I am sure that twenty of you are eagerly anticipating the winners of the 2013 Omie Awards. Without further ado, here are the winners:
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Picture goes to…
for creating a story about innocent love between two boys,
"North Sea Texas." Producers: Luc Roggen and Yves Verbraeken
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Director goes to…
for bringing the coming of age story to the screen,
Bavo Defurne, "North Sea Texas"
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Actor goes to…
for portraying a police detective that moonlights as a contract killer, Killer Joe Cooper,
Matthew McConaughey, "Killer Joe"
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Actress goes to…
for portraying the titular Tolstoy heroine torn between wifely duty and forbidden love, Anna Karenina,
Keira Knightley, "Anna Karenina"
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Supporting Actor goes to…
for portraying a dastardly slave owner that wants to keep his "property", Calvin Candie,
Leonardo DiCaprio, "Django Unchained"
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Supporting Actress goes to…
for portraying a girl that professes her love to a boy that doesn't reciprocate, Éponine,
Samantha Barks, "Les Misérables"
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Original Song goes to…
for making a song about lost love into a song to find another love,
"The Big Machine" from "Safety Not Guaranteed"
The Omie Award for
Most Deserving Foreign Language Film goes to…
a film about the epic clash between mobsters and the policemen trying to stop them,
"The Raid: Redemption". Director: Gareth Evans.
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Animated Feature goes to…
a animated retelling of classic fables into an action hero team,
"Rise of the Guardians". Director: Peter Ramsey
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Original Screenplay goes to…
a film that poses fun of typical horror movie tropes with a twist,
"The Cabin in the Woods." Written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Adapted Screenplay goes to…
winning their third Omie Award,
"North Sea Texas." Written by Bavo Defurne and Yves Verbraeken. Based on the novel,
"Nooit gaat dit over" by André Sollie
The Omie Award for Most Deserving Documentary goes to…
(another four way tie)
for showing the blunt reality of millions of students lives every day,
"Bully". Producers: Lee Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen
for shedding light on a young Frenchman preying on a grieving Texas family,
"The Imposter". Producer: Dimitri Doganis
for showing the precision skill of sushi master, Jiro Ono,
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi". Producer: Kevin Iwashina and Tom Pelligrini
for bringing the life of AIDS activist, Vito Russo to the masses,
"Vito". Producer: Jeffrey Schwarz
And for the granddaddy of them all, The Suck-It! Award goes to…
for a boring movie about a guy on the lam for stealing fucking bread,
"Les Misérables" nominated for Best Picture
And there you have it folks. I want to thank everyone for voting, especially for Bernardo from The Movie Rat for the nomination of North Sea Texas that it could dominate the awards. Until next year...
