Thursday, December 6, 2012

National Board of Review Awards

The Board is one the most prominent New York societies that have a say in the movie business. It was established as early as in 1909. The ballots for the awards are distributed among 110 members of the society, and the members are selected from film enthusiasts, academics, filmmakers and students. Of course, it's not the same as the Academy, but surely it mirrors the actual worth of a film more than the Oscars. 
Based on the results, it seems that Kathryn Bigelow is sure to get a few Oscars nominations for her film and a couple more awards on the way. This would be absolutely unprecedented. Never in the history was a female-director so successful. Way to go! Other nods include Ben Affleck - really, serious repertoire does good by him, and "Silver Linings Playbook," so far the biggest mystery, as it only premiered in the US.

More on the Awards here.

This year's winners are:
Best Film: "ZERO DARK THIRTY"
Best Director: Kathryn BIGELOW for "ZERO DARK THIRTY"

Best Actor: Bradley COOPER for "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
Best Actress: Jessica CHASTAIN for "ZERO DARK THIRTY"
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DICAPRIO for "DJANGO UNCHAINED"
Best Supporting Actress: Ann DOWD for "COMPLIANCE"
Best Original Screenplay: Rian JOHNSON for "LOOPER"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Rian Johnson

Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell for "SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK"
 
 
Best Animated Feature: "WRECK-IT RALPH"
Special Achievement In Filmmaking: Ben AFFLECK for "ARGO"
Breakthrough Actor: Tom HOLLAND for "THE IMPOSSIBLE"

Breakthrough Actress: Quvenzhane WALLIS for "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD"
 
Benh Zeitlin and his actress
Best Directorial Debut: Benh ZEITLIN for "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD"
Best Foreign Language: "AMOUR"

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