The Juan-And-Only Award Nominations – 2011 Edition!

It’s that time of the year guys — awards season!

What better way to end 2011 and start 2012 than to make my own crazy award show (without the show)? None. Trust me. This is the best idea I’ve had all year. The Juan-And-Only Awards are brought to you in part by the people who give me money to watch movies and the bloggers who actually care about my film opinion.

The categories include your usual award show bunch, and there are six nominations per category. There are only two exceptions to this — 10 nominations for Best Picture and three nominations for Animated Feature. I will also be announcing one honorary award for Best Animal Actor, which will be revealed when the official winners are revealed.

While the nominations have all been personally selected by me — note the name of the award show, it’s all about me guys — I will be rounding up a small group of people whom I believe are well informed in the film world to place their votes for each category. The winners will be revealed in just a few weeks right here at YAM Magazine.

Now, without further ado, here are the nominees for this year’s Juan-And-Only Awards!

Best Picture:

• The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
• Beginners (Mike Mills)
• Carnage (Roman Polanski)
• Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn)
• Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
• Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
• Shame (Steve McQueen)
• Take Shelter (Jeff Nichols)
• The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
• War Horse (Steven Spielberg)

Best Director:

• Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
• Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
• Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
• Steve McQueen (Shame)
• Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
• Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)

Best Actor: 

• Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
• George Clooney (The Descendants/The Ides of March)
• Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
• Michael Fassbender (Shame)
• Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
• Ryan Gosling (Drive/The Ides of March)

Best Actress:

• Brit Marling (Another Earth)
• Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
• Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
• Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn/Meek’s Cutoff)
• Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)
• Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)

Best Supporting Actor:

• Ben Kingsley (Hugo)
• Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
• John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
• Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn)
• Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
• Viggo Mortensen (A Dangerous Method)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
• Carey Mulligan (Shame/Drive)
• Elena Anaya (The Skin I Live In)
• Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life/Take Shelter)
• Mélanie Laurent (Beginners)
• Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur)

Best Ensemble Cast:

• Attack the Block
• Bridesmaids
• Carnage
• The Help
• Midnight in Paris
• War Horse

Click-through to the next page for the remaining 10 categories!