The full list of nominees for the American Society of Cinematographers can be seen here. The ASC Awards will be presented on February 1st. One of the greatest evidence of how crowded 2013 was with great films (along with the tie at the PGA Awards), a 3-way tie produced an unusual seven nominees, and all of them are great, deserving work.   Best Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave The camera work of Sean Bobbit is simply beautiful; […]

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The full list of nominees for the Writers Guild Awards can be seen in their official website (or, alternatively, here). The WGA will be presented on February 1st. The WGA has strict rules of eligibility which usually keeps some of the best works in the sidelines. Nevertheless, more often than not there are enough good screenplays to make sure the field is interesting. (Note: I didn’t have the opportunity to see one of the nominees, Lone Survivor, yet.) Best Original Screenplay: […]

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The next stop in my tour of guild awards is the Directors Guild of America, to be presented January 25th. Here is their list of nominees. Not to sound like a broken note, but given the wide quality of the films in 2013, there were many names that could be added to this list without any loss of quality. My fictional ballot, however, would be: Best Director – Feature Film: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity Mr. Cuarón (not only because he, after […]

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The next stop in the awards season is the Producers Guild of America, to be presented on January 19th. The full list of nominees can be seen in their website.

Categories: Non-Reviews • Tags: awards 2013