91st Oscars: Screener Watch, Week 6

Netflix sent a huge package containing quite a few duplicates, but also some new titles. This is probably the last batch before the set I will get from the Independent Spirit Awards.

Hold the Dark

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Has anyone really even heard of this film? It’s genuine lack of familiarity will keep it out of the race.
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Directing (Jeremy Saulnier)
Adapted Screenplay (Macon Blair)
Actor (Jeffrey Wright)
Supporting Actor (Alexander Skarsgard, James Badge Dale)
Supporting Actress (Riley Keough)
Cinematography (Magnus Nordenhof Jonck)
Production Design (Ryan Warren Smith, Alan McCullagh)
Film Editing (Julia Bloch)
Costume Design (Antoinette Messam)
Visual Effects (Chris Connolly, Charlotta Fossman, John Kilshaw, Nathan Overstrom)
Sound Mixing (Garrell Clark, Ahmed El Fekkak, Tony Volante)
Sound Editing (Mariusz Glabinski)
Makeup and Hairstyling (Sharon Toohey, Jo-Dee Thomson)
Original Score (Brooke Blair, Will Blair)

The Kindergarten Teacher

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Even a strong cast doesn’t make a movie that most people aren’t familiar with into a contender.
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Director (Sara Colangelo)
Adapted Screenplay (Sara Colangelo)
Actress (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
Supporting Actor (Gael Garcia Bernal, Parker Sevak)
Cinematography (Pepe Avila Del Pino)
Production Design (Mary Colston, Gwen Roach)
Film Editing (Marc Vives, Lee Percy)
Costume Design (Vanessa Porter)
Visual Effects (Guy Dahan, Vadim Bar Zakharin)
Sound Mixing (Gil Toren, Anton Gold)
Sound Editing (Erez Eynl Shavit, Ami Arad)
Makeup and Hairstyling (Ivy Ermert, Felicia Nelson)
Original Score (Asher Goldschmidt)

The Land of Steady Habits

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Nicole Holofcener is a well respected director, but this film didn’t generate any buzz upon release.
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Directing (Nicole Holofcener)
Adapted Screenplay (Nicole Holofcener)
Actor (Ben Mendelsohn)
Actress (Edie Falco)
Supporting Actor (Thomas Mann)
Supporting Actress (Connie Britton)
Cinematography (Alar Kivilo)
Production Design (Dina GOldman, Robert Covelman)
Film Editing (Robert Frazen)
Costume Design (Alex Bovaird)
Visual Effects (John Ciampa)
Sound Mixing (Damian Elias Canelos, Skip Lievsay, Larry Zipf)
Makeup and Hairstyling (Sheri Kornhaber Ciliento, Diana Sikes)
Original Score (Marcelo Zarvos)

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: While the film got decent reviews, it hasn’t been a major player in the awards scene and its lack of major cinematic release hurts its chances.
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Director (Andy Serkis)
Adapted Screenplay (Callie Kloves)
Actor (Rohan Chand)
Supporting Actor (Christian Bale, Benedict Cumberbatch, Andy Serkis, Peter Mullan, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Matthew Rhys)
Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett, Naomie Harris, Freida Pinto)
Cinematography (Michael Seresin)
Production Design (Gary Freeman, Raffaella Giovannetti)
Film Editing (Mark Sanger, Alex Marquez, Jeremiah O’Driscoll)
Costume Design (Alexandra Byrne)
Visual Effects (Nigel Denton-Howes, Max Solomon, Ivan Mokan, Francois Dumoulin)
Sound Mixing (Danny Hambrook, Ian Tapp, Doug Cooper)
Sound Editing (Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers)
Makeup & Hairstyling (Nana Fischer)
Original Score (Nitin Sawhney)
Original Song (“Changes” – Nitin Sawhney)

Nappily Ever After

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Sanaa Lathan and Lynn Whitfield are strong actors, but this film has come somewhat out of nowhere.
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Directing (Haifaa Al-Mansour)
Actress (Sanaa Lathan)
Supporting Actress (Lynn Whitfield)
Cinematography (Alar Kivilo)
Production Design (John Collins, Lynne Mitchell)
Film Editing (Jay Deuby)
Costume Design (Jennifer Leigh-Scott)
Visual Effects (Chris Holmes)
Sound Mixing (Rodney Gurule, Phillip Bladh, Marc Fishman)
Sound Mixing (Michael J. Benavente) (probably meant Sound Editing)
Makeup and Hairstyling (Nikoletta Skarlatos, Dawn Turner)
Original Score (Lesley Barber)

The Other Side of the Wind

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Orson Welles’ final film has been edited and assembled recently. It’s a significant achievement and has earned some attention from critics, but not enough to make it seem like a credible contender.
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Picture (Frank Marshall, Filip Jan Rymsza)
Directing (Orson Welles)
Original Screenplay (Orson Welles, Oja Kodar)
Actor (John Huston)
Supporting Actor (Peter Bogdanovich)
Film Editing (Orson Welles, Bob Murawski)
Original Score (Michel Legrand)
Cinematography (Gary Graver)
Sound Mixing (Scott Millan, Gregg Rudloff)
Sound Editing (Daniel Saxlid, Scott Millan)
Visual Effects (John Knoll, Joe Ceballos, Brian Meanley)

The Resistance Banker

Oscar Chances: None: It didn’t make the finalist list, so it’s done.
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Foreign Language Film (The Netherlands)

Roxanne Roxanne

Oscar Chances: Unlikely: Has anyone actually heard of this film? Even with producers like Forest Whitaker and Pharrell Williams, it’s been rather under the radar.
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