BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Action Film

And the nominees for BEST ACTION FILM are...

ANT-MAN

FURIOUS 7

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE -- ROGUE NATION

BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

And the nominees for BEST BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER are...

JOEL EDGERTON -- "The Gift"

ALEX GARLAND -- "Ex Machina"

DAVID ROBERT MITCHELL -- "It Follows"

LASZLO NEMES -- "Son of Saul"

BILL POHLAD -- "Love & Mercy"

BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Breakthrough Performer

And the nominees for BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER are...

ABRAHAM ATTAH -- "Beasts of No Nation"

EMORY COHEN -- "Brooklyn"

DAISY RIDLEY -- "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

JACOB TREMBLAY -- "Room"

ALICIA VIKANDER -- "Ex Machina"

BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Scene/Sequence

And the nominees for BEST SCENE/SEQUENCE are...

INSIDE OUT -- Take her to the moon for me

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE -- The church shootout

ROOM -- Jack sees the world

SPECTRE -- Dia de los muertos

THE WALK -- Stepping off the building and the first walk

BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Shot

And the nominees for BEST SHOT are...

BEASTS OF NO NATION -- God, are you watching what we're doing?

CREED -- 2nd boxing match

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD -- Inside the dust storm

THE REVENANT -- Bear attack

SICARIO -- Down into the tunnel

BEACHHOUSE AWARDS 2015 -- Best Overlooked Film

And the nominees for BEST OVERLOOKED FILM are...

'71

99 HOMES

THE AGE OF ADALINE

THE END OF THE TOUR

THE FINAL GIRLS

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

MACBETH

MISSISSIPPI GRIND

SLOW WEST

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

2016 Awards -- National Board of Review

Best Picture

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

Best Director

BARRY JENKINS - "MOONLIGHT"

Best Actor

CASEY AFFLECK - "MANCHESTER BY THE SEA"

Best Actress

AMY ADAMS - "ARRIVAL"

Best Supporting Actor

JEFF BRIDGES - "HELL OR HIGH WATER"

Best Supporting Actress

NAOMIE HARRIS - "MOONLIGHT"

Best Ensemble

HIDDEN FIGURES

Best Original Screenplay

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

Best Adapted Screenplay

SILENCE

Best Animated Feature

KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS

Best Foreign Language Film

THE SALESMAN

Best Documentary

O.J.: MADE IN AMERICA

Best Directorial Debut

TREY EDWARD SHULTS - "KRISHA"

Breakthrough Male

LUCAS HEDGES - "MANCHESTER BY THE SEA"

Breakthrough Female

ROYALTY HIGHTOWER - "THE FITS"

Spotlight Award

CREATIVE COLLABORATION OF PETER BERG & MARK WAHLBERG

NBR Freedom of Expression

CAMERAPERSON

Top Films

ARRIVAL

HACKSAW RIDGE

HAIL, CAESAR!

HELL OR HIGH WATER

HIDDEN FIGURES

LA LA LAND

MOONLIGHT

PATRIOTS DAY

SILENCE

SULLY

Top Foreign Language Films

ELLE

THE HANDMAIDEN

JULIETA

LAND OF MINE

NERUDA

Top Documentaries

DE PALMA

THE EAGLE HUNTRESS

GLEASON

LIFE, ANIMATED

MISS SHARON JONES!

Top 10 Independent Films

20TH CENTURY WOMEN

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC

CREATIVE CONTROL

EYE IN THE SKY

THE FITS

GREEN ROOM

HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS

KRISHA

MORRIS FROM AMERICA

SING STREET

2016 Awards -- Golden Satellites (International Press Academy)

BEST PICTURE (MAJOR & INDEPENDENT)

Captain Fantastic

Fences

Hacksaw Ridge

Hell or High Water

Hidden Figures

Jackie

La La Land

Lion

Loving

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Nocturnal Animals

BEST DIRECTOR

Damien Chazelle - "La La Land"

Tom Ford - "Nocturnal Animals"

Mel Gibson - "Hacksaw Ridge"

Barry Jenkins - "Moonlight"

Pablo Larrain - "Jackie"

Kenneth Lonergan - "Manchester by the Sea"

Denzel Washington - "Fences"

BEST ACTOR

Casey Affleck - "Manchester by the Sea"

Joel Edgerton - "Loving"

Andrew Garfield - "Hacksaw Ridge"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - "Snowden"

Ryan Gosling - "La La Land"

Tom Hanks - "Sully"

Viggo Mortensen - "Captain Fantastic"

Denzel Washington - "Fences"

BEST ACTRESS

Amy Adams - "Nocturnal Animals"

Annette Bening - "20th Century Women"

Taraji P. Henson - "Hidden Figures"

Isabelle Huppert - "Elle"

Ruth Negga - "Love"

Natalie Portman - "Jackie"

Emma Stone - "La La Land"

Meryl Streep - "Florence Foster Jenkins"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mahershala Ali - "Moonlight"

Jeff Bridges - "Hell or High Water"

Hugh Grant - "Florence Foster Jenkins"

Lucas Hedges - "Manchester by the Sea"

Eddie Murphy - "Mr. Church"

Dev Patel - "Lion"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Viola Davis - "Fences"

Naomie Harris - "Moonlight"

Nicole Kidman - "Lion"

Helen Mirren - "Eye in the Sky"

Octavia Spencer - "Hidden Figures"

Michelle Williams - "Manchester by the Sea"

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

Hidden Figures

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Captain Fantastic

Hell or High Water

La La Land

The Lobster

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

The Jungle Book

Lion

Snowden

Sully

BEST ANIMATED OR MIXED-MEDIA FILM

Finding Dory

The Jungle Book

Kubo and the Two Strings

Miss Hokusai

Moana

My Life As a Zucchini

The Red Turtle

Trolls

Your Name

Zootopia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Hacksaw Ridge

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki

The Jungle Book

La La Land

Moonlight

BEST FILM EDITING

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

The Birth of a Nation

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Lion

Moonlight

BEST ART DIRECTION & PRODUCTION DESIGN

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Allied

Hacksaw Ridge

Jackie

The Jungle Book

La La Land

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Captain Fantastic

Doctor Strange

Jackie

La La Land

Love & Friendship

BEST SOUND (MIXING & EDITING)

13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

Allied

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Hacksaw Ridge

The Jungle Book

La La Land

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The BFG

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk

Deadpool

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

Sully

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The BFG

Hacksaw Ridge

Hidden Figures

The Jungle Book

La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Audition" - La La Land

"Can't Stop the Feeling" - Trolls

"City of Stars" - La La Land

"Dancing with Your Shadow" - Po

"I'm Still Here" - Miss Sharon Jones

"Running" - Hidden Figures

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

The Ardennes (Belgium)

Elle (France)

The Handmaiden (South Korea)

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (Finland)

Julieta (Spain)

Ma' Rosa (Philippines)

A Man Called Ove (Sweden)

Paradise (Russia)

The Salesman (Iran)

Toni Erdmann (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

13th

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

The Eagle Huntress

Fire at Sea

Gleason

The Ivory Game

Life, Animated

O.J.: Made in America

Tower

Zero Days

2016 OSCARS -- 20 Contenders Advance in Visual Effects

The Academy has announced that 20 films are still in the running for the Visual Effects category. Later this month, this will be narrowed down to 10 finalists, from which the final 5 will be chosen.

• Alice Through the Looking Glass
• Arrival
• The BFG
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Captain America: Civil War
• Deadpool
• Deepwater Horizon
• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Independence Day: Resurgence
• The Jungle Book
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• Passengers
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Star Trek Beyond
• Suicide Squad
• Sully
• Warcraft
• X-Men: Apocalypse

2016 Awards -- Annie Awards

As expected, Kubo (10), Zootopia (11) and Moana (6) lead the charge at the Annie Awards, honoring the best in the year's animation...A crowded list this year with 27 films in the submission race, the largest # we've had since the category was created in 2001. Also, nice to see a good showing for Kung Fu Panda 3. I loved the film, but it hasn't been in the conversation much since it was released so long ago.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Moana
• Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE - INDEPENDENT

• Long Way North
• Miss Hokusai
• My Life As A Zucchini
• The Red Turtle
• Your Name

BEST ANIMATED SHORT SUBJECT

• Blind Vaysha
• Deer Flower
• Path Title Sequence
• Pearl
• Piper

BEST ANIMATED EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Moana
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia

BEST ANIMATED EFFECTS IN A LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION

• The BFG
• Deepwater Horizon -- The Rig
• Dr. Strange -- Mirror Dimension
• Ghostbusters -- Iloura
• Warcraft -- Magic

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory -- Erick Oh -- All Characters
• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Jan Maas -- Multiple Characters
• Kung Fu Panda 3 -- Ludovic Bouancheau -- Various Characters
• Zootopia -- David Hardin -- Judy Hopps, Stu Hopps, Bonnie Hopps, Chief Bogo & Nick Wilde
• Zootopia -- Chad Sellers -- Mr. Big, Koslov, Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Flash

BEST CHARACTER ANIMATION IN A LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION

• Captain America: Civil War -- Spider-Man
• Game of Thrones, Battle of the Bastards
• The Jungle Book
• The Jungle Book
• Warcraft -- Orcs

BEST CHARACTER DESIGN IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Multiple
• Moana -- Moana, Maui, Gramma Tala, Sina, Ancestor, Wayfinders, Lalotai
• The Secret Life of Pets -- All
• Trolls -- Bergens
• Zootopia -- Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps, Flash, Chief Bogo, Clawhauser, Mr. Big, Fru Fru, Koslov, Bellwether, Yax, Finnick, Doug, Mr. & Mrs. Otterton, Duke Weaselton, Misc.

BEST DIRECTING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Travis Knight
• My Life As A Zucchini -- Claude Barras
• The Red Turle -- Michael Dudok De Wit
• Your Name -- Makoto Shinkai
• Zootopia -- Byron Howard & Rich Moore

BEST MUSIC IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
• The Little Prince
• The Red Turtle
• The Secret Life of Pets
• Sing

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN ON AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• The Little Prince
• Trolls
• Zootopia

BEST STORYBOARDING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Finding Dory
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• Trolls
• Zootopia

BEST VOICE ACTING IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Art Parkinson -- Kubo
• Moana -- Auli'i Cravalho -- Moana
• Storks -- Katie Crown -- Tulip
• Trolls -- Zooey Deschanel -- Bridget
• Zootopia -- Jason Bateman -- Nick Wilde

BEST WRITING OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Marc Haimes & Chris Butler
• My Life As A Zucchini -- Celine Sciamma
• The Red Turtle -- Michael Dudok de Wit & Pascale Ferran
• Zootopia -- Jared Bush & Phil Johnston

BEST EDITORIAL OF AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• April and the Extraordinary World -- Nazim Meslem
• Kubo and the Two Strings -- Christopher Murrie
• Moana -- Jeff Draheim
• Sausage Party -- Kevin Pavlovic
• Zootopia -- Fabienne Rawley & Jeremy Milton

2016 Awards -- Independent Spirit Awards

The first announcement of the year comes from the Independent Spirit Awards. The field is led by American Honey & Moonlight, which 6 nominations apiece. Following closely behind is Manchester by the Sea with 5...

BEST FEATURE

American Honey

Chronic

Jackie

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR

Andrea Arnold - "American Honey"

Barry Jenkins - "Moonlight"

Pablo Larrain - "Jackie"

Jeff Nichols - "Loving"

Kelly Reichardt - "Certain Women"

BEST MALE LEAD

Casey Affleck - "Manchester by the Sea"

David Harewood - "Free In Deed"

Viggo Mortensen - "Captain Fantastic"

Jesse Plemons - "Other People"

Tim Roth - "Chronic"

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Annette Bening - "20th Century Women"

Isabelle Huppert - "Elle"

Sasha Lane - "American Honey"

Ruth Negga - "Loving"

Natalie Portman - "Jackie"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Ralph Fiennes - "A Bigger Splash"

Ben Foster - "Hell or High Water"

Lucas Hedges - "Manchester by the Sea"

Shia LaBeouf - "American Honey"

Craig Robinson - "Morris from America"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Edwina Findley - "Free In Deed"

Paulina Garcia - "Little Men"

Lily Gladstone - "Certain Women"

Riley Keough - "American Honey"

Molly Shannon - "Other People"

BEST SCREENPLAY

20th Century Women -- Mike Mills

Hell or High Water -- Taylor Sheridan

Little Men -- Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias

Manchester by the Sea -- Kenneth Lonergan

Moonlight -- Barry Jenkins, Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

American Honey

The Childhood of a Leader

The Eyes of My Mother

Free In Deed

Moonlight

BEST EDITING

Hell or High Water

Jackie

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Swiss Army Man

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Aquarius (Brazil)

Chevalier (Greece)

My Golden Days (France)

Toni Erdmann (Germany/Romania)

Under the Shadow (Iran/U.K.)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

13th

Cameraperson

I Am Not Your Negro

OJ: Made in America

Sonita

Under the Sun

BEST FIRST FEATURE

The Childhood of a Leader

The Fits

Other People

Swiss Army Man

The Witch

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Barry -- Adam Mansbach

Christine -- Craig Shilowich

Jean of the Joneses -- Stella Meghie

Other People -- Chris Kelly

The Witch -- Robert Eggers

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (under $500K)

Free In Deed

Hunter Gatherer

Lovesong

Nakom 

Spa Night

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (1 film's director, casting director & ensemble cast)

Moonlight

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD

Lisa Kjerulff

Jordana Mollick

Melody C. Roscher & Craig Shilowich

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Andrew Ahn -- Director of "Spa Night"

Claire Carre -- Director of "Embers"

Anna Rose Holmer -- Director of "The Fits"

Ingrid Jungermann -- Director of "Women Who Kill"

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

Kristi Jacobson -- Director of "Solitary"

Sara Jordeno -- Director of "Kiki"

Nanfu Wang -- Director of "Hooligan Sparrow"