If you’ve been following some of our recent posts, you’ll have picked up that The 2014 Tuorhoth Awards are on their way and today we’re going to announce the nominees. The nominees have been selected by a group of four elite judges. Our aim is to provide a mix of mainstream and arthouse for a honest awards ceremony to celebrate the best in film. The winners will be announced next week.
Best Movie:
12 Years a Slave
Captain Phillips
Cloud Atlas
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Kings of Summer
Much Ado About Nothing
Rush
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Thor: The Dark World
Best Leading Actress:
Carey Mulligan – The Great Gatsby
Amy Acker – Much Ado About Nothing
Rinko Kikuchi – Pacific Rim
Sandra Bullock – Gravity
Amy Adams – American Hustle
Best Leading Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Idris Elba – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Martin Freeman – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
Zachary Quinto – Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Director:
Justin Chadwick – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity
Ron Howard – Rush
Peter Jackson – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Baz Luhrmann – The Great Gatsby
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
Moises Arias – The Kings of Summer
Daniel Bruhl – Rush
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Tom Hiddleston – Thor: The Dark World
Best Supporting Actress:
Doona Bae – Cloud Atlas
Naomi Harris – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
Evangeline Lilly – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Best Comedy:
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
The Kings of Summer
Much Ado About Nothing
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Sci-Fi:
Cloud Atlas
Ender’s Game
Man of Steel
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Fantasy:
47 Ronin
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Thor: The Dark World
The Wolverine
Best Animated Film:
Despicable Me 2
Monsters University
Wreck-It Ralph
Best Drama:
12 Years a Slave
The Great Gatsby
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Rush
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Best Thriller:
Captain Phillips
Gravity
The Lone Ranger
Now You See Me
World War Z
Kermode Award for Best Newcomer:
Barkhad Abdi
Moises Arias
Doona Bae
Luke Evans
Lupita Nyong’o
Best Original Song:
Atlas – Coldplay – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Young and Beautiful – Lana Del Rey – The Great Gatsby
I See Fire – Ed Sheeran – The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Ordinary Love – U2 – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Happy – Pharrel Williams – Despicable Me 2
Best Musical Score:
Oz: The Great and Powerful – Danny Elfman
Gravity – Steven Price
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Howard Shore
Cloud Atlas – Tom Tykwer
Man of Steel – Hans Zimmer
Best Special Effects:
Ender’s Game
Gravity
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Pacific Rim
Star Trek Into Darkness
Best Original Screenplay:
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa – Armando Ianucci, Steve Coogan
American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer, David O’Russell
Gravity – Jonas Cuaron, Alfonso Cuaron
The Kings of Summer – Chris Galletta
Wreck-It Ralph – Jennifer Lee
Best Adapted Screenplay:
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
Captain Phillips – Billy Ray
Cloud Atlas – Lana Wachowksi, Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
The Great Gatsby – Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – Steve Conrad
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