Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Academy of Imads Presents: The ImAdscars 2017

ITS TIME FOR THE IMADSCAR AWARDS! (Get it!?)


Whoa is right, Keanu!


CHOSEN BY THE ACADEMY OF IMADS and Sciences AND MADE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE OSCARS ARENT SATISFYING IN WHO THEY NOMINATE. WE HAVE DONE GONE AND MADE OUR OWN NOMINATIONS FROM AMONG THE 68 FILMS THAT WERE SUBMITTED (READ: WATCHED IN THEATRES). (THE CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN TRIMMED because who has time for best live action short? Also ONE HAS BEEN MADE UP.) WINNERS ARE IN BOLD. MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL. 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
CASEY AFFLECK
Manchester by the Sea

James Mcavoy

Split

CHRIS PINE
Hell or High Water

VIGGO MORTENSEN
Captain Fantastic

NEEL SETHI
The Jungle Book

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
MAHERSHALA ALI
Moonlight

MATT SMITH
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

SUNNY PAWAR
Lion

HUGO WEAVING
Hacksaw Ridge

BEN FOSTER
Hell or High Water

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
LILY JAMES
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

HAILEE STEINFELD
The Edge of Seventeen

MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD
10 Cloverfield Lane

EMMA STONE
La La Land

TARAJI P. HENSON
Hidden Figures

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
NOMINEES
ANGOURIE RICE
The Nice Guys

MARGARET BOWMAN
Hell or High Water

OCTAVIA SPENCER
Hidden Figures

MICHELLE WILLIAMS
Manchester by the Sea

NAOMIE HARRIS
Moonlight

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
NOMINEES
MOANA
John Musker, Ron Clements and Osnat Shurer

Kung Fu Panda
Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson

FINDING DORY
Andrew Stanton

ZOOTOPIA
Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
Travis Knight and Arianne Sutner

CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOMINEES
ARRIVAL
Bradford Young

LA LA LAND
Linus Sandgren

MOONLIGHT
James Laxton

HELL OR HIGH WATER
Rodrigo Prieto

GREEN ROOM
Sean Porter

DIRECTING
NOMINEES
GREEN ROOM
Jeremy Saulnier

LA LA LAND
Damien Chazelle

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Kenneth Lonergan

MOONLIGHT
Barry Jenkins


HELL OR HIGH WATER
David Mackenzie

FILM EDITING
NOMINEES
ARRIVAL
Joe Walker

A MONSTERS CALL
Jaume Marti and Bernat Vilaplana

HELL OR HIGH WATER
Jake Roberts

LA LA LAND
Tom Cross

MOONLIGHT
Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
NOMINEES
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

HIDDEN FIGURES

Pride and Prejudice and zombies

Green Room

Star Trek Beyond

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
NOMINEES
HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE
Lukasz Pawel Buda, Samuel Scott, and Conrad Wedde

STAR TREK
Michael Giacchino

MOONLIGHT
Nicholas Britell

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
James Newton Howard


SWISS ARMY MAN
Andy Hull and Robert McDowell

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)
NOMINEES
SOMEONE IN THE CROWD
from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

Drive it like you stole it
from Sing Street; Music and Lyric by Sing Street

CITY OF STARS
from La La Land; Music by Justin Hurwitz; Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul

SOMETHING WILD
from Pete’s Dragon; Music and Lyric by Lindsey Stirling and Andrew McMahon

HOW FAR I'LL GO
from Moana; Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda


COSTUME DESIGN
NOMINEES
THE NICE GUYS

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

Captain Fantastic

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

PRODUCTION DESIGN
NOMINEES
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Production Design: David Warren; Set Decoration: Naomi Moore

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock

HAIL, CAESAR!
Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

LA LA LAND
Production Design: David Wasco; Set Decoration: Sandy Reynolds-Wasco

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Gene Serdena

VISUAL EFFECTS
NOMINEES
STAR TREK BEYOND
971 people. IMDB wasn't very clear. 

DOCTOR STRANGE
Stephane Ceretti, Richard Bluff, Vincent Cirelli and Paul Corbould

THE JUNGLE BOOK
Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY
John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel and Neil Corbould

FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WEAR TO FIND THEM
Whomever was responsible. Again, IMDb is a maze here.

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
ARRIVAL
Screenplay by Eric Heisserer

A MONSTERS CALL
Screenplay by Patrick Ness; Story by Patrick Ness and Siobhan Dowd

HIDDEN FIGURES
Screenplay by Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi

LION
Screenplay by Luke Davies

MOONLIGHT
Screenplay by Barry Jenkins; Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
NOMINEES
LA LA LAND
Written by Damien Chazelle

THE LOBSTER
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Written by Kenneth Lonergan

GREEN ROOM
Written by Jeremy Saulnier


HELL OR HIGH WATER
Written by Taylor Sheridan

VOICE ACTING (NON-OSCAR CATEGORY)
NOMINEES
Kate Hudson
Kung Fu Panda 3

ART PARKINSON
Kubo and the Two Strings

Idris elba
The Jungle Book

AULI
Moana


ALAN TUDYK
Moana


Ensemble
NOMINEES
Hidden Figures

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

STAR TREK BEYOND

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Captain Fantastic

BEST PICTURE (Ranked!)
NOMINEES
10. LA LA LAND

9. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

8. MOONLIGHT

7. STAR TREK BEYOND

6. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE

5. HIDDEN FIGURES

4. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES

3. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY

2. GREEN ROOM

1. HELL OR HIGH WATER