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Cinema Audio Society Award Nominations
January 26, 2006
Crash
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Walk the Line
War of the Worlds
Art Directors Guild Nominations
January 19, 2006
Best Production Design - Feature Film Period/Fantasy
Batman Begins - Nathan Crowley
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Alex McDowell
Good Night and Good Luck - Jim Bissell
King Kong - Grant Major
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Myhre
Best Production Design - Feature Film Contemporary
The Constant Gardener - Mark Teldesley
Crash - Laurence Bennett
Jarhead - Dennis Gassner
Syriana - Dan Weil
Walk the Line - David J. Bomba
American Cinema Editors Award Nominations
January 13, 2006
Brokeback Mountain, Geraldine Peroni and Dylan Tichenor
The Constant Gardener, Claire Simpson
Crash, Hughes Winborne
Good Night and Good Luck, Stephen Mirrione
Munich, Michael Kahn
Comedy/Musical Film
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Chris Lebenzon
The Family Stone, Jeffrey Ford
Pride and Prejudice, Paul Tothill
The Wedding Crashers, Mark Livolsi
Walk the Line, Michael McCusker
Costume Designers Guild Award Nominations
January 12, 2006
Best Costume Design - Feature Film Period/Fantasy
Capote, designed by Kasia Walicka-Maimone
Good Night and Good Luck, designed by Louise Frogley
Memoirs of a Geisha, designed by Colleen Atwood
Rent, designed by Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Walk the Line, designed by Arianne Phillips
Best Costume Design - Feature Film Contemporary
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, designed by Michael Kaplan
Hustle & Flow, designed by Paul Simmons
Shop Girl, designed by Nancy Steiner
Transamerica, designed by Danny Glicker
Syriana, designed by Louise Frogley
Best Costume Design - Feature Film Fantasy
Batman Begins, designed by Lindy Hemming
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, designed by Gabriella Pescucci
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, designed by Isis Mussenden
Sin City, designed by Nina Proctor
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, designed by Trisha Biggar
American Society of Cinematographers Award Nominations
January 11, 2006
Wally Pfister, Batman Begins
Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain
Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck
Andrew Lesnie, King Kong
Dion Beebe, Memoirs of a Geisha
People's Choice Awards
January 11, 2006
Favorite Motion Picture: Star Wars Epidode III: The Revenge of the Sith
Favorite Motion Picture Actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite Motion Picture Actress: Sandra Bullock
Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture: Star Wars Epidode III: The Revenge of the Sith
Favorite Comedy Motion Picture: The Wedding Crashers
Favorite Family Motion Picture: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Favorite Male Action Movie Star: Matthew McConaughey
Favorite Female Action Movie Star: Jennifer Garner
Favorite Leading Man: Brad Pitt
Favorite Leading Lady: Reese Witherspoon
Favorite On-Screen Match-Up
Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt in Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Chris Rock & Adam Sandler in The Longest Yard
Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson in Wedding Crashers
Broadcast Film Critics Winners
January 10, 2006
Best Picture:
1. Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Cinderella Man
The Constant Gardener
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Walk the Line
Director : Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Actor : Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Actress : Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Supporting Actor : Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Supporting Actress (TIE) : Amy Adams – Junebug AND Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Writer : Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco - Crash
Acting Ensemble: Crash
Young Actor : Freddie Highmore - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Young Actress : Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds
Animated Feature : Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Family Film (Live Action) : The Chronicles Of Narnia
Documentary : March of the Penguins
Foreign Language Film : Kung Fu Hustle
Song : "Hustle & Flow", Al Kapone - Hustle & Flow
Composer : John Williams, Memoirs of a Geisha
National Society of Film Critics Winners
January 8, 2006
Best Picture: Capote
2. A History of Violence
3. 2046
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
2. Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
3. Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
2. Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice
3. Vera Farmiga - Down to the Bone
3. Kate Dolenmayer - Funny Ha Ha
Best Supporting Actor: Ed Harris, A History of Violence
2. Frank Langella, Good Night and Good Luck
3. Matthieu Amalric, Munich
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Junebug
2. Ziyi Zhang, 2046
3. Catherine Keener, Capote, The Interpreter, Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Best Director: David Cronenberg, A History of Violence
2. Wong Kar-wai - 2046
3. Bennett Miller - Capote
Best Foreign Film: Head On, by Fatih Akin
2. 2046, by Wong Kar-wai
3. Caché, by Michael Haneke
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man, by Werner Herzog
2. Darwin's Nightmare, by Hubert Sauper
3. Ballets Russes, by Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Best Screenplay: The Squid and the Whale, by Noah Baumbach
2. Capote, by Dan Futterman
3. Munich, by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Best Cinematography: 2046 - Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun-leung, Lai Yiu-fai
2. Good Night and Good Luck - Robert Elswit
3. The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
Special Citation: Kevin Thomas, for his 44-year tenure as a movie critic at the Los Angeles Times, for his tireless championing in the heart of the world’s movie capital of the power and beauty of independent, experimental and foreign film, for his long and important service to moviegoers around the industry, the country and the world.
Film Heritage Awards
“Unseen Cinema, the 7-disc DVD box set collection of pre-1942 American avant-garde cinema assembled by Anthology Film Archives and Bruce Posner — a massive and unprecedented undertaking made in concert with 60 other film archives and preservation organizations across the globe.”
Directors Guild Nominees
January 6, 2006
George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck
Paul Haggis, Crash
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Bennett Miller, Capote
Steven Spielberg, Munich
Screen Actors Guild Nominations
January 6, 2006
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Lead Actor
Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathaim - Good Night and Good Luck
Lead Actress
Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Charlize Theron - North America
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Ziyi Zhang - Memoirs of a Geisha
Supporting Actor
Don Cheadle - Crash
George Clooney - Syriana
Matt Dillon - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Supporting Actress
Amy Adams - Junebug
Catherine Keener- Capote
Frances McDormand - North Country
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Best Ensemble
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck
Hustle and Flow
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Producers Guild Nominees
January 5, 2006
Brokeback Mountain (Prods: Diana Ossana, James Schamus)
Capote (Prods: Caroline Baron, William Vince, Michael Ohoven)
Crash (Prods: Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman)
Good Night and Good Luck (Prod: Grant Heslov)
Walk the Line (Prods: James Keach, Cathy Konrad)
Writers Guild Nominations
January 4, 2005
Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain, Adapted by Richard Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote, Adapted by Dan Futterman
The Constant Gardener, Adapted Jeffrey Caine
A History of Violence, Adapted by Josh Olson
Syriana, Adapted by Stephen Gaghan
Original Screenplay
Cinderella Man, Written by Cliff Hollingsworth and Akiva Goldsman
Crash, Written by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
The 40 Year Old Virgin, Written by Judd Apatow & Steve Carell
Good Night and Good Luck, Written by George Clooney and Grant Heslov
The Squid and the Whale, Written by Noah Baumbach
Chicago Film Critics
Nominations
December 31, 2005
Nominations: December 30, 2005
Awards: January 9, 2006
Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Crash
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong
Best Foreign Language Film
2046
Cache
Downfall
Kung - Fu Hustle
Oldboy
Best Director
George Clooney: Good Night, and Good Luck
David Cronenberg: A History of Violence
Peter Jackson: King Kong
Ang Lee: Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg: Munich
Best Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote by Dan Futterman
Crash by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco
Good Night, and Good Luck by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
A History of Violence by Josh Olson
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Actress
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Naomi Watts - King Kong
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Dillon - Crash
Terrence Howard - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Mickey Rourke - Sin City
Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice
Best Supporting Actor
Amy Adams - Junebug
Maria Bello - A History of Violence
Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
Catherine Keener - Capote
Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Score
Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Danny Elfman
King Kong - James Newton Howard
Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams
Best Cinematography
Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
Good Night, and Good Luck - Robert Elswit
King Kong - Andrew Lesnie
Munich - Janusz Kaminski
The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
Pride & Prejudice - Roman Osin
Best Documentary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Most Promising Performer
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash and Hustle & Flow
Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
Q’Orianka Kilcher - The New World
Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale
Most Promising Director
Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
Bennett Miller - Capote
Phil Morrison - Junebug
Joe Wright - Pride & Prejudice
Florida Film Critics Circle Winners
December 24, 2005
Picture: Brokeback Mountain
Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Junebug
Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain, Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Foreign Language Film: Kung Fu Hustle
Cinematography: Brokeback Mountain, Rodrigo Prieto
Pauline Kael Award for Newcomer of the Year: Terrence Howard, Hustle and Flow, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Animated Feature: Wallace and Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Documentary: Grizzly Man
San Diego Film Critics Society Winners
December 21, 2005
Picture: King Kong
Director: Bennett Miller, Capote
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Wright, Broken Flowers
Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Original Screenplay: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Shane Black
Adapted Screenplay: Capote - Dan Futterman
Foreign-Language Film: Innocent Voices, directed by Luis Mandoki
Animated Film: Howl's Moving Castle, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Documentary: Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Dallas - Forth Worth Film Critics Association Winners
December 19, 2005
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Capote
3. Good Night and Good Luck
4. Crash
5. Cinderella Man
6. Syriana
7. Pride and Prejudice
8. A History of Violence
9. King Kong
10. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Catherine Keener, Capote
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, Brokeback Mountain
Best Foreign-Language Film: Paradise Now
Best Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto, Brokeback Mountain
Best Animated Film: Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Documentary: Murderball
Russell Smith Award: Me and You and Everyone We Know
Southeastern Film Critics Association Winners
December 19, 2005
SEFCA Top 10:
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Good Night and Good Luck
3. Capote
4. Crash
5. A History of Violence
6. The Constant Gardener
7. Syriana
8. Cinderella Man
9. King Kong
10. Walk the Line
Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man
Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, Junebug
Original Screenplay: Crash, by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
Adapted Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain, by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Foreign-language Film: Caché
Documentary: March of the Penguins
Animated Film: Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
New York Film Critics Circle Winners
December 17, 2005
Picture: Brokeback Mountain
(RU - History of Violence)
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
(RU - David Cronenberg, A History of Violence)
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
(RU - Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote)
Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
(RU - Emmanuelle Devos, Kings and Queens)
Best Supporting Actor: William Hurt, A History of Violence
(RU - Mathieu Amalric, Munich)
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bello, A History of Violence
(RU - Catherine Keener, Capote, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Enterpreter, The Ballad of Jack and Rose)
Best Screenplay: Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
(RU - Brokeback Mountain)
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung, 2046
Best First Film: Capote, directed by Bennett Miller
Best Foreign Film: 2046, directed by Wong Kar-Way
Best Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man and White Diamond, both directed by Werner Herzog
Best Animation: Howl's Moving Castle, directed by Hayao Miyazaki
National Board of Review Winners
December 16, 2005
Top Ten (in alphabetical order)
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night and Good Luck < winner >
History of Violence
Match Point
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Syriana
Walk the Line
Five Best Foreign Movies (in alphabetical order)
2046
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Downfall
Paradise Now < winner >
Walk on Water
Best Director: Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress: Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Best Supporting Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Best Supporting Actress: Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Adapted Screenplay: Syriana, Stephen Gaghan
Best Original Screenplay: The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach
Best Ensemble: Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Documentary: March of the Penguins
Best Animated Feature: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Special Awards
Career Achievement: Jane Fonda
Breakthrough Performance Actor: Terrence Howard, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and Hustle & Flow
Breakthrough Performance Actress: Q'Orianka Kilcher, The New World
Directorial Debut: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: David Cronenberg
William K. Everson Award for Film History : George Feltenstein
Career Achievement - Music Composition: Howard Shore
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: Breakfast on Pluto, Cape of Good Hope, The Dying Gaul, Everything Is Illuminated, Hustle & Flow, Junebug, Layer Cake, Lord of War, Nine Lives, The Thing About My Folks, The Upside of Anger
Los Angeles Film Critics Winners
December 11, 2005
Picture
Brokeback Mountain
(RU - A History of Violence)
Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
(RU - David Cronenberg, A History of Violence)
Actor
Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
(RU - Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain)
Actress
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
(RU - Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents)
Supporting Actor
William Hurt, A History of Violence
(RU - Frank Langella, Good Night and Good Luck)
Supporting Actress
Catherine Keener, Capote, Ballad of Jack and Rose, The 40 Year Old Virgin and The Interpreter
(RU - Amy Adams, Junebug)
Screenplay (tie)
Dan Futterman, Capote
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Foreign Film: Caché, directed by Michael Haneke
Animation: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, directed by Nick Park and Steve Box
Non-Fiction Film: Grizzly Man, directed by Werner Herzog
Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Good Night and Good Luck
Production Design: William Chang, 2046
Music Score: Joe Hisaishi & Youmi Kimura, Howl’s Moving Castle
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: “La Commune (Paris, 1871)” directed by Peter Watkins
Special Citation: Film critic Kevin Thomas for his contributions to film culture in Los Angeles
New Generation Award: Terrence Howard
Career Achievement: Richard Widmark
European Film Award Winners
December 4, 2005
Film: Caché, by Michael Haneke
Director: Michael Haneke, Caché
Actor: Daniel Auteuil, Caché
Actress: Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
Screenplay: Paradise Now, Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer
Cinematography: Don't Come Knocking, Franz Lustig
Score: Hotel Rwanda, Rupert Gregson-Williams & Andrea Guerra
Discovery Award: Accused, by Jacob Thuesen
Non-European Film: Good Night and Good Luck, by George Clooney
Documentary: Un dragon dans les eaux pures du Caucase, by Nino Kirtadze
Fipresci Award: Caché, by Michael Haneke
Achievement in World Cinema: Maurice Jarre
Lifetime Achievement Award: Sean Connery
The People’s Choice Awards
(voted for by movie fans across Europe)
Best Director: Marc Rothemund, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
Best Actor: Orlando Bloom, Kindom of Heaven
Best Actress: Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
European Film Award Nominations
November 7, 2005
European Film
Brødre (Brothers), Denmark/UK/Sweden/Norway
Caché (Hidden), France/Austria/Germany/Italy
Don’t Come Knocking, Germany
L'enfant (The Child), Belgium/France
My Summer Of Love, UK
Sophie Scholl – Die Letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl – The Final Days), Germany
European Director
Susanne Bier For Brødre (Brothers)
Roberto Faenza For Alla Luce Del Sole (Come Into The Light)
Michael Haneke For Caché (Hidden)
Álex De La Iglesia For Crimen Ferpecto (Ferpect Crime)
Pawel Pawlikowski For My Summer Of Love
Cristi Puiu For Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (The Death Of Mr Lazarescu)
Wim Wenders For Don’t Come Knocking
European Actress
Juliette Binoche In Caché (Hidden)
Sandra Ceccarelli In La Vita Che Vorrei (The Life I Want)
Julia Jentsch In Sophie Scholl, Die Letzten Tage (Sophie Scholl, The Final Days)
Connie Nielsen In Brødre (Brothers)
Natalie Press In My Summer Of Love
Audrey Tautou In Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)
European Actor
Daniel Auteuil In Caché (Hidden)
Romain Duris In De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrête (The Beat That My Heart Skipped)
Henry Hübchen In Alles Auf Zucker (Go For Zucker!)
Ulrich Matthes In Der Neunte Tag (The Ninth Day)
Jérémie Renier In L'enfant (The Child)
Ulrich Thomsen In Brødre (Brothers)
European Screenwriter
Hany Abu-Assad & Bero Beyer For Paradise Now
Mark O'halloran For Adam & Paul
Michael Haneke For Caché (Hidden)
Anders Thomas Jensen For Adams Æbler (Adam's Apples) And Brødre (Brothers)
Dani Levy & Holger Franke For Alles Auf Zucker (Go For Zucker!)
Cristi Puiu & Razvan Radulescu For Moartea Domnului Lazarescu (The Death Of Mr Lazarescu)
European Cinematographer
Christian Berger For Caché (Hidden)
Bruno Delbonnel For Un Long Dimanche De Fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)
Anthony Dod Mantle For Manderlay
Ryszard Lenczewski For My Summer Of Love
Franz Lustig For Don’t Come Knocking
Gyula Pados For Sorstalanság (Fateless)
Toronto International Film Festival Winners
September 18, 2005
The 30th annual Toronto International Film Festival ran September 8 - 17, 2005. The opening film for the festival was Water, directed by Deepa Mehta. The closing film was Edison, directed by David J. Burke.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Tsotsi, by Gavin Hood
DISCOVERY AWARD: Look Both Ways, by Sarah Watt
FIPRESCI Award: Sa-Kwa, by Kang Yi-kwan
Best Canadian Feature: C.R.A.Z.Y., by Jean-Marc Vallée
Best Canadian First Feature: Familia, by Louise Archambault and The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, by Michael Mabbott
Venice Film Festival Winners
September 10, 2005
The 62st annual Venice Film Festival ran from August 31 to September 10, 2005.
The opening film for the festival was Seven Swords, directed by Tsui Hark.
Dante Ferretti was president of the jury.
GOLDEN LION - Brokeback Mountain, by Ang Lee
GRAND JURY PIZE - Mary, by Abel Ferrara
BEST DIRECTOR - Philippe Garrel, Les Amants Reguliers
BEST ACTOR - David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck
BEST ACTRESS - Giovanna Mezzogiorno, La Bestia nel Cuore
BEST SCREENPLAY - George Clooney and Grant Heslov, Good Night, and Good Luck
BEST CONTRIBUTION - William Lubtchansky (photography), Les Amants réguliers, by Philippe Garrel
BEST NEW TALENT - Ménothy Cesar in Vers le sud, by Laurent Cantet
SPECIAL LION - Isabelle Huppert for her work as a whole
Cannes Film Festival Winners
May 22, 2005
The 58th annual Cannes Film Festival ran May 11 - 21, 2005.
The opening film for the festival was Lemming, directed by Dominik Moll. The closing film was Chromophobia, directed by Martha Fiennes.
Emir Kusturica was president of the jury.
PALME D'OR - The Child, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
GRAND PRIZE - Broken Flowers, Jim Jarmusch
BEST ACTOR - Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
BEST ACTRESS - Hanna Laslo, Free Zone
BEST DIRECTOR - Michael Haneke, Caché
BEST SCREENPLAY - Guillermo Arriaga, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
JURY PRIZE - Shanghai Dreams, Wang Xiaoshuai
CAMERA D'OR - Me and You and Everyone We Know, Miranda July and The Forsaken Land, Vimukthi Jayasundara
Berlin Film Festival Winners
February 21, 2005
The 55th annual Berlin International Film Festival ran February 10 - 20, 2005.
The opening film for the festival was Man To Man, directed by Régis Wargnier. The closing film was Kinsey, directed by Bill Condon.
Roland Emmerich was president of the jury.
Golden Bear - U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, by Marc Dornford-May
Jury Grand Prix - Peacock, by Gu Changwei
Best Director - Marc Rothemund, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Best Actor - Lou Taylor Pucci, Thumbsucker
Best Actress - Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
Best Film Music - Alexandre Desplat, The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Best European Film - Paradise Now, by Hany Abu-Assad
Artistic Achievement - Tsai Ming Liang for the script of his film The Wayward Cloud
Alfred Bauer Prize (goes to a film which succeeds in "taking the art of film in a new direction”) - The Wayward Cloud, by Tsai Ming Liang
Sundance Film Festival Winners
January 29, 2005
The 27th annual Sundance Film Festival ran January 20 - 30 2005, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The opening film for the festival was Happy Endings, directed by Don Roos.
Grand Jury Prize - Forty Shades of Blue, directed by Ira Sachs
Best Director - Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award - Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Special Jury Prizes for 'Originality of Vision' - Me and You and Everyone We Know, directed by Miranda July and Brick, directed by Rian Johnson
Special Jury Prize for Acting - Amy Adams, Junebug and Lou Taylor Pucci, Thumbsucker
Audience Award - Hustle & Flow, directed by Craig Brewer
The World Grand Jury Prize - The Hero, directed by Zeze Gamboa
The World Special Jury Prize - Live-In Maid, directed by Jorge Gaggero and The Forest for the Trees, directed by Maren Ade
The World Cinema Audience Award - Brothers, directed by Susanne Bier
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