5th VAMPIBOTS ANNUAL LIST: Essential and Tech Awards

In case you've been living under a rock, pengumuman pemenang Academy Awards yang ke-86 sudah diumumkan kemarin pagi waktu Indonesia. And in case you've been missing out on my blog for the last couple of weeks, saya sudah membeberkan 20 film favorit saya tahun lalu. Put the two and two together, and then boom, inilah pilihan saya dalam beberapa kategori Directing, Writing, hingga berbagai Technical Awards yang juga dibagikan oleh AMPAS, with my own twist. Ini adalah second-to-last post sebelum saya menutup pagelaran Annual List saya yang ke-5 ini. So, check em out!

BEST DIRECTOR — Alfonso Cuarón for GRAVITY

Runner-ups: Paul Greengrass for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Spike Jonze for HER, Sarah Polley for STORIES WE TELL, Dennis Villeneuve for PRISONERS.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY — HER by Spike Jonze

Runner-ups: FRANCES HA by Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig, MUD by Jeff Nichols, PRISONERS by Aaron Guzikowski, WADJDA by  Haifaa Al-Mansour.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY — BEFORE MIDNIGHT by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke

Runner-ups: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS by Billy Ray, THE GREAT PASSAGE by Kansaku Watanabe, SHORT TERM 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton, 12 YEARS A SLAVE by  John Ridley.

BEST FILM EDITING — CAPTAIN PHILLIPS by Christopher Rouse

Runner-ups: GRAVITY by Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, HER by Eric Zumbrunnen and Jeff Buchanan, RUSH by Daniel Hanley and Mike Hill, STOKER by Nicolas De Toth.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY — GRAVITY by Emmanuel Lubezki

Runner-ups: HER by Hoyte van Hoytema, STOKER by Chung Chung-hoon, PRISONERS by Roger Deakins, 12 YEARS A SLAVE by Sean Bobbitt.

BEST VISUAL EFFECT — GRAVITY

Runner-ups: THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG, OBLIVION, PACIFIC RIM, STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE — HER by Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett

Runner-ups: GRAVITY by Steven Price, OBLIVION by M83,  PHILOMENA by Alexandre Desplat, STOKER by Clint Mansell

BEST ART DIRECTION — STOKER

Runner-ups: GRAVITY, THE GREAT GATSBY, HER,  OBLIVION

BEST COSTUME DESIGN — THE GREAT GATSBY by Catherine Martin

Runner-ups: HER by Casey Strong and THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE by Trish Summerville

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE — AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Runner-ups: AMERICAN HUSTLE, HER, PRISONERS, SHORT TERM 12

Next up, is the last entry of my Annual List: 20 Most Anticipated Films of 2014, stay tuned!