Friday, December 23, 2016

2016 YEAR-END BALLOT

the point of this exercise isn't merely to stand in contrast to industry awards shows but to shine light on other works/achievements/performances that might've not gotten enough consideration during their initial releases 


Past ballots at The Wandering Image:

 1980198119821983198419851986,
 1987,19881989, 1990199119921993,
 1994199519961997199819992000,
  2001,20022003,200420052006, 2007
 2015

To view my Top 30 films of 2016, visit the Final Cinema.




Note: As usual, Oscar winner predictions will be added towards the end of January beneath my *top pick in each category.


**Actual AMPAS nominees added 1/15/2017**
**Oscar winner predictions added 1/15/2017 below actual AMPAS nominees** 

**Actual AMPAS winners noted 2/27/2017** 




2016
*PATERSON
THE HANDMAIDEN
HAPPY HOUR
MOONLIGHT
THE WITCH
THE MERMAID 3D
CERTAIN WOMEN
GREEN ROOM
HAIL, CAESAR!
TONI ERDMANN
DEMON
ELLE
EVOLUTION
SILENCE
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
OUR LITTLE SISTER
UNDER THE SHADOW
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
AQUARIUS
SUNSET SONG


actual best picture oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
FENCES
HACKSAW RIDGE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
HIDDEN FIGURES
LA LA LAND
LION
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

MOONLIGHT (won)

prediction:
LA LA LAND


actual foreign language oscar nominees:
LAND OF MINE
A MAN CALLED OVE
THE SALESMAN (won)
TANNA
TONI ERDMANN


prediction:

THE SALESMAN











2016
*Jim Jarmusch for PATERSON
Park Chan-wook for THE HANDMAIDEN
Barry Jenkins for MOONLIGHT
Maren Ade for TONI ERDMANN
Andrew Dominik for ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING

actual oscar nominees:
Denis Villeneuve for ARRIVAL
Mel Gibson for HACKSAW RIDGE
Damien Chazelle for LA LA LAND (won)
Kenneth Lonergan for MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

Barry Jenkins for MOONLIGHT

prediction:

Damien Chazelle for LA LA LAND












2016
*Ruth Negga in LOVING
Isabelle Huppert in ELLE
Sally Field in HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS
Hailee Steinfeld in EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
Krisha Fairchild in KRISHA

actual oscar nominees:
Emma Stone in LA LA LAND (won)
Isabelle Huppert in ELLE
Ruth Negga in LOVING
Natalie Portman in JACKIE

Meryl Streep in FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

prediction:

Emma Stone in LA LA LAND









2016
*Joel Edgerton in LOVING
Don Cheadle in MILES AHEAD
Ryan Gosling in THE NICE GUYS
Peter Simonischek in TONI ERDMANN
Dev Patel in LION
Jesse Eisenberg in LOUDER THAN BOMBS

actual oscar nominees:
Casey Affleck in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (won)
Andrew Garfield in HACKSAW RIDGE
Ryan Gosling in LA LA LAND
Viggo Mortensen in CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

Denzel Washington in FENCES

prediction: 

Casey Affleck in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA 









2016
*Naomie Harris in MOONLIGHT
Greta Gerwig in 20TH CENTURY WOMEN
Viola Davis in FENCES
Molly Shannon in OTHER PEOPLE
Rachel House in HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

actual oscar nominees:
Viola Davis in FENCES (won)
Naomie Harris in MOONLIGHT
Nicole Kidman in LION
Octavia Spencer in HIDDEN FIGURES

Michelle Williams in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

prediction: 

Viola Davis in FENCES












2016
*Mahershala Ali in MOONLIGHT
John Goodman in 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
Ralph Fiennes in A BIGGER SPLASH
Alden Ehrenreich in HAIL, CAESAR!
Ben Foster in HELL OR HIGH WATER
Craig Robinson in MORRIS FROM AMERICA

actual oscar nominees:
Mahershala Ali in MOONLIGHT (won)
Jeff Bridges in HELL OR HIGH WATER
Lucas Hedges in MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Dev Patel in LION

Michael Shannon in NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

prediction: 

Mahershala Ali in MOONLIGHT














2016
*TONI ERDMANN - Maren Ade
HELL OR HIGH WATER - Taylor Sheridan
PATERSON - Jim Jarmusch
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA - Kenneth Lonergan
HAIL, CAESAR! - Joel & Ethan Coen

actual oscar nominees:
HELL OR HIGH WATER
LA LA LAND
THE LOBSTER
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA 
(won)
20TH CENTURY WOMEN

prediction: 

LA LA LAND











2016
*LOVE & FRIENDSHIP 
                           - Whit Stillman
MOONLIGHT - Barry Jenkins
SILENCE - Jay Cocks & Scorsese
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI - Celine Sciamma
SUNSET SONG - Terence Davies
ARRIVAL - Eric Heisserer

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
FENCES
HIDDEN FIGURES
LION

MOONLIGHT (won)

prediction: 

MOONLIGHT











2016
*O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA
ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING 3D
HOMO SAPIENS
CAMERAPERSON
VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY
13TH
TOWER
HYPERNORMALISATION
GIMME DANGER
INTO THE INFERNO
SEASONS

actual oscar nominees:
FIRE AT SEA
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
LIFE, ANIMATED
O.J. MADE IN AMERICA 
(won)
13TH

prediction: 

O.J. MADE IN AMERICA












2016
*MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD
THE RED TURTLE
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
LONG WAY NORTH
THE LITTLE PRINCE
THE STRESSFUL ADVENTURES OF BOXHEAD & ROUNDHEAD
PHANTOM BOY
MOANA
MISS HOKUSAI

actual oscar nominees:
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI
MOANA
THE RED TURTLE

ZOOTOPIA (won)

prediction: 

ZOOTOPIA










2016
*THE NEON DEMON 
                            - Cliff Martinez >
LOVING - David Wingo >
LION - Dustin O’Halloran & Hauschka >
JACKIE - Mica Levi >
MOONLIGHT - Britell >
LA LA LAND - Justin Hurwitz >
FANTASTIC BEASTS.. - James Newton Howard >
ARRIVAL - Jóhann Jóhannsson >

actual oscar nominees:
JACKIE
LA LA LAND (won)
MOONLIGHT
LION

PASSENGERS

prediction: 

LA LA LAND









2016
*M.O.P.Z.
EVERYBODY DIES [COLLECTIVE:UNCONSCIOUS segment]
FATHER'S DAY [HOLIDAYS segment]
CARPENTER BRUT: TURBO KILLER
BLACK SOIL, GREEN GRASS [COLLECTIVE:UNCONSCIOUS segment]
RADIOHEAD: DAYDREAMING
BEYONCE: PRAY YOU CATCH ME [LEMONADE segment]
TIMECODE
WATANI: MY HOMELAND
THE CHICKENING
THIS WAY OUT [SOUTHBOUND segment]
ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVERANIMALS
SIREN [SOUTHBOUND segment]
SING [MINDENKI]

actual oscar nominees live-action short:
ENEMIES WITHIN

THE RAILROAD LADY
SILENT NIGHTS
SING (won)
TIMECODE

prediction:

ENEMIES WITHIN


actual oscar nominees (documentary short):
THE WHITE HELMETS 
(won)
EXTREMIS
4.1 MILES
JOE'S VIOLIN
WATANI: MY HOMELAND

prediction:

THE WHITE HELMETS











2016
*PIPER
Phil Tippett's MAD GOD: PART II
PEAR CIDER & CIGARETTES
Jan Saska's HAPPY END [FINAL FELIZ]
Leon Vidmar's FAREWELL [SLOVO]
THE LONELIEST STOPLIGHT
Disney INNER WORKINGS
SHINY
ONCE UPON A LINE
ODD ER ET EGG
BLIND VAYSHA
TAME IMPALAFEELS LIKE WE ONLY GO BACKWARDS

actual oscar nominees:
BLIND VAYSHA

BORROWED TIME
PEARL
PIPER (won)
PEAR CIDER & CIGARETTES
prediction: 
PIPER





categories below this point are
↓for you technical craft lovers↓

2016
*THE NEON DEMON 
                       - Natasha Braier, ADF
SILENCE - Rodrigo Prieto, A.S.C., A.M.C.
THE EYES OF MY MOTHER - Zach Kuperstein 
LA LA LAND - Linus Sandgren, A.S.C.
KNIGHT OF CUPS - Emmanuel Lubezki, A.S.C., A.M.C.

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
LA LA LAND (won)
LION
MOONLIGHT

SILENCE

prediction: 

LA LA LAND










2016
*MOONLIGHT 
                 - Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders
SILENCE - Thelma Schoonmaker
THE HANDMAIDEN - Jae-Bum Kim, Sang-beom Kim
LA LA LAND - Tom Cross
ARRIVAL - Joe Walker
VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY 
                             - Rehman Nizar Ali, Keith Fraase
ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING - Shane Reid

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
HACKSAW RIDGE (won)
HELL OR HIGH WATER
LA LA LAND

MOONLIGHT

prediction: 

LA LA LAND










2016
*JACKIE - Jean Rabasse
THE LOVE WITCH - Anna Biller
SILENCE - Dante Ferretti
HAIL, CAESAR! - Jess Gonchor
TALE OF TALES - Dimitri Capuani
ASSASSIN'S CREED - Andy Nicholson
HIGH-RISE - Mark Tildesley
RULES DON'T APPLY - Jeannine Oppewall
ALLIED - Gary Freeman
LA LA LAND - David Wasco
FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM 
                                    - Stuart Craig, James Hambidge

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
HAIL, CAESAR!
LA LA LAND 
(won)
PASSENGERS

prediction: 

LA LA LAND













2016
*THE LOVE WITCH - Anna Biller
LOVE & FRIENDSHIP - Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh
JACKIE - Madeline Fontaine
LA LA LAND - Mary Zophres
FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM 
                                                  - Colleen Atwood
TALE OF TALES - Massimo Cantini Parrini
LA BELLE ET LA BETE Pierre-Yves Gayraud

actual oscar nominees:
ALLIED
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (won)
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
JACKIE

LA LA LAND

prediction: 

LA LA LAND












2016
*STAR TREK BEYOND
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
CLOWN
HACKSAW RIDGE
TALE OF TALES
A MAN CALLED OVE
FIRE CITY: END OF DAYS
FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM

actual oscar nominees:
A MAN CALLED OVE
SUICIDE SQUAD 
(won)
STAR TREK BEYOND

prediction: 

STAR TREK BEYOND











2016
*ARRIVAL
THE WITCH
DEEPWATER HORIZON
JUNGLE BOOK
10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL (won)
DEEPWATER HORIZON

HACKSAW RIDGE
LA LA LAND
SULLY

prediction: 

HACKSAW RIDGE










2016
*ARRIVAL
ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING
DEEPWATER HORIZON
JUNGLE BOOK
HACKSAW RIDGE

actual oscar nominees:
ARRIVAL
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

HACKSAW RIDGE (won)
LA LA LAND
13 HOURS: SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI

prediction:

LA LA LAND











2016
*THE JUNGLE BOOK
VOYAGE OF TIME: LIFE'S JOURNEY
HARDCORE HENRY
FANTASTIC BEASTS & WHERE TO FIND THEM
DOCTOR STRANGE
THE BFG
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
LET'S BE EVIL


actual oscar nominees:
DEEPWATER HORIZON

DOCTOR STRANGE
THE JUNGLE BOOK (won)
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

prediction:

THE JUNGLE BOOK














muriel awards categories:



2016
*1) Michelle finally exits the bunker 
- 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE
2) the quiet stillness that ends the chapter titled "Black" 
-------------------------------- ----------- MOONLIGHT
3) Little girl reads title character her poem 
----------------------------------------------- PATERSON
4) Nick plays "Rings of Saturn" 
------------- ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING 3D
5) Bucharest chase sequence (Black Panther!) 
----------------------------- CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
6) first entering "the Shell" craft.. Dr. Banks meets aliens 
-------------------------------------------------- ARRIVAL
7) Fight atop the leaf boat during a storm 
------------------------- KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS
8) Gojira's jaw splits open as he first spits purple laser 
---------------------------------------- SHIN GODZILLA
9) the Light beings 1st appear. Alton enters their realm 
------------------------------------ MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 
10) Kaa shows Mowgli his father's death 
------------------------------------- THE JUNGLE BOOK
11) 16mm footage of Heimaey Iceland 1973 covered in ash 
------------------------------------ INTO THE INFERNO
12) entire "The High Priestess" chapter in Las Vegas
--------------------------------------- KNIGHT OF CUPS
13) the Valak Painting Attacks Lorraine - THE CONJURING 2
14) Swimming through a swarm of neon jellyfish 
--------------------------------------- THE SHALLOWS
15) stroboscopic "Demon Dance" nightclub sequence 
----------------------------------------- NEON DEMON
16) German bomber crashes during the party - ALLIED
17) Armored convoy / motorcycle sequence 
------------------------------------- HARDCORE HENRY
18) Tony Jaa breaks chains & teams up with Jing Wu 
--------------------------------------------- KILLZONE 2
19) Title character sees "We Know the Way" within sail 
---------------------------------------------------- MOANA
20) HAXAN (1922) inspired final moments of THE VVITCH

also this;
the Plumber (MASCOTS scene) from Shine Your Tomato on Vimeo.












2016
*CERTAIN WOMEN
MOONLIGHT

SILENCE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
HACKSAW RIDGE






Other year-end ballots posted at The Wandering Image:
   198019811982198319841985198619871988, 19891990
 20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012,
 20132014, 2015,

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