Editor

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is known worldwide for its Golden Globe Awards at the end of January every year. The 62th gala ceremony took place at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hilton (host of the Hollywood Awards Ceremony late October and a few other industry events).
Best film went to The Aviator, and Sideways best Actor to di Caprio, Best Actress to Annette Bening and Hilary Swank and Best Director to Clint Eastwood.
Our point of view at filmfestivals.com was a slight deception on a very predictable, politically correct result. Votes were anticipated and announced in many ways by the those of the recent Hollywood Awards which Filmfestivals was associated (presenting the Hollywood European Award to Mar Adentro
Do not miss the photo gallery if you missed the live transmission.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

THE AVIATOR
Initial Entertainment Group/Forward Pass; Miramax Films/
Warner Bros. Pictures/Initial Entertainment Group

Nominees:
CLOSER Columbia Pictures; Sony Pictures Releasing
FINDING NEVERLAND FilmColony Productions; Miramax Films
HOTEL RWANDA Miracle Pictures/Seamus Productions; United Artists Films/ Lions Gate Films/MGM Distribution Co.
KINSEY Qwerty Films; Fox Searchlight Pictures
MILLION DOLLAR BABY Warner Bros. Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
HILARY SWANK - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Nominees:
SCARLETT JOHANSSON - A LOVE SONG FOR BOBBY LONG
NICOLE KIDMAN - BIRTH
IMELDA STAUNTON - VERA DRAKE
UMA THURMAN KILL BILL VOL. 2

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
LEONARDO DICAPRIO - THE AVIATOR

Nominees:
DON CHEADLE - HOTEL RWANDA
JAVIER BARDEM - THE SEA INSIDE
JOHNNY DEPP - FINDING NEVERLAND
LIAM NEESON - KINSEY

BEST MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
SIDEWAYS Sideways Productions, Inc.; Fox Searchlight Pictures

Nominees:
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND Anonymous Content/This is that; Focus Features
THE INCREDIBLES Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios; Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Really Useful Films; Warner Bros. Pictures
RAY Anvil Films/Baldwin Entertainment; Universal Pictures/Bristol Bay Productions

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ANNETTE BENING - BEING JULIA

Nominees:
ASHLEY JUDD - DE-LOVELY
KATE WINSLET - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
RENEE ZELLWEGER BRIDGET JONES -THE EDGE OF REASON

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE -MUSICAL OR COMEDY
JAMIE FOXX - RAY

Nominees:
JIM CARREY ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
PAUL GIAMATTI - SIDEWAYS
KEVIN KLINE - DE-LOVELY
KEVIN SPACEY - BEYOND THE SEA

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
THE SEA INSIDE (SPAIN) Sogecine/Himenoptero; Fine Line Features

Nominees:
THE CHORUS (LES CHORISTES) (FRANCE) Galatée Films/Pathé Renn Productions/Jacques Perrin,
Arthur Cohn & Nicholas Mauvernay Productions/France 2 Cinéma/Novo Arturo Films; Miramax Films
HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS (CHINA) Elite Group (2003) Enterprises, Inc.; Sony Pictures Classics
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (BRAZIL) South Fork Pictures/Tu Vas Voir Productions; Focus Features/Film Four
A VERY LONG ENGAGEMENT (FRANCE) 2003 Productions/ Warner Bros. France/Tapioca Films/TFI Films; Warner Independent Pictures

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
NATALIE PORTMAN - CLOSER

Nominees:
CATE BLANCHETT - THE AVIATOR
LAURA LINNEY - KINSEY
VIRGINIA MADSEN - SIDEWAYS
MERYL STREEP - THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CLIVE OWEN - CLOSER

Nominees:
DAVID CARRADINE - KILL BILL VOL. 2
THOMAS HADEN - CHURCH SIDEWAYS
JAMIE FOXX - COLLATERAL
MORGAN FREEMAN - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
CLINT EASTWOOD - MILLION DOLLAR BABY

Nominees:
MARC FORSTER - FINDING NEVERLAND
MIKE NICHOLS - CLOSER
ALEXANDER PAYNE - SIDEWAYS
MARTIN SCORSESE - THE AVIATOR

BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
ALEXANDER PAYNE & JIM TAYLOR - SIDEWAYS

Nominees:
CHARLIE KAUFMAN - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
JOHN LOGAN - THE AVIATOR
DAVID MAGEE - FINDING NEVERLAND
PATRICK MARBER - CLOSER

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
HOWARD SHORE - THE AVIATOR

Nominees:
CLINT EASTWOOD - MILLION DOLLAR BABY
JAN A.P. KACZMAREK - FINDING NEVERLAND
ROLFE KENT - SIDEWAYS
HANS ZIMMER - SPANGLISH

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
“OLD HABITS DIE HARD” ALFIE Music & Lyrics by: Mick Jagger & David A. Stewart

Nominees:
“ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE” - SHREK 2 Music & Lyrics by: Adam Duritz, Dan Vickery, David Immergluck, Matthew Malley & David Bryson
BELIEVE” - THE POLAR EXPRESS “Music & Lyrics by: Glen Ballard & Alan Silvestri
“LEARN TO BE LONELY” - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by: Charles Hart
“MILLION VOICES” - HOTEL RWANDA Music by: Wyclef Jean, Jerry “Wonder” Duplessis, Andrea Guerra Lyrics by: Wyclef Jean