HOLY MOTORS ROLLS TO VICTORY AT 10th ICS AWARDS
The strange journey from life to death, the identities we choose and change along the way, fuel a dazzling display of cinematic imagination in Holy Motors, which has won top honors from the International Cinephile Society as the best picture of 2012. Enigmatic filmmaker Leos Carax also took home prizes for best director and film not in the English language, while Denis Lavant’s chameleonic tour de force brought him the best actor win.
As Amour’s long-term lovers who together face debility and death, 85-year-old legend Emmanuelle Riva swept away the best actress field while steadfast Jean-Louis Trintignant earned runner-up honors in best actor.
A mystic, tragic Africa of rock-n-roll and crocodiles stole many ICS voters’ hearts, as the wildly innovative Tabu couldn’t quite overtake Holy Motors, but still managed a win for its highly original screenplay, along with runner-up mentions for best film, non-English language film, and director Miguel Gomes.
Also well-loved were two unrelated Anderson films – supporting actor and actress going to Philip Seymour Hoffman as a cult leader/con man and Amy Adams as his quietly controlling wife in Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, while Wes Anderson’s paean to young love, Moonrise Kingdom, ran away with the ensemble cast and production design awards.
Previously released nominations may be found here.
PICTURE
01. Holy Motors
02. Tabu
03. Amour
04. Zero Dark Thirty
05. The Master
06. Moonrise Kingdom
07. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
08. Django Unchained
09. Lincoln
10. Cloud Atlas
DIRECTOR
Leos Carax – Holy Motors
runner-up: Miguel Gomes – Tabu
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
01. Holy Motors
02. Tabu
03. Amour
04. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
05. Oslo, August 31st
06. The Turin Horse
07. The Kid With a Bike
08. Rust and Bone
09. This Is Not a Film
10. Alps
ACTOR
Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
runner-up: Jean-Louis Trintignant – Amour
ACTRESS
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
runner-up: Marion Cotillard – Rust and Bone
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
runner-up: Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – The Master
runner-up: Rosemarie DeWitt – Your Sister’s Sister
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Tabu – Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo
runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Oslo, August 31st – Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
runner-up: Lincoln – Tony Kushner
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia – Gökhan Tiryaki
runner-up: The Master – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
EDITING
Zero Dark Thirty – William Goldenberg, Dylan Tichenor
runner-up: Moonrise Kingdom – Andrew Weisblum
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Moonrise Kingdom – Adam Stockhausen
runner-up: Anna Karenina – Sarah Greenwood
ORIGINAL SCORE
Anna Karenina – Dario Marianelli
runner-up: The Master – Jonny Greenwood
ENSEMBLE
Moonrise Kingdom
runner-up: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
ANIMATED FILM
The Secret World of Arrietty
runner-up: Tatsumi
DOCUMENTARY
This Is Not a Film
runner-up: Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
BEST PICTURE NOT RELEASED IN 2012
• The Angels’ Share
• The Atomic Age (L’âge atomique)
• Berberian Sound Studio
• Beyond the Hill (Tepenin Ardi)
• Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri)
• Blancanieves
• Caesar Must Die
• differently, Molussia
• Faust
• Frances Ha
• The Hunt (Jagten)
• In the House
• Klip
• Laurence Anyways
• Leviathan
• Lore
• No
• Our Children (A perdre la raison)
• Stories We Tell
• Student