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Tell us what should win in the 2005 Faith and Film Critics Circle Awards

Tell us what should win in the 2005 Faith and Film Critics Circle Awards

Last updated on: September 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm by Jeffrey Overstreet

Tell us what should win in the 2005 Faith and Film Critics Circle Awards 2012-09-18T12:46:49-06:00 Jeffrey Overstreet

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Time to resurrect this post again. We’re closing in on the year’s mid-point. What have you seen that’s worth remembering when the Faith and Film Critics Circle cast their votes for the best of 2005?

Can you think of any suggestions we’ve missed that we should consider?

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The Faith and Film Critics Circle (FFCC)- more than a dozen Christian film critics taking films seriously as works of art – are already busy suggesting and considering films for next year’s FFCC Awards. From time to time, I’ll post the growing list here.

At this stage, here are films that have been nominated. The cool thing about the FFCC awards … YOU are welcome to suggest films for their consideration in these categories as well. So email me at [email protected], or just leave a comment here, and I’ll amend the list as the year goes on. In January 2006, the FFCC critics will vote, narrowing the lists to a few nominees each, and then vote again for a winner.

The FFCC’s home, where last year’s winners are posted, is at The Matthews House Project.

MOST SIGNIFICANT EXPLORATION OF SPIRITUAL ISSUES
Born into Brothels
Millions
The Merchant of Venice
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
The Woodsman
Crash
Land of Plenty
The World
Munich
Cache
Broken Flowers
Grizzly Man
Last Days
Loggerheads
A History of Violence
The Constant Gardener
Match Point
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Junebug
2046
Oliver Twist
Duma
The White Diamond

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
The Merchant of Venice
Dear Frankie
Crash
Brothers
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kung Fu Hustle
Tony Takitani
2046
Batman Begins
Broken Flowers
2046
Dear Wendy
Eros
Happy Endings
Last Days
A History of Violence
The Squid and the Whale
Screen Door Jesus
The Constant Gardener
Match Point
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Cache
Munich
Junebug
Oliver Twist
Duma

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Born into Brothels
Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Murderball
Mad Hot Ballroom
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
March of the Penguins
Grizzly Man
The White Diamond
39 Pounds of Love
Rize

BEST ACTOR
Bill Murray – Broken Flowers
Yûya Yagira (Akira) – Nobody Knows
Samuel Jackson – Coach Carter
Dennis Quaid – In Good Company
Daniel Day-Lewis – The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Anthony Lapaglia – Winter Solstice
Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman
Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man
Ulrich Thomsen – Brothers
Tony Leung – 2046
Peter Mullan – On A Clear Day
Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale
Philip Seymore Hoffman – Capote
Terrence Howard – Hustle and Flow
Ralph Fiennes – The Constant Gardener
Bruno Ganz – Downfall
David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
Ben Kingsley – Oliver Twist
Eric Bana – Munich
Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTRESS
Emily Mortimer – Dear Frankie
Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
Zhang Ziyi – 2046
Sarah Paulson – Swimmers
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener

BEST CHILD ACTOR (12 or under)
Alexander Nathan Etel – Millions
Hannah Pilkes – The Woodsman
Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds
Yûya Yagira (Akira) – Nobody Knows
Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Skandar Keynes – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Barney Clark – Oliver Twist
Alex Michaeltos – Duma

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Al Pacino – Merchant of Venice
Jeremy Irons – Merchant of Venice
Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
Ian McDiarmid – Star Wars, Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith
Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Brothers
Liam Neeson – Batman Begins
Tom Wilkinson – Batman Begins
Mickey Rourke – Sin City
Tom Wilkinson – The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Ed Harris – A History of Violence
William Hurt – A History of Violence
Brendan Gleeson – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Frank Langella – Good Night, and Good Luck
Clifton Collins, Jr. – Capote
Geoffrey Rush – Munich
Ciarin Hinds – Munich
Matthieu Kassovitz – Munich
Eamonn Walker – Duma

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Faye Wong – 2046
Catherine Keener – The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Thandie Newton – Crash
Qiu Yuen – Kung Fu Hustle
Maggie Gyllenhaal – Happy Endings
Lisa Kudrow – Happy Endings
Maria Bello – A History of Violence
Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale
Catherine Keener – Capote
Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Anne Hathaway – Brokeback Mountain

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Nobody Knows
Crash
Batman Begins
Kung Fu Hustle
2046
Serenity
Broken Flowers
Happy Endings
A History of Violence
The Squid and the Whale
Munich
Oliver Twist

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Frank Cottrell Boyce – Millions
Rebecca Miller – The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Andrea Gibb – Dear Frankie
Paul Haggis & Bobby Morescu – Crash
Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen – Brothers
Kung Fu Hustle
Christopher Nolan and David Goyer – Batman Begins
Jim Jarmusch – Broken Flowers
Miranda July – Me You and Everyone We Know
Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Christopher Nolan and David Goyer – Batman Begins
Jun Ichikawa and Haruki Murakami – Tony Takitani
Tony Kushner – Munich
Ronald Harwood – Oliver Twist
A History of Violence –

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle – Millions
? – Somersault
Christopher Doyle – 2046
Laurent Chalet and Jérôme Maison – March of the Penguins
Harry Savides – Last Days
Jean-Marie Dreujou – Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Rodrigo Prieto – Brokeback Mountain
Janusz Kaminski – Munich
Werner Herzog – The White Diamond
Pawel Edelman – Oliver Twist
Werner Maritz – Duma

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle – Millions
Michael Radford – Merchant of Venice
Shona Auerbach – Dear Frankie
Susanne Bier – Brothers
Jun Ichikawa – Tony Takitani
Wong Kar Wai – 2046
Jim Jarmusch – Broken Flowers
Claire Denis – L’Intrus
Sokurov – The Sun
Gus Van Sant – Last Days
Werner Herzog – Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog – The White Diamond
David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
Kirk Davis – Screen Door Jesus
Steven Spielberg – Munich
George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
Paul Haggis – Crash
Roman Polanski – Oliver Twist

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Alex Heffs – Dear Frankie
Mark Isham – Crash
Kung Fu Hustle
Patrick Doyle – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Elizabethtown – Nancy Wilson
John Williams – Munich
John Williams – Memoirs of a Geisha

BEST FILM FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Millions
Madagascar
Howl’s Moving Castle
March of the Penguins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Duma

MOST SIGNIFICANT NON-2005 RELEASE OF THE YEAR
(Theatrical re-releases, revivals, big screen special editions)
The Passenger
Elevator to the Gallows

BEST FILM WE OVERLOOKED LAST YEAR (due to poor distribution, late opening)
In Good Company
The Merchant of Venice
The Woodsman
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