Chlotrudis Society nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog’ leads with 8 but misses Best Movie

The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film has released the nominations for its 28th annual awards and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog leads the way with eight mentions, despite missing out on the top award, Best Movie.

The Card Counter and Titane made the Best Movie cut as their only nominations, alongside The Killing of Two Lovers, Quo Vadis, Aida? and Red Post on Escher Street. Best Director only saw crossover with Best Movie with the latter two films (for Jasmila Žbanić and Sion Sono, respectively) who are joined by Campion, Ashgar Farhadi (A Hero) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter).

The Best Actor nominees are Nicolas Cage (but not for Pig, for Willy’s Wonderland), Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, Amir El-Masry in Limbo, Udo Kier in Swan Song, Luke Kirby in No Man of God and Alec Utgoff in Never Gonna Snow Again. Best Actress nominees were comprised of Paula Beer in Undine, Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Jasna Đuričić in Quo Vadis, Aida, Alana Haim in Licorice Pizza, Kiawentiion in Beans and Magdalena Kolesnik in Sweat.

Ann Dowd earned two individual nominations in Supporting Actress, for Mass and Cowboys. Her Mass co-star Martha Plimpton was also nominated. The Power of the Dog saw double nominations in Supporting Actor for Kodi Smit-McPhee and Jesse Plemons, following their dual BAFTA and Oscar nominations.

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.

Winner date TBA. Here is the complete list of nominations.

Best Movie
The Card Counter
The Killing of Two Lovers
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Red Post on Escher Street
Titane

Buried Treasure
Dimland
The Fever
Identifying Features
Luzzu
The Summit of the Gods
This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection

Best Director
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Asghar Farhadi – A Hero
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Sion Sono – Red Post on Escher Street
Jasmila Žbanić – Quo Vadis, Aida?

Best Actress
Paula Beer – Undine
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Jasna Đuričić – Quo Vadis, Aida
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Kiawentiion – Beans
Magdalena Kolesnik – Sweat

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage – Willy’s Wonderland
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
Amir El-Masry – Limbo
Udo Kier – Swan Song
Luke Kirby – No Man of God
Alec Utgoff – Never Gonna Snow Again

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ann Dowd – Cowboys
Ann Dowd – Mass
Cici Lau – Los Lobos
Martha Plimpton – Mass
Juno Temple – Palmer

Best Supporting Actor
Christopher Abbott – The World to Come
Vikash Bhai – Limbo
Michael Chieffo – Fully Realized Humans
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Mohsen Tanabandeh – A Hero

Best Original Screenplay
A Hero, screenplay by Asghar Farhadi
The Killing of Two Lovers, screenplay by Robert Machoian
Never Gonna Snow Again, screenplay by Michal Englert and Malgorzata Szumowska
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, screenplay by Lili Horvát
Shiva Baby, screenplay by Emma Seligman
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, screenplay by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Best Adapted Screenplay
CODA, screenplay by Siân Heder, based on the film by Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré de Malberg, Éric Lartigau, and Thomas Bidegain
The Father, screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Florian Zeller
The Lost Daughter, screenplay by Maggie Gyllenhaal, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante
Passing, screenplay by Rebecca Hall, based on the novel by Nella Larsen
The Power of the Dog, screenplay by Jane Campion, based on the novel by Thomas Savage
Quo Vadis, Aida, screenplay by Jasmila Žbanić, inspired by the book by Hasan Nuhanovic

Best Use of Music in a Film
Annette, Ron Mael and Russell Mael, Composers
Licorice Pizza, Johnny Greenwood, Composer; Linda Cohen, Music Supervisor
The Lost Daughter, Amos Newman and Virgil Thomas, Executives in Charge of Music; Dickon Hinchliffe, Composer
Summer of Soul: (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Randall Poster, Music Supervisor
The Summit of the Gods, Emmanuel Deletang, Music Producer; Amin Bouhafa, Composer

Best Sound Design
Gunda, Alexander Dudarev, Sound Designer, Sound Recordist
The Humans, Paul Urmson, Sound Designer
Identifying Features, Svook, Sound Designer
Never Gonna Snow Again, Kacper Habisiak and Marcin Kasinski, Sound Directors
Tragic Jungle, José Miguel Enriquez, Sound Designer

Best Editing
Hayedeh Safiyari – A Hero
Enat Sidi – I Carry You With Me
Peter Sciberras – The Power of the Dog
Jaroslaw Kaminski – Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sion Sono – Red Post on Escher Street

Best Cinematography
Valentyn Vasyanovych – Atlantis
Jhong Yuan Chang – Days
Michal Englert – Never Gonna Snow Again
Eduard Grau – Passing
Ari Wegner – The Power of the Dog

Best Production Design
Jacqueline Abrahams – John and the Hole
Alexander Linde – Lapsis
Nora Mendis – Passing
Grant Major – The Power of the Dog
Molly Coffee – Willy’s Wonderland

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast
A Hero
Never Gonna Snow Again
Red Post on Escher Street
Rocks
Shiva Baby

Best Documentary
Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story
Some Kind of Heaven Kind of Heaven
Summer of Soul: (…Or, When The Revolution Couldn’t Be Televised)
The Truffle Hunters
The Velvet Underground