12/12/2016 - Florence Foster Jenkins, Elle, Toni Erdmann, Divines and My Life as a Courgette are among the films that will jet off to Hollywood

The awards season is in full swing on the other side of the Atlantic, and now it is the turn of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to unveil the nominees of the 74^th Golden Globe Awards. Taking place on 8 January next year in Los Angeles, the ceremony will be welcoming a few titles (co-)produced by European countries, both in and out of the Best Foreign-language Film category. 

Interestingly enough, only one big UK co-production has been selected this year for the English-language categories, as opposed to last year’s huge presence of titles such as Carol [+see also:
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The only majority European production that appears more than once on the nominations list is Paul Verhoeven’s Elle [+see also:
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Lastly, Claude Barras’ Swiss-French co-production My Life as a Courgette [+see also:
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The full list of film nominees:

Best Picture, Drama
Hacksaw Ridge - Mel Gibson
Hell or High Water - David Mackenzie
Lion [+see also:
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Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan
Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

Best Picture, Comedy/Musical
20th Century Women - Mike Mills
Deadpool - Tim Miller
Florence Foster Jenkins [+see also:
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La La Land - Damien Chazelle
Sing Street [+see also:
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Best Director
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals [+see also:
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Mel Gibson - Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea

Best Actor, Drama
Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton - Loving [+see also:
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Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen - Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington - Fences

Best Actress, Drama
Amy Adams - Arrival
Jessica Chastain - Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert - Elle
Ruth Negga - Loving
Natalie Portman - Jackie [+see also:
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Best Actress, Comedy/Musical
Annette Bening - 20th Century Women
Lily Collins - Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld - The Edge Of Seventeen
Emma Stone - La La Land
Meryl Streep - Florence Foster Jenkins

Best Actor, Comedy/Musical
Colin Farrell - The Lobster [+see also:
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Ryan Gosling - La La Land
Hugh Grant - Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill - War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
Jeff Bridges - Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg - Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel - Lion
Aaron Taylor Johsnon - Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis - Fences
Naomie Harris - Moonlight
Nicole Kidman - Lion
Octavia Spencer - Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams - Manchester By The Sea

Best Screenplay
Damien Chazelle - La La Land
Tom Ford - Nocturnal Animals
Barry Jenkins - Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan - Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan - Hell or High Water

Best Original Score
Moonlight
La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Hidden Figures

Best Animated Feature Film
Kubo and the Two Strings - Travis Knight
Moana - John Musker, Ron Clements, Don Hall, Chris Williams
My Life as a Courgette [+see also:
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Sing - Garth Jennings, Christophe Lourdelet
Zootopia - Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush

Best Foreign Language Film
Divines [+see also:
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Elle [+see also:
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Neruda [+see also:
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The Salesman [+see also:
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Toni Erdmann [+see also:
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Best Original Song – Motion Picture
Can’t Stop The Feeling - Trolls
City Of Stars - La La Land
Faith - Sing
Gold - Gold
How Far I’ll Go - Moana