Category: AL Precursors
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9th Hollywood Creative Alliance Nominations
Splitting up your creative arts awards is always a bad move and it seems certain based on what is known about this organization that it’s done in order to maximize publicity for the forgotten cousin of the Critics Choice Awards. Their nominations seem to focus on some titles we’ve been expecting but also highlighting a…
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25th AARP Movies for Grownups Nominations
Each year, the AARP nominees hew closer and closer to the Academy’s and this has to be one of the most consistently Oscar-friendly set of nominations yet. Sure, there are selections for films like A Private Life and Goodbye June that have no chance with the Academy but most of these selections are at least…
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38th European Film Awards Nominations
The short film nominations were announced October 31. The craft selections will be announced on November 26. The awards will be January 17. A few Oscar contenders are listed here, including the most nominated Sentimental Value. The European Film Awards are not highly indicative of Oscar potential but Best International Feature submissions nominated here likely…
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10th Critics Choice Doc Awards
The Perfect Stranger dominated these awards with only Ocean with David Attenborough and Orwell: 2+2=5 the only other films to pick up more than one prize. Will Perfect Stranger be the latest to be ignored by the Academy? We shall see. Nominations Tallies (5) The Perfect Neighbor (2) Ocean with David Attenborough, Orwell: 2+2=5 (1)…
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68th Grammy Awards Nominations
More so than usual, there are a lot of 2025 contenders on this list while a few 2024 ones are also present. While many of these don’t seem like sure Oscar nominees, there could be some clues among them. Nominations Tallies (5) Sinners (2) Kpop Demon Hunters, Wicked (1) A Complete Unknown, Devo, Elton John:…
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16th Hollywood Music in Media Nominations
A lot of interesting selections. Many won’t make it to the Oscars but it gives us a preview of some of the potential contenders. We also know exactly what film Diane Warren is likely to win her Oscar for. What better honor than to give it to her for a documentary about her. Though, with…
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Contenders 25: November Update
For our November update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. After months of virtually no updates, we’ve also removed five films from the 2025 contenders competition: The Collaboration, Mother Mary, At the Sea, Klara and the Sun, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 2 and Madden. We know at least…
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10th Seattle Critics Nominations (PNW Filmmaking)
Seattle critics have added a new category for short filmmaking in their regional reward set. Both categories are listed below. The Nominations Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Not One Drop of Blood To Kill a Wolf Train Dreams Twinless Wolf Land WTO/99 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Short Filmmaking Charlotte, 1994 A Fateful Weekend Shelly’s Leg…
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35th Gotham Awards Nominations
The Gotham Awards have released a list of nominees that seem more mainstream than their prior selections but we still cannot put too much faith in their selections. Nominations Tallies (6) One Battle After Another (4) If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (3) It Was Just an Accident, No Other Choice (2) Blue Moon,…
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10th Critics Choice Doc Nominations
Nothing much to see here since we don’t even know what the shortlist documentaries will be but you can usually look at the nominees for Best Documentary and see several of the eventual Oscar nominees. Below are the nominations. Winners will be announced on 11/9/25. Nominations Tallies (7) Orwell: 2+2=5 (6) The Perfect Neighbor (5)…
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Contenders 25: October Update
For our October update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. There aren’t many at this early stage of the year but we have a few. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the five who…
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50th Toronto Film Festival
This is the last major festival before the Oscars and its winners have often presaged Oscar attention, though last year’s winner was held back to this summer and managed to flop so we’ll see how this year’s selections do. Hamnet looks to be in the strongest position while Frankenstein shows it’s not just an average…
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Contenders 25: September Update
For our September update, we’re looking at everything that has moved on to a new stage. Moving to Stage 2 Once all of the preliminary data has been received, a film moves to Stage 2. Here are the eleven who have done so this month. Eternity (Stage 5 of 5; Pending Eligibility) Hamnet (Stage 5…
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82nd Venice Film Festival
We’ll have the awards from Toronto next week but before then, we have Venice. Their award winners don’t have as good a track record as some but their winners certainly have a chance at the Oscars. The Festival Golden Lion Father Mother Sister Brother Grand Jury Prize The Voice of Hind Rajab Special Jury Prize…
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52nd Telluride Film Festival
This one wrapped up after a four-day event. They don’t give out awards so we’re only looking at the films in competition where there were a lot more than usual in the main program and far fewer than usual in the shorts program. The Festival Main Program The American Revolution Ask E. Jean Ballad of…
