Scandinavian Film Festival L.A. 2015

By Jose Alberto Hermosillo,

The 16th SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL L.A. where you can enjoy good movies and great friends.
Two weekends
January 17, 18,
January 24, 25, 2015
Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

 Miss Julie, Sweden.

The Gambler, Lithuania, Oscar's Submission.

Itsi Bitsi


 
 Have some cake and watch good movies.

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Nominations for the 87th Academy Awards

Nominations for the 87th Academy Awards

By Jose Alberto Hermosillo,

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Steve Carell in “Foxcatcher”
• Bradley Cooper in “American Sniper”
• Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Imitation Game”
• Michael Keaton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
• Eddie Redmayne in “The Theory of Everything”

 



Performance by an actor in a supporting role

• Robert Duvall in “The Judge”
• Ethan Hawke in “Boyhood”
• Edward Norton in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
• Mark Ruffalo in “Foxcatcher”
• J.K. Simmons in “Whiplash” 
  
  
  
   Performance by an actress in a leading role
• Marion Cotillard in “Two Days, One Night”
• Felicity Jones in “The Theory of Everything”
• Julianne Moore in “Still Alice”
• Rosamund Pike in “Gone Girl”
• Reese Witherspoon in “Wild”

Performance by an actress in a supporting role

• Patricia Arquette in “Boyhood”
• Laura Dern in “Wild”
• Keira Knightley in “The Imitation Game”
• Emma Stone in “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)”
• Meryl Streep in “Into the Woods”     
  
  
  
  
  Best animated feature film of the year
• “Big Hero 6” Don Hall, Chris Williams and Roy Conli
• “The Boxtrolls” Anthony Stacchi, Graham Annable and Travis Knight
• “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Dean DeBlois and Bonnie Arnold
• “Song of the Sea” Tomm Moore and Paul Young
• “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” Isao Takahata and Yoshiaki Nishimura

 

 Achievement in cinematography

• “Birdman” Emmanuel Lubezki
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Robert Yeoman
• “Ida” Lukasz Zal and Ryszard Lenczewski
• “Mr. Turner” Dick Pope
• “Unbroken” Roger Deakins

Achievement in costume design

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Milena Canonero
• “Inherent Vice” Mark Bridges
• “Into the Woods” Colleen Atwood
• “Maleficent” Anna B. Sheppard and Jane Clive
• “Mr. Turner” Jacqueline Durran

Achievement in directing

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• “Boyhood” Richard Linklater
• “Foxcatcher” Bennett Miller
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson
• “The Imitation Game” Morten Tyldum

Best documentary feature

• “CitizenFour” Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
• “Finding Vivian Maier” John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
• “Last Days in Vietnam” Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
• “The Salt of the Earth” Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
• “Virunga” Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara

Best documentary short subject

• “Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1” Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
• “Joanna” Aneta Kopacz
• “Our Curse” Tomasz Sliwinski and Maciej Slesicki
• “The Reaper (La Parka)” Gabriel Serra Arguello
• “White Earth” J. Christian Jensen

Achievement in film editing

• “American Sniper” Joel Cox and Gary D. Roach
• “Boyhood” Sandra Adair
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Barney Pilling
• “The Imitation Game” William Goldenberg
• “Whiplash” Tom Cross

Best foreign language film of the year

• “Ida” Poland
• “Leviathan” Russia
• “Tangerines” Estonia
• “Timbuktu” Mauritania
• “Wild Tales” Argentina

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling

• “Foxcatcher” Bill Corso and Dennis Liddiard
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier
• “Guardians of the Galaxy” Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou and David White

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Alexandre Desplat
• “The Imitation Game” Alexandre Desplat
• “Interstellar” Hans Zimmer
• “Mr. Turner” Gary Yershon
• “The Theory of Everything” Jóhann Jóhannsson

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)

• “Everything Is Awesome” from “The Lego Movie”
  Music and Lyric by Shawn Patterson
• “Glory” from “Selma”
  Music and Lyric by John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn
• “Grateful” from “Beyond the Lights”
  Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
• “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from “Glen Campbell…I’ll Be Me”
  Music and Lyric by Glen Campbell and Julian Raymond
• “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again”
  Music and Lyric by Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois

Best motion picture of the year

• “American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers
• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers
• “Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers
• “The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers
• “Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
• “The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers
• “Whiplash” Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook and David Lancaster, Producers

Achievement in production design

• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “The Imitation Game” Production Design: Maria Djurkovic; Set Decoration: Tatiana Macdonald
• “Interstellar” Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
• “Into the Woods” Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
• “Mr. Turner” Production Design: Suzie Davies; Set Decoration: Charlotte Watts

Best animated short film

• “The Bigger Picture” Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
• “The Dam Keeper” Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
• “Feast” Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
• “Me and My Moulton” Torill Kove
• “A Single Life” Joris Oprins

Best live action short film

• “Aya” Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
• “Boogaloo and Graham” Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
• “Butter Lamp (La Lampe Au Beurre De Yak)” Hu Wei and Julien Féret
• “Parvaneh” Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
• “The Phone Call” Mat Kirkby and James Lucas

Achievement in sound editing

• “American Sniper” Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman
• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Martín Hernández and Aaron Glascock
• “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” Brent Burge and Jason Canovas
• “Interstellar” Richard King
• “Unbroken” Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro

Achievement in sound mixing

• “American Sniper” John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin
• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and Thomas Varga
• “Interstellar” Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten
• “Unbroken” Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño and David Lee
• “Whiplash” Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley

Achievement in visual effects

• “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Bryan Grill and Dan Sudick
• “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett and Erik Winquist
• “Guardians of the Galaxy” Stephane Ceretti, Nicolas Aithadi, Jonathan Fawkner and Paul Corbould
• “Interstellar” Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher
• “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie and Cameron Waldbauer

Adapted screenplay

• “American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
• “The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore
• “Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
• “The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
• “Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle

Original screenplay

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
• “Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater
• “Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness
• “Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy

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Golden Globes® Foreign Language Film Symposium

By Jose Alberto Hermosillo,
Hollywood, California, 1.10.2015.

Films and Filmmakers from Russia, Estonia, Poland/Denmark, Sweden & Israel

After screening the five foreign films nominated for best foreign film for the Golden Globes 2015 at the American Cinematheque, a Symposium with all directors was organized at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood.

FORCE MAJEURE, Sweden; GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM, Israel; IDA, Poland/Denmark; LEVIATHAN, Russia; TANGERINES, Estonia.

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Panel includes the directors of the five films nominated for the Golden Globe® for Best Foreign-Language Film:

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 RUSSIA,

Andrey Zvyagintsev 
(director of the nominee LEVIATHAN, Russia)

Previous Credits: ELENA (2011), THE RETURN (2003).

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ISRAEL,

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Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz 
(directors of the nominee GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM, Israel),

Previous Credits: 7 DAYS (2008), TO TAKE A WIFE (2004).

 

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ESTONIA,

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Zaza Urushadze 

(director of the nominee 

TANGERINES, Estonia)

Previous Credits: THREE HOUSES (2008), 

AK TENDEBA (1998)

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POLAND,

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Pawel Pawlikowski 
(director of the nominee IDA, Poland/Denmark).

Previous Credits:
THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (2011),
MY SUMMER OF LOVE (2004),
LAST RESORT (2000).

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SWEDEN,



Ruben Östlund 
(director of the nominee
FORCE MAJEURE, Sweden)

Previous Credits: PLAY (2011),
INVOLUNTARY (2008).

WATCH THE FULL SYMPOSIUM HERE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGxGmit7Ur0
My question: "Emotions vs logic" is at the minute 1:30.00

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