2016 INOCA Nominations: Carol and Mad Max Lead with 12 Each
Tons of love went to Carol, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road and The Assassin today at the 8th International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA). Carol and Mad Max: Fury Road lead with a whopping 12 nominations apiece including Best Picture and Best Director with Carol snagging two Best Actress mentions for its leads, Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
The INOCAs are comprised of voters from the AwardsWatch community forums and have been giving out awards since 2002. Previous Best Picture winners have included Under the Skin, Amour, Brokeback Mountain and There Will Be Blood. You can check out the full list of nominees and winners from awards past right here. This year’s INOCAs offer a unique balance of Oscar-friendly fare, foreign films and obscure mentions that make up the truly eclectic group that a community as international as AwardsWatch provides. Some big Oscar hits like The Revenant and Room had to settle for far less than they got from The Academy but that made for a much more open and diverse field of nominees like The Assassin, The Duke of Burgundy, Beasts of No Nation and Son of Saul. Mad Max: Fury Road had the most Oscar-to-INOCA crossover, even improving on its 10 nominations from The Academy by adding two here; Adapted Screenplay and Ensemble Cast (which the Oscar doesn’t have). Brooklyn performed better with INOCA than with the Oscars with seven nominations including one for John Crowley in Best Director. Two of the Oscar frontrunners, Spotlight and The Big Short, managed a measly two and one nomination apiece, respectively.
Independent and little seen films grabbed a big piece of the acting nomination pie with Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria, Mya Taylor in Tangerine and Cynthia Nixon in James White taking three spots in Supporting Actress. Rose Byrne’s hilarious turn in last summer’s Spy also landed a supporting nomination there. In the lead categories, Nixon’s co-star Christopher Abbott received a Best Actor nomination and in Best Actress Sidse Babett Knudsen (The Duke of Burgundy) bested Oscar frontrunner Brie Larson (Room) for a mention. Interestingly enough, Larson’s co-star Jacob Tremblay managed a nomination in Best Actor.
In the Adapted Screenplay category, every nominee was for a film that was female-led and while the Original Screenplay had three Oscar nominees it also left room for Clouds of Sils Maria and Mistress America, two more female-led films.
The winners will be revealed next Friday, February 26th. Stay tuned to @awards_watch for details.
The FULL list of nominees for the 2016 INOCAs:
BEST PICTURE
The Assassin
Brooklyn
Carol
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes – Carol
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
Hsiao-Hsien Hou – The Assassin
László Nemes – Son of Saul
John Crowley – Brooklyn
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight
Spy
BEST ACTOR
Christopher Abbott – James White
Tom Courtenay – 45 Years
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant
Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul
Jacob Tremblay – Room
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Sidse Babett Knudsen – The Duke of Burgundy
Rooney Mara – Carol
Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Emory Cohen – Brooklyn
Benecio del Toro – Sicario
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Oscar Isaac – Ex Machina
Mark Rylance – Bridge of Spies
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rose Byrne – Spy
Cynthia Nixon – James White
Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria
Mya Taylor – Tangerine
Alicia Vikander – Ex Machina
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
45 Years
Brooklyn
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Clouds of Sils Maria
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mistress America
Spotlight
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Inside Out
Anomalisa
When Marnie Was There
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Boy and the World
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Amy
In Jackson Heights
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
The Pearl Button
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Mustang
Phoenix
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassin
Carol
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
Mad Max: Fury Road
Saint Laurent
BEST FILM EDITING
The Big Short
Carol
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
The Assassin
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mr. Holmes
The Revenant
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
It Follows
Sicario
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Earned It”
Fifty Shades of Grey – “Love Me Like You Do”
The Forbidden Room – “The Final Derriere”
Furious 7 – “See You Again”
Youth – “Simple Song #3”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Assassin
Carol
Crimson Peak
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
BEST SOUND EDITING
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST SOUND MIXING
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Son of Saul
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Top Nomination Totals
12 nominations
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
7 nominations
Brooklyn
6 nominations
The Assassin
5 nominations
Ex Machina
Inside Out
The Revenant
Sicario
4 nominations
It Follows
Son of Saul
Spotlight
3 nominations
45 Years
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2 nominations
Clouds of Sils Maria
Fifty Shades of Grey
James White
Room
Spy
1 nomination
Amy
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Boy and the World
Bridge of Spies
Cinderella
Crimson Peak
The Duke of Burgundy
The Forbidden Room
Furious 7
The Hateful Eight
In Jackson Heights
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
The Martian
Mistress America
Mr. Holmes
Mustang
The Pearl Button
Phoenix
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Tangerine
When Marnie Was There
Youth
Because we know you love lists, here’s each film and what they were nominated for:
Amy (1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Anomalisa (1)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Assassin (6)
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
45 Years (3)
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Beasts of No Nation (1)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
The Big Short (1)
BEST FILM EDITING
Boy and the World (1)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Bridge of Spies (1)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brooklyn (7)
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ACTRESS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Carol (12)
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ACTRESS
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Cinderella (1)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Clouds of Sils Maria (2)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Crimson Peak (1)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Duke of Burgundy (1)
BEST ACTRESS
Ex Machina (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Fifty Shades of Grey (2)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Forbidden Room (1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Furious 7 (1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
The Hateful Eight (1)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
In Jackson Heights (1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Inside Out (5)
BEST PICTURE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST SOUND EDITING
It Follows (4)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST SOUND MIXING
James White (2)
BEST ACTOR
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Listen to Me Marlon (1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Look of Silence (1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Mad Max: Fury Road (12)
BEST PICTURE
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST SOUND MIXING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Martian (1)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mistress America (1)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Mr. Holmes (1)
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
Mustang (1)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Pearl Button (1)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Phoenix (1)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (1)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Revenant (5)
BEST ACTOR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Room (2)
BEST ACTOR
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Saint Laurent (1)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Shaun the Sheep Movie (1)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Sicario (5)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
BEST FILM EDITING
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST SOUND MIXING
Son of Saul (4)
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTOR
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
BEST SOUND MIXING
Spotlight (2)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spy (2)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (3)
BEST SOUND EDITING
BEST SOUND MIXING
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Tangerine (1)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
When Marnie Was There (1)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Youth (1)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
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