Today I’m indulging my fantasy of being important enough to divvy out film awards. Here are my nominations, with contenders drawn from films released in the UK in 2016. I’ve chosen my own (admittedly not exhaustive) categories, and haven’t limited the number of nominees in each one. Watch this space for the winners.
Best film:
A Bigger Splash
Arrival
Chi-Raq
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I, Daniel Blake
Spotlight
Best director:
Brady Corbet, The Childhood of a Leader
Gareth Edwards, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jim Jarmusch, Paterson
Spike Lee, Chi-Raq
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best screenplay:
Arrival
Eye in the Sky
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Maggie’s Plan
Paterson
Sing Street
Spotlight
Best actress:
Amy Adams, Arrival
Brie Larson, Room
Dakota Johnson, A Bigger Splash
Jodie Whitaker, Adult Life Skills
Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq
Best actor:
Alex Lawther, Departure
Dave Johns, I, Daniel Blake
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Tom Hiddleston, High-Rise
Tom Sweet, The Childhood of a Leader
Best supporting actress:
Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters
Maya Rudolph, Maggie’s Plan
Tessa Thompson, Creed
Best supporting actor:
Alan Rickman, Eye in the Sky
Ben Mendelsohn, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Jack Reynor, Sing Street
John Cusack, Chi-Raq
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Best double act:
Ellen Page and Allison Janney, Tallulah
Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Greta Gerwig and Bill Hader, Maggie’s Plan
Jesse Plemons and Molly Shannon, Other People
Julian Dennison and Sam Neill, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Russell Tovey and Arinzé Kene, The Pass
Best newcomer:
Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Sing Street
Julian Dennison, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Riz Ahmed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Best foreign film:
Holding the Man
Mustang
Our Little Sister
Best British film:
Adult Life Skills
Eye in the Sky
The Pass
Sing Street
Best documentary:
13th
Tickled
Kate Plays Christine
2016 turkey:
Concussion
Our Kind of Traitor
Most overrated film:
The Danish Girl
Love and Friendship
Trumbo
SCENE A LOT OF FILMS 