iMovieMania Awards

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rain Bard (and the rest who bother), check out Yasmin Ahmad's commercial. Simple and yet powerful. Available on YouTube,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw0s4C0g5SM

Darn, watching the commercial made me realize that how much I missed my father (just as when I watched the final scene of THE DEPARTURES), who passed away last August.



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Any guesses as to why GUBRA hits more of a collective nerve for these voters than films I think of as more formally audacious and interesting: LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, BE WITH ME and CITIZEN DOG? (still haven't found an opportunity to see IN THE NAVEL OF THE SEA yet)

The number of votes among these films are pretty close. GUBRA hits our heart core as being the natives in an semi-Islamic region where many Muslims "get caught" in between their longing for modern, globalized lifestyles and their faith towards the relatively orthodox side of the religion, we could sense their pain. Furthermore, GUBRA is a sequel of the more popular and accessible SEPET, which we have developed our affections on the main characters, Orked and Jason. When I watched GUBRA, I felt missing a close friend Jason as much as Orked (in the film) does. On the other hand, Orked is no doubt director Yasmin Ahmad's altered ego (if you know Yasmin's own real-life story). We feel affectionate toward Orked just like our feeling toward Yasmin herself, a carefree Muslim who comes from a family that never cease to amaze and amuse us. According to Yasmin, Orked is a hybrid of Yasmin, her sister and her mother.

I wonder whether you have seen MUKHSIN, the film Yasmin Ahmad made after GUBRA, which probably marks the end of Orked trilogy (as hinted by the unforgettably beautiful end credit sequence). I was so amazed that Yasmin could turn a supposedly poetic realism film into a heart-warming/wrenching magical realism film in a seemingly ordinary kite flying scene - you would understand what I mean only if you have seen both SEPET and GUBRA before watching MUKHSIN (i.e., if you don't watch the trilogy with the sequence of the year of releases, you won't be able to tell). The astonishing thing is that if you watch these three films with your heart, not your film aesthetic mind, you would interpret the characters or their life stories differently if you watch them in different sequences - first of all, make sure that you stay till the scene-after-end-credits of GUBRA.

According to the Singapore-based film forum that I've been participating in, a couple of hardcore Singaporean Yasmin Ahmad fans (note that they are neither Malays nor Muslims, and they are typical arthouse movie fans) made a special trip to Kuala Lumpur to attend the Malaysian Premiere of GUBRA and presented Yasmin bunches of flowers, AFTER they have seen the film several times at Singapore cinema (many of Yasmin's films were theatrically released in Singapore before Malaysia, prompting her to consider making a film in Singapore).



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Any guesses as to why GUBRA hits more of a collective nerve for these voters than films I think of as more formally audacious and interesting: LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, BE WITH ME and CITIZEN DOG? (still haven't found an opportunity to see IN THE NAVEL OF THE SEA yet)

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"10 Years of MovieMania Awards" - Speciall Poll
(nominees are last 10 years' winners)


Best Picture: THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN (Iran)
2. Fight Club (USA)
3. The Return (Russia)
4. The Mission (HK)
5. Talk to Her (Spain)
6. Requiem for a Dream (USA)
7. No Man's Land (Bosnia)
8. In the Mood for Love (HK)
9. Spirited Away (Japan)
10. Memento (USA)
Near misses:
- The Man Who Wasn't There (USA)
- Dancer in the Dark (Denmark)
- Kung Fu Hustle (HK/China)
- City of God (Brazil)
- The Sea Inside (Spain)

Best Director: Wong Kar-wai, IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
2. Darren Aronofsky, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
3. Joel & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (USA)
4. Peter Jackson, THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy (USA)
5. Alexander Payne, SIDEWAYS (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: GOSFORD PARK (USA)
2. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (USA)
3. HAPPINESS (USA)
4. AMERICAN BEAUTY (USA)
5. SIDEWAYS

Best Leading Actor: Paul Giamatti, SIDEWAYS
2. Edward Notron, AMERICAN HISTORY X (USA)
3. Ian McKellen, GODS AND MONSTERS (UK)
4. Daniel-Day Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD (USA)
5. Forrest Whitaker, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (USA)

Best Leadning Actress: Jeon Do-yeon, SECRET SUNSHINE (S. Korea)
2. Ellen Burstyn, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
3. Helen Mirren, THE QUEEN (UK)
4. Hilary Swank, MILLION DOLLAR BABY (USA)
5. Felicity Huffman, TRANSAMERICA (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT (USA)
2. Jackie Earle Haley, LITTLE CHILDREN (USA)
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman, HAPPINESS
4. Jim Broadbent, IRIS (UK)
5. Peter Sarsgaard, SHATTERED GLASS (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Griffiths, HILARY & JACKIE (UK)
2. Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE (USA)
3. Chloe Sevigny, BOYS DON'T CRY (USA)
4. Frances McDormand, ALMOST FAMOUS (USA)
5. Meryl Streep, ADAPTATION. (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: MEMENTO (USA)
2. TALK TO HE
3. GOODBYE, LENIN! (Germany)
4. THE QUEEN
5. AMERICAN BEAUTY

Best Adapted Screenplay: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (USA)
2. LUST, CAUTION (Taiwan/China)
3. FIGHT CLUB
4. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
5. SIDEWAYS

Best Cinematography: THE RETURN
2. SIN CITY (USA)
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy
4. THE THIN RED LINE (USA)
5. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (USA)

Best Film Editing: MEMENTO
2. RUN LOLA RUN (Germany)
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy
4. 3-IRON (S. Korea)
5. CITY OF GOD

Best Art Direction: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
2. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (USA)
3. MOULIN ROUGE! (USA)
4. THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy
5. TONY TAKITANI (Japan)

Best Use of Costumes & Make-up: HERO (China)
2. IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
3. ELIZABETH (UK)
4. MOULIN ROUGE!
5. THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy

Best Use of Visual Effects: PLEASANTVILLE (USA)
2. HOLLOW MAN (USA)
3. THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy
4. KUNG FU HUSTLE (HK/China)
5. THE HOST (S. Korea)

Best Use of Sound: WALL-E (USA)
2. 3-IRON
3. MOULIN ROUGE!
4. THE NEW WORLD (USA)
5. HERO

Best Use of Music: IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
2. MOULIN ROUGE!
3. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
4. 2046
5. THE THIN RED LINE

Best Use of Action Sequences: FEARLESS (China/HK)
2. THE MATRIX trilogy (USA)
3. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Taiwan/China/HK)
4. HERO
5. SHAOLIN SOCCER (HK)

Best Use of Dance Sequences: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (USA)
2. DANCER IN THE DARK
3. ZATOICHI (Japan)
4. MOULIN ROUGE!
5. MAMMA MIA! (USA)

Best Animated Feature: SPIRITED AWAY
2. TOY STORY 2 (USA)
3. THE INCREDIBLES (USA)
4. PAPRIKA (Japan)
5. WALL-E

Best Documentary Feature: MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (France)
2. Born into Brothels (USA)
3. FEET UNBOUND (Singapore)

Best Southeast Asian Film: GUBRA (Malaysia)
2. LAST LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE (Thailand/Japan)
3. BE WITH ME (Singapore)
4. IN THE NAVEL OF THE SEA (Philippines)
5. CITIZEN DOG (Thailand)

Best New Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev, THE RETURN
2. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, THE LIVES OF OTHERS
3. Chung Ji Woo, HAPPY END (S. Korea)
4. Ben Affleck, GONE BABY GONE
5. Spike Jonze, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH (USA)

Best New Performer: Bjork, DANCER IN THE DARK
2. Zhang Ziyi, THE ROAD HOME (China)
3. Yagira Yuya, NOBODY KNOWS (Japan)
4. Artyom Bogucharsky, LILJA 4-EVER (Sweden)
5. Andrew Garfield, BOY A (UK)


Award tallies:
(3 awards)
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE: Director; Art Direction; Use of Music
(In 2003 edition: won 6 awards inc. Picture, Director, Cinematography, Art Direction,

Use of Costumes, Use of Music)

(2 awards)
MEMENTO: Original Screenplay; Film Editing
(In 2001 edition: won 3 awards inc. Leading Actor, Original Screenplay, Film Editing)
THE RETURN: Cinematography; New Director
(In 2004 edition: won 3 awards inc. Director, Cinematography, New Director)

(1 award)
THE CHILDREN OF HEAVEN: Picture
GOSFORD PARK: Ensemble Cast
SIDEWAYS: Leading Actor
SECRET SUNSHINE: Leading Actress
THE DARK KNIGHT: Supporting Actor
HILARY & JACKIE: Supporting Actress
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN: Adapted Screenplay
HERO: Use of Costumes & Make-up
PLEASANTVILLE: Use of Visual Effects
WALL-E: Use of Sound
FEARLESS: Use of Action Sequences
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY: Use of Dance Sequences
SPIRITED AWAY: Animated Feature
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: Documentary Feature
GUBRA: Southeast Asian Film
DANCER IN THE DARK: New Performer



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Interesting that SECRET SUNSHINE tops the Best Picture list, but fails to crack the director list...

I didn't list the full nomination list. It was nominated but failed to make it to Top-3 in the Best Director poll.

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Interesting that SECRET SUNSHINE tops the Best Picture list, but fails to crack the director list...

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This is a 10-year-old poll conducted on a Singapore-based film-themed forum. I have posted the winners of the 7th & 9th editions on this forum before ...

http://www.oscarguy.com/cgi-bin....iemania

http://www.oscarguy.com/cgi-bin....iemania

For the latest 10th edition ... movies released theatrically in Singapore in 2008 are eligible. Comments are welcome!

Top-10:
Best Picture: Secret Sunshine (S. Korea)
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Dark Knight
4. There Will be Blood
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Sparrow (HK)
7. Tokyo!
8. Away from Her
9. Wall-E
10. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
(Near Misses)
- The Visitor
- Dan in Real Life
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
- Persepolis
- Mad About English (Singapore documentary)

Best Director: Joel & Ethan Coen, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2. Andrew Dominik, THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
3. Christopher Nolan, THE DARK KNIGHT

Best Ensemble Cast: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
3. 3:10 TO YUMA

Best Leading Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2. Richard Jenkins, THE VISITOR
3. Zhang Hanyu, ASSEMBLY (China)

Best Leading Actress: Jeon Do-yeon, SECRET SUNSHINE
2. Julie Christine, AWAY FROM HER
3. Laura Linney, THE SAVAGES
(tie) Clarice van Houten, BLACK BOOK
(tie) Ellen Page, JUNO

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, THE DARK KNIGHT
2. Javier Bardem, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3. Sam Rockwell, THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
(tie) Paul Dano, THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, GONE BABY GONE
2. Ruby Dee, AMERICAN GANGSTER
3. Penelope Cruz, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

Best Original Screenplay: JUNO
2. BURN AFTER READING
3. MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best Adapted Screenplay: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2. AWAY FROM HER
3. GONE BABY GONE
(tie) THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

Best Cinematography: THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
2. THE DARK KNIGHT
3. THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Best Film Editing: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
2. THE DARK KNIGHT
3. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

Best Art Direction: THE DARK KNIGHT
2. SWEENEY TODD
3. TAXIDERMIA (Hungary)

Best Use of Costumes & Make-up: THE DARK KNIGHT
2. TROPIC THUNDER
3. RED CLIFF PART I

Best Use of Sound: WALL-E
2. THE DARK KNIGHT
3. 4BIA

Best Use of Visual Effects: THE DARK KNIGHT
2. CLOVERFIELD
3. INDIANA JONES AND THE KINDGOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULLS

Best Use of Music: MAMMA MIA!
2. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
3. VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA

Best Use of Action Sequences: EASTERN PROMISES
2. THE INCREDIBLE HULK
3. IP MAN (HK)

Best Use of Dance Sequences: MAMMA MIA!
2. STEP UP 2: THE STREETS
3. NICK AND NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST

Best New Director: Ben Affleck, GONE BABY GONE
2. Sarah Polley, AWAY FROM HER
3. Tony Gilroy, MICHAEL CLAYTON

Best New Performer: Andrew Garfield, BOY A
2. Zekeria Ebrahimi, THE KITE RUNNER
(tie) Ma Ju-Long, CAPE NO.7 (Taiwan)
(tie) Xu Jiao, CAPE NO.7

Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
2. PERSEPOLIS

Best Documentary Feature: FEET UNBOUND (Singapore documentary)
2. THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
3. MAD ABOUT ENGLISH

Best Southeast ASian Film: 4BIA (Thailand)
2. MUALLAF (Malaysia)
3. MAD ABOUT ENGLISH



Award Tallies:
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (4): Director, Ensemble Cast, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing
THE DARK KNIGHT (4): Supporting Actor, Art Direction, Use of Costumes & Make-up, Use of Visual Effects
SECRET SUNSHINE (2): Picture, Leading Actress
GONE BABY GONE (2): Supporting Actress, New Director
WALL-E (2): Use o2f Sound, Animated Feature
MAMMA MIA! (2): Use of Music, Use of Dance Sequences
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (1): Leading Actor
JUNO (1): Original Screenplay
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (1): Cinematography
EASTERN PROMISES (1): Use of Action Sequences
BOY A (1): New Performer
FEET UNBOUND (1): Documentary Feature
4BIA (1): Southeast Asian Film