KINO KEN’S NOMINEES FOR BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCES IN FILMS SCREENED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY HIM FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016

Top Films

A. Top Ten Features

1. DEUSYNLIGE (TROUBLED WATER) Norway 2008 color 120´ Director: Erik Poppe subtitled live action feature drama adult viewing A Film Movement dvd. 17 of a possible 20 points THE IN-LAWS United States / Peru 1979 color 103´ Director: Arthur Hiller live action feature comedy with Alan Arkin and Peter Falk A Criterion dvd. Rated PG. 17 of a possible 20 points KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS United States 2016 color 101´ Director: Travis Knight feature fantasy Rated PG. 17 of a possible 20 points NAWARA Egypt 2015 color 111´ Director: Hala Khalil subtitled live action feature black comedy adult viewing screened at 2016 Pittsburgh Silk Screen Film Festival 17 of a possible 20 points United States 1998 color 99´ Co-Directors: , , Rated PG. feature animation drama Dreamworks Animation SKG Home Entertainment dvd 17 of a possible 20 points 6. LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO) Italy 1972; edited in 1975 color 126´ Director: Luigi Comencini dubbed in English live action feature fantasy suitable for teens and adults Movie Detective dvd 16 of a possible 20 points LE GAMIN AU VELÁ (THE KID WITH A BIKE) Belgium 2011 color 87´ Co-Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne subtitled live action feature drama Rated PG-13. a Criterion dvd set 16 of a possible 20 points MOON MAN Germany 2012 color 95´ Co-Directors: Stephan Schesch and Sarah Clara Weber English-dubbed feature animation black comedy family viewing, but does contain one literary profanity The dvd version can be borrowed from Ligonier Valley Library. 16 of a possible 20 points RACHEL CARSON’S THE SEA AROUND US United States / Australia 1953 color 63´ Director: Irwin Allen live action family feature documentary Oscar, 1953 Best Feature Documentary a Warner Archive dvd May be borrowed from the Hugh Stouppe Memorial Library of the Heritage United Methodist Church. 16 of a possible 20 points 10. THE RED HOUSE United States 1947 black-and-white 100´ Director: Delmer Daves live action feature suspense drama with Edward G. Robinson, Judith Anderson, Rory Calhoun, and Julie London adult viewing 15 of a possible 20 points

B. Top Ten Shorts 1. BRIDGES-GO-ROUND United States 1958 color 4 minutes Photographer: Shirley Clarke live action visual poem suitable for all ages YouTube 20 of a possible 20 points ISFAHAN Spain 2015 color 3´ Director: Cristobal Vila experimental wordless animation suitable for all ages YouTube 20 of a possible 20 points WHAT ON EARTH! 1966 color 9½´ Co-Directors: Les Drew and Kaj Pindal animation comedy suitable for teens and adults National Film Board of Canada website 20 of a possible 20 points 4. THE DRAG Canada 1965 color 8¾´ Director: Carlos Marchiori black comedy animation suitable for teens and adults National Film Board of Canada website 19 of a possible 20 points THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT Canada 1967 color 8´ Director: Ron Tunis black comedy animation suitable for teens and adults Oscar nominee National Film Board of Canada website 19 of a possible 20 points LA LINEA 004 (THE LINE, EPISODE 4) Italy 1971 color 4´ Director: Osvaldo Cavandoli basically wordless comedy suitable for all ages YouTube 19 of a possible 20 points MOUSE FOR SALE Belgium 2010 color 4´ Director: Wouter Bongaerts pixilation comedy suitable for all ages Vimeo 19 of a possible 20 points MUSUME DOJOJI (THE GIRL AT DOJOJI TEMPLE) Japan 1945 black-and-white 20´ Director: Kon Ichikawa (TOKYO OLYMPIAD; HARP OF BURMA) musical puppet animation drama See http: nishikitaeiga.blogspot for translated story information. family viewing YouTube 19 of a possible 20 points TEMPTATION Iran 2013 color 3´ Director: Pedram Sadegh Beyki wordless animation comedy especially suitable for children ages 5-8 YouTube 19 of a possible 20 points

Which five of these twenty do you think the best? Email me your picks via [email protected] I would love to read your feedback.

THE NOMINEES

Best Director Deniz Gamze Erguven for MUSTANG Turkey 2015 Tobias Lindholm for KRIGEN (A WAR) Turkey / / Spain / Jordan 2015 Erik Poppe for DEUSYNLIGE (TROUBLED WATER) Norway 2008 Stewart Schill for FRANK VS. GOD United States 2014 Jan Troell for OLE DOLE DOFF? (WHO SAW HIM DIE?) 1968

Best Adult Actor Alan Arkin in THE IN-LAWS United States 1979 Director: Arthur Hiller Ian Cusick in FRANK VS. GOD United States 2014 Director: Stewart Schill Peter Falk in THE IN-LAWS United States 1979 Director: Arthur Hiller Nino Manfredi in LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO Italy 1975 (edited theatrical version) Director: Luigi Comencini Paul Newman in THE STING United States 1973 Director: George Roy Hill

Best Adult Actress Deniz Gamze Erguven in BIR DAMLA SU (A DROP OF WATER) Turkey 2006 20´ Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven This short is on the Cohen Media Group MUSTANG dvd release. Felicity Jones in THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING United Kingdom 2014 123´ Director: James Marsh Manca Kosir in BREZA (THE BIRCH TREE) Yugoslavia 1967 92´ Director: Ante Babaja Movie Detective dvd available to borrow from Kino Ken. Menna Shalabi in NAWARA Egypt 2015 111´ Director: Hala Khalil Barbra Streisand in FUNNY GIRL United States 1968 155´ Director: William Wyler

Best Juvenile Actor Andrea Balestri in LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO) Italy 1975 126´ (edited theatrical version) Director: Luigi Comencini Movie Detective dvd may be borrowed from Kino Ken. Thomas Doret in LE GAMIN AU VÉLA (THE KID WITH A BIKE) Belgium 2011 87´ Co-Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Pedro Gomez as Almendros in LA HORA SEÑALADA (HIGH NOON) Venezuela 2013 14´ Director: Ivan Mazza subtitled YouTube Chris Herman as the older boy in THE VIOLIN Canada 1974 25´ Director: George Pastic YouTube Haley Joel Osment in THE SIXTH SENSE United States 1999 107´ Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Best Juvenile Actress Abigail Breslin in LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE United States 2006 103´ Co-Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Catti Edfeldt in OLE DOLE DOFF? (WHO SAW HIM DIE?) Sweden 1968 110´ Director: Jan Troell subtitled Lauren Eichells in COURAGEOUS United States 2011 129´ Director: Alex Kendrick Gunes Nezihe Sensoy in MUSTANG Turkey 2015 97´ Director: Deniz Gamze Erguven Cohen Media Group dvd Annabelle Kavanagh in PENELOPE IN THE TREEHOUSE United States 2016 14´ Director: Jonathan Langager YouTube and Disney Channel

Best Story Andrew Bergman for THE IN-LAWS United States / Peru 1979 Henry Denker for THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION United States 1958 Harald Rosenløw Eeg for DEUSYNLIGE (TROUBLED WATER) Norway 2008 subtitled Film Movement dvd Kaj Pindal for WHAT ON EARTH! Canada 1966 9½´ Stewart Schill for FRANK VS. GOD United States 2014 100´

Best Cinematography Zaki Aref for NAWARA Egypt 2015 color subtitled Mario Craveri for PRIMA COMMUNIONE (FIRST COMMUNION) Italy 1950 black-and-white Note: This subtitled film is also known in English as FATHER’S DILEMMA. Movie Detective dvd may be borrowed from Kino Ken. Gabriel Figueroa for LA PERLA (THE PEARL) Mexico 1948 black-and-white Movie Detective dvd may be borrowed from Kino Ken. subtitled Gunther Krampf for KÜHLE WAMPE? (WHITHER GERMANY?) Weimar Republic (modern Germany) 1932 black-and-white Movie Detective dvd may be borrowed from Kino Ken. subtitled Arne Sucksdorff for MANNESKOR I STAD (RHYTHM OF A CITY) Sweden 1947 black-and-white wordless short YouTube in several parts

Best Editing Karoly Ari for CEASE FIRE! Hungary 2003 8´ short animation YouTube Nick Fletcher, John Carnochan, Sim Evan-Jones, and Vicki Hiatt for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT United States 1998 99´ Miguel Angel Garcia for LA HORA SEÑALADA (HIGH NOON) Venezuela 2013 14´ live action short YouTube subtitled Doane Harrison and Frederic Knudtson for THE SEA AROUND US United States / Australia 1953 63´ This dvd may be borrowed from the Hugh Stoupppe Memorial Library of the Heritage United Methodist Church in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. Wyatt Smith for INTO THE WOODS United Kingdom 2014 125´

Best Art Direction / Production Design Casey Zander Anderson, August Hall, Josh Holtsclaw, and Carl Hamilton for KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS United States 2016 color Derek Gogol, Kathie Altieri, and Richie Chavez for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT United States 1998 color Enrico Guazzoni for QUO VADIS? (WHERE ARE YOU GOING?) Italy 1912 black-and-white YouTube subtitled Robert Jones for BECKY SHARP United States 1935 Technicolor Laszlo Les Oelvedy for DIE WEISSE ROSE (THE WHITE ROSE) Germany 1982 color subtitled Movie Detective dvd may be borrowed from Kino Ken.

Best Music Irving Berlin for THIS IS THE ARMY United States 1943 Cab Calloway and Elton Hall for HI-DE-HO United States 1947 YouTube Dario Marianelli for KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS United States 2016 Johan Soderquist for DEUSYNLIGE (TROUBLED WATER) Norway 2008 Film Movement dvd Hans Zimmer for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT United States 1998

Best Lighting BEAT THE DEVIL United Kingdom / Italy 1953 black-and-white DEUSYNLIGE (TROUBLED WATER) Norway 2008 color subtitled MOON MAN Germany 2012 color English-dubbed This dvd may be borrowed from the Ligonier Valley Library. MUSTANG Turkey 2015 color THE RED HOUSE United States 1947 black-and-white

Best Costume Design Deborah Cook for KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS United States 2016 color 101´ Piero Gherardi for L’AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO) Italy 1975 color 135´ subtitled Sabrina Lutfi for A GRANDE VIAGEM (THE GREAT JOURNEY) Brazil 2010 color 16´ original Portuguese language version online at Vimeo: subtitled version on FACETS KIDS: THE POWER OF IMAGINATION VOL. 1 dvd Irene Sharaff for FUNNY GIRL United States 1968 color 155´ This dvd may be borrowed from the Ligonier Valley Library. Nancy Steiner for LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE United States 2006 color 103´

Best Makeup (only three nominees in this category) Otello Fava, Stefano Fava, and Peter Tenoglio for L’AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO) Italy 1975 color 135´ subtitled Jack Pierce for THE WOLF MAN United States 1941 black-and-white 70´ This dvd may be borrowed from the Ligonier Valley Library. Brittani Valdez and Michael Henderson for THE KOLABORATOR (THE COLLABORATOR) United States 2007 15´ color Vimeo

Best Sound Massimo Anzellotti for L’AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO) Italy 1975 135´ subtitled Benoit de Clerck, Valène Leroy, Jean-Pierre Duret, Héléna Réveillère, and Thibaut Vandermeerch for LE GAMIN AU VÉLO (THE KID WITH A BIKE) Belgium 2011 87´ Criterion dvd Danny Hambrook for THE VILLAGE United Kingdom 1993 14´ Frank McWhorter for THE RED HOUSE United States 1947 95´ Adrian Rhodes for SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE United Kingdom 2015 85´ basically wordless

Best Special Visual Effects BRIDGES-GO-ROUND United States 1958 4 minutes live action YouTube FROZEN United States 2013 color 102 minutes animation THE JUNGLE BOOK United States 2016 color 106 minutes pixilation KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS United States 2016 color 101´ animation PAS DE DEUX Canada 1968 black-and-white 14´ live action YouTube Note: This film is also known in the United States under the title DUO.

Enjoy! These are mostly superior films overall and quite worth screening. Kino Ken’s selections for winner and runner-up in each category will be posted at this website Oscar® week.