11 January and of the producers (Pga, 12 January).
Voting for the nominations for the Oscars closes on Tuesday (ten in the best film category, the most prestigious) and another test bench will arrive on the 19th with those of the Baftas (the British film awards will be awarded a month later) which has already circulated, like the Academy Awards, some longlists: 'ALL NEWS ON THE WESTERN FRONT' and 'ARGENTINA 1985' seem to emerge in the first place as potential winners for the international film as well as, in the animated film category, the Guillermo Del Toro's 'PINOCCHIO' seems to have no rivals.
Among the tests in view of the most coveted prizes, tonight the
Critics' Association which opened up to foreigners after the controversy which engulfed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association two years ago, and 'EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE' leads the nominations.
The judgments of the Pga, i.e. of the producers union, have so far always been considered a reliable precursor of the Oscars and here is that the inclusion of 'THE WHALE' in its nominations has messed up the cards: the film by Darren Aronofsky - who as director in also running with 'THE TERRITORY' for best documentary - could give Brendan Fraser the statuette for best actor and was included by the producers in the race along with four sequels: 'AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER', 'BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER', 'GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY' AND 'TOP GUN: MAVERICK',
in addition to 'Island Spirits', 'Fabelmans, 'Elvis', 'Everything Everywhere All at Once', and 'Tar'.
The nominations of the Sag were dominated by 'Spiriti dell'Isola' and 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' with five nominations each.
Going back to the Globes, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association award placed a 'patch' on the exclusion of Steven Spielberg's 'Fabelmans' from the longlist of Bafta and other sector 'guilds' including the American Society of Cinematographers.
Both the Globes and PGA nominations rejected films by female directors including Sarah Polley's 'Women Talking', Charlotte Wells' 'Aftersun', Maria Schrader's 'Me Too' and Gina Maria Prince-Bythewood's 'The Woman King' .
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