The 2023 Gold Digger Mid-Year Awards: Nominations Announced!

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Friday, August 4, 2023 at 3:53PM

by Cláudio Alves

With 17 different citations, Wes Anderson's ASTEROID CITY is the nomination leader.Since 2018, Patrick Gratton has been organizing the Gold Digger Awards, welcoming fellow critics and cinephiles to vote on the year's best achievements in film. Though no such voting was done in 2021 or 2022, the Gold Diggers are back with a new group of over forty folks who write about the cinematic arts, including some members of Team Experience, like Nick Taylor, Ben Miller and myself. Diversity of identity and thought is prized above all else, a plurality of opinions coming together in idiosyncratic fashion, widely different ballots all around, even if just the first half of 2023 was considered. Specifically, US release dates were judged, despite the voting body including numerous nationalities. Whether they opened in theaters or streaming, these films reach nearly 800 eligible titles – a fantastic bounty of cinema.

Without further ado, I leave you with the 2023 Gold Digger Mid-Year Awards nominations in 24 categories. Enjoy the ride...

BEST FEATURE FILM

ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET., Lionsgate
ASTEROID CITY, A24
BEAU IS AFRAID, A24
HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE, Neon
JONH WICK: CHAPTER 4, Lionsgate
JOYLAND, Oscilloscope
PACIFICTION, Grasshopper Films
PAST LIVES, A24
SHOWING UP, A24
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Columbia Pictures

A24 leads the pack in terms of nomination number by distributor. It scored a total 22 nods, six of which went to Kelly Reichardt's SHOWING UP.

BEST DIRECTING

Wes Anderson, ASTEROID CITY
Ari Aster, BEAU IS AFRAID
Kelly Reichardt, SHOWING UP
Albert Serra, PACIFICTION
Celine Song, PAST LIVES

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

ALCARRÀS, Spain & Italy
THE BLUE CAFTAN, Morocco & France
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA, France & Switzerland
JOYLAND, Pakistan & USA
OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, France
PACIFICTION, France, Spain & Portugal

BEST ANIMATED FILM

ELEMENTAL, Denis Ream
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal & Christine Steinberg
SUZUME, Kôichirô Itô & Genki Kawamura

DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA is the only documentary to score nominations outside its particular category.

BEST NON-FICTION FILM

DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA, Pauline Gygax & Max Karli & Valentina Novati
THE PLAINS, David Easteal
REWIND & PLAY, Arnaud Dommerc, Alain Gomis & Anouk Khelifa
STILL: A MICHAEL J- FOX MOVIE, Will Cohen, Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King & Annetta Marion
THE STROLL, Matt Wolf

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

CREED III, Michael B. Jordan
JOYLAND, Saim Sadiq
PAST LIVES, Celine Song
RYE LANE, Raine Allen-Miller
A THOUSAND AND ONE, A. V. Rockwell

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST

AIR
ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
ASTEROID CITY
SHOWING UP
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

PAST LIVES earned three nominations in the traditional Oscar acting categories, the most of any film on the ballot.

BEST LEADING ACTRESS

Virginie Efira, OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN
Abby Ryder Fornston, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
Greta Lee, PAST LIVES
Teyena Taylor, A THOUSAND AND ONE
Michelle Williams, SHOWING UP

BEST LEADING ACTOR

Joel Edgerton, MASTER GARDENER
Benoit Magimel, PACIFICTION
Joaquin Pheonix, BEAU IS AFRAID
Jason Schwartzman, ASTEROID CITY
Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Hong Chau, SHOWING UP
Viola Davis, AIR
Scarlett Johansson, ASTEROID CITY
Patti LuPone, BEAU IS AFRAID
Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Glenn Howerton, BLACKBERRY
John Magaro, PAST LIVES
Jonathan Majors, CREED III
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, GODLAND
Donnie Yen, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

Two categories resulted in six-way ties. In both cases, PACIFICTION scored a nomination.

BEST ACTING NEWCOMER

Grace Edwards, ASTEROID CITY
Andrew Barth Feldman, NO HARD FEELINGS
David Jonsson, RYE LANE
Pahoa Mahagafanau, PACIFICTION
Vivian Oparah, RYE LANE
Rina Sawayama, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (Stunts, Dance, or Other)

CREED III, Clayton J. Barber, Eric Brown & Mark R. Miscione
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Isaac Hamon, Samuel Le, Heidi Moneymaker & Micah Karns
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Koji Kawamoto, Laurent Demanioff, Stephen Dunlevy,
Ralf Haeger, James M. Halty & Scott Rogers
POLITE SOCIETY, Crispin Layfield & Rob Lock
WILL-O'-THE-WISP, Madalena Xavier

BEST SCREENPLAY

Kelly Fremon Craig, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
Wes Anderson, ASTEROID CITY
Celine Song, PAST LIVES
Nathan Byron & Tom Melia, RYE LANE
Kelly Reichardt & Jonathan Raymond, SHOWING UP

GODLAND is the only Best Cinematography nominee absent from the Best Picture lineup.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Maria von Hausswolff, GODLAND
Dan Lautsen, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
Pawel Pogorzelski, BEAU IS AFRAID
Artur Tort, PACIFICTION
Robert D. Yeoman, ASTEROID CITY

BEST EDITING

Mike Andrews, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE
Keith Fraase, PAST LIVES
Daniel Garber, HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
Nathan Orloff, JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
Barney Pilling, ASTEROID CITY

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE earned ten nominations, including in categories usually bereft of animated films.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

ATEROID CITY, Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran & Gabriel Picola
BEAU IS AFRAID, Fiona Crombie & Paul Hotte
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Beth Mickle & Rosemary Brandenburg
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Kevin Kavanaugh, Rand Abdeinour & Mark Rosinski
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Patrick O' Keefe, Dean Gordon & Araiz Khalid

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Milena Canonero, ASTEROID CITY
Oliver Garcia, CHEVALIER
Judianna Makowsky, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3
Amanda Monk, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES
PC Williams, POLITE SOCIETY

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

ASTEROID CITY, Julie Dartnell, Claire Burgess & Julia Vernon
BEAU IS AFRAID, Félix Larivière, Colin Penman & Steve Newburn
EVIL DEAD RISES, Jason Docherty, Vanessa Hurley & Hannah Wilson
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Alexei Dimitriev, Cassie Russek & Lindsay MacGowen
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Antoinette Adertoye, Petra Schaumann, Neil Gorton, Stephen Kelley & Kerrie Smith

With eight nominations, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 is the most recognized title without a Best Picture citation.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

ASTEROID CITY, Jep Hill, Tim Ledbury, Pau Costa & Carlos Laguna
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES, Khalid Almeerani, Scott Benza, Axel Bonami, Mark Bortolotto, Dave Dalley, Ben Snow, Sreejith Venugopalian, John L. Weckworth & Shane Mahan
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Ross McCabe, Guy Williams & Lindsay McGowan
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Janelle Ralla, Jonatha Rothbart, Rafiq Kamhawi, Devin Maggio, Gerd Nefzer & Charles-Axel Vollard
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Mike Lasker

BEST SOUND MIXING

ASTEROID CITY, Wayne Lemmer & Christopher Scarabosio
DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA, Bruno Ehlinger
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3, Christopher Boyes & Gary A. Rizzo
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4, Casey Genton & Andy Kayoma
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, Vinii Khullar, Jessica B. Schultz, Ryan Collins & Gary Summers

BEST SOUND EDITING