My Filmspotting Ballot

I frequently listen to a lovely little podcast named Filmspotting. I also post in their forums a lot and find lots of intelligent conversation regarding my favorite topic, film. This year they've set up their own little awards called "The Filmspots" which honor the year's best films. Here are the nominees I sent in.

Best Picture

1. Ratatouille
2. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
3. Juno

Best Director

1. Joel and Ethan Coen - No Country For Old Men
2. Julian Schnabel - The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
3. Paul Thomas Anderson - There Will Be Blood

Best Actor

1. Ulrich Muhe - The Lives of Others
2. Gordon Pinsent - Away From Her
3. Viggo Mortensen - Eastern Promises

Best Actress

1. Nina Kervel - Blame It On Fidel!
2. Ellen Page - Juno
3. Julie Christie - Away From Her

Best Supporting Actor

1. Irfan Khan - The Namesake
2. Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Charlie Wilson's War
3. Javier Bardem - No Country For Old Men

Best Supporting Actress

1. Jennifer Garnder - Juno
2. Tabu - The Namesake
3. Saoirse Ronan - Atonement

Too lazy to list out the writers.

Best Original Screenplay

1. Ratatouille
2. Juno
3. I'm Not There

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. No Country For Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Zodiac

Best Ensemble Cast

1. Zodiac
2. Juno
3. Gone Baby Gone

Foreign Language Film

1. Blame It On Fidel!
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3. The Lives of Others

Best Animated Film

1. Ratatouille
2. Persepolis
3. Paprika

Best Documentary

1. Sicko
2. The King of Kong
3. No End In Sight

Best Cinematography

1. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
2. No Country For Old Men
3. I Don't Want To Sleep Alone

Most Kickass Scene

1. Ratatouille - Anton Ego returns to childhood
2. There Will Be Blood - Oil Fire
3. No Country For Old Men - Dog Chase

Most Surprising Film

1. The Namesake
2. Blame It On Fidel!
3. Juno

Best Debut Feature

1. Julie Gavras - Blame It On Fidel!
2. Sarah Polley - Away From Her
3. Ben Affleck - Gone Baby Gone

Worst Movie

1. Lions For Lambs
2. The Great Debaters
3. Across The Universe

1 = my top pick and so forth