BAFTA Awards 2012 - Winners list

Yesterday's night was very exciting, because it was time for British Academy of Film and Television Arts to name its favourite films, directors and performances of 2011. I didn't write my predictions, but I wasn't surprised when discovered the winners of the main nominations. It was the Golden Globe awards all over again, and I don't mind it.

I'm very glad that "The Artist" won over "The Descendants", because I heart the silent films era. It also won in a few leading categories - Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin accepted awards for Best Director and Best Leading Actor. In total, this film got 7 awards that night. Not bad, huh?

Losing a shoe for Meryl Streep was a lucky moment, because she won again. Christopher Plummer was amazing in "Beginners" and now he is the oldest actor, who ever got a BAFTA award.

"Rango" is the Best Animated Film, and I like it, because two other nominees didn't impress me in a good way. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" isn't all about special effects, but it is a bit weird, how every award keeps ignoring it, though it is one of the best films of the past year.

Now I'm hoping that Oscar ceremony will award the same people and the same films, because they truly deserve it. You can't find my Oscar predictions here.

Also John Hurt and Martin Scorsese were honored for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema and Academy Fellowship. British actor Adam Deacon was named the Rising Star of the year.

Best Film

"The Artist"

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist")

Outstanding British Film

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Best Leading Actor

Jean Dujardin ("The Artist")

Best Leading Actress

Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady")

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer ("Beginners")

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer ("The Help")

Outstanding Debut

Paddy Considine, Diarmid Scrimshaw ("Tyrannosaur")

Best Documentary

"Senna"

Best Film Not in the English Language

"The Skin I Live In" by Pedro Almodóvar

Best Animated Film

"Rango"

Best Original Screenplay

Michel Hazanavicius ("The Artist")

Best Adapted Screenplay

"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"

Best Original Music

Ludovic Bource ("The Artist")

Best Cinematography

Guillaume Schiffman ("The Artist")

Best Editing

Gregers Sall, Chris King ("Senna")

Best Production Design

"Hugo"

Best Costume Design

Mark Bridges ("The Artist")

Best Sound

"Hugo"

Best Make Up and Hair

Marese Langan ("The Iron Lady")

Best Special Visual Effects

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"

Best Short Animation

"A Morning Stroll" by Grant Orchard

Best Short Film

"Pitch Black Heist" by John Maclean

Pictures - Official BAFTA website

Golden Globes 2012 Film Winners

One of the most anticipating award events took place yesterday in Los Angeles. I haven't chance to watch it on-line (don't worry Oscars I won't miss!), but I'm going to do it today. Many actors, actresses, directors, composers were at the 69 Annual Golden Globe Awards and gave some interesting interviews on the red carpet, which I'm very excited to see.

Ricky Gervais was the host. His opening speech was something hilarious (watch it below). He said that the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem.



As you know, I made my predictions, and I was very lucky to guess many of the winners, except for Best Actress (Drama), Best Supporting Actor, Best Animated Feature, Best Foreign Film and Best Original Song. It's 9 out 14, so I think it is a good result.

My favourite acceptance speech was said by Michelle Williams, who told us that she considers herself the mother first and the actress second and thanked her daughter. So touching. The most emotional winner was Meryl Streep. I adore this woman.

You can also read some interesting quotes of the night on The Guardian website. And some interesting videos from the big event you can find here.

The Winners (only in film categories):

Best Picture (Drama)

"The Descendants"

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)

"The Artist"

Best Director

Martin Scorsese ("Hugo")

Best Actor (Drama)

George Clooney ("The Descendants")

Best Actress (Drama)

Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady")

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)

Jean Dujardin ("The Artist")

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)

Michelle Williams ("My Week With Marilyn")

Best Supporting Actor

Christopher Plummer ("Beginners")

Best Supporting Actress

Octavia Spencer ("The Help")

Best Screenplay

Woody Allen ("Midnight in Paris")

Best Animated Feature

"The Adventures of Tintin"

Best Foreign Film

"A Separation" by Asghar Farhadi

Best Original Song

"Masterpiece" ("W.E.")

Best Score

Ludovic Bource ("The Artist")

If you are interested in TV shows, which got awards, you can view the whole list here.

Pictures - Daily Mail, HFPA, The Guardian, MTV

Oscar 2012 Original Song Playlist

39 original songs are included in the Oscar 2012 long list. The best chances to be nominated have songs from "DAM999", "The Muppets" and "Rio", with 3 songs each; "Gnomeo & Juliet", "Happy Feet Two" and "Winnie the Pooh" with 2 songs.

This list features famous musicians, like Robbie Williams, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Mary J. Blige; actors who starred in musicals, like Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway; and young artists.

Before the every song I wrote who performed it, so don't confuse it with its composers and lyrics writers.

You will know the 84th Academy Awards nominations on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. And winners will be announced on February 26, 2012. I'm so exited to watch this ceremony!

More about Oscar 2012!



1. Jordin Sparks - "The World I Knew" (from "African Cats")
2. Sinead O'Connor - "Lay Your Head Down" (from "Albert Nobbs")
3. The Star Spangled Singers - "Star Spangled Man" (from "Captain America: The First Avenger")
4. Robbie Williams - "Collision of Worlds" (from "Cars 2")
5. Shakti Shree, Suchith Suresan, Ouseppachan - "Dakkanaga Dugu Dugu" (from "DAM999")
6. Suchith Suresan, Suvi Suresh, Ouseppachan - "DAM999 Theme Song" (from "DAM999")
7. Hariharan, Shreya Goshal - "Mujhe Chod Ke" (from "DAM999")
8. Melissa Manchester - "Rainbird" (from "Dirty Girl")
9. Alex Heffes - "Keep On Walking" (from "The First Grader")
10. Zac Brown - "Where the River Goes" (from "Footloose")
11. Elton John and Lady Gaga - "Hello Hello" (from "Gnomeo & Juliet")
12. Elton John - "Love Builds a Garden" (from "Gnomeo & Juliet")
13. P!nk & the Happy Feet Two Chorus - "Bridge of Light" (from "Happy Feet Two")
14. Hank Azaria & the Happy Feet Two Chorus, featuring Robin Williams - "The Mighty Sven" (from "Happy Feet Two")
15. Jaymay - "Never Be Daunted" (from "happythankyoumoreplease")
16. J. Ralph, featuring Willie Nelson - "Hell and Back" (from "Hell and Back Again")
17. Mary J. Blige - "The Living Proof" (from "The Help")
18. Zaz - "Coeur Volant" (from "Hugo")
19. Holly Palmer - "It's How We Play" (from "I Don't Know How She Does It")
20. Natasa Mirkovic-De Ro - "When the Heart Dies" (from "In the Land of Blood and Honey")
21. Camané - "Já Não Estar" (from "José and Pilar")
22. Chris Cornell - "The Keeper" (from "Machine Gun Preacher")
23. Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter - "Life's a Happy Song" (from "The Muppets")
24. Jason Segel and Walter - "Man or Muppet" (from "The Muppets")
25. Kermit and the Muppets - "Pictures in My Head" (from "The Muppets")
26. Tulips - "Summer Song" (from "The Music Never Stopped")
27. Ben Lear - "Imaginary Friends" (from "Olive")
28. Elvis Costello - "Sparkling Day" (from "One Day")
29. Daniel Tashian - "Taking You with Me" (from "Our Idiot Brother")
30. OK Go - "The Greatest Song I Ever Heard" (from "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie
Ever Sold")
31. Will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway - "Hot Wings" (from "Rio")
32. Ester Dean, Carlinhos Brown - "Let Me Take You to Rio" (from "Rio")
33. Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Will.i.am, and The Rio Singers with Hollywood - "Real in Rio" (from "Rio")
34. Ben Nichols - "Shelter" (from "Take Shelter")
35. Jónsi - "Gathering Stories" (from "We Bought a Zoo")
36. Shillaly Brothers - "Pop" (from "White Irish Drinkers")
37. The National - "Think You Can Wait" (from "Win Win")
38. Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey, Craig Ferguson, Travis Oates, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Wyatt Dean Hall, and Tom Kenny - "The Backson Song" (from "Winnie the Pooh")
39. Zooey Deschanel & M. Ward - "So Long" (from "Winnie the Pooh")

Source - Oscars.org

AFI Awards 2011

The American film institute announced the list of best films and TV series of this year.

Have you seen them all? I haven't. Some of them are very overrated (I wasn't impressed by Bennett Miller's "Moneyball" at all). But I hope that some are going to be great (Spielberg's "War Horse" and Fincher's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo").

Top-10 films of 2011:

"BRIDESMAIDS" ("Девичник в Вегасе")
"THE DESCENDANTS" ("Потомки")
"THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" ("Девушка с татуировкой дракона")
"THE HELP" ("Прислуга")
"HUGO" ("Хранитель времени")
"J. EDGAR" ("Дж. Эдгар")
"MIDNIGHT IN PARIS" ("Полночь в Париже")
"MONEYBALL" ("Человек, который изменил всё")
"THE TREE OF LIFE" ("Древо жизни")
"WAR HORSE" ("Боевой конь")

"THE ARTIST" and the entire "HARRY POTTER" film series (!) got special awards.

Now we can think about which of these films are going to get a golden statuette in a few months.

If you are curious about which TV programs are called the best, you can view the list here.

"The Help" (2011) - Pictures

In addition to my post "The Help" (2011) - Trailer #1 I want to share some pictures and the first poster of this upcoming movie.

Pictures - Official movie site
Poster - The Film In Formant

"The Help" (2011) - Trailer #1

Based on one of the most talked about books in years and a #1 New York Times best-selling phenomenon by novelist Kathryn Stockett, “The Help” stars Emma Stone (“Easy A”) as Skeeter, Academy Award-nominated Viola Davis (“Doubt”) as Aibileen and Octavia Spencer as Minny - three very different, extraordinary women in Mississippi during the 1960s, who build an unlikely friendship around a secret writing project that breaks societal rules and puts them all at risk. From their improbable alliance a remarkable sisterhood emerges, instilling all of them with the courage to transcend the lines that define them, and the realization that sometimes those lines are made to be crossed - even if it means bringing everyone in town face-to-face with the changing times. Directed and written by Tate Taylor, “The Help” is deeply moving, filled with poignancy, humor and hope. It is a timeless and universal story about the ability to create change. (Official movie site)

В 2009 году писательница Кэтрин Стокетт написала свой первый роман, который стал сенсацией года и бестселлером New York Times. Историей быстро заинтересовались кинематографисты, и уже в этом году на экраны выходит одноименный кинофильм "Прислуга" с актрисой Эммой Стоун в роли Скитер, номинанткой на Оскар Виолой Дэвис в роли Эйбилин и Октавией Спенсер в роли Минни. Эти три героини являются совершенно разными, необычными женщинами, проживающими в штате Миссисипи в 60х годах прошлого века. Работая вместе над книгой, которая должна перевернуть представление людей о привычной для них социальной дискриминации темнокожих женщин, они становятся отличными подругами. Тейт Тейлор выступил режиссером и сценаристом, что бы рассказать нам эту трогательную, сильную историю, наполненную юмором и надеждой изменить мир к лучшему.

Release dates - August 10, 2011 (UK, USA), November 17, 2011 (Germany), November 23, 2011 (France)

Trailer #1