IJR Awards 2016: Nominations Announced, Part Two of Two

It’s time for the second – and final – half of the nominations for the 2016 IJR Awards. This time it’s all about movies and documentaries. I’ll announce the winners of all categories on February 20th, before announcing my top ten films of 2016 on February 22nd.

Before I get to the award nominations, let me just refresh your memory on the eligibility rules of some of the awards, mainly the poster and trailer awards. Only posters for films that were released in 2016 are eligible for the poster award. However, a 2017 film’s trailer is eligible for the trailer award if that trailer was released in 2016.

Also – and I realize I haven’t been outspoken about this previously – a documentary film cannot be nominated for the Best Film award. The reason for that is simple, I added the documentary award this year to recognize those films. Now, if you want to see whether I think the best documentaries are better than the best films, then I suggest you take a look at my upcoming top ten films of 2016 list.

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BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS IN FILM

• Arrival, Paramount Pictures
• Captain America: Civil War, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Doctor Strange, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• The Jungle Book, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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BEST FILM SCORE

• Arrival, Jóhann Jóhannsson
• Hell or High Water, Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
• La La Land, Justin Hurwitz
• Nocturnal Animals, Abel Korzeniowski
• The Neon Demon, Cliff Martinez

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UNFORGETTABLE MOVIE QUOTE OF THE YEAR

• Captain America: Civil War – “Hey guys, you ever see that really old movie, Empire Strikes Back?”
• Florence Foster Jenkins – “People may say I can’t sing. But no one can ever say I didn’t sing.”
• Hail, Caesar! – “Would that it were so simple.”
• The Nice Guys – “Don’t say n’stuff. Just say, Dad, there are whores here.”
• The Witch – “Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?”

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MOVIE POSTER OF THE YEAR

• 10 Cloverfield Lane – Monsters come in many forms.
• 13th – Release poster.
• Hacksaw Ridge – When the order came to retreat, one man stayed.
• O. J.: Made in America – American glove.
• Star Trek Beyond – Star Trek: The Motion Picture homage.

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MOVIE TRAILER OF THE YEAR

• 10 Cloverfield Lane – Announcement Trailer
• Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 – Teaser Trailer
• La La Land – Official Teaser Trailer – City of Stars
• Logan – Official Trailer
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Official Trailer 2

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY A RISING STAR: FILMMAKING

• Houda Benyamina – Director/Co-Writer – Divines
• Robert Eggers – Director/Writer – The Witch
• Tim Miller – Director – Deadpool
• David F. Sandberg – Director – Lights Out
• Dan Trachtenberg – Director – 10 Cloverfield Lane

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BEST PERFORMANCE IN WRITING A FILM

• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
• Eric Heisserer – Arrival
• Kenneth Lonergan – Manchester by the Sea
• Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water

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BEST PERFORMANCE IN DIRECTING A FILM

• Damien Chazelle – La La Land
• Mel Gibson – Hacksaw Ridge
• David Mackenzie – Hell or High Water
• Martin Scorsese – Silence
• Denis Villeneuve – Arrival

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY A RISING STAR: ACTING

• Taron Egerton – Eddie the Eagle
• Alden Ehrenreich – Hail, Caesar!
• Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Nocturnal Animals
• Anya Taylor-Joy – The Witch

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A FILM

• Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
• Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
• Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge
• Ryan Gosling – La La Land
• Ryan Reynolds – Deadpool

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A FILM

• Amy Adams – Arrival
• Amy Adams – Nocturnal Animals
• Emma Stone – La La Land
• Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins
• Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea

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BEST PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A FILM

• Captain Fantastic – Annalise Basso, Shree Crooks, Ann Dowd, Kathryn Hahn, Nicholas Hamilton, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Erin Moriarty, Viggo Mortensen, Missi Pyle, Charlie Shotwell, Steve Zahn.
• Hacksaw Ridge – Luke Bracey, Ryan Corr, Andrew Garfield, Rachel Griffiths, Teresa Palmer, Luke Pegler, Richard Pyros, Richard Roxburgh, Vince Vaughn, Hugo Weaving, Sam Worthington.
• Hell or High Water – Gil Birmingham, Jeff Bridges, Dale Dickey, Ben Foster, Marin Ireland, Katy Mixon, Melanie Paplia, Chris Pine, Kevin Rankin.
• Manchester by the Sea – Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Matthew Broderick, Michelle Williams, C. J. Wilson.
• Nocturnal Animals – Amy Adams, Ellie Bamber, Isla Fisher, Karl Glusman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer, Laura Linney, Jena Malone, Andrea Riseborough, Michael Shannon, Michael Sheen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

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SEQUEL, PREQUEL, OR REMAKE OF THE YEAR

• 10 Cloverfield Lane, Paramount Pictures
• Captain America: Civil War, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
• Star Trek Beyond, Paramount Pictures
• The Jungle Book, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 13th, Netflix
• Amanda Knox, Netflix
• O. J.: Made in America, ESPN Films
• Tickled, Magnolia Pictures
• Weiner, Sundance Selects

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BEST FILM

• Arrival, Paramount Pictures
• Hell or High Water, CBS Films/Lionsgate
• La La Land, Summit Entertainment
• Manchester by the Sea, Roadside Attractions/Amazon Studios
• Silence, Paramount Pictures

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What is your favorite film of 2016? Sound off in the comments.

– Jeffrey Rex