AWARD NEWS: THE FINALS

With less than a week away, the Oscars will close out award season and that means the guilds have been making their selections of the best in cinema from 2022. And "Everything Everywhere All at Once", the trippy, family drama-comedy by the filmmaking team, the Daniels has been sweeping these prizes including the recent Film Independent Spirit Awards. Now this certainly doesn't mean this will be the outcome at the Academy Awards but this film's chances have improved greatly to bring home a lot of Oscar gold.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Film):

Best Feature: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Director: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Screenplay: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best Lead Performance: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Supporting Performance: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister, Tár"
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best Documentary: "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
Best International Film: "Joyland" (Pakistan/USA)
Best Breakthrough Performance: Stephanie Hsu, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
Best First Feature: "Aftersun"
Best First Screenplay: John Patton Ford, "Emily the Criminal"
Someone To Watch Award: Nikyatu Jusu, "Nanny"
John Cassavetes Award: "The Cathedral"
Robert Altman Award: "Women Talking:

Here are the winners of the 2023 Writers Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Original Screenplay: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley, "Women Talking"
Best Documentary Screenplay: Brett Morgen, "Moonage Daydream"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Producers Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: Jonathan Wang, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures: Guillermo Del Toro, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley, "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio"
The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture: Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris, "Navalny"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Directors Guild of America Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Theatrical Feature Film Director: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary Feature Film: Sara Dosa, "Fire of Love"

Here are the winners of the 2023 ACE Eddie Awards:

Best Edited Theatrical Feature Film (Comedy): Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Edited Theatrical Feature Film (Drama): Eddie Hamilton, "Top Gun: Maverick"
Best Edited Theatrical Documentary Film: Erin Casper, Jocelyne Chaput, "Fire of Love"
Best Edited Animated Film (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical): Ken Schretzmann and Holly Klein, "Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio"

Here are the winners of the 2023 the American Society of Cinematographers Awards (Motion Picture):

Best Feature Film Cinematography: Mandy Walker, Elvis"
Best Documentary Feature Cinematography: Ben Bernhard and Riju Das, "All That Breathes"

Here are the winners of the 2023 Screen Actor Guild Awards (Motion Picture):

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Michelle Yeoh, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Brendan Fraser, "The Whale"
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Jamie Lee Curtis, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Ke Huy Quan, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"

Meanwhile over in Europe, the Brits and the French have different ideas on what was the best in cinema last year with the WWI set, German-language drama, "All Quiet on the Western Front" sweeping the BAFTA awards and winning seven awards, the most ever for a foreign language film.

Here are the winners of the 2023 BAFTA Film Awards:

Best Film: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Outstanding British Film: "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Director: Edward Berger, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Original Screenplay: Martin Mcdonagh, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Leading Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Tár"
Best Leading Actor: Austin Butler, "Elvis"
Best Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Supporting Actor: Barry Keoghan, "The Banshees of Inisherin"
Best Cinematography: James Friend, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Best Documentary: "Navalny"
Best Animated Film: "Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio"
Best Film Not in the English Language: "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Production Design: Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino, "Babylon"
Best Casting: Nikki Barrett and Denise Chamian, "Elvis"
Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin, "Elvis"
Best Hair & Make-Up: Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston and Shane Thomas, "Elvis"
Best Original Score: Volker Bertelmann, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Sound: Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler, "All Quiet on the Western Front"
Best Special Visual Effects: Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon, "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Best British Short Film: "An Irish Goodbye"
Best British Short Animation: "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse"
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Charlotte Wells, "Aftersun"

And the César Awards honored "La Nuit du 12 (the Night of the 12th)", about a police detective who becomes obsessed with a complex case involving a murdered female victim in a small town in the French Alps, with six awards including Best Film. The Honorary César went to American director, David Fincher with star Brad Pitt (who co-starred in the filmmaker's "Seven" and "Fight Club") making an unannounced appearance to present him with the career achievement award.

Here is a partial list of winners of the 2023 César Awards:

Best Film: "La Nuit du 12 (the Night of the 12th)"

Best Director: Dominik Moll, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Original Screenplay: Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel and Naïla Guiguet, "The Innocent"
Best Adapted Screenplay: Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Actress: Virginie Efira, "Paris Memories"
Best Actor: Benoit Magimel, "Pacifiction"
Best Supporting Actress: Noemie Merlant, "The Innocent"
Best Supporting Actor: Bouli Lanners, "The Night of the 12th"
Best Female Newcomer: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, "Forever Young"
Best Male Newcomer: Bastien Bouillon, The Night of the 12th"
Best Debut Feature: "Saint Omer"
Best Animated Feature: "My Sunny Maad"
Best Documentary Feature: "Returning to Reims (Fragments)" 

Best Foreign Film: "As Bestas (the Beasts)" (Spain/France)

Best Cinematography: Artur Tort," Pacification"
Best Editing: Mathilde van de Moortel, "Full Time"
Best Original Score: Irene Dresel, "Full Time"