17th annual cadet film awards 2010

best picture

Top 10 of 2010
1. Inception – Christopher Nolan
2. I Am Love – Luca Guadagnino
3. Animal Kingdom – David Michôd
4. The Fighter – David O. Russell
5. The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper
6. The Social Network – David Fincher
7. Blue Valentine – Derek Cianfrance
8. Barney’s Version – Richard Lewis
9. Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky
10. The Ghost Writer – Roman Polanski

Honourable Mentions:
The Company Men – John Wells
Daybreakers – Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig
Fair Game – Doug Liman
127 Hours – Danny Boyle
Restrepo – Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger
Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese
The Town  – Ben Affleck

 

best director

Winner:
Christopher Nolan – Inception

Nominees:
David Michôd Animal Kingdom
Derek Cianfrance Blue Valentine
David O. Russell The Fighter
Luca Guadagnino I Am Love
David Fincher The Social Network

 

best lead actor

Winner:
Ryan Gosling – Blue Valentine

Nominees:
Paul Giamatti – Barney’s Version
Ben Affleck – The Company Men
Mark Wahlberg – The Fighter
Colin Firth – The King’s Speech
James Franco – 127 Hours

 

best lead actress

Winner:
Natalie Portman – Black Swan

Nominees:
Lesley Manville – Another Year
Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Naomi Watts – Fair Game
Tilda Swinton – I Am Love
Annette Bening – Mother and Child & The Kids Are All Right

 

best supporting actor

Winner:
Geoffrey Rush – The King’s Speech

Nominees:
Dustin Hoffman – Barney’s Version
Sean Penn – Fair Game
Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right
Richard Jenkins – Let Me In
Andrew Garfield – The Social Network

 

best supporting actress

Winner:
Jacki Weaver – Animal Kingdom

Nominees:
Rosamund Pike – Barney’s Version
Barbara Hershey – Black Swan
Amy Adams – The Fighter
Marion Cotillard – Inception
Kerry Washington – Mother and Child

 

best limited/cameo performance – male

Winner:
Jack McGee – The Fighter

Nominees:
Saul Rubinek – Barney’s Version
Bruce McGill – Fair Game
Guy Pearce – The King’s Speech
Tom Wilkinson – The Ghost Writer
Pete Postlethwaite – The Town

 

best limited/cameo performance – female

Winner:
Rooney Mara – The Social Network

Nominees:
Imelda Staunton – Another Year
Sally Hawkins – Never Let Me Go
Juliette Lewis – Conviction
Sandra Oh – Rabbit Hole
Patricia Clarkson – Shutter Island

 

best original screenplay

Winner:
Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne & Joey Curtis – Blue Valentine

Nominees:
David Michôd – Animal Kingdom
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John J. McLaughlin – Black Swan
Christopher Nolan – Inception
David Seidler – The King’s Speech

 

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Aaron Sorkin – The Social Network

Nominees:
Michael Konyves – Barney’s Version
John Wells – The Company Men
Jez Butterworth & John Butterworth – Fair Game
Robert Harris & Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer

 

best dramatic score

Winner:
Hans Zimmer – Inception

Nominees:
Anthony Partos – Animal Kingdom
John Adams – I Am Love
Alexandre Desplat – The King’s Speech
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Social Network
Daft Punk – Tron: Legacy

 

best comedy/musical score

Winner:
John Powell – How To Train Your Dragon

Nominees:
Pasquale Catalano – Barney’s Version
David Arnold – Made in Dagenham
Alan Menken – Tangled
Randy Newman – Toy Story 3

 

best original song

Winner:
“Bound to You” – Christina Aguilera, Samuel Dixon & Sia Furler – Burlesque

Nominees:
“Sticks & Stones” – Jonsi – How To Train Your Dragon
“Little One” – Lucy Schwartz – Mother and Child
“If I Rise” – Dido, Rollo & A.R. Rahman – 127 Hours
“Shine” – John Legend – Waiting For ‘Superman’

 

best non-english language film

I Am Love (Italy)

best cinematography

Winner:
Wally Pfister – Inception

Nominees:
Matthew Libatique Black Swan
Pawel Edelman The Ghost Writer
Yorick Le Saux I Am Love
Robert Richardson Shutter Island
Roger Deakins True Grit

 

best film editing

Winner:
Lee Smith – Inception

Nominees:
Tariq Anwar – The King’s Speech
Jon Harris – 127 Hours
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss – Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Angus Wall & Kirk Baxter – The Social Network

 

best production design

Winner:
Eve Stewart, Judy Farr – The King’s Speech

Nominees:
Mark Ricker, Rena DeAngelo – Conviction
Francesca Baletta di Mottola, Monica Sironi – I Am Love
Guy Dyas, Lisa Chugg, Paul Healy, Douglas A. Mowat – Inception
Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo – Shutter Island

 

best costume design

Winner:
Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy & Amy Westcott – Black Swan

Nominees:
Colleen Atwood Alice in Wonderland
Antonella Canarozzi I Am Love
Jeffrey Kurland Inception
Mary Zophres True Grit

 

best sound mixing

Winner:
The Social Network

Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
Inception
Shutter Island
The Way Back

best sound editing

Winner:
Inception

Nominees:
Fair Game
RED
The Town
The Way Back

 

best makeup/hairstyling

Winner:
The Wolfman

Nominees:
Barney’s Version
Black Swan
The Fighter
The Way Back

 

best visual effects

Winner:
Inception

Nominees:
Hereafter
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Splice
Tron: Legacy

 

best stunt direction/ensemble

Winner:
Inception

Nominees:
The Fighter
Kick-Ass
RED
The Town

 

best australian film

Winner:
Animal Kingdom

Nominees:
Daybreakers
The King’s Speech (co-production)

best documentary

Winner:
Restrepo

Nominees:
Babies
Gasland
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

best ensemble

Winner:
The Fighter

Nominees:
Barney’s Version
The King’s Speech
The Social Network
The Town

best breakthrough/debut

Winner:
Armie Hammer – The Social Network

Nominees:
Mila Kunis – Black Swan
Chloe Grace Moretz – Kick-Ass & Let Me In
Miles Teller – Rabbit Hole
Delphine Chaneac – Splice
Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit

best animated feature

Winner:
Toy Story 3

Nominees:
How to Train Your Dragon
The Illusionist

best voiceover performance

Winner:
Jay Baruchel – How to Train Your Dragon

Nominees:
Steve Carell – Despicable Me
Craig Ferguson – How to Train Your Dragon
Aaron Sullivan – Kick-Ass
Ned Beatty – Toy Story 3

best titles sequence

Winner:
Blue Valentine

Nominees:
Devil
I Am Love
127 Hours
Splice

best poster

Animal Kingdom
Black Swan
Buried
For Coloured Girls
Rabbit Hole

best scene

Winner:
Toy Story 3 – “Andy’s Last Ride with Buzz”

Nominees:
The Fighter – “Triumph”
How to Train Your Dragon – “First Flight”
The Ghost Writer – “The Ending”
Inception – “Paris Folded”
Inception – “Zero Gravity Fight”
The King’s Speech – “Cursing”
127 Hours – “Final Premonition”
127 Hours – “The Today Show”
Rabbit Hole – “I Might Have Been Going Too Fast”

 

wins tally

Inception – 8

The Social Network – 4

Black Swan – 3
Blue Valentine – 3

Animal Kingdom – 2
The Fighter – 2
How to Train Your Dragon – 2
The King’s Speech – 2

Toy Story 3 – 2

Burlesque – 1
I Am Love – 1
Restrepo – 1
The Wolfman – 1

multiple nominations tally

Inception – 15

The King’s Speech – 11

The Social Network – 10

The Fighter – 9

I Am Love – 9

Barney’s Version – 8

Black Swan – 8
Animal Kingdom – 7
How to Train Your Dragon – 7
127 Hours – 6

Blue Valentine – 5
Fair Game – 5

The Ghost Writer – 4
Rabbit Hole – 4
Shutter Island – 4
The Town – 4
Toy Story 3 – 4

Kick-Ass – 3
Mother and Child – 3
Splice – 3
True Grit – 3
The Way Back – 3

Another Year – 2
The Company Men – 2
Conviction – 2
Devil – 2
The Kids Are All Right – 2
Let Me In – 2
RED – 2
Scott Pilgrim vs the World – 2
Tron: Legacy – 2

Alice in Wonderland – 1
Babies – 1
Buried – 1
Burlesque – 1
Daybreakers – 1
Despicable Me – 1
For Colored Girls – 1
Gasland – 1
Hereafter – 1
The Illusionist – 1
Inside Job – 1
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work – 1
Made in Dagenham – 1
Never Let Me Go – 1
Restrepo – 1
Tangled – 1
Waiting for ‘Superman’ – 1