AD Forum’s First Half of the Year Awards

And here they are.

Every year we are trying to celebrate the greatness in film for the films that were released in USA between 1st of January and 30th of June. We know that most of them will be forgotten that’s why we want to list the best of the year so far. The nominees have been determined nearly by 30 members of AD forums. The voting was open for every AD forum member who had more than 200 posts. Here is the list of nominees and you can find the past winners below.

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Summer Hours
Two Lovers
Up

BEST DIRECTOR
Olivier Assayas for Summer Hours
Kathyrn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Pete Docter for Up
James Gray for Two Lovers
Sam Raimi for Drag Me to Hell

BEST ACTOR
Charles Berling in Summer Hours
Baard Owe in O’Horten
Joaquin Phoenix in Two Lovers
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker
Souleymane Sy Savane in Goodbye Solo

BEST ACTRESS
Hiam Abbas in Lemon Tree
Maria Heiskanen inn Everlasting Moments
Michelle Pfeiffer in Cheri
Maya Rudolph in Away We Go
Tilda Swinton in Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jackie Earl Haley in Watchmen
Anthony Mackie in The Hurt Locker
Zachary Quinto in Star Trek
Scott Speedman in Adoration
Red West in Goodbye Solo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Gwyneth Paltrow in Two Lovers
Lorna Raver in Drag Me to Hell
Edith Scob in Summer Hours
Kristin Scott Thoman in Easy Virtue
Vinessa Shaw in Two Lovers

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go
The Hurt Locker
Summer Hours
Two Lovers
Up

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Coraline
Cheri
Easy Virtue
Star Trek
State of Play

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cheri
Everlasting Moments
The Hurt Locker
Summer Hours
Tetro

BEST FILM EDITING
Drag Me to Hell
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek
Two Lovers
Up

BEST ART DIRECTION
Caroline
Cheri
Il Divo
Star Trek
Watchmen

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Cheri
Duplicity
Easy Virtue
Star Trek
Watchmen

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Adoration
Cheri
Drag Me to Hell
Star Trek
Up

BEST SOUND MIXING
Drag Me to Hell
The Hurt Locker
O’Horten
Star Trek
Up

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drag Me to Hell
The Hurt Locker
Star Trek

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Drag Me to Hell
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

BEST MAKE UP
Cheri
Drag Me to Hell
Il Divo
Star Trek

PAST WINNERS

2008

BEST PICTURE
Wall E

BEST DIRECTOR
Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Colin Farrell in In Bruges

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Juliette Binoche in The Flight of the Red Balloon

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ralp Fiennes in In Bruges

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Rachel Weisz in My Blueberry Nights

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
In Bruges

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Flight of the Red Balloon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Paranoid Park

BEST FILM EDITING
Paranoid Park

BEST ART DIRECTION
Wall E

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Other Boleyn Girl

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Wall E

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Down to Earth from Wall E

BEST SOUND MIXING
Wall E

BEST SOUND EDITING
Wall E

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Iron Man

BEST MAKE UP
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2007

BEST PICTURE: Ratatouille
BEST DIRECTOR: Sarah Polley for Away from Her
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE: Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Mark Ruffalo in Zodiac
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Margo Martindale in Paris Je T’aime
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Ratatouille
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Bug
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
BEST ART DIRECTION: The Golden Door
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Golden Door
BEST FILM EDITING: Zodiac
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Ratatouille
BEST ORIGINAL SONG: Falling Slowly from Once
BEST SOUND MIXING: Ratatouille
BEST SOUND EDITING: Ratatouille
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
BEST MAKE UP: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

2006

BEST PICTURE: United 93
BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Greengrass for United 93
BEST ACTOR: Ray Winstone in The Proposition
BEST ACTRESS: Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ian McKellen in The Da Vinci Code
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Meryl Streep in A Prairie Home Companion
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: United 93
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: A Prairie Home Companion
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Proposition
BEST ART DIRECTION: A Prairie Home Companion
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Devil Wears Prada
BEST FILM EDITING: United 93
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: The Da Vinci Code
BEST SOUND MIXING: United 93
BEST SOUND EDITING: Cars
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Superman Returns
BEST MAKE UP: X-Men: The Last Stand

2005

BEST PICTURE: Batman Begins
BEST DIRECTOR: Christopher Nolan for Batman Begins
BEST ACTOR: Bruno Ganz in Downfall
BEST ACTRESS: Joan Allen in The Upside of Anger
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Matt Dillon in Crash
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Thandie Newton in Crash
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Crash
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Batman Begins
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Sin City
BEST ART DIRECTION: Kingdom of Heaven
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Kingdom of Heaven
BEST FILM EDITING: TIE: Batman Begins and Crash
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Cinderella Man
BEST SOUND MIXING: War of the Worlds
BEST SOUND EDITING: War of the Worlds
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: War of the Worlds
BEST MAKE UP: Sin City

2004

BEST PICTURE: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST DIRECTOR: Quentin Tarantino for Kill Bill Vol 2
BEST ACTOR: Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST ACTRESS: TIE: Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol 2 and Kate Winslet in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: David Carradine in Kill Bill Vol 2
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maia Morgenstern in The Passion of the Christ
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Mean Girls
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Passion of the Christ
BEST ART DIRECTION: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Troy
BEST FILM EDITING: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
BEST SOUND MIXING: Spider Man 2
BEST SOUND EDITING: Spider Man 2
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Spider Man 2
BEST MAKE UP: The Passion of the Christ

2003

BEST PICTURE: Finding Nemo
BEST DIRECTOR: Andrew Stanton for Finding Nemo
BEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell in Phone Booth
BEST ACTRESS: Renee Zelwegger in Down With Love
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ian McKellen in X2: X-Men United
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ellen DeGeneres in Finding Nemo
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Finding Nemo
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Whale Rider
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Winged Migration
BEST ART DIRECTION: Down With Love
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Down With Love
BEST FILM EDITING: TIE: The Hulk and The Matrix Reloaded
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Finding Nemo
BEST SOUND MIXING: The Matrix Reloaded
BEST SOUND EDITING: The Matrix Reloaded
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: The Matrix Reloaded
BEST MAKE UP: X2: X-Men United

2002

BEST PICTURE: Minority Report
BEST DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg for Minority Report
BEST ACTOR: Al Pacino in Insomnia
BEST ACTRESS: Diane Lane in Unfaithful
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Robin Williams in Insomnia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Toni Collette in About a Boy
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Y Tu Mama Tambien
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Minority Report
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Minority Report
BEST ART DIRECTION: Minority Report
BEST COSTUME DESIGN: The Cat’s Meow
BEST FILM EDITING: Minority Report
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: Minority Report
BEST SOUND MIXING: Minority Report
BEST SOUND EDITING: Minority Report
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: Minority Report
BEST MAKE UP: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones