‘The Favourite,’ ‘Beale Street’ lead 17th International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) nominations
INOCA, the International Online Cinema Awards, have revealed their nominations for the best in 2018 film with the raucous period piece The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos leading the way with 12 mentions, including Best Picture, Best Director and two Best Actress slots (Olivia Colman and Emma Stone).
Next up was Barry Jenkins’s intimate romance If Beale Street Could Talk, which earned 9 nominations. Alfonso Cuarón’s personal saga Roma came with 8. Both films received Best Picture and Best Director mentions.
Rounding out the Best Picture nominees, two other foreign language films joined Roma – Burning from Lee Chang-dong and Shoplifters from Hirokazu Kore-eda. Burning received six nominations overall and Shoplifters earned five.
A Star Is Born managed five nominations with three of them coming from Original Song. Lady Gaga didn’t make the Best Actress cut but Bradley Cooper did find a spot in Best Actor.
Annihilation and Paddington 2 found love, albeit mostly in the technical categories, each receiving four nominations.
The INOCA’s, in their 17th year, are the AwardsWatch forum community awards and are voted on by forum members.
Winners will be announced February 23rd. Here is the full list of nominations.
BEST PICTURE
Burning
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Shoplifters
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Lee Chang-dong, Burning
Chloé Zhao, The Rider
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper, A Star is Born
Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
Ryan Gosling, First Man
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Joanna Kulig, Cold War
Emma Stone, The Favourite
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
Alex Wolff, Hereditary
Steven Yeun, Burning
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sakura Andô, Shoplifters
Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
Jeon Jong-seo, Burning
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Shoplifters
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman
Burning
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Happy as Lazzaro
Shoplifters
BEST FILM EDITING
The Favourite
First Man
The Other Side of the Wind
Roma
You Were Never Really Here
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cold War
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Rider
Roma
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Black Panther
The Favourite
Isle of Dogs
Paddington 2
Roma
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
If Beale Street Could Talk
Paddington 2
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Annihilation
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
You Were Never Really Here
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“All the Stars” from Black Panther
“Always Remember Us This Way” from A Star is Born
“I’ll Never Love Again” from A Star is Born
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
“Suspirium” from Suspiria
BEST SOUND EDITING
Annihilation
First Man
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
A Quiet Place
Roma
BEST SOUND MIXING
Annihilation
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma
A Star is Born
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Black Panther
Border
The Favourite
Suspiria
Vice
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Annihilation
Avengers: Infinity War
First Man
Paddington 2
Ready Player One
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
Burning
Cold War
Happy as Lazzaro
Roma
Shoplifters
NOMINATION TOTALS
The Favourite – 12
If Beale Street Could Talk – 9
Roma – 8
Burning – 6
First Man – 6
Black Panther – 5
Shoplifters – 5
A Star Is Born – 5
Annihilation – 4
Paddington 2 – 4
Cold War – 3
Isle of Dogs – 3
You Were Never Really Here – 3
First Reformed – 2
Happy as Lazzaro – 2
Hereditary – 2
A Quiet Place – 2
The Rider – 2
Suspiria – 2
Avengers: Infinity War – 1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs – 1
Border – 1
Crazy Rich Asians – 1
Eighth Grade – 1
Free Solo – 1
Incredibles 2 – 1
Minding the Gap – 1
Mirai – 1
Mission: Impossible – Fallout – 1
The Other Side of the Wind – 1
Ralph Breaks the Internet – 1
Ready Player One – 1
Shirkers – 1
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse – 1
Support the Girls – 1
Three Identical Strangers – 1
Vice – 1
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – 1
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