The First Annual Mubi Awards for 2011, finalists round

It’s actually still pretty close. THE TREE OF LIFE is running away in certain categories, but not yet Best Picture. In any case, time is running out with roughly 28 hours left to vote.

My votes…

BEST PICTURE: A Separation
BEST DIRECTION: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
BEST WRITING: Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE: Michael Fassbender, Shame
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE: Sareh Bayat, A Separation
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
BEST EDITING: Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa, The Tree of Life
BEST SCORE: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dante Ferretti, Hugo
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Certified Copy

Best Picture
The Turin Horse (Tarr Béla & Hranitzky Ágnes)

Best Direction
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Best Writing
Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)

Best Lead Performance
Peyman Moaadi (A Separation)

Best Supporting Performance
Sareh Bayat (A Separation)

Best Cinematography
Fred Kelemen (The Turin Horse)

Best Editing
Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

Best Score
Vig Mihály (The Turin Horse)

Best Production Design
Jack Fisk (The Tree of Life)

Special Recognition
Raúl Ruiz

Best Picture: Hugo
Best Direction: Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Best Writing: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants
Best Lead Performance: Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Supporting Performance: Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Best Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Best Score: Howard Shore, Hugo
Best Production Design: Dante Ferretti, Hugo
Special Recognition: Attack the Block

Based on 38 Mubi users, here are your results. The winners are based on who got the most votes in the finalist round and if there was a tie, who got the most votes in the nomination round. The winner in each category is listed first with how many votes the got in the finalist round followed by how many votes they got in the nomination round with the rest of the finalists listed in order of votes received. And the winners are:

BEST PICTURE: The Tree of Life (12, 35)
2. A Separation (9, 34)
3. The Turin Horse (8, 17)
4. Melancholia (4, 15)
5. Hugo (3, 15)
6. Drive (2, 15)

BEST DIRECTION: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life (15, 37)
2. Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, The Turin Horse (10, 14)
3. Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive (6, 20)
4. Lars von Trier, Melancholia (4, 18)
5. Martin Scorsese, Hugo (3, 22)

BEST WRITING: Asghar Farhadi, A Separation (21, 36)
2. Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris (8, 35)
3. Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy (3, 10)
4. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, The Descendants (3, 9)
5. John Logan, Hugo (1, 9)

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE: Michael Fassbender, Shame (9, 21)
2. Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin (8, 18)
3. Michael Shannon, Take Shelter (8, 13)
4. Kirsten Dunst, Melancholia (7, 16)
5. Peyman Moadi, A Separation (3, 12)

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE: Sareh Bayat, A Separation (9, 10)
2. Jessica Chastain, The Tree of Life (7, 17)
3. Christopher Plummer, Beginners (7, 10)
4. Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life (5, 12)
5. Leila Hatami, A Separation (5, 10)
6. Charlotte Gainesbourg, Melancholia (3, 12)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life (26, 73)
2. Fred Kelemen, The Turin Horse (5, 15)
3. Lech Majewski and Adam Sikora, The Mill and the Cross (3, 16)
4. Newton Thomas Sigel, Drive (2, 19)
5. Manuel Alberto Claro, Melancholia (2, 17)
6. Robert Richardson, Hugo (0, 15)

BEST EDITING: Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa, The Tree of Life (16, 39)
2. Matthew Newman, Drive (9, 26)
3. Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo (4, 21)
4. Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4, 17)
5. Hayedeh Safiyari, A Separation (4, 10)

BEST SCORE: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (11, 26)
2. Cliff Martinez, Drive (11, 25)
3. Mihály Vig, The Turin Horse (9, 16)
4. Howard Shore, Hugo (5, 13)
5. Alexandre Desplat, The Tree of Life (2, 13)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dante Ferretti, Hugo (11, 35)
2. Maria Djurkovic, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (9, 26)
3. Jack Fisk, The Tree of Life (7, 20)
4. Marcel Slawinski and Katarzyna Sobanska, The Mill and the Cross (7, 17)
5. Jette Lehmann, Melancholia (4, 15)

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Raul Ruiz (14, 8)
2. Certified Copy (8, 6)
3. Andy Serkis, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (5, 15)
4. Attack the Block (4, 5)
5. Captain America: The First Avenger (1, 5)

Observations:

THE TREE OF LIFE romped winning 4 of the main 9 categories. A SEPARATION actually led Best Picture most of the voting period, but TREE made a big surge in the last few days to win it. TREE was most dominant in the Cinematography category in which Emmanuel Lubezki got 26 votes with second place Fred Kelemen merely earning 5. Asghar Farhadi was nearly as dominant in the writing category for A SEPARATION.

Michael Fassbender barely edged Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon for Best Actor which was neck and neck the entire time. Sareh Bayat managed a tremendous upset over Jessica Chastain for Best Supporting Performance. Chastain led the nomination round with 17 points while Bayat barely made the cut with 10, and Bayat also potentially had to split the vote with her equally terrific SEPARATION co-star Leila Hatami.

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO won Best Score over DRIVE by the slimmest of margins. Both received 11 votes in the finalist round, but Reznor and Ross led Cliff Martinez by 1 point 26 to 25 in the nomination round in order to take the victory.

THE MILL AND THE CROSS and TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY both had initial surges to take a big lead in Production Design, but HUGO kept up and eventually took the win, which was not entirely unexpected in that it won the nomination round big.

Andy Serkis easily led the Special Recognition category in the nomination round, but Raul Ruiz easily took the win in the finalist round followed by CERTIFIED COPY.

8 of the 10 nominees I voted for won, so I’m pretty pleased with the final results. The ones I voted for which didn’t win were A SEPARATION for Picture and CERTIFIED COPY for Special Recognition, but I loved TREE OF LIFE and think Ruiz is perfectly deserving (as I also loved MYSTERIES OF LISBON) so I’m fine with their winning.

I nailed 6/10 but that’s not the point. Happy for Sareh Bayat getting the recognition she so deserves for the part. Great job by zvelf organising the awards !

Thanks ZVELF!!!! Great to see the results!

Nice job zvelf, hopefully next year we can get even more people participating. Maybe an expansion of the categories could be on the cards too (just spitballin’).

I’m happy with all the results. No matter what the final tally was, all the films that were nominated were deserving to win.

Except maybe Hugo.

lol

Good job pal!

Thanks for the appreciation, everyone. I think the results turned out well, much better than the Oscars will this Sunday.

Thanks Zvelf ;)