The Girls on Film Awards has announced the nominees for its Best Cinematography Award.
Among those nominated are Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC, whose work on Sinners has already seen her scoop prizes at the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and National Board of Review Awards, and Alice Brooks ASC, who was recently named on the shortlist for this year’s Oscars.
The full list of cinematography nominees is available below:
- Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC – Sinners
- Sarah Blum AFC and Hélène Louvart AFC (with Tim Fleming ISC and Leandro Monti) – Palestine 36
- Alice Brooks ASC – Wicked: For Good
- Mia Cioffi Henry – Sorry, Baby
- Vanessa Whyte BSC – Dragonfly
The nominees were announced today (8 January) by Girls on Film co-founders Anna Smith and Hedda Lornie Archbold.
Nominees across the categories range from first‑time directors to Oscar winners, and include many craftswomen who are often overlooked by other awards ceremonies.
This year’s awards nominations celebrate outstanding filmmaking and extraordinary talent from both in front of and behind the camera, and include awards frontrunners Andrea Riseborough, Ariana Grande, Chloé Zhao, Cynthia Erivo, Imogen Poots, Jessie Buckley, Kate Winslet, Kristen Stewart, Lynne Ramsay, Maxine Peake, Naomi Ackie, Rose Byrne and Teyana Taylor, with craftswomen recognised across other behind-the-scenes categories such as music, editing, production design and intimacy.
The annual Girls on Film Awards ceremony will take place on Monday 2 February at the Curzon Bloomsbury in London.
British Cinematographer magazine is proud to be a media partner of this important event in the industry calendar!
“Our nominations celebrate films about complex women, and the teams who tell these stories,” said Girls on Film host and co-founder Smith.
“Whether real or fictional, the people on screen aren’t simply characterised by their gender, race, sexuality or circumstances. They are much more than politicians, refugees, academics, mothers, daughters, lovers, or indeed, witches.
“True to the Girls on Film mission, many of the films question how stories are told, and from whose perspective. And I’m proud that our groundbreaking Female Friendship on Screen category continues to identify some of the most important and entertaining feminist films of the year.”
Co-founder and exec producer Archbold added: “It has been an excellent year for women‑led films, although this is not reflected in the mainstream awards nominations.
“The titles nominated in the Girls on Film Awards form a constellation of genre-spanning work that challenges convention and embraces bold, imaginative storytelling. These films show that cinema can be both art and a spirited act of resistance, and that when women take the reins, cinema gets a whole lot more interesting and playful.”
The full list of nominees is available on the Girls on Film Podcast Instagram feed.
