REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1. Sandy Powell (Cinderella)

2. Anais Romand (Saint Laurent)

3. Sandy Powell (Carol)

4. Giulia Piersanti and Raf Simons (A Bigger Splash)

5. Ruth E. Carter (Chi-Raq)

6. Joanna Johnston (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

7. Marion Boyce and Margot Wilson (The Dressmaker)

8. Dorothee Guiraud (The Blue Room)

9. Michele Clapton (Queen of the Desert)

10. Jacqueline Durran (Macbeth)

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Dante Ferretti (Cinderella)

2. Ana Solares (Eistenstein in Guanajuato)

3. Katia Wyszkop (Saint Laurent)

4. Elena Okopnaya (Under Electric Clouds)

5. Ulrich Bergfelder (Queen of the Desert)

6. Dimitri Capuani (Tale of Tales)

7. Judy Becker (Carol)

8. Huang Wen Ying (The Assassin)

9. Ulf Jonsson, Nicklas Nilsson, Sandra Parment, ISabel Sjostrand and Julia Tegstrom (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence)

10. Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1. Dante Ferretti (Cinderella)

2. Ana Solares (Eistenstein in Guanajuato)

3. Katia Wyszkop (Saint Laurent)

4. Elena Okopnaya (Under Electric Clouds)

5. Ulrich Bergfelder (Queen of the Desert)

6. Dimitri Capuani (Tale of Tales)

7. Judy Becker (Carol)

8. Huang Wen Ying (The Assassin)

9. Ulf Jonsson, Nicklas Nilsson, Sandra Parment, ISabel Sjostrand and Julia Tegstrom (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence)

10. Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

COSTUME DESIGNERS GUILD ANNOUNCES ITS AWARD WINNERS FOR 2015

If you ask me, the Oscar is no longer down to Sandy Powell vs. Sandy Powell - it's down to Sandy Powell vs. Jenny Beavan. The bag lady wins a Costume Designers Guild award for Mad Max: Fury Road, adding to the BAFTA she won just over a week ago, while fellow Oscar nominee Paco Delgado pulled off a slight surprise, winning for The Danish Girl. The double win was facilitated by the CDG's splitting of the Costume Design category, and it wasn't a double win - it was a triple, with Beasts of No Nation's Jenny Eagan also winning. I'm still calling Powell for the Oscar (for Cinderella, not Carol), but it could be a close one, with four potential winners in the one category. Have a look at this guild's nominees here, and their award winners below.

Excellence in Period Film

Paco Delgado (The Danish Girl)

Excellence in Fantasy Film

Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Excellence in Contemporary Film

Jenny Eagan (Beasts of No Nation)

Distinguished Service Award

Edwina Pellikka

Distinguished Collaborator Award

Quentin Tarantino

Lacoste Spotlight Award

Cate Blanchett

Career Achievement Award

Ellen Mirojnick

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD WINS TWO MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS GUILD AWARDS

Just as it led the nominations, Mad Max: Fury Road led the award winners at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild awards. It won two of its three nominations, while other awards were collected by Cinderella, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2. Johnny Depp was on hand to hand out Lifetime Achievement Awards to two very deserving recipients: makeup designer Ve Neill, with whom Depp has worked on several occasions, and hairstylist Yolanda Toussieng. Nominees can be perused here, winners below:

Best Period and/or Character Make-Up

Nadine Prigge, Ailie Smith and Lesley Vanderwalt (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling

Orla Carroll, Carol Hemming and Yoshihara Wakana (Cinderella)

Best Contemporary Make-Up

Autumn Butler, Rory d'Alonzo and James MacKinnon (Furious 7)

Best Contemporary Hair Styling

Daina Daigle, Meagan Herrera and Cheryl Marks (Pitch Perfect 2)

Best Special Make-Up Effects

Damian Martin, Jaco Snyman and Elka Wardega (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ve Neill

Yolanda Toussieng

OSCAR CONTENDERS WIN ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS

Since Cinderella failed to pick up a richly deserved Oscar nomination for its stunning production design, my prediction that it'd win an ADG award faltered. Instead, voters chose films for their three awards which not only carried corresponding Oscar nods but which also carried Oscar Best Picture nods. In particular, The Revenant's success in the Period category confirms its status as one to watch in Oscar's tech categories, where it has otherwise appeared to mostly lag behind Mad Max: Fury Road. See for yourself both the Art Directors Guild nominations, and, below, their award winners.

Excellence in Production Design - Period

Jack Fisk (The Revenant)

Excellence in Production Design - Fantasy

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Excellence in Production Design - Contemporary

Arthur Max (The Martian)

OSCAR CONTENDERS WIN ART DIRECTORS GUILD AWARDS

Since Cinderella failed to pick up a richly deserved Oscar nomination for its stunning production design, my prediction that it'd win an ADG award faltered. Instead, voters chose films for their three awards which not only carried corresponding Oscar nods but which also carried Oscar Best Picture nods. In particular, The Revenant's success in the Period category confirms its status as one to watch in Oscar's tech categories, where it has otherwise appeared to mostly lag behind Mad Max: Fury Road. See for yourself both the Art Directors Guild nominations, and, below, their award winners.

Excellence in Production Design - Period

Jack Fisk (The Revenant)

Excellence in Production Design - Fantasy

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Excellence in Production Design - Contemporary

Arthur Max (The Martian)

ART DIRECTORS GUILD ANNOUNCES 2015 NOMINEES

The Art Directors Guild fucks up too! At least, they could have nominated Carol, one of the year's finest achievements in production design, wouldn't you agree? At least Judy Becker picked up a nomination for Joy, and another Cate Blanchett movie, Cinderella, looks set to slay the competition in the Fantasy category... unless the idiocy that inspired the Carol snub rears its head again. Winners announced on the 31st of January.

Excellence in Production Design – Period

Jack Fisk (The Revenant)

Mark Ricker (Trumbo)

Thomas E. Sanders (Crimson Peak)

Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy

Rick Carter and Darren Gilford (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Scott Chambliss (Tomorrowland)

Dante Ferretti (Cinderella)

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Edward Verreaux (Jurassic Park)

Excellence in Production Design – Contemporary

Judy Becker (Joy)

Mark Digby (Ex Machina)

Dennis Gassner (Spectre)

Arthur Max (The Martian)

Patrice Vermette (Sicario)

ART DIRECTORS GUILD ANNOUNCES 2015 NOMINEES

The Art Directors Guild fucks up too! At least, they could have nominated Carol, one of the year's finest achievements in production design, wouldn't you agree? At least Judy Becker picked up a nomination for Joy, and another Cate Blanchett movie, Cinderella, looks set to slay the competition in the Fantasy category... unless the idiocy that inspired the Carol snub rears its head again. Winners announced on the 31st of January.

Excellence in Production Design – Period

Jack Fisk (The Revenant)

Mark Ricker (Trumbo)

Thomas E. Sanders (Crimson Peak)

Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

Excellence in Production Design – Fantasy

Rick Carter and Darren Gilford (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Scott Chambliss (Tomorrowland)

Dante Ferretti (Cinderella)

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Edward Verreaux (Jurassic Park)

Excellence in Production Design – Contemporary

Judy Becker (Joy)

Mark Digby (Ex Machina)

Dennis Gassner (Spectre)

Arthur Max (The Martian)

Patrice Vermette (Sicario)

2015 WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations for three of five categories for the 2015 World Soundtrack Awards have been announced by the World Soundtrack Academy. Alexandre Desplat, Johann Johannsson and Hans Zimmer - all nominees for last year's Oscar (with Desplat the winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel) each receive two nominations, including Composer and Original Film Score. Nominations for Discovery of the Year are yet to be announced, and voting is open for the Public Choice Award on the WSA website. Current nominations are featured below:

Film Composer of the Year

• Bruno Coulais (3 Hearts / Diary of a Chambermaid / Fly Away Solo / Gemma Bovery / Mune, le Guardien de la Lune / Song of the Sea)
• Alexandre Desplat (Everything Will Be Fine / The Imitation Game / Tale of Tales / Unbroken)
• Michael Giacchino (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Inside Out / Jupiter Ascending / Jurassic World / Tomorrowland)
• Johann Johannsson (The 11th Hour / Sicario / The Theory of Everything)
• Hans Zimmer (Chappie / Interstellar)

Best Original Film Score of the Year

• Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game)
• Patrick Doyle (Cinderella)
• Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything)
• Antonio Sanchez (Birdman)
• Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)

Best Original Song Written for a Film

• Diego Luna, Gustavo Santaolalla and Paul Williams - 'The Apology Song' (The Book of Life)
• Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith and John Stephens - 'Glory' (Selma)
• Rita Ora and Diane Warren - 'Grateful' (Beyond the Lights)
• John Padgett and Saoirse Ronan - 'Tell Me' (Lost River)
• Christopher Taylor and Joseph Trapanese - 'Carry Me Home' (Insurgent)

2015 WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nominations for three of five categories for the 2015 World Soundtrack Awards have been announced by the World Soundtrack Academy. Alexandre Desplat, Johann Johannsson and Hans Zimmer - all nominees for last year's Oscar (with Desplat the winner for The Grand Budapest Hotel) each receive two nominations, including Composer and Original Film Score. Nominations for Discovery of the Year are yet to be announced, and voting is open for the Public Choice Award on the WSA website. Current nominations are featured below:

Film Composer of the Year

• Bruno Coulais (3 Hearts / Diary of a Chambermaid / Fly Away Solo / Gemma Bovery / Mune, le Guardien de la Lune / Song of the Sea)
• Alexandre Desplat (Everything Will Be Fine / The Imitation Game / Tale of Tales / Unbroken)
• Michael Giacchino (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Inside Out / Jupiter Ascending / Jurassic World / Tomorrowland)
• Johann Johannsson (The 11th Hour / Sicario / The Theory of Everything)
• Hans Zimmer (Chappie / Interstellar)

Best Original Film Score of the Year

• Alexandre Desplat (The Imitation Game)
• Patrick Doyle (Cinderella)
• Johann Johannsson (The Theory of Everything)
• Antonio Sanchez (Birdman)
• Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)

Best Original Song Written for a Film

• Diego Luna, Gustavo Santaolalla and Paul Williams - 'The Apology Song' (The Book of Life)
• Lonnie Lynn, Che Smith and John Stephens - 'Glory' (Selma)
• Rita Ora and Diane Warren - 'Grateful' (Beyond the Lights)
• John Padgett and Saoirse Ronan - 'Tell Me' (Lost River)
• Christopher Taylor and Joseph Trapanese - 'Carry Me Home' (Insurgent)