“The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,” “Son of Saul”
With Oscar season in full swing, Indie Outlook presents its annual list of the films it would nominate in the usual (and occasionaly unusual) awards categories. The nominees for Best Actor Under 18 prove that “Room”’s Jacob Tremblay wasn’t the only remarkable child performer onscreen this year. Marielle Heller’s “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” which has been largely overlooked this season, received eight nominations, followed by “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” with six. “Inside Out,” “Keeper” and “Son of Saul” each earned five nods, while “Anomalisa,” “Brooklyn,” “James White” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” garnered four apiece. Make sure to scroll to the end for Ten Special Mentions honoring specific films in categories largely dreamed up by yours truly.
And now (drum roll please), the nominees are…
BEST PICTURE
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Spotlight
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Youth
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Almost There
Amy
The Armor of Light
In Transit
Listen to Me Marlon
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
Girlhood
Keeper
Mustang
Son of Saul
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Song of the Sea
BEST DIRECTOR
Pete Docter & Ronnie del Carmen, “Inside Out”
Marielle Heller, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, “Anomalisa”
László Nemes, “Son of Saul”
Guillaume Senez, “Keeper”
BEST ACTOR
Christopher Abbott, “James White”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Andrew Garfield, “99 Homes”
Géza Röhrig, “Son of Saul”
Robin Williams, “Boulevard”
BEST ACTRESS
Elisabeth Moss, “Queen of Earth”
Bel Powley, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Alicia Vikander, “Testament of Youth”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, “Sicario”
Sam Elliott, “Grandma”
Harrison Ford, “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”
Oscar Isaac, “Ex Machina”
Alexander Skarsgård, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gail Bean, “Unexpected”
Nina Ganet, “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party”
Kristbjörg Kjeld, “Sparrows”
Cynthia Nixon, “James White”
Yana Novikova, “The Tribe”
BEST ACTOR UNDER 18
Abraham Attah, “Beasts of No Nation”
Galatéa Bellugi, “Keeper”
Raffey Cassidy, “Tomorrowland”
Madison Davenport, “A Light Beneath Their Feet”
Alexi Mathieu, “A Childhood”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Josh Cooley, Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve, “Inside Out”
Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz, “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem”
Josh Mond, “James White”
David Lambert & Guillaume Senez, “Keeper”
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, “Spotlight”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Andrew Haigh, “45 Years”
Marielle Heller, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Nick Hornby, “Brooklyn”
Charlie Kaufman, “Anomalisa”
Phyllis Nagy, “Carol”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Luca Bigazzi, “Youth”
Mátyás Erdély, “Son of Saul”
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, “Victoria”
Emmanuel Lubezki, “The Revenant”
Timo Salminen, “Jauja”
BEST EDITING
Julie Brenta, “Keeper”
Stephen Cone, “Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party”
Jens Christian Fodstad, “Blind”
Kevin Nolting, “Inside Out”
Lynn True, “In Transit”
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Jenny Beaven, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Odile Dicks-Mireaux, “Brooklyn”
Carmen Grande, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Michael Kaplan, “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”
Sandy Powell, “Carol”
BEST SCORE
Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, “Girlhood”
Michael Giacchino, “Inside Out”
Nate Heller, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Stephen Rennicks, “Room”
John Williams, “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens”
BEST SONG
“Feels Like Summer” from “Shaun the Sheep Movie”
“The Final Derriere” from “The Forbidden Room”
“Run To The Mountain” from “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
“Simple Song #3” from “Youth”
“Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
BEST SOUND
Entertainment
Güeros
Love & Mercy
Sicario
Son of Saul
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Crimson Peak
Hard to Be a God
Mad Max: Fury Road
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
BEST MAKEUP
Black Mass
Ex Machina
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
The Walk
Ten Special Mentions
BEST EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVE
Her Wilderness
BEST EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY
Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
BEST SHORT FILM
Bad at Dancing
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
On Beauty
BEST FILM HOMAGE
12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Jason Leigh in “Anomalisa”
BEST SCENE-STEALER
James DiGiacomo in “Brooklyn”
BEST ONE-TAKE KNOCKOUT
Creed
BEST USE OF 3D
Love
WORST FILM OF THE YEAR
War Room
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