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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2013

Swedish film director Lukas Moodysson holds Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix award he won for his Philippine actress Eugene Domingo, right, smiles with a trophy of the Best Actress Award she film “We Are the Best!” during an awarding ceremony of the 26th Tokyo International Film won for film “Barber’s Tales” during an awarding ceremony of the 26th Tokyo Festival in Tokyo. Yesterday. — AP photos International Film Festival in Tokyo yesterday. Waving at left is TIFF International Competition jury Moon So-ri, a South Korean actress.

‘12 Years a Slave’ Leads Gotham Awards Nominations

Years a Slave” led all films with three nominations in for “,” for “,” Oppenheimer, producers (Drafthouse Films) six categories for the 2013 Gotham Independent Seimetz for “” and Shailene Woodley for “The The Crash Reel “12Film Awards, Filmmaker Project Spectacular Now.” Lucy Walker, director; Julian Cautherly, Lucy Walker, producers announced on Thursday morning. A third acting category, Breakthrough Actor, saluted Nyong’o, (HBO Documentary Films) In the Best Feature category, Steve McQueen’s harrowing drama Dane DeHaan in “Kill Your Darlings,” in “Afternoon First Cousin Once Removed will go up against two other possible Oscar contenders, the Coen Delight,” Michael B. Jordan in “” and Robin Weigert Alan Berliner, director and producer (HBO Documentary Films) brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis” and Richard Linklater’s “Before in “Concussion.” Let the Fire Burn Midnight,” and two lesser-known but acclaimed indie entries, David The Gothams do not present a Best Director award, but they do Jason Osder, director and producer (Zeitgeist Films) Lowery’s “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” and ’s “Upstream give one in the Breakthrough Director category, whose nominees Our Nixon Color.” are for “Fruitvale Station,” Adam Leon for “Gimme the Penny Lane, director; Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, producers Films recognized in other categories but not in Best Feature Loot,” Alexandre Moors for “Blue Caprice,” Stacie Passon for (Cinedigm and CNN Films) included “Fruitvale Station,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “All Is Lost,” “Blue “Concussion” and Seimetz for “Sun Don’t Shine.” Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Jasmine,” “Short Term 12” and “The Spectacular Now.” Best Documentary nominees are “The Act of Killing,” “The Crash Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company) Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” didn’t receive any nominations, Reel,” “First Cousin Once Removed,” “Let the Fire Burn” and “Our Adam Leon for Gimme the Loot (Sundance Selects) and neither did a number of other presumed contenders, including Nixon. Alexandre Moors for Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects) Jeff Nichols’ “Mud,” ’s “Frances Ha” and Derek The nominees were chosen not by a body of voters, but by three Stacie Passon for Concussion (RADiUS-TWC) Cianfrance’s “The Place Beyond the Pines.” separate panels of critics, festival programmers. For Best Feature and Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t Shine (Factory 25) The Gothams’ qualifying criteria are somewhat nebulous, speci- Breakthrough Director, the committee consisted of critics Scott Best Actor fying that films must be made with “an economy of means,” must Foundas, Eric Kohn, Christy Lemire, Andrew O’Hehir and Dana Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) be “filmmaking with a point of view” and must be American-made. Stevens. Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis (CBS Films) “12 Years” apparently satisfied the last condition because director The jury for the acting categories consisted of critics Justin Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features) McQueen’s British-ness was counterbalanced by a number of Chang, Lisa Kennedy, David Rooney and Leah Rozen, and Toronto in All Is Lost (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions) American producers, including . Film Festival artistic director Noah Cowan. The documentary com- Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (Sundance Selects) “12 Years” had three nominations in the six Gotham categories: mittee was editor Cynthia Fuchs and festival programmers Charlotte Best Actress Best Feature, Best Actor for Chiwetel Ejiofor and Breakthrough Actor Cook, Ben Fowlie, Mike Maggiore and Sky Sitney. in Blue Jasmine (Sony Pictures Classics) for Lupita Nyong’o. “Blue Caprice,” “Concussion,” “Fruitvale Station,” Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (Relativity Media) “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Upstream Color” received two nomina- The nominees Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (Cinedigm) tions each. (A seventh category consists of three finalists for a grant Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color (erbp) for women filmmakers.) Best Feature Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (A24) The indie actress-writer-director Amy Seimetz (right) landed two 12 Years a Slave Breakthrough Actor nominations on her own for different films: She was nominated for Steve McQueen, director; Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings (Sony Pictures Classics) starring in “Upstream Color,” and for directing “Sun Don’t Shine.” Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight ( and The Gothams, which will be presented on December at Cipriani Katagas, producers. (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Cinedigm) Wall Street in City, are the East Coast-based counterpart to Ain’t Them Bodies Saints Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (The Weinstein Company) the Film Independent Spirit Awards. But they take place early in , director; Tony Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, Jay Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years a Slave (Fox Searchlight Pictures) awards season, while the Spirit Awards are handed out the day Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Amy Kaufman, , producers (IFC Robin Weigert in Concussion (RADiUS-TWC) before the Oscars. Films) Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ Grant With a New York slant and idiosyncratic tastes, the Gothams gen- Before Midnight Afia Nathaniel, director, Dukhthar erally overlap slightly with the Spirit Awards and less with the Richard Linklater, director; Richard Linklater, Christos V. Gita Pullapilly, director, Beneath the Harvest Sky Oscars. Three years ago, three Gotham Best Feature nominees went Konstantakopoulos, Sara Woodhatch, producers (Sony Pictures Deb Shoval, director, AWOL. — on to Oscar nominations, a record. Two films were nominated by Classics) both groups the following year, but none last year. Inside Llewyn Davis “The Hurt Locker” is the only film to win the top award at both Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, directors; Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, the Gothams and the Oscars. This year, the Gothams eliminated the Ethan Coen, producers (CBS Films) acting ensemble award and split the Best Actor award into Best Upstream Color Actor and Best Actress. Best Actor nominees are Ejiofor, Oscar Isaac Shane Carruth, director; Shane Carruth, Casey Gooden, Ben for “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Matthew McConaughey for “Dallas Buyers LeClair, producers. (erbp) Club,” Robert Redford for “All Is Lost” and Isaiah Washington for Best Documentary “Blue Caprice.” The Act of Killing Best Actress nominees are Cate Blanchett for “Blue Jasmine,” Joshua Oppenheimer, director; Signe Byrge, Joshua