The 1st Annual DanLovesFilm Movie Awards

Every year when award season comes round there is always public out cry when a number of highly regarded films and performances are overlooked by the major award bodies. Prime examples including Toni Collette and Amy Adams missing out on Oscar nominations for career best performances in “Hereditary” and “Arrival” respectively.

With the 96th Academy Awards on the horizon, I have decided to make good all the wrongs committed by AMPAS when it comes to their Academy Award nominations, by announcing the nominees for the 1st Annual DanLovesFilm Movie Awards.

This being my first award season since I have began my movie reviews and blogs, I will be celebrating what I consider to be the strongest achievement in filmmaking of 2023. For a film to be eligible they must have had a US release date in the year 2023, the same rule that applies at the Academy Awards.

Absent Categories

Due to regular lack of competition there will be no Original Song category and due to my lack of research in 2023 there will also be no Documentary or Short film categories. I will however be announcing nominees for acting ensemble, which equates with the top prize ate the SAG Awards, as well an award for stunt work, a category egregiously absent from the Academy Awards.

New Categories

Despite the absent categories which would usually be present at the Academy Awards, I will be introducing three new categories which I believe should be considered by AMPAS in the future. The first category is recognised at several awards bodies and is for acting Ensemble, a category which equates to Best Picture at the SAG Awards. Another acting award I will be introducing is that for Voice Acting. Despite some memorable voice performances over the years, these are roles that will never be recognised at the Academy, so it only seems right to acknowledge these acting achievements here. The final new category is also one that is present at SAG, which is for Stunt work, a category which is egregiously absent from the Academy Awards despite having a guild.

Eligibility

Much like the Academy Awards, I will only consider films with a 2023 US release date for all categories but unlike the Academy I will consider any film for the International Feature category, not limiting any given country to one nomination but the production cannot be from the US, e.g. “Past Lives”.

Here are the nominations for the 1st Annual DanLovesFilm Movie Awards:

Best Picture

• All of Us Strangers
• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Iron Claw
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Saltburn
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

Director

• Justine Triet “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Christopher Nolan “Oppenheimer”
• Celine Song “Past Lives”
• Yorgos Lanthimos “Poor Things”
• Jonathan Glazer “The Zone of Interest”

Actor in a Leading Role

• Bradley Cooper “Maestro”
• Paul Giamatti “The Holdovers”
• Cillian Murphy “Oppenheimer”
• Andrew Scott “All of Us Strangers”
• Teo Yoo “Past Lives”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Fantasia Barrino “The Color Purple”
• Sandra Huller “Anatomy of a Fall”
• Greta Lee “Past Lives”
• Natalie Portman “May December”
• Emma Stone “Poor Things”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Ryan Gosling “Barbie”
• John Magaro “Past Lives”
• Charles Melton “May December”
• Paul Mescal “All of Us Strangers”
• Mark Ruffalo “Poor Things”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Danielle Brooks “The Color Purple”
• Rachel McAdams “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
• Julianne Moore “May December”
• Rosamund Pike “Saltburn”
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph “The Holdovers”

Ensemble

• The Color Purple
• The Iron Claw
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Saltburn

Voice Acting

• Jack Black “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”
• Shameik Moore “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
• Chloë Grace Moretz “Nimona”
• Robert Pattinson “The Boy and the Heron”
• Hailee Steinfeld “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”

Original Screenplay

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Holdovers
• May December
• Past Lives
• Saltburn

Adapted Screenplay

• All of Us Strangers
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Animated Feature

• The Boy and the Heron
• Elemental
• Nimona
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

International Feature

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Boy and the Heron
• Godzilla Minus One
• Society of the Snow
• The Zone of Interest

Editing

• Anatomy of a Fall
• The Iron Claw
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things

Cinematography

• El Conde
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• The Zone of Interest

Production Design

• Barbie
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Poor Things
• Saltburn
• The Zone of Interest

Costume Design

• Barbie
• The Color Purple
• Priscilla
• Poor Things
• Wonka

Makeup & Hair

• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Priscilla
• When Evil Lurks

Original Score

• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

Sound

• The Creator
• Maestro
• Oppenheimer
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
• The Zone of Interest

Visual Effects

• The Creator
• Godzilla Minus One
• Oppenheimer
• Society of the Snow
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Stunts

• Extraction 2
• The Iron Claw
• John Wick: Chapter 4
• Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
• Napoleon

Films with multiple nominations:

• Oppenheimer – 11
• Poor Things – 10
• Past Lives – 8
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – 8
• The Zone of Interest – 7
• Anatomy of a Fall – 6
• Saltburn – 5
• All of Us Strangers – 4
• The Color Purple – 4
• The Iron Claw – 4
• John Wick: Chapter 4 – 4
• Maestro – 4
• May December – 4
• Barbie – 3
• The Boy and the Heron – 3
• The Holdovers – 3
• Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – 2
• The Creator – 2
• Godzilla Minus One – 2
• Nimona – 2
• Priscilla – 2
• Society of the Snow – 2

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