the fresh films awards

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The Academy Awards 2008
presented at the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood
Sunday, February 24, 2008

 

THE FRESHFILMS FOLLOWS THE OSCARS

 

And here are the nominees...

The Academy Awards are only a few weeks away, and we will be reviewing the nominees and the overlooked treasures in the coming weeks. So far, there is little doubt that No Country for Old Men will be the favourite from our point of view. Stay tuned for our predictions and picks.

 

BEST FILM

ATONEMENT
JUNO
MICHAEL CLAYTON

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
  THERE WILL BE BLOOD
 
PREDICTION NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (1/1)
MY PICK NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN NOM'ED		 LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON

 

 

BEST ACTRESS

JULIE CHRISTIE for AWAY FROM HER
  CATE BLANCHETT for ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
ELLEN PAGE for JUNO

 

 MARION COTILLARD for LA MÔME
LAURA LINNEY for THE SAVAGES
 
PREDICTION ELLEN PAGE(2/3)
MY PICK -
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED -

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

 CASEY AFFLECK for THE ASSASINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
  PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN for CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR
  HAL HOLBROOK for INTO THE WILD

 

 TOM WILKINSON for MICHAEL CLAYTON

JAVIER BARDEM for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
 
PREDICTION JAVIER BARDEM (3/4)
MY PICK CASEY AFFLECK
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED ROBERT DOWNEY JR. FOR ZODIAC
JOSH BROLIN FOR NO COUNTRY FOR...

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

RUBY DEE for AMERICAN GANGSTER
  SAOIRSE RONAN for ATONEMENT
AMY RYAN for GONE BABY GONE

CATE BLANCHETT for I'M NOT THERE.

TILDA SWINTON for MICHAEL CLAYTON
 
PREDICTION AMY RYAN (3/5)
MY PICK RUBY DEE
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN NOM'ED		 HELENA BONHAM CARTER FOR SWEENEY TODD

 

BEST DIRECTING

JASON REITMAN for JUNO

 

TONY GILROY for MICHAEL CLAYTON

ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN for NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
  JULIAN SCHNABEL for LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON

 

 PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON for THERE WILL BE BLOOD
 
PREDICTION ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN (4/6)
MY PICK ETHAN COEN & JOEL COEN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED -

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT

JUNO - Diablo Cody
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL - Nancy Oliver

MICHAEL CLAYTON - Tony Gilroy
  RATATOUILLE - Brad Bird
  THE SAVAGES - Tamara Jenkins
 
PREDICTION JUNO (5/7)
MY PICK MICHAEL CLAYTON
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED -

 

BEST ADAPTED SCRIPT

ATONEMENT - Christopher Hampton
  AWAY FROM HER - Sarah Polley

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
  LE SCAPHANDRE ET LE PAPILLON - Ronald Harewood

 

 THERE WILL BE BLOOD - Paul Thomas Anderson
 
PREDICTION NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (6/8)
MY PICK NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED -

 

 

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

12 - Russia
  BEAUFORT - Isreal

DIE FÄLSCHER - Germany/Austria

 

KATYN - Poland

 

 MONGOL - Kazakhstan
 
PREDICTION - (6/9)
MY PICK -
SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOM'ED -

 
  WINNERS - OTHER CATEGORIES
 
CINEMATOGRAPHY THERE WILL BE BLOOD (6/10)
ART DIRECTION SWEENEY TODD (7/11)
COSTUME DESIGN ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (7/12)
SOUND THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (7/13)
EDITING THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (7/14)
SOUND EDITING THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM (7/15)
VISUAL EFFECTS THE GOLDEN COMPASS (7/16)
MAKE UP LA MOME (8/17)
ORIGINAL SONG "FALLING SLOWLY" - ONCE (9/18)
ORIGINAL SCORE ATONEMENT - D. MARIANELLI (10/19)
ANIMATED FEATURE RATATOUILLE (11/20)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (11/21)