Imagine a world where Alain Guiraudie’s “Stranger By The Lake” and Xavier Dolan’s “Mommy” led the Oscar nominations? Welcome to the International Cinephile Society Awards, which definitely wins our award for the best nominations of the season. Seriously, look at the list below. Two nominations for both of our red headed goddesses, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton? No remote sign of “American Sniper,” “The Imitation Game” or “The Theory of Everything”? Yes, please:
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Goodbye to Language
• The Immigrant
• Inherent Vice
• Mommy
• Mr. Turner
• Only Lovers Left Alive
• Stranger by the Lake
• Two Days, One Night
• Under the Skin
DIRECTOR
• Xavier Dolan – Mommy
• Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
• Jean-Luc Godard – Goodbye to Language
• Alain Guiraudie – Stranger by the Lake
• Richard Linklater – Boyhood
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• Force Majeure
• A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
• Goodbye to Language
• The Missing Picture
• Mommy
• Norte, The End of History
• Stranger by the Lake
• Stray Dogs
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
• Two Days, One Night
• Winter Sleep
ACTOR
• Pierre Deladonchamps – Stranger by the Lake
• Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
• David Oyelowo – Selma
• Antoine-Olivier Pilon – Mommy
• Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner
ACTRESS
• Marion Cotillard – The Immigrant
• Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
• Anne Dorval – Mommy
• Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin
• Julianne Moore – Still Alice
• Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive
SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Patrick d’Assumçao – Stranger by the Lake
• Timur Magomedgadzhiev – Two Days, One Night
• Edward Norton – Birdman
• Christophe Paou – Stranger by the Lake
• J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
• Suzanne Clément – Mommy
• Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars
• Rene Russo – Nightcrawler
• Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Boyhood – Richard Linklater
• Force Majeure – Ruben Östlund
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness
• Mommy – Xavier Dolan
• Stranger by the Lake – Alain Guiraudie
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Gone Girl – Gillian Flynn
• Inherent Vice – Paul Thomas Anderson
• Snowpiercer – Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson
• Under the Skin – Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer
• Winter Sleep – Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Goodbye to Language – Fabrice Aragno
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Robert D. Yeoman
• The Immigrant – Darius Khondji
• Mr. Turner – Dick Pope
• Stranger by the Lake – Claire Mathon
• Under the Skin – Daniel Landin
EDITING
• Boyhood – Sandra Adair
• Goodbye to Language – Jean-Luc Godard
• Stranger by the Lake – Jean-Christophe Hym
• Under the Skin – Paul Watts
• Whiplash – Tom Cross
PRODUCTION DESIGN
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Adam Stockhausen
• The Immigrant – Happy Massee
• Inherent Vice – David Crank
• Mr. Turner – Suzie Davies
• Snowpiercer – Ondrej Nekvasil
SCORE
• Gone Girl – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
• The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat
• Only Lovers Left Alive – Jim Jarmusch, Carter Logan, Shane Stoneback, Jozef van Wissem
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Joe Hisaishi
• Under the Skin – Mica Levi
ENSEMBLE
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Inherent Vice
• Mommy
• Mr. Turner
ANIMATED FILM
• The Congress
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• The LEGO Movie
• Song of the Sea
• The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
DOCUMENTARY
• Citizenfour
• Jodorowsky’s Dune
• Maidan
• The Missing Picture
• National Gallery
BEST PICTURE NOT RELEASED IN 2014
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Amour Fou
• Bande de Filles
• Black Coal, Thin Ice
• Clouds of Sils Maria
• The Duke of Burgundy
• Hill of Freedom
• Horse Money
• La Sapienza
• Li’l Quinquin
• The Look of Silence
• Pasolini
• Saint Laurent
• The Tribe
• The Wonders
Winners of the 12th ICS Awards will be announced on February 20, 2015.
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