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Editorial 1917 Two young British soldiers During the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men and one of the soldiers’ brothers from walking into a deadly trap. Director Focus: Sam Mendes
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Cinema Retrospect Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire. Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her.
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FilmFest Follower Berlin. The first major film festival of the year.
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BAFTA Nominations
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ACADEMY AWARDS Nominations
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Poster: 1917
PHOTO CREDITS ENTERTAINMENT ONE: 1,4,6,7,10,11,32 BFI: 12,15 SONY PICTURES:10
ACKNOWLEDEMENTS: We would like to thank the following people for their help in providing material for this magazine: Lucy Fleet & Callum King of Entertainment One. Jill Reading of BFI
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EDITORIAL Hello, here we are at February and the 82nd issue of MbM. What a year this promises to be and it has started with the phenomenal World War 1 drama 1917 which is our cover feature review. It has already won Golden Globes and has been nominated in ten categories: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Production Design, Best Make-up & Hair and Best Visual Effects. We have a feature article focusing on the film’s director Sam Mendes. There is a review of A Streetcar Named Desire in the occasional feature: Cinema Retrospect which looks at the opening film of BFI’s Season of films on director Elia Kazan. We invite you to peruse through the list of BAFTA Nominations and see who won as the Awards will have been announced on Sunday 2nd February, a week before the Academy Awards.
And finally, we have FilmFest Follower which drops in on the first major international film festival of the year Berlin and examines their scheduled programme.
Enjoy the read
Brian Mills Magazine Editor
Paul Ridler Magazine Designer
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1917 Directed by Sam Mendes Starring: George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, Andrew Scott If we’re not clever enough about this, no one will get to your brother. - Lance Corporal Schofield I will. - Lance Corporal Blake Sam Mendes, director of “American Beauty”, which won him an Oscar for his first feature film looks likely to win him a second for “1917”, a powerful first world war drama that is filmed to appear to be one continuous shot, plunging the viewer into the dugouts with two young British soldiers as they struggle through the enemy lines to give a message to call off the planned assault because the Germans have made a strategic withdrawal, seemingly to suggest that they are on the retreat, when in fact they’re lying in wait to repel the British attack; so they would be walking into a trap. Schofield and Blake, played by George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman, are outstanding in their roles as the youthful soldiers. The mud-squelching journey embedded itself in Sam Mendes’ mind when his grandfather told him stories about why he was habitually washing his hands because he remembers the mud in the trenches and how he was never able to get clean. There are moments in the film which will make you jump, and the film is up there with the best war films: All Quiet on The Western Front, Dunkirk, Saving Private Ryan… For the lead actors, they too had their stories to tell. Chapman read a collection of diaries between takes and was especially impressed by one written by a man who was in the calvary, shot in the hip and spent four paralyzed hours in no man’s land. “It turned out it was my great- great grandfather! He went on to work in the first poppy factory in Richmond.” Dean-Charles Chapman is proud and awed but hasn’t investigated any further.
McKay says: “Watching the film made it very clear to me who I want to come back to in my life, who means the most to me. Usually, seeing 4
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yourself on screen isn’t easy, this is the first time I have been transported… thanks to the shooting style. You take every step with those men. Making it meant a lot to me. But watching it did, too.” For the audience, you won’t be able to look away. Already, 1917 is a favourite to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Over 5,200 feet of trenches were dug for the film. Sections of the film were shot in and around Low Force, on the River Tees, Teesdale in June 2019. The production staff had to erect signs warning walkers in the area not to be alarmed by the bodies strewn around the site. The film was shot and edited to appear as a single long take that takes place in real time with almost no breaks. The movie was shot from April to June 2019 in Wiltshire, Hankley Common, and Govan, Scotland, as well as Shepperton Studios. Conservationists, concerned that filming on Salisbury Plain could disturb potentially undiscovered remains in the area, requested an archaeological survey be conducted before any set construction began. The film borrows its hidden cuts from a technique first seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope” (1948). As in that film, Sam Mendes would move the camera behind an object during a scene, such as a tree or a burnt-out building where the camera could be stopped and then restarted without a noticeable edit. This was a technically challenging film for Sam Mendes to direct, yet one of the biggest headaches for the film crew came from a cigarette lighter that wouldn’t work on cue in the scene and resulted in several takes until it did. This minor problem resulted in the best part of a day’s filming being wasted. It took 6 months for the actors to rehearse the movie before shooting started. The date shown at the start of the film is the date that the United States declared war on Germany and its allies. The lighting rig used for the burning church was five stories high and consisted of 2,000 1K tungsten lamps, a total of 2
megawatts. It was one of the largest, lighting rigs ever built for a film. Sections of the film were shot in and around Low Force, on the River Tees, Teesdale in June 2019. The production staff had to erect signs warning walkers in the area not to be alarmed by the bodies strewn around the site. The flares flying over the ruined town were flown alng wires, in order to control the direction of the shadows they cast. They were also chemically formulated to burn with a warmer colour that was closer to tungsten light. The movie was shot from April to June 2019 in Wiltshire, Hankley Common, and Govan, Scotland, as well as Shepperton Studios. Conservationist, concerned that filming on Salisbury Plain could disturb potentially undiscovered remains in the area, requested an archaeological survey be conducted before any set construction began.
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Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) & Schofield(George MacKay) in 1917
General Erinmore(Colin Firth) in 1917 6
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Colonel MacKenzie(Benedict Cumberbatch) in 1917
Captain Smith(Mark Strong) in 1917
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DIRECTOR FOCUS SAM MENDES “Stories are nothing unless you are emotionally engaged”. One of the most talked-about movies amongst critics and cinemagoers recently has been “1917”. Its director is Sam Mendes, a man who has transformed the way a movie can be made; by filming his first world war drama to appear as one continuous take, allowing the viewer to feel that they are with the two young British soldiers racing through enemy lines to deliver a message to fellow troops that are on the brink of launching what would be a suicidal attack because it would be a trap suggesting that the enemy is on the run when in fact they are lying in wait to repel them. Mendes has already won Golden Globes for “1917” and is a hot favorite to win an Academy Award for the film. So, let’s take a closer look at Sam Mendes. In 1999 he directed his first feature film “American Beauty” which won him an Oscar for Best Director, its star: Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening. Along with Delbert Mann (Marty), Jerome Robbins (West Side Story), Robert Redford (Ordinary People), James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment), and Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves). Sam is one of only six people to win the Academy Award for Best Director for their directional debut. Sam has also directed two James Bond films: “Skyfall” and “Spectre”. He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List for his services to drama. 8
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There is really no stopping Sam and where his inspirational inventiveness might take him. “I don’t want to be known for one thing. I don’t want to have an adjective based around my name. “Lynchian”, I know what “Kubrickian” is, and I know what Bergmanesque means. But there isn’t going to be, and I don’t want there to be, a Mendesian. Tarantino, Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese, Greengrass and Paul Thomas Anderson all still shoot on film. I am fascinated by America, no question about that. I will stop making films about it eventually, though, because I think there’s a limited amount to say. But I am drawn to it. I don’t think it’s weird for an outsider to go and make movies that are quintessentially American. I think the 20th century shows that there is a tradition of people being drawn to America as the site of the great mythic landscape. You can tell big stories there but you might not be able to tell with such scale and grace elsewhere”. Whatever future films Sam makes, they are sure to result in a magical experience, which is no doubt why his nickname is Mystic.
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James Bond(Daniel Craig) in Skyfall
Dean-Charles Chapman, Sam Mendes, George MacKay on set of 1917 10
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Capturing sound on shooting 1917
Schofield(George MacKay) & Blake(Dean-Charles Chapman in 1917
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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Directed by Elia Kazan Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Kim Hunter
“I’m the King around here and don’t you forget it”.
- Stanley
But the real King of this film is not Tennessee Williams who adapted his play for the screen, nor Vivien Leigh who plays Blanche DuBois or Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski, but Elia Kazan the director, known as the ‘Actors’ Director’. The BFI are paying tribute to Kazan, whom Martin Scorsese described as America’s greatest film director, with a season at BFI Southbank called ELIA KAZAN: THE ACTORS’ DIRECTOR, which will feature screenings in addition to ‘Streetcar’ – Gentleman’s Agreement, (Gregory Peck), On the Waterfront (Marlon Brando), East of Eden (James Dean), Splendor in the Grass (Natalie Wood), and America, America (Stathis
Giallelis). The film is set in the New Orleans French Quarter. It is here that Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) a Mississippi teacher and a small-town beauty who arrives at the modest apartment of her sister Stella (Kim Hunter) and her emotive husband Stanley (Marlon Brando).
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It is the clash of temperaments that ignites the movie. Vivien Leigh brings her stage presence to her character having played the character in Laurence Oliver’s London production of the play, while Marlon Brando exemplified the Stanislavski school of Method acting: the brutish gambling slob who was convinced that Blanche was holding out on a mythical inheritance. It was aces high that no matter how the cards were dealt, Stanley would win. This was the film that empowered Marlon Brando, but he lost out on winning an Oscar by Humphrey Bogart who won for The African Queen. The downside to the movie is its staginess particularly noticeable in Vivien Leigh’s performance and the emphasis on dialogue rather than action. Kazan concentrates on the actors, and though it was his seventh feature film, ‘Streetcar’ is theatrical rather than cinematic. Its power emanates from the performances, both explosive and instinctive. Co-founder of the Actors Studio, Kazan was still a force in American theatre, and he showed little interest in the visual possibilities of the medium, which only amplified his way with actors, which is apparent in this movie.
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Stanley(Marlon Brando) in A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella(Kim Hunter & Blanche(Vivien Leigh) in A Streetcar Named Desire 14
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Stanley(Marlon Brando) & Blanche(Vivien Leigh) in A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley(Marlon Brando) in A Streetcar Named Desire
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FILMFEST FOLLOWER BERLIN 2020 OPENING FILM MY SALINGER YEAR Directed by Philippe Falardeau Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth
BERLINALE SPECIAL SCREENINGS CHARLATAN
HILLARY
Directed by Agnieszka Holland Starring: Ivan Trojan, Josef Trojan, Juraj Laj, Joroslava Pokoma (World Premiere)
Directed by Nanette Burstein Documentary (International Premiere)
MINAMATA
Directed by Johann Johannson Documentary (World Premiere)
LAST AND FIRST MEN
Directed by Andrew Levitas Starring: Johnny Depp, Hiroyuki Sanada, Minami, Bill Nighy PINOCCHIO (World Premiere) Directed by Matteo Garrone Starring: Roberto Benigni (International Premiere)
ENCOUNTERS MALMKROG
GUNDA
Directed By Cristi Puiu Starring: Frederic Schulz-Richard, Agather Bosch, Diana Sakalauskaite (World Premiere)
Directed By Victor Kossakovsky Documentary
FUNNY FACE Directed By Tim Sutton Starring: Cosmo Jarvis, Dela Meskienyar. Vicor Garber, Jeremy Bobb (World Premiere) 16
ISABELLA Directed By Matias Pineiro Starring: Maria Villar, Agustina Munoz, Pablo Sigal, Gabi Saidon (World Premiere)
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LOS CONDUCTOS
SERVANTS
Directed By Camilo Restrepo Starring Luis Felipe Lozano, Fernando Usaga Huguita (World Premiere/Debut Film)
Directed By Ivan Ostrochovsky Starring: Samuel Skyva, Samuel Polakovic, Vlad Ivanov, Vladimir Strnisko (World Premiere)
THE LAST CITY
THE TROUBLE WITH BEING BORN
Directed By Heinz Emigholz Starring: John Erdman, Directed By Sandra Wollner Jonathan Perel, Young Sun Starring: Lena Watson, Han, Dorothy Ko Ingrod Burkhard, Dominik Warta, Jana THE METAMORPHOSIS Mckinnon OF BIRDS (World Premiere) Directed By Catarina Vasconcelos THE WORKS AND DAYS (World Premiere/ Directed By C.W. Winter, Documentary/Debut Film) Anders Edstrom NAKED ANIMALS Starring: Tayoko Shiojiri, Directed By Melanie Waelde Hiroharu Shikata, Ryo Kase, Mai Edstrom Starring: Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, (World Premiere) Michelangelo Fortuzzi KILL IT AND LEAVE (World Premiere/ Debut THIS TOWN Film) Directed By Mariusz SHIRLEY Wilcynski Directed By Josephine With The Voices Of Decker Krystyna Janda, Andrzej Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Chyra, Maja Ostaszewska, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Malgorzata Kozuchowska Young, Logan Lerman (World Premiere/Animation/ (International Premiere) Debut Film)
FORUM Directed By Kazik Radwanski (European Premiere)
WINDOW BOY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A SUBMARINE
A STORM WAS COMING
Directed By Alex Piperno (World Premiere)
ANNE AT 13,000ft
Directed By Javier Fernandez Vazquez (World Premiere)
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ENTRE PERRO Y LOBO
THE HOUSE OF LOVE
Directed By Irene Gutierrez (World Premiere)
Directed By Luca Ferri (International Premiere)
THIS IS MY DESIRE
RED MOON TIDE
Directed By Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri
Directed By Lois Patino (World Premiere)
FREM
LIGHT IN THE TROPICS
Directed By Viera Cakanyova (International Premiere)
Directed By Paula Gaitan (World Premiere)
GENERATIONS Directed By Lynne Siefert (World Premiere)
THE NOTES OF ANNA AZZORI Directed By Constance Ruhm (World Premiere)
IN DEEP SLEEP
Directed By James Benning (World Premiere)
MEDIUM Directed By Edgardo Cozarinsky (World Premiere)
THE ALIEN
Directed By Maria Ignatenko
Directed By Nader Saeivar (World Premiere)
STRIKE OR DIE
PETIT SAMEDI
Directed By Jonathan Rescigno (World Premiere)
Directed By Paola SermonDai (World Premiere)
THE EXIT OF THE TRAINS
THE CALMING
Directed By Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflanca (World Premiere)
AS ABOVE SO BELOW Directed By Sarah Francis (World Premiere)
ART COMES FROM THE BEAK THE WAY IT HAS GROWN Directed By Sabine Herpich (World Premiere) 18
MAGGIE’S FARM
Directed By Song Fang (World Premiere)
ZERO Directed By Kazuhiro Soda (European Premiere)
THE TANGO OF THE WIDOWER AND ITS DISTORTING MIRROR Directed By Raul Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento (World Premiere)
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UPPERCASE POINT Directed By Radu Jude (International Premiere)
AFTER THE CROSSING Directed By Joel Richmond (World Premiere)
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Directed By Matthew Rankin (European Premiere)
THE TWO SIGHTS Directed By Joshua Bonnetta (World Premiere)
VICTORIA Directed By Liesbeth Isabelle (World
Sofie Benoot, De Ceulaer, Tollenaere Premiere)
THE VIEWING BOOTH Directed By Ra’anan Alexandrowicz (International Premiere)
WHAT REMAINS Directed By Clarissa Thieme (World Premiere)
ZEUS MACHINE Directed By Nadia Ranocchi, David Zamagni (International Premiere)
PANORAMA 37 SECONDS
BEAUTY AND DECAY
Directed by Hikari (World Premiere)
Directed by Annekatrin Hendel (World Premiere)
ACID
BRIEF STORY FROM THE GREEN PLANET
Directed by Alexander Gorchilin
A DOG BARKING AT THE MOON
Directed Santiago Loza (World Premiere)
BUOYANCY
Directed by Xiang Zi (World Premiere)
Directed by Rodd Rathjen (World Premiere)
A DOG CALLED MONEY
DAFNE
Directed by Seamus Murphy (World Premiere)
Directed by Federico Bondi (World Premiere)
ALL MY LOVING Directed by Edward Berger (World Premiere)
DIVINE LOVE Directed by Gabriel Mascaro
CHAINED Directed Yaron Shani (World Premiere)
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FLATLAND
FAMILY MEMBERS
Directed by Jenna Bass (World Premiere)
Directed by Mateo Bendesky (World Premiere)
FLESH OUT
MONOS
Directed by Michela Occhipinti (World Premiere)
Directed by Alejandro Landes
GRETA
Directed by Adele Telli (World Premiere)
Directed by Armando Praca (World Premiere)
HELLHOLE Directed by Bas Devos (World Premiere)
HOLY BEASTS Directed by Laura Amelia Guzmann (World Premiere)
IDOL Directed by Lee Su-Jin (World Premiere)
JESSICA FOREVER Directed by Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel
LEMEBEL
NORMAL
O BEAUTIFUL NIGHT Directed by Xavier Bohm (World Premiere)
ON THE STARTING LINE Directed by Aldemar Matias (World Premiere)
SEARCHING EVA Directed by Pia Hellenthal (World Premiere)
SELFIE Directed by Agostino Ferrente (World Premiere)
SERENDIPITY Directed by Prune Nourry (World Premiere)
Directed by Joanna Reposi Garibaldi (World Premiere)
Directed by Kim Longinotto
LIGHT OF MY LIFE
SKIN
Directed by Casey Affleck (World Premiere)
Directed by Guy Nattiv
MID90s Directed by Jonah Hill
Directed by Neus Ballus (World Premiere)
MIDNIGHT TRAVELLER
STITCHES
Directed by Hassan Fazili & Emelie Mahdavian
Directed by Miroslav Terzic (World Premiere)
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SHOOTING THE MAFIA
STAFF ONLY
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SYSTEM K
TALKING ABOUT TREES
Directed by Renaud Barret (World Premiere)
Directed by Suhaib Gasmelbari (World Premiere)
THE BREATH Directed by Uli M Schueppel (World Premiere)
THE DAY AFTER I’VE GONE Directed by Nimrod Eldar (World Premiere)
THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA Directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas (World Premiere)
THE SHADOW PLAY Directed by Lou Ye
THE SOUVENIR
TREMORS Directed by Jayro Bustamante (World Premiere)
WAITING FOR THE CARNIVAL Directed by Marcelo Gomes (World Premiere)
WESTERN ARABS Directed by Omar Shargawi (World Premiere)
WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL Directed by Rob Garver
Directed by Joanna Hogg
COMPETITION BERLIN ALEXANPLATZ
THE WOMAN WHO RAN
Directed by Burhan Qurbani Directed Hong Sangsoo Starring: Welket Bungue, Starring: Kim Minhee, Jella Haase, Albrecht, Seo Younghwa, Song Seonmi, Joachim Krol, Kim Saebyuk Annabelle Mandeng (World Premiere)
DAU. NATASHA
DELETE HISTORY
Directed by Ilya Khrzhanovskiy & Jekaterina Oertel Starring: Natalie Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimar Azhippo (World Premiere)
Directed by Benoit Delepine & Gustave Kervern Starring: Blanche Gardin, Denis Podalydes, Corinne Masiero (World Premiere)
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THE INTRUDER
THE ROADS NOT TAKEN
Directed by Natalia Meta Starring: Erica Rivas, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Daniel Hendler, Cecilia Roth (World Premiere)
Directed by Sally Potter Starring: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney (World Premiere)
BAD TALES Directed by Damiano & Fabio D’Innocenzo Starring: Elio Germano, Barbara Chichiarelli, Lino Musella, Gabriel Montesi (World Premiere)
FIRST COW Directed by Kelly Reichardt Starring: John Magaro, Orion Lee, Toby Jones, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer (International Premiere)
IRRADIATED Directed by Rithy Panh Documentary (World Premiere)
THE SALT OF TEARS
MY LITTLE SISTER Directed by Stephanie Chuat, Veronique Reymond Starring: Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier (World Premiere)
THERE IS NO EVIL Directed by Mohammed Rasoulof (World Premiere)
SIBERIA Directed by Abel Ferrara Starring: Willem Dafoe, Dounia Sichov, Simon McBurney, Christina Chirac (World Premiere)
ALL THE DEAD ONES Directed by Caetano Gotardo & Marco Dutra Starring: Mawusi Tulani, Clarissa Kiste, Carolina Bianchi, Thaia Perez (World Premiere)
Directed by Philippe Garrel Starring: Logann Antuofermo, Oulaya Amamra, UNDINE Andre Wilms, Directed by Christian Petzold Louise Chevillotte Starring: Paul Beer, Franz (World Premiere) Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Directed by Eliza Hittman Starring: Sidny Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Theodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold (International Premiere) 22
Matschenz (World Premiere)
HIDDEN AWAY Directed by Giorgio Diritti Starring: Elio Germano, Leonardo Carrozzo, Oliver Ewy (International Premiere)
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BAFTAS 2020 NOMINATIONS The BAFTA ceremony will take place on Feb 2nd at London’s Royal Albert Hall and will be broadcast on BBC One. Graham Norton will host the event for the first time. Bafta chief executive Amanda Berry unveiled the nominations alongside actors Asa Butterfield and Elia Balinska.
BEST FILM 1917 Pippa Harris. Callum McDougall, Sam Mendes, Jayne-Ann Tenggren THE IRISHMAN Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorcese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff JOKER Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Emma Tillinger Koskoff ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD David Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino PARASITE Bong Joon-Ho, Kwak Sin-ae
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM 1917 Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Callum McDougall, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Kristy Wilson-Cairns BAIT Mark Jenkin, Kate Byers, Linn Waite FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts ROCKETMAN Dexter Fletcher, Adam Bohling, David Furnish, David Reid, Matthew Vaughn, Lee Hall SORRY WE MISSED YOU Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty THE TWO POPES Fernando Meirelles, Jonathan Eirich, Dan Lin, Tracey Seaward, Anthony McCarten
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OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER BAIT: Mark Jenkin (Writer/ Director), Kate Byers, Linn Waite (Producers) FOR SAMA: Waad al-Kateab (Director/Producer Edward Watts (Director) MAIDEN: Alex Holmes (Director) ONLY YOU: Harry Wootliff (Writer/ Director) RETABLO: Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Writer/Director
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE FAREWELL Lulu Wang, Daniele Melia FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts PAIN AND GLORY Pedro Almodovar, Agustin Almodovar PARASITE Bong Joon-ho PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE Celine Sciamma, Benedicte Couvreur
DOCUMENTARY AMERICAN FACTORY Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert APOLLO 11 Todd Douglas Miller DIEGO MARADONA Asif Kapadia FOR SAMA Waad al-Kateab, Edward White THE GREAT HACK Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaime
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ANIMATED FILM
LEADING ACTRESS
FROZEN 2 Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho KLAUS Sergio Pablos, Jinko Gotoh A SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE: FARMAGEDDOM Will Becher, Richard Phelan, Paul Kewley TOY STORY 4 Josh Cooley, Mark Nielson
JESSIE BUCKLEY Wild Rose SCARLETT JOHANSSON Marriage Story SAOIRSE RONAN Little Women CHARLIZE THERON Bombshell RENEE ZELLWEGER Judy
DIRECTOR
LEADING ACTOR
1917 Sam Mendes THE IRISHMAN Martin Scorsese JOKER Todd Phillips ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino PARASITE Bong Joon-ho
LEONARDO DICAPRIO Once Upon A Time in Hollywood ADAM DRIVER Marriage Story TARON EGERTON Rocketman JOAQUIN PHOENIX Joker JONATHAN PRYCE The Two Popes
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
BOOKMART Suzanne Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman KNIVES OUT Rian Johnson MARRIAGE STORY Noah Baumbach ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Quentin Tarantino PARASITE Han Jin Won, Bong Joon-ho
LAURA DERN Marriage Story SCARLETT JOHANSSON Jojo Rabbit FLORENCE PUGH Little Women MARGOT ROBBIE Bombshell MARGOT ROBBIE Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY THE IRISHMAN Steven Zaillian JOJO RABBIT Taika Waititi JOKER Todd Phillips, Scott Silver LITTLE WOMEN Greta Gerwig THE TWO POPES Anthony McCarten
SUPPORTING ACTOR TOM HANKS A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood ANTHONY HOPKINS The Two Popes AL PACINO The Irishman JOE PESCI The Irishman BRAD PITT Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
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ORIGINAL SCORE
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 Thomas Newman JOJO RABBIT Michael Giacchino JOKER Hildur Gudnadottir LITTLE WOMEN Alexandre Desplat STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER John Williams
1917 Dennid Gassner, Lee Sandales THE IRISHMAN Bob Shaw, Regina Graves JOJO RABBIT Ra Vincent, Nora Sopkova JOKER Mark Friedberg, Kris Moran ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Barbara Ling, Nancy Haigh
CASTING
COSTUME DESIGN
JOKER Shayna Markowitz MARRIAGE STORY Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler ONCE UPON A TIME in HOLLYWOOD Victoria Thomas THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Sarah Crowe THE TWO POPES Nina Gold
THE IRISHMAN Christopher Peterson, Sandy Powell JOJO RABBIT Mayes C. Rubeo JUDY Jany Temime LITTLE WOMAN Jacqueline Durran ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Arianne Phillips
CINEMATOGRAPHY
MAKE UP & HAIR
1917 Roger Deakins THE IRISHMAN Rodrigo Prieto JOKER Lawrence Sher LE MANS ‘66 Phedon Papamichael THE LIGHTHOUSE Jann Blaschke
1917 Naomi Donne BOMBSHELL Vivien Baker, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan JOKER Kay Georgiou, Nicki Ledermann JUDY Jeremy Woodhead ROCKETMAN Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
EDITING
SOUND
THE IRISHMAN Thelma Schoonmaker JOJO RABBIT Tom Eagles JOKER Jeff Growth LE MANS ‘66 Andrew Buckland, Michael McCusker ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD Fred Raskin
1917 Scott Millan, Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate, Mark Taylor, Stuart Wilson JOKER Tod Maitland, Alan Robert Murray, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupanic LE MANS ‘66 David Giammarco, Paul Massey, Steven A. Morrow, Donald Sylvester
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ROCKETMAN Matthew Collinge, John Hayes, Mike Prestwood Smith, Danny Sheehan
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER David Acord, Andy Nelson, Christopher Scarabosio, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS 1917 Greg Butler, Guillaume Rocheron, Dominic Tuohy AVENGERS: ENDGAME Dan Deleeuw, Dan Sudick THE IRISHMAN Leandro Estebecorena, Stephane Grabli, Pablo Helman THE LION KING Andrew R. Jones, Robert Legato, Elliot Newman, Adam Valdez STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh, Neal Scanlan, Dominic Tuohy
EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted by the public) AWKWAFINA JACK LOWDEN KAITLYN DEVER KELVIN HARRISON JR. MICHEAL WARD
February 2nd 2020 At the Royal Albert Hall in London
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ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2020 THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 9TH FEBRUARY 2020
BEST PICTURE
SUPPORTING ACTOR
FORD v FERRARI THE IRISHMAN JOJO RABBIT LITTLE WOMEN MARRIAGE STORY 1917 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD PARASITE
TOM HANKS (A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD) ANTHONY HOPKINS (THE TWO POPES) AL PACINO (THE IRISHMAN) JOE PESCI (THE IRISHMAN) BRAD PITT (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD)
LEAD ACTOR ANTONIO BANDERAS (PAIN and GLORY) LEONARDO DICAPRIO (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) ADAM DRIVER (MARRIAGE STORY) JOAQUIN PHOENIX (JOKER) JONATHAN PRYCE (THE TWO POPES)
LEAD ACTRESS CYNTHIA ERIVO (HARRIET) SCARLETT JOHANSSON (MARRIAGE STORY) SAOIRSE RONAN (LITTLE WOMEN) CHARLIZE THERON (BOMBSHELL) RENEE ZELLWEGER (JUDY)
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS KATHY BATES (RICHARD JEWELL) LAURA DERN (MARRIAGE STORY) SCARLETT JOHANSSON (JOJO RABBIT) FLORENCE PUGH (LITTLE WOMEN) MARGOT ROBBIE (BOMBSHELL)
DIRECTOR MARTIN SCORSESE (THE IRISHMAN) TODD PHILLIPS (JOKER) SAM MENDES (1917) QUENTIN TARATINO (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD) BONG JOON-HO (PARASITE)
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ANIMATED FEATURE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD (DEAN DEBLOIS) I LOST MY BODY (JEREMY CLAPIN) KLAUS (SERGIO PABLOS) MISSING LINK (CHRIS BUTLER) TOY STORY 4 (JOSH COOLEY)
ANIMATED SHORT DCERA (DARIA KASHCHEEVA) HAIR LOVE (MATTHEW A CHERRY) KITBULL (ROSANA SULLIVAN) MEMORABLE (BRUNO COLLET) SISTER (SIQI SONG)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY THE IRISHMAN (STEVEN ZAILLIAN) JOJO RABBIT (TAIKA WAITITI) JOKER (TODD PHILLIPS, SCOTT SILVER) LITTLE WOMEN (GRETA GERWIG) THE TWO POPES (ANTHONY McCARTEN)
PARASITE (BONG JOON-HO, JIN WON HAN)
CINEMATOGRAPHY THE IRISHMAN (RODRIGO PRIETO) JOKER (LAWRENCE SHER) THE LIGHTHOUSE (JARIN BLASCHKE) 1917 (ROGER DEAKINS) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (ROBERT RICHARDSON)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AMERICAN FACTORY (JULIA RIEICHERT, STEVEN BOGNAR) THE CAVE (FERAS FAYYAD) THE EDGE OF DEMOCRACY (PETRA COSTA) FOR SAMA (WAAD AL-KATEAB, EDWARD WATTS) HONEYLAND (TAMARA KOTEVSKA, LJUBO STEFANOV)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
IN THE ABSENCE (YI SEUNG-JUN and GARY BYUNG-SEOK KAM) LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (CAROL DYSINGER) KNIVES OUT (RIAN JOHNSON) LIFE OVERTAKES ME (KRISTINE SAMUELSON and MARRIAGE STORY JOHN HAPTAS) (NOAH BAUMBACH) ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN 1917 (SMRITI MUNDHRA and SAMI KHAN) (SAM MENDES and KRYSTY WILSON-CAIRNS) WALK RUN CHA-CHA (LAURA NIX) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (QUENTIN TARANTINO) www.moviesbymills.com
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BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM BROTHERHOOD (MERYAM JOOBEUR) NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB (YVES PIAT) THE NEIGHBORS’ WINDOW (MARSHALL CURRY) SARIA (BRYAN BUCKLEY) A SISTER (DELPHINE GIRARD)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM CORPUS CHRISTI (JAN KOMASA) HONEYLAND (TAMARA KOTEVSKA, LJUBO STEFANOV) LES MISERABLES (LADJ LY) PAIN AND GLORY (PEDRO ALMODOVAR) PARASITE (BONG JOON-HO)
FILM EDITING FORD V FERRARI (MICHAEL McCUSKER, ANDREW BUCKLAND) THE IRISHMAN (THELMA SCHOONMAKER) JOJO RABBIT (TOM EAGLES) JOKER (JEFF GROTH) PARASITE (JINMO YANG)
SOUND EDITING
JOKER (ALAN ROBERT MURRAY) 1917 (OLIVER TARNEY, RACHEL TATE) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (WYLIE STATEMAN) STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (MATTHEW WOOD, DAVID ACCORD)
SOUND MIXING AD ASTRA FORD V FERRARI JOKER 1917 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
PRODUCTION DESIGN THE IRISHMAN (BOB SHAW and REGINA GRAVES) JOJO RABBIT (RA VINCENT and NORA SOPKOVA) 1917 (DENNIS GASSNER and LEE SANDALES) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (BARBARA LING and NANCY HAIGH) PARASITE (LEE HA-JUN, CHO WON WOO, HAN GA RAM and CHO HEE)
ORIGINAL SCORE JOKER (HILDUR GUONADOTTIR) LITTLE WOMEN (ALEXANDRE DESPLAT) MARRIAGE STORY (RANDY NEWMAN) 1917 (THOMAS NEWMAN) STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (JOHN WILLIAMS)
FORD V FERRARI (DON SYLVESTER)
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ORIGINAL SONG
COSTUME DESIGN
I CAN’T LET YOU THROW YOURSELF AWAY (TOY STORY 4) I’M GONNA LOVE ME AGAIN (ROCKETMAN) I’M STANDING WITH YOU (BREAKTHROUGH) INTO THE UNKNOWN (FROZEN 2) STAND UP (HARRIET)
THE IRISHMAN (SANDY POWELL and CHRISTOPHER PETERSON) JOJO RABBIT (MAYES C. RUBEO) JOKER (MARK BRIDGES) LITTLE WOMEN (JACQUELINE DURRAN) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (ARIANNE PHILLIPS)
MAKE-UP AND HAIR
VISUAL EFFECTS
BOMBSHELL JOKER JUDY MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL 1917
AVENGERS ENDGAME THE IRISHMAN 1917 THE LION KING STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
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