Los Angeles–
With the Oscars just days away, one thing is evident – it’s been a triumphant year for independent films. 62 Academy Award nominations went to 21 films that were financed and/or sold at the American Film Market.
From the entire AFM Team, we wish all of our friends and everyone connected to the following films a big congratulations and best of luck Sunday night! We’ll be watching.
Best Picture
Arrival (FilmNation)
Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
Hell or High Water (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lionsgate)
La La Land (Lionsgate / Summit)
Lion (The Weinstein Company)
Manchester by the Sea (Sierra/Affinity)
Lead Actor
Manchester by the Sea, Casey Affleck (Sierra/Affinity)
Hacksaw Ridge, Andrew Garfield (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
La La Land, Ryan Gosling (Lionsgate / Summit)
Captain Fantastic, Viggo Mortensen (Entertainment One)
Lead Actress
La La Land, Emma Stone (Lionsgate / Summit)
Florence Foster Jenkins, Meryl Streep (Pathé International)
Supporting Actor
Hell or High Water, Jeff Bridges (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lionsgate)
Manchester by the Sea, Lucas Hedges (Sierra/Affinity)
Lion, Dev Patel (The Weinstein Company)
Supporting Actress
Lion, Nicole Kidman (The Weinstein Company)
Manchester by the Sea, Michelle Williams (Sierra/Affinity)
Best Director
La La Land, Damien Chazelle (Lionsgate / Summit)
Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan (Sierra/Affinity)
Arrival, Denis Villeneuve (FilmNation)
Adapted Screenplay
Arrival, Eric Heisserer (FilmNation)
Lion, Luke Davies (The Weinstein Company)
Original Screenplay
20th Century Women, Mike Mills (AnnaPurna)
Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lionsgate)
La La Land, Damien Chazelle (Lionsgate / Summit)
The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou (Protagonist Pictures)
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan (Sierra/Affinity)
Animated Feature
My Life as a Zucchini (Indie Sales)
Cinematography
Arrival, Bradford Young (FilmNation)
La La Land, Linus Sandgren (Lionsgate / Summit)
Lion, Greig Fraser (The Weinstein Company)
Silence, Rodrigo Prieto (Corsan, IM Global)
Best Documentary Feature
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, Remi Grellety and Hebert Peck (Magnolia Pictures)
13th, Ava DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Howard Barish (Dogwoof Pictures)
Life, Animated, Roger Ross Williams and Julie Goldman (Dogwoof Pictures)
Best Foreign Language Film
Land of Mine, Denmark (Nordisk Films A/S)
A Man Called Ove, Sweden (Nordisk Films A/S)
Tanna, Australia (Visit Films)
The Salesman, Iran (Memento Films International)
Toni Erdmann, Germany (The Match Factory)
Film Editing
Arrival, Joe Walker (FilmNation)
Hacksaw Ridge, John Gilbert (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
Hell or High Water, Jake Roberts (Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lionsgate)
La La Land, Tom Cross (Lionsgate / Summit)
Sound Editing
Arrival, Sylvain Bellemare (FilmNation)
Deepwater Horizon, Wylie Stateman and Renee Tondelli (Summit)
Hacksaw Ridge, Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
La La Land, Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan (Lionsgate / Summit)
Sound Mixing
Arrival (FilmNation)
Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate / Summit, IM Global)
La La Land (Lionsgate / Summit)
Production Design
Arrival (FilmNation)
La La Land (Lionsgate / Summit)
Original Score
La La Land, Justin Hurwitz (Lionsgate / Summit)
Lion, Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka (The Weinstein Company)
Original Song
La La Land, “Audition” (The Fools Who Dream) (Lionsgate / Summit)
La La Land, “City of Stars” (Lionsgate / Summit)
Makeup and Hair
A Man Called Ove, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson (Nordisk Films A/S)
Costume Design
Florence Foster Jenkins, Consolata Boyle (Pathé International)
La La Land, Mary Zophres (Lionsgate / Summit)
Visual Effects
Deepwater Horizon (Summit)
