2007 EDA Awards Nominees Announced
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists congratulates all the nominees for 2007 EDA Awards.
Nominees for multiple awards include “Away From Her,” “Atonement,” “The Diving Bell and The Butterfly,” “Savanges,” No Country For Old Men,” “Into the Wild,” and “Persepolis.”
Listed alphabetically within each award category, the nominees are:
EDA Annual Achievement Awards:
Best Film:
Atonement
Diving Bell and Butterfly
Into The Wild
No Country For Old Men
Best Director:
The Coen Brothers
Sean Penn
Sarah Polley
Julian Schnabel
Best Screenplay Original:
Juno
Lars and The Real Girl
Michael Clayton
The Savages
Best Screenplay Adapted:
Atonement
Away From Her
Diving Bell and Butterfly
No Country For Old Men
Persepolis
Best Documentary:
Cats of Mirikitani
My Kid Could Paint That
No End In Sight
Sicko
Best Actress:
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Laura Linney – Savages
Ellen Page – Juno
Best Actress In Supporting Role:
Cate Blanchett – Im Not There
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Margot
Emily Mortimer – Lars and the Real Girl
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton – Michael Clayton
Best Actor:
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd
Tommy Lee Jones – In the Valley of Elah
Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
Viggo Mortensen – Eastern Promises
Best Actor In Supporting Role:
Casey Affleck – Jesse James
Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men
Tom Wilkinson – Michael Clayton
Hal Holbrook – Into the Wild
Best Ensemble Cast:
Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead
Juno
Michael Clayton
Talk to Me
Best Editing:
Atonement
Diving Bell and Butterfly
Im Not There
No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign Film:
Diving Bell and Butterfly
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
Golden Door
Lust, Caution
Persepolis
EDA Female Focus Awards:
Best Woman Director:
Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
Kasi Lemmons – Talk to Me
Mira Nair – The Namesake
Sarah Polley – Away From Her
Best Woman Screenwriter:
Diablo Cody – Juno
Tamara Jenkins – The Savages
Sarah Polley – Away From Her
Adrienne Shelly – Waitress
Best Breakthrough Performance:
Amy Adams – Enchanted
Ellen Page – Juno
Amy Ryan – Gone Baby Gone
Keri Russell – Waitress and August Rush
Best Newcomer:
Nikki Blonsky – Hairspray
Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
Tang Wei – Lust, Caution
Luisa Williams – Day Night Day Night
Womens Image Award:
Jodie Foster
Laura Linney
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly
Hanging in There Award for Persistence:
Ruby Dee
Annie Lundeberg and Ricki Stern – Devil On Horseback
Actress Defying Age and Ageism:
Brenda Blythen
Julie Christie
Vanessa Redgrave
Meryl Streep
Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In 2007:
Kathleen Kennedy for producing Diving Bell and Persepolis
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Julie Christie
Mia Farrow
Vanessa Redgrave
Adrienne Shelly
AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism:
Ruby Dee
Mia Farrow
Angelina Jolie
Susan Sarandon
EDA Special Mention Awards:
AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award:
Wild Hogs
Black Snake Moan
Nanny Diaries
Beowulf
Norbit
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent:
Halle Berry
Nicole Kidman
Hilary Swank
Catherine Zeta Jones
Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldnt:
Evening
Georgia Rule
Margot at the Wedding
Reservation Road
Best Of The Fests:
Day Zero
Secret Sunshine
Darius Goes West
Forever
Black Sheep
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
The Cake Eaters
Four Sheets To the Wind
Red Road
Angel
Sweet Mud
Out of time
Grbivica My Home
Unforgettable Moment Award
Eastern Promises – Viggo Mortensens full frontal
The Host – Tracking shot of monsters appearing
Golden Door – Emigrants swimming in milk
Into The Wild – Emile Hirsch dying scene
Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality:
Atonement – Keira Knightly
Before The Devil Knows Youre Dead – Marisa Tomei/Philip Seymour Hoffman
Eastern Promises – Viggo Mortensen
Lust/Caution – Tang Wei
Best Seduction:
Atonement – Keira Knightly and James McAvoy
Juno – Ellen Page and Michael Cera
The Namesake – Tabu and Irfan Khan (The Parents)
Waitress
Sequel That Shouldnt Have Been Made Award:
Pirates 3
Rush Hour 3
Shrek 3
Spiderman 3
Cultural Crossover Award:
Killer of Sheep
The Namesake
Perspeolis
Bravest Performance Award:
Julie Christie – Away From Her
Kate Dickie – Red Road
Jodie Foster – the Brave One
Best Leap from Actress to Director Award:
Julie Delpy
Kasi Lemmons
Sarah Polley
Adrienne Shelly
Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest Award:
Robin Wright Penn and Tony Hopkins in Beowulf
Tea Leone and Ben Kingsley in You Kill Me