Rick W / Monday, December 2, 2024

MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture and More / Trailer for September 5 / Interviews and Profiles: Gomez, Gascon and More

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND MORE

Here are updated nomination predictions for the Best Picture and Direction for the 97th Academy Awards as well as first time predictions for International, Animated and Documentary Features. These categories were last predicted on Nov. 18th. A film's or director's previous rank appears to the right of their names in parentheses. TFF #51 actors/films are in Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) Anora (1)

2) Conclave (2)

3) The Brutalist (4)

4) Emilia Perez (3)

5) Dune Part Two (5)

6) Wicked (6)

7) A Real Pain (9)

8) September 5 (-)

9) Gladiator II (7)

10) Sing Sing (8)

Others: A Complete Unknown, Blitz and The Room Next Door.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Sean Baker/Anora (1)

2) Brady Corbet/The Brutalist (2)

3) Jacques Audiard/Emilia Perez (4)

4) Edward Berger/Conclave (3)

5) Ridley Scott/Gladiator II (-)

Others: Denis Villenueve/Dune Part Two, RaMell Ross/Nickel Boys and James Mangold/A Complete Unknown.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1) The Wild Robot

2) Inside Out 2

3) Memoir of a Snail

4) Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

5) Flow

Others: Piece by Piece, Moana 2 and Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) Emilia Perez

2) The Seed of the Sacred Fig

3) I'm Still Here

4) The Girl with a Needle

5) Armand

Others: Vermiglio, Dahomaey and Kneecap.

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1) No Other Land

2) Daughters

3) Sugarcane

4) Black Box Diaries

5) Dahomey

Others: Will and Harper, Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat and Union.

TRAILER FOR SEPTEMBER 5

September 5 was one of my favorite films at TFF #51. It opens in limited release on Dec. 13th followed by expanded release on Jan. 17th. We now have a trailer for the film and here it is via YouTube: