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London Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 London Film Critics’ Circle Awards
2005 London Film Critics’ Circle Award winners: February 9, 2005.
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Thomas Haden Church, Paul Giamatti in Sideways
 

Best Film
The Aviator – Martin Scorsese
The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry
House of Flying Daggers – Zhang Yimou
* Sideways – Alexander Payne
Best British Film
Ae Fond Kiss . . . – Ken Loach
Finding Neverland – Marc Foster
My Summer of Love – Pawel Pwawlikowski
Shaun of the Dead – Edgar Wright
* Vera Drake – Mike Leigh
Best Foreign-Language Film
* The Motorcycle Diaries – Walter Salles
A Very Long Engagement – Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Bad Education – Pedro Almodóvar
House of Flying Daggers – Zhang Yimou
The Return [...]

BAFTA 2005

2005 BAFTA Awards
2005 Orange British Academy of Film and Television Arts award winners: Odeon Leicester Square in London on February 12, 2005
2005 BAFTA Nomination Issues
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett in The Aviator
 

FILM
* THE AVIATOR Michael Mann / Sandy Climan / Graham King / Charles Evans Jr
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Steve Golin / Anthony Bregman
FINDING NEVERLAND Richard N. Gladstein / Nellie Bellflower
DIARIOS DE MOTOCICLETA / THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES Michael Nozik / Edgard Tenembaum / Karen Tenkhoff / Walter Salles
VERA DRAKE Simon Channing Williams / Alain Sarde / Mike Leigh
The Alexander Korda Award for the OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
DEAD MAN’S SHOES Mark Herbert / Shane Meadows
HARRY POTTER AND THE [...]

Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2005 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award winners: January 20, 2005
 

Paul Giamatti, Virginia Madsen in Sideways
 

Best Film: Sideways directed by Alexander Payne
Runners-up: (tie) Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood, and The Aviator directed by Martin Scorsese, Before Sunset
Best Canadian Film: Childstar directed by Don McKellar
Runners-up: ScaredSacred directed by Velcrow Ripper; (tie) Festival Express directed by Bob Smeaton and A Silent Love directed by Federico Hidalgo
Best Foreign-Language Film: A Very Long Engagement (France) directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Runners-up: The Motorcycle Diaries (Germany / UK / Argentina / Peru / France / U.S.) directed by Walter Salles, Maria Full of Grace (Colombia / U.S.) directed by Joshua Marston
Best Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11 directed by [...]

Iowa Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Iowa Film Critics Association award winners: January 10, 2005
 

 

Best Picture: Sideways by Alexander Payne
Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby by Clint Eastwood
Best Director: Alexander Payne for Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese for The Aviator
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti for Sideways
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton for Vera Drake
Runner-up: Kate Winslet for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church for Sideways
Runner-up: Jamie Foxx for Collateral
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett for The Aviator
Best movie yet to open Iowa: Hotel Rwanda by Terry George
 
Iowa Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
 

National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 National Society of Film Critics Awards
2005 National Society of Film Critics award winners: Sardi’s in New York City on January 9, 2005
 

Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
 

Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-Up: Sideways, Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film: Moolaade directed by Ousmane Sambene
Runners-Up: House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, Notre musique directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Director: Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers and Hero
Runners-Up: Alexander Payne Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress (tie): Imelda Staunton Vera Drake and Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-Up: Julie Delpy Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runners-Up: Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby, Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress: [...]

Seattle Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 Seattle Film Critics Awards
2004 Seattle Film Critics Award winners: December 30, 2004
 

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby
 

Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign-Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Best Documentary (tie): Control Room and Touching the Void
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles
Best Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Best Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sideways, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Living Treasure Award: Henry Bumstead
Special Citation: Brian Jamieson and Richard Schickel for the reconstruction of Samuel Fuller’s 1980 The [...]

San Diego Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards
2004 San Diego Film Critics Society Award winners: December 21, 2004
 

Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake
 

Best Film: Vera Drake directed by Mike Leigh
Best Foreign-Language Film: The Sea Inside directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Best Documentary: Tarnation directed by Jonathan Caouette
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles by Brad Bird
Best Director: Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Phil Davis, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman, Closer
Best Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh, Vera Drake
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
Best Cinematography (tie): Christopher Doyle, Hero, and John Mathieson, The Phantom of the Opera
Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti, [...]

Chicago Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Chicago Film Critics Association Award winners: December 20, 2004
 

Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
 

Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film A Very Long Engagement
Best Director Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
Best Cinematography (tie) Christopher Doyle, Hero, and Robert Richardson, The Aviator
Best Score Howard Shore, The Aviator
Best Documentary Fahrenheit 9/11
Best New Director Zach Braff, Garden State
Most Promising Performer Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
 
Chicago Film Critics Association Site
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]

Washington Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association winners: December 17, 2004
 

 

Best Film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Foreign-Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Best Director: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, Ray
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx, Collateral
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator
Best Acting Ensemble: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Adapted Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways
Best Animated Film: The Incredibles
 
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Site
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 [...]

Toronto Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Toronto Film Critics Association Award winners: December 16, 2004
 

 

Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign-Language Film Hero directed by Zhang Yimou
Best Director Michel Gondry Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Actor Paul Giamatti Sideways
Best Actress Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen Sideways
Best Screenplay Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Non-Fiction Film The Fog of War
Best Animated Film The Triplets of Belleville
Best Canadian Film The Triplets of Belleville
Best First Film Maria Full of Grace
Clyde Gilmour Award – Film professor and former Toronto International Film Festival programmer Kay Armatage, for her contribution to the appreciation and promotion of Canadian cinema.
Special Award Ryan, a [...]

New York Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2004 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 13, 2004
 

 
Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign Film La Mala educación / Bad Education
Best Director Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor Paul Giamatti Sideways
Best Actress Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen Sideways
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways
Best Cinematographer Christopher Doyle Ying xiong / Hero
Best Non-Fiction Film Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Animated Film The Incredibles
Best First Film Maria Full of Grace
Special Award Milestone Films received a special award in honor of 15 years of restoring classic films.
 
New York Film Critics Circle Site
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 [...]

2004 European Film Awards Winners

The German drama Gegen die Wand / Head-On was picked as the best European film at the 2004 European Film Awards ceremony in Barcelona.
Directed by Fatih Akin, voted the year’s best European director, Head-On tells the story of a young Turkish-German woman (Sibel Kekilli) who marries an older Turkish man (Birol Ünel) in order to escape her strict Muslim family. Earlier this year, Head-On won both the Golden Bear and the International Critics’ FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin Film Festival.
Additionally, the film has won five German Film Academy awards: Best film, best actor, best actress, best director, and best cinematography (Rainer Klausmann).

Spaniard Javier Bardem (above, with Belén Rueda) was chosen the year’s best actor for his [...]

European Film Awards 2004

2004 European Film Awards
2004 European Film Awards Winners: Forum Convention Center in Barcelona on Dec. 11, 2004
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Photos: Alberto Estevez / EFE
Click on the photos to enlarge them.
 

EUROPEAN FILM
ETT HÅL I MITT HJÄRTA (A Hole In My Heart), Sweden / Denmark
directed by Lukas Moodysson
produced by Memfis Film, Zentropa, Film I Väst, SVT, Nordic Film- & TV Fund
* GEGEN DIE WAND (Head-On), Germany
directed by Fatih Akin
produced by Wüste Filmproduktion / Corazon International / NDR / ARTE
La Mala educación / Bad Education, Spain
directed by Pedro Almodóvar
produced by El Deseo D.A., S.L.U.
Les Choristes / The Chorus, France / Switzerland
directed by Christophe Barratier
produced by Galatée Films / Pathé Renn Production / France 2 Cinéma / Novo Arturo [...]

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2004 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award winners: Dec. 11, 2004
 

 

Best Film: Sideways
Runner-up: Million Dollar Baby
Best Foreign-Language Film: Shi mian mai fu / House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou
Runner-up: Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
Best Director: Alexander Payne, Sideways
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, The Aviator
Best Actor: Liam Neeson, Kinsey
Runner-up: Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Runner-up: Julie Delpy, Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Runner-up: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Runner-up: Cate Blanchett, Coffee & Cigarettes and The Aviator
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Documentary / Nonfiction Film: Born into [...]

VERA DRAKE II – Imelda Staunton

VERA DRAKE Review: Part I
Elsewhere, the director imbues Vera Drake with a somewhat artificial flavor. True, the film’s 1950s working-class environment looks real — cramped homes and ugly clothes — but Leigh, as usual, overdoes the unattractiveness of his characters. His laborers have bad teeth and funny faces, and several of them look like they might belong in a mental institution. (Alex Kelly’s Ethel, Vera’s pathologically shy daughter, is a typical inhabitant of Mike Leigh’s Mondo Labor.) Worse yet, Leigh treats them like children — sympathetically, of course, but with a not inconsiderable degree of condescension.
Despite the meticulous preparations and rehearsals that go into Leigh’s projects — or perhaps because of them — several performances feel much too carefully calculated. [...]

VERA DRAKE d: Mike Leigh

Vera Drake (2004)
Direction and screenplay: Mike Leigh
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Peter Wight, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelly, Eddie Marsan, Ruth Sheen, Sally Hawkins, Chris O’Dowd, Heather Craney
 

 
Director Mike Leigh’s touches are found everywhere in Vera Drake, from the drab working-class social setting to the somewhat bizarre characters that inhabit that milieu (at least in Leigh’s oeuvre). Even so, Vera Drake cannot quite be considered a Mike Leigh Film. This bleak drama about a kind and gentle — if none too bright — part-time cleaning woman, part-time wife and mother, and part-time abortionist truly belongs to its leading lady, veteran stage and screen actress Imelda Staunton, whose superb tour de force carries the film to heights it would never have [...]

Venice Film Festival Awards 2004

2004 Venice Film Festival Awards
2004 Venice Film Festival: Sept. 1-11, 2004
 

 

Golden Lion for Best Picture: Vera Drake (Mike Leigh, United Kingdom)
Jury Grand Prix: Mar adentro / The Sea Inside (Alejandro Amenábar, Spain)
Director: Kim Ki-Duk, Bin-jip / 3-Iron (South Korea)
Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Javier Bardem, The Sea Inside
Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake
Young Actor: Tommaso Ramenghi and Marco Luisi, Lavorare con lentezza / Working Slowly
Career Golden Lion: Manoel de Oliveira and Stanley Donen
Silver Lion for Best Short Film: Signe d’appartenance, Kamel Cherif
Special Mention Best Short Film: The Carpenter and His Clumsy Wife, Peter Foott
Luigi De Laurentiis Award for Best First Film: Le Grand voyage, Ismaël Ferroukhi (director); Humbert Balsan [...]

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