Best director:

Martti Helde

In the Crosswind

Baldvin Z

Vonarstræti (Life in a fishbowl)

Isao Takahata

Kaguyahime no monogatari

Sophie Hyde

52 Tuesdays

Jason Reitman

Men, women and children

Best lead:

Tilda Cobham-Hervey and Del Herbert-Jane

52 Tuesdays

Stellan Skarsgård

In order of disappearance

Julianne Moore

Still Alice

David Gulpilil

Charilie’s Country

Hera Hilmar

Vonarstræti (Life in a fishbowl)

Best supporting:

Þorsteinn Bachmann

Vonarstræti (Life in a fishbowl)

Alicia Vikander

Ex Machina

Erica Rivas

Relatos salvajes (Wild tales)

Jonathan Pryce

Listen up Philip

Judy Greer

Men, women and children

Best ensemble:

Vonarstræti (Life in a fishbowl)

Ex Machina

Men, women and children

Relatos salvajes (Wild tales)

Hide & Seek

Best film:

Vonarstræti (Life in a fishbowl)

Kaguyahime no monogatari

Relatos salvajes (Wild tales)

The Voices

52 Tuesdays

The winners will be presented further down.

As per tradition, or an old charter, or something, I thought it’s worth mentioning this year’s….

….animated:

Kaguyahime no monogatari

….cinema:

Draken (thanks to the staff, the screen, the theatre, the sound system, the chairs….)

….low-point:

Ngoui truyen giong (The inseminator)

….shortage:

Pre-films

….best seat:

In the middle of the row by the second lamp, Draken

….should be caught at the cinema:

Inherent Vice

….documentary:

1989

….damn that I didn’t get to see that one:

Tu dors Nicole

….cinematography:

Erik Põllumaa, In the Crosswinds

….future promise:

Yuno Sakamoto

….I met Lassie

Nope. didn’t meet Lassie this year. Perhaps she fell down the bloody well?

….reading:

The Program and A Feast of Crows by George RR Martin

….most GFF 1992-2004:

Relatos salvajes (Wild tales)

….most uneven

Still the water

….set/production design

Udo Kramer, The Voices

….theme:

Deceit, distance, desperation

….vignette film:

Clips from various films in the program, with the Dragon logo cleverly hidden, or in plain sight

….weather:

Cold & snowy, then cold and damp, then cold and snowy again.

….screenplay:

Alex Ross Perry, Listen up Philip

….villain

Putin

….Bechdel spread

50% pass

….most frequent actor

Anna Kendrick

….transport

Bike, pimped for winter; walking boots

….Skarsgård:

In order of disappearance

OK, so who won? Well:

Best director:

Martti Helde

In the Crosswind

Best lead:

Julianne Moore

Still Alice

Best supporting:

Erica Rivas

Relatos salvajes (Wild tales)

Best ensemble:

Men, women and children

Best film:

Kaguyahime no monogatari

And that’s all folks.

Film. Filmfilmfilm.