Boards.ie Film Awards - Results

johnny_ultimate

Yikes, is it that bloody time of the year again already?!

Yes. Yes it is.

The Oscars are done. Most of the big name films of 2019 have shown up on Irish screens (belatedly in some cases, but they're there now). It's time for all you boardsies to have your say on your favourites!

For those who don't know how this works: nomination threads go up in two batches over the next week or two in the dedicated Film Awards forum. Once the nominations are in, the films that make the cut go forward for a final votes, and one shall emerge victorious! Unless there's a tie, in which case two films shall emerge victorious! Or three, maybe, if you're a really indecisive bunch. Basically, at least one film shall emerge victorious.

So the first step is, of course, nominating your films of choice! The first batch of threads is up now - covering the likes of Best Director, Best Scene and Best Actor / Actress. We'll bump this thread when the next ones are up, and a few times to remind you to nominate away

Go nominate! https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480

pixelburp

Will get on that. Didn't even notice this thread, maybe it's just me but my brain almost never notices stickies. Wonder if this should be listed in the main flow instead?

johnny_ultimate

I never know with stickies - I usually navigate via the new posts in subscribed forums on the home page, so never sure how others read *shrugs*

I’ve unstickied for now anyway

pixelburp

Fair enough; it's just 'cos Stickies' visibility is kinda weird on the non-desktop sites, so not sure people will actually see it!

Added my own votes; I presume films on Streaming sites are valid, given the caveats mentions "Irish cinemas..."

johnny_ultimate

Just to clear up something asked in one of the nomination threads: please do nominate films that have already been nominated! The choices with most nominations in each category will make the final vote

Sad Professor

Second and final batch of nomination threads is up now!

pixelburp

Man, these awards always shine a light on just how little Irish cinema I actually watch throughout the year. 1 film, and that was only 'cos it looked suitably offbeat, quirky and "genre" enough to make me interested in the first place.

JP Liz V1

Sad Professor wrote: »

Second and final batch of nomination threads is up now!

I must get on the first batch of nominations

johnny_ultimate

Reminder to get your nominations if you haven’t already

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=480

ShaneU

Can we nominate Netflix/Amazon movies or is it cinema only?

Sad Professor

ShaneU wrote: »

Can we nominate Netflix/Amazon movies or is it cinema only?

As long as they are films, yes.

johnny_ultimate

Hey folks, real world events have soorrtttaaa gotten away from us, but if you need a brief distraction do take the time to nominate your favourite films, performances, scenes, directors, scores etc... for this year’s awards.

We’ll close off nominations in a day or two, but in the meantime stay safe in these strange times - and hopefully watch lots of great movies while the pubs are closed. Hopefully the nominations so far can give you some recommendations

https://touch.boards.ie/forum/480

Sad Professor

Last chance to nominate folks. We'll close threads tomorrow.

pixelburp

Obviously as mentioned RL got in the way of this, but I'm curious what the results were in the end

johnny_ultimate

Been delayed for the aforementioned external priorities and circumstances, but will look at getting the nominations counted up in the coming days

johnny_ultimate

Better late than never! We have counted the nominations, and now it’s time for you all to vote

Please cast your votes here: https://bit.ly/3cNJM6R

Thanks as ever to Mr E for his help putting the voting together!

Apologies for the delay with this but we didn’t factor the world shutting down into our awards schedule

johnny_ultimate

Last day to vote, folks - make your choices if you haven’t already

Sad Professor

And the results are out! Our many thanks as always to Mr E for the poll, and of course to everyone who participated. Feel free to post your thoughts/comments below.

Best Hollywood / Blockbuster Film
Knives Out

Best Indie / Arthouse Film
Uncut Gems

Best Foreign Language Film
Parasite

Best Dumb Fun
Avengers: Endgame

Best Actor
Joaquin Phoenix - Joker

Best Actress
Ana DeArmas - Knives Out (tie)
Cho Yeo-jeong - Parasite (tie)

Best Director
Bong Joon-ho - Parasite

Best Newcomer (directing)
Olivia Wilde - Booksmart

Best Newcomer (acting)
Julia Butters - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Screenplay
Knives Out

Best Scene
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Visiting the Manson ranch

Film with the Best Visuals
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Best Soundtrack
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Film that Deserved Better
Knives Out

Best Documentary Film
Apollo 11 (tie)
Diego Maradona (tie)

Best Irish Film
Extra Ordinary

Best Animated Film
Klaus (tie)
Toy Story 4 (tie)

pixelburp

Can't disagree with any of those; though every year I'm reminded how little Irish cinema I watch - and how little of it is worth watching.

Thanks for putting it together mods

Mr E

The awards next year will be very interesting? Could be a very shallow pool to choose from.

pixelburp

True: by and large this is shaping up to be the Year That Never Was

Maybe we should start a new one: Best Film of the Lockdown? I bet there's a bunch of stuff people have watched they otherwise wouldn't have stopped for

Lionbacker

Jeez, completely missed the vote after contributing to the nominations:(

Suppose that's the result of not visiting this forum as much since the virus has stalled the film industry.