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Boston MA – Nominations for the 21st annual Chlotrudis Awards were finalized by the film group’s nominating committee last weekend. Coming out a wing’s breadth ahead of the pack was BIRDMAN with 7 nominations, including Movie, Director, Actor, and Editing, one of two nomination categories newly added this year.
One of the great European directors Pawel Pawlikowski’s latest, IDA was just behind with 6 nominations, while a three-way tie with 5 nods each to BOYHOOD, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL, and A COFFEE IN BERLIN followed. In all, more than a third of the 45 films nominated received multiple nominations.
This year for the first time those nominating categories were expanded, after members approved the addition of Best Editing and Best Use of Music in a Film to the Chlotrudis slate of nominations. The latter category garnered such a wide variety of films with close votes, the nominating committee opted to err on the side of generosity: for the first time ever, there is a category with more than 7 nominees.
In the Society’s most prestigious category, the Buried Treasure, the final nominees were the Dutch thriller BORGMAN; ILO ILO, a family film from Singapore; ROCKS IN MY POCKETS an animated film exploring mental illness; Germany’s haunting THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT; Japan’s elegiac UZAMASA LIMELIGHT; and THE WAY HE LOOKS, a Brazilian coming of age film.
The Buried Treasure is the only category with eligibility requirements: nominated films must have earned less than $250,000 in its U.S. theatrical run, and members can submit only 1 film they feel strongly was given distributional short shrift and deserve a wider audience. Once the final ballot is set, all members voting in the category must verify that they have watched all (or 5 of 6) of the nominated films.
The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film highlights its commitment to independent and foreign film in style, holding its CHLOTRUDIS AWARDS ceremony in early spring. This latest edition will be held Sunday March 22nd at the historic Brattle Theatre, and the public is invited to join Chlotrudis members, nominees and special guests in the celebration.
At the ceremony, Chlotrudis also presents special awards that honor individuals or films for particular distinction. Past recipients Kerry Washington (Breakthrough Award ‘04), Beth Grant (Career So Far Award ‘09) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (first Hall of Fame inductee) are among those who have made the trek to Boston to be honored for their contributions to independent film. This year’s recipients are still being finalized at press time.
The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film is a Boston-based non-profit group that teaches people to view film actively and experience the world through independent film, and encourages discussion. The group works with film festivals, local art-houses and theatres, production companies, directors and actors to bring creative, quality films to the attention of audiences and film-lovers. Visit its website, www.chlotrudis.org, for more information, and join its Facebook page and twitter feed for the latest news.
Here follows the complete list of the nominations for the 21st Annual Chlotrudis Awards:
BEST MOVIE
Birdman
Boyhood
A Coffee in Berlin
Ida
Like Father, Like Son
Mommy
BURIED TREASURE
Borgman
Ilo Ilo
Rocks in My Pockets
The Strange Little Cat
Uzumasa Limelight
The Way He Looks
BEST DIRECTOR
Joanna Hogg – Archipelago
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu – Birdman
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Jan Ole Gerster – A Coffee in Berlin
Pawel Pawlikowski – Ida
Hirokazu Kore-eda – Like Father, Like Son
BEST ACTOR
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Jesse Eisenberg – The Double
Masaharu Fukuyama – Like Father, Like Son
Tom Hardy – Locke
Adam Bakri – Omar
Miles Teller – Whiplash
BEST ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Robin Wright – The Congress
Paulina Garcia – Gloria
Agata Trzebuchowska – Ida
Anne Dorval – Mommy
Tilda Swinton – Only Lovers Left Alive
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Edward Norton – Birdman
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Michael Fassbender – Frank
Tom Hiddleston – Unrelated
J.K. Simmons– Whiplash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Lydia Leonard – Archipelago
Agata Kulesza – Ida
Suzanne Clement – Mommy
Imelda Staunton – Pride
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer
Eva Green – White Bird in a Blizzar
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Archipelago
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Like Father, Like Son
We Are the Best!
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Double
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mr. Turner
Only Lovers Left Alive
Snowpiercer
The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Emmanuel Lubezki – Birdman
Philipp Kirsamer – A Coffee in Berlin
Lyle Vincent – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Robert D. Yeoman – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ryszard Lenczewski – Ida
Daniel Landin – Under the Skin
BEST EDITING
Birdman
Boyhood
A Coffee in Berlin
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Locke
Snowpiercer
BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A FILM
A Coffee in Berlin
Frank
God Help the Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Only Lovers Left Alive
Under the Skin
We Are the Best!
Whiplash
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Cold in July
The Congress
Inherent Vice
Joe
A Most Wanted Man
We Are the Best!
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Birdman
Dear White People
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Locke
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Finding Vivian Maier
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Life Itself
Particle Fever
Tim’s Vermeer
To Be Takei