The Grand Owen Awards Nominations 2013

It's that time of year again! The year-long cycle of waiting and speculation is finally over; the nominations, in full, for the 2nd Annual Owen Awards are below. Awards are given on my own much-deliberated opinion and are open to any film that received a UK general cinema release in 2013. That means Oscar favourites such as Twelve Years a Slave, Inside Llewyn Davis and Her are not eligible, though a number of last years' winners such as Zero Dark Thirty, Lincoln and Django Unchained are. Six films or individuals are nominated in each category, aside from 'Best Picture', the increased prestige of the award lending itself to eight nominations.

There is, perhaps, one big change this year. Gone are the negative awards. Yes, terrible films are still being made, but these awards should be a celebration of the best, not a shaming of the worst. Even though there is a 'bogey prize' in one of two new categories, it is still done with cinema's best interests and encouragement at heart.

Last year, the big winners were Bond spectacular Skyfall and Danish drama A Royal Affair, each scooping two awards- the latter also walking away with the highly prestigious 'Best Picture' title. This year, with the rather charming award just above as motivation, the competition is even tougher than ever. So, without further ado, here are the films up for the much-coveted Owen Awards in 2013...

BEST PICTURE
Blue Jasmine
Frances Ha
Gravity
In The House
Lincoln
Nebraska
The World's End
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)
Brie Larson (Short Term 12)
Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)
Amanda Seyfried (Lovelace)

BEST ACTOR
Aneurin Barnard (Citadel)
Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners)
Frank Langella (Robot and Frank)
Simon Pegg (The Worlds' End)

THE BILL NIGHY AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
James Franco (Spring Breakers)
Nick Frost (The Worlds' End)
Eddie Marsen (The Worlds' End)
Sam Rockwell (The Way, Way Back)
Ernst Umhauer (In The House)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Elizabeth Debicki (The Great Gatsby)
Kat Dennings (Thor: The Dark World)
Anne Hathaway (Les Miserable)
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Rooney Mara (Side Effects)
Emma Thompson (Beautiful Creatures)

BEST DIRECTOR
Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha)
Francois Ozon (In The House)
Steven Soderbergh (Side Effects/Behind the Candelabra)
Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners)
Ben Wheatley (A Field In England)
Edgar Wright (The Worlds' End)

BEST SCREENPLAY
About Time (Richard Curtis)
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (Armando Innanucchi/Steve Coogan)
Beautiful Creatures (Richard LaGravenesse)
Iron Man 3 (Shane Black)
Nebraska (Bob Nelson)
The Worlds' End (Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
Wreck-It Ralph

BEST SOUNDTRACK
The Great Gatsby
Frances Ha
Frozen
Spring Breakers
Stuck In Love
The Worlds' End

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frances Ha
Gravity
Only God Forgives
Pacific Rim
Rush
Spring Breakers

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A BAD FILM
Saoirse Ronan (The Host)
Keri Russell (Austenland)
Ryan Gosling (Only God Forgives)
Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
John Malkovich (RED 2)
Anthony Hopkins (RED 2)

The winners shall be announced LIVE on January 2nd 2014