CAYOM YVIII - The Academy Award Nominations (Ballots Due 9/7 at 11:59PM EST)

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Harper: And the nominees for Best Actress are...

 

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[Ethan Hunt]

we were pretty much going to have a great lead actor cat by default this year. still exciting

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Scott: Now for the nominees for Best Director. They are...

 

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Harper: Well, guess it's time for Best Picture.

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[Ezen Baklattan]

Ladies, gentlemen, and all who reject the binary, these are the nominees for the 8th Academy Awards:

 

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BEST PICTURE

The Bronx is Burning

Everything I Never Told You

Learning to Care

Sandboy

World of Trouble

 

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Everything We Miss

Funny Business

The Un-title-able Squirrel-Girl Sequel

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Eminem-esque

Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX

Out of Order: The Decline of the Arcade

The Idiots

The War Between Ants

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Jason Bateman (World of Trouble)

Debra Granik (The Space Between Trees)

Martin Scorsese (The Bronx is Burning)

Behn Zeitlin (Sandboy)

Chloe Zhao (Everything I Never Told You)

 

BEST ENSEMBLE

The Bronx is Burning

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

Learning to Care

Olive’s Hallowed Eve

Strangers in the Town

 

BEST ACTOR

Bobby Cannavale (The Bronx is Burning)

Alden Ehrenreich (World of Trouble)

Michael B. Jordan (The Bronx is Burning)

Nick Robinson (Learning to Care)

Daniel Wu (Everything I Never Told You)

 

BEST ACTRESS

Awkwafina (Returning from Hell)

Elizabeth Debicki (Holland Hannah)

Olivia DeJonge (The Space Between Trees)

Katherine Waterson (The World That We Knew)

Michelle Williams (Everything I Never Told You)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jemaine Clement (Olive’s Hallowed Eve)

Bryan Cranston (New Tricks)

Wyatt Russell (The Bronx is Burning)

Jimmy Tatro (Learning to Care)

Chow Yun-Fat (The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg)

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Olivia Colman (Sins of their Fathers)

Kaitlyn Dever (World of Trouble)

Brigette Lundy-Paine (Learning to Care)

Diana Silvers (The Space Between Trees)

Tilda Swinton (Wii Fit)

 

BEST VOICE ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Sean Giambrone (New Tricks)

Anna Kendrick (The Un-title-able Squirrel-Girl Sequel)

George MacKay (Everything We Miss)

Raven Symone (Up in the Sky)

Zendaya (Olive’s Hallowed Eve)

 

BEST VOICE ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Dee Bradley Baker (Mighty Fall)

Giancarlo Esposito (Mass Effect: Revelation)

James McAvoy (Everything We Miss)

Imogen Poots (Everything We Miss)

Shahadi Wright-Joseph (Olive’s Hallowed Eve)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Holland Hannah

Learning to Care

Sandboy

Strangers in the Town

Sins of their Fathers

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Bronx is Burning

Everything I Never Told You

Everything We Miss

The Space Between Trees

World of Trouble

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Patrick Doyle (Sins of their Fathers)

Woody Jackson (Strangers in the Town)

Dario Marianelli (The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg)

Laurent Perez Del Mar (Everything We Miss)

Dan Romer and Behn Zeitlin (Sandboy)

 

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“Bright Magic” (Olive’s Hallowed Eve)

“Flightless Bird” (Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX)

"How to Care" (Learning to Care)

“I Don’t Hate Everything” (Olive’s Hallowed Eve)

“Suburban Santa” (Christmas Shopping)

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Bronx is Burning

Everything I Never Told You

Floodbath

Holland Hannah

Sandboy

The Space Between Trees

 

BEST FILM EDITING

The Bronx is Burning

Everything I Never Told You

Holland Hannah

Learning to Care

World of Trouble

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Bronx is Burning

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

The Lost Empire

Strangers in the Town

The World That We Knew

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

The Lost Empire

Olive’s Hollowed Eve

Strangers in the Town

The World That We Knew

 

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Heartman

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

The Lost Empire

Mass Effect: Revelation

Olive's Hallowed Eve

 

BEST SOUND MIXING

Holland Hannah

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

Mass Effect: Revelation

Sins of their Fathers

Sandboy

 

BEST SOUND EDITING

Holland Hannah

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

Mass Effect: Revelation

Mighty Fall

Sins of their Fathers

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

Mass Effect: Revelation

Mighty Fall

Sandboy

Up in the Sky

 

BEST USE OF ACTION

Castaways

Far Cry

Holland Hannah

The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

Mass Effect: Revelation

 

NOMINATION COUNT:

10 – The Bronx is Burning*, The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg

8 – Learning to Care*, Olive's Hallowed Eve

7 – Everything I Never Told You*, Holland Hannah, Sandboy*

6 – Everything We Miss, Mass Effect: Revelation, World of Trouble*

5 – Sins of their Fathers, The Space Between Trees, Strangers in the Town

3 – The Lost Empire, Mighty Fall, The World That We Knew

2 – Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX, New Tricks, The Un-title-able Squirrel-Girl Sequel, Up in the Sky

1 – Castaways, Christmas Shopping, Eminem-Esque, Far Cry, Floodbath, Funny Business, Heartman, The Idiots, Out of Order: Decline of the Arcade, Returning from Hell, The War Between Ants, Wii Fit

 

*Picture Nominee

 

Please send all ballots to me, along with a preview of a Y9 film you want to showcase, by Tuesday, September 7th, 11:59PM EST. The ceremony will be held the following day with a host yet to be announced. May the odds be with your films!

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by Ezen Baklattan

[Rorschach]

Congratulations to all of the nominees this year.

 

And thank you guys for nominating me in the Lead Voice Acting category. That was very nice of y'all to do that. 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by Rorschach

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Hey,

 

CAYOM has been a beautiful journey for me so far, and the last four game years (me starting in Y5) have provided a lot of challenges for me and my writing. I think I'm a better writer for having found and participated in the game. My brain is kind of scrambled by the excitement of it, but I wanted to say thank you for this Best Picture nomination; it's the first time a film of mine has been nominated there, and it really means a lot for me to have written something that is seen as deserving of that position, especially after many films from past game years, whether or not they won or were nominated, have raised the bar very high. As I go forward in CAYOM, other writing ventures, and anything else in my life, I will look back on this moment (as well as your grace and support) and utilize it to inject some much-needed self-confidence into my outlook on myself and my gifts that can be used for good things. I am humbled to receive this honor. God bless you all!

 

[Blankments]

1 hour ago, Ethan Hunt said:

huh. I don't really get Olive in costume

halloween

[Blankments]

anyway, thank you all for a variety of honors, particularly my first ever double nom in Best Picture in 3.0, and a honestly shocking 31 noms split among only 4 films. that's pretty awesome, so thank you

[MCKillswitch123]

Thank you all for the many nominations. 12 nominations, up from only 2 last year, and including a major nom (for Best Actress), is an amazing achievement for me, especially as it was only my second year in this game. Even just the noms are an honor, really, and as I further progress as a storyteller, I wanna look back on every previous year and think that I got better since. So, yet again, thank you.

[MCKillswitch123]

Nomination #'s per player:

 

@4815162342 - 33 nominations (for The Bronx is Burning, The Idiots, Mass Effect: Revelation, Sins of Their Fathers, Strangers in the Town and World of Trouble)

@Blankments - 33 nominations (for The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg, Learning to Care, Olive's Hallowed Eve and Sandboy)

@SLAM! - 15 nominations (for Christmas Shopping, Everything I Never Told You, New Tricks, Out of Order: The Decline of the Arcade, Wii Fit and The World That We Knew)

@MCKillswitch123 - 12 nominations (for Eminem-esque, Far Cry, Floodbath, The Lost Empire, Mighty Fall, Returning from Hell and Up in the Sky)

@cookie - 8 nominations (for Everything We Miss and Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX)

@Alpha - 7 nominations (for Holland Hannah)

EGK - 5 nominations (for The Space Between Trees)

@YourMother the Edgelord - 4 nominations (for Heartman, The Un-title-able Squirrel Girl Sequel and The War Between Ants)

@El Squibbonator - 1 nomination (for Funny Business)

@Reddroast - 1 nomination (for Castaways)

 

First time nominees (ripping off Blanks here, sorry ) :

 

Awkwafina for Returning from Hell, Actress

Dee Bradley Baker for Mighty Fall, Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role

Jason Bateman for World of Trouble, Director

Bobby Cannavale for The Bronx is Burning, Actor

Jemaine Clement for Olive's Hallowed Eve, Supporting Actor

John-Paul Davidson for The War Between Ants, Documentary Feature

Elizabeth Debicki for Holland Hannah, Actress

Olivia DeJonge for The Space Between Trees, Actress

Laurent Perez Del Mar for Everything We Miss, Original Score

Alden Ehrenreich for World of Trouble, Actor

Giancarlo Esposito for Mass Effect: Revelation, Voice Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role

Claudia Pond Eyley for Eminem-esque, Documentary Feature

Sean Giambrone for New Tricks, Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role

Woody Jackson for Strangers in the Town, Original Score

Michael B. Jordan for The Bronx is Burning, Actor

Shahadi Wright Joseph for Olive's Hallowed Eve, Voice Actor/Actress in Supporting Role

Josh Kriegman for Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX, Documentary Feature

Brigette Lundy-Paine for Learning to Care, Supporting Actress

George MacKay for Everything We Miss, Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role

Lisanne Pajot for Out of Order: The Decline of the Arcade, Documentary Feature

Imogen Poots for Everything We Miss, Voice Actor/Actress in Supporting Role

Nick Robinson for Learning to Care, Actor

Dan Romer for Sandboy, Original Score

Wyatt Russell for The Bronx is Burning, Supporting Actor

Dan Salmon for Eminem-esque, Documentary Feature

Diana Silvers for The Space Between Trees, Supporting Actress

Elyse Steinberg for Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX, Documentary Feature

James Swirsky for Out of Order: The Decline of the Arcade, Documentary Feature

Raven-Symoné for Up in the Sky, Voice Actor/Actress in a Leading Role

Jimmy Tatro for Learning to Care, Supporting Actor

Katherine Waterston for The World That We Knew, Actress

Albert White for Funny Business, Animated Feature

Daniel Wu for Everything I Never Told You, Actor

Chow Yun-Fat for The Last Airbender: The Boy in the Iceberg, Supporting Actor

Edited August 26, 2021 by MCKillswitch123

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Recognizing Y8's unsung heroes (i.e. the names not immediately credited in the nominations list)

 

 

Director (Documentary Feature)

 

 

Casey Affleck (The Idiots)

John-Paul Davidson (The War Between Ants)

Claudia Pond Eyley and Dan Salmon (Eminem-esque)

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg (Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX)

James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot (Out of Order: The Decline of the Arcade)

 

Director (Animated Feature)

 

 

Michaël Dudok de Wit (Everything We Miss)

Lauren MacMullan (The Un-title-able Squirrel Girl Sequel)

Albert White (Funny Business)

 

Songwriters/Performers (Original Song) *

 

 

Phoebe Bridgers ("Suburban Santa", Christmas Shopping)

Keegan DeWitt and Brigette Lundy-Paine ("How to Care", Learning to Care)

Bret McKenzie, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal, and David Byrne ("Bright Magic" and "I Don't Hate Everything", Olive's Hallowed Eve)

Sting ("Flightless Bird", Flightless Bird: The Downfall of the Boeing 737 MAX)

 

* Reference song used linked in song title

 

Original author (Adapted Screenplay)

 

 

Jonathan Mahler (New York Times staff writer and author, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning')

Celeste Ng (author, 'Everything I Never Told You')

Luke Pearson (illustrator and comic book artist, 'Everything We Miss')

Katie Williams (author, 'The Space Between Trees')

Ben H. Winters (author, 'World of Trouble')

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by cookie

[Blankments]

Btw, congrats to Michael B. Jordan and John Mulaney for being this year's double ensemble noms!!

Edited August 26, 2021 by Blankments