A clutch of European titles make it to the Golden Globes

by David González

12/12/2017 - Three Billboards, Call Me by Your Name and Dunkirk shine in the general categories, while the Foreign Language Film Award includes Loveless, In the Fade and The Square

A clutch of European titles make it to the Golden Globes

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Martin McDonagh

Yesterday, the nominees were unveiled for the 75^th Golden Globe Awards, handed out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The ceremony, to be held in Los Angeles on 7 January, will welcome a wide-ranging European contingent, in the Best Foreign Language Film category as well as the other, general ones.

In fact, Martin McDonagh’s Venice winner, the UK-US co-production Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [+see also:
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In the Foreign Language Film category, Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless [+see also:
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interview: Fatih Akin
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Angelina Jolie (as a producer) is also behind one of the two European nominees for Animated Feature Film, Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner [+see also:
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Other European productions have secured acting nominations: Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour [+see also:
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Q&A: Paolo Virzì
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Here is the full list of film nominees:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Call Me by Your Name [+see also:
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Q&A: Luca Guadagnino
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Dunkirk [+see also:
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri [+see also:
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The Post – Steven Spielberg
The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro

Best Motion Picture – Comedy
The Disaster Artist – James Franco
Get Out – Jordan Peele
The Greatest Showman - Michael Gracey
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
I, Tonya – Craig Gillespie

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessica Chastain - Molly’s Game
Sally Hawkins - The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Meryl Streep - The Post
Michelle Williams - All The Money In The World

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Timothée Chalamet - Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
Tom Hanks - The Post
Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour [+see also:
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Denzel Washington - Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Judi Dench - Victoria & Abdul [+see also:
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Helen Mirren - The Leisure Seeker [+see also:
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Q&A: Paolo Virzì
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Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird
Emma Stone - Battle of the Sexes

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical
Steve Carell - Battle of the Sexes
James Franco - The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Showman
Ansel Elgort - Baby Driver

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Allison Janney - I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf - Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer - The Shape of Water
Mary J. Blige - Mudbound
Hong Chau - Downsizing

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy
Willem Dafoe - The Florida Project
Armie Hammer - Call Me by Your Name
Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins - The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer - All the Money in the World

Best Director
Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
Christopher Nolan - Dunkirk
Steven Spielberg - The Post
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Ridley Scott - All The Money in the World

Best Screenplay
Greta Gerwig - Lady Bird
Martin McDonagh - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Liz Hannah, Josh Singer - The Post
Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor - The Shape of Water
Aaron Sorkin - Molly’s Game

Best Original Score
Hans Zimmer - Dunkirk
Johnny Greenwood - Phantom Thread
Alexandre Desplat - The Shape of Water
Carter Burwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
John Williams - The Post

Best Original Song
“This Is Me” (The Greatest Showman) - Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
“Remember Me” (Coco) - Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Mighty River” (Mudbound) - Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson
“The Star” (The Star) - Mariah Carey, Marc Shaiman
“Home” (Ferdinand) - Nick Jonas, Justin Tranter, Nick Monson

Best Animated Feature Film
The Breadwinner [+see also:
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Coco - Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina
Loving Vincent [+see also:
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The Boss Baby - Tom McGrath
Ferdinand - Carlos Saldanha