Showing posts with label Film Independent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film Independent. Show all posts

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Film Independent Spirit Awards Ballot and Predictions

This year I decided to join Film Independent which allowed me to get screeners and vote in the Independent Spirit Awards. It was a lot of fun to get to watch the nominated films that I had yet to see at home and some before they were even released in theaters. Below you will find the nominees and who I voted for and who I think will win each category.


Best International Film
-BPM
-A Fantastic Woman
-I Am Not A Witch
-Lady Macbeth
-Loveless

My Vote: I didn’t vote in this category since I wasn’t able to watch I Am Not A Witch

My Predicition: BPM

Best Documentary
-The Departure
-Face Places
-Laste Men in Aleppo
-Motherland
-Quest

My Vote: I didn’t vote in this category since I wasn’t able to watch Faces Places

My Predicition: Faces Places

Best Supporting Male
-Nnamdi Asomugha (Crown Heights)
-Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name)
-Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer)
-Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Benny Safdie (Good Time)

My Vote: Barry Keoghan (The Killing of a Sacred Deer)

My Prediction: Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Supporting Female
-Holly Hunter (The Big Sick)
-Allison Janney (I, Tonya)
-Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird)
-Lois Smith (Marjorie Prime)
-Taliah Lennice Webster (Good Time)

My Vote: Allison Janney (I,Tonya)

My Prediction: Allison Janney (I, Tonya)

Best Female Lead
-Salma Hayek (Beatriz at Dinner)
-Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Margot Robbie (I, Tonya)
-Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)
-Shinobu Terajima (Oh Lucy!)
-Regina Williams (Life and nothing more)

My Vote: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird)

My Prediction: Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)

Best Male Lead
-Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)
-Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats)
-James Franco (The Disaster Artist)
-Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)
-Robert Pattinson (Good Time)

My Vote: Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)

My Prediction: Timothee Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name)

Best Cinematography
-The Killing of a Sacred Deer
-Columbus
-Beach Rats
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Rider

My Vote: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

My Prediction: Call Me By Your Name

Best Editing
-Good Time
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Rider
-Get Out
-I, Tonya

My Vote: I, Tonya

My Prediction: Get Out

Best First Screenplay
-Ingrid Jungermann (Women Who Kill)
-Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick)
-Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith (Ingrid Goes West)
-Kogonada (Columbus)
-Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman (Donald Cried)

My Vote: Matt Spicer, David Branson Smith (Ingrid Goes West)

My Prediction: Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick)

Best Screenplay
-Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird)
-Azazel Jacobs (The Lovers)
-Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri)
-Jordan Peele (Get Out)
-Mike White (Beatriz at Dinner)

My Vote: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

My Prediction: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Best Director
-Sean Baker (The Florida Project)
-Jonas Carpignano (A Ciambra)
-Luca Guadagnano (Call Me By Your Name)
-Jordan Peele (Get Out)
-Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie (Good Time)
-Chloe Zhao (The Rider)

My Vote: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

My Prediction: Jordan Peele (Get Out)

Best First Feature
-Columbus
-Ingrid Goes West
-Menashe
-Oh Lucy!
- Patti Cake$

My Vote: Ingrid Goes West

My Prediction: Columbus

Best Feature
-Call Me By Your Name
-The Florida Project
-Get Out
-Lady Bird
-The Rider

My Vote: Lady Bird

My Prediction: Get Out