The Annual Brittney Awards (The ABAs)

The Annual Brittney Awards are film awards decided by myself after viewing as many awards contender films as possible. The categories I have chosen to represent are; Best Film, Best Direction, Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Originally Written Screenplay, Best Adaptively Written Screenplay, Best Originally Written Score and Best Cinematography. I decided to honour these categories as these are film elements which I particular care about. The name of the awards coincides with my surname. The dates of the awards will coincide each year with the Annual Academy Awards (The Oscars) in the USA.

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards - Winners Breakdown

Wins:

3 – The Revenant; Cinematography, Originally Written Score and Direction 2 – Room; Leading Actress and Film 2 – Steve Jobs; Adaptively Written Screenplay and Leading Actor 1 – Spotlight; Original Screenplay 1 – Carol; Supporting Actress 1 – Love & Mercy; Supporting Actor

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards - Winners Complete List

Best Film:

The Big Short; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremey Kleiner, Arnon Milchan and Brad Pitt Brooklyn; produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Carol; produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Creed; produced by Robert Chartoff, William Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, Irwin Winkler and Charles Winkler Inside Out; produced by Jonas Rivera Mad Max: Fury Road; produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller and P.J. Voeten The Martian; produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Aditya Sood, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam The Revenant; produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, David Kanter, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, James W. Sketchpole and Keith Redmon Room; produced by Ed Guiney and David Gross Spotlight; produced by Blye Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar

 Best Direction:

Carol – Todd Haynes Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu Room – Lenny Abrahmson Spotlight – Tom McCarthy

 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed Jacob Tremblay – Room

  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Joan Allen – Room Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

 Best Originally Written Screenplay (tie):

Ex Machina; written by Alex Garland The Hateful Eight; written by Quentin Tarantino Inside Out; written by Pete Doctor, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley Love & Mercy; written by Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman Spotlight; written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Straight Outta Compton; written by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus

 Best Adaptively Written Screenplay:

The Big Short; written by Adam McKay and Charles Randolph Carol; written by Phyllis Nagy Creed; written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington Room; written by Emma Donaghue Steve Jobs; written by Aaron Sorkin

 Best Originally Written Score (tie):

Beasts of No Nation; music written by Dan Romer Carol; music written by Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight; music written by Ennio Morricone The Revenant; music written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner Star Wars: The Force Awakens; music written by John Williams Sicario; music written by Jóhann Jóhannsson

 Best Cinematography:

Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins

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The Winner of the Best Film...

Room; produced by Ed Guiney and David Gross

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The Winner of the Best Direction...

The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu

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The Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role...

Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs

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The Winner of the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role...

Brie Larson - Room

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The Winner of the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role...

Paul Dano - Love & Mercy

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The Winner of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Is...

Rooney Mara – Carol

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The Winner of the Best Originally Written Screenplay Is...

Spotlight; written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer

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The Winner of the Best Adaptively Written Screenplay

Steve Jobs; written by Aaron Sorkin

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The Winner of the Best Originally Written Score...

The Revenant; music written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner

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The Winner of Best Cinematography...

The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards Nominations Announcement - Nominations Breakdown

Nominations:

7 – Carol; Cinematography, Originally Written Score, Adaptively Written Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Leading Actress, Direction, Film 6 – Room; Adaptively Written Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Leading Actress, Direction, Film 5 – The Revenant; Cinematography, Originally Written Score, Leading Actor, Direction, Film 4 – The Hateful Eight; Cinematography, Originally Written Score, Originally Written Screenplay, Supporting Actress 3 – Creed; Adaptively Written Screenplay, Supporting Actor, Film 3 – Mad Max: Fury Road; Cinematography, Direction, Film 3 – Spotlight; Originally Written Screenplay, Direction, Film 3 – Steve Jobs; Adaptively Written Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Leading Actor 2 – Beasts of No Nation; Originally Written Score, Supporting Actor 2 – The Big Short; Adaptively Written Screenplay, Film 2 – Brooklyn; Leading Actress and Film 2 – The Danish Girl; Supporting Actress, Leading Actor 2 – Love & Mercy; Originally Written Screenplay, Supporting Actor 2 – Inside Out; Originally Written Screenplay, Best Film 2 – Sicario; Cinematography, Originally Written Score 1 – Black Mass; Leading Actor 1 – Ex Machina; Originally Written Screenplay 1 – Joy; Leading Actress 1 – The Martian; Film 1 – Trumbo; Leading Actor 1 – Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Originally Written Score 1 – Straight Outta Compton; Originally Written Screenplay 1 – 45 Years; Leading Actress 1 – 99 Homes; Supporting Actor

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards Nominations Announcement - The Full List

Best Film:

The Big Short; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremey Kleiner, Arnon Milchan and Brad Pitt Brooklyn; produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Carol; produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Creed; produced by Robert Chartoff, William Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, Irwin Winkler and Charles Winkler Inside Out; produced by Jonas Rivera Mad Max: Fury Road; produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller and P.J. Voeten The Martian; produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Aditya Sood, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam The Revenant; produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, David Kanter, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, James W. Sketchpole and Keith Redmon Room; produced by Ed Guiney and David Gross Spotlight; produced by Blye Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar

 Best Direction:

Carol – Todd Haynes Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu Room – Lenny Abrahmson Spotlight – Tom McCarthy

 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl

 Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:

Cate Blanchett – Carol Brie Larson – Room Jennifer Lawrence – Joy Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

 Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Paul Dano – Love & Mercy Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation Michael Shannon – 99 Homes Sylvester Stallone – Creed Jacob Tremblay – Room

  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:

Joan Allen – Room Jennifer Jason Leigh – The Hateful Eight Rooney Mara – Carol Alicia Vikander – The Danish Girl Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs

 Best Originally Written Screenplay (tie):

Ex Machina; written by Alex Garland The Hateful Eight; written by Quentin Tarantino Inside Out; written by Pete Doctor, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley Love & Mercy; written by Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman Spotlight; written by Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Straight Outta Compton; written by Jonathan Herman, Andrea Berloff, S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus

 Best Adaptively Written Screenplay:

The Big Short; written by Adam McKay and Charles Randolph Carol; written by Phyllis Nagy Creed; written by Ryan Coogler and Aaron Covington Room; written by Emma Donaghue Steve Jobs; written by Aaron Sorkin

 Best Originally Written Score (tie):

Beasts of No Nation; music written by Dan Romer Carol; music written by Carter Burwell The Hateful Eight; music written by Ennio Morricone The Revenant; music written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto and Bryce Dessner Star Wars: The Force Awakens; music written by John Williams Sicario; music written by Jóhann Jóhannsson

 Best Cinematography:

Carol – Edward Lachman The Hateful Eight – Robert Richardson Mad Max: Fury Road – John Seale The Revenant – Emmanuel Lubezki Sicario – Roger Deakins

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards Nominations Announcement - Best Film

Here are the nominees for the Best Film for the 1st Annual Brittney Awards.

Best Film:

The Big Short; produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremey Kleiner, Arnon Milchan and Brad Pitt Brooklyn; produced by Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey Carol; produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley and Christine Vachon Creed; produced by Robert Chartoff, William Chartoff, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin King Templeton, Irwin Winkler and Charles Winkler Inside Out; produced by Jonas Rivera Mad Max: Fury Road; produced by Doug Mitchell, George Miller and P.J. Voeten The Martian; produced by Simon Kinberg, Ridley Scott, Aditya Sood, Michael Schaefer and Mark Huffam The Revenant; produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, David Kanter, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, James W. Sketchpole and Keith Redmon Room; produced by Ed Guiney and David Gross Spotlight; produced by Blye Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards Nominations Announcement - Best Direction

Here are the nominees for the Best Direction for the 1st Annual Brittney Awards.

Best Direction:

Carol – Todd Haynes Mad Max: Fury Road – George Miller The Revenant – Alejandro G. Iñárritu Room – Lenny Abrahmson Spotlight – Tom McCarthy

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The 1st Annual Brittney Awards Nominations Announcement - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Here are the nominees for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for the 1st Annual Brittney Awards.

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role:

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo Johnny Depp – Black Mass Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs Eddie Redmayne – The Danish Girl