The awards season kicked off last night with films by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis and Jon M. Chu taking home awards for Best Motion Picture – Animated and Cinematic and Box Office Achievement, respectively, along with Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo’s historical drama set in 1600s Japan winning for Best Television Series - Drama, at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 82nd Annual awards.
The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night at a live ceremony hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser. Launched in 1944 by foreign journalists covering Hollywood, the awards recognize the best creative talent from the perspective of international journalists.
Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis won for Best Motion Picture – Animated for his cat-tastic, wordless charmer, Flow, while Jon M. Chu won for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement for his grand, epic musical, Wicked. Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo’s historical drama, Shōgun, set in 1600s Japan, won for Best Television Series – Drama.
Highlights of the winners are as follows – click here for a complete list:
Best Motion Picture – Animated
- Flow (Sideshow / Janus Films) (winner)
- Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Memoir of a Snail (IFC Films)
- Moana 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (Netflix)
- The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
Best Motion Picture – Drama
- The Brutalist (A24) (winner)
- A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)
- Conclave (Focus Features)
- Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
- September 5 (Paramount Pictures)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
- Anora (NEON)
- Challengers (Amazon MGM Studios)
- Emilia Pérez (Netflix) (winner)
- A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
- The Substance (MUBI)
- Wicked (Universal Pictures)
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
- Alien: Romulus (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- Deadpool & Woolverine (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Gladiator II (Paramount Pictures)
- Inside Out 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
- Twisters (Universal Pictures)
- Wicked (Universal Pictures) (winner)
- The Wild Robot (Universal Pictures)
Best Original Score – Motion Pictures
- Volker Bertelmann (Conclave)
- Daniel Blumberg (The Brutalist)
- Kris Bowers (The Wild Robot)
- Clément Ducol, Camille (Emilia Pérez)
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (Challengers) (winner)
- Hans Zimmer (Dune: Part Two)
Best Television Series - Drama
- The Day of the Jackal (PEACOCK)
- The Diplomat (NETFLIX)
- Mr. & Mrs. Smith (PRIME VIDEO)
- Shōgun (FX/HULU) (winner)
- Slow Horses (APPLE TV+)
- Squid Game (NETFLIX)
Source: Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.
