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This is the emotional climax scene from Shame. Most likely will be used in FYC ads. |
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Jean Dujardin 'The Artist'. |
The relevance of a NYFCC win is that it would be the first major critics award for an actor to win, and it will set the tone for the rest of December and January in matching this win with others. The more critics awards an actor/actress/film/director wins, the stronger their chances are to not only be nominated, but it increases their chances of winning an Oscar. Let me preface that by saying... in most cases! Oscar does like to beat to a different drummer than the critics as they don't like being dictated to, but more times than not, when a single performer has won notable critics awards, they are bragging rights for the studio and provides marketing ammunition in 'For Your Consideration' ads to nail down those votes for Oscar nominations.
Here are my predictions for the NYFCC:
Best Picture: The Artist
Best Director - Michel Hazanavicius
Best Actor - Michael Fassbender
Best Actress - Elizabeth Olsen
Supporting Actor - Christopher Plummer
Supporting Actress - Janet McTeer
At Awards Daily, I found this calendar for the critics and awards season events. Make note of it and watch out on those days for hopeful good news for Michael, Steve and Carey for Shame.
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NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW (NBR)Thursday, December 1, 2011
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS Sunday, December 4, 2011
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (LAFCA)
Sunday, December 11, 2011
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NOMINATIONS (BFCA)
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD NOMINATIONS (SAG)Wednesday, December 14, 2011
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS (HFPA)
Thursday, December 15, 2011
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINATIONS (PGA)Tuesday, January 3, 2012
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINATIONS (WGA)Thursday, January 5, 2012
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA NOMINATIONS (DGA)Monday, January 9, 2012
BROADCAST FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS (BFCA)Thursday, January 12, 2012
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS (HFPA)Sunday, January 15, 2012
BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS NOMINATIONS (BAFTA)Tuesday, January 17, 2012
LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDSThursday, January 19, 2012
PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS (PGA)
Saturday, January 21, 2012
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS (AMPAS)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS (DGA)
Saturday, January 28, 2012
SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS (SAG)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM & TELEVISION ARTS AWARDS (BAFTA)
Sunday, February 12, 2012
WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA AWARDS (WGA)
Sunday, February 19, 2012
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
Saturday, February 25, 2012
ACADEMY AWARDS PRESENTATION (AMPAS)
Sunday, February 26, 2012
As the list highlights the most popular events, it is not all encompassing, there are many regional critics groups that announce winners as well, like: Boson, San Diego, San Francisco, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Las Vegas, Detroit and Denver. In the event that Michael wins any of these awards, we will list them here at Fassinating Fassbender.