Sight and Sound best of 2015

1. The Assassin
2. Carol
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Arabian Nights
5. Cemetery Of Splendour

6. No Home Movies
7. 45 Years
8. Son Of Saul
9. Amy (tie)
9. Inherent Vice (tie)
11. Anomalisa
11. It Follows (tie)
13. Phoenix
14. Girlhood (tie)
14. Hard To Be A God (tie)
14. Inside Out (tie)
14. Tangerine (tie)
14. Taxi Tehran (tie)
19. Horse Money (tie)
19. The Look Of Silence(tie)

PGA Best Documentary Nominees

“Amy”

Synopsis: The story of Amy Winehouse in her own words, featuring unseen archival footage and unheard tracks.
Easily one of the biggest documentary hits, both commercially and critically, since 2013’s “Blackfish,” “Amy” enters the race with clout unmatched by any of its competition. While buzz doesn’t always translate into a nomination (“Blackfish” missed out after all), “Amy,” which has made over $8 million stateside, earned three Cinema Eye Honors nominations and a Best Feature bid from the IDA.


“The Hunting Ground”


Synopsis: An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.
Director Kirby Dick is a two-time Oscar nominee in the category with 2005’s “Twist of Faith” and 2013’s “The Invisible War,” both of which also shine a light on sexual abuse. 

“The Look of Silence”
Synopsis: A family that survives the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

Joshua Oppenheimer has followed up his 2013 Oscar-nominated documentary “The Act of Killing” with this companion piece that takes another look at the genocide in Indonesia. Top nominations at both IDA and Cinema Eye Honors followed on numerous awards throughout the world.


“Meru”

Synopsis: Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.
Though the feature “Everest” may have taken a back seat in this year’s race, the world of adventure climbing may still make it to the Oscars. “Meru,” which has made just over $2 million, reaped four Cinema Eye Honors nominations. The 2011 nominee “Pina” showed that the branch values visually striking films just as much as anyone else.


"Something Better To Come"
Synopsis: Ten-year-old Yula has but one dream: to lead a normal life. For 14 years, Hanna Polakfollows Yula as she grows up in the forbidden territory of Svalka, the garbage dump located 13 miles from the Kremlin in Putin's Russia.
Writer/director Polak contended at the 2004 Oscars for the documentary short "The Children of Leningradsky," an intense examination of life in post-Soviet Russia. 

Since the PGA began giving out this award in 2007, it has honored three of the eight films that went on to win the Oscar while four of its champs were snubbed outright by the academy and one contended there but was defeated. 

2007: "Sicko" (lost Oscar to "Taxi to the Dark Side")
2008: "Man on Wire"
2009: "The Cove"
2010: "Waiting for 'Superman'" (not nominated at Oscars) 
2011: "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest" (not nominated at Oscars) 
2012: "Searching for Sugar Man"
2013: "We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks" (not nominated at Oscars) 
2015: Life Itself"  (not nominated at Oscars) 

And just how many of the PGA nominees reaped Oscar bids?

Of the 38 PGA contenders over the past eight years, only nine have gone on to compete at the Oscars. 

Of five 2007 PGA nominees: "Sicko" contends at Oscars

Of three 2008 PGA nominees: "Man on Wire" wins Oscar and "Trouble the Water" contends;

Of four 2009 PGA nominees: "The Cove" wins Oscar and "Burma VJ" contends;

Of six 2010 PGA nominees: "Inside Job" wins Oscar;

Of five 2011 PGA nominees: none contend at Oscars;

Of five 2012 PGA nominees: "Searching for Sugar Man" wins Oscar and "The Gatekeepers" contends; and

Of five 2013 PGA nominees: none contend at Oscars.

Of five 2014 PGA nominees: "Virunga" contends at Oscars.

Associação de Críticos do Rio

Numa decisão histórica, capaz de desafiar os preconceitos mais arraigados da imprensa especializada em produção audiovisual do país, a Associação de Críticos de Cinema do Rio de Janeiro (ACC-RJ) elegeu Mad Max: Estrada da Fúria, de George Miller, o melhor filme de 2015. Filmada em locações na Namíbia e na Austrália, ao custo de US$ 150 milhões, a produção, cuja arrecadação global beira US$ 374 milhões, caiu nas graças dos mais reticentes pensadores da arte cinematográfica pelo planeta afora. Na enquete entre os jornalistas cariocas, o longa lidera uma lista de dez pepitas douradas, entre as quais sobrou espaço para o brasileiríssimo Que Horas Ela Volta?, de Anna Muylaert. Confira:

Mad Max: Estrada da Fúria, de George Miller;

O Abutre, de Dan Gilroy;

As Mil e uma Noites: Volume 1, O Inquieto, de Miguel Gomes;

Birdman (ou A Inesperada Virtude da Ignorância), de Alejandro González Iñárritu;

Divertida Mente, de Pete Docter e Ronnie Del Carmen;

Ida, de Pawel Pawlikowski;

Pele de Vênus, de Roman Polanski;

Que Horas Ela Volta?, de Anna Muylaert;

Whiplash: Em Busca da Perfeição, de Damien Chazelle;

Sono de Inverno, de Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

Presidida pelo documentarista Nelson Hoineff, a ACCRJ exibirá seus eleitos numa mostra seguida de debates no Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil do Rio. Na ocasião serão prestadas homenagens a mestres da direção mortos ao longo deste ano: o português Manoel de Oliveira, a belga Chantal Akerman e o brasileiro Carlos Manga.

31º Film Independent Spirit Awards

Melhor filme
Anomalisa
Beasts Of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight

Melhor primeira obra
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, Marielle Heller
James White, Josh Mond
Manos Sucias, Josef Kubota Wladyka
Mediterranea, Jonas Carpignano
Songs My Brothers Taught Me, Chloé Zhao

Melhor fotografia
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts Of No Nation
Michael Gioulakis, It Follows
Ed Lachman, Carol
Reed Morano, Meadowland
Joshua James Richards, Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Melhor montagem
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Heaven Knows What
Tom Mcardle, Spotlight
Nathan Nugent, Room
Julio C. Perez Iv, It Follows
Kristan Sprague, Manos Sucias

Melhor realizador
Sean Baker, Tangerine
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts Of No Nation
Todd Haynes, Carol
Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
Tom Mccarthy, Spotlight
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows

Melhor argumento
Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
Donald Margulies, The End Of The Tour
Tom Mccarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk

Melhor primeiro argumento
Jesse Andrews, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea
Emma Donoghue, Room
Marielle Heller, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, The Mend

Prémio John Cassavetes (pequenas Produções Com Orçamento Abaixo Do Meio Milhão De Dólares)
Advantageous, Jennifer Phang
Christmas, Again, Charles Poekel
Heaven Knows What, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Krisha, Trey Edward Shults
Out Of My Hand, Takeshi Fukunaga

Melhor ator
Christopher Abbott, James White
Abraham Attah, Beasts Of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind
Jason Segel, The End Of The Tour
Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea

Melhor atriz
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Bel Powley, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine

Melhor ator secundário
Kevin Corrigan, Results
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts Of No Nation
Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes

Melhor atriz secundária
Robin Bartlett, H.
Marin Ireland, Glass Chin
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
Cynthia Nixon, James White
Mya Taylor, Tangerine

Melhor filme estrangeiro
Embrace Of The Serpent (colombia), Ciro Guerra
Girlhood (france), Céline Sciamma
Mustang (france, Turkey), Deniz Gamze Ergüven
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (sweden), Roy Andersson
Son Of Saul (hungary), László Nemes

Melhor Documentário
(T)error, Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe
Best Of Enemies, Robert Gordon, Morgan Neville
Heart Of A Dog, Laurie Anderson
The Look Of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer
Meru, Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
The Russian Woodpecker, Chad Gracia

European Film Awards

MELHOR FILME

■ Um Pombo Pousou num Galho a Refletir sobre a Existência, de Roy Andersson (Suécia)

■ The Lobster, de Yorgos Lanthimos (Reino Unido, Grécia).

■ Mustang, de Denis Gamze Ergüven (França, Turquia).

■ Victoria, de Sebastian Schipper (Alemania).

■ A Ovelha Negra, de Grímur Hákonarson (Islandia).

■ Youth, de Paolo Sorrentino (Italia).

MELHOR REALIZADOR

■ Paolo Sorrentino, por Youth.

■ Nanni Moretti, por Mia Madre

■ Sebastian Schipper, por Victoria Body.

■ Malgorzata Szumowska, por Body.

■  Roy Andersson, por Um Pombo Pousou num Galho Refletindo a Existência.

■  Yorgos Lanthimos, por The Lobster.

MELHOR ATOR

■ Michael Caine por Youth.

■ Tom Courtenay por 45 Anos.

■ Colin Farrell por The Lobster.

■ Christian Friedel por 13 minutos.

■ Vincent Lindon por La Loi du Marché.

MELHOR ATRIZ

■ Marguerita Buy por Mia Madre.

■ Laia Costa por Victoria.

■ Charlotte Rampling por 45 Anos.

■ Alicia Vikander por Ex Machina.

■ Rachel Weisz por Youth.

MELHOR COMÉDIA

■ A Familia Bélier, de Eric Lartigau (França).

■ Um Pombo Pousou num Galho Refletindo a Existência, de Roy Andersson (Suécia).

■ Le Tout Nouveau Testament, de Jaco Van Dormael (Bélgica).

MELHOR FILME DE ANIMAÇÃO

■ Song of the Sea, de Tomm Moore (Irlanda).

■ Adama, de Simon Rouby (Francia).

■ Shaun, o Carneiro, de Mark Burton, Richard Starzak (Reino Unido).

MELHOR PRIMEIRO FILME/ DESCOBERTA

■ Mustang, de Denis Gamze Ergüven (França, Turquia).

■ Slow West, de John Maclean (Reino Unido).

■ Limbo, de Anna Sofie Hartmann (Alemanha).

■ Summers Downstairs, de Tom Sommerlatte (Alemanha).

■ Goodnight Mommy, de Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala (Austria).

MELHOR ROTEIRO

■ Roy Andersson por Um Pombo Pousou num Galho Refletindo a Existência.

■ Alex Garland por Ex Machina.

■ Radu Jude e Florian Lazarescu por Aferim!

■ Yorgos Lanthimos e Efthimis Filippou por The Lobster.

■ Paolo Sorrentino por Youth.

MELHOR DOCUMENTÁRIO

■ A Syrian Love Story (Sean McAllister, Reino Unido).

■ Amy (Asif Kapadia, Reino Unido).

■ Dancing with Maria (Ivan Gergolet, Itália).

■ The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer, Dinamarca).

■ Toto and His Sisters (Alexander Nanau, Roménia).

MELHOR CURTA-METRAGEM

■ E.T.E.R.N.I.T. (Giovanni Aloi, França) [Ficção].

■ Field Study (Eva Weber, Reino Unido) [Ficção].

■ Kung Fury (David Sandberg, Suecia) [Ficção].

■ Listen Kuuntele (Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni, Dinamarca) [Ficção].

■ Our Body (Dane Komljen, Dinamarca) [Experimental].

■ Over (Jörn Threlfall, Reino Unido) [Ficção].

■  Picnic (Jure Pavlović, Croácia) [Ficção].

■ Smile, and the World Smile Back (Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family, Israel) [Ficção].

■ Son of the Wolf (Lola Quivoron, França) [Ficção].

■ Symbolic Threats (Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke, Alemanha). [Documentário].

■  El Cedor (José Luis Montesinos, Espanha) [Ficção].

■  The Translator (Emre Kayiş, Reino Unido) [Ficção].

■: This Place We Call Our Home (Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen, Dinamarca) [Documentário]

■  Washingtonia (Konstantina Kotzamani, Grécia) [Ficção].

Oscar 2016 - Melhor Longa-Metragem de Animação

"Anomalisa"
"The Boy and the Beast"
"The Good Dinosaur"
"Home"
"Hotel Transylvania 2"
"Divertidamente"
"Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet"
"The Laws of the Universe - Part 0"
"O Menino e o Mundo"
"Minions"
"Moomins on the Riviera"
"The Peanuts Movie"
"Regular Show: The Movie"
"Shaun the Sheep Movie"
"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge out of Water"
"When Marnie Was There"

39ª Mostra Internacional de Cinema de São Paulo

Abraccine - "Aspirantes" - Ives Rosenfeld

Prêmio de Crítica - "Os Campos Voltarão"

Prêmio autores de cinema - "Pardais"

Prêmio da Juventude (longa internacional) - "Beatles", de Peter Flinth

Prêmio da Juventude (longa brasileiro) - "Califórnia", de Marina Person.

Premio do público (documentário internacional) - "Pixadores" de Amir Escandari

Prêmio do público (melhor ficção internacional) "Sabor da Vida", de Naomi Kawase.

Premio do público (melhor documentário nacional): "Monstros do Ringue"

Premio do Público (melhor longa de ficção nacional) "Tudo que Aprendemos Juntos", de Sergio Machado.

Prêmio do Júri (novos diretores) - "Carta Branca", Jacek Lusinski (menção honrosa).

18th British Independent Film Awards

Best British Independent Film

"45 Years"

"Amy"

"Ex Machina"

"The Lobster"

"Macbeth"

Best Director

Andrew Haigh ("45 Years")

Asif Kapadia ("Amy")

Alex Garland ("Ex Machina")

Yorgos Lanthimos ("The Lobster")

Justin Kurzel ("Macbeth")

Best Actor

Tom Courtenay ("45 Years")

Colin Farrell ("The Lobster")

Michael Fassbender ("Macbeth")

Tom Hardy ("Legend")

Tom Hiddleston ("High-Rise")

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard ("Macbeth")

Carey Mulligan ("Suffragette")

Charlotte Rampling ("45 Years")

Saoirse Ronan ("Brooklyn")

Alicia Vikander ("The Danish Girl")

Best Supporting Actor

Luke Evans ("High-Rise")

Brendan Gleeson ("Suffragette")

Domnhall Gleeson ("Brooklyn")

Sean Harris ("Macbeth")

Ben Whishaw ("The Lobster")

Best Supporting Actress

Helena Bonham Carter ("Suffragette")

Olivia Colman ("The Lobster")

Anne-Marie Duff ("Suffragette")

Sienna Miller ("High-Rise")

Julie Walters ("Brooklyn")

Best Screenplay

Andrew Haigh ("45 Years")

Nick Hornby ("Brooklyn")

Alex Garland ("Ex Machina")

Amy Jump ("High-Rise")

Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthymis Filippou ("The Lobster")

Best Documentary

"Amy"

"Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance"

"How to Change the World"

"Palio"

"A Syrian Love Story"

Most Promising Newcomer

Abigail Hardingham ("Nina Forever")

Agyness Deyn ("Sunset Song")

Bel Powley ("A Royal Night Out")

Mia Goth ("The Survivalist")

Milo Parker ("Mr Holmes")

Producer of the Year

"45 Years"

"Amy"

"Kajaki: The True Story"

"The Lobster"

"The Violators"

Outstanding Achievement in Craft

Editing - Chris King ("Amy")

Casting - Fiona Weir ("Brooklyn")

Production Design - Mark Digby ("Ex Machina")

VFX - Andrew Whitehurst ("Ex Machina")

Cinematography - Adam Arkapaw ("Macbeth")

The Discovery Award

"Aaaaaaaah!"

"Burn Burn Burn"

"Orion: The Man Who Would Be King"

"The Return"

"Winter"

Best British Short

"Balcony"

"Crack"

"Edmond"

"Love Is Blind"

"MANoMAN"

The Douglas Hickox Award (Debut Director)

Corin Hardy ("The Hallow")

Paul Katis ("Kajaki: The True Story")

Chris Blaine & Ben Blaine ("Nina Forever")

John Maclean ("Slow West")

Stephen Fingleton ("The Survivalist")

Best International Independent Film

"Carol"

"Force Majeure"

"Girlhood"

"Room"

"Son of Saul"