Charo Santos, Lav Diaz and John Lloyd Cruz.
KAPAMILYA actor John Lloyd Cruz is one of the nominees for the Best Supporting Actor category at the 15th International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards.
The list of nominees was announced through ICS website yesterday. Cruz was nominated for the film, “The Woman Who Left” (Ang Babaeng Humayo) written and directed by Lav Diaz.
Other nominees in the category are Willem Dafoe (“The Florida Project”), Armie Hammer (“Call Me By Your Name”), Barry Keoghan (“The Killing of a Sacred Deer”), Michael Stuhlbarg (“Call Me By Your Name”), and Arnaud Valois (“BPM”).
Cruz posted a screengrab of nominees on his Instagram account yesterday and said, “Wasak. ICS Awards never in my wildest dreams. When I read Daniel Day Lewis written in his category sabi ko uy panalo na ko.”
In “The Woman Who Left,” Cruz played the role of Hollanda, a transgender. The film is topbilled by Charo Santos-Concio.
Aside from Cruz, Diaz was nominated for the Adapted Screenplay awards for the same film.
Diaz was nominated along with James Ivory (“Call Me By Your Name”), Thiery Lounas and Albert Serra (“The Death of Louis XIV”), James Gray (“The Lost City of Z”), and Michael Almereyda (“Marjorie Prime”).
The film is also nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language along with “BPM,” “The Death of Louis XIV,” “Nocturama,” “On The Beach Night Alone,” “The Ornithologist,” “Raw,” “Sieranevada,” and “Visages Villages.”
“The Woman Who Left” is a 2016 film produced by Cinema One Originals and Sine Olivia.
The story talks about Horacia Somorostro (Santos-Concio) who seeks for justice after she was framed up by the crime she did not commit.
Other stars in this film are Shamaine Buencamino, Nonie Buencamino, and Michael De Mesa.
According to its website, ICS is an “online group made up of approximately 100 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians, and other industry professionals who cover film festivals.”
The announcement of winners for the 15th ICS Awards will be on February 4.
Complete list of nominees (source: ICS website)
PICTURE
• Blade Runner 2049
• BPM
• Call Me by Your Name
• Good Time
• Lady Bird
• The Lost City of Z
• Nocturama
• On the Beach at Night Alone
• Personal Shopper
• Phantom Thread
• A Quiet Passion
DIRECTOR
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
• Bertrand Bonello – Nocturama
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• James Gray – The Lost City of Z
• Luca Guadagnino – Call Me by Your Name
• Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
FILM NOT IN THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• BPM
• The Death of Louis XIV
• Nocturama
• On the Beach at Night Alone
• The Ornithologist
• Raw
• Sieranevada
• Staying Vertical
• Visages Villages
• The Woman Who Left
ACTOR
• Nahuel Pérez Biscayart – BPM
• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
• Jean-Pierre Léaud – The Death of Louis XIV
• Robert Pattinson – Good Time
ACTRESS
• Kim Min-hee – On the Beach at Night Alone
• Vicky Krieps – Phantom Thread
• Cynthia Nixon – A Quiet Passion
• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
• Kristen Stewart – Personal Shopper
• Daniela Vega – A Fantastic Woman
SUPPORTING ACTOR
• John Lloyd Cruz – The Woman Who Left
• Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
• Armie Hammer – Call Me by Your Name
• Barry Keoghan – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Michael Stuhlbarg – Call Me by Your Name
• Arnaud Valois – BPM
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
• Juliette Binoche – Slack Bay
• Amira Casar – Call Me by Your Name
• Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
• Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
• Sienna Miller – The Lost City of Z
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
• Get Out – Jordan Peele
• Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
• Personal Shopper – Olivier Assayas
• Phantom Thread – Paul Thomas Anderson
• A Quiet Passion – Terence Davies
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
• Call Me by Your Name – James Ivory
• The Death of Louis XIV – Thierry Lounas, Albert Serra
• The Lost City of Z – James Gray
• Marjorie Prime – Michael Almereyda
• The Woman Who Left – Lav Diaz
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Blade Runner 2049 – Roger Deakins
• Call Me by Your Name – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
• The Lost City of Z – Darius Khondji
• Nocturama – Léo Hinstin
• Wonderstruck – Edward Lachman
EDITING
• Dunkirk – Lee Smith
• A Ghost Story – David Lowery
• Good Time – Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie
• Nocturama – Fabrice Rouaud
• Personal Shopper – Marion Monnier
PRODUCTION DESIGN
• Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner
• Call Me by Your Name – Samuel Deshors
• Phantom Thread – Mark Tildesley
• A Quiet Passion – Merijn Sep
• Wonderstruck – Mark Friedberg
SCORE
• Call Me by Your Name – Sufjan Stevens
• Good Time – Daniel Lopatin as Oneohtrix Point Never
• The Lost City of Z – Christopher Spelman
• Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
• Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell
ENSEMBLE
• BPM
• Call Me by Your Name
• Lady Bird
• Nocturama
• Sieranevada
ANIMATED FILM
• The Breadwinner
• Coco
• The Girl Without Hands
• Loving Vincent
• My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
DOCUMENTARY
• Chavela
• Dawson City: Frozen Time
• Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
• Visages Villages
• Wormwood
BEST PICTURE NOT RELEASED IN 2017
• 24 Frames
• A Ciambra
• Bangkok Nites
• Braguino
• Claire’s Camera
• Closeness
• The Day After
• Giant
• Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
• Lean on Pete
• Les garçons sauvages
• Let the Sun Shine In
• Lover for a Day
• Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
• On Body and Soul
• The Rider
• Sicilian Ghost Story
• Western
• You Were Never Really Here
• Zama