The newest twist in a thrillingly unpredictable season noticed Anora assert its Oscars credentials over the weekend with a shocking trifecta of awards circuit wins, incomes prime prizes from the Producers Guild of America, Administrators Guild Of America, and Critics Alternative Affiliation.
If historical past is any information, Saturday’s PGA Awards win for Sean Baker, Samantha Quan, and Alex Coco actually boosts the probability that the Cannes Palme d’Or winner will win the perfect image Academy Award on March 2. Sixteen of the final 24 PGA Darryl F. Zanuck Award winners have gone on to take action, most lately Oppenheimer in 2024.
Different PGA winners at The Fairmont Century Plaza in Century Metropolis noticed Jeff Hermann gather the animated theatrical movie award for The Wild Robotic, and Lizzie Gillett, Robert Ford, and Ian Bonhôte obtain the documentary movie prize for Tremendous/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which isn’t nominated for the Oscar.
Baker was a busy man on Saturday, and likewise collected the DGA Award for Excellent Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Function Movie. This firmly establishes the American because the favorite to win the directing Oscar, provided that the DGA winner has accomplished so in all however eight events within the final 76 years. Neon distributes Anora in North America.
The ceremony at Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills additionally noticed RaMell Ross win the first-time award for Nickel Boys, and Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev prevail within the documentary class for Porcelain Struggle.
Friday’s greatest image triumph too on the thirtieth Annual Critics Alternative Awards on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica can have added momentum to Anora’s Oscar cost forward of the Academy Awards last voting window operating February 11-18.
It was an evening that noticed the beleaguered Emilia Pérez earn much-needed succour with three awards for greatest international language movie, supporting actress for Zoe Saldana, and greatest tune for El Mal.
Demi Moore was named greatest actress for The Substance, Adrien Brody greatest actor for The Brutalist, and Kieran Culkin greatest supporting actor for A Actual Ache. Conclave took the prize for performing ensemble, Coralie Fargeat and Peter Straughan gained unique and tailored screenplay awards for The Substance and Conclave, respectively, whereas Jon M. Chu greatest director for Depraved, and The WIld Robotic gained greatest animation.