The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), the international professional association of Internet-based film reviewers founded in 1997, has announced the nominations for its 2010 OFCS Awards.
Oscar front-runner Black Swan, a psychological thriller about a tormented Ballet dancer from director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), leads the nominations with seven nods including best picture, best director and best actress (Natalie Portman).
In the category of best picture, Black Swan will be competing against the likes of David Fincher’s dramatised biopic The Social Network and The Coen Brothers’ hard-boiled western True Grit, each with six nominations. Also strongly represented by the society is Inception and 127 Hours, who recieved five nominations apiece.
Notable exclusions from the best picture race are the two inspirational biopics The Fighter and The King’s Speech, both of which recieved nods in the same category at the recent Golden Globe nominations. Taking their spot is Debra Granik’s unflinching Ozark drama Winter’s Bone and Pixar’s latest animated feature Toy Story 3.
At the 2009 awards, the OFCS gave the top honour to Kathryn Bigelow’s gritty war drama The Hurt Locker, which subsequently went on to win Best Picture and Best Director at the Academy Awards.
The 2010 award winners will be announced on January 3, 2011 via the society’s website at www.ofcs.org.
The full list of nominees for the 2010 OFCS Awards are:
BEST PICTURE
Black Swan
Inception
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter’s Bone
BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky (-) Black Swan
Danny Boyle (-) 127 Hours
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (-) True Grit
David Fincher (-) The Social Network
Christopher Nolan (-) Inception
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges (-) True Grit
Jesse Eisenberg (-) The Social Network
Colin Firth (-) The King’s Speech
James Franco (-) 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling (-) Blue Valentine
Edgar Ramírez (-) Carlos
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening (-) The Kids Are All Right
Kim Hye-ja (-) Mother
Nicole Kidman (-) Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence (-) Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman (-) Black Swan
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian Bale (-) The Fighter
Andrew Garfield (-) The Social Network
John Hawkes (-) Winter’s Bone
Mark Ruffalo (-) The Kids are All Right
Geoffrey Rush (-) The King’s Speech
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams (-) The Fighter
Mila Kunis (-) Black Swan
Melissa Leo (-) The Fighter
Hailee Steinfeld (-) True Grit
Jacki Weaver (-) Animal Kingdom
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Black Swan (-) Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz & John McLaughlin
Greenberg (-) Noah Baumbach
Inception (-) Christopher Nolan
The Kids are All Right (-) Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg
The King’s Speech (-) David Seidler
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
127 Hours (-) Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (-) Michael Bacall & Edgar Wright
The Social Network (-) Aaron Sorkin
True Grit (-) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Winter’s Bone (-) Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
127 Hours (-) Anthony Dod Mantle & Enrique Chediak
Black Swan (-) Matthew Libatique
Inception (-) Wally Pfister
Shutter Island (-) Robert Richardson
True Grit (-) Roger Deakins
BEST EDITING
127 Hours (-) Jon Harris
Black Swan (-) Andrew Weisblum
Inception (-) Lee Smith
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (-) Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss
The Social Network (-) Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Carlos
Dogtooth
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Mother
A Prophet
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Catfish
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Inside Job
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Restrepo
Waiting for Superman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Despicable Me
How to Train Your Dragon
Illusionist, The
Tangled
Toy Story 3
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