AD’s 7th Annual First Half of the Year Nominees

They’ve voted the list down and now we have the actual nominees. For participation and info, check out the forums.

7th Annual Awardsdaily First Half of the Year Awards

BEST PICTURE
The Flight of the Red Balloon
In Bruges
Love Songs
Paranoid Park
Wall E
BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke for Funny Games
Hou Hsiao-hsien for The Flight of the Red Balloon
Martin McDonagh for In Bruges
Andrew Stanton for Wall E
Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man
Colin Farrell in In Bruges
Brendan Gleeson in In Bruges
Richard Jenkins in The Visitor
Ewan McGregor in Cassandra’s Dream

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Juliette Binoche in The Flight of the Red Balloon
Frances McDormand in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Julianne Moore in Savage Grace
Galina Vishnevskaya in Alexandra
Naomi Watts in Funny Games

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Russell Brand in Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Ralph Fiennes in In Bruges
Simon Iteanu in The Flight of the Red Balloon
Michael Pitt in Funny Games
David Straithairn in My Blueberry Nights

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cate Blanchett in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
Bete Middler in Then She Found Me
Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City

Natalie Portman in My Blueberry Nights
Rachel Weisz in My Blueberry Nights

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Cassandra’s Dream
The Edge of Heaven
In Bruges
Love Songs
Wall E

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Flight of the Red Balloon
Funny Games
Iron Man
Paranoid Park
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Fall
The Flight of the Red Baloon
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
My Blueberry Nights
Paranoid Park

BEST FILM EDITING
The Bank Job
Cloverfield
Paranoid Park
Shine a Light
Wall E

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Fall
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
My Blueberry Nights
Wall E

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Fall
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
My Blueberry Nights
The Other Boleyn Girl
Savage Grace

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Cassandra’s Dream
The Happening
In Bruges
Love Songs
Wall E

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
As tu deja aime from Love Songs
De Bonnes Raisons from Love Songs
Down to Earth from Wall E
J’ai cru entendre from Love Songs
The Story from My Blueberry Nights

BEST SOUND MIXING
Cloverfield
The Happening
Paranoid Park
Shine a Light
Wall E

BEST SOUND EDITING
Cloverfield
Iron Man
Wall E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Cloverfield
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
Iron Man

BEST MAKE UP
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull
The Ruins