29th Chlotrudis Awards nominations: ‘Aftersun’ leads with six

The Chlotrudis Society, known for some of the more off the beaten path nominations in the world of critics’ awards, has revealed the nominees for their 29th edition where Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun is the leader with six mentions, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Paul Mescal.

The Banshees of Insiherin was next with four nominations, yet didn’t manage a Best Movie or Best Director nomination among them. After Yang (3), Drive My Car (2), Petite Maman (2) and Triangle of Sadness (3) round out the group’s Best Movie nominees and joining Wells for Best Director are Kogonada for After Yang, Hirokazu Kore-eda for Broker, Sarah Polley for Women Talking, Céline Sciamma for Petite Maman and Apichatpong Weerasethakul for Memoria.

Indie darling and newly minted Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough earned a Best Actress nomination for To Leslie but her co-star Allison Janney was also nominated, in Supporting Actress. Also nominated for Best Actress are Alyssa Chia in The Falls, Dale Dickey in A Love Story, Adèle Exarchopoulos in Zero Fucks Given, Amber Midthunder in The Wheel and Claire Rushbrook in Ali & Ava. Joining Janney in Supporting Actress are Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin, Carly-Sophia Davies in The Eternal Daughter, Judy Davis in Nitram, Aisling Franciosi in God’s Creatures and Thomasin McKenzie in The Justice of Bunny King.

In Best Actor we have Christopher Abbott in On the Count of Three, Adeel Akhtar in Ali & Ava, Franz Rogowski in Great Freedom and Tim Roth in Sundown with Supporting Actor nominees nominations for Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin, Anders Danielsen Lie in The Worst Person in the World, Matthew Maher in Funny Pages, Eddie Marsan in Vesper and Wes Studi in A Love Story.

The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film is a non-profit organization that teaches audiences to view films actively, helps people experience the world through independent film, and encourages discussion and discourse about film and the world. The Chlotrudis Awards are given out annually, beginning in 1995. According to Society by-laws, to be eligible for an award, “a film cannot have been released on more than 1,000 screens nationally during its first four weeks. Films that only play festivals or are released direct to DVD are not eligible.” The organization was founded in 1994 by Michael Colford and was named after his and his boyfriend Trent’s two cats, Chloe and Gertrudis.

Winners will be announced on March 22. Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST MOVIE
After Yang
Aftersun
Drive My Car
Petite Maman
Triangle of Sadness

BURIED TREASURE
Anne at 13.000 Ft.
Compartment No. 6
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet
Hold Your Fire
Paris, 13th District
Pompo: The Cinéphile

BEST DIRECTOR
Kogonada for After Yang
Hirokazu Kore-eda for Broker
Sarah Polley for Women Talking
Céline Sciamma for Petite Maman
Apichatpong Weerasethakul for Memoria
Charlotte Wells for Aftersun

BEST ACTRESS
Alyssa Chia for the role of Lo Pi-wen in The Falls
Dale Dickey for the role of Faye in A Love Story
Adèle Exarchopoulos for the role of Cassandre Wassels in Zero Fucks Given
Amber Midthunder for the role of Albee in The Wheel
Andrea Riseborough for the role of Leslie in To Leslie
Claire Rushbrook for the role of Ava in Ali & Ava

BEST ACTOR
Christopher Abbott for the role of Kevin in On the Count of Three
Adeel Akhtar for the role of Ali in Ali & Ava
Franz Rogowski for the role of Hans Hoffman in Great Freedom
Paul Mescal for the role of Callum in Aftersun
Tim Roth for the role of Neil Bennett in Sundown

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kerry Condon for the role of Siobhán Súilleabháin in The Banshees of Inisherin
Carly-Sophia Davies for the role of hotel receptionist in The Eternal Daughter
Judy Davis for the role of Mum in Nitram
Aisling Franciosi for the role of Sarah Murphy in God’s Creatures
Allison Janney for the role of Nancy in To Leslie
Thomasin McKenzie for the role of Tonyah in The Justice of Bunny King

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson for the role of Colm Doherty in The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan for the role of Dominic Kearney in The Banshees of Inisherin
Anders Danielsen Lie for the role of Aksel in The Worst Person in the World
Matthew Maher for the role of Wallace in Funny Pages
Eddie Marsan for the role of Jonas in Vesper
Wes Studi for the role of Lito in A Love Story

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Aftersun, screenplay by Charlotte Wells
The Banshees of Inisherin, screenplay by Martin McDonagh
Playground, screenplay by Laura Wandel
Triangle of Sadness, screenplay by Ruben Östlund
The Wheel, screenplay by Trent Atkinson

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
After Yang, screenplay by Kogonada, based on the short story by Alexander Weinstein
All Quiet on the Western Front, screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque
Compartment Number 6, screenplay by Andris Feldmanis, Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, based on the novel by Rosa Liksom
Drive My Car, screenplay by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ôe, based on short stories by Haruki Murakami
Women Talking, screenplay by Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews, based on the novel by Miriam Toews

BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A FILM
Aftersun, Lucie Bright, Music Supervisor
Ali & Ava, Connie Farr, Music Supervisor
God’s Creatures, Juliette Martin, Music Supervisor
Love Will Never Die, Alyana Cabral, Music Director
Neptune Frost, Saul Williams, Composer
Stars at Noon,, Rebecca Delannet, Astrid Gomez-Montoya, Lea Taugourdeau, Music Supervisors

BEST SOUND DESIGN
The Eternal Daughter, Jovan Ajder, Supervising Sound Editor
Leonor Will Never Die, Corinne De San Jose, Sound
Memoria, Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr, Sound Designer
Playground, Corinne Dubien, David Vranken, Sound Editors
Watcher, Frederic Dubois, Supervising Sound Editor

BEST EDITING
Lawrence Ang, Leonor Will Never Die
Kim Sang-beom, Decision to Leave
Blair McClendon, Aftersun
Brett Morgen, Moonage Daydream
Joana Scrinzi, Great Freedom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Feliksas Abrukauskas, Vesper
Matthew Chuang, You Won’t Be Alone
James Friend, All Quiet on the Western Front
Shai Goldman, Ahed’s Knee
Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave
Anisia Uzeyman, Neptune Frost

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Stéphane Collonge, The Eternal Daughter
Christian M. Goldbeck, All Quiet on the Western Front
Grant Montgomery, The Wonder
Alexandra Schaller, After Yang
Carol Spier, Crimes of the Future
Liz Toonkel, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Broker
Hit the Road
Întregalde
Leonor Will Never Die
Triangle of Sadness
Women Talking

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Cow
Descendant
Fanny: The Right to Rock
Girl Talk
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
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