EIGHT CHLOTRUDIS NOMINATIONS FOR MOONLIGHT

Trust the Chlotrudis Society to champion diversity once again, as representation remains the buzzword among awards groups. Films from around the world crop up in every one of the independent film society's categories, though it is Barry Jenkins' multi-Oscar-nominated LGBT+ drama Moonlight which leads the field with an impressive eight mentions. The 19th of March is the date for the announcement of Chlotrudis' awards.

Best Movie
The Handmaiden
Little Men
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Mountains May Depart
Our Little Sister

Best Director
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Jia Zhang Ke (Mountains May Depart)
Koreeda Hirokazu (Our Little Sister)
Kelly Reichardt (Certain Women)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Cemetery of Splendour)

Best Actress
Annette Bening (20th Century Women)
Sonia Braga (Aquarius)
Imajyn Cardinal (The Saver)
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Ruth Negga (Loving)
Zhao Tao (Mountains May Depart)

Best Actor
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Joel Edgerton (Loving)
Vincent Lindon (The Measure of a Man)
Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)
Theo Taplitz (Little Men)

Best Supporting Actress
Paulina Garcia (Little Men)
Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Margo Martindale (The Hollars)
Rima Te Wiata (Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Michael Barbieri (Little Men)
Ralph Fiennes (A Bigger Splash)
Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)
Luis Silva (From Afar)

Best Original Screenplay
Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)
Grimur Hakonarson (Rams)
Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)
Kleber Mendonca Filho (Aquarius)
Matt Ross (Captain Fantastic)
Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias (Little Men)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Nikolaj Arcel - based on the novel by Jussi Adler-Olsen (Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith)
Hannes Holm - based on the novel by Fredrik Backman (A Man Called Ove)
Koreeda Hirokazu - based on the manga by Yoshida Akimi - (Our Little Sister)
Kelly Reichardt - based on stories by Maile Meloy (Certain Women)
Whit Stillman - based on a novella by Jane Austen (Love & Friendship)
Wiebke von Carolsfeld - based on the novel by Edeet Ravel (The Saver)

Best Cinematography
Caroline Champetier (The Innocents)
Chung Chung Hoon (The Handmaiden)
Rodrigo Garcia (Cemetery of Splendour)
James Laxton (Moonlight)
Marius Panduru (Aferim!)
Paul Yee (The Fits)

Best Editing
Lee Chatametikool (Cemetery of Splendour)
Matthieu Laclau (Mountains May Depart)
Elmer Leupen (Eisenstein in Guanajuato)
Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)
Jose Salcedo (Julieta)

Best Production Design
Cemetery of Splendour
The Handmaiden
High-Rise
Julieta
Love & Friendship
Microbe & Gasoline

Best Use of Music in a Film
American Honey
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Everybody Wants Some!!
Green Room
Moonlight
Sing Street

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast
Certain Women
Don't Think Twice
Little Men
Moonlight
Our Little Sister

Best Documentary
13th
City of Gold
Miss Sharon Jones!
Tickled
Where to Invade Next
Wiener

Buried Treasure Award
Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened...
The Fits
Free in Deed
Neon Bull
Take Me to the River
Under the Shadow

CHLOTRUDIS DECLARES SPOTLIGHT THE BEST FILM OF 2015

Capping off awards season 2015-16, late and sans fanfare as per, the Chlotrudis Society has announced its award winners for last year, with Spotlight matching its feat at the Oscars by winning here too. It does so with a mere two other nominations - Original Screenplay and Ensemble Cast - and no other wins, while Sean Baker's Tangerine claims three awards. Check out Chlotrudis' nominations at this link, and their awards choices below:

Best Movie
Spotlight

Best Director
Todd Haynes (Carol)

Best Actor
Christopher Abbott (James White)

Best Actress
Karidja Toure (Girlhood)

Best Supporting Actor
Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Supporting Actress
Cynthia Nixon (James White)

Best Original Screenplay
Damian Szifron (Wild Tales)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Emma Donoghue - based on her novel (Room)

Best Cinematography
Sean Baker and Radium Cheung (Tangerine)

Best Editing
Julien Lacheray (Girlhood)

Best Production Design
Pater Sparrow (The Duke of Burgundy)

Best Use of Music in a Film
Matthew Smith (Tangerine)

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast
Tangerine

Best Documentary
Amy
Call Me Lucky

Buried Treasure Award
Advantageous

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY LEADS 2015 CHLOTRUDIS AWARD NOMINATIONS

Eight films make the Chlotrudis Society's Best Movie slate for 2015, one more than the usual. It was a good year for films, if you believe the Chlotrudis voters - not that you'd need them to tell you that! The Duke of Burgundy leads all 47 nominated films with seven nominations; the only other film to score more than four mentions is Tangerine. Reflecting the high quality of eligible titles and the wonderfully varied tastes of society members, you'll find a number of curiosities among their choices: Carol appearing only in Best Director and a few tech categories, Room turning up in Best Editing only, and seemingly rogue mentions for Demet Akbag in Winter Sleep, and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl up for its screenplay. No word yet on when the winners are due to be announced; due to this, points will be taken for the SOS Critics' Tally now, and amended when winners are revealed. Check out the nominations below:

Best Movie

The Assassin

The Duke of Burgundy

Girlhood

Spotlight

Tangerine

Timbutu

White God

Wild Tales

Best Director

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Hou Hsiao Hsien (The Assassin)

Mundruczó Kornél (White God)

Abderrahmane Sissako (Timbuktu)

Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy)

Damián Szifrón (Wild Tales)

Best Actor

Christopher Abbott (James White)

Jemaine Clement (People Places Things)

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year)

Bruce Greenwood (Wildlike)

Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)

Best Actress

Ronit Elkabetz (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem)

Nina Hoss (Phoenix)

Kikuchi Rinko (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter)

Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Karidja Touré (Girlhood)

Best Supporting Actor

Emory Cohen (Brooklyn)

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Michael Fassbender (Slow West)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Supporting Actress

Demet Akbag (Winter Sleep)

Cynthia Nixon (James White)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Katherine Waterston (Queen of Earth)

Best Original Screenplay

Jemaine Clement and Taiki Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows)

Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz (Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem)

Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour (Mustang)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Mundruczó Kornél, Petrányi Viktória and Wéber Kata (White God)

Peter Strickland (The Duke of Burgundy)
Damián Szifrón (Wild Tales)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Jesse Andrews – based on his novel (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)

Emma Donoghue – based on her novel (Room)

Nick Hornby – based on the novel by Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn)

Charlie Kaufman – based on his play (Anomalisa)

Donald Margulies – based on the book by David Lipsky (The End of the Tour)

Best Cinematography

Sean Baker and Radium Cheung (Tangerine)

Nicholas D. Knowland (The Duke of Burgndy)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Lee Ping Bin (The Assassin)

Gökhan Tiryaki (Winter Sleep)

Best Editing

Matyas Fekete (The Duke of Burgundy)

Affonso Gonçalves (Carol)

Julien Lacheray (Girlhood)

Nathan Nugent (Room)

Chris Wyatt (’71)

Best Production Design

Roy Andersson (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence)

Judy Becker (Carol)

Huang Wen Ying (The Assassin)

François Séguin (Brooklyn)

Pater Sparrow (The Duke of Burgundy)

Best Use of Music in a Film

Boy Meets Girl

The Duke of Burgundy

Girlhood

Love & Mercy

Tangerine

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast

About Elly

Mustang

Spotlight

Tangerine

What We Do in the Shadows

Best Documentary

Amy

Best of Enemies

Call Me Lucky

Red Army

Stray Dog

What Happened, Miss Simone?

Buried Treasure Award

Actress

Advantageous

Appropriate Behaviour

Charlie’s Country

People Places Things

Victoria