A Separation, Lisbon, Drive, Tree of Life lead ICS Nominees
The International Cinephile Society has announced its nominees for the 9th Annual ICS Awards. A Separation leads the field with 10 nominations, followed by Mysteries of Lisbon with 9, and The Tree of Life and Drive with 7 each. The winners, along with ranked lists for Best Picture and Best Film Not in the English Language, will be announced on February 21, 2012.
PICTURE
• Certified Copy
• Drive
• Hugo
• Margaret
• Meek’s Cutoff
• Melancholia
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• The Tree of Life
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
• Weekend
DIRECTOR
• Asghar Farhadi – A Separation
• Abbas Kiarostami – Certified Copy
• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
• Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
• Raoul Ruiz – Mysteries of Lisbon
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• Certified Copy
• House of Pleasures
• Le Havre
• Le Quattro Volte
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• Of Gods and Men
• Poetry
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
ACTOR
• Tom Cullen – Weekend
• Michael Fassbender – Shame
• Peyman Moaadi – A Separation
• Chris New – Weekend
• Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
ACTRESS
• Sareh Bayat – A Separation
• Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy
• Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Anna Paquin – Margaret
• Yun Jung-hee – Poetry
SUPPORTING ACTOR
• Albert Brooks – Drive
• Shahab Hosseini – A Separation
• Michael Lonsdale – Of Gods and Men
• Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
• Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
• Leila Hatami – A Separation
• Carey Mulligan – Shame
• J. Smith-Cameron – Margaret
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Certified Copy – Abbas Kiarostami
• Margaret – Kenneth Lonergan
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• A Separation – Asghar Farhadi
• Weekend – Andrew Haigh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Drive – Hossein Amini
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Carlos Saboga
• The Skin I Live In – Agustín Almodóvar, Pedro Almodóvar
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Drive – Newton Thomas Sigel
• Melancholia – Manuel Alberto Claro
• The Mill and the Cross – Lech Majewski, Adam Sikora
• Mysteries of Lisbon – André Szankowski
• The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
EDITING
• Drive – Matthew Newman
• Martha Marcy May Marlene – Zachary Stuart-Pontier
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Carlos Madaleno, Valeria Sarmiento
• A Separation – Hayedeh Safiyari
• The Tree of Life – Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa
PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Hugo – Dante Ferretti
• The Mill and the Cross – Marcel Slawinski, Katarzyna Sobanska-Strzalkowska
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Isabel Branco
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Maria Djurkovic
• The Tree of Life – Jack Fisk
ORIGINAL SCORE
• Drive – Cliff Martinez
• Hanna – Tom Rowlands, Ed Simons (as The Chemical Brothers)
• Mysteries of Lisbon – Jorge Arriagada
• The Skin I Live In – Alberto Iglesias
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – Alberto Iglesias
ENSEMBLE
• Bridesmaids
• Margaret
• Midnight in Paris
• Mysteries of Lisbon
• A Separation
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
ANIMATED FILM
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Rango
• Winnie the Pooh
DOCUMENTARY
• The Arbor
• The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
• Nostalgia for the Light
• Pina
• Senna
BEST PICTURE NOT RELEASED IN 2011
• Alps
• Century of Birthing
• Declaration of War
• The Deep Blue Sea
• Elena
• Faust
• The Kid with a Bike
• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
• This Is Not a Film
• The Turin Horse
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For me, probably the best list of nominees of any critics group so far. I especially like the multiple mentions for Weekend (BOTH Chris New and Tom Cullen!). My only quibble: I would have liked to have seen some love for Jane Eyre.
I think these are the best bunch of nominees from an awards group so far. Inspiring choices and it expresses the “real” best of 2011.
yep, another deserving nomination for elizabeth olsen. too bad the academy will get it wrong regardless. too bittersweet.
I just wanna look at these nominations and do nothing else for the next few hours. They make me so fucking happy!
How long until this page gets spammed by a bunch of ESN Harry Potter-loving twats?
This is my favorite group of nominees by far, truly worthy and deserving. Congrats on A Separation’s 10 nominations!!!
Agreed. The best set of nominees so far. By a mile. If only AMPAS would follow suit
I don’t think AMPAS would touch these with a 10-foot pole. Interesting that Hugo is the only major Oscar film that made the Best Picture list. Drive and Tree of Life, but their Oscar chances are probably slim to none. Moneyball got a screenplay nom. The Artist was shut out, as were The Descendants and The Help.
Nice to see some mention of Meek’s Cutoff here at the end of the year. And wow at all the love for A Separation!! I so wish it could snag a screenplay nom or something on Tuesday.
I agree this a brilliant list, the best so far this season.
Specially because it’s not americanophile. It’s a shame year after year we continue being so egocentric and self centered as we recognize only the same names and faces in awardshow.
It’s clearly Clooney isn’t the best actor of the year. Not considering worldwide.
Actually this is the most universal and globalized set of nominees i’ve seen these days and that’s just how Oscar should be.
Asghar Farahdi’s screenplay is the best we can see this year. And Why isn’t A Separation considered to be in the Best Picture category?
It’s by far one of the best pictures of the year, such as Melancholia, The Tree of Life, Drive. All of these films are not commercial enough to achive a nomination at the Oscar, unfortunately.
Definitely my favorite list so far. A Separation, Shame, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Drive, Poetry, Once upon a Time in Anatolia, The Kid with a Bike, Martha Marcy May Marlene……!!!!
This is a really worthy list. I’m impressed.
HURRAY for Mistérios de Lisboa (Mysteries of Lisbon) and it’s curious how the author Camilo Castelo Branco who is dead for more than 100 years gets nominated…
I am overjoyed with the “Weekend” love.
Transformers 3 snubbed! Lol!
I’d really love to see The Mill and the Cross get a Cin. or costume design oscar nom
Wonderful list. Wish they’d found some spots for Margin Call. Especially Screenplay and Jeremy Irons.
I just watched Yun Jung-hee in “Poetry”. What a masterful performance in a devastating film. The ending is probably one of the best I have ever seen, hands down.
Finally they nominate Jessica Chastain for the right roles!
I will also reflect the general consensus going down here, a great list of nominees.
A really stupendous list of nominees!
“I would have liked to have seen some love for Jane Eyre.”
Especially for its cinematography. ‘Twas a beautifully photographed film.
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
• Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
• Leila Hatami – A Separation
• Carey Mulligan – Shame
• J. Smith-Cameron – Margaret
I like that that can happen. Makes it more honest, doesn’t it?
This list looks good to me although I haven’t seen a lot of it.
I love how they can separate categories amongst a lot of movies. Just because you LOVE a movie doesn’t mean it should be nominated for every award (like the BAFTAS nominating The Artist for sound). I love that Midnight in Paris has the only nomination it deserves. All these nominations are quality and very few people can refute that.
Seeing their list every year is like a brief step outside a noisy bar. A true relief.
@Bennett, so so true, wish the Oscars could follow suit and really award good film making …….now it seems so much of it is about who gets the best campaign and who has the most money to spend, quite quite sad.
Hoping love does come to flourish for some of these films come Tuesday.
At last a list of nomnees that make sense I wish the artist was included that was a big snub
I love these nominations! YaY no descendants and midnight in paris
Tree of Life deserves to win Picture and i hope Michael Shannon takes best actor for Take shelter.
@James Langill so was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Kung fu Panda 2, and a few other sequels.
Also, glad to see “Weekend” on this list. You must see this one!
Outside of the double Jessica Chastain nominations (one is enough) this list makes me so happy. Thank you ICS.
@Mark F. I’ve seen it and it’s really cool and great, I just don’t get why it’s doing so bad at the Box Office.
Midnight in Paris and The Descendants would have been seen as passable entertainments in the years before the sequel/prequel/remake. Now, they’re mistaken for masterpieces.
Even last year’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger was on par with MIP. Not sure why the latter is considered the shit.
Interesting that they didn’t go for Tilda since they noticed her in both I Am Love and Julia.
Well, in Julia and I Am Love there were certainly more exciting performances. That’s kinda the difference between the cinephiles and Oscars: the latter seem to have a five-year lag at least in noticing who’s doing good job. I mean look at Tilda’s career and imagine she’s gonna be remembered by some as nominated for “Michael Clayton” and “Talk about Kevin”. Look at Woody’s career and imagine his fourth Oscar isn’t gonna be for “Crimes and Misdemeanors” or “Manhattan” or “Zelig” but for “Midnight in Paris”.
I’m still waiting for “Martha…”, “Margaret”, “Weekend” and some others to open in Poland, but I’ve seen the majority of these movies and I have to say it was a really great year. I may find it silly that they’re all gonna be overlooked when a bunch of mediocre movies, performances and other efforts are gonna fight for the most known film awards, but what do I care.
i’m really impressed with this! wow
This list couldn’t get any better. Its chosen the best of the best with movies, performances that actually matter and have the ability to inspire peoples lives.
I’m hoping for A Separation to win the big 5, picture, director, writing, actor and actress.
wow GREAT list
Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life!
2 Chastain noms
Mardgaret
& obv Faust & Elena!!! too bad out dumb national Oscar comittee nommed a fail instead these 2 brilliant films.
but BOOO no Margin call!?
Go Tintin! We are with you.
such a wonderful list….finally!! A f’in oscar nomination for peyman moadi. Was artist ineligible for any reason….or simply snubbed?
I sure hope Martha Marcy May Marlene is getting attention for it’s editing based on the immense quality of the performances and not because critics think it’s structure was someone created in post.
I mean I understand in a hyperlinked structured film like Babel or Traffic since the cuts between stories are so frequent that it is very possible the editor had an opportunity to restructure scenes, but in the case of MMMM the story spends long portions of time from one part to the next. And the information conveyed about the characters from one part to the next is so intricate and detailed that it’s hard to imagine that it’s structure wasn’t nailed down in the script.
I could be wrong and Martha Marcy May Marlene is a good film and any good film deserves credit for it’s editing. It’s just that this is like the 3rd time I’ve seen the film singled out for it’s editing and at the same time left off the best picture/director/screenplay category. It makes me think that many critics probably have no idea what goes into making a film and that perhaps should be taken into account when considering the worthiness of their opinions.
The Artist was eligible as far as I know, also The Descendants. But they were both snubbed deservingly.
Ben Z.
I see what you’re saying but bear in mind there’s more going on with the editing in MMMM beyond simply the deft structuring of sequences. Cutting within the scenes was just as slipperysharp, I hope you agree.
MMMM was pretty close in several categories, including Best Picture. Just saying.
This list is incredible.
One overlooked part of this awards org; your film must not have made over $25 million at the domestic boxoffice. Or maybe that’s just how it seems
Or $25 million WORLDWIDE, is more like it. The hoi polloi choices, these are.
http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/will-war-horse-be-nominated-for-oscars/20120123.htm
Perhaps, PaulH, the reason that none of these films made over $25 million is that. generally speaking, it’s pretty tough to get the average filmgoer to see something a little different, a little original. I’m assuming that you’re the average filmgoer. And judging by what I know of your opinion based on previous posts you’ve made, it’s no surprise none of these films have made more than $25 million.
Intelligent filmmaking for intelligent people, I suppose…
WHAT!? NO HARRY POTTER!? … ok, just kidding. I watched A Seperation yesterday and it makes me sad, that the Oscars, well… are what they are. A Seperation really is… between all the great movies out of 2011 A Seperation is the one which is indispensable. If no movie had been made 2011, A Seperation would have been the biggest loss!
Gret to see Ruiz in for Best Director for a film that surely stands in the Top 3 of the year (MYSTERIES OF LISBON) THE TREE OF LIFE is tops, but I guess it’s a given it would make a big show here.
Great to see Chris New and Payman Moaadi among the actors.
MARGARET showing up is super!
wow AMAZING list! So much so that tomorrow’s nominations will be such a disappointment
What a great list. Love the Weekend and Lisbon love so much.
I only wish Bill Cunningham NY had made the documentary list.
@Ryan Adams
I really have nothing but good things to say about the editing of MMMM and the film itself. But I do think this is a case of “Omg, non linear structure! What fantastic editing!”
To be fair, AMPAS has been just as guilty of this at times. For example, the nomination for The Hours in 2002- although again I’d like to think it got in based on the quality of the performances and the film itself. But part of me knows that the non-linear structure is what cinched it (and that’s an award voted on by actual editors).
Anyways, MMMM was nominated pretty randomly for editing both here and at INOCA. I just think people should look into these disciplines more thoroughly and develop a more educated opinion on what achievements should actually be considered as ‘best of the year.’
What a breath of fresh air! These nominations are incredibly deserving and such a delight to ponder on the eve of the AMPAS nominations.
Congratulations to the members of ICS on not being “sheep driven to the trough” by the mainstream media.
Your tastes are admirable.
This has to be the best list of top movies!
I love the MMMM is getting the kudos it deserved. It’s a bit strange to me that Hugo is nominated for best pic but Scorsese didn’t even get a director’s nom….anyways, I’m thankful that The Tree of Life is getting some award love….also for Poetry….I would even nominate it for best director….and I’m VERY surprised that it does not have a script nomination since it won the Cannes writing award….also, very happy about the scores noms for Igelesias!