EDA Nominations

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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists congratulates all the nominees for 2007 EDA Awards.

Nominees for multiple awards include “Away From Her,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly,” “Savanges,” No Country For Old Men,” “Into the Wild,” and “Persepolis.”

Listed alphabetically within each award category, the nominees are:

EDA Annual Achievement Awards:

Best Film:
Atonement
Diving Bell and Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men

Best Director:
The Coens
Sean Penn
Sarah Polley
Julian Schnabel

Best Screenplay Original:
Juno
Lars and The Real Girl
Michael Clayton
The Savages

Best Screenplay Adapted:
Atonement
Away From Her
Diving Bell and Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
Persepolis

Best Documentary:
Cats of Mirikitani
My Kid Could Paint That
No End In Sight
Sicko

Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard - La Vie En Rose
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Laura Linney - Savages
Ellen Page - Juno

Best Actress In Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett - I’m Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Margot
Emily Mortimer - Lars and the Real Girl
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton

Best Actor:
Johnny Depp - Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones - In the Valley of Elah
Daniel Day Lewis - There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Actor In Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck - Jesse James
Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men
Tom Wilkinson - Michael Clayton
Hal Holbrook - Into the Wild

Best Ensemble Cast:
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
Juno
Michael Clayton
Talk to Me

Best Editing:
Atonement
Diving Bell an Butterfly
I’m Not There
No Country for Old Men

Best Foreign Film:
Diving Bell and Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Golden Door
Lust, Caution
Persepolis

EDA Female Focus Awards:

Best Woman Director:
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Kasi Lemmons, Talk to Me
Mira Nair, The Namesake
Sarah Polley, Away From Her

Best Woman Screenwriter:
Diablo Cody, Juno
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Sarah Polley, Away From Her
Adrienne Shelly, Waitress

Best Breakthrough Performance:
Amy Adams - Enchanted
Ellen Page, Juno
Amy Ryan - Gone Baby Gone
Keri Russell - Waitress and August Rush

Best Newcomer:
Nikki Blonsky - Hairspray
Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution
Luisa Williams - Day Night Day Night

Women’s Image Award:
Jodie Foster
Laura Linney
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly

Hanging in There Award for Persistence:
Ruby Dee
Annie Lundeberg and Ricki Stern - Devil On Horseback

Actress Defying Age and Ageism:
Brenda Blythen
Julie Christie
Vanessa Redgrave
Meryl Streep

Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry:
Kathleen Kennedy for producing Diving Bell and Persepolis
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Julie Christie
Mia Farrow
Vanessa Redgrave
Adrienne Shelly

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism:
Ruby Dee
Mia Farrow
Angelina Jolie
Susan Sarandon

EDA Special Mention Awards:

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award:
Wild Hogs
Black Snake Moan
Nanny Diaries
Beowulf
Norbit

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent:
Halle Berry
Nicole Kidman
Hilary Swank
Catherine Zeta Jones

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn’t:
Evening
Georgia Rule
Margot at the Wedding
Reservation Road

Best Of The Fests:
Day Zero
Secret Sunshine
Darius Goes West
Forever
Black Sheep
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
The Cake Eaters
Four Sheets To the Wind
Red Road
Angel
Sweet Mud
Out of time
Grbivica My Home

Unforgettable Moment Award
Eastern Promises - Viggo’s full frontal fight
The Host - Tracking shot of monsters appearing
Golden Door - Emigrants swimming in milk
Into The Wild - Emile Hirsch dying scene

Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality:
Atonement - Keira Knightly
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead - Marisa Tomei/Philip Seymour Hoffman
Eastern Promises - Viggo Mortensen
Lust/Caution - Tang Wei

Best Seduction:
Atonement - Keira Knightly and James McAvoy
Juno - Ellen Page and Michael Cera
The Namesake - The Parents
Waitress

Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award:
Pirates 3
Rush Hour 3
Shrek 3
Spiderman 3

Cultural Crossover Award:
Killer of Sheep
The Namesake
Perspeolis

Bravest Performance Award:
Julie Christie - Away From Her
Kate Dickie - Red Road
Jodie Foster in the Brave One

Best Leap from Actress to Director Award:
Julie Delpy
Kasi Lemmons
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly

Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest Award:
Robin Penn Wright and Tony Hopkins in Beowulf
Tea Leone and Ben Kingsley in You Kill Me