31ST ANNUAL CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS
FILM AWARDS TIMELINE
Nov 25, 2025 - Film nominating ballots go out
Dec 3, 2025 – 5:00pm (PT) deadline for above the line nominating Film ballots
Dec 4, 2025 – 5:00pm (PT) deadline for Below the Line Film voting
Dec 5, 2025 – 9 a.m. PT Film nominations announced
Jan 2, 2026 – 9 p.m. (PT) Deadline for returning final ballots
Jan 4, 2026 – 31st annual Critics Choice Awards presented live on E! and USA Networks
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Welcome to the seventh issue of the Critics Choice Awards — FYC Showcase™. As a service to the membership, the Critics Choice Association (CCA) has partnered with Advertising For Media to create an advertorial guide that allows studios and networks to highlight films and shows we may be considering for our upcoming awards voting. CCA members know how challenging it is to stay on top of everything we might like to consider, and this FYC Showcase helps the members see what many of the studios and networks are most proud of this year. The FYC Showcase is designed as a voting tool and also a lasting yearbook of the year’s best films and series.
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
Not If. When. The Day Starts Like Any Other.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From Academy Award®-winning director Kathryn Bigelow comes A House of Dynamite. When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty); Written by Noah Oppenheim (Jackie); Starring a stellar ensemble cast of Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason Clarke, and more; Edited by Academy Award winner Kirk Baxter (The Social Network); Score by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave); Produced by Bigelow, Oppenheim and Academy Award winner Greg Shapiro, who also produced Zero Dark Thirty and The Hurt Locker; Director of Photography is Academy Award nominee Barry Ackroyd; Costume Designer Sarah Edwards; Production Designer is Jeremy Hindle; Casting Director Susanne Scheel; Hair and Makeup is by Jackie Risotto and Kerrie Smith; Visual Effects Chris Harvey.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Kathryn Bigelow
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Noah Oppenheim
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Idris Elba, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Jonah Hauer-King, Jason Clarke
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Rebecca Ferguson, Moses Ingram, Greta Lee
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Barry Ackroyd
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Jeremy Hindle
BEST EDITING Kirk Baxter
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Sarah Edwards
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Jackie Risotto, Kerrie Smith
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Chris Harvey
BEST SCORE Volker Bertelmann
“ONE HELL OF A MOTION PICTURE. EXCEPTIONALLY POWERFUL AND BRILLIANTLY DIRECTED.”
PETE HAMMOND
“KATHRYN BIGELOW'S WORK HERE IS SUPERB.”
DARGIS
FROM KATHRYN BIGELOW, ACADEMY AWARD
MANOHLA
AFTER THE HUNT
Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From Academy Award®-nominated visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, AFTER THE HUNT is a gripping psychological drama about a college professor (Academy Award® winner Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Emmy® winner Ayo Edebiri) levels an accusation against one of her colleagues (two-time Academy Award® nominee Andrew Garfield). Faced with the blurred lines between morality and power dynamics, a dark secret from her own past threatens to come into the light.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny; DIRECTED BY Luca Guadagnino; WRITTEN BY Nora Garrett; PRODUCED BY Brian Grazer, p.g.a., Luca Guadagnino, Jeb Brody, p.g.a., and Allan Mandelbaum, p.g.a.
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: AFTER THE HUNT is presented by Amazon MGM Studios. An Imagine Entertainment and Frenesy Film Company production.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Brian Grazer, p.g.a., Luca Guadagnino, Jeb Brody, p.g.a., Allan Mandelbaum, p.g.a.
BEST ACTRESS Julia Roberts
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Ayo Edebiri, Chloë Sevigny
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Julia Roberts, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg
BEST DIRECTOR Luca Guadagnino
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Nora Garrett
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Malik Hassan Sayeed
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Stefano Baisi, Production Designer; Lee Sandales, Set Decorator
BEST EDITING Marco Costa, ACE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Giulia Piersanti
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Fernanda Perez, Makeup Designer; Massimo Gattabrusi, Hair Designer
BEST SCORE Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
A PRIVATE LIFE
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Renowned psychiatrist Lilian Steiner is deeply troubled by the sudden death of one of her patients. Convinced that it was murder, she decides to investigate.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski; Written by Anne Berest and Rebecca Zlotowski; Produced by Frédéric Jouve; Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Mathieu Amalric
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Sony Pictures Classics
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTRESS Jodie Foster
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Daniel Auteuil
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Mathieu Amalric
BEST DIRECTOR Rebecca Zlotowski
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Anne Berest and Rebecca Zlotowski
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third film in the phenomenally successful “Avatar” franchise, opens exclusively in theaters worldwide Dec. 19, 2025. James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine-turned-Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family.
CAST & CREW: Starring Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Kate Winslet, Sigourney Weaver, Edie Falco, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Brendan Cowell, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans, Jr.; Directed by James Cameron; Produced by James Cameron, Jon Landau; Screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver; Story by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman, Shane Salerno; Director of Photography Russell Carpenter, ASC; Edited by Stephen Rivkin, ACE, Nicolas De Toth, ACE, John Refoua, ACE, Jason Gaudio, James Cameron, ACE; Production Designers Dylan Cole, Ben Procter; Music by Simon Franglen; Costume Designer Deborah L. Scott; Makeup & Hair Designer Sarah Rubano .
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: 20th Century Studios/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
BEST PICTURE James Cameron Jon Landau
BEST DIRECTOR James Cameron
BEST ACTOR Sam Worthington
BEST ACTRESS Zoe Saldaña
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Stephen Lang, Cliff Curtis, Britain Dalton, Jack Champion
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Sigourney Weaver, Oona Chaplin, Kate Winslet
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST CASTING Margery Simkin
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Screenplay by James Cameron, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Russell Carpenter, ASC
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Deborah L. Scott
BEST EDITING Stephen Rivkin, ACE; Nicolas De Toth, ACE; John Refoua, ACE; Jason Gaudio; James Cameron, ACE
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Makeup & Hair
Designer Sarah Rubano
BEST SCORE Simon Franglen
BEST SONG TBD
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer Dylan Cole, Ben Procter; Set Decorator Vanessa Cole
BEST SOUND BEST
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER
When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Lord Doyle (Colin Farrell) is laying low in Macau – spending his days and nights on the casino floors, drinking heavily and gambling what little money he has left. Struggling to keep up with his fast-rising debts, he is offered a lifeline by the mysterious Dao Ming (Fala Chen), a casino employee with secrets of her own. However, in hot pursuit is Cynthia Blithe (Tilda Swinton) – a private investigator ready to confront Doyle with what he is running from. As Doyle tries to climb to salvation, the confines of reality start to close in.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Academy Award nominee Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave); Written by Rowan Joffe, adapted from the novel of the same name; Starring Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell, Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton; Director of Photography is Academy Award winner James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front): Score by Academy Award winner Volker Bertelmann; Produced by Mike Goodridge, Edward Berger, and Matthew James Wilkinson and shot on location in Macau and Hong Kong; Production Designer Jonathan Houlding; Hair and Makeup Heike Merker; Production Design Jonathan Houlding; Costume Design Lisy Christl; Edited by Nick Emerson.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Edward Berger
BEST ACTOR Colin Farrell
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Fala Chen, Tilda Swinton
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Rowan Joffe
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY James Friend
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Jonathan Houlding
BEST EDITING Nick Emerson
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Lisy Christl
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Heike Merker
BEST SCORE Volker Bertelmann
OF A MOVIE. FOR YOUR CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS CONSIDERATION
“A WILD RIDE COLIN FARRELL IS UNFORGETTABLE.”
DEADLINE, Pete Hammond
“EDWARD BERGER PROVES HE’S AMONG THE MOST VERSATILE DIRECTORS WORKING TODAY.”
AWARDSWATCH, Mark Johnson
FROM ACADEMY AWARD® WINNER EDWARD BERGER DIRECTOR OF ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND CONCLAVE
BELÉN
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: BELÉN is a movie based on the true story that sparked an international movement. The film chronicles the harrowing case of Julieta (Camila Plaate), a young woman falsely accused of infanticide, and Soledad Deza (Dolores Fonzi), the fearless lawyer who takes on the highly controversial and explosive case. Produced by K&S Films, BELÉN takes us to Tucumán, a conservative region of Argentina, where Julieta’s trial becomes a flashpoint in the ongoing fight for women’s reproductive rights. As Soledad faces off against a corrupt, classist, and patriarchal legal system, Julieta’s story ignites a groundswell of outrage and solidarity — galvanizing an unstoppable movement for justice and bodily autonomy.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Dolores Fonzi, Camila Pláate, Dolores Fonzi, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali, Sergio Prina, Luis Machín, and César Troncoso; DIRECTED BY Dolores Fonzi; SCREENPLAY Laura Paredes and Dolores Fonzi; CO-WRITTEN BY Agustina San Martín and Nicolás Britos; PRODUCED BY Leticia Cristi, Hugo Sigman, and Matías Mosteirín.
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: BELÉN is presented by Amazon MGM Studios in association with K&S Films.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Leticia Cristi, Hugo Sigman, Matías Mosteirín, Produced by
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Leticia Cristi, Hugo Sigman, Matías Mosteirín Produced by
BEST DIRECTOR Dolores Fonzi
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Screenplay by Laura Paredes and Dolores Fonzi. Based on the book “Somos Belén” by Ana Correa. Co-written by Agustina San Martín and Nicolás Britos.
BEST ACTRESS Dolores Fonzi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Camila Pláate, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sergio Prina, Luis Machín, César Troncoso
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Dolores Fonzi, Camila Pláate, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali, Sergio Prina, Luis Machín, César Troncoso
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Javier Juliá (ADF)
BEST EDITING Andrés Pepe Estrada (SAE)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Micaela Saiegh, Production Designer; Ángeles Frinchaboy, Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Lucía Gasconi & Greta Ure
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Àngela Garacija, Makeup Department Head; Dino Balanzino Hairstyling
BEST SOUND Leandro de Loredo (ASA), Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer; Victoria Franzan (ASA), Production Sound Mixer
BEST SCORE Marilina Bertoldi
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Lucas di Rago, Mariano Segat, Visual Effects Supervisors
BEST CASTING Mariana Mitre & Katia Szechtman
A FILM BY DOLORES FONZI
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
BLUE MOON
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his groundbreaking hit “Oklahoma!”
CAST & CREW: Directed by Richard Linklater; Written by Robert Kaplow; Produced by Mike Blizzard, John Sloss, Richard Linklater; Starring Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Scott
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Sony Pictures Classics
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTOR Ethan Hawke
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Bobby Cannavale
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Andrew Scott
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Margaret Qualley
BEST DIRECTOR Richard Linklater
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Robert Kaplow
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Shane F. Kelly
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Consolata Boyle
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Susie Cullen
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Liz Byrne
BEST FILM EDITING Sandra Adair, ACE
BUGONIA
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
CAST & CREW: Emma Stone (Michelle), Jesse Plemons (Teddy), Aidan Delbis (Don), Stavros Halkias (Casey), Alicia Silverstone (Sandy); FILMMAKERS Yorgos Lanthimos (Director, Producer), Will Tracy (Writer), Ed Guiney (Producer), Andrew Lowe (Producer), Emma Stone (Producer), Lars Knudsen (Producer), Ari Aster (Producer), Miky Lee (Producer), Jerry Kyoungboum Ko (Producer), Robbie Ryan (Cinematographer), Jerskin Fendrix (Composer), Yorgos Mavropsaridis (Editor), James Price (Production Designer), Prue Howard (Set Decorator), Jennifer Johnson (Costume Designer), Torsten Witte (Hair & Make Up Designer), Jennifer Venditti (Casting Director)
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: An Element Pictures / Square Peg / CJ Enm Production, in association with Pith and Fruit Tree Enterprises
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Ed Guiney, p.g.a., Andrew Lowe, p.g.a. Yorgos Lanthimos, p.g.a. Emma Stone, p.g.a. Ari Aster Lars Knudsen, p.g.a. Miky Lee, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko
BEST ACTOR Jesse Plemons
BEST ACTRESS Emma Stone
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Alicia Silverstone
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
BEST DIRECTOR Yorgos Lanthimos
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Will Tracy
BEST CASTING Jennifer Venditti
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN James Price (Production Designer), Prue Howard (Set Decorator)
BEST EDITING Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, BFE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Jennifer Johnson
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Torsten Witte (Hair and Make-Up Designer)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Adam Azmy
BEST SCORE Jerskin Fendrix
BEST SOUND Johnnie Burn
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Aidan Delbis
SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE
Find some meaning in all the noise.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: A young Bruce Springsteen, on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past while recording a haunted acoustic record in his New Jersey bedroom.
CAST & CREW: Starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young; Directed and Written by Scott Cooper; Produced by Scott Cooper, p.g.a., Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, p.g.a., Eric Robinson, p.g.a., and Scott Stuber; Director of Photography Masanobu Takayanagi, ASC; Production Designer Stefania Cella; Edited by Pamela Martin, ACE; Costume Designer Kasia Walicka Maimone; Music by Jeremiah Fraites; Casting by Francine Maisler, CSA; Makeup Designer / Department Head Jackie Risotto; Hair Designer / Department Head Jameson Eaton
Production/Distribution:
20th Century Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Scott Cooper, p.g.a.; Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, p.g.a.; Eric Robinson, p.g.a.; Scott Stuber
BEST DIRECTOR Scott Cooper
BEST ACTOR Jeremy Allen White
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Odessa Young
BEST CASTING Francine Maisler, CSA
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Written for the Screen by Scott Cooper
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Masanobu Takayanagi, ASC
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Kasia Walicka Maimone
BEST FILM EDITING Pamela Martin, ACE
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Makeup Designer / Department Head Jackie Risotto; Hair Designer / Department Head Jameson Eaton
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Jeremiah Fraites
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer Stefania Cella; Set Decorator Kris Moran
BEST SOUND
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
ELEANOR THE GREAT
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: A witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Scarlett Johansson; Written by Tory Kamen; Produced by Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Lia, Keenan Flynn, Trudie Styler, Celine Rattray, Jessamine Burgum, Kara Durrett; Starring June Squibb, Erin Kellyman, Jessica Hecht, Rita Zohar, and Chiwetel Ejiofor
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Sony Pictures Classics
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTRESS June Squibb
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Erin Kellyman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chiwetel Ejiofor
BEST DIRECTOR Scarlett Johansson
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Tory Kamen
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Hélène Louvart, AFC
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Happy Massee
BEST EDITING Harry Jierjian, ACE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Tom Broecker
BEST SCORE Dustin O’Halloran
We’re all searching for belonging. For Elio, that search will be out of this world.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina; Produced by Mary Alice Drumm, p.g.a.; Starring Yonas Kibreab voices Elio, Zoe Saldaña voices Olga Solís.
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Pixar Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina, Mary Alice Drumm, p.g.a.
BEST PICTURE Mary Alice Drumm, p.g.a
BEST DIRECTOR Madeline Sharafian, Domee Shi, Adrian Molina
BEST CASTING Kevin Reher, CSA; Natalie Lyon, CSA; Kate Hansen-Birnbaum, CSA
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Screenplay by Julia Cho, Mark Hammer, Mike Jones
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Derek Williams, Jordan Rempel
BEST FILM EDITING Anna Wolitzky; Steve Bloom, ACE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Harley Jessup
BEST SCORE Rob Simonsen
BEST SOUND Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor Jeremy Bowker; Re-Recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg, Bonnie Wild; Production Sound Mixer Vince Caro
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Visual Effects Supervisor Claudia Chung; Sanii Effects Supervisor Dave Quirus; Sets Supervisor David Luoh; Characters Supervisor Sajan Skaria
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: In the 1990s, Sonny Hayes was poised for Formula 1 greatness until an accident nearly ended his racing career. When an old friend convinces Sonny to return to F1 to save his failing team, his second chance at glory is complicated by his rookie teammate’s competition and the burden of his own past.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Sarah Niles, Shea Whigham, and Javier Bardem; PRODUCERS Jerry Bruckheimer, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Chad Oman; DIRECTOR Joseph Kosinski; WRITERS Ehren Kruger, Story by Joseph Kosinksi & Ehren Kruger; CINEMATOGRAPHY Claudio Miranda, ASC; FILM EDITOR Stephen Mirrione, ACE, PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designers Mark Tildesley, Ben Munro, Set Decorator Andrew McCarthy; COSTUME DESIGN Julian Day; MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Denise Kum, Jean A. Black, Chris Fitzpatrick; SOUND Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, CAS, Juan Peralta, Gareth John, AMPS; VISUAL EFFECTS Ryan Tudhope, Keith Alfred Dawson, Nicolas Chevallier, Robert Harrington; SCORE Hans Zimmer; SONG “Lose My Mind” Written by Caleb Toliver, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder and Grant Boutin, Performed by Don Toliver featuring Doja Cat, Don Toliver appears courtesy of Cactus; “Just Keep Watching” Written by Tate McRae, Ryan Tedder and Tyler Spry, Performed by Tate McRae; “Drive” Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin and John Mayer, Performed by Ed Sheeran
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
Produced By
Jerry Bruckheimer
Joseph Kosinski
Lewis Hamilton
Brad Pitt
Dede Gardner
Jeremy Kleiner
Chad Oman
BEST DIRECTOR
Joseph Kosinski
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Ehren Kruger
Story by
Joseph Kosinksi & Ehren Kruger
BEST ACTOR
Brad Pitt
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon
Sarah Niles
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Damson Idris
Tobias Menzies
Kim Bodnia
Shea Whigham
Javier Bardem
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Brad Pitt
Damson Idris
Kerry Condon
Tobias Menzies
Kim Bodnia
Sarah Niles
Shea Whigham
Javier Bardem
BEST CASTING
Lucy Bevan
Emily Brockmann
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Production Designers
Mark Tildesley
Ben Munro
Set Decorator
Andrew McCarthy
BEST SOUND
Supervising Sound Editors
Al Nelson
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
Re-Recording Mixers
Gary A. Rizzo, CAS
Juan Peralta
Production Mixer
Gareth John, AMPS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Director of Photography
Claudio Miranda, ASC
BEST FILM EDITING
Stephen Mirrione, ACE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Costume Designer
Julian Day
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Hair & Makeup Designer
Denise Kum
Makeup Artist to Mr. Pitt
Jean A. Black
Special Effects Makeup
Chris Fitzpatrick
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ryan Tudhope
Keith Alfred Dawson
Nicolas Chevallier
Robert Harrington
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Hans Zimmer
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Lose My Mind”
Written by Caleb Toliver, Amala Zandile Dlamini, Hans Zimmer, Ryan Tedder and Grant Boutin
Performed by Don Toliver featuring Doja Cat
Don Toliver appears courtesy of Cactus
“Just Keep Watching”
Written by Tate McRae, Ryan
Tedder and Tyler Spry
Performed by Tate McRae
“Drive”
Written by Ed Sheeran, Blake
Slatkin and JohnMayer
Performed by Ed Sheeran
FRANKENSTEIN
Only Monsters Play God
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From Oscar®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes the definitive retelling of Mary Shelley’s genre-defining novel of life and death — an epic drama about what it means to be human, to crave love, and seek understanding. Golden Globe-winner Oscar Isaac plays the brilliant but tortured scientist Victor Frankenstein, who embarks on an ego-driven quest to bring new life into this world, resulting in the Creature (BAFTA-nominee Jacob Elordi), whose very existence provokes questions about what it means to be a human and what it really means to be a monster.
This sprawling epic takes audiences from the remote reaches of the Arctic to the bloody battlefields of 19th-century Europe, as Frankenstein and his Creature go on their own search for meaning in a world that can seem quite mad. Also starring Mia Goth as the luminous Elizabeth and two-time Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz, Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is a reminder of how, at heart, we are all creatures, lost and found.
CAST & CREW: Written and Directed by three-time Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro, adapted from the classic novel by Mary Shelley; Starring Oscar Isaac as Dr. Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as The Creature, along with Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz and Felix Kammerer; Hair and Makeup Cliona Furey, Jordan Samuel, and Mike Hill (creature design); Costume Design Kate Hawley; Production Design Tamara Deverell; Cinematography, Dan Lausten; Score Academy Award winner Alexandre Desplat; Produced by del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Scott Stuber; Edited by Evan Schiff, with VFX supervision by Dennis Berardi; Casting Robin D. Cook.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Guillermo del Toro
BEST ACTOR Oscar Isaac
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jacob Elordi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mia Goth
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Guillermo del Toro
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Dan Lausten
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Tamara Deverell
BEST EDITING Evan Schiff
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Kate Hawley
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Mike Hill, Cliona Furey, Jordan Samuel
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Dennis Berardi
BEST SCORE Alexandre Desplat
“
. A GLORIOUS TRIUMPH.”
, JAMES MOTTRAM
“A MONSTROUSLY MOVING EPIC. GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PASSION DRIPS FROM EVERY FRAME.”
, STEVE POND
HAMNET
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From Academy Award®-winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
CAST & CREW: DIRECTED BY Chloé Zhao; SCREENPLAY Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell, based on the novel “Hamnet,” written by Maggie O’Farrell; PRODUCED BY Liza Marshall, p.g.a., Pippa Harris, p.g.a., Nicolas Gonda, p.g.a., Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Sam Mendes, p.g.a.; EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Kristie Macosko Krieger, Chloé Zhao, Laurie Borg; CO-PRODUCERS Maggie O’Farrell, Caroline Reynolds; DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Łukasz Źal, PSC; PRODUCTION DESIGNER Fiona Crombie; EDITORS Chloé Zhao, ACE, Affonso Gonçalves, ACE; SOUND DESIGNER Johnnie Burn, AMPS, CAS, MPSE; MUSIC Max Richter; CASTING by Nina Gold; CAST Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe, Olivia Lynes, Justine Mitchell, David Wilmot, Louisa Harland, Freya Hannan-Mills, Bodhi Rae Breathnach and Noah Jupe
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Liza Marshall, p.g.a., Pippa Harris, p.g.a., Nicolas Gonda, p.g.a.,Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Sam Mendes, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao
BEST ACTRESS Jessie Buckley
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Paul Mescal, Joe Alwyn, Jacobi Jupe, Noah Jupe
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Emily Watson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, based on the novel “Hamnet,” written by Maggie O’Farrell
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Łukasz Żal, PSC
BEST EDITING Chloé Zhao, ACE; Affonso Gonçalves, ACE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Fiona Crombie, Production Designer, Alice Felton, Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Malgosia Turzanska
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Nicole Stafford (Hair & Makeup Designer)
BEST SCORE Max Richter
BEST SOUND Johnnie Burn, AMPS, CAS, MPSE, Sound Designer/ Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer, Rashad Hall-Heinz, Sound Mixer
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Agueda Del Castillo, VFX Supervisor
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Jacobi Jupe
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Jesse Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, Noah Jupe
HEDDA
A little chaos is good for the gathering
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From writer / director Nia DaCosta comes a provocative, modern reimagining of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play. Hedda (Tessa Thompson) finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt — pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion and betrayal.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock; WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Nia DaCosta.
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Hedda is presented by Amazon MGM Studios in association with Orion Pictures and Plan B Entertainment / Once and Future; PRODUCED BY Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Gabrielle Nadig, Nia DaCosta, Tessa Thompson
BEST ACTRESS Tessa Thompson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Tessa Thompson, Nina Hoss, Imogen Poots, Tom Bateman, Nicholas Pinnock
BEST DIRECTOR Nia DaCosta
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Screenplay by Nia DaCosta, Based on the Play “Hedda Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Sean Bobbitt, BSC
BEST EDITING Jacob Schulsinger
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Cara Brower, Production Designer; Stella Fox, Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Lindsay Pugh
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Sharon A. Martin, Hair and Makeup Designer; Niamh O’Loan, Key Makeup Artist; Francesco Alberico, Key Hair Stylist
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Dean Koonjul, Visual Effects Supervisor; Bhavik B. Patel, 2D Lead Compositor
BEST SCORE Hildur Guðnadóttir
BEST SONG “Stolen Tales,” Written by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Nia DaCosta, Performed by Mariam Wallentin
BEST SOUND Steve Little, Ben Meechan, Supervising Sound Editors; Judi Lee-Headman CAS, Production Sound Mixer; Andrew Stirk, George Elliott, Re-Recording Mixers; Luke Gentry Sound Designer
BEST CASTING Des Hamilton, Jo Harris
“NIA DACOSTA’S ‘HEDDA’ IS BOLD AND
TESSA THOMPSON IS RIVETING IN EVERY MOMENT. NINA HOSS IS ELECTRIC.”
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION BEST PICTURE
Produced by Dede Gardner • Jeremy Kleiner • Gabrielle Nadig • Nia DaCosta • Tessa Thompson
BEST DIRECTOR
Nia DaCosta
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt, BSC
BEST FILM EDITING
Jacob Schulsinger
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dean Koonjul
Visual Effects Supervisor
Bhavik B. Patel
2D Lead Compositor
BEST ACTRESS Tessa Thompson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Nina Hoss • Imogen Poots
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Bateman • Nicholas Pinnock
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST SOUND
Steve Little • Ben Meechan
Supervising Sound Editors
Judi Lee-Headman CAS Production Sound Mixer
Andrew Stirk • George Elliott
Re-Recording Mixers
Luke Gentry
Sound Designer
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Screenplay by Nia DaCosta
Based on the Play ‘Hedda Gabler’ by Henrik Ibsen
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Hildur Guðnadóttir
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Stolen Tale” Written by Hildur Guðnadóttir & Nia DaCosta
Performed by Mariam Wallentin
BEST CASTING
Des Hamilton • Jo Harris
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cara Brower
Production Designer
Stella Fox
Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Lindsay Pugh
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Sharon A. Martin
Hair and Makeup Designer
Niamh O’Loan
Key Makeup Artist
Francesco Alberico
Key Hair Stylist
IN YOUR DREAMS
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Stevie and her younger brother, Elliot, magically journey into the world of dreams in search of The Sandman, the fabled figure who promises to make their wildest dreams come true. Along the way, they discover that as long as they have each other, they can overcome anything — even their worst nightmares.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Alex Woo; Produced by Timothy Hahn, p.g.a.; Gregg Taylor, p.g.a.; Co-Director Erik Benson; Screenplay Erik Benson and Alex Woo; Story Alex Woo and Stanley Moore; Production Designer Steve Pilcher; Visual Effects Supervisor Nicola Lavender; Head of Character Animation Sebastian Kapijimpanga; Music John Debney; Cast Jolie Hoang-Rappaport (Stevie), Elias Janssen (Elliot), Craig Robinson (Baloney Tony), Simu Liu (Dad), Cristin Milioti (Mom), Omid Djalili (Sandman), Gia Carides (Nightmara)
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Kuku Studios / Netflix
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Alex Woo
Timothy Hahn p.g.a.
Gregg Taylor p.g.a.
IS THIS THING ON?
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family — forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity, and whether love can take a new form.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Bradley Cooper; Screenplay Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell; Story Will Arnett & Mark Chappell & John Bishop; Produced by Bradley Cooper, p.g.a., Weston Middleton, p.g.a., Kris Thykier, p.g.a., Will Arnett ; Cast Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds, Amy Sedaris, Sean Hayes, Scott Icenogle; Director of Photography Matthew Libatique, ASC; Production Designer Kevin Thompson; Editor Charlie Greene; Music James Newberry; Costume Designer Gali Noy; Hair Designer & Department Head Lori McCoy-Bell; Makeup Designer & Department Head Nicki Ledermann
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Bradley Cooper, p.g.a., Weston Middleton, p.g.a., Kris Thykier, p.g.a., Will Arnett
BEST DIRECTOR Bradley Cooper
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett & Mark Chappell
BEST ACTOR Will Arnett
BEST ACTRESS Laura Dern
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Bradley Cooper, Ciarán Hinds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Andra Day, Christine Ebersole
BEST ENSEMBLE Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Christine Ebersole, Ciarán Hinds
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Matthew Libatique, ASC
BEST EDITING Charlie Greene
BEST SCORE James Newberry
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Kevin Thompson
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Gali Noy
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Lori McCoy-Bell, Nicki Ledermann
JAY KELLY
“All my memories are movies.”
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Jay Kelly, the new film from Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach, follows famous movie actor, Jay Kelly (George Clooney), as he embarks on a journey of self discovery confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager Ron (Adam Sandler). Poignant and humor filled, epic and intimate, JAY KELLY is pitched at the intersection of life’s regrets and notable glories.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Academy Award nominee Noah Baumbach; Written by Baumbach and Emily Mortimer. Starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler along with an all star ensemble including Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, Alba Rohrwacher, and more; Score by Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell (Moonlight, Succession); Cinematography by Academy Award winner Linus Sandgren (La La Land): Casting Directors Douglas Aibel and Nina Gold. Produced by Amy Pascal, David Heyman and Noah Baumbach; Costume Design Jacqueline Durran; Production Design Mark Tildesley, Hair and Makeup Ivana Primorac; Edited by Valerio Bonelli and Rachel Durance.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Noah Baumbach
BEST ACTOR George Clooney
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Laura Dern
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer
BEST SCORE Nicholas Britell
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Linus Sandgren
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Mark Tildesley
BEST EDITING Valerio Bonelli, Rachel Durance
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Jacqueline Durran
BEST COMEDY
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Ivana Primorac
For Your Ctics
Consideration
“A MASTERPIECE. ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR .”
“Adam Sandler is SUPERB.”
“George Clooney and Noah Baumbach go as deep into the contradictions of movie stardom as anyone since Billy Wilder in this TNSCENDENT comedy-drama.”
“George Clooney
gives the
PERFORMANCE of a LIFETIME.”
Robbie Collin
Ryan McQuade
Bilge Ebiri
Stephanie Zacharek
Kyle Smith
Ben Rolph
KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: KPop superstars Rumi, Mira and Zoey use their secret identities as demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet – a rival boy band of demons in disguise.
CAST & CREW: DIRECTORS Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans; PRODUCER Michelle L.M. Wong, p.g.a.; SCREENPLAY Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan and Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans; STORY BY Maggie Kang; EXECUTIVE MUSIC PRODUCER Ian Eisendrath; ORIGINAL SCORE Marcelo Zarvos; ANIMATION DIRECTOR Joshua Beverage; EDITOR Nathan Schauf; VFX SUPERVISORS Clara Chan, Benjamin Hendricks; HEAD OF STORY Ryan Savas; PRODUCTION DESIGNERS Mingjue Helen Chen, Dave Bleich; ART DIRECTORS Celine DaHyeu Kim, Scott Watanabe, Wendell Dalit; CHARACTER DESIGNER Ami Uebayashi Thompson; CAST Arden Cho, Ahn Hyo-seop, May Hong, Ji-young Yoo, Yunjin Kim, Joel Kim Booster, Liza Koshy, with Daniel Dae Kim, Ken Jeong and Byung Hun Lee; ORIGINAL SONGS WRITTEN BY EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, TEDDY, 24, Danny Chung, IDO, Vince, KUSH, DOMINSUK, Jenna Andrews, Stephen Kirk, Lindgren, Daniel Rojas; ORIGINAL SONGS PRODUCED BY TEDDY, 24, IDO, DOMINSUK, Jenna Andrews, Stephen Kirk, Lindgren, Ian Eisendrath; ORIGINAL SONGS PERFORMED BY EJAE, AUDREY NUNA, REI AMI, Andrew Choi, Danny Chung, Kevin Woo, samUIL Lee, Neckwav, Lea Salonga
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Maggie Kang
Chris Appelhans
Michelle Wong p.g.a.
BEST SONG
“Golden”
Written by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, IDO, 24 and TEDDY
Produced by IDO, 24, TEDDY and Ian Eisendrath
Performed by EJAE, AUDREY NUNA and REI AMI
“DAZZLING .
GORGEOUS ANIMATION.
An entertaining gem and a love letter to the power of voices bringing people
together.”
“A GLOBAL CULTURAL PHENOMENON.”
, Nadia Dalimonte
, Regina Kim
LEFT-HANDED GIRL
When a single mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they encounter new challenges and generations of secrets that threaten to upend their family unity.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: A single mother and her two daughters return to Taipei after several years of living in the countryside to open a stand at a buzzing night market. Each in their way will have to adapt to this new environment to make ends meet and maintain the family unity. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou; Screenplay by Tsou and long time collaborator Sean Baker (Anora), who also edited and produced the film. Starring Shih-Yuan Ma as I-Ann, Janel Tsai as Shu-Fen, Nina Ye as I-Jing, and Teng-Hui Huang as Johnny; Produced by Tsou, Sean Baker, Mike Goodridge, Jean Labadie, and Alice Labadie; Cinematography by Ko-Chin Chen and Tzu-Hao Kao; Costume Design by Chiao-Ying Hsu; Production Design by Genie Ko. The film is Taiwan’s Official Entry to the Academy Awards.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Shih-Ching Tsou
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Shih-Ching Tsou, Sean Baker
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Nina Ye
BEST ACTRESS Nina Ye
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST EDITING Sean Baker
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Ko-Chin Chen, Tzu-Hao Kao
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Genie Ko
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Chiao-Ying Hsu
NOUVELLE VAGUE
A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, this film reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Nouvelle Vague is Oscar-nominated director Richard Linklater’s love letter to the spellbinding magic of French cinema, reimagining the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary Breathless, which ultimately cemented Godard as a pioneer of the French New Wave. As critic-turned-director Godard makes and breaks the rules, a mix of fresh faces and daring talents — including Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Guillaume Marbeck as Godard himself — bring his spontaneous, electric film to life. Capturing the youthful dynamism and creative chaos at the heart of one of the world’s most beloved and influential movies, Nouvelle Vague transports us to the streets of 1959 Paris for an ode to the power of cinema to transform our lives.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater; Screenplay by Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr., Michèle Halberstadt, and Laetitia Masson; Starring Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard, Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo, and Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg; Produced by Laurent Pétin and Michèle Pétin (Halberstadt); Cinematography by David Chambille; Production Design Katia Wyszkop; Costume Design Pascaline Chavanne; Hair and Makeup Turid Follvik and Franck-Pascal Alquinet; Edited Catherine Schwartz.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Richard Linklater
BEST ACTOR Guillaume Marbeck
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Aubry Dullin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Zoey Deutch
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo Jr., Michèle Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY David Chambille
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Katia Wyszkop
BEST EDITING Catherine Schwartz
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Pascaline Chavanne
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Turid Follvik, Franck-Pascal Alquinet
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“A testament of film love at its deepest, an ode to cinema and its immortals.”
MANOHLA DARGIS,
NUREMBERG
An Epic World War II Thriller Based on True Events
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: The Allies, led by the chief prosecutor, Robert H. Jackson, have the task of ensuring the Nazi regime answers for the horrors of the Holocaust while a U.S. Army psychiatrist is locked in a psychological duel with former Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring.
CAST & CREW: WRITTEN FOR THE SCREEN AND DIRECTED BY James Vanderbilt; PRODUCED BY Richard Saperstein, p.g.a.; Bradley J. Fischer, p.g.a.; James Vanderbilt, p.g.a; Frank Smith; William Sherak, p.g.a.; Benjamin Tappan; Cherilyn Hawrysh; István Major; George Freeman; Starring Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Mark O’Brien; with Richard E. Grant and Michael Shannon
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Sony Pictures Classics
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST ACTOR Russell Crowe
BEST ACTOR Rami Malek
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Michael Shannon
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Leo Woodall
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST DIRECTOR James Vanderbilt
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY James Vanderbilt
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Dariusz Wolski, ASC
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Eve Stewart
BEST EDITING Tom Eagles, A.C.E.
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Bartholomew Cariss
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUPJan Sewell
BEST SCORE Brian Tyler
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When a nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti; PRODUCED BY Adam Somner, Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson; WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Paul Thomas Anderson
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Production Company: Ghoulardi Film Company Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Paul Thomas Anderson
BEST ACTOR Leonardo DiCaprio
BEST ACTRESS Chase Infiniti
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST CASTING Cassandra Kulukundis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Michael Bauman
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer Florencia Martin; Set Decorator Anthony Carlino
BEST EDITING Andy Jurgensen
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Colleen Atwood
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Makeup Department Head Heba Thorisdottir; Hair Department Head Ahou Mofid; Special Effects Makeup Artist Arjen Tuiten
BEST SOUND: Sound Mixer Jose Antonio Garcia; Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer Christopher Scarabosio; Re-Recording Mixer Tony Villaflor
BEST STUNT DESIGN Stunt Coordinator Brian Machleit
BEST SCORE: Jonny Greenwood
“ THE MOST VULNER A BLE A ND UNGU A RDED PERFORM A NCE OF LEON A RDO D i C A PRIO 'S C A REER.”
“CH A SE INFINITI SHINES THROUGH IN A POWERFUL PERFORM A NCE.”
“ TEYA NA TAYLOR MA KES A DAZZLING IMPRESSION, BURNING A HOLE THROUGH THE SCREEN IN AN UNFORGETTA BLE PERFORMANCE.”
“SEA N PENN IS BRILLI A NT.”
“BENICIO DEL TORO IS SUBLIME.”
“REGIN A H A LL SHINES THROUGH WITH REM A RK A BLE GRIT A ND DETERMIN ATION.”
RENTAL FAMILY
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
CAST & CREW: Directed by HIKARI; Screenplay by: HIKARI, Stephen Blahut; Produced by Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a, Julia Lebedev, p.g.a, HIKARI, p.g.a, Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a; Cast Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Gorman, and Akira Emoto; Director of Photography Takuro Ishizaka; Production Designers Norihiro Isoda, Masako Takayama; Edited by Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Thomas A. Krueger; Music Jónsi & Alex Somers; Costume Designer Meg Mochizuki
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Eddie Vaisman, p.g.a., Julia Lebedev, p.g.a., HIKARI, p.g.a., Shin Yamaguchi, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR HIKARI
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY HIKARI, Stephen Blahut
BEST ACTOR Brendan Fraser
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Takehiro Hira, Akira Emoto
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Shannon Mahina Gorman
BEST ENSEMBLE Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Shannon Mahina Gorman, Akira Emoto
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Takuro Ishizaka
BEST EDITING Alan Baumgarten, ACE, Thomas A. Krueger
BEST SCORE Jónsi & Alex Somers
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Norihiro Isoda, Masako Takayama
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Meg Mochizuki
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Hiromi Momose
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Clayton Davis, Frank Scheck, Mae Abdulbaki,
BEST DIRECTOR HIKARI
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY HIKARI, Stephen Blahut
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mari Yamamoto • Shannon Mahina Gorman
BEST ACTOR Brendan Fraser
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Takehiro Hira • Akira Emoto
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Takuro Ishizaka, Director of Photography
SINNERS
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: After chasing success in the North, twin brothers Smoke and Stack return to their hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi to open a juke joint. As music and dance meld in celebration of artistry, culture and history, an evil descends, threatening to devour the heart and soul of the community.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, Jack O’Connell, Li Jun Li, Omar Miller, Jayme Lawson, Buddy Guy; PRODUCED BY Zinzi Coogler, p.g.a., Sev Ohanian, p.g.a., Ryan Coogler, p.g.a.; WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Ryan Coogler
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Proximity Media; Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR Ryan Coogler
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Ryan Coogler
BEST ACTOR Michael B. Jordan
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Miles Caton, Delroy Lindo, Jack O’Connell
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Hailee Steinfeld, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Li Jun Li
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Miles Caton
BEST CASTING Francine Maisler
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Autumn Durald Arkapaw
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer, Hannah Beachler; Set Decorator, Monique Champagne
BEST EDITING Michael P. Shawver
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ruth E. Carter
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Makeup Designer, Siân Richards; Makeup Department Head, Ken Diaz; Special Effects Makeup / Prosthetic Makeup Designer, Mike Fontaine; Hair Designer, Shunika Terry
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Visual Effects Supervisors, Michael Ralla, Espen Nordahl, Guido Wolter; Special Effects Coordinator, Donnie Dean
BEST SOUND Production Sound Mixer, Chris Welcker; Supervising Sound Editor, Benny Burtt; Re-Recording Mixers, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker; Music Editor, Felipe Pacheco; Supervising Dialogue & ADR Editor, David V. Butler
BEST STUNT DESIGN Stunt Coordinator, Andy Gill
BEST SCORE Ludwig Göransson
BEST SONG
ZINZI COOGLER, p.g.a. SEV OHANIAN, p.g.a. RYAN COOGLER, p.g.a.
SONG SUNG BLUE
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians (Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson) form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it’s never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
CAST & CREW: DIRECTOR Craig Brewer; WRITER Craig Brewer, PRODUCERS John Davis, p.g.a., John Fox, p.g.a., Craig Brewer, p.g.a.; CINEMATOGRAPHER Amy Vincent; EDITOR Billy Fox; PRODUCTION DESIGNER Clay Griffith; SET DIRECTOR Lisa Sessions Morgan; COSTUME DESIGNER Ernesto Martinez; MAKEUP DEPARTMENT HEAD: Anouck Sullivan; HAIR DEPARTMENT HEAD Alicia Zavarella; PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER David J. Schwartz; SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR/ RE-RECORDING MIXER Jacob Ribicoff; RE-RECORDING MIXER Roberto Fernandez; COMPOSER Scott Bomar; VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISORS Luke DiTomasso, Alex Lemke, Michael Huber; CASTING DIRECTORS Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu; CAST Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hensley, John Beckwith, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE John Davis, p.g.a., John Fox, p.g.a., Craig Brewer, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR Craig Brewer
BEST ACTOR Hugh Jackman
BEST ACTRESS Kate Hudson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Michael Imperioli, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hensley, John Beckwith, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Ella Anderson, King Princess
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Mustafa Shakir, Hudson Hensley, John Beckwith, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Ella Anderson, King Princess
BEST CASTING Mary Vernieu, CSA, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, CSA
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Ella Anderson, King Princess, Hudson Hensley
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Written by Craig Brewer, based on the documentary by Greg Kohs
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Amy Vincent, ASC
BEST EDITING Billy Fox, ACE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Clay A. Griffith, Production Designer; Lisa Sessions Morgan, Set Decorator
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Ernesto Martinez
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Alicia Zavarella,
Hair Department Head; Anouck Sullivan, Makeup Department Head
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Luke DiTomasso, Visual Effects Supervisor; Alex Lemke, Visual Effects Supervisor; Michael Huber, Visual Effects Supervisor
BEST SOUND David J. Schwartz, Production Sound Mixer; Jacob Ribicoff, Supervising Sound Editor/ Re-Recording Mixer; Roberto Fernandez, Re-Recording Mixer
BEST SCORE Scott Bomar
THE LOST BUS
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Based on a true story of bravery and hope, The Lost Bus follows a down-on-his-luck school bus driver and a courageous teacher in Northern California who fight against all odds to save 22 children from one of America’s deadliest and most destructive wildfires.
CAST & CREW: STARRING Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie Atkinson; PRODUCERS Jason Blum, p.g.a., Jamie Lee Curtis, p.g.a., Brad Ingelsby, Gregory Goodman, p.g.a.; WRITERS Screenplay by Brad Ingelsby and Paul Greengrass Based on the book ‘Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire’ by Lizzie Johnson; CINEMATOGRAPHY Pål Ulvik Rokseth, FNF; FILM EDITOR William Goldenberg, ACE, Paul Rubell, ACE, Peter M. Dudgeon; PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer David Crank, Set Decorator Elizabeth Keenan, SDSA; COSTUME DESIGN Mark Bridges; SOUND Supervising Sound Editor/Designer Oliver Tarney, Supervising Sound Editor Rachael Tate, Re-Recording Mixers Chris Burdon and William Miller, Production Sound Mixer Lisa Piñero; VISUAL EFFECTS Charlie Noble, David Zaretti, Russell Bowen, Brandon K. McLaughlin; SCORE James Newton Howard; CASTING Francine Maisler, CSA and Kathy Driscoll-Mohler; MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Makeup Department Head Lisa Love, Makeup Artist Heather Benson, Makeup Artist to Mr. McConaughey Felicity Bowring
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE Produced By Jason Blum, p.g.a.
Jamie Lee Curtis, p.g.a. Brad Ingelsby
Gregory Goodman, p.g.a.
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Matthew McConaughey
America Ferrera Yul Vazquez Ashlie Atkinson
BEST DIRECTOR Paul Greengrass
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Screenplay by Brad Ingelsby and Paul Greengrass Based on the book ‘Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire’ by Lizzie Johnson
BEST ACTOR Matthew McConaughey
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS America Ferrera
Ashlie Atkinson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Yul Vazquez
BEST CASTING Francine Maisler, CSA
Kathy Driscoll-Mohler
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer
David Crank Set Decorator Elizabeth Keenan, SDSA
BEST SOUND Supervising Sound Editor/Designer
Oliver Tarney Supervising Sound Editor
Rachael Tate Re-Recording Mixers Chris Burdon
William Miller Production Sound Mixer
Lisa Piñero
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Director of Photography
Pål Ulvik Rokseth, FNF
BEST FILM EDITING William Goldenberg, ACE Paul Rubell, ACE Peter M. Dudgeon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Costume Designer Mark Bridges
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Makeup Department Head Lisa Love
Makeup Artist Heather Benson
Makeup Artist to Mr. McConaughey
Felicity Bowring
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Charlie Noble
David Zaretti Russell Bowen
Brandon K. McLaughlin
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
James Newton Howard
THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: From award-winning writer/director Mona Fastvold (The World to Come, The Brutalist) comes the extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the religious sect known as the Shakers. Academy Award nominee Amanda Seyfried stars as the Shaker’s irrepressible leader, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female incarnation of Christ. The Testament of Ann Lee captures the ecstasy and torment of her quest to build a utopia, featuring more than a dozen original Shaker hymns reimagined as rapturous movements with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall (Vox Lux) and original songs and score by Academy Award winner Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist).
CAST & CREW: Directed by Mona Fastvold; Screenplay Mona Fastvold & Brady Corbet; Produced by Andrew Morrison, Joshua Horsfield, Viktória Petrányi, Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, Lillian LaSalle, Mark Lampert; Cast Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott; Director of Photography William Rexer, ASC; Production Designer Samuel Bader; Editor Sofía Subercaseaux; Music Daniel Blumberg; Costume Designer Małgorzata Karpiuk; Hair & Makeup Designer Stephanie Pasicov
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR Mona Fastvold
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Mona Fastvold & Brady Corbet
BEST ACTRESS Amanda Seyfried
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Thomasin McKenzie
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Christopher Abbott
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY William Rexer, ASC
BEST EDITING Sofía Subercaseaux
BEST SCORE Daniel Blumberg
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Samuel Bader
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Małgorzata Karpiuk
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Stephanie Pasicov
BEST SONG “Clothed by the Sun” Performed by Daniel Blumberg and Amanda Seyfried, Words and Music by Daniel Blumberg
BEST SONG “John’s Running Song” Performed by David Cale, Lewis Pullman, and Matthew Beard; Words by Daniel Blumberg and Mona Fastvold; Music by Daniel Blumberg
BEST PICTURE † BEST DIRECTOR Mona Fastvold † BEST ACTRESS Amanda Seyfried
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Małgorzata Karpiuk † BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY William Rexer, ASC FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Mona Fastvold, Brady Corbet
THE IRISH TIMES Donald Clarke,
David Rooney,
Adam Nayman, Guy Lodge, Roberto Ruggio,
Rita Di Santo,
TRAIN DREAMS
Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Based on the novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), whose life unfolds during an era of unprecedented change in early 20th century America. Orphaned at a young age, Robert grows into adulthood among the towering forests of the Pacific Northwest, where he helps expand the nation’s railroad empire alongside men as unforgettable as the landscapes they inhabit. After a tender courtship, he marries Gladys (Felicity Jones) and they build a home together, though his work often takes him far from her and their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, Robert finds beauty, brutality and newfound meaning for the forests and trees he has felled.
An ode to a vanishing way of life, an ever-evolving world, and the extraordinary possibilities that exist within even the most simple of existences, Train Dreams captures a time and place that are now long gone, and the people who built a bridge to a future they could only dream of.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Clint Bentley and Co-Written by Bentley and Greg Kwedar, the Academy Award nominated duo behind Sing Sing; Starring Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier and Academy Award nominees Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy, along with Nathaniel Arcand, Alfred Hsing, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl, Paul Schneider, and narrated by Will Patton; Cinematography by Adolpho Veloso; Score Bryce Dessner and original song “Train Dreams” by Nick Cave and Dessner; Produced by Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, William Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, and Michael Heimler; Production Design by Alexandra Schaller; Costume Design Malgosia Turzanska; Edited by Parker Laramie; Casting Director Avy Kaufman; Visual Effects Ilia Mokhtareizadeh; Hair and Makeup Kaleena Jordan, Leo ‘Corey’ Castellano. The film was shot on location in and around Spokane, Washington and made its world premiere at Sundance Film Festival.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Clint Bentley
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
BEST ACTOR Joel Edgerton
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR William H. Macy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Kerry Condon, Felicity Jones
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Adolpho Veloso
BEST SONG “TRAIN DREAMS” by Nick Cave and Bryce Dessner
BEST SCORE Bryce Dessner
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Alexandra Schaller
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Kaleena Jordan, Leo ‘Corey’ Castellano
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Ilia Mokhtareizadeh
BEST EDITING Parker Laramie
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Maglosia Turzanska
“A FILM THAT REACHED INTO MY HEART AND SOUL.
You don’t just watch it; you breathe it in.”
Brian Tallerico
“A CAREER-BEST PERFORMANCE from Joel Edgerton.”
Marshall Sha er
FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD ® -NOMINATED CO-WRITERS OF SING SING
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet.
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest but devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), circumspect groundskeeper Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), tightly wound lawyer Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), aspiring politician Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), town doctor Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), bestselling author Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and concert cellist Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny). After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
CAST & CREW: Written and Directed by two-time Academy Award nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson, and is the third installment of the Knives Out series; Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church; Casting Directors are Mary Vernieu and Bret Howe; Produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman; Cinematography by Steve Yedlin; Edited by Bob Ducsay; Costume Design Jenny Eagan; Production Design Rick Heinrichs; Sound Design nine-time Academy Award nominee Ren Klyce; Hair and Makeup Jeremy Woodhead; Score Nathan Johnson.
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR Rian Johnson
BEST COMEDY MOVIE, BEST ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE, BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Rian Johnson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Steve Yedlin
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Rick Heinrichs
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Jeremy Woodhead
BEST EDITING Bob Ducsay
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Jenny Eagan
BEST SCORE Nathan Johnson
“ RIAN JOHNSON caps off what might go down as one of film’s great trilogies. He continues to surprise and amaze with his ability to craft a masterful tale.”
, ROSS BONAIME
WEAPONS
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at 2:17 a.m., a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
CAST & CREW: STARRING: Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan; PRODUCED BY Zach Cregger, p.g.a., Miri Yoon, p.g.a., Roy Lee; WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Zach Cregger
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: PRODUCTION COMPANIES New Line Cinema, Subconscious, Vertigo Entertainment, Boulder Pictures; DISTRIBUTOR Warner Bros. Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR Zach Cregger
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Zach Cregger
BEST ACTRESS Julia Garner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Josh Brolin, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Abrams, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Amy Madigan
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST YOUNG ACTOR Cary Christopher
BEST CASTING Allison Jones
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Larkin Seiple
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Production Designer, Tom Hammock; Set Decorator, Gretchen Gattuso
BEST EDITING Joe Murphy
BEST COSTUME DESIGN Trish Summerville
BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP Make-Up Department Head, Leo Satkovich; Hair Department Head, Melizah Wheat; Special Make-Up Effects Designer, Jason Collins
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Visual Effects Supervisor, Gabriel Regentin
BEST SOUND Sound Mixer, James Peterson; Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer, Luciano Vignola; Re-Recording Mixer, Filipe Messeder
BEST SCORE Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay, Zach Cregger
FOR YOUR CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS CONSIDERATION IN ALL CATEGORIES INCLUDING
ZOOTOPIA 2
STORYLINE/PLOT SUMMARY: In Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootopia 2,” rookie cops Judy Hopps (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) and Nick Wilde (voiced by Jason Bateman) find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake (voiced by Ke Huy Quan) arrives in Zootopia and turns the animal metropolis upside down.
CAST & CREW: Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard; Written by Jared Bush; Produced by Yvett Merino, p.g.a.; Starring Voice Cast by Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Idris Elba, Shakira, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, Danny Trejo, Nate Torrence, Alan Tudyk, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Jean Reno, Macaulay Culkin, Brenda Song, Maurice LaMarche, Leah Latham, Raymond S. Persi, Jenny Slate, Yvette Nicole Brown, Josh Dallas, Mark Rhino Smith, Tommy Chong
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION: Walt Disney Animation Studios / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
FYC CATEGORY CONSIDERATIONS:
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, p.g.a.
BEST PICTURE Yvett Merino, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR Jared Bush, Byron Howard
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
BEST CASTING Grace C. Kim, CSA
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Written by Jared Bush
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Tyler Kupferer, Daniel Rice
BEST FILM EDITING Jeremy Milton, ACE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Cory Loftis
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Michael Giacchino
BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Zoo”
BEST SOUND
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
