OKJA || For 10 idyllic years, young Mija (An Seo Hyun) has been caretaker and constant companion to Okja—a massive animal and an even bigger friend—at her home in the mountains of South Korea. But that changes when a family-owned multinational conglomerate Mirando Corporation takes Okja for themselves and transports her to New York, where image obsessed and self-promoting CEO Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) has big plans for Mija’s dearest friend.
With no particular plan but single-minded in intent, Mija sets out on a rescue mission, but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists, demonstrators and consumers, each battling to control the fate of Okja…while all Mija wants to do is bring her friend home.
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Lewis Taewan Kim
Dooho Choi, p.g.a.
Woo Sik Seo
Bong Joon Ho, p.g.a.
Dede Gardner, p.g.a.
Jeremy Kleiner, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon Ho
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bong Joon Ho
Jon Ronson
BEST ACTRESS
Seo Hyun
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano
Jake Gyllenhaal
Giancarlo Esposito
Byun Heebong
Steven Yeun
Yoon Je Moon
Daniel Henshall
Devon Bostick
Woo Shik Choi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton
Lily Collins
Shirley Henderson
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Darius Khondji ASC, AFC
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Kevin Thompson
Lee Ha Jun
Won Woo Cho
BEST FILM EDITING
Yang Jinmo
COSTUME DESIGN
Catherine George
Choi Seyeon
VISUAL EFFECTS
Erik-Jan De Boer
Lee Jeon Hyoung
SOUND MIXING
Jon Kun Park
Taeyoung Choi
SOUND EDITING
Taeyoung Choi
Dave Whitehead
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Sharon Martin
Hyunkyu Hwang
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Jaeil Jung
FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER || Directed by Angelina Jolie, First They Killed My Father is the adaptation of Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung’s gripping memoir of surviving the deadly Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 to 1978. The story is told through her eyes, from the age of five, when the Khmer Rouge came to power, to nine years old. The film depicts the indomitable spirit and devotion of Loung and her family as they struggle to stay together during the Khmer Rouge years.
BEST PICTURE
Rithy Panh, p.g.a.
Angelina Jolie, p.g.a.
Michael Vieira
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Rithy Panh, p.g.a.
Angelina Jolie, p.g.a.
Michael Vieira
BEST DIRECTOR
Angelina Jolie
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Loung Ung
Angelina Jolie
BEST ACTRESS
Sreymoch Sareum
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle, ASC, BSC, DFF
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tom Brown
BEST FILM EDITING
Xavier Box
Patricia Rommel
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Ellen Mirojnick
BEST SOUND MIXING
Mitchell “Wookie” Low
Sven Taits
Richard Pryke
Brendan Nicholson
BEST SOUND EDITING
Glenn Freemantle
Ben Barker
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Adruitha Lee
Kenneth Diaz
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Marco Beltrami
THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) || From director Noah Baumbach, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong-willed father (Dustin Hoffman) has cast over their lives. With an original screenplay by Baumbach, the film also stars Emma Thompson, Grace Van Patten, Adam Driver, Candice Bergen, Judd Hirsch, and Rebecca Miller. The film was produced by Scott Rudin, Baumbach, Lila Yacoub, and Eli Bush; with cinematography by Robbie Ryan, B.S.C; production design by Gerald Sullivan and set decorator Kris Moran; editing by Jennifer Lame; music by Randy Newman; costume design by Joseph G. Aulisi; makeup by Judy Chin; hair styling by Mandy Lyons; sound mixing by Ken Ishii and Paul Hsu; and sound editing by Paul Hsu.
BEST PICTURE
Scott Rudin, p.g.a.
Noah Baumbach, p.g.a.
Lila Yacoub, p.g.a.
Eli Bush, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach
BEST ACTOR
Adam Sandler
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Stiller
Dustin Hoffman
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emma Thompson
Elizabeth Marvel
Grace Van Patten
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robbie Ryan, BSC
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Gerald Sullivan
BEST FILM EDITING
Jennifer Lame
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Joseph G. Aulisi
BEST SOUND MIXING
Ken Ishii
Paul Hsu
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Judy Chin
Mandy Lyons
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Randy Newman
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Genius Girl”
Music and Lyrics By Adam Sandler and Noah Baumbach
Performed by Adam Sandler
“Myron/Byron”
Music and Lyrics By Adam Sandler, Noah Baumbach, and Randy Newman
Performed by Adam Sandler
MUDBOUND || Set in the rural American South during World War II, Dee Rees’ Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.
Mudbound follows the McAllan family, newly transplanted from the quiet civility of Memphis and unprepared for the harsh demands of farming. Despite the grandiose dreams of Henry (Jason Clarke), his wife Laura (Carey Mulligan) struggles to keep the faith in her husband’s losing venture. Meanwhile, Hap and Florence Jackson (Rob Morgan, Mary J. Blige) — fellow sharecroppers who have worked the land for generations — struggle bravely to build a small dream of their own despite the rigidly enforced social barriers they face.
The war upends both families’ plans as their returning loved ones, Jamie McAllan (Garrett Hedlund) and Ronsel Jackson (Jason Mitchell), forge a fast but uneasy friendship that challenges the brutal realities of the Jim Crow South in which they live.
BEST PICTURE
Sally Jo Effenson, p.g.a.
Cassian Elwes, p.g.a.
Charles D. King, p.g.a.
Kim Roth, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR
Dee Rees
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Virgil Williams
Dee Rees
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jason Mitchell
Jason Clarke
Rob Morgan
Jonathan Banks
Garrett Hedlund
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan
Mary J. Blige
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rachel Morrison, A.S.C.
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
David J. Bomba
BEST FILM EDITING
Mako Kamitsuna
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Michael T. Boyd
BEST SOUND MIXING
Pud Cusack
Roberto Fernandez
Damian Volpe
BEST SOUND EDITING
Damian Volpe M.P.S.E.
BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
Angela S. Wells
Lawrence Davis
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Tamar-kali
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Mighty River”
Written by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, and Taura Stinson
Performed by Mary J. Blige
BRIGHT || Set in an alternate present-day, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch, writer of Training Day) follows two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human played by Will Smith, and Jakoby, an orc played by Joel Edgerton) who embark on a routine patrol night that will ultimately alter the future as their world knows it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
The Netflix original film stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Oliveri, and Kenneth Choi. The film is directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. David Ayer, Eric Newman, and Bryan Unkeless serve as producers. The film will be released on Netflix and in select theaters on December 22, 2017.
BEST PICTURE
Eric Newman, p.g.a.
David Ayer, p.g.a.
Bryan Unkeless, p.g.a.
BEST DIRECTOR
David Ayer
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Max Landis
BEST ACTOR
Will Smith
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roman Vasyanov
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Andrew Menzies
BEST FILM EDITING
Michael Tronick, ACE
Geoffrey O’Brien
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Kelli Jones
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
David Sard
CHASING CORAL || Chasing Coral taps into the collective will and wisdom of an ad man, a self-proclaimed coral nerd, top-notch camera designers, and renowned marine biologists as they invent the first time-lapse camera to record bleaching events as they happen. Unfortunately, the effort is anything but simple, and the team doggedly battles technical malfunctions and the force of nature in pursuit of their golden fleece: documenting the indisputable and tragic transformation below the waves. With its breathtaking photography, nail-biting suspense, and startling emotion, Chasing Coral is a dramatic revelation that won’t have audiences sitting idle for long.
BEST PICTURE
Jeff Orlowski
Larissa Rhodes
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Jeff Orlowski
Larissa Rhodes
BEST DIRECTOR
Jeff Orlowski
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Davis Coombe
Vickie Curtis
Jeff Orlowski
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jeff Orlowski
Andrew Ackerman
BEST FILM EDITING
Davis Coombe
BEST SOUND MIXING
Pete Horner
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dan Romer
Saul Simon MacWilliams
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Tell Me How Long” Performed by Kristen Bell
Music and Lyrics by Dan Romer and Terry Geiger
ICARUS || In the truly audacious documentary ICARUS, director Bryan Fogel’s bold gambit was this: to investigate doping in sports, Fogel (an amateur bike racer) would dope himself, observe the changes in his performance, and see if he could evade detection. In doing so, he was connected to a renegade Russian scientist, Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program. When the truth is more complex than imagined, and accusations of illegalities run to Russia’s highest chains of command, the two realize they hold the power to reveal the biggest international sports scandal in living memory. Exemplifying the special bond between filmmaker and subject, this is a vital portrait of the sacrifice some people will make to stand up for truth. ICARUS places you at the heart of an international game of cat and mouse, where a miscalculation can cost you your life.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Dan Cogan
Bryan Fogel
BEST DIRECTOR
Bryan Fogel
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bryan Fogel
Mark Monroe
Jon Bertain
Timothy Rode
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jake Swantko
Timothy Rode
BEST FILM EDITING
Jon Bertain
Kevin Klauber
Timothy Rode
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Russ Davis
Peter France
BEST SOUND EDITING
EJ Holowicki
Christopher Barnett
BEST SOUND MIXING
Pete Horner
EJ Holowicki
Christopher Barnett
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Adam Peters
STRONG ISLAND || Strong Island chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography and tragedy – from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City; from the presumed safety of middle class suburbs, to the maelstrom of an unexpected, violent death. It is the story of the Ford family: Barbara Dunmore, William Ford and their three children and how their lives were shaped by the enduring shadow of race in America. In April 1992, on Long Island NY, William Jr., the Ford’s eldest child, a black 24 year-old teacher, was killed by Mark Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. Although Ford was unarmed, he became the prime suspect in his own murder. A deeply intimate and meditative film, Strong Island asks what one can do when the grief of loss is entwined with historical injustice, and how one grapples with the complicity of silence, which can bind a family in an imitation of life, and a nation with a false sense of justice.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Joslyn Barnes
Yance Ford
BEST DIRECTOR
Yance Ford
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alan Jacobsen
BEST FILM EDITING
Janus Billeskov Jansen
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Sean Perry
BEST SOUND MIXING
Tony Volante
BEST SOUND EDITING
Tony Volante
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Hildur Gudnadóttir
Craig Sutherland
ONE OF US || In their new documentary ONE OF US, acclaimed observational filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (JESUS CAMP, DETROPIA) take a deep and moving look at the lives of three individuals who have chosen to leave the hugely insular world of Hasidic Judaism. The film follows Etty, a mother of seven, as she decides to leave a violent marriage and divorce her husband; Ari, a teenager on the verge of manhood who is struggling with addiction and the effects of childhood abuse; and Luzer, an actor who, despite having found success in the secular world, still wrestles with his decision eight years earlier to leave the Hasidic community. Produced over three years, ONE OF US offers unique and intimate access to the lives of all three as they deal not only with questions of their beliefs but also with the consequences of leaving the only community they have ever known. With their trademark sensitivity and keen interest in the nature of faith, Ewing & Grady chronicle these journeys towards personal freedom that comes at a very high cost.
BEST PICTURE
Rachel Grady
Heidi Ewing
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Rachel Grady
Heidi Ewing
BEST DIRECTOR
Rachel Grady
Heidi Ewing
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alex Takats
Jenni Morello
BEST FILM EDITING
JD Marlow
Enat Sidi
BEST SOUND MIXING
Richard Arthur Fleming
Lew Goldstein
BEST SOUND EDITING
Lew Goldstein
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
T. Griffin
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