Light, which stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, and Colin Firth, and is said to be a love story set in a cinema in an English coastal town in the 1980s, but that’s about it. – Vanity Fair

Firth is an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Critics Choice Award winner who recently starred opposite Colman in Eva Husson’s Sony Pictures Classics drama, Mothering Sunday—toplining Harry Macqueen’s romantic drama Supernova with Stanley Tucci. The actor will next be seen John Madden’s WWII drama Operation Mincemeat and the HBO Max series The Staircase. He earned his Oscar in 2011 for his turn in Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech, having scored his first nom the year prior for his starring role in Tom Ford’s A Single Man.

Disclaimer – The authors of this blog also run the firth.com fan website.

Some reviews are already in and most are positive. Colin Firth is back! He’s in this new series “The Staircase” with new episodes every Thursday on HBO Max.  The story is about the suspicious death of Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette), the trial of her husband Michael (Colin Firth) and the arrival of a documentary crew from France. This Antonio Campos limited drama series is based on the 2004 true crime docuseries of the same name.

Is this the first movie Colin has played with Parker Posey? This is what the New Yorker had to say: ” In “The Staircase,” which was based in part on a docuseries of the same name, Posey plays the late Freda Black, the assistant district attorney in the murder trial of Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), a wealthy North Carolina writer whose wife, Kathleen (Toni Collette), was found dead at the bottom of their mansion stairs. Black distinguished herself in the courtroom with clownish eye makeup and pearl-clutching appeals to the jury, but Posey told me that she saw more in the character than campy antics. For one thing, Parker had never before played a fellow Southern woman.”

Stay tuned to this website for future updates every Thursday as the series progresses. And stay tuned also for our Thursday after-the-show-release watch party on zoom.

• RogerEbert.com Nick Allen May 4, 2022 “The Staircase” is both a masterful moment for an assured filmmaker, and it’s the jolt that the true crime storytelling industry needs. … The ensemble work in this series is a veritable feast, of calibrated performances, framing and editing, scene after scene. Read full review
• San Francisco Chronicle Chris Vognar May 3, 2022 “The Staircase” is exceptionally smart television, an examination of truth, guilt and self-delusion that crackles with ideas and great performances. Read full review 
• Collider Carly Lane Apr 27, 2022 Watching this show not only makes the case for revisiting the documentary too; it demands a tandem viewing, with each successfully complementing the other in its existence. Read full review
• Consequence Clint WorthingtonApr 27, 2022 In its painterly flourishes, and its willingness to poke at the moroseness of true crime stories from time to time, The Staircase proves gripping television. Read full review
• The Playlist Brian Tallerico Apr 27, 2022 This story really has it all, and Campos clearly gets all of it. His obsession with the case pays off as he turns it into high drama, and high art. Read full review
• The Daily Beast Nick Schager There’s a richness to The Staircase that’s partly due to Michael’s multifaceted and winding odyssey—before and after trial—and partly the result of Campos’ expert approach, which incorporates virtually every important aspect of this story, evokes dread, ambiguity and topsy-turviness via meticulous long-take tracking shots, and sharply delineates every one of its numerous principals and their hopelessly fraught dynamics. Read full review 
• Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert May 5, 2022 A beautifully done miniseries, and revelatory, too, as it expands the North Carolina case into something more philosophically provocative than its sensationalistic origins might have suggested. Read full review
• VarietyDaniel D’AddarioMay 4, 2022 This series is more concerned with asking questions than with making statements. It follows the evidence where it leads: What’s refreshing is that that evidence is less about guilt or innocence in a case on which the court has ruled, but about the strangeness and unknowability of the human heart. Read full review ABC NewsPeter TraversMay 6, 2022 
• Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips May 5, 2022 Exceptionally good. Amid a river of true-crime dramatizations featuring big names side-eyeing their co-stars while contemplating murder, or their characters’ tragically misunderstood innocence, this one knows what it’s doing. It sets a tone, gets everybody in the same movie and focuses on character interaction in long, fluid takes, glance by glance, bizarre development by development. Read full review 
• The A.V. Club Alison Foreman May 6, 2022 Through this churn of grief-stricken family turmoil and legal strategizing, The Staircase has begun a treacherous ascent toward saying something truly meaningful. It’s messy and massive in both scope and ambition. But whether that effort will be enough to justify retrying this case remains to be seen. Read full review 
• IndieWireBen Travers Apr 27, 2022 Campos trusts his cast to find the right notes, while coordinating the timelines so the black comic bits never overwhelm the story’s urgent drama. Together, these human elements work to reinforce the series’ examination of subjectivity. Read full review 
• New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyMay 6, 2022 It’s hard to imagine gleaning something new from a subject that’s already been explored via multiple hours of television. But The Staircase, which casts Colin Firth in the role of Michael and Toni Collette as Kathleen, defies expectations, adding new perspective and dimension to a well-known story while creating an experience that differs from the docuseries. Read full review
• The Oregonian Kristi Turnquist May 5, 2022 As Michael Peterson, Colin Firth manages to make us think he’s guilty as hell one minute, and possibly innocent the next. Toni Collette is touching as Kathleen. And while many a series has caused eyes to glaze over when the plot shifts to younger characters, the dynamics among grown children in this extended family are consistently absorbing. Read full review 
• The GuardianLucy ManganMay 5, 2022 All in all, a staircase well worth climbing. Read full review
• DeciderJoel Keller May 5, 2022 As a whole, The Staircase is a worthwhile watch, mainly for the performances by Firth, Posey and Collette. But you might get more satisfying information about the Peterson case by watching the documentary or docuseries. Read full review
• The Telegraph Anita Singh May 5, 2022 The series takes its time to uncover the problems going on beneath the surface of this family. Kathleen is played in flashback by Toni Collette, giving us a chance to understand the victim in a way that the documentary could never deliver. Read full review
• CNNBrian Lowry May 5, 2022 While the episodes occasionally grind too slowly, Colin Firth’s riveting work as the hard-to-read suspect elevates this HBO Max limited series several steps above standard true-crime fare. Read full review 
• Vanity FairRichard Lawson May 4, 2022 The Staircase, especially in the reenactment scenes I mentioned, is not easy viewing. But it steadily builds into something vital, a calmly observational dissection of known and unknown things. Read full review
• Time Judy Berman Apr 27, 2022 With additional context comes an even greater sense that no secondhand account of what happened on that staircase—whether generated by the prosecution, the defense, or Lestrade—will ever approach the objective truth. The linchpin of this delicate portrayal is Colin Firth’s performance as Michael. … Although the multiple graphic set pieces that dramatize various theories of how Kathleen died struck me as excessively invasive, for the most part, the flashbacks work to restore her personhood. Read full review
• USA TodayKelly Lawler May 4, 2022 Firth feels a bit too handsome and wholesome to play a potential murderer at first, but he effectively imbues Michael with sleaze. He’s fascinating to watch it only because it’s such a departure for him. Read full review
• Chicago Sun-TimesRichard Roeper May 3, 2022 This is a well-written drama with clearly defined characters, but it still took me a couple of episodes to figure out everyone’s place on the complicated family tree. … Toni Collette gives Kathleen a voice through the flashback sequences, and the young actors playing their children are all excellent. “The Staircase” keeps us in its grips throughout. Read full review
• Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd May 5, 2022 It covers miles more ground, is not without ideas and marshals the power of HBO to gather stars, budget and screen time. And is good, if at times unavoidably problematic. Read full review
• The Hollywood Reporter Dan FienbergMay 3, 2022 So far, The Staircase is a good series about a great documentary, but it has the potential to become very good in the home stretch Read full review
• Washington PostInkoo Kang May 5, 2022 In the end, its pleasures are rather cerebral, less a whodunit than a story about telling stories — and the omissions in hopeful service of a greater truth. Read full review
• The Independent Nick Hilton Apr 27, 2022 Campos brings visual panache to the project – interspersing, for example, scenes of a fundraiser for Peterson’s abortive mayoral campaign with a walkthrough of the crime scene by a squad of forensic experts – but can never quite surmount the old aphorism that truth is stranger than fiction. Read full review
• Wall Street Journal John Anderson May 4, 2022 It’s a complicated case, one that probably deserved its eight episodes to lay out properly, but Mr. Campos hardly makes economical use of his time. The frequent flashings back and forth in time are confusing, the relationships between Peterson family members are never sufficiently explained. … Mr. Firth and Ms. Collette, as the loving couple who may have hated each other, are playing complex characters with Emmy-worthy aplomb. … But they find themselves in the middle of a messy business. Read full review
• Paste Magazine Shane Ryan May 4, 2022 Firth and Collette are “good,” I guess, and so is the rest of the cast, from Michael Stuhlbarg as the defense attorney David Rudolf to Sophie Turner as Margaret Ratliff, but there is just nothing here to draw interest, much less sustain it, and good actors with no material are like jugglers having to pantomime the balls. Impressive, but only for about 10 seconds. In two words, this is dull fare.

And these are the reviews of the original French documentary (we’ll try and dig it up)

Whet Moser Makes a compelling companion piece to Netflix’s hit series in its remarkable similarities and considerable differences. On the most basic level, it’s like a proof of concept for the documentary serials that follow. Read full review

Maureen Ryan The documentary keeps adding layers of complexity to the tale until one is entirely hooked by its ambiguities and twists and turns — and soon, as with a great novel, one can’t wait to see what happens next.

Staff The eight-part feature, which aired on the Sundance Channel in 2005, is absolutely gripping and illustrates just how powerful documentary filmmaking can be. Read full review

Joy Press Lestrade’s cameras pull us farther into the legal system than Law & Order or Court TV ever could, and the result is chilling. Read full review

Robert Lloyd It’s a splendid piece of cinema-verite storytelling, fascinating, thought-provoking and dramatically clear, and no less popcorn-compelling for being leisurely and long. Read full review

Virginia Heffernan It may seem ludicrous to say that a movie running more than six hours is well edited, but The Staircase, by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, is. And not only is the editing prize-worthy, but the whole film is also so brilliantly conceived, reported, filmed and paced that you may come to wish it were twice as long. Read full review

Tony Dokoupil The Staircase is the scariest portrait of criminal justice since the nonfiction film that helped launch the modern innocence movement, Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line. It’s scarier, in fact, because The Staircase isn’t based on re-creations but on original footage, a front-row view of legal truth as it’s feathered into existence, manufactured from guesses and conjecture, and sold to a jury as more or less believable fiction. Read full review

Nathan Rabin There’s a surprising amount of humor in the series, as when a sassy male prostitute admits in court that his client base included many professionals, including attorneys and at least one judge, but the series’ power, gravity, and urgency come because viewers are never allowed to forget that a man’s life and a family’s future is at stake. Read full review

Ken Tucker It’s that rare long documentary about a tabloid crime that becomes a deep exploration of death, the justice system, and the very process of making a documentary film. Read full review

The official HBO Max podcast hosted by Nancy Miller (HBO’s I’ll Be Gone in the Dark Podcast). The Staircase Podcast takes an episode-by-episode deep dive into the highly anticipated drama. Miller interviews both cast and crew to unpack how the true story was brought to life on screen, as well as case experts and academics to unpack the science, history, and psychology behind the case. The Staircase Podcast is produced by HBO Max in conjunction with Campfire Studios, in association with High Five Content. LISTEN NOW

Here is the full list of winners:

Best Picture: “CODA”
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Best Actor: Will Smith, “King Richard”
Best Director: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Best Original Song: “No Time to Die”
Best Documentary Feature: “Summer of Soul”
Best Adapted Screenplay: “CODA”
Best Original Screenplay: “Belfast”
Best Costume Design: “Cruella”
Best International Feature: “Drive My Car”
Best Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Best Animated Feature: “Encanto”
Best Visual Effects: “Dune”
Best Cinematography: “Dune”
Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Best Film Editing: “Dune”
Best Score: “Dune”
Best Sound: “Dune”
Best Production Design: “Dune”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Best: Documentary (Short Subject): “The Queen of Basketball”
Best Short (Animated): “The Windshield Wiper”
Best Short Film (Live Action): “The Long Goodbye”10 HOURS AGO

Best Picture

And the winner is… “CODA”

Also nominated:
“Belfast”
“Don’t Look Up”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”
“King Richard”
“Licorice Pizza”
“Nightmare Alley”
“The Power of the Dog”
“West Side Story”10 HOURS AGO

Best Actress

And the winner is… Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”

Also nominated:
Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”10 HOURS AGO

Will Smith cries, apologizes during best actor speech

Will Smith was in tears when he accepted his award for best actor during Sunday’s ceremony. His win came less than an hour after he slapped presenter Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Smith said he was a “fierce defender” of his family, just like his character Richard Williams in “King Richard.”

“I’ve been called on in my life to love people and to protect people and to be a river to my people and I know to do what we do you got to be able to take abuse, you’ve got to be able to let people talk crazy about you, you have to be able to have people disrespecting you and you’ve got to smile and pretend that that’s okay,” he said, seeming to refer to the incident with Rock.

He apologized to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as his fellow nominees, saying “I want to be a vessel for love” and “love will make you do crazy things.” He didn’t mention Rock.

Smith lifted his award to end his speech, “I hope the Academy invites me back.”

Best Actor

And the winner is… Will Smith, “King Richard” 

Also nominated:
Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!“
Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”11 HOURS AGO

Best Director

And the winner is… Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”

Also nominated:
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”11 HOURS AGO

Best Original Song

And the winner is… “No Time to Die,” “No Time to Die”

Also nominated:
“Dos Oruguitas,” “Encanto”
“Just Look Up,” “Don’t Look Up”
“Down to Joy,” “Belfast”
“Somehow You Do,” “Four Good Days”11 HOURS AGO

Will Smith hits Chris Rock over joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith

Will Smith slaps actor Chris Rock onstage

Will Smith took umbrage with a joke made by Chris Rock during the Academy Award ceremony Sunday, marching up on stage and slapping Rock mid-presentation of the award for best documentary.

Rock poked fun at Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith for her bald head. Pinkett-Smith has openly talked about having a hair loss condition. After Smith hit him, Rock said: “Will Smith just smacked the s— out of me.”

Smith repeatedly yelled at Rock to “Keep my wife’s name out of your f—– mouth.”

This is not the first time that Rock has poked fun at the couple. He made public jabs about their decision to boycott the 2016 Oscars because of a lack of diversity in nominations.

Rock has declined to press charges, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Best Documentary Feature

And the winner is… “Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”

Also nominated:
“Flee”
“Attica”
“Writing With Fire”
“Ascension”12 HOURS AGO

Best Adapted Screenplay

And the winner is… “CODA”

Also nominated:
“The Power of the Dog”
“The Lost Daughter”
“Drive My Car”
“Dune”12 HOURS AGO

Best Original Screenplay

And the winner is… “Belfast”

Also nominated:
“Licorice Pizza”
“Don’t Look Up”
“King Richard”
“The Worst Person in the World”12 HOURS AGO

The Academy honors the people of Ukraine

The Academy held a moment of silence for the people of Ukraine, who are under attack by Russian forces.

“We’d like to have a moment of silence to show our support for the people of Ukraine currently facing invasion, conflict and prejudice within their own borders,” an onscreen statement said.

“While film is an important avenue for us to express our humanity in times of conflict, the reality is millions of families in Ukraine need food, medical care, clean water, and emergency services. Resources are scarce, and we — collectively as a global community — can do more,” the text continued.

“We ask you to support Ukraine in any way you are able,” the statement added.

Directly after the moment of silence came an advertisement for cryptocurrency site Crypto.com. The ad said Crypto.com is matching donations in support of Ukraine.

Best Costume Design

And the winner is… “Cruella”

Also nominated:
“Dune”
“Nightmare Alley”
“West Side Story”
“Cyrano”

Best International Feature

And the winner is… “Drive My Car”

Also nominated:
“Flee”
“The Worst Person in the World”
“The Hand of God”
“Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”12 HOURS AGO

#OscarsCheer for… ‘Justice League’?

For weeks, the Academy has been promoting a fan-voted top five cinematic moments poll, revealing the winners during the live broadcast.

Number 5 was Neo dodging bullets in 1999′s “The Matrix,” followed by Jennifer Hudson’s performance of “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” from the 2006 film “Dreamgirls.”

In third was the “Avengers Assemble” moment from 2019′s “Avengers: Endgame.” Second was the three generations of Spider-Men landing on the Statue of Liberty in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”

The top clip was Ezra Miller’s Flash entering the speed force from Zach Snyder’s “Justice League.”

There was no applause in the room when the montage was played.

Best Supporting Actor

And the winner is… Troy Kotsur, “CODA”

Also nominated:
Ciaran Hinds, “Belfast”
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog”
J.K. Simmons, “Being the Ricardos”13 HOURS AGO

Best Animated Feature

And the winner is… “Encanto”

Also nominated:
“The Mitchells vs The Machines”
“Flee”
“Raya and the Last Dragon”
“Luca”

The best coverage and predictions are in this Variety article:

https://variety.com/feature/2022-oscars-best-picture-predictions-1234965329/

LL AWARDS CONTENDERS AND RANKINGS:

1. "Belfast" (Focus Features)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"Go. Go now. Don’t look back. I love you, son" - Granny (Judi Dench)PRODUCERS: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas
DIRECTOR: Kenneth Branagh
SYNOPSIS: A young boy and his working-class Belfast family experience the tumultuous late 1960s.
STARRING: Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Jude Hill, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan
2. "CODA" (Apple Original Films)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"'You're All I Need to Get By'" - Ruby (Emilia Jones)PRODUCERS: Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger
DIRECTOR: Siân Heder
SYNOPSIS: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
STARRING: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Durant, Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo
3. "The Power of the Dog" (Netflix)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"I just want to say... how nice it is not to be alone." - George Burbank (Jesse Plemons)
PRODUCERS: Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappie
DIRECTOR: Jane Campion
SYNOPSIS: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love.
STARRING: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee
4. "King Richard" (Warner Bros)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"The most strongest, the most powerful, the most dangerous creature on this whole earth is a woman who knows how to think. Ain't nothing she can't do." - Richard Williams (Will Smith)
PRODUCERS: Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith
DIRECTOR: Reinaldo Marcus Green
SYNOPSIS: A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
STARRING: Jon Bernthal, Aunjanue Ellis, Tony Goldwyn, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton, Will Smith
5. "Dune" (Warner Bros)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"A great man doesn't seek to lead; he is called to it. But if your answer is no, you'd still be the only thing I ever needed you to be: my son." - Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac)
PRODUCERS: Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter
DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve
SYNOPSIS: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert's science fiction novel about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy.
STARRING: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, Jason Mamoa, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chang Chen, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Charlotte Rampling
6. "West Side Story" (20th Century Studios)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"Oye Javi, ponle fuego, vamos." - Anita (Ariana DeBose)
PRODUCERS: Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
SYNOPSIS: An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
STARRING: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno, Brian d'Arcy James, Corey Stoll, Mike Faist, Josh Andres Rivera, Iris Menas
7. "Licorice Pizza" (MGM/United Artists Releasing)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"Do you know who my girlfriend is?" - Jon Peters (Bradley Cooper)PRODUCERS: Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson
DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson
SYNOPSIS: The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
STARRING: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper
8. "Drive My Car" (Janus Films/Sideshow)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"We must keep on living." - Yûsuke Kafuku (Hidetoshi Nishijima)PRODUCERS: Teruhisa Yamamoto
DIRECTOR: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
SYNOPSIS: After his wife's unexpected death, Yusuke Kafuku, a renowned stage actor and director, receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. There, he begins to face the haunting mysteries his wife left behind.
STARRING: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan
9. "Nightmare Alley" (Searchlight Pictures)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"Mister, I was born for it." - Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper)
PRODUCERS: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro
SYNOPSIS: An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
STARRING: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn
10. "Don't Look Up" (Netflix)THE SCENE THAT PROVES IT:
"We really did have everything, didn't we?" - Randall (Leonardo DiCaprio)
PRODUCERS: Adam McKay and Kevin Messick
DIRECTOR: Adam McKay
SYNOPSIS: Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ariana Grande, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Melanie Lynskey, Kid Cudi, Rob Morgan, Himesh Patel, Ron Perlman, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Meryl Streep

The 94th Oscars will be held Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide at 7 pm CT

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

JAVIER BARDEM

Being the Ricardos

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

The Power of the Dog

ANDREW GARFIELD

tick, tick…BOOM!

WILL SMITH

King Richard

DENZEL WASHINGTON

The Tragedy of Macbeth

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

CIARÁN HINDS

Belfast

TROY KOTSUR

CODA

JESSE PLEMONS

The Power of the Dog

J.K. SIMMONS

Being the Ricardos

KODI SMIT-MCPHEE

The Power of the Dog

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

NOMINEES

JESSICA CHASTAIN

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

OLIVIA COLMAN

The Lost Daughter

PENÉLOPE CRUZ

Parallel Mothers

NICOLE KIDMAN

Being the Ricardos

KRISTEN STEWART

Spencer

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

NOMINEES

JESSIE BUCKLEY

The Lost Daughter

ARIANA DEBOSE

West Side Story

JUDI DENCH

Belfast

KIRSTEN DUNST

The Power of the Dog

AUNJANUE ELLIS

King Richard

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

ENCANTO

Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer

FLEE

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

LUCA

Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES

Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON

Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

CINEMATOGRAPHY

NOMINEES

DUNE

Greig Fraser

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Dan Laustsen

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Ari Wegner

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Bruno Delbonnel

WEST SIDE STORY

Janusz Kaminski

COSTUME DESIGN

NOMINEES

CRUELLA

Jenny Beavan

CYRANO

Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

DUNE

Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Luis Sequeira

WEST SIDE STORY

Paul Tazewell

DIRECTING

NOMINEES

BELFAST

Kenneth Branagh

DRIVE MY CAR

Ryusuke Hamaguchi

LICORICE PIZZA

Paul Thomas Anderson

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

NOMINEES

ASCENSION

Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

ATTICA

Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

FLEE

Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein

WRITING WITH FIRE

Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

NOMINEES

AUDIBLE

Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

LEAD ME HOME

Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL

Ben Proudfoot

THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR

Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

WHEN WE WERE BULLIES

Jay Rosenblatt

FILM EDITING

NOMINEES

DON’T LOOK UP

Hank Corwin

DUNE

Joe Walker

KING RICHARD

Pamela Martin

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Peter Sciberras

TICK, TICK…BOOM!

Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

NOMINEES

DRIVE MY CAR

Japan

FLEE

Denmark

THE HAND OF GOD

Italy

LUNANA: A YAK IN THE CLASSROOM

Bhutan

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Norway

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

NOMINEES

COMING 2 AMERICA

Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

CRUELLA

Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

DUNE

Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE

Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh

HOUSE OF GUCCI

Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

NOMINEES

DON’T LOOK UP

Nicholas Britell

DUNE

Hans Zimmer

ENCANTO

Germaine Franco

PARALLEL MOTHERS

Alberto Iglesias

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

NOMINEES

BE ALIVE

from King Richard; Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

DOS ORUGUITAS

from Encanto; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

DOWN TO JOY

from Belfast; Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

NO TIME TO DIE

from No Time to Die; Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

SOMEHOW YOU DO

from Four Good Days; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

BEST PICTURE

NOMINEES

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

DON’T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

NOMINEES

DUNE

Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards

THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

WEST SIDE STORY

Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

NOMINEES

AFFAIRS OF THE ART

Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

BESTIA

Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

BOXBALLET

Anton Dyakov

ROBIN ROBIN

Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER

Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

NOMINEES

ALA KACHUU – TAKE AND RUN

Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

THE DRESS

Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki

THE LONG GOODBYE

Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed

ON MY MIND

Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

PLEASE HOLD

K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

SOUND

NOMINEES

BELFAST

Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri

DUNE

Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett

NO TIME TO DIE

Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

WEST SIDE STORY

Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

VISUAL EFFECTS

NOMINEES

DUNE

Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer

FREE GUY

Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

NO TIME TO DIE

Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS

Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

CODA

Screenplay by Siân Heder

DRIVE MY CAR

Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

DUNE

Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

THE LOST DAUGHTER

Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Written by Jane Campion

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

NOMINEES

BELFAST

Written by Kenneth Branagh

DON’T LOOK UP

Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

KING RICHARD

Written by Zach Baylin

LICORICE PIZZA

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

Television Categories

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Black and Missing
The Choe Show
The Lady and The Dale
Nuclear Family
Philly D.A.

Best New Scripted Series
Blindspotting
It’s a Sin
Reservation Dogs
The Underground Railroad
We Are Lady Parts

Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad
Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts
Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting
Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin
Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant

Film Categories

Robert Altman Award
Mass

Best Supporting Female
Ruth Negga, Passing
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Amy Forsyth, The Novice
Revika Reustle, Pleasure
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

Best Screenplay
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Nikole Beckwith, Together Together
Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Zola
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Todd Stephens, Swan Song

Best Editing
Joi McMillon, Zola
Affonso Gonçalves, A Chiara
Ali Greer, The Nowhere Inn
Nathan Nugent and Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Enrico Natale, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Best First Feature
7 Days
Holler
Queen of Glory
Test Pattern
Wild Indian

Best First Screenplay
Michael Sarnoski (Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski), Pig
Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., Wild Indian
Matt Fifer( Story by Sheldon D. Brown), Cicada
Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern
Fran Kranz, Mass

Best Documentary
Summer of Soul
Ascension
Flee
In The Same Breath
Procession

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Shiva Baby
Cryptozoo
Jockey
Sweet Thing
This is Not a War Story

Best Supporting Male
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Colman Domingo, Zola
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Will Patton, Sweet Thing
Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

Best Feature
A Chiara
C’mon C’mon
The Lost Daughter
The Novice
Zola

Best Director
Janicza Bravo, Zola
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

Best Male Lead
Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey
Frankie Faison, Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian
Udo Kier, Swan Song
Simon Rex, Red Rocket

Best Female Lead
Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern
Patti Harrison, Together Together
Taylour Paige, Zola
Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One

Best Cinematography
Tim Curtin, A Chiara
Matthew Chuang and Ante Cheng, Blue Bayou
Lol Crawley, The Humans
Eduard Grau, Passing
Ari Wegner, Zola

Best International Film
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car
Parallel Mothers
Pebbles
Petite Maman
Prayers for the Stolen

Producers Award
Lizzie Shapiro
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu

Someone to Watch Award
Alex Camilleri, Luzzu
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Gillian Wallace Horvat, I Blame Society

The Truer Than Fiction Award
Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi
Angelo Madsen Minax, North By Current
Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi
Debbie Lum, Try Harder!

The 37th Independent Spirit Awards will air live on Sunday, March 6 on IFC, with the broadcast beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The event this year remains an early afternoon affair on the beach — and well ahead of the Oscars, which it usually precedes by a mere day.

Indie film lovers without cable can watch IFC live on the following services, several of which offer free trials: Philo, fuboTV, Sling TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV, and the IFC app. For those who prefer to stream the show, the ceremony will also be available on AMC+, which has exclusive streaming rights this year.

2022 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

TELEVISON CATEGORIES

 
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

Black and Missing
Series By/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir
Executive Producers: Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez

The Choe Show
Creator/Exec Producer: David Choe
Executive Producers: Matt Revelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson

The Lady and The Dale
Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Allen Bain, Andre Gaines, Nick Cammilleri, Alana Carithers, Zackary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller

Nuclear Family
Series By: Ry Russo-Young
Executive Producers: Liz Garbus, Julie Gaither, Jon Bardin, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletaub, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Christine Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Beuren, Joe Landauer

Philly D.A.
Creators: Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar
Produced By: Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Executive Producers: Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin
Co-Executive Producers: Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman
 
 
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

Blindspotting
Creators/Executive Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Executive Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann

It’s a Sin
Executive Producers: Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler

Reservation Dogs
Creators/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi
Executive Producer: Garrett Basch

The Underground Railroad
Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Jenkins
Executive Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt

We Are Lady Parts
Creator: Nida Manzoor
Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland
 
 
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Thuso Mbedu
The Underground Railroad

Anjana Vasan
We Are Lady Parts

Jana Schmieding
Rutherford Falls

Jasmine Cephas Jones
Blindspotting

Deborah Ayorinde
THEM: Covenant
 
 
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Lee Jung-jae
Squid Game

Olly Alexander
It’s a Sin

Michael Greyeyes
Rutherford Falls

Murray Bartlett
The White Lotus

Ashley Thomas
THEM: Covenant
 
 
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Reservation Dogs
Ensemble Cast: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone
 

FILM CATEGORIES

 
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

A Chiara
Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias

C’mon C’mon
Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub

The Lost Daughter
Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler

The Novice
Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker

Zola
Producers: Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, Gia Walsh
 
 
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)

7 Days
Director: Roshan Sethi
Producers: Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn

Holler
Director: Nicole Riegel
Producers: Adam Cobb, Rachel Gould, Katie Mcneill, Jamie Patricof, Christy Spitzer Thornton

Queen of Glory
Director: Nana Mensah
Producers: Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington

Test Pattern
Director/Producer: Shatara Michelle Ford
Producers: Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su

Wild Indian
Director/Producer: Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.
Producers: Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian
 
 
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

Cryptozoo
Writer/Director: Dash Shaw
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way

Jockey
Writer/Director/Producer: Clint Bentley
Writer/Producer: Greg Kwedar
Producer: Nancy Schafer

Shiva Baby
Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro

Sweet Thing
Writer/Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Producers: Louis Anania, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal

This is Not a War Story
Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy
Producers: Noah Lang, Julian West
 
 
BEST DIRECTOR

Janicza Bravo
Zola

Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Lost Daughter

Lauren Hadaway
The Novice

Mike Mills
C’mon C’mon

Ninja Thyberg
Pleasure
 
 
BEST SCREENPLAY

Nikole Beckwith
Together Together

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris
Zola

Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Lost Daughter

Mike Mills
C’mon C’mon

Todd Stephens
Swan Song
 
 
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.
Wild Indian

Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown
Cicada

Shatara Michelle Ford
Test Pattern

Fran Kranz
Mass

Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski
Pig
 
 
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang
Blue Bayou

Lol Crawley
The Humans

Tim Curtin
A Chiara

Edu Grau
Passing

Ari Wegner
Zola
 
 
BEST EDITING

Affonso Gonçalves
A Chiara

Ali Greer
The Nowhere Inn

Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent
The Novice

Joi McMillon
Zola

Enrico Natale
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
 
 
BEST FEMALE LEAD

Isabelle Fuhrman
The Novice

Brittany S. Hall
Test Pattern

Patti Harrison
Together Together

Taylour Paige
Zola

Kali Reis
Catch the Fair One
 
 
BEST MALE LEAD

Clifton Collins Jr.
Jockey

Frankie Faison
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Michael Greyeyes
Wild Indian

Udo Kier
Swan Song

Simon Rex
Red Rocket
 
 
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Jessie Buckley
The Lost Daughter

Amy Forsyth
The Novice

Ruth Negga
Passing

Revika Reustle
Pleasure

Suzanna Son
Red Rocket
 
 
BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Colman Domingo
Zola

Meeko Gattuso
Queen of Glory

Troy Kotsur
CODA

Will Patton
Sweet Thing

Chaske Spencer
Wild Indian
 
 
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast

Mass
Director: Fran Kranz
Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin
Ensemble Cast: Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool
 
 
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

Ascension
Director/Producer: Jessica Kingdon
Producers: Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell

Flee
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Producers: Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen

In the Same Breath
Director/Producer: Nanfu Wang
Producers: Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Jialing Zhang

Procession
Director: Robert Greene
Producers: Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola

Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel
 
 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

Compartment No. 6
Finland/Russia
Director: Juho Kuosmanen

Drive My Car
Japan
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

Parallel Mothers
Spain
Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Pebbles
India
Director: P S Vinothraj

Petite Maman
France
Director: Céline Sciamma

Prayers for the Stolen
Mexico
Director: Tatiana Huezo
 
 
PRODUCERS AWARD – The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.

Brad Becker-Parton

Pin-Chun Liu

Lizzie Shapiro
 
 
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

Alex Camilleri
Director of Luzzu

Gillian Wallace Horvat
Director of I Blame Society

Michael Sarnoski
Director of Pig
 
 
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 26th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.

Jessica Beshir
Director of Faya Dayi

Debbie Lum
Director of Try Harder!

Angelo Madsen Minax
Director of North By Current
 
 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022
Annie Awards Gala
The Annie Awards, animation’s highest honor, is an American award for accomplishments in animation.
https://annieawards.org/

SATURDAY, FEB. 26, 2022
Producers Guild Awards Annual Gala Awards Show
The PGA Awards celebrates the finest producing work of the year, and gives the Guild an opportunity to honor some of the living legends who have shaped our profession. The 2022 Awards will be an in-person event at the Fairmont Century Plaza.
http://producersguildawards.com

THURSDAY, MAR. 3, 2022
ADG Awards Final Online Voting Ends 5:00pm PST
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center
http://www.adg.org

SATURDAY, MAR. 5, 2022
ADG Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards
The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
http://www.adg.org

SATURDAY, MAR. 5, 2022
ACE Eddie Awards Gala
Awards Presented at the Theater at the ACE Hotel in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.
http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/

TUESDAY, MAR. 8, 2022
CAS Awards Final Voting Ends
Final Voting Ends Online – 5:00 pm PST. The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.
http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org

SATURDAY, MAR. 12, 2022
DGA Awards Gala
The 74th DGA Awards will take place on March 12, 2022. Submission requirements & venue TBA. The DGA represents over 18,000 directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, new media and other audiovisual media.
http://dga.org

THURSDAY, MAR. 17, 2022
Final Oscar Voting Begins
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership begin voting to select this years Academy Awards Oscar recipients from the selections of previously announced nominees.
http://www.oscars.org

SATURDAY, MAR. 19, 2022
Annual CAS Awards
The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for theatrical features & television, including live-action, animated & documentary categories. Also presented are the “Career Achievement Award” & the “Filmmaker Award”.
http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.orgThis event is next year

TUESDAY, MAR. 22, 2022
Oscars Final Voting Closes 5 p.m. PT
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership end voting to select this years Academy Awards Oscar recipients from the selections of previously announced nominees.
http://www.oscars.org

FRIDAY, MAR. 25, 2022
Governors Awards
Annual event celebrating awards conferred by the Academy’s Board of Governors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award.
http://www.oscars.org

FRIDAY, MAR. 25, 2022
ICG Publicists Awards
The ICG Publicists Awards, begun in 1964, honor excellence in publicity & promotion for motion pictures & television programs and spotlight the work of union publicists. Recipients are selected in several categories and are voted on by their peers.
https://www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-AwardsThis event is next year

SUNDAY, MAR. 27, 2022
Oscars Sunday | Televised Gala Event
Best known as the organization behind the movie industry’s most prestigious honor, the Academy encourages excellence in filmmaking through a range of coveted awards. This, the 94th Oscars, will be held at the Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood & on ABC TV.
http://www.oscars.org

MONDAY, MAR. 28, 2022
AICP Post Awards | Entry Deadline
Honors excellence in a range of post production crafts including editing, color grading, audio mixing, sound design, visual effects, CGI, animation and design.
https://www.aicp.com/aicp-awards/aicp-post-awards/

MONDAY, MAR. 28, 2022
AICP Awards Deadline For Entries
The AICP Show, in New York City, is more than just a major awards show judging the best commercial and branded entertainment work of the year. The Show’s honored work is included in the archives of the Film Department at The Museum of Modern Art, in NY.
http://www.awardcore.com/aicp/login.php

MONDAY, MAR. 28, 2022
AICP NEXT Awards Entry Deadline
Next Awards recognize outstanding work & talent behind it using new types of media & tech to communicate the marketer’s message. Categories: Integrated Campaign, Social, Website/Micro, Experiential, Cause, Viral/Web Film, Mobile and Product Integration.
http://www.awardcore.com/aicp/login.php

SATURDAY, APR. 23, 2022 TO WEDNESDAY, APR. 27, 2022
NAB Show 2022
NAB Show® is for content professionals from all corners of media, entertainment & technology, from creation to distribution, management to monetization. The NAB Show live event was canceled due to the pandemic and went virtual with NAB Show Express.
https://www.nabshow.com/

TUESDAY, MAY. 24, 2022
AMP Awards
The 2021 AMP Awards will be a virtual presentation (7:00PM EDT on Zoom) with performance from a surprise musical guest. The AMP Awards honor outstanding achievement in music and sound for advertising, branding and media.
http://www.ampnow.com/

Apple TV+ dominated the SAG Awards, CODA and Ted Lasso were the biggest winners at the SAG Awards 2022, taking home the top ensemble prizes for feature films and TV comedy. In tvreviewer.com’s opinion Michael Keaton made the best acceptance speech with his impassioned view of the opiate crisis and the War in the Ukraine, although others mentioned the war in passing.

Here is our list of all of the SAG nominees, with the winners indicated in bold. 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look up
House of Gucci
King Richard

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick…Boom!
Will Smith, King Richard
Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Lady Gaga, House of Gucci
Jennifer Hudson, Respect
Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Ben Affleck, The Tender Bar
Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Caitríona Balfe, Belfast
Cate Blanchett, Nightmare Alley
Ariana Debose, West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog
Ruth Negga, Passing

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

The Handmaid’s Tale
The Morning Show
Squid Game
Succession
Yellowstone

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Brian Cox, Succession
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Jeremy Strong, Succession 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
Hoyeon Jung, Squid Game
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Sarah Snook, Succession
Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

The Great
Hacks
The Kominsky Method
Only Murders in the Building
Ted Lasso

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

Elle Fanning, The Great
Sandra Oh, The Chair
Jean Smart, Hacks
Juno Temple, Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Oscar Isaac, Scenes From a Marriage
Michael Keaton, Dopesick
Ewan McGregor, Halston
Evan Peters, Mare of Easttown

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus
Cynthia Erivo, Genius: Aretha
Margaret Qualley, Maid
Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown
Kate Winslet, Mare of Easttown

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

Black Widow
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
No Time to Die
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES

Cobra Kai
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Loki
Mare of Easttown
Squid Game

date	award show	notes	website
Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Submissions for Nominations End	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022	CAS Awards Nomination Ballot Voting Begins Online	The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Friday, Jan. 7, 2022	Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations Voting Closes	Voting closes 5pm (PT). Show honors outstanding achievements for make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials.	http://www.local706.org/
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Nominations Ballots Sent	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022	Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations Announced	Honors outstanding achievements for make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials.	http://www.local706.org/
Friday, Jan. 14, 2022	Annie Awards Voting Deadline To Cast Ballots	The Annie Awards, animation’s highest honor, is an American award for accomplishments in animation.	https://annieawards.org/
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022	CAS Awards Nomination Ballot Voting Ends	Nomination Ballot Voting Ends Online (5:00 pm PST). The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Nominations Ballots Due	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Friday, Jan. 21, 2022	ADG Awards Online Voting for Nominations Closes (5pm PT)	The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center	http://www.adg.org
Friday, Jan. 21, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Nominations Announced	Since 1951, American Cinema Editors has celebrated the best in television and feature film editing at the annual ACE Eddie Awards gala.	https://americancinemaeditors.org/
Monday, Jan. 24, 2022	ADG Awards Nominations Announced	The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center	http://www.adg.org
Monday, Jan. 24, 2022	Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Final Voting Begins	Honors outstanding achievements for make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials.	http://www.local706.org/
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022	CAS Awards Final Nominees Announced	The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022	Oscars Nominations Voting Opens	The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership of more than 6,000 begin voting to select this years Academy Awards nominees.	http://www.oscars.org
Friday, Jan. 28, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Final Ballots Sent	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | “Blue Ribbon” Screenings (television)	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022	Oscars Nominations Voting Closes 5pm PT	The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership ends voting to select this years Academy Awards nominees.	http://www.oscars.org
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022	ADG Awards Final Online Voting Begins	The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center	http://www.adg.org
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022	IDA Documentary Awards	At the Paramount Studios’ Theater, LA, 7-11pm, IDA Documentary Awards is dedicated to the art of documentary film, honoring individuals for outstanding achievements and contributions to the field, the best doc films and nonfiction series of the year.	http://www.documentary.org/awards
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022	Oscar Nominations Announcement	The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces this years Academy Awards nominees in all categories.	http://www.oscars.org
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards | Final Ballots Deadline	Awards Presented at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Friday, Feb. 11, 2022	Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Final Voting Closes	Voting closes 5pm (PT). Show honors outstanding achievements for make-up artists and hair stylists in motion pictures, television, commercials.	http://www.local706.org/
Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022	Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Winners announced during black tie gala evening honoring Hollywood make-up artists and hair stylists for outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials, and live theater.	http://www.local706.org/
Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022	CAS Awards Final Voting Begins Online	The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022	Annie Awards Gala	The Annie Awards, animation’s highest honor, is an American award for accomplishments in animation.	https://annieawards.org/
Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022	Producers Guild Awards Annual Gala Awards Show	The PGA Awards celebrates the finest producing work of the year, and gives the Guild an opportunity to honor some of the living legends who have shaped our profession. The 2022 Awards will be an in-person event at the Fairmont Century Plaza.	http://producersguildawards.com
Thursday, Mar. 3, 2022	ADG Awards Final Online Voting Ends 5:00pm PST	The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood & Highland Center	http://www.adg.org
Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022	ACE Eddie Awards Gala	Awards Presented at the Theater at the ACE Hotel in Los Angeles. Eddie Awards are for best achievements in editing motion pictures and television.	http://americancinemaeditors.org/eddie-awards/
Saturday, Mar. 5, 2022	ADG Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards	The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards honor production design in theatrical motion pictures,TV, commercials and music videos at a gala at InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.	http://www.adg.org
Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022	CAS Awards Final Voting Ends	Final Voting Ends Online – 5:00 pm PST. The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Sound Mixing in film and television as well as Technical Achievement in production and post-production.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Saturday, Mar. 12, 2022	DGA Awards Gala	The 74th DGA Awards will take place on March 12, 2022. Submission requirements & venue TBA. The DGA represents over 18,000 directors and members of the directorial team working in film, television, commercials, new media and other audiovisual media.	http://dga.org
Thursday, Mar. 17, 2022	Final Oscar Voting Begins	The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership begin voting to select this years Academy Awards Oscar recipients from the selections of previously announced nominees.	http://www.oscars.org
Saturday, Mar. 19, 2022	Annual CAS Awards	The CAS Awards recognize Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for theatrical features & television, including live-action, animated & documentary categories. Also presented are the “Career Achievement Award” & the “Filmmaker Award”.	http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org
Tuesday, Mar. 22, 2022	Oscars Final Voting Closes 5 p.m. PT	The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences membership end voting to select this years Academy Awards Oscar recipients from the selections of previously announced nominees.	http://www.oscars.org
Friday, Mar. 25, 2022	Governors Awards	Annual event celebrating awards conferred by the Academy’s Board of Governors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award.	http://www.oscars.org
Friday, Mar. 25, 2022	ICG Publicists Awards	The ICG Publicists Awards, begun in 1964, honor excellence in publicity & promotion for motion pictures & television programs and spotlight the work of union publicists. Recipients are selected in several categories and are voted on by their peers.	https://www.icg600.com/ABOUT-US/Awards/Publicists-Awards
Sunday, Mar. 27, 2022	Oscars Sunday | Televised Gala Event	Best known as the organization behind the movie industry’s most prestigious honor, the Academy encourages excellence in filmmaking through a range of coveted awards. This, the 94th Oscars, will be held at the Dolby Theatre® in Hollywood & on ABC TV.	http://www.oscars.org
Monday, Mar. 28, 2022	AICP Awards Deadline For Entries	The AICP Show, in New York City, is more than just a major awards show judging the best commercial and branded entertainment work of the year. The Show’s honored work is included in the archives of the Film Department at The Museum of Modern Art, in NY.	http://www.awardcore.com/aicp/login.php
Monday, Mar. 28, 2022	AICP NEXT Awards Entry Deadline	Next Awards recognize outstanding work & talent behind it using new types of media & tech to communicate the marketer’s message. Categories: Integrated Campaign, Social, Website/Micro, Experiential, Cause, Viral/Web Film, Mobile and Product Integration.	http://www.awardcore.com/aicp/login.php
Monday, Mar. 28, 2022	AICP Post Awards | Entry Deadline	Honors excellence in a range of post production crafts including editing, color grading, audio mixing, sound design, visual effects, CGI, animation and design.	https://www.aicp.com/aicp-awards/aicp-post-awards/
Saturday, April 23, 2022	NAB Show 2022	NAB Show® is for content professionals from all corners of media, entertainment & technology, from creation to distribution, management to monetization. The NAB Show live event was canceled due to the pandemic and went virtual with NAB Show Express.	https://www.nabshow.com/
Tuesday, May. 24, 2022	AMP Awards	The 2021 AMP Awards will be a virtual presentation (7:00PM EDT on Zoom) with performance from a surprise musical guest. The AMP Awards honor outstanding achievement in music and sound for advertising, branding and media.	http://www.ampnow.com/