Awardswatch’s International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) Half-Way Awards Nominations (2015)
The nominations for the Half-Way awards for 2015 from the Awardswatch Film Circle were revealed this morning with Mad Max: Fury Road obliterating the competition with 16 nominations. It earned a mention in nearly every category for which it was eligible, save Best Supporting Actress. Ex Machina came in 2nd with 11 nods and stands as the film with the highest nomination total without a Best Picture nomination.
The nominations saw a wide range of films and styles that represent the diversity of the Awardswatch forums. Big hits like Mad Max: Fury Road and Cinderella did well but foreign films and indies were no slackers. Looking at Best Picture finds films like The Duke of Burgundy and About Elly making the cut and in Best Actress you have no less than 3/5 nominees coming from foreign language films, including Golshifteh Farahani for About Elly and Ronit Elkabetz for Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem. Saint Laurent was a strong player with seven nominations and Clouds of Sils Maria with five hit all of the majors; Best Picture, Best Director (Olivier Assayas), Best Actress (Juliette Binoche), Best Supporting Actress (Kristen Stewart) and Best Original Screenplay.
The Awardswatch Film Circle Awards (AFCA) are gathered from the Awardswatch forums and were formerly known as the INOCAs pre-2015. In all, 28 ballots were submitted. Voting for the winners takes place from now until Monday, July 27th and you can be a part of it. Vote for your choices here.
Best Visual Effects
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
EX MACHINA
JUPITER ASCENDING
JURASSIC WORLD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Film Editing
Chris Wyatt, ’71
Mark Day, EX MACHINA
Julio Perez IV, IT FOLLOWS
Margaret Sixel, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Fabrice Rouaud, SAINT LAURENT
Best Sound Editing
BLACKHAT
EX MACHINA
INSIDE OUT
IT FOLLOWS
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Sound Mixing
BLACKHAT
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
EX MACHINA
IT FOLLOWS
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Production Design
Dante Ferretti, CINDERELLA
Pater Sparrow, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Mark Digby, EX MACHINA
Colin Gibson, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Katia Wyszkop, SAINT LAURENT
Best Makeup & Hair
CINDERELLA
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
EX MACHINA
JUPITER ASCENDING
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
SAINT LAURENT
Best Costume Design
Sandy Powell, CINDERELLA
Andrea Flesch, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Janet Patterson, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Jenny Beavan, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Anais Romand, SAINT LAURENT
Best Cinematography
Nic Knowland, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Mike Gioulakis, IT FOLLOWS
Timo Salminen, JAUJA
John Seale, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Robbie Ryan, SLOW WEST
Best Adapted Screenplay
Chris Weitz, CINDERELLA
David Nicholls, FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Nico Lathouris, Brendan McCarthy, and George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Bruce Wagner, MAPS TO THE STARS
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE
Best Original Screenplay
Asghar Farhadi, ABOUT ELLY
Olivier Assayas, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Alex Garland, EX MACHINA
Josh Cooley, Ronnie del Carmen (story), Pete Docter, and Meg LeFauve, INSIDE OUT
Roy Andersson, A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE
Best Original Score
Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, EX MACHINA
Para One, GIRLHOOD
Michael Giacchino, INSIDE OUT
Disasterpeace, IT FOLLOWS
Junkie XL, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Best Film Not in the English Language
ABOUT ELLY
JAUJA
A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE
SAINT LAURENT
TIMBUKTU
Best Ensemble
ABOUT ELLY
GIRLHOOD
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
MAPS TO THE STARS
SPY
Nicholas Hoult, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Oscar Isaac, EX MACHINA
Richard Kind, INSIDE OUT
Peyman Moaadi, ABOUT ELLY
Jérémie Renier, SAINT LAURENT
Cate Blanchett, CINDERELLA
Rose Byrne, SPY
Julianne Moore, MAPS TO THE STARS
Kristen Stewart, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Alicia Vikander, EX MACHINA
Olivier Assayas, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Peter Strickland, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Alex Garland, EX MACHINA
Pete Docter, INSIDE OUT
George Miller, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Paul Dano, LOVE & MERCY
Tom Hardy, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
Viggo Mortensen, JAUJA
Jack O’Connell, ’71
Gaspard Ulliel, SAINT LAURENT
Juliette Binoche, CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
Ronit Elkabetz, GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM
Golshifteh Farahani, ABOUT ELLY
Sidse Babett Knudsen, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Charlize Theron, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
ABOUT ELLY
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
INSIDE OUT
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
TOTALS
Mad Max: Fury Road – 16
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Ensemble
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Original Score
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina – 11
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Original Score
Best Production Design
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Best Visual Effects
The Duke of Burgundy – 8
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Production Design
Best Sound Mixing
Saint Laurent – 7
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actor
Best Film not in the English Language
Best Costume Design
Best Film Editing
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Production Design
About Elly – 6
Best Picture
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Ensemble
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film not in the English Language
Inside Out – 6
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Supporting Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Cinderella – 5
Best Supporting Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Production Design
Clouds of Sils Maria – 5
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actress
Best Original Screenplay
It Follows – 5
Best Cinematography
Best Film Editing
Best Original Score
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Jauja – 3
Best Actor
Best Film not in the English Language
Best Cinematography
Maps to the Stars – 3
Best Actress
Best Ensemble
Best Adapted Screenplay
’71 – 2
Best Actor
Best Film Editing
Blackhat – 2
Best Sound Editing
Best Sound Mixing
Far from the Madding Crowd – 2
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Costume Design
Girlhood – 2
Best Ensemble
Best Original Score
Jupiter Ascending – 2
Best Makeup & Hair
Best Visual Effects
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – 2
Best Original Screenplay
Best Film not in the English Language
Spy – 2
Best Supporting Actress
Best Ensemble
Avengers: Age of Ultron – 1
Best Visual Effects
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem – 1
Best Actress
Jurassic World – 1
Best Visual Effects
Love & Mercy – 1
Best Actor
Slow West – 1
Best Cinematography
Timbuktu – 1
Best Film not in the English Language
When Marnie Was There – 1
Best Adapted Screenplay
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